Strange bedfellows

Culture concept

Plays with the proverb "enemy of my enemy is my friend" to a degree or has some other similarly strange alliance, such as two enemies allying to defeat a common but greater enemy.

games

platforms

Alternate names: Enemy of my enemy, Allied with the enemy

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

PS2 2003-02-27

F.E.A.R. 3

WIN 2011-06-24

Knights Contract

PS3 2011-02

Thief II: The Metal Age

WIN 2000-02-29

Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge

WIN 2001-10-10

Mass Effect 2

WIN 2010-01-26

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

PSP 2005-10-18

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

PS2 2005-09-20

Mass Effect 2

X360 2010-01-26

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Director's Cut

PS2 2004-01-22

Mass Effect 2

PS3 2011-01

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

XBOX 2005-09-20

Commonly this is temporary within a game, though it may cover the entire story arc of a game if background material exists to establish the unusual nature of the alliance (e.g. X-Men and Brotherhood are enemies, but occasionally band together to fight greater threats).

Games by year

The first Strange bedfellows video game was released on November 30, 1998.

Activision, Electronic Arts and WB Games published most of these games.

Related site

Related trope at TV Tropes (Enemy Mine)

Platforms

Windows		13
PS2		3
X360		3
PS3		3
Linux		3
Mac OS X		2
Xbox		1
GameCube		1
PSP		1
Mobile		1
N-Gage		1

Most common companies

Activision	6
Electronic Arts	5
WB Games	3
Eidos	3
Robot Entertainment	2
Namco Bandai Games	2

Strange bedfellows

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