[loved trope] The heroes return home, only to find it in ruins

**Mainframe - ReBoot**

In the final arc of Season 3, Bob, Matrix, AndrAIa, and Frisket make it back to Mainframe, only to find it devastated by Megabyte's forces during the Viral Wars. Every sector is blasted to hell, and Megabyte's taken the Principal Office.

**The Pride Lands - The Lion King**

In Simba's absence, Scar's reign has somehow led to the Pride Lands being ravaged by drought and famine, with hyenas running rampant.

**Earth - Mass Effect 3**

After fleeing Vancouver at the beginning of the game, the final confrontation occurs in London England, which, like the rest of the planet, has been torn to shreds by the Reapers.

**Insomnia - Final Fantasy XV**

After departing at the beginning of the game, Noctis and his retinue return to the Crown City ten years later, at which point it's been bombed out by Niflheim's forces, and then overrun by Daemons, in order to contront Ardyn in the Citadel.