History AlwaysChaoticEvil / VideoGames

* Subverted in ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}''. Although the demons in this series are [[CardCarryingVillain Card Carrying Villains]] who openly claim that they're Always Chaotic Evil, DarkIsNotEvil and PokeThePoodle come to mind. They're closer to ChaoticNeutral [[NobleDemon Noble Demons]] than anything else.

* The explanation franchise wide for ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' is that the monsters link faces aren't naturally occurring species in the world, but rather MadeOfEvil monsters created by Ganondorf himself to serve as his minions. As explained at the top of the page, exceptions ''do'' exist, but they're fairly rare. It can get a bit blurry with some of the races though; the Deku will sell items to Link in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', but it's a bit ambiguous if they were created by Ganondorf or if some of them chose to align themselves with him while others didn't.

** Also subverted in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', where the [[AnAesop Aesop]] was that [[DarkIsNotEvil not everything that looks evil necessarily is]]; the Bulblins certain seem to all be annoying little [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] who attempt to kill you just for the heck of it, but you eventually find out that [[spoiler:King Bulblin, the RecurringBoss, is actually quite intelligent. After you beat him at Hyrule Castle, he defers to you as a WorthyOpponent.]]

*** Demons are merely a sub-set of spirits, many of whom are shaped by Valour, Justice, Faith, and the like. It's just that [[TrueNeutral the benevolent ones mind their own business]] instead of attempting leave the SpiritWorld, minus a few exceptions; those that do can end up becoming demons anyway, like how Justice was twisted into Vengeance by his host's anger.

* ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': The Penillians are a race of hyperviolent conquerors focused on destroying as much as they can. The game that focuses on them, ''U.F.A.'', is entirely about individual members killing and violating humans for their own amusement. The sole exception is Cassandra, the antagonist of ''Pico's School'', and even then the game that showed she was capable of good was an alternate timeline from her debut game, where she murdered her classmates in a rage.

** The Black Dragonflight is this after Neltharion became corrupted and changed his name to Deathwing. Now they enjoy killing and only follow orders from dragons strong enough to kill them. The other dragonflights consider them beyond redemption. The one possible exception being an uncorrupted black dragon egg.
*** Not looking good for Wrathion (the hatched egg and son of Deathwing/Neltharion).[[spoiler: Over the course of the Mists of Pandaria expansion, he tasks the player with collecting various sources of power from the land's main threats and charges them with the job of removing the highly corrupt Garrosh Hellscream from his seat of power.]] Once the player has successfully completed this task, [[spoiler:Wrathion launches into an angry tirade about how the Alliance was meant to eliminate Garrosh entirely, take over Orgrimmar (the Horde capital) and forcefully unite the to two factions (as this was the only way Wrathion felt they could come to peace) after one last quip about there being a greater threat on the horizon, he flies away in a huff]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': The Penillians are a race of hyperviolent conquerors focused on destroying as much as they can. The game that focuses on them, ''U.F.A.'', is entirely about individual members killing and violating humans for their own amusement. The sole exception is Cassandra, the antagonist of ''Pico's School'', and even then the game that showed she was capable of good was an alternate timeline.

* The Bydo from ''VideoGame/RType'' are this trope taken to its logical extreme: they are composed of all the most evil and base instincts of mankind, utterly incapable of feeling ''anything Good whatsoever''. And they are portrayed completely seriously. Let the thought of that sink in for a moment...

* In general, in most old action video games (''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaI''...), the enemy races rarely ever have any good counterparts, at least none that you ever see. In fact, for many of these old games anyone (and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou anything]]) visible aside from the player is (likely) evil, at least aggressive, and harmful to the touch if not. This trend continues into more modern games, often enough.

* In general, in most old action video games (''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'', ''VideoGame/{{The Legend of Zelda|I}}''...), the enemy races rarely ever have any good counterparts, at least none that you ever see. In fact, for many of these old games anyone (and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou anything]]) visible aside from the player is (likely) evil, at least aggressive, and harmful to the touch if not. This trend continues into more modern games, often enough.
** Even in those games, there are subversions: ''Metroid'' featured the baby Metroid of the second and third games, ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' eventually had Proto Man, [[spoiler:and the very first game in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' series had a few Moblins go AWOL and ask Link to leave them alone in exchange for a few Rupees. IT'S A SECRET TO EVERYBODY.]]

** Also subverted in the original ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''. In many secret areas you'll find moblins -- normally evil-doing creatures -- who will bribe Link with rupees in exchange for leaving them alone.

* The zombies in ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' are capable of nothing more than trying to wreak havoc and eat your brain alive. Knowing that they are fully intelligent beings makes the thought of them even more terrifying.

** Averted with Mushrooms, except for the Black Fungus. White Mushrooms will reward Sora with prizes if he casts the correct spell, the Rare Truffles like to play "bounce", and the Mushroom XIII give Donald and Goofy good weapons should a challenge be completed with a high score. The Flantastic Seven are also friendly Heartless who play games with Dora and reward him if he does well enough.

* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield:
** The Eye of Eternity, home of Malygos.
** The Celestial Planetarium in Ulduar, home of {{Superboss}} Algalon the Observer(only accessible in Elite Mode); when he's engaged, the dome of the room displays stars in space.
** When you fight Ultraxion in Dragon Soul, you are transported into the Twilight Realm, resulting in a similar effect.
** When you fight Ner'zhul in the Shadowmoon Burial Grounds, you end up on a platform in the middle of the Shadowlands, which is depicted as a purple void.
* {{Deconstructed} in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1''. [[AllLovingHero Shulk]] swears revenge on [[KillerRobot the Mechon]] following [[DoomedHometown their attack on his home]]. This isn't seen as a particularly bad thing as they're just soulless killing machines... [[spoiler:then it turns out that the Faced Mechon actually have members of his own Homs species inside them. [[HateSink Metal Face]], the first one we meet, is just an asshole Homs who happened to be converted into a cyborg, and he's Mechonis' TokenEvilTeammate. Worse still is the fact that the Mechon ''aren't'' the native species of Mechonis... the Machina, who are just as human as the Homs and who built the Mechon, are. Upon realizing that his RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the inhabitants of the Mechonis would take sentient life, he ultimately swears off it and begins his CharacterDevelopment]].

*** The darkspawn mostly have animal level intelligence driven by a HiveMind, with only a few having more intelligence and even those having limited free will. They are more like a HordeOfAlienLocusts then anything else.
** The qunari in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' are made out to be this because of their reputation as militant conquerers. In reality, they're more like a race of [[BlueAndOrangeMorality Lawful Blue]] {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s. Unfortunately, their negative image is far too often exploited by the local {{Manipulative Bastard}}s.
** It seems that almost all mages from the Tevinter Imperium are {{Evil Sorcerer}}s who freely practice blood magic and slavery. Fenris from the second game mentions that any mage principled enough to reject blood magic would quickly become the thrall of another mage with fewer qualms. However, [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition the third game]] includes Dorian, a Tevinter mage who is a DefectorFromDecadence who wants to reform his country and states that he's not exactly alone in his beliefs.

* Deconstructed in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1''. [[AllLovingHero Shulk]] swears revenge on [[KillerRobot the Mechon]] following [[DoomedHometown their attack on his home]]. This isn't seen as a particularly bad thing as they're just soulless killing machines... [[spoiler:then it turns out that the Faced Mechon actually have members of his own Homs species inside them. [[HateSink Metal Face]], the first one we meet, is just an asshole Homs who happened to be converted into a cyborg, and he's Mechonis' TokenEvilTeammate. Worse still is the fact that the Mechon ''aren't'' the native species of Mechonis... the Machina, who are just as human as the Homs and who built the Mechon, are. Upon realizing that his RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the inhabitants of the Mechonis would take sentient life, he ultimately swears off it and begins his CharacterDevelopment]].