History CoolOldGuy / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}''[='=]s Victor "[[{{Catchphrase}} Goddamn]]" Sullivan, or Sully for his friends. By the time of the third game he is sixty years old, and he can still run, climb, fight, shoot, and [[TheCasanova woo]] as well as a man half his age. He also ends up [[spoiler:averting MentorOccupationalHazard, managing to survive all the way to the DistantFinale]].

** Reinhardt, age 61, is a mountain of a man clad in PoweredArmor, armed with a [[RocketPoweredWeapon rocket-propelled]] [[DropTheHammer warhammer]], and who believes wholeheartedly in the ideals of peace and justice upon which Overwatch was founded. Even after being forced into retirement, he continues the good fight, and his age has done little to slow him down.

* ''[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]'':

*** Blaine was already this in the games. A Fire specialist and the second strongest Kanto Gym Leader, old age didn't [[JustForPun extinguish his burning]] [[HotBlooded fervor]] for quizzes and Pokémon battles.

* ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' has the protagonist's father Takuma Sakazaki, AKA [[SecretIdentity Mr. Karate]]. Despite being in his upper 40s, he's one of the most powerful martial artists in South Town to the point where [[TheDon Geese Howard]] took notice of him, leading to the events of the first game. In the [[Franchise/TheKingOfFighters King of Fighters]] continuity, he regularly attends the yearly tournaments and later opens a successful barbeque restaurant.

%%* Augus from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath''.

* Solid Snake from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' is depicted as a badass graying elder, capable of kicking as much ass as he did in earlier games. Although he isn't actually that old, he has supposedly aged prematurely because of the primitive cloning method used to create him.

* ''VideoGame/NintendoWars'':
** The old ''Advance Wars'' series had Sensei, who is rumored to be Yellow Comet's former legendary commander. ''Days of Ruin'' has Forsythe, another war hero returned from retirement. Sensei's coolness is slightly reduced by the fact that he grows weaker in each game. In ''Super Famicom Wars'', where he was still known as Yamamoto, his units were all nigh unbeatable by being a massive 40% more powerful than any normal unit. In ''Advance Wars 2'', his debut as Sensei, only his infantry and battle copters retained his original abilities -- and even then, only in offensive power, with defense being reduced to average -- though he also gained some cool superpowers, that still couldn't match his original strength. In ''Advance Wars: Dual Strike'', his infantry had also become total weaklings. On the other hand, his CO power in ''Dual Strike'' [[ZergRush summons a hell of a lot of them]], making him arguably a GameBreaker on some maps. He is going just a little senile though...
** Also, Javier, a Don Quixote wannabe who can still kick ''plenty'' of ass and has [[LargeHam the best lines in the game]].
--->''"Charge into the toothy maw! For now is the time for a glorious hindspanking!"\\
"This day shall be the greatest of days unless tomorrow is even greater!"''

* ''Franchise/{{Star Wars|Legends}}'': ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'':

* Dandy-J from ''VideoGame/WakuWaku7'' is a cross between Franchise/IndianaJones and [[Franchise/JojosBizarreAdventure Joseph Joestar]], how could he be anything but?

* Heihachi from the ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' games. By the fifth one, he's a grandpa who can punch Terminators in half and survive an explosion that hurls him several kilometers away. Without any medical attention, mind you.
** And he launches enemies into space on a '''''rocket'''''. Not only is the guy impossible to kill, but he's also got style.

* Solid Snake from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' is depicted as a badass graying elder, capable of kicking as much ass as he did in earlier games. Although he isn't actually that old, he has supposedly aged prematurely because of [[CloningBlues the primitive cloning method used to create him]].

* ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars'': The old series had Sensei, who is rumored to be Yellow Comet's former legendary commander. ''Days of Ruin'' has Forsythe, another war hero returned from retirement.
** Sensei's coolness is slightly reduced by the fact that he grows weaker in each game. In ''Super Famicom Wars'', where he was still known as Yamamoto, his units were all nigh unbeatable by being a massive 40% more powerful than any normal unit. In ''Advance Wars 2'', his debut as Sensei, only his infantry and battle copters retained his original abilities - and even then only in offensive power, with defense being reduced to average - though he also gained some cool superpowers, that still couldn't match his original strength. In ''Advance Wars: Dual Strike'', his infantry had also become total weaklings.
*** On the other hand, his CO power in ''Dual Strike'' [[ZergRush summons a hell of a lot of them]], making him arguably a GameBreaker on some maps. He is going just a little senile though...
** Also, Javier, a Don Quixote wannabe who can still kick ''plenty'' of ass and has [[LargeHam the best lines in the game]].
*** "Charge into the toothy maw! For now is the time for a glorious hindspanking!"
*** "This day shall be the greatest of days unless tomorrow is even greater!"

* ''Franchse/{{Lufia}}'':

*** The Greybeards themselves each qualify. They've been studying the Thu'um, the draconinc LanguageOfMagic, until, well, they're [[MeaningfulName grey in the beard]]. Each is an OldMaster who can tear a foe apart with ''[[MakeMeWannaShout words]]''. When they call the Dragonborn to visit their monestary, ''all of Skyrim hears it''.

* In ''VideoGame/RootsOfPacha'', the protagonist's adoptive grandfather Igrork is a kindly senior who raises them and [[CaringGardener manages the plant nursery.]] He often jokes around and participates in "children's" activities such as playing in the snow, believing that they keep him young.

* In ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior'', Lo Wang seems to be at "Old Master" age (even though it only shows through [[BaldHeadOfToughness his lack of hair]] and [[SilverFox gray beard]]), but he is as nimble and tough as you would expect from your average fast-FPS protagonist.

* The ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series has Julius Belmont, who is noticeably older than the cast of the rest of the cast of both ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Sorrow]]'' games. [[spoiler:Technically, Arikado/Alucard is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld much older]].]] He {{lampshades}} this by commenting to Soma that "Growing old is a terrible thing," when he is too winded to fight after breaking a dark barrier. This still doesn't stop him from kicking ass in the bonus Julius Mode of both games.