History CreatorsPet / VideoGames

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': All the Deadly Six from ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'' were {{Base Breaking Character}}s at best, but even among them it's rare to find love for Zavok among fans, as he's typically considered a boring GenericDoomsdayVillain and lackluster [[Franchise/SuperMarioBrothers Bowser]] knockoff. Despite this, he's one of the most reoccurring villains in the franchise since his debut, getting playable appearances in the ''Olympic Games'' spinoffs, mobile games and ''VideoGame/TeamSonicRacing'', and returning as a boss fight in ''VideoGame/SonicForces''.

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': Erika Furudo is the local (and self-proclaimed) GreatDetective. The human characters can't stand her, but [[spoiler: her creator [[BigBadDuumvirate Bernkastel and Lambdadelta]]]] can't stop heaping praise upon her.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect:'' Liara T'Soni. She's the only companion featured in the trilogy, ME:A and now the trailer for ME 4, underwent an character development that didn't make sense in order to greatly increase her importance (even got her own dlc) and was afforded far more care overall than any other character except the protagonist. Overexposure and favoritism created resentment for the character.

* ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' fans typically deplore the VideoGame/RavingRabbids. There can be little debate about their hijacking the ''Rayman'' series and changing it from adventure platformers to collections of short, bizarre mini-games, pushing all of Rayman's previous supporting cast out of the spotlight, and spawning a large number of these games in a short amount of time. Their Creator's Pet status only became more apparent when two or three of them got a playable role in, of all places, a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' [[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesSmashUp game]]. Thankfully, the Rabbids eventually split completely from their parent franchise and Rayman's [[VideoGame/RaymanOrigins started going on adventures]] [[VideoGame/RaymanLegends without them again]]. As for the Rabbids themselves, Ubisoft stopped pumping out as many games starring them after ''VideoGame/RabbidsGoHome'', and their hatedom waned in turn. ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle'' caused a brief resurgence, as many fans wondered why the biggest platforming franchise in video games couldn't have crossed over with ''Rayman'' instead, but the end product was such a fun and charmingly written ''VideoGame/{{XCOM}}''-alike that the controversy died down pretty quickly[[note]]and Rayman would eventually show up as part of the [[VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsSparksOfHope sequel's]] season pass[[/note]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' fans typically deplore the VideoGame/RavingRabbids. There can be little debate about their hijacking the ''Rayman'' series and changing it from adventure platformers to collections of short, bizarre mini-games, pushing all of Rayman's previous supporting cast out of the spotlight, and spawning a large number of these games in a short amount of time. Their Creator's Pet status only became more apparent when two or three of them got a playable role in, of all places, a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' [[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesSmashUp game]]. Thankfully, the Rabbids eventually split completely from their parent franchise and Rayman's [[VideoGame/RaymanOrigins started going on adventures]] [[VideoGame/RaymanLegends without them again]]. As for the Rabbids themselves, Ubisoft stopped pumping out as many games starring them after ''VideoGame/RabbidsGoHome'', and their hatedom waned in turn. ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle'' caused a brief resurgence, as many fans wondered why the biggest platforming franchise in video games couldn't have crossed over with ''Rayman'' instead, but the end product was such a fun and charmingly written ''VideoGame/{{XCOM}}''-alike that the controversy died down pretty quickly.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect:'' Liara T'Soni. She's the only companion featured in the trilogy, ME:A and now the trailer for ME4, underwent an character development that didn't make sense in order to greatly increase her importance (even got her own dlc) and was afforded far more care overall than any other character except the protagonist. Overexposure and favoritism created resentment for the character.

* ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'': [[WideEyedIdealist Valery Sablin]] of Buryutia is one of the mod's most divisive figures. While praised by some as the most wholesome and idealistic potential unifier in Russia, creating a [[ChummyCommies genuinely benevolent Soviet republic]] that protects the individual freedoms of her citizens, his story is also strongly criticized for being hyper-idealized socialist wish-fulfilment. Despite the theme of his story supposedly being the difficulty of balancing noble ideals with the very serious ethical and practical concerns of unifying a broken Russia[[note]]Sablin's detractors note that the [[BombThrowingAnarchists Siberian Black Army]] follows a similar arc but actually done right: The player is often forced to make decisions like "Should we empower the Black Army to defend our territory even if it means putting freedom at risk?" and "Should we limit the free speech of bigots to protect minorities?"; take too many anarchist decisions and the experiment fails miserably, but take too many authoritarian decisions and [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis the end result will be a grotesque anti-communist military junta with progressive social policies]].[[/note]], he actually suffers next-to no negative consequences for continually choosing the "ideal" decisions; his solutions all work splendidly with no hiccups or hitches. All while the narration repeatedly beats you with how hopeful it all is with all the subtlety of an artillery barrage. There's also the people who think that Sablin is well-meaning [[IdiotHero but incompetent]], or that his one-party socialist government is undemocratic.

* ''Videogame/WorldofWarcraft'' Sylvanas Windrunner over the course of several consecutive expansions has had increasingly more time in the spotlight along with a plot that most players have been growing increasingly weary of on top of her being repeatedly forced down their throats. Blizzard has even begun sacrificing good writing all for her own sake and trying to keep her the focus of the narrative. This even reaches a point where they are trying to give her a HeelFaceTurn despite her actions having been irredeemably evil because without having any previous implications, mentions, or showing any signs of it beforehand, she has been revealed to have been mentally enslaved to The Jailer the entire time and did all her heinous crimes while under his control, allowing her to rejoin the heroes without any real consequence.

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': Erika Furudo is the local (and self-proclaimed) GreatDetective. The human characters can’t stand her, but [[spoiler: her creator [[BigBadDuumvirate Bernkastel and Lambdadelta]]]] can’t stop healing praise upon her.

* ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'': Some older members of the fandom deplore the VideoGame/RavingRabbids. There can be little debate about their hijacking the ''Rayman'' series and changing it from adventure platformers to collections of short, bizarre mini-games, pushing all of Rayman's previous supporting cast out of the spotlight, and spawning a large number of these games in a short amount of time. Their Creator's Pet status only became more apparent when two or three of them got a playable role in, of all places, a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' [[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesSmashUp game]]. Thankfully, the Rabbids eventually split completely from their parent franchise and Rayman's [[VideoGame/RaymanOrigins started going on adventures]] [[VideoGame/RaymanLegends without them again]]. As for the Rabbids themselves, Ubisoft stopped pumping out as many games starring them after ''VideoGame/RabbidsGoHome'', and their hatedom waned in turn. ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle'' caused a brief resurgence, as many fans wondered why the biggest platforming franchise in video games couldn't have crossed over with ''Rayman'' instead, but the end product was such a fun and charmingly written ''VideoGame/{{XCOM}}''-alike that the controversy died down pretty quickly.

** At her peak, Aya was so bad that it spawned a minor [[MemeticMutation meme]] explaining that she had gotten into so many games in exchange for giving ZUN sexual favors. However, fanon often portrays Aya as a [[SoBadItsGood humorously over-the-top, so-obnoxious-she's-funny]] tabloid reporter with a penchant for taking embarrassing photos of the other girls. This interpretation of Aya is not nearly as bad as the one that ZUN has saddled her with, and it not only [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescued her from the Scrappy Heap]], but it gave her almost as many ''fans'' as she has haters, making her one of the most polarizing characters in the series.

* In ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney'', Espella Cantabella is beloved by [[spoiler:her father]] the Storyteller and treated with fear by the other citizens. It's said that if someone crosses her, the Storyteller will ensure the culprit gets screwed over by the story.

* ''VideoGame/PathfinderKingmaker'' has a Creator's Pet not actually made by the game's creators: One of the game's kickstarter backers paid 4,000 dollars to have a backer-made character show up in-game as an NPC with a sidequest attached. The ensuing quest is generally disliked by the player-base as it more or less forces you into backing the NPC despite the character in question being very divisive and your actions being incompatible with several of the game's alignments. This general reaction to the quest [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR-1t28ngkk&t=1123s was summed up by]] ''WebVideo/MandaloreGaming'' in his review of the game.

* For several years, the creative team of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' foisted the paradox that is Ash Crimson onto the world. AmbiguouslyGay, overpowered, [[DudeLooksLikeALady a strange, androgynous appearance]], and storywise is one of the strongest characters and responsible for at least three characters [[BroughtDownToNormal losing their moves]]. The dev team absolutely loved him, but many fans wished he would he would step aside so more orthodox characters could get a chance to shine. SNK acknowledged these complaints in ''KOF XIII'' by having him ''[[RetGone alter the past so he never existed]]''. And the truly ironic thing is, they did so in a way that, right at the last moment, ''[[AlasPoorScrappy managed to finally make him sympathetic.]]''

* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' director Neil Druckmann named Abby as his favorite, with many game critics agreeing with him. Most gamers, on the other hand, vehemently disagree. Never mind her [[HeroKiller cruel murder of Joel and Jessie]] and her [[KickTheDog attempted murder Dinah]], the game [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent immediately puts you in her perspective and gives you a backstory in an attempt to make her sympathetic]], which did not fly with gamers who wanted to see more of Joel. Instead, they found Abby to be selfish and entitled. Sure, TLOUPII is the [[OscarBait most awarded video game of all time]], but the numerous games left on Playstation shelves is quite telling...

* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' director Neil Druckmann named Abby as his favorite, with many game critics agreeing with him. Most gamers, on the other hand, vehemently disagree. Never mind her cruel murder of Joel and Jessie and of attempted murder Dinah, the game [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent immediately puts you in her perspective and gives you a backstory in an attempt to make her sympathetic]], which did not fly with gamers who wanted to see more of Joel. Instead, they found Abby to be selfish and entitled. Sure, TLOUPII is the [[OscarBait most awarded video game of all time]], but the numerous games left on Playstation shelves is quite telling...

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% DO NOT ADD ABBY FROM THE LAST OF US PART II TO THIS PAGE YET. It has not been six months since the game's release.%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

* Abby in the ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' is accused of being this by fans of the first game. For one; brutally killing the first game's protagonist Joel in the first hour of the game. Secondly: the writers do their damnest to make her look sympathetic with them seemingly siding with her on the whole CycleOfRevenge plot as Joel's adopted daughter Ellie is constantly condemned by the plot for her actions against Abby and her friends. And thirdly: You get to play as Abby and deliver a bloody beatdown to Ellie in the final act of the game (Ellie does get her rematch in the epilogue). Game Director Neil Druckman later admitted that Abby was his favorite character. Many fans found her unlikeable due to her MoralMyopia and violent personality.

* Abby in the ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' is accused of being this by fans of the first game. For one; brutally killing the first game's protagonist Joel in the first hour of the game. Secondly: the writer do their damnest to make her look sympathetic with them seemingly siding with her on the whole CycleOfRevenge plot as Joel's adopted daughter Ellie is constantly condemned by the plot for her actions against Abby and her friends. And thirdly: You get to play as Abby and deliver a bloody beatdown to Ellie in the final act of the game (Ellie does get her rematch in the epilogue). Game Director Neil Druckman later admitted that Abby was his favorite character.