History DarkIsNotEvil / VideoGames

* Dark types from ''[[{{Pokemon}} Pokemon]]''. Dark types also aren't emo, despite what the good people of DeviantArt tell you. Though they aren't perfect, they're no worse than any other type of Pokémon. A good example is Absol, who can sense disasters and tries to warn people of them, but gets MisBlamed as the perpetrator, or Umbreon, which evolves due to ''happiness'' (at night).

* ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/BeGamerCom/rew REW]]'' casts you in the role of a monstrous teddy bear, with the first scene showing hum in a kitchen where he has murdered a little old lady...but the scenes are actually being shown in reverse order, and it's gradually revealed that [[spoiler:the little old lady was actually an evil witch who abducted an entire village of cute teddy bears, either killing them and dumping their corpses in a pit or turning them into her monstrous minions.]]

* [[JakAndDaxter Dark Jak]]. While he's [[AntiHero rather darker than he used to be]], Jak still has his heart in the right place.
** However, [[PsychoSerum Dark Eco]] is still pretty nasty stuff that [[TheCorruption turns benevolent gods into monsters]], makes nice heroes [[SuperpoweredEvilSide go bat-shit insane]], or else just kills things in a horrifically painful way. Not to mention that most of the major baddies ''thrive'' off the stuff, some more literally than others.

** Igor from the ''ShinMegamiTensei'' spin-off ''{{Persona}}'' game series is a very sinister-looking character, with a hunched back, bulging eyes, an enormously long nose, and pointed ears. He's actually a steadfast ally to the main characters throughout the series, giving advice and his services of Persona fusion. And he's the only character to appear all ''Persona''-related media to date, including the anime.

* Dante of ''DevilMayCry'', although he's mostly an exception as nearly all demons in the series are evil. Sparda, Dante's father, was an extremely powerful devil and nicknamed "The Legendary Dark Knight"; he was also a very nice guy who saved humanity from extinction. Trish and Lucia from the same series are also demons who fight for the good of mankind.

* The Summon Spirit, Shadow, who is the summon spirit of darkness, in ''TalesOfSymphonia'', and again in ''TalesOfPhantasia'' is one of the nicer Summon Spirits. (In ''Phantasia'' especially, as he does not require a fight to obtain.)

** Because of ''{{Tales of Eternia}}'''s magic system, Shadow ''makes'' whatever mage is equipped with him the designated Dark mage. Also, the Dark Aurora used by [[KnightTemplar Shizel]] [[spoiler:and Meredy]]. See also YinYangBomb.
** Tenebrae, from the [[TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld sequel]], is also a very straight example-besides being a servant of you know, ''the king of all monsters'', he's also the Centurion of Darkness. He's also a pure good guy, albeit one with a [[DeadpanSnarker nasty sense of humor]].

** The series also has several Dark-elemental playable characters - Leon Magnus of ''{{Tales of Destiny}}'', Ricardo Soldat of ''{{Tales of Innocence}}'', and Kunzite of ''{{Tales of Hearts}}'' all use primarily Dark techs, spells, and abilities. However, the original Leon doesn't really count as he remained a sadistic {{Jerkass}}, it wasn't until the remake where his personality gets retooled into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. On the other hand, [[spoiler:his alter ego]] Judas counts very much.

* ''VideoGame/DeusEx''. JC Denton is always dressed in a black overcoat with shades. Of course, you ''can'' play JC as an amoral killer, but [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential that's the player's choice.]]

** The Good aligned Troll tribe are called the Darkspear. Similarly the Shadow Tooth tribe of Dark Trolls aided in the battle of mount Hyjal.

*** If you really get into the lore, you begin to find that the ones who are actually still dark elves are largely, in fact, the ones who managed to ''avoid'' being responsible for all of the above bad s*** .
** The new Death Knights for the ''WorldOfWarcraft'', are pious fighters of the light who died, and where brought back as mindless servants of the scourge. Towards the end of the questline the Lich King loses control over the player, and the player joins either the Alliance or Horde depending on race.
*** One of the biggest examples is the NPC Death Knight Thassarian, first to rejoin the Alliance. [[spoiler:Even while still loyal to the Scourge, he shows a bit of weakness by showing concern for a captured ally, frowned upon by his colder comrades. After returning to the Alliance, he's primarily concerned about saving his Sister.]]
** The next ExpansionPack will feature Gilnean [[WolfMan Worgen]], [[CursedWithAwesome not entirely unfortunate]] victims of a lesser version of [[EvilSorcerer Arugal's]] curse. Unlike their truly cursed cousins in Silverpine, they retain control of their minds in wolf form and can switch between both at will. While they look less ugly then true worgen ([[AnotherDimension extradimensional]] invaders that have one form and one form only), having no tusks and well-groomed fur, their ''human'' forms are very definitely "dark", being at least one foot taller on average then actual humans and looking, shall we say, [[BeastMan feral]]. They're members of the Alliance, as opposed to the [[UglyCute endearing]] Goblins of the Horde.
** Gilneas also fit this in ''Warcraft II'', in which their color was black. Though tremendously selfish [[{{Jerkass}} jerkasses]] they still fought with TheAlliance in the end.

*** Many Warlocks being evil comes from the fact that [[EvilIsEasy evil characters wanting a quicker path to power use fel magic]], and are prone to making deals with the [[OmnicidalManiac Burning Legion]], in later cases the [[EldritchAbomination Old Gods]], the latter use of it being the main reason way so many races hate, as well the fact that the ecosystem on the Orc's homeworld was killed by Shadow Council recklessly using fel magic.

*** Many Warlocks being evil comes from the fact that [[EvilIsEasy evil characters wanting a quicker path to power use fel magic]], and are prone to making deals with the [[OmnicidalManiac Burning Legion]], in later cases the [[EldritchAbomination Old Gods]], the latter use of it being the main reason way so many races hate, as well the fact that ecosystem on the Orc's homeworld was killed by Shadow Council recklessly using fel magic.

*** Many Warlocks being evil comes from the fact that [[EvilIsEasy evil characters wanting a quicker path to power use fel magic]], and are prone to making deals with the [[OmnicidalManiacs Burning Legion]], in later cases the [[EldritchAbomination Old Gods]], the latter use of it being the main reason way so many races hate, as well the fact that ecosystem on the Orc's homeworld was killed by Shadow Council recklessly using fel magic.

*** Many Warlocks being evil comes from the fact that [[EvilIsEasy evil characters wanting a quicker path to power is fel magic]], and a prone to making deals with the [[OmnicidalManiacs Burning Legion]], in later cases the [[EldritchAbomination Old Gods]], the latter use of it being the main reason way so many races hate, as well the fact that ecosystem on the Orc's homeworld was killed by Shadow Council recklessly using fel magic.

*** For that matter, [[spoiler: Golbez]] himself, espescially in ''[=~Dissidia: Final Fantasy~=]'' when he's teamed up with characters who are both Dark-themed ''and'' evil.

* The video games ''[=~Star Ocean: The Second Story~=]'' and ''FinalFantasyIX'' have child magic users Leon and Vivi, respectively, available as player characters. Both of them, especially Leon, use shadowy and dark magic in some of their attacks, even to the point of summoning up TheGrimReaper to instantly destroy the villains, but neither Leon or Vivi are themselves evil. [[TheWoobie Far from it, at least in Vivi's case.]]

** Neither of them, however, are ''good''. Morrigan is a self-indulgent and childish princess, and Demitri is a power-hungry vampire who wants to conquer Makai/the Dark World. However, several of the characters the closest to purely good in the series also fall under this, including Rikuo/Aulbath, the fish-man; John Talbain/Gallon, the werewolf; Anakaris, the living mummy; Lei-Lei/Hsien-Ko, the ChineseVampire; and Victor, the [=~Frankenstein's Monster~=].

* The Grey Order from ''LeagueOfLegends'' are former Noxians who broke off from their nation due to its evil, but still study dark magic. Their representative Champion is CreepyChild Annie, who doesn't necessarily qualify as ''good'', but is certainly not evil.

** Despite this, the original Japanese name for Dark type is "aku" or "evil" type. This could be because of the nasty effects dark-type attacks often have, however - most of them involve [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty "fighting dirty"]], like pretending to cry (Fake Tears), ganging up on one opponent (Beat Up), biting (Bite, Crunch), thievery (Thief), and throwing foreign objects (Fling).

** And in the original, blood mages. Blood magic is a terrifying power that lets you CastFromHitPoints and take control of people, but it's no more evil than any other form of magic. It does come with a high risk of WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity if used recklessly however.
*** One should also remember the most common way to learn blood magic is to [[DealWithTheDevil make a pact with a demon]], so this might not be a very good example depending on how one learned it.

*** One should also remember the most common way to learn blood magic is to [[DealWithTheDevil make a pact with a demon]], so this might be an aversion depending on how one learned it.

** He also used his magic to create the Catacombs of the Dead. Though ostensibly designed to efficiently move his undead troops around efficiently, it was also used to transport refugees away from cities attacked by The Soulless Gods. [[PetTheDog Many thousands of innocents were saved in this way]].