History HypercompetentSidekick / VideoGames

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': Just about every companion can be this if you play them right. Give them the proper equipment and do their quests to obtain the right perks, and they will crush armies with you. The game also gives one to the player in the form of [[ColdSniper Boone]]. In particular for [[NonActionGuy Speech/Science/Barter style characters]], the best way to win in combat is to hide behind cover and wait for Boone to kill everything.
*** Story-wise, there's Yes Man. A reprogrammed Securitron, it is the one masterminding Benny's scheme to take over Vegas. If you wish, it will be this to you since it's the one that initiates the "Wild Card" questlines, which involve replacing House with Yes Man and putting it in control of Vegas as well as it's army of Securitrons. Thankfully Benny had it programmed it to be a SycophanticServant and the ending has it [[spoiler:upgrade itself to be more "Assertive", which despite the ominous tone actually means that it will only listen to the Courier]].

* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'': The BigBad Masayoshi Shido is just [[spoiler:an incompetent political busybody without Goro Akechi, his illegitimate son to kill anyone that pissed him off out of nowhere.]] Yet he's so insane and paranoid that [[spoiler:he still wants to kill Akechi anyway.]]

* ''Videogame/GrandTheftAutoV'' has Lester Crest, who helps plan the various heists as well as taking care of tech and logistics. While he doesn't get his hands dirty due to being physically disabled, he plays a crucial role to the gang's successes. Notably, the one time Trevor decides to squeeze him out of a heist on the basis that he isn't getting his hands dirty results in them [[spoiler:stealing nuclear weapons, which they can't sell without drawing government heat that they can't survive]] and in the finale, [[spoiler:when Franklin is given an ultimatum to either kill Michael and Trevor, the GoldenEnding is initiated by him calling Lester for help]].

* [[OnlySaneMan Alexei Stukov]] is this to Gerard [=DuGalle=] in the ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' series. [=DuGalle=] has successfully managed to screw up nearly everything the UED has done, and is easily tricked by [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeBastard Duran]]]]. [[TooDumbToLive He even got tricked into]] [[spoiler:having Stukov killed!]] Meanwhile, Stukov is very hesitant to follow his boss's orders, knowing what the outcome would be, and easily sees through [[spoiler:Duran]]'s deceptions. It's very obvious that if he were the one in charge, the UED would already own the universe. [[WordOfGod It's even stated in the manual that he's the smartest of the two]]. [[spoiler:Kerrigan mocks [=DuGalle=] this way. She claims that Stukov was twice the man [=DuGalle=] was, and she's ever so grateful that [=DuGalle=] saved her the trouble of killing Stukov]].

* ''VideoGame/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms X'' is known for having a weak AI, even for high-stat leaders. As a result, if you're playing as a vassal instead of a ruler, it's entirely possible to have more troops in your district than all of your force's other districts combined.

* ''VideoGame/TheAdventuresOfFatman - Toxic Revenge'' has the eponymous ComicBook/{{Batman}} {{Expy}}, aided by his self-aware Fatcomputer. Who's much smarter and more motivated to fight crime than the hero is, but is stuck watching from the sidelines and hoping for the best, since he's just a computer.

* Very prevalent in the first ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars''. Grit, despite his [[BunnyEarsLawyer lazy and passive demeanor]], runs rings around Olaf both in terms of gameplay and story. Sonja spends every second of her screen-time calling out her father Kanbei for his ''constant'' PowerfulButIncompetent antics to the point that she probably has to help the man get dressed in the morning, and if you defeat her father quickly enough she actually ''takes command and challenges you herself in extra missions''. Drake makes it very clear from almost the beginning that he's well aware Eagle is wrong about Orange Star but is only going along with it [[UndyingLoyalty out of loyalty]] and to see if he can figure out what's happening while Eagle is just blindly attacking Orange Star for revenge. [[spoiler:Late in the game you learn ''all three of these characters'' ended up working together in secret to unravel what was really going on, and actually counted on their less-competent bosses running wild as a distraction -- with [[BigBad Sturm]] believing his plan to turn the nations against each other had worked, these three could sneak around in the shadows and foil it. Unfortunately, [[CrazyPrepared Sturm was on to them from the beginning]] and [[OutGambitted let them think he wasn't aware of them in order to ambush them.]]]]
* Lin from ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars: Days of Ruin]]'' is this to both Brenner and Will, being the tactical brains behind the operation while her superiors act more as TheHeart. Lin is fine with working under them, and admires Brenner immensely, but she's also the single most competent and practical character in the main cast; coming up with the army's tactics, showing much more practical, if cynical, solutions to the problems the groups face than the others do, [[spoiler: killing GeneralRipper Greyfield]], and generally helping to stop the MASSIVE HeroBall Brenner and later Will carry from causing too much trouble. [[spoiler:She's so good at what she does that [[BlessedWithSuck it serves as a hindrance to her]] later in the game. Her decisions, while necessary and practical, are so cold and heartless that she [[WhatTheHellHero gets called out by the other survivors]] who come to mistrust and think of her as a monster; it's left to Will to be TheHeart and take command to win back their trust and give them hope]].

* ''Adventures of Fatman: Toxic Revenge'' has the eponymous ComicBook/{{Batman}} {{Expy}}, aided by his self-aware Fatcomputer. Who's much smarter and more motivated to fight crime than the hero is, but is stuck watching from the sidelines and hoping for the best, since he's just a computer.