History JerksAreWorseThanVillains / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/Shipwrecked64'': Connor Thomas is the in-universe game developer of the ShowWithinAShow who's ill-tempered, [[PoorCommunicationKills bad at communicating]], knows how to [[DudeNotFunny hit below the belt]] when belittling someone, and [[spoiler:showed video footage of murders [[HarmfulToMinors to children]] via his in-universe DisguisedHorrorStory]], all topped off with the reveal that he [[spoiler:mocked the plight of a terminally-ill woman due to her connection to his worst enemy]]. Even his own employees and friends took issue with his actions towards the end. At the same time, though, he ''is'' in an [[TrappedInVillainy extraordinarily difficult position]] that's [[SanitySlippage taking an obvious and dramatic toll on his mental health]], and his final intentions were for the sake of exposing the crimes of a truly dangerous man, so players are [[BaseBreakingCharacter very split]] on whether he's a JerkassWoobie or just a {{Jerkass}}. That dangerous man he's up against is Mark Mullins, who may be a CorruptCorporateExecutive responsible for [[spoiler:several deaths, ranging from theme park accidents to serial murder by proxy, as well as horrific experiments to bring them back from the dead]], but he's also a TragicVillain fighting [[MoneyIsNotPower a losing battle]] to save [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes someone he loves]], and his general attitude also comes off as [[AffablyEvil soft-spoken and easy to get along with]]. Nobody is saying Mark's crimes are excusable, but his emotional process is at least easy to follow. Connor is much more of an enigma.

* ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'': Even if it's accidental, the King of All Cosmos is directly responsible for everything bad that happens in the series, yet the fans adore him for how [[RefugeInAudacity delightfully bizarre]] a character he is. The King's father, on the other hand, is widely unpopular due to his [[ParentalNeglect neglectful treatment]] of the King and never giving him [[WellDoneSonGuy any respect]], whereas the King is willing to give the Prince at least a ''[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative modicum]]'' of respect.

* In ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'', you have the Arstotzkan government, which tries to provide for its people with a PoliceState reminiscent of ColdWar-era Communist regimes, and the Order of the EZIC Star, which plots to overthrow the Arstotzkan government. The game [[GreyAndGrayMorality leaves it up to player interpretation as to which side is the real villains]]. However, one faction that most players can agree to hate are the journalists who attempt to enter the country. Both of them are {{Entitled Bastard}}s who think just having a passport and an "International Press Identification" badge will let them in, and [[MortonsFork regardless of whether you let them in or not they will harass you about your decision]]: Refusing entry has them call you a fascist and write a scathing article about Arstotzka's needlessly strict border protocols, while admitting them entry has them make fun of the lax border security and [[UngratefulBastard call you inefficient]] ''and'' [[KickTheDog your employer, Arstotzka's Ministry of Admission, prints you a citation due to the entrant not having all the required documents]]. It also so happens that on the day the second journalist comes in, you receive some deadly poison that you are meant to apply to a specific entrant's passport. [[CatharsisFactor You can instead apply it to the journalist's passport to kill them]] without any game-ending consequences.

* ''VideoGame/HeartsLikeClockwork'': S.I.S. is portrayed as a sympathetic villainess due to caring about her minions and only reluctantly acting on orders to kidnap Rin. The same cannot be said for Hideki, a spiteful bully who goes as far as to attack Rin with a real katana just because she beat him in a kendo match.

* Videogame/BaldursGateIII: "Fuck Wulbren Bongle" is a meme. Whether it's because he's a racist unwilling to conceptualize humanity in a group that are demonstrably acting under coercion or [[KickTheDog his cruelty towards Barcus]] or the fact that he treats you somewhere between contempt and indifference [[UngratefulBastard after you rescue him from the villain's dungeon]] but is suddenly [[FauxAffablyEvil trying to ingratiate himself to you]] when he realizes that you may soon find his enemies as your opponents, the gnome is the recipient of a massive outsized amount of hatred by the community far exceeding the main villains.

* "Videogame/BaldursGateIII": "Fuck Wulbren Bongle" is a meme. Whether it's because he's a racist unwilling to conceptualize humanity in a group that are demonstrably acting under coercion or [[KickTheDog his cruelty towards Barcus]] or the fact that he treats you somewhere between contempt and indifference [[UngratefulBastard after you rescue him from the villain's dungeon]] but is suddenly [[FauxAffablyEvil trying to ingratiate himself to you]] when he realizes that you may soon find his enemies as your opponents, the gnome is the recipient of a massive outsized amount of hatred by the community far exceeding the main villains.

** Little Que'er is a minor NPC that is otherwise completely irrelevant to the story and pales in comparison to the actual villains of the setting, but many players loathe her purely for her [[{Jerkass}} needless hostility]], even going as far as to issue death threats ''just for talking to her''. In the Version 1.3 Lantern Rite, she displays disturbing implications on wanting to harm a civilian associate of Sun Yu, painting her as someone who is more than willing to hurt people who can't fight back. Unlike most [=NPCs=] with vile personalities and no redeeming qualities, [[KarmaHoudini players can't do anything to her to put her in her place]], resulting in them having to put up with her insults for years. The devs likely took note of the fanbase's opinion towards her years since the game's release, in which they silently released a new set of Liyue Daily Commissions in Version 3.3 (an otherwise Sumeru and Inazuma-focused patch) where Sun Yu decides he's had enough and chooses to travel abroad to fulfill his goals by himself, [[BreakTheHaughty leaving Que'er a broken mess afterwards]].

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' has no shortage of jerks who are much hated.