History NarmCharm / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/CaptainAmericaAndTheAvengers'' is a beat-'em-up by Data East hailing from 1991. It's not the most advanced game even for its time, but while the gameplay is passable, the voice acting alternates between hilariously bad (for instance, Whirlwind's comeback to "You can't escape" is "You will be the one escaping!") and absurdly epic (the game will implore you to continue with a stirring "AMERICA STILL NEEDS YOUR HELP!"). There is ''no'' subtlety whatsoever in the delivery, but this just makes it more fun and enjoyable--making it surprisingly similar to classically cheesy Silver Age comic books as a result.

* The comm officer of the ''Colossus'' during the "Their Finest Hour" mission of ''[[FreeSpace FreeSpace 2]]'' delivers some horrific Narms, but somehow the shock and horror of the pride of the Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance being destroyed right before your eyes outweighs terrible voice acting.

* ''VideoGame/RobotAlchemicDrive'' has a crappy dub, there's no denying it. What makes it SoBadItsGood, as opposed to SoBadItsHorrible, is the fact that it's, for the most part, ridiculously over-the-top and dramatic, evoking a feeling like one is watching an old dub of anime from the 1980s, before quality control in dubbing was a concept (and there is word that this was [[GoodBadActing actually intentional]] on the part of the dub [=VAs=]). Special mention goes to Mika Banhara, the news correspondent with a ridiculously thick Japanese accent (despite the fact that the game takes place in Japan and the only other foreign accent is equally thick German).

* A promotional laserdisc for ''[[VideoGame/AceCombat Air Combat 22]]'' includes a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1O0nqDr0hA vocal version]] of one of the game's bavkground track, done in a style very similar to the ''Daytona USA'' tracks linked above. It is very silly, and by that token, very lovable.

* While it's universally agreed that the sex scenes in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' are incredibly cheesy--thanks in no small part to the hilariously awful underwear everyone's wearing--the romances themselves are pure [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] (and [[TearJerker heartrending]], with the right choices).
** The sex scenes are made even more awkward by a certain bug that results in the player character ''still wearing full plate armor''. There's also the fact that Morrigan, who clearly wears no undergarments under that outfit of hers, apparently ''puts on'' underwear to have sex.
* This doesn't get much better in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. The sex scenes now happen while everyone's fully clothed, which is actually a little better, but the body positions are still really weird and there's a bit of awkward dialogue that the first game mostly lacked - but there are still many genuinely sweet moments, and you can, in one case, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny break the tension by offering your lover a sandwich.]]
* DragonAgeInquisition continues the grand tradition with a cutscene just before the penultimate mission. It cuts between scenes of your soldiers receiving the news that a big mission is under way and they need to drop everything and get moving. Thing is every time you see a group get the news, they stab the nearest surface with a knife or sword, all of them, to super dramatic music. It's like the Inquisition secret handshake.

* ''ArmedPoliceBatrider'' has a boss theme called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn10l3b--ds "Let Ass Kick Together!"]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Darius}}'': "A HUGE BATTLESHIP [[color:red:MY HOME DADDY]] IS [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g512RnXeF5U#t=2m56s APPROACHING FAST]]"

** The entirety of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq8NE6rkZ8A Xlasher]], sung in what sounds like an ''attempt'' at English. That it's composed by [[RidgeRacer Shinji]] [[TetrisTGM Hosoe]], a reputable composer, makes it all the more hilarious.

** Especially in the sequel, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehnfK-iES-s Call of Pripyat]]''.

* The Japanese and PAl versions of ''VideoGame/SonicCD'' bring us the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTWnxQD5_sw track]] to Metallic Madness (Bad Future), featuring a robotic voice (presumed to be Robotnik's) telling you, "You can't do anything, so don't even try! Get some help!" Yes, the voice sounds like Microsoft Sam. But the track also [[PlayerPunch reminds you that you]] [[DownerEnding screwed up]].

** This doesn't get much better in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. The sex scenes now happen while everyone's fully clothed, which is actually a little better, but the body positions are still really weird and there's a bit of awkward dialogue that the first game mostly lacked - but there are still many genuinely sweet moments, and you can, in one case, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny break the tension by offering your lover a sandwich.]]

* VideoGame/SonicAdventure2's [[spoiler:Last Story's ending]] is considered very memorable, with mostly good dialogue, but Tails' ''"[[MemeticMutation we all did it together]]"'' line is considered notoriously cheesy even apart from the AccidentalInnuendo. Also: "Let's get back to the planet that's as [[TotallyRadical cool and blue]] as me!".

** Similarly, when ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' was [[UpdatedRerelease rebuilt]] for the NintendoDS, several things got changed: the score was updated to match the style of the current ''FinalFantasy'' soundtracks, cutscenes, as well as CG graphics for the overworld map and voice acting for the cutscenes were introduced. The opening cinematic, as well as some of the cutscenes [[spoiler: Paladin Cecil fighting his former Dark Knight self]] looked like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwyoVV85EYLo this.]] But a majority of the cutscenes look like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mptSyHTRWY this,]] with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNrcaWLnUcc plenty]] of the {{Narm}}. Yet, it still manages to keep the philosophy of AnyoneCanDie, all the best {{Tearjerker}}-ing and [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming heartwarming moments]] are still kept in, the battle system is true to its core, and it makes for great nostalgia fuel.

* Many considered the BlindIdiotTranslation of ''FinalFantasyTactics'' to be this, which is why the PSP version's PurpleProse was so controversial. Some consider the often over-the-top prose to have Narm Charm itself.

** Quite honestly, the premise of the whole series runs on this. You're running around with a gigantic key, fighting with Disney characters against villains who vary from being rather ineffectual to outright terrifying, but are always hammy. There are friendship speeches galore from the incorrigibly optimistic main character and all sorts of cheesy lines being said by everyone you meet. On a meta level, the game is a fusion of Disney canon and FinalFantasy canon, with some original characters thrown in, so basically it's a glorified crossover fanfiction with a huge budget. The whole idea sounds too silly to work. But it does. And it's ''awesome''.

** In ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'', the scene between Tidus and Jecht, specifically after Jecht thinks Tidus is down for the count. Cue [[AutobotsRockOut ''Otherworld'']] [[ThemeMusicPowerUp theme]] and [[HeroicSecondWind Tidus getting back up to fight]], followed by '''''[[NarmCharm "There's no tommorrow]]''''' '''''for me''''', '''''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome unless I beat you today!"]]'''''.

* ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'' is a cheesy, violent, over-the-top AffectionateParody of 1980s action movies. Even though the story is {{Troperiffic}} and a ClicheStorm, half the fun of it is reveling in how silly it all is. Rex "Power" Colt's constant use of the BondOneLiner, in particular, has a few pretty narmy lines like "peekaboo, I killed you!" and "I call shotgun!" after killing someone with the titular weapon. Yet, the game wouldn't be half as good if it weren't so silly.

--> '''Jake:''' ...I'll tell you something, Sasha... No one will ever do this again. If some enemy appears and tries to wreck everything all over again... I won't lose. I will fight for the tiny life that has blossomed in this great land... ...Word.

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Slender}} Slender: The Eight Pages,]]'' the model for [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos the Slender Man]] resembles a blowup doll. It's only slightly less terrifying then ''[[VideoGame/SlenderTheArrival Slender: The Arrival's]]'' model.

* If you're romancing Tali at the time of the Citadel DLC for ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', she can sing along with one of the musical numbers from her favourite movie. The words aren't all that good and while Tali's accent is cute in ''speaking'' it's really not suited for ''singing'', but the result still works because Tali was already {{Adorkable}} and there's enough sincerity in the performance to make it at least believable.

* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' runs on this trope. Have you any... "[[BigWordShout OBJECTION]]!"?

** The infamous scene in which you cross-examine a parrot is another good example. It's even treated as a stupid idea in-universe, but it's near the climax of one of the series' best cases, and somehow it doesn't take away from the drama
** The fact that nearly every killer has a VillainousBreakdown or a MotiveRant doesn't seem all that silly if you're not paying attention...but in ''Justice For All'', when [[spoiler: Adrian Andrews is]] wrongly accused of being a killer, the witness ''doesn't'' break down and confess, and everyone in the court is ''so confused'' that the witness isn't abiding by their cheesy tropes. But still, it seems more like a moment of self-awareness than clumsy writing.

--> "DO A BARREL ROLL!!!"

* People in ''Franchise/MetalGear'' fandom who complain about the guy covered in bees, the [[NoFourthWall fourth wall breaking]], the possessed arm, Big Boss being defeated by an aerosol can and a lighter or the "deadly poisonous Zanzibar hamsters" (or even the endless melodramatic dialogue) are usually quietly resented (read: pitied) by the other people in the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' fandom, who love the games because they're really quite silly.
** In all seriousness, the series is so ridiculous at times ''[[Narm/MetalGear it even has its own "narm" subpage.]]'' In its defense, the [[HamAndCheese hammy, cheesy features]] have clearly been upped intentionally, as it gets worse as the series goes on; by [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots MGS4]], even the eponymous Metal Gear models are now produced with [[OrganicTechnology bendy, organic legs]] and [[HellIsThatNoise cattle SFX]].

* People in ''Franchise/MetalGear'' fandom who complain about the guy covered in bees, the [[NoFourthWall fourth wall breaking]], the possessed arm, Big Boss being defeated by an aerosol can and a lighter or the "poison Zanzibar hamsters" (or even the endless melodramatic dialogue) are usually quietly resented (read: pitied) by the other people in the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' fandom, who love the games because they're really quite silly.

* ''HouseOfTheDead'' is well known for its bad voice acting. ("Suffer like G Did?"). The latest game in the series, ''HouseOfTheDead OVERKILL'', took the {{Narm}} football, ran it back for a touchdown, and ended up with a perfectly corny narrator, a BondOneLiner dropping agent, and a ClusterFBomb dropping detective. Plus the deliberate [[ExploitationFilm grindhouse B-Movie look for the game and cutscenes...]]

* The [[MemeticMutation infamous]] 'iiyo' [[http://youtu.be/Wa4pL0AuCR4?t=29s scene]] from VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder is both Narmy and '''[[MadnessMantra terrifying]]'''. In the scene, the protagonist [[spoiler: loses control to his SuperpoweredEvilSide]] and mindlessly repeats "it's fine", accidentally [[spoiler: breaking Koujaku's mind]]. It's [[BrokenRecord hard to take seriously]], but so unsettling at the same time.

* VideoGame/SonicAdventure2's [[spoiler:Last Story's ending]] is considered very memorable, with mostly good dialogue, but Tails' ''"[[MemeticMutation we all did it together]]"'' line is considered notoriously cheesy even apart from the AccidentalInnuendo. Also: "Let's get back to the planet that's as [[TotallyRadical cool and blue]] as I am!".

* In FireEmblemAwakening, Laurent's LoveConfession to [[spoiler: Princess Lucina]] is full of borderline PurpleProse and would be ridicuolous in almost any other situation. However, the sudden burst of unrestrained emotion coming from [[TheSpock him]] ''and'' the huge surprise to learn that [[TheStoic an otherwise cool and measured character]] [[LoveHurts is having romantic woes]], makes the scene really charming.
** Similarly, Frederick's LoveConfession to Sumia is horribly cheesy on paper... but since this ''is'' the already sappy and romantic Frederick we're talking about, it comes off [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming as incredibly heartfelt.]] Sumia's cheerful and also super adorable acceptance is the icing on the cake.