History NiceGuy / VideoGames

** And from the same guys who made ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'', [[TheMessiah Marona]] from ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' is this trope taken UpToEleven.

* Cecil Harvey of ''VideoGame/Final Fantasy IV''. Even as a dark knight he feels bad about harming innocents, and questions the man who raised him.

** The Sorrow. He willingly die so that his lover and child can survive. He did mess with Naked Snake at one point, but he only punish Naked Snake for atrocities he done, and it's skippable. And he keeps giving hints to Naked Snake during the game.

** Dr. Petrovich Madnar, who is a scientist and family man. He was forced to build TX-55 with his daughter is being held hostage.

* Cecil Harvey of ''VideoGame/Final Fantasy 4''. Even as a dark knight he feels bad about harming innocents, and questions the man who raised him.

* Cecil Harvey of [[VideoGame/Final Fantasy 4]]. Even as a dark knight he feels bad about harming innocents, and questions the man who raised him.

* Mr. Torgue from the ''{{Borderlands 2}}'' DLC ''Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage''.

--> "'''''[[NoIndoorVoice THERE IS NOTHING MORE BADASS THAN BEING RESPECTFUL TO WOMEN.]]'''''"

* Most of the younger female cast members of the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series are pleasant and good people (Sakura, Ibuki, and Elena especially). This is why Juri's introduction in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV]]'' was such a shocking contrast, because up to then Capcom had never introduced a female fighter who ''wasn't'' a NiceGirl (Juli and Juni in ''Alpha 3'' were antagonistic characters but [[BrainwashedAndCrazy only against their will]]; Chun-Li and Cammy are determined, focused, and somewhat militant but also good-aligned characters).

* Most of the younger female cast members of the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series are pleasant and good people (Sakura, Ibuki, and Elena especially). This is why Juri's introduction in ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Super Street Fighter IV]]'' was such a shocking contrast, because up to then Capcom had never introduced a female fighter who ''wasn't'' a NiceGirl (Juli and Juni in ''Alpha 3'' were antagonistic characters but [[BrainwashedAndCrazy only against their will]]).

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' has Leon S. Kennedy; rookie cop, first day on the job, and is thrown into a ZombieApocalypse. He devotes his strength in getting Ben (a reporter) out to safety and making sure Ada is out of harm's way (even taking a bullet for her). This gets Leon viewed as naive and gullible by the other characters in the game; Ben thinks Leon is just a cop who doesn't know what's really going on (Ben gets killed later on) and Ada sees Leon as dead weight to her mission (at first).

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is ''rife'' with folks of decent temperament, though some take a bit of work to get through their emotional defenses. Whether it's [[HiddenHeartOfGold Ragna]], [[WideEyedIdealist Noel, Bang]], [[GentleGiant Tager]], [[FunPersonified Makoto]] or even AntiVillains like [[ForcedIntoEvil Litchi]] and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Tsubaki]], one can find someone who can lend them a shoulder if they know how to get to them. It's not just these examples, either - generally, any named character (and even some unnamed ones) are people you won't be blamed for wanting to hang around with unless they go by the names [[AxCrazy Yuuki]] [[{{Troll}} Terumi]], [[ArchnemesisDad Relius]] [[MadScientist Clover]], [[PuppetKing Imperator Librarius]], or [[BloodKnight Azrael]] [[labelnote:*]]though this last one may be open to interpretation due to lack of story info[[/labelnote]].

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' is ''rife'' with folks of decent temperament, though some take a bit of work to get through their emotional defenses. Whether it's [[HiddenHeartOfGold Ragna]], [[WideEyedIdealist Noel, Bang]], [[GentleGiant Tager]], [[FunPersonified Makoto]] or even AntiVillains like [[ForcedIntoEvil Litchi]] and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Tsubaki]], one can find someone who can lend them a shoulder if they know how to get to them. It's not just these examples, either - generally, any named character (and even some unnamed ones) are people you won't be blamed for wanting to hang around with unless they go by the names [[AxCrazy Yuuki]] [[{{Troll}} Terumi]], [[ArchnemesisDad Relius]] [[MadScientist Clover]], [[PuppetKing Imperator Librarius]], or [[BloodKnight Azrael]] [[labelnote:*}]though this last one may be open to interpretation due to lack of story info[[/labelnote]].

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' has a few examples:
** Bang Shishigami, Ikaruga ninja and {{Shonen}} hero extraordinaire. Being one of the few whites in a mostly BlackAndGrayMorality story, he [[AFatherToHisMen treats his followers with the utmost passion]] and [[FriendToAllChildren has a soft-spot for children]], especially fellow bounty-hunters Carl and Taokaka, who he has taken on as apprentices.
** Iron Tager. Take away the fact he works for a crazy scientist and he looks like a giant robotic ogre, and you'll learn that he's actually just a friendly, polite guy who's doing his job.
** [[JerkassFacade Although you wouldn't guess from first appearances]], Ragna the Bloodedge counts. Most of his angst and anti-social behaviour comes from his horrible past and the fact the world is constantly trying to get at him, but deep down, he's a cool, compassionate guy who cares deeply for the few friends he has, and is willing to do anything for them.

* DragonAge's Alistair is about as nice as is possible to be, unless you hit his BerserkButton. Leliana is very sweet, and even Zevran, despite being an assassin hired to kill you, is good-natured and easygoing. Not coincidentally, they are three of the four potential love interests in the game.

* Similarly, ''GearsOfWar'' has, most notably, Dom Santiago, all three Carmine brothers shown, and Cole, of the main cast, along with Dizzy and Anya of the supporting. Baird is a DeadpanSnarker InsufferableGenius JerkWithAHeartOfGold and Protagonist Marcus is a KightInSourArmor, stopping them from fulfilling it, along with Sam, who like Baird is too much of a DeadpanSnarker to qualify, but the above mentioned main Nice Guys, likewise, have bad things happen to them. Dom [[spoiler: lost his brother and children before the game series to the Pendulum Wars and E Day respectfully, his wife ran out and went missing, then e later found her and had to MercyKill her due to her torture leaving her catatonic. Anthony and Benjamin Carmine both died in battle, meaning Clayton lost two of his younger brothers, and Cole lost his entire family before the game, and off-camera during the opening levels also lost most of his squad.]]

** Dr. Ivan Sokolov. He only build Shagohod under Volgin's threat. A nica guy and loyal family man (he cares for Tatyana despite the gal is not his lover, and he mentions that he only had one lover, his wife).
** The Sorrow. He willingly die so that his lover and child can survive. He did mess with Naked Snake at one point, but he only punish Naked Snake for atrocities he done, and it's skippable.
** Naked Snake [[spoiler:aka. Big Boss]] is arguably one, as nice as Dark Ops operatives can be.

* There are bunch of this in ''Franchise/MetalGear'', to contrast the {{Badass}} warrior you meet/ played. Bad things tends to happen to them, to show us that WarIsHell.