History TheAlcoholic / VideoGames

* In ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'', Jisu Cha is revealed to be alcohol-dependent in his backstory.

* In ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'', the protagonist is revealed to be alcohol-dependent in one of his [[PastExperienceNightmare nightmares about his past]] [[spoiler:as Jisu Cha.]]

* In ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'', the protagonist is revealed to be alcohol-dependent in one of his [[PastExperienceNightmare nightmares about his past.]]

* In ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'', the protagonist is revealed to be alcohol-dependent in one of his [[PastExperienceNightmare nightmares about the past.]]

* The [[BoisterousBruiser mouthy]] Demoman of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' seems to be [[DrunkenMaster perpetually drunk on the battlefield]]. His default melee weapon is even a [[GrievousBottleyHarm scrumpy bottle!]] Interestingly, the comics imply that he's a perfectly reasonable guy while sober... [[HilariousInHindsight which means that he's]] ''[[HilariousInHindsight always]]'' [[HilariousInHindsight drunk off his ass in-game.]] Even further, in at least one case he appeared to be drunk after being forced to go sober for too long, implying he's ''always'' at least somewhat drunk, after which his body apparently found a way to produce its own alcohol. Enough that he was able to give blood-sucking robots alcohol poisoning.

* Played with in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead''. Some examples also seem to understand it's not smart to get drunk with all the zombies around.

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
** Gensokyo's resident drunkards, [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Suika Ibuki]] and [[BoisterousBruiser Yuugi Hoshiguma]]. Official manga shows pretty much all of Gensokyo is quite fond of the sauce.
** And, to an extent, the series's creator ZUN as well. Pictures of him are hard to find. Pictures of him ''without'' some form of alcohol are nonexistent.

* Paulo Sanchez, the first boss of ''VideoGame/DeadMansHand'', is a drunkard. He's fought in a bar his minions took over, and when confronted he threatens to kill you for [[DIsporportionateRetribution interrupting his morning tequila]].

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'':
** Players could speculate that the jug of sake hanging from Auron's belt was well used.
** Jecht is a better example: Tidus mentions having trouble remembering a time when he ''wasn't'' drunk. This apparently ended when he stabbed a shoopuf in a drunken panic (he thought it was a fiend); after Braska was forced to give the animal's handler all their money, Jecht never drank again. (You can find a recording of the aftermath of the incident around the same area where it happened.)

* In ''VideoGame/MaxPayne2'' it is revealed that former deputy police chief Bravura is a recovering alcoholic, and he offers to take the protagonist to meetings with him. It isn't made clear if he is merely misreading Payne's survivor's guilt or if Max actually has a problem.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'':
** Oyajitchi is obsessed with sake, even going as far as to get Tamagotchi Planet itself drunk in the franchise's first ever AnimatedAdaptation, ''Tamagotchi Honto no Hanashi''. The obsession with sake was replaced with [[MustHaveCaffeine coffee]] for international versions.
** Also applies to Horoyotchi, who is fashioned after a gourd of sake, carries around a ''sakazuki'' glass, and has red cheeks and squinty eyes.

* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has Cass (full name Rose of Sharon Cassidy, but [[BerserkButton you'd better not call her that]]), a traveling merchant who you first meet drinking excessive amounts of whiskey at a bar. Though that was because her caravan had been destroyed, she says she's been drinking a lot for a long time; she mentions that she had to stop trying to transport alcoholic beverages to sell because she would arrive with nothing but empty bottles. Given the setting, it's possible her tolerance for it is due to a mutation.
* Conway, the first player character in ''VideoGame/KentuckyRouteZero'', is revealed to be a former alcoholic, and he's tempted to fall off the wagon during the course of the game. [[spoiler:He falls back into it in Act 3]].
* In ''VideoGame/MaxPayne2'' it is revealed that former deputy police chief Bravura is a recovering alcoholic, and he offers to take the protagonist to meetings with him. It isn't made clear if he is merely misreading Payne's survivor's guilt or if Max actually has a problem.
* In ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3'', Max has become a full blown alcoholic. About halfway into the game it becomes one of Max's main goals to quit drinking.
* ''VideoGame/TheSims'':
** In ''VideoGame/TheSims3'', you can make any Sim this, though due to [[FrothyMugsOfWater the substitution of "juice" and "nectar"]] for alcohol, it takes either a fix names mod or imagination. That said, it's easy enough to make your character do nothing but drink. Unfortunately, as the game [[GoodBadBugs doesn't have any effect for this]], you will need to accomplish symptoms via personality traits. Some good ones are Party Animal (which has a lot of drinking-related wants), Dramatic (which allows "Fake Passing Out,") Hot-Headed or Grumpy (for the violent drunk), and Inappropriate or Insane (bad behavior) or Clumsy (ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin). Giving them the Nectar Maker or Mixologist skills also helps.
** In ''VideoGame/TheSims4'', as of the ''Get Famous'' expansion, it's possible for famous Sims to become addicted to "juice" by getting the Juice Enthusiast fame quirk. Sims with this quirk slip into foul moods if they haven't had any juice in some time.
** In ''VideoGame/TheSimsMedieval'' Sims with the Drunkard flaw must frequently drink alcohol. If they don't within a few days they will get a negative buff.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', it's possible to make your player character one, granted that you have enough gold for the stronger alcohol items. If you're a Blood Elf, you don't even need the gold -- there's a location close to your starting zone, that after a quest you can undertake around level 10, gives weak but free alcohol.

* Part of the first quest in ''VideoGame/FableII'' is returning a drunk's lost bottle. The 'good choice' is to give it to his wife, who's trying to make him quit, while the 'evil' one is giving it back to him.
* Granin in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''. To the point that he divulges Sokolov's location to Snake while intoxicated.
* Gen of ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'' is a drunken samurai. His 'win' animation after the battles show him drinking...and drinking...and drinking. You even recruit him from a bar in a backwater region. Sadly justified, as he's the SoleSurvivor of a devastated region [[DrowningMySorrows drinking to forget]].
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'':
** Players could speculate that the jug of sake hanging from Auron's belt was well used.
** Jecht is a better example: Tidus mentions having trouble remembering a time when he ''wasn't'' drunk. This apparently ended when he stabbed a shoopuf in a drunken panic (he thought it was a fiend); after Braska was forced to give the animal's handler all their money, Jecht never drank again. (You can find a recording of the aftermath of the incident around the same area where it happened.)

* Kenshin Uesugi in ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors''. Depending on who you ask, [[TruthInTelevision real life as well!]]
* The [[BoisterousBruiser mouthy]] Demoman of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' seems to be [[DrunkenMaster perpetually drunk on the battlefield]]. His default melee weapon is even a [[GrievousBottleyHarm scrumpy bottle!]] Interestingly, the comics imply that he's a perfectly reasonable guy while sober... [[HilariousInHindsight which means that he's]] ''[[HilariousInHindsight always]]'' [[HilariousInHindsight drunk off his ass in-game.]] Even further, in at least one case he appeared to be drunk after being forced to go sober for too long, implying he's ''always'' at least somewhat drunk, after which his body apparently found a way to produce its own alcohol. Enough that he was able to give blood-sucking robots alcohol poisoning.
-->'''Demoman''': ''[on sudden death]'' Thankfully, I already don't remember this.
* Sleip of ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion''. She doesn't fit into the AlwaysFemale versions at all -- she's young, she's cutesy, she's MsFanservice, and she's ''very'' resistant to the idea of sobering up.

* Possibly Bo Rai Cho from ''Franchise/MortalKombat''. It's never actually confirmed that he has an addiction, but seeing as he ''invented'' Drunken Boxing and can use vomit as a weapon during a fight, it is possible. Not to mention the fact that his name is derived from ''borracho'', the Spanish word for "drunk".
* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
** Gensokyo's resident drunkards, [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Suika Ibuki]] and [[BoisterousBruiser Yuugi Hoshiguma]]. Official manga shows pretty much all of Gensokyo is quite fond of the sauce.
** And, to an extent, the series's creator ZUN as well. Pictures of him are hard to find. Pictures of him ''without'' some form of alcohol are nonexistent.
* Jim Raynor in ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'', in reaction to what he feels is his role in Kerrigan being turned into the Queen of Blades. Matt Horner apparently has to clean up after him a lot.
* The eponymous character of ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay''. Conker outright starts the game drunk (and he lazes around for a while until he sobers up).
* Grayson Hunt of ''VideoGame/{{Bulletstorm}}'' is a revenge-obsessed drunkard. The player can decide to take Ishi's threat to kill him if he starts again to heart, by shooting the bottles of alcohol you see.. or taking a drink, and getting point bonuses for killing enemies while drunk.

* Baofu from ''VideoGame/Persona2'' always enjoyed tipping a few back. With him, alcohol is integrated as a philosophy and as a way to know a real person as "the truth can be seen in a shot glass".
-->'''Baofu''': Hey Maya, why don't you try to become the best wine?\\
'''Ulala''': What do you mean?\\
'''Baofu''': The best wines are those that are treated well, but ultimately become spoiled or bad if misused over time. It's the same with humans.
* The PlayerCharacter in ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' is an AmnesiacHero detective who spent his first three days in town on a chaotic bender instead of solving the murder he was called in for, and as a result [[WhatDidIDoLastNight not only can he not remember his name or profession]], even the concept of money temporarily eludes him. Half of the game is spent solving the mystery of who you are and why you became like this.

* ''VideoGame/DeadRising2: Off The Record'' has [[spoiler:Chuck Greene]] reduced to alcoholism after [[spoiler:the death of Katey]]. He carries a bottle of whiskey everywhere, as well as Molotov Cocktails made from some old liquor bottles from his previous binges, and his boss theme is actually called "Firewater".

%%* In ''VideoGame/TheNovelist'' this is one possible outcome for Dan.
* ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor'' presents this as the fate of all wizards. Being that you, and everyone, gets mana from [[BoozeBasedBuff booze]], they presumably needed to get absolutely tanked on a regular basis. Even their formidable magic prowess couldn't save them, however, and thus the only wizards you do find are dead, either by a pile of empty bottles (some of them describing some... less-than-healthy beverages), killed by a colleague with a mean drunk streak, or both.

* Carno's second wife Victoria from ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}'' is implied to have been this, although we only see one flashback of her being drunk. Whether she suffered from alcoholism before being married off to Carno or whether she started drinking heavily soon after their marriage as a result of his abuse is unclear, but either way she was clearly unhappy as it's her spirit you hear (but don't see) sobbing in the wine cellar.
* Played with in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead''. Some examples also seem to understand it's not smart to get drunk with all the zombies around.
** Chuck was a homeless alcoholic before the apocalypse.
** Kenny appears to have a history of alcohol abuse. [[spoiler:In season 1, after his plan to find a boat seems to fail, he resorts to getting drunk off a bottle of whiskey. Much later in season 2, he adamantly refuses to have any alcohol at all, hinting strongly at his past with alcohol abuse.]]
** Christa in season 1 refuses a drink at first, but then grabs the bottle and takes an extremely long swig while the other characters stare at her in disbelief. [[spoiler:It is revealed Christa is pregnant so that could have been the reason for her initial refusal.]]
* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' has a few characters of this sort considering how frequently wine is featured in the series. Karen from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' is the most popular example (though in other games such as ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonBackToNature'' she is a HardDrinkingPartyGirl instead). She loves her wine, not helped by the fact her family runs the local winery and she's works at a bar. At least one of her heart events has her drunk and wine is one of her favorite gifts. It's implied a good chunk of her drinking is due to [[DrowningMySorrows her sadness]] over having a poor relationship with her father and [[SmallTownBoredom hating living in a small town]].
* ''VideoGame/HarvestTown'' has Jim Ortiz, the local artist who seems to spend most of his time high on alcohol. His son complains about his drinking habits, and he apparently owes a 50k drinking debt to [[TheBartender Andy]]. It's all but mentioned that he took up alcoholism to [[DrowningMySorrows cope]] with his wife suddenly abandoning him.
* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' has Pam, Penny's grumpy middle-aged mother who was put out of a job after the bus to Calico Desert broke down, and Shane, Marnie's nephew who is dissatisfied with his job at [[PredatoryBusiness JojaMart]]. Naturally, both of them have Beer as a loved gift. The effects are tragic in both cases; Pam's drinking has alienated her daughter, driven away her husband, and left her unable to maintain her own home, and Shane is [[DrowningMySorrows self-medicating for chronic depression]] in [[DeathSeeker the worst way possible]].
* Both [[BigBad Dr. Luis]] and [[TheHero Alex]] of ''VideoGame/SouthOfReal'' are implied to have troubles with alcohol. While Alex wants to drink on the job in the face of an impending CosmicHorror apocalypse, Dr. Luis seems to be trying to drink away his sorrows.[[spoiler:..and the [[KnightTemplar things he's done]]. The habit must run in the family.]]
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** This is within the sphere of Sanguine, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[FunPersonified Debauchery]] and [[TheHedonist Hedonism]]. Sanguine's M.O. is to tempt mortals into sin through vice, with alcohol being a common component. Sanguine himself is often seen with some form of drink in his hand, even in his statues. In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', his quest even begins with a drinking contest at an inn.
** This is a common trait of the Rieklings - small, primitive, blue-skinned humanoids native to [[GrimUpNorth Solstheim]] who somewhat resemble [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent ice goblins]]. They are known for [[TrashOfTheTitans collecting and hording detritus]] scavenged from the more civilized races, which they "form strange attachments to" and can even be witnessed [[CargoCult worshiping]]. Above all else, they love scavenging any alcoholic beverages they can get their hands on, which they refer to as "fizzydrink."

* Gerry of ''VideoGame/GraveyardKeeper'' is an especially notable example, craving and clamouring for alcohol constantly, in spite of the fact that he's a talking skull, and he openly acknowledges he no longer has functioning taste buds.
* Hank of ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'', who turned to drinking after [[spoiler: the death of his son, Cole.]]
* In ''VideoGame/XCOM2'', Central Officer Bradford, once an upstanding advisor to the commander in ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'', had turned to drowning his sorrows after the fall of XCOM, on his way to becoming a more grizzled version of his former self.
* In ''VideoGame/BlackCloset'', this is what becomes of [[spoiler: both Miss Talmage and the Red Mask if you take them both down in the same playthrough. They apparently get together to drink and idly plot revenge against you.]]
* ''VideoGame/DarkCastle'': The Black Knight. He has a conveyor belt of what are clearly mugs of beer set up next to his throne, and chugging them then flinging the empty mug at you is his only form of attack.
* ''VideoGame/YesYourGrace'': In the chain of events required to recruit Jovan, Noaksey mentions rumors of Sir Friderick having a drinking problem. Sir Friderick regularly having too much to drink is later confirmed by Jovan himself.
* ''VideoGame/TheOuterWorlds'': When you first meet Nyoka, she been sleeping at the bar and she asks you to illegitimately acquire some medications to sober her up (and she'll also take more booze if you have any). Her drinking doesn't slow down much after you recruit her, and her special attack has her chug down a bottle before [[GatlingGood blasting an enemy with her machine gun]]. It turns out her drinking problem stems has a lot to do with her [[SurvivorGuilt dead crew]]. In short, she's an {{Expy}} of Cass from ''New Vegas''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'':
** Oyajitchi is obsessed with sake, even going as far as to get Tamagotchi Planet itself drunk in the franchise's first ever AnimatedAdaptation, ''Tamagotchi Honto no Hanashi''. The obsession with sake was replaced with [[MustHaveCaffeine coffee]] for international versions.
** Also applies to Horoyotchi, who is fashioned after a gourd of sake, carries around a ''sakazuki'' glass, and has red cheeks and squinty eyes.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'': Packie [=McReary=] is an extremely heavy drinker (and drug addict). He even mentions while drunk at one point that he's worried he won't live to see thirty.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'': Michael de Santa has devolved into alcoholism by the start of the game, largely owing to his boredom and general dissatisfaction with his life and family.

* ''VideoGame/TheOuterWorlds'': When you first meet Nyoka, she been sleeping at the bar and she asks you to illegitimately acquire some medications to sober her up (and she'll also take more booze if you have any). Her drinking doesn't slow down much after you recruit her, and her special attack has her chug down a bottle before [[GattlingGood blasting an enemy with her machine gun]]. It turns out her drinking problem stems has a lot to do with her [[SurvivorGuilt dead crew]]. In short, she's an {{Expy}} of Cass from ''New Vegas''.

* The [[BoisterousBruiser mouthy]] Demoman of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' seems to be [[DrunkenMaster perpetually drunk on the battlefield]]. His default melee weapon is even a [[GrievousBottleyHarm scrumpy bottle!]] Interestingly, the comics imply that he's a perfectly reasonable guy while sober... [[HilariousInHindsight which means that he's]] ''[[HilariousInHindsight always]]'' [[HilariousInHindsight drunk off his ass in-game.]]

** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto5'': Michael de Santa has devolved into alcoholism by the start of the game, largely owing to his boredom and general dissatisfaction with his life and family.