Line #28 TheEeyore/VideoGames


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2	[[TheEeyore Eeyores]] in VideoGames.
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5	* Xan, the morbidly depressed elven enchanter from the first ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' game. A typical line is "Our quest is in vaaaain" and "Oh what is the point". Since the first game's characters tend to be simple archetypes, you could say Xan just ''is'' this trope. He is later referenced in the first Icewind Dale game when finding a diary of an elf, who feared he "Had become as miserable as my cousin Xan".
6	* Vincent Valentine from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' could be seen as one. Though he may be more of a brooding DeadpanSnarker.
7	* Nearly every non-player elf character in the add-on ''VideoGame/DungeonSiegeII: Broken World'' is morbidly depressed, especially Amren, who whines about the loss of his clairvoyant powers ''every time'' you talk to him, no matter what topic you wanted to discuss. Considering what [[CrapSackWorld crappy state]] the world is in due to the [[DownerEnding cataclysm after the end of the second game]], they may have a point, but it quickly gets annoying.
8	** The dryads... well, most of the dryads have just gone nuts, but ''they'' have to cope with the loss of their forest and most of their population, so their destructive mood is at least justified.
9	* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' not only has the original TropeNamer, but also has Naminé in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'', though she is considerably happier in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. Xion slipped into this in the later parts of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 358/2 Days]]''.
10	* In ''VideoGame/StarControl II'', the Utwig, after losing the Ultron, their source of motivation, are an entire ''species'' of Eeyores, to the point that they ponder whether to commit mass suicide with a giant bomb, but decide not to because they deserve to suffer. They get better once you fix the thing. In the mythical third game, they go Eeyore again when they lose the Ultron; one of the few good ideas the game has is that when you return it to them, they become audibly happier... even though they express emotion through Masks.
11	-->Ugh. I suppose, as a courtesy, I should extend an appropriate greeting. On behalf of the Utwig Proctors I truly hope, for your sake, that your day has been better than ours, although this really isn't saying that much.
12	* ''VideoGame/WingCommander'':
13	** In ''[[VideoGame/WingCommanderTheKilrathiSaga Wing Commander II]]'', Lieutenant Etienne "Doomsday" Montclair. Almost every comm message he ever sends you is about his impending death. ("I just bagged a Cat. I bet I'm going to die now.") Ironically, as of ''Wing Commander Arena'', he's still alive, and still actively flying as per [[AllThereInTheManual the manual]], ''[=Star*Soldier=]''.
14	** Also played straight in the ExpandedUniverse. Notably, he survives the entire war, including several campaigns that had single digit survival rates for everybody involved.
15	* Despite the fact that he's the [[BigBad main villain]] in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, Bowser sometimes makes a good example of this trope. Considering how TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin, who can blame him?
16	* Clive Handforth from ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet 2''. His default position is a sad-looking slouch, and he seems eternally depressed, at least until you complete the Factory of a Better Tomorrow. From there, he's mainly monotone and snarky.
17	* ''VideoGame/{{Mewgenics}}'': Should one of your cats get Depression from [[BulliedIntoDepression the abuse coming from its own team]] or someplace else, it will be so depressed it'll suffer reductions to all of its stats, and its misery will be so pervasive as to also affect any adjacent units.
18	* [[MeaningfulName Negative Man]] from ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}''. He rarely ever attacks, and if he does, it'll do ScratchDamage. Most of the time, he just goes on about how pathetic he is, and that there's no way he can win.
19	* [[MeaningfulName Schwer-Muta]] Casasola Merkle [[note]]the German word "Schwermut" means "gloom"[[/note]] of ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'' fits this trope. Basically, she always carries a depressed look on her face, she's reclusive and distrusts everyone she meets, and not to mention she's also very shy. She thinks her only friend is her pet squid, Zeppy.
20	* The Crestfallen Warrior from ''Videogame/DemonsSouls''. He's so depressed and unmotivated that [[spoiler:he fades away after you exhaust his dialogue options since he no longer has anything to tie him to existence.]]
21	* The Crestfallen Warrior of ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' is content to rest at Firelink Shrine and regale you with his pessimism and bitter "laughter" at his own downbeat "[[DeadpanSnarker witticisms]]".
22	** He eventually gets over it after you ring both Bells of Awakening, being inspired and trying to make something of himself. [[spoiler: He promptly hits his nadir and goes Hollow in the ruins of New Londo, poor sod.]]
23	* Crestfallen Saulden of ''Videogame/DarkSoulsII'' is just as gloomy as his predecessors, but he's notably friendlier, more helpful, [[spoiler:and doesn't die in his storyline.]]
24	* Fenris from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' is this to LetsPlay/{{Gronkh}}.
25	* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' has Narmaya: Though she's usually a fairly cheerful person, when she's sad, she's very very sad. And when someone would tell her that she's not helping, she'll mope in the corner of the room. In certain events, some characters are also aware of this side of her.
26	* Elk from the .hack// series has a gloomy face as his default expression.
27	* Elcor from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' seem like this, always speaking in a flat monotone... but it's a subversion, because humans are simply unable to physically recognize their emotions (elcor express emotions through pheromones and bodily movements other species are unable to sense). That's why they start every sentence to non-elcor with their current emotional state. The all-elcor version of Hamlet went over pretty well with humans in-universe though.
28	* Fhjull Forked-Tongue from ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' is a baatezu, a being MadeOfEvil, who's forced (because he's also made from pure order) to keep a DealWithTheDevil that forces him to only perform saintly and good deeds. Note that at no point does the contract force him to ''act'' saintly and good, leading to a perpetually angry, annoyed and surly devil who does whatever's asked of him through gritted teeth.
29	-->'''The Nameless One:''' I need a place to sleep.\
30	'''Fhjull:''' WHAT? I must endure your presence even longer? Will this torment never cease? Feh! Fine, then, fine! Spread out across the floor! Raid my larder! Knock over my experiments! I'll just be over here fuming! Feh!
31	* Zor from ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'' looks and speaks like a depressed [[EmoTeen goth/emo]]. He even seems to hate a lot of things.
32	--> '''Zor:''' Man, this day keeps getting lamer and lamer...whatever. Gotta go tell the others the bad news... Giving bad news is actually the one thing I enjoy...
33	* [[MeaningfulName Sullen]], the magic mirror in ''Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel''...although he ''is'' the unwilling pawn of an evil sorceress, so it may be justified.
34	-->'''Barbie:''' Isn't it a beautiful morning, Sullen?
35	-->'''Sullen:''' ''(sighs)'' If you like sunshine, I suppose. The glare gives me a headache.
36	* Toko Fukawa from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' is bitter, over-sensitive and generally unpleasant, and at one point the protagonist even describes her as emitting an aura of negativity. Eventually, she finally does find something to be happy about when she falls for Byakuya...who wants nothing to do with her, [[MadLove and most of her advances just wind up being very creepy.]] [[spoiler: By contrast, her SplitPersonality., Genocide Jack, is a lot more carefree.]]
37	* In ''VideoGame/TheSims3'' and ''VideoGame/TheSimsMedieval'', a Sim with the trait "Morose" will be this: often in a depressed mood for no apparent reason (they literally wake up in it even if the day before went well) and harder to cheer up.
38	* In the epilogue of ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', [[spoiler:Jack Marston]] becomes this after [[spoiler:John is killed by Ross at the tail end of the game, and Abigail dies soon after]].
39	* A minor character in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is a sad-sack ghost named Napstablook who likes to mope around their house listening to techno music. They attack the player with spectral tears, and can even form a hat out of them.
40	* In VideoGame/{{MARDEK}}, Miserable Old Martin, one of Legion's four souls, constantly grumbles about everything.
41	* Gozu from ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2'', like all of the Ancients, is an incredibly powerful immortal demon. He spends his days doting on his goddess Ameonna and moping on the front steps of the fortress doing absolutely nothing to help those below him, even as they suffer far worse than he does. Lo Wang despises him for this.
42	-->'''Gozu:''' ''You are always so unkind to me.''
43	-->'''Lo Wang:''' ''And you sit up here on your self-pitying ass, waiting hand on foot for an immortal narcissist while the people you pretend to care for are victimized. Don't try to tell me you give a shit about humans. Your actions...sorry...''inactions'' tell the story.''
44	* Wendy the Bereaved from VideoGame/DontStarve is an AngstySurvivingTwin whose quotes mostly relate to death and how pointless life is, making her also a StrawNihilist.
45	* Machina from ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' is a perpetually gloomy character who has long since crossed the DespairEventHorizon and now simply wants to die, but can't due to being bound to the BigBad's WarriorHeaven. The narrative frequently compares his eyes to those of a dead fish and gives him the moniker of the Somber Knight.
46	* Peatrice from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' starts off like this, running the Item Check in a gloomy and complaining manner because no one ever uses its services. She breaks out of it through Link's repeated visits because she develops a crush on him, her sole customer, but she will return to her gloomy demeanor if Link rejects her advances.
47	* Harrim from ''VideoGame/PathfinderKingmaker'' appears to be a homage to Xan above. He's a perpetually downcast and mad priest of Groetus, the god of WeAllDieSomeDay, whose [[DramaQueen caterwauling]] and complete {{Sarcasm Blind}}ness is frequently PlayedForLaughs. Completing his companion quest sees him temper his behaviour somewhat into a DeterminedDefeatist.
48	* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' has Patroclus, who you meet in Elysium, the portion of the Greek Underworld where heroes (usually of wars) end up. Unlike the other residents, who tend to be more BloodKnight than ShellShockedVeteran, Patroclus is this: gloomy and withdrawn, teetering on a DespairEventHorizon and mourning his lover Achilles, [[Literature/TheIliad who he lost in miserable circumstances in life]], and is now separated from in death.
49	* Alcryst from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'' fits the bill to a T. His defining character trait is that he constantly talks about how miserable of an excuse he is for a human being, and pities anyone who gives him even a remote lick of attention.

Context TheEeyore / VideoGames