History EvenEvilHasLovedOnes / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'': Despite her hatred for her rival Amelia, Edwina misses Amelia's mother, Freya. She used to play with her at the patio of Windmill Café as a kid, and Freya used to call her [[AffectionateNickname "Weeny"]] because they were best friends. In fact, after she fell out with Freya, Edwina used to babysit Amelia when she was a child, and Freya's aunt Esme still calls Edwina "Weeny", having known her for a long time.\\

* [[spoiler:The King of Spades]] of ''Videogame/{{Deltarune}}'' threatens to drop his own son off of his castle if the heroes don't surrender. You don't find out until the next chapter that he was bluffing, and every so often asks how his son is doing while he's imprisoned, showing that [[CompleteMonster if nothing else]] his love for his son is genuine.

* ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'': Despite her hatred for her rival Amelia, Edwina misses Amelia's mother, Freya. She used to play with her at the patio of Windmill Café as a kid, and Freya used to call her [[AffectionateNickname "Weeny"]] because they were best friends. In fact, after she fell out with Freya, Edwina used to babysit Amelia when she was a child, and Freya's aunt Esme still calls Edwina "Weeny", having known her for a long time.

* ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'': Despite her hatred for her rival Amelia, Edwina misses Amelia's mother, Freya. She used to play with her at the patio of Windmill Café as a kid, and Freya used to call her [[AffectionateNickname "Weeny"]] because they were best friends. In fact, after she fell out with Freya, Edwina used to babysit Amelia when she was a child.

* ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'': Despite her hatred for her rival Amelia, Edwina misses Amelia's mother, Freya. She used to play with her at the patio of Windmill Café as a kid, and Freya used to call her [[AffectionateNickname "Weeny"]] because they were best friends.

* ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'': Despite her hatred for her rival Amelia, Edwina misses the latter's mother, Freya. She used to play with her at the patio of Windmill Café as a kid, and Freya used to call her [[AffectionateNickname "Weeny"]] because they were best friends.

** BigBad Albert Wesker cared for one person, but it's not Excella his NumberTwo (who loves him) nor his son Jake's unnamed mother, it's actually his old colleague William Birkin. Despite betraying and murdering literally everyone else in his life, Wesker treated Birkin with legitimate respect and considered him a friend. In ''Wesker's Report'', Albert loses his usual cold stoicism and apathy to express distaste towards HUNK William's killer and continues to praises his old friend's genius which is very uncharacteristic for him.

** Matt Engarde from [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll Justice for All]] is an unrepentant murderer and blackmailer, but genuinely asks the player to make sure his pet cat Shoe gets fed.

** Manfred von Karma in the ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' series is completely ruthless and will ruin your life in every way he can and/or murder you over the slightest insult, but as seen by the way he keeps making positive offhand remarks about her, he dotes on his wife.

*** Present among Dark-Side characters who choose to partake in a RomanceSidequest, but it's especially notable for the Sith. Dark-sided Warriors are typically ruthless, bloodthirsty, intolerant of failure, and quite possibly [[ImAHumanitarian cannibals]]; dark-sided Inquisitors are typically {{Magnificent Bastard}}s and [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinists]] who love electrocuting people and take sarcasm to {{Jerkass}} levels. This doesn't stop them from genuinely loving their chosen paramour.
*** It is noteworthy that love does not even have to be romantic. A Dark-Side character can develop a strong bond with his/her companions, to the point of treating them more as his/her friends or even as a surrogate family than as subordinates. For example, a female Sith warrior may end up becoming a surrogate sister for Vette.
*** Brutally subverted in the expansions, in this one a Dark Side player character can kill his romantic partners, without showing the slightest sign of regret or sadness.

*** The [[HumanoidAbomination Dread Masters]] treat each other like family, especially Calphayus. In the Republic ending to their storyline, [[spoiler:a clearly disoriented and confused Calphayus, free from the corruption of the DarkSide, mentions that he once had a wife. [[TearJerker And he didn't fear her]].]]

* Yukari from ''VisualNovel/LiarLiar'' is AxeCrazy and a SerialKiller, but loves her girlfriend Miho and her little sister Minami. [[spoiler:When Miho kills Minami to save Yukari, Yukari's love for Miho doesn't stop her from killing her for killing Minami.]]

** While not outright ''evil'', the BigBad of the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Tellius series]] is willing to let the entire continent be TakenForGranite, with only two people he fully intends to spare -- [[spoiler:his great-granddaughters, Micaiah and Sanaki]].
* ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' reveals that Mr. Afton [[spoiler:a.k.a the murderer]] has a daughter, whom he honestly cares for (given how he refused to let her see Circus Baby, [[spoiler:knowing that he'd designed the animatronic as a secret [[HomicideMachines child abduction/murder machine]] that would surely kill her]]). [[spoiler:Sadly, she decided to visit Baby when he wasn't looking...]] Seems to be subverted in the game's custom night with [[spoiler:his son, Michael Afton, though. From the way Michael tells it, his father sent him to deal with the homicidal ghosts possessing the animatronics... and it didn't go well for Mike]].

** Lady Alcina Dimitrescu from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' might be a insane mutant vampire lady, but she does genuinely loves her adoptive three daughters Daniela, Bela and Cassandra as if they really are her own. [[spoiler: After Ethan kills them, Dimitrescu assures Ethan [[MamaBear in cold fury]] she will “devour” him whole, flesh and bone until there’s nothing left.]]

* ''HitmanBloodMoney'': Richard Delahunt is a total scumbag who runs a child-prostitution ring, but he does have one redeeming quality in that he genuinely loves Alvaro D'Alvade. If you kill D'Alvade and let Delahunt live for a while, he's rendered completely inconsolable and mourns him for the rest of the mission. One of the easiest ways to pick off Delahunt is to kill D'Alvade while he's on the stage - Delahunt will panic and rush down the aisle to get to him, only to trip and leave himself open.

** Ada Wong, while decidedly less evil than the game’s actual villains is still a cruel, manipulative and amoral FemmeFatale who’s most definitely helped cause outbreaks by stealing viruses for third party employers. BeneathTheMask however Ada’s [[VillainessesWantHeroes romantic feelings]] for Leon Kennedy to do appear to be genuine to some degree, even if she’s not above using him to further her own goals. Likely it’s a case of BecauseYouWereNiceToMe after Leon took a bullet for her in ''[=RE2=]''

* In the 'VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series, deep down, Vergil does care for his younger brother despite the resentment. After [[spoiler:his time spent as V]] in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', he is less antagonistic towards Dante and even genuinely thanks Nero [[spoiler:before realizing that Nero is actually his son, not his nephew like he initially thought]]. Vergil also genuinely [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas loved his human mother]] Eva, though Vergil thought she had abandoned him to safeguard Dante, which [[StartOfDarkness kicked off]] his aforementioned resentment of his brother and made him shun his human side.

* In 'the 'VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series, deep down, Vergil does care for his younger brother despite the resentment. After [[spoiler:his time spent as V]] in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'', he is less antagonistic towards Dante and even genuinely thanks Nero [[spoiler:before realizing that Nero is actually his son, not his nephew like he initially thought]]. Vergil also genuinely [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas loved his human mother]] Eva, though Vergil thought she had abandoned him to safeguard Dante, which [[StartOfDarkness kicked off]] his aforementioned resentment of his brother and made him shun his human side.

* In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', deep down, Vergil does care for his younger brother despite the resentment. After [[spoiler:his time spent as V]], he is less antagonistic towards Dante and even genuinely thanks Nero [[spoiler:before realizing that Nero is actually his son, not his nephew like he initially thought]]. Vergil also genuinely [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas loved his human mother]] Eva, though Vergil thought she had abandoned him to safeguard Dante, which [[StartOfDarkness kicked off]] his aforementioned resentment of his brother and made him shun his human side.

** There's a rather twisted example with Handsome Jack. Once you manage to reach [[spoiler:Control Core Angel]], it's revealed that [[spoiler:Angel is not only a Siren, but Jack's daughter whom he's been using as both a power source for the [[MacGuffin Vault Key]] and as a [[WetwareCPU living supercomputer]]. [[AbusiveParents Despite being emotionally and verbally abusive towards her, as well as having kept her locked up for a large part of her life]], [[VillainousParentalInstinct he expresses genuine terror once you and your team begin trying to kill her]] [[ICannotSelfTerminate at her request]], even frantically begging you to not kill his "baby girl", even throwing his goal of activating the vault key out the window, asking you who even cares about the key when "an innocent girl" is about to die. Once she dies, he starts going into a complete VillainousBreakdown and replaces his contempt for you with burning, murderous hatred now that he admits that he has nothing left to lose.]] In ''VideoGame/TalesFromTheBorderlands,'' when you're [[spoiler: playing as Rhys in Jack's office, you can choose to examine the framed photo he has on his desk, only to see that it's of Angel as a little girl. If you bring it up with him (keep in mind this being an ArtificialIntelligence version of himself) he becomes noticeably sullen and tells you that she's his daughter that he keeps secret from most everyone, and asks if you two can go visit her once the vault business is over with, completely unaware that she's long dead. After Helios crashes and he's contemplating everything that's led up to this point, he tells you that he checked the station's data and learned that she's been dead, and admits that he can't blame Angel for turning on him.]]