History PlayingAgainstType / VideoGames

* Creator/NoriakiSugiyama is known for voicing eccentric and {{Tsundere}} characters, and in ''[[VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}} Onmyōji]]'', he voices Abe no Seimei, a kind and [[TheStoic stoic]] man with no traces of ''tsundere'' in sight.

* Creator/SteveBlum (who as mentioned earlier voiced Grunt and the Shadow Baker from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'') is known for voicing true [[RatedMForManly paragons of testosterone]] and [[BadassBaritone deep voiced characters]] such as [[WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen Wolverine]], [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 Vilgax]], and [[Anime/TheBigO Roger Smith]], but did you know he also voiced the titular VideoGame/CrashBandicoot (a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} wacky]], WesternAnimation/BugsBunny-esque FunnyAnimal) in ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart''? That alone is a testament to his sheer vocal range.

* Yet another meta example: Creator/CreativeAssembly's ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' (a series of historical battle games) choosing to adapt the fantastical and fictional ''TabletopGame/Warhammer'' of all properties [[VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammer into]] [[VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerII an entire trilogy]] [[VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerIII no less]].

* Creator/DCDouglas is known for voicing ObviouslyEvil LargeHam villains. A lot of people can be taken by surprise with his performance as the friendly and heroic geth, [[RobotBuddy Legion]], in ''Franchise/MassEffect'', who shed a great deal of light on the previously-mysterious and seemingly evil geth, the quarians, their initial war, and played a major role in one of the biggest {{Tear Jerker}}s in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''.

* The Japanese release of ''Tale of Food'' with Creator/KenjiroTsuda as keigo-speaking ''[[WarriorPoet Longjing Shrimp]]''. Whether this is actually done ''well'', considering the characteristic rough and coarse quality of his voice sometimes comes out of a breathtakingly beautiful, elegant and cultured DaintyCombat LongHairedPrettyBoy character, is up for debate.

* The Japanese release of ''Tale of Food'' with Creator/KenjiroTsuda as keigo-speaking ''[[WarriorPoet Longjing Shrimp]]''. Whether this is actually done ''well'', considering the characteristic rough and coarse quality of his voice sometimes comes out of a breathtakingly beautiful, elegant and cultured LongHairedPrettyBoy character, is up for debate.

* Creator/RieKugimiya is normally known as the "Queen of the ShanaClone {{Tsundere}} archetype", so imagine that [[VideoGame/ZeroNoKiseki KeA]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Bannings]] is a little girl who has GirlishPigtails yet is ''not'' a {{Tsundere}} but rather a sweet adorable girl is a really big surprise.

* The Japanese release of ''Tale of Food'' with Creator/KenjiroTsuda as keigo-speaking ''[[WarriorPoet Longjing Shrimp]]''. Whether this is actually done ''well'', considering the characteristic rough and coarse quality of his voice sometimes comes out of a breathtakingly beautiful, elegant and cultured LongHairedPrettyBoy character is up for debate.

* The Terror Mask of ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}'' is a LargeHam, SirSwearsALot BloodKnight that verbally abuses Rick and calls him a pussy often. If you want a funny image in your head, could you imagine a pissed off WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck, [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM Doctor Robotnik]] or ''[[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Winnie-The-Goddamn-Pooh]]'' doing that? That's right, the Terror Mask is voiced by no other than Creator/JimCummings himself.

* Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas, who usually voices heroic characters, charismatic villains, and {{Adorkable}} [[ButtMonkey comic relief]] characters, is the hammy BloodKnight Gan Ning in the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' series. There's also his role as the EldritchAbomination that is [[spoiler:Orphan]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''.

* The Terror Mask of ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}'' is a LargeHam, SirSwearsALot BloodKnight that verbally abuses Rick and calls him a pussy often. If you want a funny image in your head, could you imagine a pissed off WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck, [[WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM Doctor Robotnik]] or ''[[Disney/WinnieThePooh Winnie-The-Goddamn-Pooh]]'' doing that? That's right, the Terror Mask is voiced by no other than Creator/JimCummings himself.

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', he voices Excellus, a [[SissyVillain Sissy]] SmugSnake [[DudeLooksLikeALady who Looks Like a Lady]].
** ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has Spencer voicing Wukong, a [[TricksterArchetype tricky]] [[BloodKnight fight-happy]] [[MonkeyKingLite monkey]], and Kled, [[PsychopathicManchild a completely manic]] [[AxCrazy and violently territorial]] [[TheNapoleon warlord]] [[KillerRabbit yordle]] whose voice sounds like an even-more deranged WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam ''[[NoIndoorVoice and almost never]] [[ScreamingWarrior stops screaming]].''

* Creator/JoshKeaton is well known as the voice of many a teenaged hero, such as SpiderMan. Then along comes ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', where he lends his voice to the AxCrazy superhero-themed assassin Destroyman.

* Previously, Terrence C. Carson was best known as the smooth-talking stockbroker and [[TheCasanova ladies man]] Kyle on the sitcom ''Series/LivingSingle''. Nowadays, you'd probably know him better as the voice of [[VideoGame/GodofWarSeries Kratos]], the vicious, murdering Spartan who [[RageAgainstTheHeavens razed Olympus]] and [[NoIndoorVoice has no time for smooth talk]]. In spite of all this, Kratos is quite the ladies man himself!

* Creator/BrycePapenbrook is best well-known for his KidHero, NiceGuy, and {{Keet}} roles like [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Kirito]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Zidane]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Henry]], [[LightNovel/{{Durarara}} Masaomi Kida]], [[Manga/BlueExorcist Rin Okumura]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfGraces Asbel]], [[VideoGame/BravelyDefault Tiz]], and [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa Makoto Naegi]]. In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', he voices Issachar, a friend of the main character who has an upbeat attitude until he got rejected by the Samurai's Gauntlet. [[spoiler:Then later on, he transforms into a demon and the boss fight against Issachar is memorably [[NightmareFuel/ShinMegamiTenseiIV one of his creepiest roles]]. At least in the case of [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Henry]], the creepy parts of him are usually PlayedForLaughs.]]

* Creator/CharlesMartinet, who is best known for playing [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]], plays TheMentor Paarthurnax in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVrimrim Skyrim]]'', one of the most [[TheAtoner complex]] and [[CainAndAbel compelling]] characters in the history of the Elder Scrolls, not to mention someone who talks a lot and is a BadassBaritone, that alone is a huge contrast to Mario.

** ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has Spencer voicing Wukong, a [[TricksterArchetype tricky]] [[BloodKnight fight-happy]] [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkey]].

** Even more surprising: did you know that Master Xehanort, who puts both the Magnificent ''and'' the Bastard in MagnificentBastard, was voiced by ''Creator/LeonardNimoy'', of all people? Not how Spock would have imagined his actor bowing out, I imagine.
** Haley Joel Osmont, the voice of the main character Sora throughout the ''Kingdom Hearts'' games, asked to play the villain Vanitas in the prequel game ''Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep''.

* KeithSzarabajka plays incredibly [[BadassBaritone deep voiced]] villains and extremely dark anti-heroes such as [[Franchise/MassEffect Harbinger]] and [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Joshua Graham]]. Then you hear him voicing random Dark Elves in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', such as [[https://youtu.be/N94X8muTO80?t=5m42s the one you frame at the start of the Thieves Guild questline as he's getting arrested]].