History ThirdPersonPerson / VideoGames

* Ubel of ''BattalionWars''. [[TooDumbToLive It never occurs to him in ]]''[[TooDumbToLive two]]''[[TooDumbToLive missions, with a large enough time frame in-between no less, as to why enemies would want to destroy anti-air emplacements before Kaiser Vlad points out it's to clear a path for Bombers.]]

** Vaike (though not all the time) and Gregor, also from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' do this as well.

* There's a good reason the multiplayer arcade game ''{{Gauntlet}}'' tells you which character is doing things but in single player mode 'Warrior needs food'' becomes this trope.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'': Some of [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter the Nopon]] do this in adition to their YouNoTakeCandle speech pattern, but [[TeamPet Riki]] tends to do it the most.

* ''VideoGame/{{Vietcong}}'' has the Montagnard hunter and CIDG member, Lim, who always speaks in the third person.

* ''VideoGame/SystemShock'': SHODAN averts it hard: she only speaks in the third person at the very start of the first game, when she's ''good''. Unfortunately, "I" begets "AGodAmI". The opening monologue is very well done; it's a bland computer voice narrating the events that led up to the start of the game, and it's only when the speaker shifts from third to first person that you realise it's SHODAN describing her own ascension to malevolent sentience:

* Dimitri from ''[[SlyCooper Sly 2: Band of Thieves]]'' and ''Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves''. Although this is a dialogue he uses to make himself sound cool. (Which uberly fails)

* Ignus of ''PlanescapeTorment'' does this. [[AxCrazy It's the least of his madness]].

* [[CuteMonsterGirl Desco]] of ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4|A Promise Unforgotten}}'' has a tendency to speak in this fashion.
* Ershin of ''BreathOfFireIV'' has two distinct personalities, both of which initially have this trait, and both of which initially have the same name (the female personality later starts using first-person pronouns, and takes the name [[spoiler:Deis]].) In addition, the two speak out loud when talking to each other. Pre-name-change, this leads to linguistic constructs like "Don't thank Ershin. Thank Ershin. Thank you, Ershin."

* ''SengokuBasara''

** The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent manaketes]] Fa from Sword of Seals and Nowi from Awakening speak in the third person, as well, which reinforces [[BadassAdorable their nature]]. In Nowi's case, it's only in the Japanese version

* The vortigaunts from ''{{Half-Life}} 2'' do this because they seem to lack the knowledge of first and second person pronouns. In other words, they use "this one" to refer to themselves and "the * HelloInsertNameHere* " to refer to anyone else, always speaking as if whatever's going on is happening somewhere else with some other people. This is because they are technically a HiveMind via PsychicPowers, (that is to say any individual can apparently experience the senses of another individual) though the degree to which this occurs is not made very obvious in-game. (While the Vortigaunts are DittoAliens, they are all individuals who mourn death, though not in the same fashion that humans do.)

** The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent manaketes]] Fa from Sword of Seals and Nono from Awakening speak in the third person, as well, which reinforces [[BadassAdorable their nature]].
** Vaike and Gregor, also from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' do this as well.

* The hanar in ''Videogame/MassEffect'' consider it downright egotistical to refer to oneself in the first person in front of people they don't know that well. This makes them an ''[[PlanetOfHats entire race]]'' of [[ThirdPersonPerson Third Person]] StarfishAliens.
** This one would respectively like to point out that the Hanar use more distant terms such as "it" and "this one" rather than our "face name," which we otherwise have no problem giving out to anyone we meet. Though, this one believes that this still fits here, if a little different than those that call themselves by their first name.

* As your enemy, Kongol, from ''LegendOfDragoon''. When he joins your party he becomes YouNoTakeCandle.

* Devdan (or Danved, depending on what he's calling himself at the moment), from the ''FireEmblem'' games that take place on Tellius. Aside from this, he can be rather articulate. He also stands out by having an extremely high opinion of himself, while still being a likable character at the same time. "''Danved will fight like a bear! Like a tiger! We don't need Largo and Calill, because Danved is pretty amazing.''"

* Vaike from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' does this a lot, either referring to himself as "The Vaike" or "Teach" ("Ore-sama" in the Japanese version).

* There's a good reason the multiplayer arcade game {{Gauntlet}} tells you which character is doing things but in single player mode 'Warrior needs food'' becomes this trope.

* Riki from ''{{Xenoblade}}''.

* Taokaka in ''BlazBlue''. Sometimes, she'll say her name ''twice'' when introducing herself:

** When she's feeling full of herself, BrattyHalfPint Luna refers to herself in the third person as well--presumably in an attempt to sound self-important. Just to recap, this means ''BlazBlue'' has people who refer to themselves by name becaues they're [[TheDitz airheaded]], [[RobotGirl soulless]], [[NoIndoorVoice attempting]] to be an [[GoodIsOldFashioned old-fashioned hero]], and egotistical...in short, pretty much every possible reason one would refer to oneself by name with a straight face.

* Jovi in ''{{Pokemon}} XD''. Also Chobin. As they were two of the first [=NPCs=] encountered in the game, at least a handful of people began to fear that ''everyone'' would talk like that.

* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' have Deekin, and a weapon merchant in Hordes of the Underdark.

* Pyro from ''{{Sacrifice}}'' occasionally does this. Sure enough, he's the most unstable and unlikeable of the Gods.

* Most of the [[PettingZooPeople Khajiit]] of ''VideoGame/TheElderScrolls'' universe speak this way, particularly so in ''Morrowind''. This goes both ways, with them forgoing "I" or "me" in place of their name, "Khajiit" or "this one"; and replacing "you" with your character's name, class or race. One can readily determine whether a Khajiit in question is a relative foreigner to human lands or has lived in them for a long time by studying their speech patterns. The ones who refer to themselves in the third person frequently are foreigner, while those who use first person are more acclimatized.
** In Skyrim, Cicero the assassin tends to speak like this, often referring to himself as "Poor Cicero".

* Dr. Suchong does this all the way through his audio logs in ''{{Bioshock}}.''

** Nu-13 does it a lot too.
** I, '''[[LargeHam BANG SHISHIGAMI]]''', am astonished that I have not been acknowledged!

* Dampierre from ''SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny'' uses a variation: instead of using his real name, he'll use "Le Bello" instead of "me" or "my".