History WorldOfJerkass / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/WorldsEnd'': Literally every character in all of the three chapters of this game are either some flavor of {{jerkass}}, AxCrazy, or AffablyEvil at best. In fact, here are the initial trio of ''OUR PROTAGONISTS'':

Needless to say, the Valelands are something you DON'T want to visit when you go on vacation.

* ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'': Outside of the main cast, around 95% of the thugs you encounter is a piece of shit who will try to extort money or start a fight [[DisproportionateRetribution for petty offenses]] [[ItAmusedMe or just for the hell of it.]]

* ''VideoGame/WorldsEnd'': Literally every character in all of the three chapters of this game. It's a CrapsackWorld, and the characters show it. The Valelands are something you DON'T want to come by when you go on vacation.

* ''VideoGame/NaughtyBear'' is a VillainProtagonist who goes from a mere troublemaker to a nightmarish boogeyman whose methods veer on sadism. The other bears are no better as they are shown to be complete jerks and are responsible for Naughty [[FreudianExcuse becoming who he is]] and still continue to be so despite the titular bear doing good things and [[spoiler:''saving them'' from an alien invasion.]] The only bear who isn't a jerk is [[NiceGuy Dr. Juggles]] and unfortunately he gets DrivenToSuicide by him at the narrator's urging.

** Villagers could also scam you out of your money, force an exchange out of you, lock you into a minigame where RNG could work against you, and have them take what you have, anyway. Peppy, Cranky and even the [[BewareTheNiceOnes Normal villagers]] could outright ''steal your items'' for no reason, villagers could paint your roof a random color for arbitraty reasons (only Peppy villagers would actually ''ask'' whether you want it painted or not), Lazy villagers [[YouAreFat would call you fat]] and mock you over it out of nowhere, and Jock villagers could possibly make a jab towards your name when you first introduced yourself to them. The game's successor, ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingWildWorld'', still has shows off some of this hostility in spades, but at least villagers don't wantonly scam, steal, and ruin your roof out of spite. Starting with ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingCityFolk'' the hostility is significantly toned down, and ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'' and ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' would [[TookALevelInKindness dial it back even more]], to the point where [[WeWantOurJerkBack some fans wish for a return to this trope]], or at least an option to toggle the dialogue to make it "edgier".

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' in a nutshell. Practically 90% of the people you talk to are rude, hostile, and/or have a chip or more on their shoulder. And that's not counting the various raiders, slavers, serial killers, drug dealers, gang lords, con-artists, mercenaries, mad scientists, sentient monsters, and trigger-happy psychos who will try to murder you because you poked their radio. This all stems from an alternate-timeline fault, where society never evolved past the 1950's, causing the Cold War to escalate and radicalize both sides until they were secretly ruled by delusional psychopaths that gleefully launched WWIII.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'': While the most jerkass characters in the game are [[ManipulativeBastard Ga]][[TheSociopath ry]], [[RichBitch De]][[SmugSnake rby]], [[FatBastard Mr.]] [[ScaryBlackMan Hatt]][[SadistTeacher rick]] and [[AllMenArePerverts Mr.]] [[{{Ephebophile}} Bur]][[DrillSergeantNasty ton]], Bullworth is full of it and it isn't limited to them.

* ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'': Outside of the main cast, around 95% of the thugs you encounter is a piece of shit who will try to extort money or start a fight [[DisproportionateRetribution for petty offenses.]] Kinda justified since the series itself is a crime drama.

* ''{{VideoGame/LikeADragon}}'': Outside of the main cast, around 95% of the thugs you encounter is a piece of shit who will try to extort money or start a fight [[DisproportionateRetribution for petty offenses.]] Kinda justified since the series itself is a crime drama.

* Relating to the above, ANY VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei game could also count. Most of the time, the plots boil down to a war between a KnightTemplar, a SocialDarwinist and an OnlySaneMan. Also, the OnlySaneMan [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters almost never has supporters.]]

** The adults at the town of Bullworth aren't any better as they will treat you, or anyone like crap for being underage, and the only way for them to treat Jimmy nicely is if he wears a decent outfit and a neat haircut. And the Townies, being out-of-school thugs and criminals, will attack anyone from the Academy on sight and, like the Greasers, will harass and attack adults on sight.

* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Everyone that is not a Phantom Thief, a Confidant or has a positive connection to one of the people previously mentioned is highly likely to be an unbearable asshole: The school the protagonist attends is full of GossipyHens who do nothing but spread MaliciousSlander about him and his friends, everyone in the city looks down on them for little to no reason, and the less we talk about [[HateSink any of the people targeted by the Phantom Thieves]] the better. This is in the end subverted at the climax target after the biggest asshole target has been taken care of: [[spoiler:The whole people of Tokyo (the scope of this WorldOfJerkass in question) becomes the Phantom Thieves' next target where it turns out that they're assholes because they're just plain slothful and prefers being told what to do rather than thinking for themselves. In the end, it's later revealed to be a machination of the BigBad to rig their game so things go his way and justifies him to 'bring ruin to the world'. The Phantom Thieves and their allies than had to rally the whole town to cheer for them, because they're the ones risking their asses for the world despite the rejection they get. It ''worked'': These assholes finally get ahold of themselves and start cheering for the Phantom Thieves to defeat the BigBad. Once that's all done, however, it becomes AWorldHalfFull: The ratio between the 'becomes nicer' people and the people who still insist being {{Jerkass}}es (in terms of the acknowledgement of the Phantom Thieves) becomes 50-50, forming a true balance.]]