Deadpan Snarker/Video Games: Difference between revisions

* Crypto in ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]''.

* Gig from ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]'', who liberally throws around insults and sarcasm directed at you, your team-mates and the world in general whenever he's annoyed, smug, confrontational, or just plain bored (in other words, all of the time, except when he's offering exposition or being incredibly self-aggrandizing).

* At least one NPC in each [[BioWare]] [[RPG]] will be of this sort, and the game will occasionally allow the main character to snark it up too.

** Jolee Bindo in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', and was likely [[Shout-Out|the inspiration for Shepard's quote]] below.

** One of the changes made for ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' was the addition of little icons indicating the tone of the main character's response. Not only does this allow Hawke to snark his/her way through the entire game, it also alters Hawke's automatic lines (combat chatter, random quips during banter and so on) to conform with the player-chosen personality.

{{quote|'''Hawke:''' Looks like they took him to some bolthole on the Wounded Coast. I wonder if that's near the Injured Cliffs? Or the Limping Hills. The Massive Head-Trauma Bay? ''(beat)'' No one? Just me? Forget I said anything.}}

* Several characters in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] 2'' fit this from time to time. Atton and Kreia are the premier examples, though Mandalore, HK-47, G0-T0, and Mira have been known to fit this trope.

* Rouge often slips into this in ''[[Sonic Chronicles]]''. It's a pity she's such a [[Spoony Bard]] gameplay-wise, since bringing her along to plot related stuff often results in funny. Sonic, too. Any [[Dialogue Tree]] option symbolized by a winking Sonic will result in snarking.

* Haskill from ''[[The Elder Scrolls|The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles]]''. He's never ''not'' snarking at you.

* ''[[Grand Theft Auto]] IV'' - With all the shit Niko Bellic gives his clients, it is a surprise he gets work. Huang is the same in ''Chinatown Wars''; it's a pity absolutely no one takes him seriously.

{{quote|'''Norman Jayden:'''There's no one home.

'''Carter Blake:''' *kicks the door off its hinges* There is now.

** Morte, who is such an aggravating snarker that he has a special ability called "litany of curses" that can drive your enemies so crazy with anger they have to attack him in melee. Even if they're a [[Squishy Wizard]].

** Annah seems this way at first, but she's far too easy to [[Fiery Redhead|fire up]]. The Nameless One, depending on player choice, but some of his lines are too good to pass up.

* Selvan from '[[Radiant Historia]]':

{{quote|"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to {{spoiler|set my own city on fire}}."}}

** The game itself [[Lampshades]] this when you create a team composed of Spidey, Deadpool, Iceman, and Human Torch. This results in a team bonus titled "Shut Up, Already!"

* ''[[Grandia II]]'' uses the ''main'' character as its snarker, resulting in many wonderful conversations where the party wants to stop and help people in need, and Ryudo rolls his eyes, mocks them all, and reluctantly agrees to go along with it.

* In ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]'' Beckett is a prime Deadpan Snarker, although this may be helped by his voice actor reading ''his every single line'' in an over-the-top sarcastic tone of voice. Deb, the host for an [[Show Within a Show|in-game late-night radio talk show]], is an equally good example.

* Jimmy from ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''.

{{quote|'''Mrs. Hopkins''': Jimmy, please say something.

** Or this:

{{quote|'''Sam:''' (''after smashing a guard's face into a drawer'') You're gonna have to pay for sex from now on...}}

* The [[X Meets Y|role-playing rhythm-game]] ''[[Sequence]]'' has the two main characters, Ky and Naia, as well as anyone else they can drag in to their snarkier conversations (notably the fourth and fifth floor bosses). Outside of the [[Serious Business|very serious]] portions, the game is effectively made up of nothing but snark and [[Incredibly Lame Pun|puns]]. Even the tutorial video on Steam is filled with snark, for instance only mentioning [[Hit Points|HP]] briefly and stating that if you can't figure out that you need to keep it above zero, [[Viewers are Morons|they can't help you]].

* In ''[[The Sims Medieval]]'', the Hero Sim you're playing often has snarky quest dialogue, as does a Royal Advisor if one features in a quest.

** And

{{quote|'''Panzer Grenadier:''' I ordered this rain especially for you Deihnhard...}}

** For Jin:

{{quote|''[[Wide-Eyed Idealist|Bang]] talking to an injured Jin in Ronin-Gai''<br />

Very well then. If you insist. We will have three orders of this... puffed fish. Do try and make at least one of them edible.

If you really cherish that doll of yours, perhaps you should only play with her at home. It would be such a terrible shame if something bad were to happen to her... }}

* Carpenter, the vengeful ghost from ''Hunter: The Reckoning'', and also the only spirit that has retained its sapience.

{{quote|Typical. I try to help you and this is the thanks I get. You think I can't see you shaking at the other end of that barrel? Do you think I don't know that your brain is trying to process the horrible fact of "Oh my gawd it talks!" And if it talks...it thinks. And you can't stand that, can you? When are you going to learn that you're not Hunters. You're sheep...with shotguns.}}