History BlatantLies / VideoGames

** The Council's adamant refusal to acknowledge the existence of the Reapers.
--->'''Sparatus:''' Ah yes, [[MemeticHandGesture "Reapers"]]. The immortal race of sentient starships allegedly waiting in dark space. We have already dismissed that claim.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' has a few examples where the a witness will tell a blatant lie. These are normally few and far between however, especially as the games go on, as most of the lies are actual well spun, and are only broken apart due to a piece of evidence that the protagonist happens to have found on the off change, and/or just reply on some logical and clever thinking.

* In ''VideoGame/LordsOfTheRealm2'', the Bishop has a tendency to do this, such as telling you his army is in your lands on a purely fact-finding mission. Then said army lays siege your castle.

** The description for the final boss of the No Mercy Run, [[spoiler: Sans]], says [[spoiler: he has 1 ATK and 1 DEF, and is the easiest enemy. The first part is technically true[[note]]His attacks do 1 damage each, but not only are they incredibly hard to avoid, but they also apply a damage over time effect each time they hit. He dies in one hit, but since he can dodge all your attacks, you'll have to keep attacking him until he gets bored of fighting and falls asleep, and then sneak your SOUL over to the FIGHT button[[/note]], [[NintendoHard but the second part is DEFINITELY a lie]]]].

* Lesteena claims that her father was a man of peace and that she will continue his ideals in ''VisualNovel/EienNoAselia''. What did the man just do? Enslaved a couple children and used them to conquer the four neighboring empires overnight. For no apparent reason.

* ''VisualNovel/HeartOfTheWoods''

** ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'': Don't look now! [[https://youtu.be/pUJ7K6ePYx0 Wess isn't going to stick his butt out or anything, though.]]
** VideoGame/{{Mother 1}}: La la la la la, la la la la la! Oh, don't pay attention to THIS melody!

** One of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XWzhfuMU8U promotional videos]] (about 4 seconds in) for ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' shows that the phrase "Asbestos is harmless!" is a trademark of Aperture Science.

* Jade Curtiss from VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss is a ''master'' of this. "No, no. I've been frail since birth... ''[fake cough]''"

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'':

** Kazami Yuuka spends the entirety of ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'' telling absolutely pointless lies, even incriminating herself in crimes she had nothing to do with for apparently no other reason than to "tease" others.

** Garrus's often-repeated line when he doesn't have anything to talk with you about. In the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC and the third game, this often gets referenced and parodied.
--->'''Garrus:''' Can it wait? I'm in the middle of some [[UnusualEuphemism calibrations]].

* The Dancing Zombie in ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' is clearly based on pop musician ''Music/MichaelJackson'', although his description says "Any resemblance between Dancing Zombie and persons living or dead is purely coincidental."
** Since his death, the Dancing Zombie is now a generic DiscoDan, with the same description.
** The original help screen for the first game describes how you should sit around and not do anything, and you win when the zombies reach the house. It then immediately follows up with "-This help message is brought to you by the zombies"

* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2''; in one evil questline, the PC has the option to burn down a building using a torch. They will almost certainly be stopped by a guard for questioning. While still holding the torch and possibly having come right from lighting the building in full view of the guard, they can attempt to bluff "I don't even have a torch".
* In all ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto GTA]]'' games: ''"Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental."''
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' level "[[MilkmanConspiracy The Milkman Conspiracy]]", a 50s-style StepfordSuburbia is swarming with [[TheMenInBlack G-Men]] in hilariously PaperThinDisguise who are obviously spying and snooping while pretending to engage in innocuous activities related to their disguises. They all wear giveaway black sunglasses, speak in CreepyMonotone, engage in SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, and often seem to have not idea how the job they are impersonating is performed. The self-proclaimed telephone repairman says:
--> "I can listen to any phone conversations I wish, but do not do so out of my sense of professional responsibility."
* Nearly all of [=GLaDOS=]'s dialog in ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', which makes sense, as she's a [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment lying liar who lies about lying.]]
** One of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XWzhfuMU8U promotional videos]] (about 4 seconds in) for ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' shows that the phrase "Asbestos is harmless!" is a trademark of Aperture Science.
** The Fact Core blurts out various completely ridiculous facts when you carry it, such as "Before the Wright Brothers invented the aeroplane, anyone who wanted to fly was required to eat two hundred pounds of helium."
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' gives us the following exchange: "Hey, Commander, I heard there were some interesting noises coming from the Synthetic Insights office. Would you happen to know anything about it?" "Who, me? I'm entirely innocent."
** The Council's adamant refusal to acknowledge the existence of the Reapers.
--->'''Sparatus:''' Ah yes, [[MemeticHandGesture "Reapers"]]. The immortal race of sentient starships allegedly waiting in dark space. We have already dismissed that claim.
** Garrus's often-repeated line when he doesn't have anything to talk with you about. In the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC and the third game, this often gets referenced and parodied.
--->'''Garrus:''' Can it wait? I'm in the middle of some [[UnusualEuphemism calibrations]].
** From the second game:
--->'''Asari:''' Wait. Did you hack your translator so you could control your kinetic language processing?\\
'''Elcor:''' With a sincerity such that skepticism would be deeply insulting: No.
* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'':
** Marisa is the most honest person in all of Gensokyo.
---> '''Shiki''': Yes, you are a little ''too'' comfortable with lying.\\
'''Marisa''': That isn't true. [[BadLiar I haven't told a]] ''[[ConsummateLiar single]]'' [[RefugeInAudacity lie since I was born.]]
** She steals nearly everything that might interest her, but claims that she is only "borrowing" because she will return everything when she dies, as being a normal human most of them will outlive her. You ''could'' excuse that as just an unusual thought process, if not for the fact that she is also working on an elixir of immortality.
** One can only conclude that her master, Mima, the black winged evil spirit, taught her well. Most of the time she can actually tell really convincing lies, but she seems to enjoy being a baldfaced liar so much she sometimes strides straight into this trope [[ItAmusedMe for the lulz]].
---> '''Luize:''' You don't look human...\\
'''Mima:''' [[SayItWithHearts I am!]] ♥
** Kazami Yuuka spends the entirety of ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'' telling absolutely pointless lies, even incriminating herself in crimes she had nothing to do with for apparently no other reason than to "tease" others.
*** She took lessons in {{Troll}}ing from [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry Beatrice]].
** Remilia Scarlet claims with a straight face to be a descendant of Vlad Tepes. Yes, ''that'' [[{{Dracula}} Vlad Tepes]]. Even the WordOfGod says she's a liar.
* [[EvilMentor Kreia]] in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords''. Lampshaded by Kreia herself who warns you frequently not to trust her. Parodied with some of the HK-50s' statements, as they quite literally start the sentence by stating that they are insincere or that they are a fabrication.
* ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' has a quest called "One Small Favour." [[TemptingFate How bad could it be?]] *[[ChainOfDeals Snerk]]*
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' and Emil's Mystic Arte. "This... is the final strike !" (slash !). And then he strikes the enemy again...
** Not counting Ain Soph Aur. What a liar...
** In the first game, Regal is asked what his relationship is to Presea. He says simply "There is none", but his tone makes it more than obvious that he's lying. The party members don't push him on it, though, apparently assuming his reasons are his own business.
** Also in the first game, subverted with Lloyd's calling Noishe a dog. This is very clearly untrue: although Noishe is canine in shape, he's several times too large, and possessed of green fur and giant rodent ears. It's not a case of CallASmeerpARabbit, either, because there are perfectly ordinary dogs in the game, and a pair of villagers {{lampshad|eHanging}}ing it early on in the game. It eventually turns out that this has a justification: [[spoiler:Noishe is a protozoan, a legendary shapeshifting animal]]. However, Lloyd didn't know that (the fact that [[spoiler:they're supposed to be extinct]] might have had something to do with it) and simply called him a dog because [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he didn't think he looked enough like a wolf to be one]].

* Everyone at Ted E. Bear's [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial mafia-free]] playland and casino, in ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice ''; Season 1, Episode 3. There is no confusing the place for [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub anything but a mafia hideout]] with a lot of bear-head masks on the thugs, and yet, its workers will deny this every chance they get; often without even being asked, with dialogue such as "You'd never make it in the mafia... not that there's any mafia around here."
** And then there's the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLVclnItahk "theme song"]].
* The legendary "The Day Deathwing Came" questline in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft: Cataclysm''. Three {{N|onPlayerCharacter}}PCs tell their stories of how [[BigBad Deathwing]] flew over the Badlands and got {{curb stomp|Battle}}ed by the NPC in question. [[GoodOldFisticuffs Face-punching]], [[MadScience world-shrinking]], and TheCasanova orc [[RuleOfCool with a flying motorbike]] ensue.
** The presence of 'Safe' and 'Ultrasafe' engineering devices. The safest thing they can do is ''explode''.
* [[SNKBoss Hazama]] from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' says he isn't that good at fighting. [[SarcasmMode It's not like he's lying or something...]] However, this is also subverted that if the situation demands (as in, not to reveal his grand plan), he'd lie anyway, as seen at trying to kill Makoto because she knows too much, but stated it as a 'disciplinary action' for not obeying orders.
* In the ''SupplementalMaterial/TeamFortress2'' comic ''[[http://www.teamfortress.com/shadowboxers/ Shadow Boxers]]'', the Soldier states that he wouldn't lie to fellow Americans. Miss Pauling tries to inform him that most of his teammates aren't American (stating that, for example, Heavy is Russian and Medic is German), which Heavy interrupts with "Ha ha! Germany! Russia! Is big American joke on Soldier! Ohh, America, it is the place I am from. All the time." The Soldier is, fortunately, of [[BookDumb dubious intelligence]] [[CloudCuckooLander and sanity]] and so believes his team's poor-quality deceptions nonetheless. Additional material generally implies that the team has to claim to give leeway to Soldier's insane suggestions and plans while never actually doing so at all.
** An in game example that's also a minor GuideDangIt: in one of the patches, the Soda Popper's "Hype" mode was changed from granting mini-crits to allowing you to do [[JumpPhysics four extra mid-air jumps]]. However, in some language versions (Polish, for example) their description wasn't modified to reflect that change. Worse yet, ''[[UpToEleven even the Polish version of the official wiki still states it's the former]]''. Both new and returning players are going to be confused.
* The ending of ''VideoGame/TrioThePunch'' informs you that "YOU FIGURED IT OUT". In fact, you'll be just as confused, if not moreso, as when you started the game.
* Jade Curtiss from VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss is a ''master'' of this. "No, no. I've been frail since birth... ''[fake cough]''"
* On the subject of the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries,'' a common phrase out of ''everyone's'' mouth is [[ItsProbablyNothing "It's nothing!"]] It's. '''Never.''' Nothing. In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss,'' at least, these "nothings" are liable to cause either [[HeroicBSOD complete character breakdowns]] or [[WhamEpisode gut-punching plot twists]] and hours of subsequent remedial questing.
* ''VideoGame/SplinterCell'':
** The interrogation from ''Double Agent'':
--->'''Sam''': What can you tell me about the meeting on the roof?\\
'''Guard''': Nothing!\\
'''Sam''': That has to be the ''worst'' lie I've ever heard.
** Pandora Tomorrow also contains this gem in the first mission:
--->'''Sam Fisher''': Tell me what you know about your friends on the inside.\\
'''Indonesian terrorist''': I... I don't speak English.\\
'''Sam Fisher''': I'd bet your neck you do.\\
'''Indonesian terrorist''': Well... maybe I speak a little English.\\
'''''[snip]'''''\\
'''Indonesian terrorist''': They're escorting a... Um, nothing.\\
'''Sam Fisher''': What? Escorting who?\\
'''Indonesian terrorist''': Nothing, I... I made a mistake!
* In ''VisualNovel/YoJinBo'', this is a prominent feature of Yo and Sayori's confrontations with Nobumasa, who believes every word even when they're claiming that Sayori is Yo's mother or that they're escaping from a witch who lives in a GingerbreadHouse. Other couples lie as well, but their lies are at least ''believable''.
* Lesteena claims that her father was a man of peace and that she will continue his ideals in ''VisualNovel/EienNoAselia''. What did the man just do? Enslaved a couple children and used them to conquer the four neighboring empires overnight. For no apparent reason.
* ''VideoGame/{{Magium}}'': Some dialogue choices involve doing this. For example, when Kate calls out Daren and Barry when they were whispering to discuss about whether or not she was a Banshee, you can choose to reply that you were finishing an earlier discussion. She won't believe you.
* ''MOTHER'' series:
** ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'': Don't look now! [[https://youtu.be/pUJ7K6ePYx0 Wess isn't going to stick his butt out or anything, though.]]
** VideoGame/{{Mother 1}}: La la la la la, la la la la la! Oh, don't pay attention to THIS melody!
* ''VideoGame/InThe1stDegree'' has some moments of this occurring. A notable one is when you get Ruby to admit that she saw a gun in pre-trial interview, and then at the trial, she turns around and says that it wasn't a gun, but a pair of pliers. [[spoiler: Don't panic. Just get her to read a love letter Zack wrote to her, and she will tearfully admit to lying and tell the truth about the gun]].
* The ''VideoGame/{{Quake}} III'' incarnation of the series' iconic Quad Damage powerup. It's called Quad Damage in the manual, the Arena Announcer calls it Quad Damage, the HUD displays the words 'Quad Damage', yet the item itself only allows the bearer to do ''triple'' damage (as even described in the manual)! I guess 'Tri-Damage' just isn't as catchy.

* In the ''VideoGame/TyTheTasmanianTiger'' level "Lyre, Lyre, Pants on Fire", Ty is led around by the [[PunnyName aptly named]] Lenny the Lyrebird, who tells him to do certain things that will lead him into a trap. These lies include a couple subtle ones, and a few obvious ones. For example, Lenny tells Ty to jump over a ravine he cannot jump across, when the player can find a smaller ravine that Ty can jump across to the left.
* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', Hisao, in Lilly's route, goes on a vacation to Hokkaido with her and their mutual friend Hanako. He later tells [[ShipperOnDeck Misha and Shizune]] that they merely studied and went sightseeing, when, in fact, [[spoiler:he and Lilly also had a RelationshipUpgrade and had sex twice]]. He even calls it a "blatant lie".
** "I'm wearing grape scented cologne" as stated by Hisao to cover up spilling something in Shizune's act 3.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}} (2012)'', after getting to the front of the train, Merit tells the controller's cabin that he's Aspari security and has dealt with the situation. The gullible guard opens the door and promptly takes a bullet to the face.
* ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Future Soldier'' was hit pretty hard with this sort of thing on its Steam store page once it was actually released. The PC release supports Windows XP! Except it doesn't[[note]]A patch allowing XP support will be out three weeks after release! [[ScheduleSlip No, wait, after Title Update 1.2]]. [[DevelopmentHell No, after 1.3. Wait, I meant 1.4. Did I say 1.4, I meant 1.5...]][[/note]]. Split-screen for all modes on consoles! Except it's only for Guerrilla mode. In-game manual is easier than a paper one! Except you have to quit out of your game to look up anything in it. And so on.
* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' has a few examples where the a witness will tell a blatant lie. These are normally few and far between however, especially as the games go on, as most of the lies are actual well spun, and are only broken apart due to a piece of evidence that the protagonist happens to have found on the off change, and/or just reply on some logical and clever thinking.
** An example of one of the few blatant lies, however, comes in the very first case of the first game. The witness claimed to have heard a television say the time when he found the body...only moments after the prosecution had gotten through saying there was a blackout in the building at this time. Then straight after, he claims that the murder weapon was a clock...even through it had been made blatantly clear during the trial that the murder weapon was a statue. [[spoiler: Although, this "lie" doesn't mean what you might think it does]].
** In the third game, when Larry claims to have never seen a wallet that he himself had hand delivered to someone, Phoenix's response is simply: "LIAR!"
** In the fifth game, one witness (a high school student) claimed to have a body double stand in for him in the mock trial, while he killed the victim. He's obviously lying [[spoiler:in order to implicate himself and save his friend]]. Nobody bought it, [[CloudCuckooLander not even the Judge.]] The prosecutor found it so ridiculous that he [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere left in the middle of the trial]] to go on a walk.
* VideoGame/AnimalKaiser boldly claims that every animal in the game exists in the real world. Uh huh, I'm listening- tell me where I can find the robotic shark, or robotic gorilla. Or purple lions, or alien space invader whales for that matter...
* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'': At one point, Komari and Rin are trying to take care of a cat in Rin's locker without anyone finding out it's there. When it causes a clattering sound, everyone in the hallway turns to look and the player has three possible explanations Riki can give: 'we're just taking out the cleaning equipment', which is totally reasonable, 'that thing came out!' which doesn't really make sense, and 'this is my home!' which...is just bizarre.
* An obvious example would be in ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'': Some people may be heavier than indicated in their papers, giving you an option to scan them upon noticing this discrepancy, because the extra weight might be due to them carrying drugs or weapons. What does the main character say when starting the scan? "You have been selected for a random search."
* From ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', we have [[spoiler: Hades, the true, LaughablyEvil main antagonist]]. While all of the game's villains and bosses [[CasualDangerDialogue casually chat with Palutena and Pit during missions,]] he goes above and beyond lying while Palutena tries to give out advice to the point where when they call him out on it, he'll either insist that he's telling the truth or he'll admit it, [[SmugSnake but point out that they still have no clue what he's planning]]. [[spoiler:It's a part of the reason why you don't even find out that he's the main force behind the events of the game, from resurrecting Medusa to causing a massive war over a fake MacGuffin]].
* In ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'' after the arrest of ComicBook/TheKingpin, one of his [[AmoralAttorney lawyers]] claims on Twitter that he had nothing to do with the armed {{mooks}} defending his tower and shooting at the NYPD. One user calls him out on this by bringing up the fact that they had his name stitched on their body armor.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': Gestahl (at the banquet): "All I really want is peace!" The party and Returner leadership know he's plotting ''something'', but don't see through his plans until Kefka (whom Gestahl had imprisoned for his crimes as a show of good faith) attacks the Espers in Thamasa, turning them to Magicite.
** Also, this is the [[PlanetOfHats Hat]] of everyone in Zozo (except the merchant). Best exemplified by Dadaluma, who says, "Good day, gentle folks. Can I be of service? I hate fighting, so I'd better let you pass" ''immediately'' before attacking the party.
*** There's also a guy face down in the mud, who says that this is a wonderful town.
*** And from an NPC you meet right after entering Zozo: "Zozo? Never heard of it."
** At the start of the game, Kefka, one of the three top generals of TheEmpire, comes to Figaro searching for Terra. He describes her as "a girl of no importance," and claims that she merely stole something of minor value. Edgar, who's met Terra by now, isn't fooled.
** In the early hours of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', Noctis and his posse encounter a man who introduces himself as "a man of no consequence"... Suspicious enough in its own right and Noct and his friends immediately decide that they don't trust him. We later find out that this "man of no consequence" is actually [[spoiler: Ardyn Izunia, EvilChancellor of TheEmpire, the man behind the {{Magitek}} movement and resident BigBad]].

* The trailers for ''[[VideoGame/EarthDefenseForce2025 Earth Defense Force 4.1: Shadow of New Despair]]'' are presented as newscasts on the EDF's war against alien invaders, with the reporters trying to drum up support by spinning the EDF's setbacks as triumphs, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE1eff1xvLg promising new recruits instant enlistment, no aptitude tests required]], to hide the fact that their numbers are dwindling too quickly in the face of the invaders' onslaught. At the end, one of the reporters suffers a nervous breakdown and admits that everything they've been saying about winning the war is a lie.

* The first thing you'll read when you load up ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' game ''[[VideoGame/XkcdHoverboard Hoverboard]]'' is that the author created a "small game" to celebrate. Of course, it's anything but.
* ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}'':
** Attempting to talk to a Vegetoid doesn't do you any good, because it only replies "Plants Can't Talk Dummy". Like most random monsters, Vegetoid actually talks ''every single round''.
** The description for the final boss of the No Mercy Run, [[spoiler: Sans]], says [[spoiler: he has 1 ATK and 1 DEF, and is the easiest enemy. The first part is technically true[[note]]His attacks do 1 damage each, but not only are they incredibly hard to avoid, but they also apply a damage over time effect each time they hit. He dies in one hit, but since he can dodge all your attacks, you'll have to keep attacking him until he gets bored of fighting and falls asleep, and then sneak your SOUL over to the FIGHT button[[/note]], [[NintendoHard but the second part is DEFINITELY a lie]]]].

* In ''VideoGame/HardTime'', when you end up in court, your character will give ridiculous stories about what really happened. Sometimes [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter the judge believes you anyway]].
** "I never intended to hurt Warden Vessey! He [[MadeOfPlasticine lost a foot]] when he [[DeathByFallingOver fell on the ground]]..."
* In ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', if a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] has infiltrated your fortress, it will occasionally accuse random citizens of its own crimes, in an attempt to throw you and the forces of Dwarven Justice off its trail. The game doesn't really have a good way of checking which citizens are plausible culprits, so an obviously-false accusation is occasionally the smoking gun for a player having trouble rooting out the bloodsucker. And this is ''after'' fixing the bug where they'd readily accuse [[ImplausibleDeniability babies and livestock]].

* Hardware example: After the revelation of the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, both Nintendo and Nvidia claims that the Tegra X1 in the Switch is customized to meet Nintendo's requirements. Tech Insights finally got hold of a sample of the CPU and tore it down for analysis in late March 2017... Only to find that it's in fact a stock Tegra X1 with Nintendo's branding on it.
* ''VideoGame/LastScenario'' opens with an InAWorld text crawl that turns out to be ''completely'' false by the end of the game.
* ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions:'' Benny the 1980-something Space Guy has ''never'' flown a spaceship through the Middle Zealand sign, especially not one he lovingly constructed with his own hands.
* ''VideoGame/DigimonWorld:'' Palmon is just a flower, as it keeps telling the player. After the third time, it's so insistent on this fact, it'll get up and attack them for not listening.
* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''
** Hiyoko tells several obvious lies in the second trial, claiming that she'd never visited the beach house, the crime scene, despite having gotten a letter from the victim asking her there, and her footprints being seen on the beach.
** As a result of contracting the "despair disease," Nagito ends up telling quite a few obvious lies, such as that some of the dead students are still alive, that one of the dead students is actually the traitor, and that Hajime wants to eat Ibuki. Only Ibuki, who's become SuperGullible as a result of her own disease, believes him.
* In ''VideoGame/Persona4'', Chie, a {{Tomboy}} who loves eating meat but is embarrassed about that and her other tomboyish traits, lies and says that her favorite food is pudding when she ends up entered into the Miss Yasogami beauty pageant. Naturally, Yosuke calls her out on it.
** Later on, Adachi, when asked about Saki Konishi, the girl who discovered the first murder victim's body, claims he only questioned her once or twice. In reality, he'd questioned her repeatedly [[spoiler:before throwing her into a TV and causing her death]], and the fact that he had done so for a witness with an alibi for the murder [[spoiler:is one reason why the party suspects him]].
* In ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'', one of [[BigBad Dr. Wily]]'s BossBanter lines is "Wily always wins!" Of course, this lie is obvious since Mega Man has so far already saved the world from him more than 11 times.

* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'': To get in to the Uga Buga chapter, Conker [[SpeciesSurname the Squirrel]] needs to get past two guards who are looking for a squirrel to capture and use as the fourth leg in a table. While one of them is taking a dump behind a rock, Conker tricks the other one by telling him that he's an elephant, and that the guard had the description of "elephant" and "squirrel" mixed up ("squirrels" being big and gray, "elephants" being short and with bushy tails). It works, and he's able to pass through.
* Ricky from the ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' Add on "Honest Hearts" is this trope personified. First he'll claim that he's from Vault 22; if you've been there, you'll know that it's long since abandoned and overrun with hostile plant life. Then he'll make the claim he killed a Brotherhood of Steel Paladin by shooting him through the visor of his helmet with an 11mm SMG, despite the fact that power armor visors are bullet resistant and there is no such thing as an 11mm bullet. He'll also claim to encounter "deathjaws", evidently a more toothy version of the deadly deathclaw, and that he has a third testicle that glows in the dark. You can call him on all of these with the proper skills and perks, to which you can convince him to leave or carry some of your gear into the add on.

* The ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' games have the "Give (insert obscenely huge number of stars or coins here)" roulette option that might appear whenever you land on a Bowser Space. Note that it is physically impossible to hold some of the selected amounts in most of the games due to various {{cap}}s. When you land on it, Bowser either usually does nothing at all and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flees the scene]], or sometimes give you a much smaller amount of mini-stars in the games that have them.
* In ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', midway through the Sun Stone quest, you realize that someone in 1000 A.D. stole the Moon Stone before it could be fully charged with the sun's light. If you travel to Porre, the mayor will deny knowing anything about it, even though you can see his house glittering with the light of the nearly-charged Moon Stone on the world map. He becomes more honest and willing to part with it if you teach his ancestors about generosity.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'': In Tantegel, you find that the king is missing. After obtaining a Gold Key, you can find him in a room above the local armoury, claiming to be a simple armourer, all while wearing full royal regalia. Upon beating the game, if you return to Tantegel, the king "reveals" his true identity and brags about how he had completely fooled you.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'': If you have Taloon appraise the Dancer's Clothes, during which description he will go out of his way to say he's not a crossdresser.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'': If you visit the Mystical Spring near the end of the game, Medea will tell the Hero he's like a brother to her. This is after she told him she sees him as a man.
* ''VisualNovel/HeartOfTheWoods''
** Geladura, a talking cat, keeps her ability to talk secret from Tara until Chapter 3. When she speaks in Tara's presence for the first time, Tara asks Morgan if her cat just talked, and Geladura says "No."
** In the bad ending in which [[spoiler:Morgan sacrifices herself to defeat Evelyn]], Tara insists that she's fine, even when it's obvious that she's not.

* ''VisualNovel/HeartOfTheWoods

** The original help screen for the first game describes how you should sit around and not do anything, and you win when the zombies reach the house. It then immediately follows up with “-This help message is brought to you by the zombies”

* Ricky from the ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' Add on “Honest Hearts” is this trope personified. First he’ll claim that he’s from Vault 22; if you’ve been there, you’ll know that it’s long since abandoned and overrun with hostile plant life. Then he’ll make the claim he killed a Brotherhood of Steel Paladin by shooting him through the visor of his helmet with an 11mm SMG, despite the fact that power armor visors are bullet resistant and there is no such thing as an 11mm bullet. He’ll also claim to encounter “deathjaws,” evidently a more toothy version of the deadly deathclaw, and that he has a third testicle that glows in the dark. You can call him on all of these with the proper skills and perks, to which you can convince him to leave or carry some of your gear into the add on.

---> '''[[TheJudge Shiki]]''': Yes, you are a little ''too'' comfortable with lying.\\

* In ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'', if a {{vampire}} has infiltrated your fortress, it will occasionally accuse random citizens of its own crimes, in an attempt to throw you and the forces of Dwarven Justice off its trail. The game doesn't really have a good way of checking which citizens are plausible culprits, so an obviously-false accusation is occasionally the smoking gun for a player having trouble rooting out the bloodsucker. And this is ''after'' fixing the bug where they'd readily accuse [[ImplausibleDeniability babies and livestock]].

* In ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'', upon learning [[spoiler:the method of creating a vaccine would kill Ellie, Joel tears through the facility rescuing her and killing everyone standing in his way.]] Afterwards, he told Ellie that others were tested for immunity and weren't able to produce a vaccine at all and she ended with the same results. But in [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII the sequel]], Ellie had doubts about Joel's words and questioned him about how off some parts were and decided to return to the hospital, finding a tape-recorder that told her everything and demanded Joel to speak the truth.

* ''VideoGame/DrakeOfThe99Dragons'': The game claims that you can only damage the final boss while time is frozen, which is completely untrue.

* [[EvilMentor Kreia]] in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic 2''. Lampshaded by Kreia herself who warns you frequently not to trust her. Parodied with some of the HK-50s' statements, as they quite literally start the sentence by stating that they are insincere or that they are a fabrication.

* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', Hisao, early in Act 4 of Lilly's route, says that while in Hokkaido with her and their mutual friend Hanako, tells [[ShipperOnDeck Misha and Shizune]] that they merely studied and went sightseeing, when, in fact [[spoiler:he and Lilly also had a RelationshipUpgrade and had sex twice]]. He even calls it a "blatant lie".

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' has a few examples where the a witness will tell a blatant lie. These are normally far and in-between however, especially as the games go on, as most of the lies are actual well spun, and are only broken apart due to a piece of evidence that the protagonist happens to have found on the off change, and/or just reply on some logical and clever thinking.
** An example of one of the few blatant lies however comes in the very first case of the first game. The witness claimed to have heard a television say the time when he found the body...only moments after the prosecution had gotten through saying there was a blackout in the building at this time. Then straight after, he claims that the murder weapon was a clock...even through it had been made blatantly clear during the trial that the murder weapon was a statue. [[spoiler: Although, this "lie" doesn't mean what you might think it does]].

* Ricky from the ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' Add on “Honest Hearts” is this trope personified. First he’ll claim that he’s from Vault 22, which if you’ve been there you’ll know that it’s long since abandoned and overrun with hostile plant life. Then he’ll make the claim he killed a Brotherhood of Steel Paladin by shooting him through the visor of his helmet with an 11mm SMG, despite the fact power armor visors are bullet resistant and there is no such thing as 11mm. He’ll also claim to encounter “deathjaws,” evidently a more toothy version of the deadly deathclaw, and that he has a third testicle that glows in the dark. You can call him on all of these with the proper skills and perks, to which you can convince him to leave or carry some of your gear into the add on

* Appears almost every time a VisualNovel comes with the saying "All characters are 18 years of age or older" they're blatantly lying. There's usually at least one character that's under the age of 18 that has sex in such a game. Justified, as saying that the characters are underage (by the US' standards) would cause trouble. However, there's no punishment for saying a first year in high school is of legal age, no matter how obvious it is that they aren't!