History CaptainObvious / VideoGames

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': "Oh no! I dropped the lift key!" As it appears right next to him.

** ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' is arguably even worse. Almost everyone goes "Joker, there a ''chest'' over there.", "There's a shadow ''right'' in front of us.", "The ''door'' is open.", among others.

* For ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}} Corner Shop'', text like "Tooth treatment for Kuchipatchi." would appear when starting a round of a place in any city.

* Barry Burton in the original ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' though the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube version tones it down. Did you know that weapons are especially powerful against living things?[[note]] This was originally supposed to be a hint that the acid grenades he gave Jill in that scene are more effective against non-zombie enemies, but the [[BlindIdiotTranslation wonky translation]] resulted in this. [[/note]]

--> '''Rebecca:''' Chris, the self destruct system has been activated!

* Cedric, the (ahem) helpful owl from ''VideoGame/KingsQuestV''. Look out, Graham! That bear looks dangerous! That desert looks endless! That sea looks wet! ''[[MemeticMutation That snake is pOIsonous!]]''
** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Aren't snakes venomous?]]

* Barry Burton in the original ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' though the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube version tones it down. Did you know that weapons are especially powerful against living things?

** Even worse in X/Y: "Oh no! I dropped the Power Plant Pass! I think I dropped it on that giant rock that is 10 spaces to my right! Too bad that I do not have a DOWSING MCHN that I could use to collect it with style"

'''Palom:''' Its a fire attack.

'''Osean 2''': Well thanks for the heads up, you IDIOT!

* ''JustForFun/PokemonVietnameseCrystal'' is full of CaptainObvious quotes:

* Handmaiden/Disciple's response to Atton's sarcastic "At least we know it's not a trap" (on the Exchange boss' meeting request)

* In the 2008 ''Turok'', Slade and Turok discover that the bridge they planned on crossing has been almost completely destroyed:

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* Many old adventure games used such obvious phrases in the descriptions of unimportant items. For example, examining an unimportant rock could return the description text "It is a rock.".

* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGate]]'' you can rescue Yeslick from a cage in the Cloackwood mines. Characters in the party would usually make a random comment about the environment (city, forest, dungeon). Yeslick's eventual comment about any underground dungeon is "'Tis just like the tunnels of my old clan", which is indeed funny if it by chance happens in the aforementioned mines: of course it is like that Yeslick, because Cloackwood mines '''are exactly''' the tunnels of your old clan, before the Iron Throne seized them and imprisoned you (the fact that his stats show a quite low value of 7 for intelligence further adds involuntary humour... we can only take his word he's in his clan home when we find him because he can't be sure sure).

** And of course there's Dojima in ''Persona 4'' when he eventually deduced that the perp behind the Inaba murders is in Inaba.
--->''[[Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}} Ace DETECTIVE]]''

** The FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' consists of your teammates [[AnnoyingVideoGameHelper constantly]] [[DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound repeating]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvhbjjeTWIU "That looks like a homing shot!"]]. The only one that actually seems to know what a homing shot is is Shadow, who simply says "That's a homing shot".

* In Microprose's ''MagicTheGathering'' game, each town has a Wise Man who dispenses advice. Occasionally this advice is genuinely useful, other times it's related only to the back story -- and sometimes, when another village has given you a quest, he'll say "I see the people of ''[village]'' have asked you to ''[quest]''".

** The FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' consists of your teammates [[AnnoyingVideoGameHelper constantly]] [[MostAnnoyingSound repeating]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvhbjjeTWIU "That looks like a homing shot!"]]. The only one that actually seems to know what a homing shot is is Shadow, who simply says "That's a homing shot".

* The Soldier in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'':

** The game itself has one, coincidentally also involving spies. If you aim your reticle at another player and activate the "Spy!" voice command, your character will call out that player's class as an enemy spy in disguise, as opposed to just saying that you've spotted one. If the player is already a spy, the line will be something like "That spy is not our team's spy!" This line is also used if you're referring to an enemy spy who is not disguised at all.

* The advice given in ''VideoGame/Gauntlet'' and its sequels includes, "Use keys to open doors!"