History Main / ThePlayerIsTheMostImportantResource

Contrast VideoGameCrueltyPotential, where you can do [[JerkAss some very outrageous things to game characters]] [[ForTheEvulz for the sake of being a douche]], and WhatTheHellPlayer, where you get called out for it. Also compare ItsUpToYou, ThankingTheViewer.

* This is a central plot point in the IntercontinuityCrossover game ''Worlds Align: Beginning'' from [[Creator/ERSGameStudios AMAX Interactive]], where the fourth wall is [[BreakingTheFourthWall completely shattered]]. C. Auguste Dupin, from their ''VideoGame/DarkTales'' series, walks into the scene as soon as the player finishes creating their game profile and literally shoves the game information off of the screen before addressing the player and asking for their help. As a resident of the "real world," you're in the best position to help him and his friends from other parallel universes (meaning other games by the same developer) prevent [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The End of the Worlds As They Know Them]]. Even the bad guy acknowledges that you are the ultimate SpannerInTheWorks because he didn't count on interference from a real person whom he could not affect.

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** Which you'd have to be if you stuck around that long, unless you [[WatchItForTheMeme played it for the memes]].

* The popular UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 ad "Michael", where numerous video game characters share stories of how their player led them to victory. Also a teaser trailer for ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale''.

* In Firaxis and 2K Game's take on ''VideoGame/{{XCOM}}'', ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' and ''{{VideoGame/XCOM2}}'', Bradford and the rest of XCOM acknowledge you as the player and Commander to be vital for your planning and leadership capabilities. The prologue to XCOM 2 features you getting rescued from enemy hands because you're the resistance's only hope of winning the war, and by the endgame, you do indeed play a vital role in the final mission of the campaign.

* In Firaxis and 2K Game's take on ''VideoGame/{{XCOM}}'', ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' and {{VideoGame/XCOM2}}, Bradford and the rest of XCOM acknowledge you as the player and Commander to be vital for your planning and leadership capabilities. The prologue to XCOM 2 features you getting rescued from enemy hands because you're the resistance's only hope of winning the war, and by the endgame, you do indeed play a vital role in the final mission of the campaign.

* In Firaxis and 2K Game's take on ''VideoGame/{{XCOM}}'', ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' and {{VideoGame/XCOM2}}, Bradford and the rest of XCOM acknowledge you as the player and Commander to be vital for your planning and leadership capabilities. The prologue to XCOM 2 features you getting rescued from enemy hands because you're the resistance's only hope of winning the war.

* In Firaxis and 2K Game's take on ''VideoGame/{{XCOM}}'', ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' and {{VideoGame/XCOM2}}, Bradford and the rest of XCOM acknowledge you as the player and Commander to be vital for your planning and leadership capabilities.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblem7'', the characters of your party will be stunned at your great abilities upon victory, and especially grateful at the end of the game. However, this is optional--you don't need to "create a tactician" for the main characters to address.

* ''http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/TraumaCenter'': In a post-credits scene, Gabe speaks directly to the player, after which you are treated to a message from all doctors thanking you.

* In the game ''VideoGame/Bleed'', Wryn thanks the player for their help in getting her inducted into the Hall of Heroes.

* The popular PlayStation3 ad "Michael", where numerous video game characters share stories of how their player led them to victory. Also a teaser trailer for ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale''.

* In the commercial for ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves''. Bentley remarks, "The whole operation is blown -- if we don't have someone at the controls." It shows an empty chair with a PlayStation2 controller. And then Sly taps on the screen with his cane -- complete with glass sound -- in a manner reminiscent of the "Mr. Opportunity" series of commercials from Honda, while saying, "So. You in?"

* In the first ''AdvanceWars'' you, as the tactician, get frequently commended by the Commanding Officers you play as for allowing them to win.

->''"You are the lifeblood of the company. Without you, there is no {{PlayStation}}."''
-->-- '''Jack Tretton''', The President and CEO of [[{{Sony}} Sony Computer Entertainment America]], to their customers at {{E3}} 2011.

* The "Welcome, Ace" segment in the ''EagleEyeMysteries'' game manuals, where you're introduced to Jake and Jennifer Eagle before you actually start playing the game, has an example of this. According to their speech, you are invaluable as an Eagle Eye Detective Agency member because you can pick up clues that they might have missed during the course of sleuthing.

* In both ''BatenKaitos'' games, the player is Kalas/Sagi's "Guardian Spirit", which, in-story, grants them wisdom and strange powers. Both games milk this for all it is worth, using it for some very powerful plot twists.

** Ditto with ''{{Pharaoh}}''. What would the Egyptians do without you...

* In ''FireEmblem 7'', the characters of your party will be stunned at your great abilities upon victory, and especially grateful at the end of the game. However, this is optional--you don't need to "create a tactician" for the main characters to address.

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' presents a rather dark version of this during a Z-Skit between Raine and Regal. She takes him aside and points out that since Lloyd (The player) is their most valuable asset in facing the BigBad, that makes every single other member of their party expendable if it means ensuring Lloyd's survival. [[spoiler: Cue a conga-line of [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifices]] where every single party member goes down one after the other.]]

* In ''CommandAndConquer'':
** In ''Red Alert 2'', the video cutscenes after the final mission acknowledge that the success of the final battle was due to your leadership.
** ''In Tiberian Dawn'', winning the Nod campaign results in Kane praising the player's skills, and allowing you to decide what target to use the captured GDI ion cannon on.

-->-- '''Jack Tretton''', The President and CEO of [[{{Sony}} Sony Computer Entertainment America]], to their customers at {{E3}}.

-->'''Luigi, Mario, and the Princess:''' '''You're''' the ''best'' player '''ever'''!

* In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', your comrades and [[MissionControl Arthur]] acknowledge you as the top unit of the Red Sprite, despite the presence of many other soldiers like you. This applies especially in the Neutral path; your fellow troopers congratulate you for helping pave the path to lifting the Schwarzwelt, and by the time you're at the FinalBoss's doorstep, everyone aboard the Red Sprite is cheering for you to go tear the BigBad a new one.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', where the "Almighty Player Who Watches Over Us" is said to be the only one who will understand the [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth-wall breaking]] control instructions.

* The popular PlayStation3 ad [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdWkKKSckNk "Michael"]]. Also a teaser trailer for ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale''.

Contrast VideoGameCrueltyPotential, where you can do [[JerkAss some very outrageous things to game characters]] [[ForTheEvulz for the sake of being a douche]], and WhatTheHellPlayer, where you get called out for it.

An inversion of DudeWheresMyRespect, for the player.

Also compare ItsUpToYou, ThankingTheViewer.

Also compare ItsUpToYou.