History TheMedic / VideoGames

* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' never needed a medic in-series, but once it got a licensed [=PlayStation=] game, [[GodCreatedCanonForeigner Ikumi Mia was commissioned]] to design one. The result was Akaii Ringo, a cutesy young [[LittleBitBeastly penguin-girl]] whose powers come from the [[MacGuffin Mew Aqua]] instead of having [[TheChosenOne special adaptable DNA]]. She uses apple-shaped maracas and, like the team's [[GenkiGirl hyper kid]] [[ChineseGirl Bu-ling]], calls everyone "big sister". All in all, not the TeamMom.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':

** Also subverted in ''VideoGame/Battlefield2142''. EA decided to merge some of the Battlefield 2 classes together, and that game's Assault and Medic classes were combined into the Assault kit in 2142.

** Don't forget main character Chaz, who has the entire spectrum of single-target healing spells, several status-effect removing spells, and the lower level revival spell. In addition to being a swordfighter and capable of shooting lasers from his hands.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'''s... ''unique'' approach to character growth means that of the main party, anyone could be a healer (or [[MagicKnight all of them, all at once]]), but of the numerous [[GuestStarPartyMember Guest Star Party Members]], the one that qualifies most for it is CrutchCharacter Minwu the White Wizard, astonishingly powerful staff-wielding mage in general and healer in particular. Unusually for this series, Minwu's a he.
** Rosa from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''. [[WhiteMagic White Mage]], WhiteMagicianGirl and TeamMom.

* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0'', Rebecca Chambers is the only medic in S.T.A.R.S. She's either already earned her medical doctorate, or she's still working on it. During her various zombie-overun field missions, all she can do is mix herbs together to make more effective healing items. And being the [[ShorterMeansSmarter smallest]] controllable character in any Franchise/ResidentEvil game, she's understandably the [[SquishyWizard weakest]] as well.

--> '''Phoenix:''' ''[On self-revive]'' "Again, I am my own savior!"

** Medics appear in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'', but oddly for only one side. The Allies in ''RedAlert'' get one, while the Soviets do not; GDI in ''Tiberian Sun'' get one, Nod does not.

* The ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' series has... a few. Water adepts make natural healers. While technically, with the right djinn, anyone can heal (in fact, when you first meet Mia, [[TheHero Isaac]] has more powerful heals), but Mia is the best choice for primary healer. In ''VideoGame/GoldenSun: The Lost Age'', Piers, an arrogant, ReallySevenHundredYearsOld {{Bishounen}}, is the only good healer (until you meet up with the group from the original game, which includes Mia).

** The real issue is when players who are used to serving as this trope in other [=MMOs=] come here and think that turning 'Healing Aura' on automatic and following the tank- that's it- is contributing to a team. Also that, especially in higher levels, healing ''very'' much pales in comparison to [[StatusBuff Status Buffs]]: stacked buffs [[GameBreaker make characters godlike]]. ''Working as intended''. We don't need your puny heals here.

* Any {{Roguelike}} inverts this by requiring all classes to become proficient at healing. [[EverythingTryingToKillYou You won't last long otherwise]]. In ADOM, choosing to play ''as'' a healer merely determines your class powers and starting skillset. They also gain double HP regeneration,making them effective melee fighters. A trollish healer born under the sign of the Candle is a Wolverine-class HealingFactor-equipped club-wielding melee fighter,and thus enormous fun.

* Any mage in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' can learn healing spells, but the Spirit Healer specialization is all about healing. In particular, ''Origins'' had Wynne as your designated party healer, while Anders fulfilled the role in ''Awakening'' and ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. With {{Skill Point Reset}}s in ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Awakening]]'', you could retrain [[DarkMagicalGirl Velanna]] and the mage PC into a Spirit Healer; ''[=DA2=]'' disallowed that, and the only mages who could specialize in Spirit Healer were Mage!Hawke and Anders (Bethany only has basic healing spells and [[BloodMagic Merrill]] has no healing spells ''at all'').

*** And the drama only got worse when the developers recently gave Pain Domination, an "evil" healing set, to the villain players.

** By alternative, Tails has an ability that replenishes HP and PP simultaneously at deployment and for the next three rounds, and it STACKS! He also packs an armor debuff, an attribute debuff for organics and machines alike, a defense buff for one person, and a buff that grants the target an extra action, AND he acts twice compared to Cream's once. He's more of a Green than a White, though, but it's a good idea to have both for when the team needs to split up. Oh, did we mention Cream's optional and [[PermanentlyMissableContent missable]]?

* Jimmy's Happy Little Sunflower form in ''VideoGame/JimmyAndThePulsatingMass''. Its skillset is comprised mainly of healing abilities; its one offensive skill is [[LightEmUp an anti-undead light spell]].

* In the first two ''VideoGame/{{Commandos}}'' games, it is usually the Driver who carries the medipack. When he's not available, it's another commando who carries it. The sequels and their inventory system made every commando able to use medipacks.

* In the first two ''VideoGame/{{Commandos}}'' games, it is usually the Driver who carries the medipack. When he's not available, it's another commando who carries it. The sequels and their inventory system made every commando able to use medipacks.

* Ness from ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', who is your only psychic healer for half the game. At the endgame, he has a huge capacity of [[{{Mana}} PP]], and Lifeup Omega, which refreshes your entire team at once. But by then you've also got Prince Poo, whose edge over Ness is the fact that he can revive reliably via Healing Omega, ''and'' he has Magnet to replenish what he uses up when his involvement isn't necessary. It's a toss-up, really.

* In ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV'', you get various Medics. Raja was an old, green-skinned alien priest with a weird sense of humor, but also the straightest example. [[ArtificialHuman Rika]] was TheChick, but also a FragileSpeedster CatGirl with disemboweling claws -- she counts because she's the first real healer your party gets and remains competitive at it till the end. Demi, [[SixthRanger who came later]], matched or exceeded Rika at healing, but was also a [[TheGunslinger gun-toting]] RobotGirl who could install a ForgottenSuperWeapon into her body.

** Dagger/Garnet of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''. TheChick, MysteriousWaif, and meekly-RebelliousPrincess. There was also [[TheScrappy Eiko Carol]], a BrattyHalfPint.

* Cream the Rabbit serves this role in ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'', and ''how''. She is incredibly good at restoring the entire party's PP (as well as hers, and in her second and third levels of this ability, can restore ''more than it costs''. ), can make the opposing party miss a lot more, she's the only character who can revive others, and she can heal on the off chance that your entire party isn't doing good.

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/MSSagaANewDawn''. Most of the characters are competent healers. However, Flitz, the machanic, happens to be a [[TheScrappy loudmouth, insensitive jerk]] with bad fashion sense and an annoying voice. He also tends to be really, really good at shooting stuff, depending on the particular mech setup he's given. Also, although [[TheHero Tristan]] is generally used as the tank, he gets the best healing spell in the entire game, which may or may not turn him into the Medic at the end game. The character who the player would be most likely to assume to be the Medic and WhiteMagicianGirl, personality-wise, instead is used as a buffer/de-buffer, and has powerful ranged attacks as well.
** Aeon is also very good at healing, [[spoiler:but since she can't be used for a good amount of time from the middle to the final dungeon, [[NintendoHard it only makes a game even harder.]]]]
* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' has a Medic Class, whose abilities are primarily steeped in healing. The Protector class can also use low-level healing spells if sufficiently levelled up.
** In the third installment, healing is mostly divided between the Princess/Prince class (who wields a number of HP and MP-restoring effects in addition to party buffs) and the Monk class (who has scads of instant heals and status-curing moves, in addition to some fairly impressive martial arts skills).

* Alex Nolan from ''VideoGame/GhostRecon Advanced Warfighter 2''. As the medic, he can fully heal squad members (whereas you or your sqaudmates can only restore a downed squadmate's condition back to red), and is the only person that can heal the player. However, he is only armed with a P90 sub-machine gun, and it thus unsuited for medium to long range engagements.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'''s... ''unique'' approach to character growth means that of the main party, anyone could be a healer (or [[MagicKnight all of them, all at once]]), but of the numerous [[GuestStarPartyMember Guest Star Party Members]], the one that qualifies most for it is CrutchCharacter Minwu the White Wizard, astonishingly powerful [[SimpleStaff staff-wielding]] mage in general and healer in particular. Unusually for this series, Minwu's a he.

* ''Website/MafiaScum'': Many of the setups used for games of Mafia on these forums include the [[https://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Doctor Doctor role]] which protects players from being killed at night.

* ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' has scientists that can follow Gordon around and give him injections of some sort of healing... ''stuff'', while ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' has resistance fighters who wear special uniforms identifying them as medics and have the ability to pull medkits [[HammerSpace out of thin air]].

* Most spellcasters in ''VideoGame/LufiaTheLegendReturns'' can use healing spells or IP abilities, but Melphis specializes in playing the Medic. She's the first character who can learn the multi-target-heal Champion spells, which are quite invaluable to your party of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters up to nine members]]. Yurist and Milka also can learn Champion, but they lean more towards TheRedMage.