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[samoilaaa]

Looking for some games with a well written villain , not the same im a bad guy and i have to destroy the world story , a villain that has a good motive to justify his actions and even makes me think that he might be right or makes you feel sorry for him . Are there any games with a villain like that ?

 

[kanjobazooie]

Bioshock 1.

 

[AV]

Let me just get the boring answer out of the way before 10 other people post Armstrong from Metal Gear Rising.

 

[Dream-Knife]

Xenoblade 2. The villians aren't really villians, they have a different perspective and goals.

Everyone thinks they're the good guy.

 

[samoilaaa]

Bioshock 1.

i finished it a long time ago , all 3 bioshock games had a very good story

 

[samoilaaa]

Let me just get the boring answer out of the way before 10 other people post Armstrong from Metal Gear Rising.

i finished this too , what he said during the last fight kinda made sense , i must be mentally disturbed

 

[Bernd Lauert]

 

[johnnyKage5]

Mortal kombat

 

[samoilaaa]

Xenoblade 2. The villians aren't really villians, they have a different perspective and goals.

Everyone thinks they're the good guy.

i dont have a switch unfortunately , i might get one for breath of the wild 2 and i saw that a 3rd xenoblade game was announced , if i will have the money i will get all 3 games

 

[samoilaaa]

hes story really made me feel sorry for him , one my favorite childhood games

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Metal Gear Rising
Killer is Dead
Metal Gear Solid games (all of 'em)
No more Heroes

 

[Fluo]

FFXIV. It takes a while to even get introduced to the bad guy but it's so worth it.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

Bob Page and Walton Simmons from Deus Ex. They're proper evil tho

 

[Y0ssarian]

Killzone

 

[Kupfer]

Origami Killer in Heavy Rain - but not gonna spoil.

 

[TheGrat1]

The original Assassin's Creed.
When you look at the story and listen to the Knights Templar you see that they do not wish to control the will of the world's people simply to satisfy some urge for conquest. They do it because they genuinely believe that human nature, allowed to run freely, will forever hold back if not destroy the human race.
It was around this assassination (timestamp 5:44):


that I started to question if they were really even bad guys. I sympathized with their goals it was only their methods that were truly questionable.

 

[KàIRóS]

 

[TintoConCasera]

Grigori was pretty cool in Dragon's Dogma, he deserved more time on screen.

 

[sircaw]

Batman games tbh, the villains are incredible.

ah, as for the good motive, don't know

 

[JokerMM]

 

[Prison Mike]

 

[Nankatsu]

Yakuza 0. Basically everyone is a top tier villain.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Batman Arkham City(yes I know asylum has the same one and sorta knight but he just shines so much in city), Borderlands 2(Jack is just awesome), Judgment/Lost Judgment, Far Cry 3, Warcraft 3.

 

[AV]

As much as I think TLOU games are vastly overrated, the fact that depending on your personal outlook, either Joel or The Fireflies are the villains was probably the best part of that first game's narrative.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Xenoblade 2.

 

[Sophist]

portal with glados

 

[tommib]

Wesker is one dirty SOB.

 

[Star-Lord]

Arkham City had some amazing villains, and the fights themselves were varied enough to keep you interested. Arkham Knight has a decent main Gillian, too.

 

[samoilaaa]

The original Assassin's Creed.
When you look at the story and listen to the Knights Templar you see that they do not wish to control the will of the world's people simply to satisfy some urge for conquest. They do it because they genuinely believe that human nature, allowed to run freely, will forever hold back if not destroy the human race.
It was around this assassination (timestamp 5:44):


that I started to question if they were really even bad guys. I sympathized with their goals it was only their methods that were truly questionable.

man i wish modern ac games had writing of this quality

 

[samoilaaa]

Batman games tbh, the villains are incredible.

ah, as for the good motive, don't know

finished them all except origins , is it any good?

 

[sircaw]

finished them all except origins , is it any good?

I don't think origins is as good as the other batman games but if you're a Batman fan its worth a play especially if you can pick it up cheap

 

[Tommi84]

Is this from a game? Not gonna lie, looks pretty photorealistic

 

[darth.shrimp]

Borderlands 2
Tales of Symphonia

 

[Davevil]

/close thread

 

[Skull-Knight]

witcher 3 : hearts of stone gaunter o'dimm

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Far Cry
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[ButchCat]

A bunch of them - Bioshock

Baldr - GOW 2018

Spoiler

Dutch van der Linde

Illusive Man - Mass Effect Series

Spoiler

Even though he isn't considering he was indoctrinated from the start

 

[Thirty7ven]

Illusive Man - Mass Effect Series

Spoiler

Even though he isn't considering he was indoctrinated from the start

Omg thats Phil Spencer

 

[The_Mike]

He's the coolest villain.

 

[speckz]

GLaDOS from Portal and, because I like A.I. overlords, SHODAN from System Shock games.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

witcher 3 : hearts of stone gaunter o'dimm

great character

 

[Xeaker]

Luca Blight (Suikoden 2)
Ramirez (Skies of Arcadia)
Sephiroth (FF7)
Nishiki (Yakuza Kiwami)

 

[Andodalf]

KH3, Fight me.

 

[dispensergoinup]

I'll throw in Emet-Selch from FFXIV Shadowbringers.

Spoiler edit for those who wanna go in blind.

 

[Captain Toad]

Ellie - The Last of Us Part 2

 

[EverydayBeast]

I think the game has so many villains, enemies is definitely not one of Final Fantasy 7’s problems. Since the beginning of the game you are hit over the top of the head knowing that shinra (government) is the bad guy. Now this company or government has villains that belong to them. No one accused these guys as being the best but I believe they’re capable.

this guy controls the soldiers above.

They hit you with robot mechanical enemies, ghosts that all strike fear in you.

There’s also these turks who are bad news.

 

[Husky]

The Far Cry games have done pretty well with their villains. Vaas in FC3 is the greatest, and Joseph and his three lieutenants in Far Cry 5 are pretty great too.
Cyrus in Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum is the greatest villain of the series. He doesn't seek world domination, or a global flood or drought, or money, no, his plans are much more simple. He would just like to use a legendary Pokemon to destroy the entire universe and to become the god of a new world.

 

[sainraja]

Oh man. That takes me back.

 

[Bernkastel]

All the Graveminds have the memories of all the previous graveminds, so they are basically the same entity aka The Primordial

 

[Arcadialane]

Metal Gear Solid 3 fits what you're looking for (though you've probably played it/already know). Iconic villains that make you feel like you've really killed a person with a backstory, not just another 'bad guy'