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[Love Deterrence]

Armstrong was right.

I HAVE A DREAM!

 

[Ahnez]

Spoiler

Masked Man

from Mother 3

 

[Beelzebufo]

Gwynn, either. Though it depends on your perspective.

This was my first thought.

Dark Souls???

 

[Hushed]

Risk of Rain

Spoiler

The field notes make it seem like Providence is a good guy, protecting the animals of the planet from the player character that is slaughtering the creatures of that planet.

 

[TouchMyBox]

Letho from The Witcher 2.

Ah, I'm late.

 

[fade_]

Big Boss
The Boss

 

[pixxxelz]

Shadowlord Nier

I get sad just thinking about it 😖

 

[rhodo]

TWEWY

Spoiler

Kitaniji was technically trying to save Shibuya and you were fighting to destroy it

 

[TheSpoiler]

Are people posting Armstrong ironically? Please let it be ironic.

 

[Suzushiiro]

All but one of Ar Tonelico 2's villains, including the final boss, fall in the "people who think the only way to save everyone is to do something shitty" category. Sames goes for Tales of Xillia's final boss.

Ar Tonelico 3's final battle is basically you asking the will of the planet to forgive humanity for screwing it up via a song (while your front line fighters hold off its minions.)

 

[Sami+]

Semi recent PS4 exclusive - Spoilers

Spoiler

Augustine in Infamous: Second Son. She holds conduits in prison, induces fear in the public and strips freedom from conduits - all in the name of safety. She fools the world into believing they are terrorists so that her DUP can continue to receive funding, so she can continue to save conduits. Her end game is really just keeping them safe, even if she's going about it a terrible way.

Man, I hated this so much. Expected that asspull at the very beginning of the game.

 

[Kronotech]

Optional for Breath of Fire IV. Pretty cool.

 

[specdot]

Final boss of Eternal Sonata

Yuuuuuup. That was a total WTF moment for me. Great game though.

 

[Arrrammis]

InFamous 1

Spoiler

Kessler turns out to be Cole from the future, and his motivation for doing all of the antagonist stuff is to forge Cole into the hero that he couldn't be.

Personally one of my favorite gaming twist moments of all time.

 

[kingofthedead45]

Dragon's Dogma

Spoiler

You fight god and take his/her place

Spoiler

and then you kill yourself to end that cycle

The end of this game is so fucking Batshit insane. I did not expect it to go the way it did.

 

[ArkkAngel007]

Saren of ME1 sorta.

I'm torn on this. In-game that can be considered, but the Revelations novel from ME lead writer made it clear Saren was a pretty twisted individual despite what

Spoiler

personal tragedies

he may have endured.

 

[TurnipFritters]

The first Disgaea game, I guess.

 

[QisTopTier]

Ys: The Oath in Felghana

Spoiler

Bishop Nikolas

Spoiler

He's not the final boss

Now if you said another game from that series then you would be right.

 

[Sotha_Sil]

It's been a long time since I played that part of Morrowind, but Dagoth Ur was not evil for the sake of being evil. If you do a little research off the beaten path, you can learn that he's more of a (very) misguided fallen hero.

 

[The Incarnation]

Thought this would turn out to be a Shin Megami Tensei thread.

Almost all the bosses from those games.

 

[Spacejaws]

InFamous 1

Spoiler

Kessler turns out to be Cole from the future, and his motivation for doing all of the antagonist stuff is to forge Cole into the hero that he couldn't be.

Personally one of my favorite gaming twist moments of all time.

Wow ok as someone who has never been interested in Infamous 1 that actually sounds really interesting. Gonna have to grab it somewhere.

 

[nded]

The Avatar from the Ultima games shows up as the last, most powerful enemy faced in Dungeon Keeper.

 

[Afrocious]

Wow ok as someone who has never been interested in Infamous 1 that actually sounds really interesting. Gonna have to grab it somewhere.

It was a cool final boss too to fight.

 

[buffi]

Why hasnt anyone mentioned Stick of Truth.
Last boss is princess Kenny.

 

[Pancakes R Us]

anybody who tries to kill Sonic is doing the Lord's Work so

Hahaha, what a hit. Take a bow son, take a bow.

 

[Gurgelhals]

The path I took means I didn't see much of

Spoiler

saskia

at all. Plus, I'm pretty sure

Spoiler

i killed letho

because while he was just going about doing some wetworks for someone, duder still put me in a bad spot. Plus, i got a sense from him that he was at peace with my decision.

But that just goes to show why the w2 is such a gem of a game. we had completely differebt stories and endings and both came away greatly pleased with it.

If you decide to let Letho live (which, I insist, is the only correct decision at that point) then Saskia is technically the final boss, but if you only went the Roche path, you wouldn't be aware of the details behind it. #TeamIorveth

I'd recommend a replay on the Iorveth path. It's really worth it. IMHO, it has both the better story as well as the better quests than the Roche path and the choice also turns out to be more in line with Geralt's ethos. You wouldn't know that at the point where you have to make the choice though; most players (including me) probably pick Roche on their first playthrough, because it really seems to be the more sensible choice given your knowledge at the time).

 

[omonimo]

InFamous 1

Spoiler

Kessler turns out to be Cole from the future, and his motivation for doing all of the antagonist stuff is to forge Cole into the hero that he couldn't be.

Personally one of my favorite gaming twist moments of all time.

I'm with you. Man I will pay full price for a remake of it with the second son engine. The plot narrative in this game it's wonderful in the ending.

 

[Lusankya]

How come that in such threads 80% of the posters don't even explain their choices but just post a picture, an unfamiliar name or a game and then leave forever?

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Do any of the Warriors game count? Specifically, Keiji Maeda in Yukimura's story in SW2.

Yep, I'd count that. Loved Yukimura's story in that game, quite an emotional build up.

 

[StanleyPalmtree]

its hard to be certain since most of what we know about him is up to interpretation, but iv always felt Gwyn from dark souls was a good guy.

he may have been a dickish king, but he sacrificed himself to save the world (more or less) , that's a good guy move in my book.

EDIT: cant believe i didnt think of him first, but The Master from Fallout 1

despite being the most horrific looking and sounding monstrosity you ever did see, the guys plan (turning what remains of humanity into super mutants) was what he saw as humanity's best chance of surviving in the post apocalypse.

and he was pretty damn sincere about this, to the point that if you prove to him how his plan is flawed, he will realize just how badly he has fucked up, becomes overcome with remorse, and kills himself.

still my favorite game Antagonist ever.

 

[Mephala]

Tales of Vesperia's final boss isn't exactly a villain.
Suikoden 2's final duel.

 

[Fandangox]

Yep, I'd count that. Loved Yukimura's story in that game, quite an emotional build up.

I liked most of the stories in SW2, Magoichi's especially. I didn't really like any of the ones in SW3, haven't played SW4, but it being a single plot/campaign would probably help with the writing a bit.

Also I guess the "final" boss of Mother 3 counts? Although akin to EarthBound's final bout, the real boss battle came immediately before that, and that was more of a interactive way to end the game.

 

[celsowmbr]

Nier?

 

[Caronte]

inFamous 2 no matter what path you choose IIRC.

Also, Final Fantasy X when you have to kill the

Spoiler

summons

.

 

[Kyonashi]

anybody who tries to kill Sonic is doing the Lord's Work so

I died. You killed me. I am dead.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Spoiler

Secret

of Mana

Spoiler

Flammie is a good creature, but driven by instinct, so you are forced to kill him to save the world

 

[TokiDoki]

Spoiler

Kato

in Shadow Hearts 2 had a sad story ;_;

Basically every one in it .

 

[Puru]

Spoiler

Hime

in Suguri

Spoiler

Basically the "bad guys" are invaders but one of them just want to eliminate the previous dominant life form instead of trying a cohabitation and brainwash some soldiers so they have to obey him.
Hime isn't brainwashed but he threatens her by taking their own ship civilians in hostage (destroying the civilian block of the ship if she refuses basically) so she's pretty much forced to fight you.

 

[Bubba77]

Final fantasy X?

Spoiler

sin being tidus dad ject

 

[Winterfang]

Why hasnt anyone mentioned Stick of Truth.

Spoiler

Last boss is princess Kenny

.

Spoiler bro. WTF

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Solid Snake in MGSV

 

[KittenMaster]

Another vote for Solidus.

Spoiler

He has a whole graveyard of skeletons in the closet but in the end his success would have rid the US of an oppressive entity capable of manipulating media and politics to puppeteer US events, and had just developed the capability of filtering internet media. His problem was that he was set up to fail from the start both practically and morally.

 

[googleplex]

I'm not sure if you can consider Vayne Solidor from final fantasy 12 a bad guy he was more of an anti-hero

 

[mnz]

He just wants people to stay dead, since the undead ruined the world. He even gave some of his power to Death itself.

 

[Weltall Zero]

Metal Gear Solids?

EDIT: Especially 3.

So your contribution to this thread was literally the very example in the OP?

 

[Anung]

Solidus is probably the biggest good guy of that series.

 

[BibiMaghoo]

The Boss and Ocelot.

 

[Oynox]

Spoiler

Just kidding, worst boss of all time

 

[gigantor21]

King DeDeDe in Kirby's Adventure/Nightmare In Dreamland is a good example. You spend the whole game thinking he'd stolen the star rod from the fountain of dreams for his own gain, when the truth is he took it to hide it from the nightmare creatures that had started to invade dreamland, and if taking out kirby meant he could keep the star rod away from the fountain and into the hands of the nightmare creatures, he'd do it.

It was my first time playing a game where the main villian actually ended up being a good guy all along. Kirby's Adventure was fucking great.

One of many reasons Nightmare in Dreamland is one of my favorite Nintendo games.

 

[Joey Ravn]

The credits roll after you beat Ghetsis in Black and White.

Wait, really? I totally forgot that. So, there's double credit rolls in BW?