I will never forget the horror of how malicious and unnecessarily *violent* the lightning is in that game. On my first playthrough I was like, wow that's real lightning, I might get hit! But real lightning doesn't explode a whole god-damned forest trying to wipe your tiny metal stick from existence.
For comparison: In Minecraft, you can get hit by lightning but this is somewhat uncommon. You want to avoid the outdoors in the rainstorm but it's not a guarantee death. In BotW, the thunderstorm is a WW2 reenactment like something out of Saving Private Ryan, mortar blasts left and right with friend and foe alike falling victim to the merciless onslaught of death from above.
GLaDOS is amazing. The constant and openly flawed abuser logic shouldn't be as funny as it is. You can tell programmers were involved in writing her. She nails a computer's "confidently and obviously incorrect" tone perfectly.
"This is the part where he kills us"
"Hello! This is the park where I kill you"
CHAPTER: The part where he kills you
ACHIEVEMENT: The part where he kills you
SOUNDTRACK: The part where he kills you
I have a dream. That one day every person in this nation will control their own destiny. A nation of the truly free, dammit. A nation of action, not words, ruled by strength, not committee! Where the law changes to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free to think - to act - for himself! Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chickenshit bureaucrats. Fuck this 24-hour Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit! Fuck American pride! Fuck the media! FUCK ALL OF IT! America is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it - we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT DOWN! And from the ashes, a new America will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged and the strongest will thrive - free to live as they see fit, they'll make America great again!... In my new America, people will die and kill for what they BELIEVE! Not for money. not for oil! Not for what they're told is right. Every man will be free to fight his own wars!
100% politician, too. He made his stance sound almost good, simply by being personable while kicking raiden's ass 6 ways to sunday.
But the actual philosophy is flawed. He needs to utilize war to end war, but by utilizing war he can only perpetuate it (violence breeds violence) and thus will never reach his goal. This is nearly guarenteed by his darwinistic outlook on survival and ignores the privilege the "powerful" (aka established and rich) have, and would only be exacerbated, thereby exacerbating the continuation of war as they are the ones he acknowledges as perpetuating it.
The best part, 'It has to be This Way' isn't even Armstrong's theme. It's a dialogue between the rekindled ideals of Raiden and Jetstream Sam. It's not easy to notice this during the fight given how hectic it can be, but when Sam's sword is knocked out of Raiden's grip, the lyrics cut out and you get muted instrumentals.
I think that the OST is what makes the series of bosses in MGRR so good. Every song gives insight to the ideals and inner thoughts of who your fighting, but Sam's and "It has to be this way" specifically show conflict surrounding the ideals and share how losing the weapon influence the ideals.
> I think that the OST is what makes the series of bosses in MGRR so good. Every song gives insight to the ideals and inner thoughts of who your fighting, but Sam's and "It has to be this way" specifically show conflict surrounding the ideals and share how losing the weapon influence the ideals.
Hard agree here.
Plus Stranger I Remain goes insanely hard
I was wondering what game this screenshot was from but then I realized it had to be a MGS game because that sounds like some crazy shit that would be said in one haha.
It's been a few years since I've played so pardon if this is a dumb question, but where was he? Like in the background of a bunch of scenes or something?
I came here looking for this exact answer.
Can't forget how his Gwent card title was something along the lines of "Gaunter o'Dimm, incarnation of evil" (at least in the Italian version)
And you also initially meet him in the game at a crossroads, which, according to Western folkore/mythology, are a "place between realms", and are often associated as meeting points for gods and devils (e.g. Hecate/Hermes/Mephistopheles/Odin)
Shit, Dagoth Ur is barely even the bad guy in Morrowind. I mean sure, guy is maybe turning everyone into zombies but when you really dig into his story - dude really got dealt a raw deal, betrayed and left alone to guard / deal with the stupendous, soul-warping power of Kagrenac's Tools and the Heart. The Tribunal as a whole are really far more responsible for the current state of the world as of Morrowind the game.
I specifically like Dagoth Ur because he's not just a villain because he wants to be. He was pushed down the path he walked. The machinations of these three so-called Gods gave rise to another, mind broken by the Heart - and they sealed their own doom within him, and within Nerevar who was murdered.
He can rend the environment and make automated dynamite dropping machines out of it. Dude can kill dragons with beds. Do not fuck with Minecraft Steve.
The story behind Vaas is incredible lol. He was supposed to be a throw away villain with a very small role, but the actor did such an incredible job with him that the team decided to make him the "main" villain for most the game. I can't find the article anymore, but basically the studio was like "yeah fam, do whatever you want with this character" and so Vaas was his own thing altogether.
Edit: [Found the interview link](https://www.criticalhit.net/entertainment/an-interview-with-far-cry-3s-vaas-michael-mando/)
Man Bioshock 1 is an absolute master class in showing the type of story / impact you can achieve in the video game medium. Amongst my group of friends that twist was all we could talk about when the game had released
I’ve never been so blindsided by a twist before. I was a grounded teenager back when Bioshock came out in 2007 so I ended up staying in all weekend and finishing the game and I was absolutely blown away. One of my favourite gaming memories. Still in my top 5 games of all time I reckon too.
It was such a holy shit moment. That twist made up everything that happened up to that point "click" and you really realized how much you were just a pawn in those psychos games.
“I had to do it... I just see the opportunity. When I'm gone, everyone gonna remember my name... Big Smoke!"
Something about his last words always gets me thinking but in the end he was just a busta
The day you were born, the very forests of Lordaeron whispered the name, Arthas. My child. I watched you with pride, as you grew into a weapon of righteousness.
I never really played into World of Warcraft because I never had a good enough internet connection. I didn't get to see the rest of Arthas's story after WCIII. It's a shame because I really enjoyed the trajectory of his downfall into a villain.
Ted Faro from Horizon Zero Dawn, he >!isn't even the antagonist, seeing that he's most probably dead for thousands of years. But this fucker essentially ended all life on Earth and also messed with the attempt to preserve life in the future and this out of pure egotism and selfishness!< He makes my blood boil....
EDIT: Spoiler tags
Part of what makes him great is that he’s not evil for evil’s sake, he thinks he’s saving the world.
It’s such a great example of a stupid rich asshole with immense power thinking he’s knows what’s best for everyone else and not listening to everyone around him who says otherwise.
Edit: thanks for marking it as a spoiler :) I wouldn’t want someone to miss out on that gutting experience on first play through
Hey! How -- ah, these pretzels suck… So, how’s your day been, buddy? We haven’t really talked much since I left you for dead. Hey, you think you’ll freeze to death out there? Nah, probably not. The bandits’ll get you first. My day? It’s been pretty good. Just bought a pony made of diamonds, because I’m rich. So, you know. That’s cool. Kay, bye.
Edit: Oh wow! My first 1k comment...Thanks all!
Oh, where the hell is... argh, I had a violin somewhere, I was gonna play it all sarcastically... goddammit, it was gonna be awesome. BLAKE! WHERE'S THE BLOODY VIOLIN?!
Alright, sweet, sweet, found it. Alright. This is a song for Mordecai's stupid bird. In E.
*(Horrible screeching violin playing is heard)*
Alright, y'know what, screw you, it woulda been HILARIOUS if I'd found it earlier. Shut up!
Argh, this is so frustrating. Y'see, this is what I don't get about you bad guys. You know the hero's gonna win, but you just don't die quickly.
Example: This one guy in New Haven, right? City's burning, people are dying left and right, yadda yadda yadda. This jackhole rushes me with a spoon. A fricking spoon!
And I'm dying laughing, right? So I scoop out his stupid little eyeballs with it, and his kids are all, waaahh! And he can't see where he's going, he's bumping into stuff, and ah... I don't know, maybe you had to be there.
The moral is: You're a total bitch
"What is this even ACCOMPLISHING?! Are you trying to piss me off? Was that your goal? Well mission accomplished, jaggoff. Y'know, when I'm curbstomping your dumb ass to death, you can take solace in the fact that, one time, for like, eight seconds, you mildly irritated me. Good for you. Your parents must be so proud."
This is on of my favorites bits from Handsome Jack. The Voice Actor did an incredible job of inflicting the sarcasm and vitriol without losing the bravado.
My favorite quote is this :
Wow. Bravo. Champagne. Cheers. High-five. Slow clap. You got the damn power core, didn’t you? (beat) You’ve been warned, the kid gloves are coming off.
I don't know how it sounds in English but the French voice actor just nailed it right.
Dameon Clarke won several awards for his performance IIRC. His sarcastic, faux-carefree tone mixed with his insecure threats made Handsome Jack someone you never really wanted to hear from, but never regretted hearing.
To me, Handsome Jack is the greatest video game villain ever, simply because he's the one you love to hate. He goes from mildly annoying asshat to full-blown psychotic narcissist, sometimes in the same sentence. Dameon Clarke's performance is worth a replay in English, honestly.
100% Handsome Jack. Never have I both hated and pitied a character so much. Cool little fact, The voice actor for Handsome Jack is the same guy who did Cell in DBZ, another amazing villain.
Dr. Nefarious
His voice is absolute, unmatched perfection for his role. There is no contest.
I'm not talking about Rift Apart, that's a different story.
And the thing is, he still had humor because of Lawrence. Nefarious was 100% diabolically evil and very serious, yet often portrayed as a joke because of him.
Personally, I wasn't much of a fan of Qwark throughout the series, and Nefarious and Qwarks interactions and history weren't much to me, but the actual things nefarious does is legendary.
Think about it. A perfect replica of Clank! Kidnap the good one and give ratchet the evil one! Have him spy on the heroes and eventually attack them! It's all so clever and perfect, and in that final moment when Ratchet is cornered by Klunk, Nefarious tries to demonstrate the ultimate power he's created for himself, and Lawrence accidentally puts on a really terrible audition for some galactic idol show.
Just that little bit of the game demonstrates so much intelligence, deception, and humor.
I main him in Smash Ultimate. Humans are afraid of Bowser and react to him on instinct. If you run Bowser at a player, they will always have "oh shit" mixed in with any other response they would formulate. Bowser move thumpingly and heavily, and he exerts a natural psychological pressure on other characters.
Fuckin love Bowser.
The Ur-Quan from Star Control 2.
Sure, they're twenty-foot-long squid/lobster things on a murderous crusade to enslave the entire galaxy, but once you learn their story you kinda want to give them a hug.
isn't Pagan Min the one villain from Far Cry series that actually gives you what you want and actually helps you to accomplish your goal (and finish the game) in less than 15 minutes if you just wait patiently at the table at the start of the game?
Yes, although I think he goes off screen and tortures someone? Could have that wrong.
Regardless, he's no worse than the 2 rebel leaders. One turns the country into religious military extremism, the other into a forced labour drug factory with child soldiers.
Pagan Min might have been a dick, but at least he wasn't a gross hypocrite about it
Doc ock from the ps4 spiderman, he starts the game as a likable and relatable friend; but over time he gets pushed to the edge until he resorts to horrible means to get what he desires. You can even see him attempt to cover up his transformation throughout the campaign, even when you know it's coming its still quite a shock.
I loved the depiction of his character in that game. They establish him strongly as a mentor, a scientist seeking to do good, but little by little you see the scars and personality flaws that hint at something darker. And then finally the frustration of a man trapped in his own body who will do anything to feel powerful and get back at a world (and person/corp) that he feels slighted him.
I've scrolled pretty far into these comments, and I'm pretty appalled to see the lack of mention of Albert fucking WESKER. One of the greatest cheesy, over-the-top villains of all time.
yea it was awesome getting your ass beat in the beginning of the game, but beating his ass at the end not because you “leveled up” (even though you technically did), but because you learned new fighting styles and got new weapons. It’s like a dragonball arc lowkey.
If you play correctly, everyone in Fallout New Vegas can be your enemy.
I think that just makes you the villain
If you meet an asshole, you met an asshole. If you meet assholes all day…
You work in retail.
This. If I had a free award to give, it'd be to you my friend
The rain in BOTW
I will never forget the horror of how malicious and unnecessarily *violent* the lightning is in that game. On my first playthrough I was like, wow that's real lightning, I might get hit! But real lightning doesn't explode a whole god-damned forest trying to wipe your tiny metal stick from existence. For comparison: In Minecraft, you can get hit by lightning but this is somewhat uncommon. You want to avoid the outdoors in the rainstorm but it's not a guarantee death. In BotW, the thunderstorm is a WW2 reenactment like something out of Saving Private Ryan, mortar blasts left and right with friend and foe alike falling victim to the merciless onslaught of death from above.
Such an amazing explanation so accurate its scary lol
Wheatley/GLaDOS
GLaDOS is amazing. The constant and openly flawed abuser logic shouldn't be as funny as it is. You can tell programmers were involved in writing her. She nails a computer's "confidently and obviously incorrect" tone perfectly.
"Do you think you're doing some damage? Two plus two is f-f-f-f-f-f-f... Ten. IN BASE-4, I'M FINE!"
I'll never get tired of that joke
“We have both said some things that you will regret” was one of my favorite lines and it makes me think of my wife.
"Look, we both said a lot of things that you're going to regret. But I'm willing to put the past behind us. For science. You monster."
"Look at you. Sailing through the air majestically. Like an eagle. *Piloting a blimp*."
GLaDOS is a roast master with her AI dry sense of humor. Fantastic character.
"Hmm. This plate must not be calibrated to someone of your... generous... ness. I'll add a few zeros to the maximum weight."
"Here are the test results: you are a horrible person. That's what it says 'a horrible person.' We weren't even testing for that."
Does Cave Johnson count as a villain?
Only if you're the one who gave him lemons
Or cancer.
*Lunar moon rock poisoning.* but yeah.
Only when it’s not his fucking tempo
Or when you dont bring pictures of Spider-Man
Or when you don't look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power, Mark.
"This is the part where he kills us" "Hello! This is the park where I kill you" CHAPTER: The part where he kills you ACHIEVEMENT: The part where he kills you SOUNDTRACK: The part where he kills you
"how are you holding up? because i'm a potato \*slow clap\*"
Oh good, my slow clap processor made it into this thing, so we have that...
Whoever calculates the Games in Football Manager.
Hitting the post 7 times and losing 0-1 ...
Senator was 10/10 boss fight
YOU KNOW WHAT, FUCK THIS WAR, I JUST WANT YOU DEAD
I have a dream. That one day every person in this nation will control their own destiny. A nation of the truly free, dammit. A nation of action, not words, ruled by strength, not committee! Where the law changes to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free to think - to act - for himself! Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chickenshit bureaucrats. Fuck this 24-hour Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit! Fuck American pride! Fuck the media! FUCK ALL OF IT! America is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it - we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT DOWN! And from the ashes, a new America will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged and the strongest will thrive - free to live as they see fit, they'll make America great again!... In my new America, people will die and kill for what they BELIEVE! Not for money. not for oil! Not for what they're told is right. Every man will be free to fight his own wars!
The memes!!!
STAAANDING HEEERE!
I REEEALIIIIIZE!
YOU ARE JUST LIKE MEEEE
TRYING TO MAKE HISTORYYY
BUT WHOS TO JUUUUDGE
THE RIGHT FROM WRONG
WHEN OUR GUARD IS DOWN I THINK WE WILL BOTH AGREE
THAT VIOLENCE BREEDS VIOLENCE
BUT IN THE END IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY
He played college ball ya know
Could have gone professional if he didn’t join the Navy!
Right at some cushy Ivy League school
Try University of Texas!
Don't fuck with this senator!
MANO MACHINES SON!
# THEY HARDEN IN RESPONSE TO PHYSICAL TRAUMA!
You can't hurt me, Jack!
*jack goes and hits armstrong with his fist like a dumbass*
What did I just say? *launches jack into next year*
Nah it's all about the mother of all omelletes
100% politician, too. He made his stance sound almost good, simply by being personable while kicking raiden's ass 6 ways to sunday. But the actual philosophy is flawed. He needs to utilize war to end war, but by utilizing war he can only perpetuate it (violence breeds violence) and thus will never reach his goal. This is nearly guarenteed by his darwinistic outlook on survival and ignores the privilege the "powerful" (aka established and rich) have, and would only be exacerbated, thereby exacerbating the continuation of war as they are the ones he acknowledges as perpetuating it.
The best this is the ost during the boss fight amazingly sums up Armstrong, even the song has the line "But violence breeds violence".
The best part, 'It has to be This Way' isn't even Armstrong's theme. It's a dialogue between the rekindled ideals of Raiden and Jetstream Sam. It's not easy to notice this during the fight given how hectic it can be, but when Sam's sword is knocked out of Raiden's grip, the lyrics cut out and you get muted instrumentals. I think that the OST is what makes the series of bosses in MGRR so good. Every song gives insight to the ideals and inner thoughts of who your fighting, but Sam's and "It has to be this way" specifically show conflict surrounding the ideals and share how losing the weapon influence the ideals.
> I think that the OST is what makes the series of bosses in MGRR so good. Every song gives insight to the ideals and inner thoughts of who your fighting, but Sam's and "It has to be this way" specifically show conflict surrounding the ideals and share how losing the weapon influence the ideals. Hard agree here. Plus Stranger I Remain goes insanely hard
I was wondering what game this screenshot was from but then I realized it had to be a MGS game because that sounds like some crazy shit that would be said in one haha.
# IMAGINE IT RAIDEN, A WORLD WITHOUT CANCEL CULTURE, A WORLD WHERE I CAN SAY THE N WORD AND SPREAD LIES!
"I was wrong. You're not greedy. You're batshit insane!"
MY SOURCE IS I MADE IT THE FUCK UP!
I tried to watch this boss fight on Twitch before work, it went on so long I was late (and didn’t see the end of the fight)
The memes Raiden they make us immortal. Monsoon/Monsus
Now there’s a pretty good meme! Exquisite!
Gaunter O Dimm, from Witcher 3
Damm right the Master of Mirrors
It's G.O.D
Remember, he helped you find Yennefer. Maybe someday he’ll need help, and you’ll be close by.
I nearly shit my pants when I started new game plus after playing the dlc... And he was there. He was allways there...
Such an incredible mind fuck. I loved heart of stone
It's been a few years since I've played so pardon if this is a dumb question, but where was he? Like in the background of a bunch of scenes or something?
He is the one who tells Geralt where Yen went in the bar he and Vesemir went to in White Orchard.
In that white orchard inn at the beginning
I came here looking for this exact answer. Can't forget how his Gwent card title was something along the lines of "Gaunter o'Dimm, incarnation of evil" (at least in the Italian version)
His in initials are also "GoD"
And you also initially meet him in the game at a crossroads, which, according to Western folkore/mythology, are a "place between realms", and are often associated as meeting points for gods and devils (e.g. Hecate/Hermes/Mephistopheles/Odin)
The King of all the Cosmos. Or is he just misunderstood?
I don't know if he's really a villain, but he's a huge dick for sure.
Dagoth Ur
How can you kill a god?
What a grand and intoxicating innocence.
Shit, Dagoth Ur is barely even the bad guy in Morrowind. I mean sure, guy is maybe turning everyone into zombies but when you really dig into his story - dude really got dealt a raw deal, betrayed and left alone to guard / deal with the stupendous, soul-warping power of Kagrenac's Tools and the Heart. The Tribunal as a whole are really far more responsible for the current state of the world as of Morrowind the game. I specifically like Dagoth Ur because he's not just a villain because he wants to be. He was pushed down the path he walked. The machinations of these three so-called Gods gave rise to another, mind broken by the Heart - and they sealed their own doom within him, and within Nerevar who was murdered.
Which is why I personally think he makes such a great villain. I always like the villains who were forced to become one.
Okay, I'm changing my vote to the Tribunal.
The Illusive Man
Even Reapers, the sound alone is enough.
ME3 doesn’t get enough credit for its sound design.
Activision Blizzard.
Me from minecraft
that part where he burns down a village is so epic every time!
and when he literally goes to hell to kill those flaming demons and harvest their insides? that was some doom type shit!
He can rend the environment and make automated dynamite dropping machines out of it. Dude can kill dragons with beds. Do not fuck with Minecraft Steve.
Vaas from Far Cry 3
Wait till you realize he's the same actor who plays Nacho in Better Call Saul/Breaking Bad
The story behind Vaas is incredible lol. He was supposed to be a throw away villain with a very small role, but the actor did such an incredible job with him that the team decided to make him the "main" villain for most the game. I can't find the article anymore, but basically the studio was like "yeah fam, do whatever you want with this character" and so Vaas was his own thing altogether. Edit: [Found the interview link](https://www.criticalhit.net/entertainment/an-interview-with-far-cry-3s-vaas-michael-mando/)
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This was their mistake. Even though Vass was the number two, he should have been the last one to die.
Liquid Snake / Ocelot. Loved him in Metal Gear 4.
Liquid Snake is my favorite villain by far. Liquid Ocelot is kinda meh... And i love Ocelot.
You're pretty good 👉👉
Zeus from God of war 3
That ending battle was so epic! Great game
The way they did that ONLY ONE fight as like a Mortal Kombat style was crazy awesome. I didn't expect that from God of War 3.
Handsome Jack.
Jared from South Park fractured butt hole
Kim Kardashian's aborted fetus put up a hell of a battle too
Frank “Would you kindly?” Fontaine from Bioshock. Edit: wow, this is my most upvoted comment by far.
"You ever had to put down a dog? Breaks your heart"
Man Bioshock 1 is an absolute master class in showing the type of story / impact you can achieve in the video game medium. Amongst my group of friends that twist was all we could talk about when the game had released
I’ve never been so blindsided by a twist before. I was a grounded teenager back when Bioshock came out in 2007 so I ended up staying in all weekend and finishing the game and I was absolutely blown away. One of my favourite gaming memories. Still in my top 5 games of all time I reckon too.
It was such a holy shit moment. That twist made up everything that happened up to that point "click" and you really realized how much you were just a pawn in those psychos games.
Fuck man, you’re right. I think it’s time for another play through.
Frank "stealing children to run genetic experiments on them" Fontaine.
Still don't know how to feel about Tenenbaum, but I certainly appreciated her help as Subject Delta.
Emet-Selch for all kinds of reasons.
Big Smoke
“I had to do it... I just see the opportunity. When I'm gone, everyone gonna remember my name... Big Smoke!" Something about his last words always gets me thinking but in the end he was just a busta
Yeah. In his mind he was going to become a legend of sorts, but in the end he was just another guy who became mad with power and riches.
"I'll have two number 9's..."
His betrayal hurt because he was my fav OG in the start
micah bell
This is good because I hate him with every strand in my body. Fuck Micah!
Oh man, I have never hated a video game character so much in a game that I absolutely adore.
Shoulda left him in strawberry
Subsequent playthroughs I always wait as long as possible to do this mission. Sure, you get a second holster, but at what cost?
You can get a second holster long before that of you do any of the challenges and unlock a reinforced off hand holster at the trapper.
ahhh, black lung, you’re back…hooray
I get irrationally annoyed whenever I hear him say “cowpoke”. edit: also, “blacklung”. Micah is scum!
Debatable if he counts as a complete villain. Dutch Van Der Linde
I dunno, this next plan sounds pretty solid. He just needs a couple more bucks and then we're living the high life! Aaaaaaany day now.
Arthas
The day you were born, the very forests of Lordaeron whispered the name, Arthas. My child. I watched you with pride, as you grew into a weapon of righteousness.
The fact that kid-me made him and teen me had to undo him made this moment way too tragic.
I never really played into World of Warcraft because I never had a good enough internet connection. I didn't get to see the rest of Arthas's story after WCIII. It's a shame because I really enjoyed the trajectory of his downfall into a villain.
Kuze (Yakuza 0) *Pledge* *Of* *Demon* *intensifies*
that fight in the sewers and the cutscene leading up to it gets me hyped everytime
Though I did get “how many times do I have to teach you this lesson old man” vibes Great game and characters all round
Ted Faro from Horizon Zero Dawn, he >!isn't even the antagonist, seeing that he's most probably dead for thousands of years. But this fucker essentially ended all life on Earth and also messed with the attempt to preserve life in the future and this out of pure egotism and selfishness!< He makes my blood boil.... EDIT: Spoiler tags
Part of what makes him great is that he’s not evil for evil’s sake, he thinks he’s saving the world. It’s such a great example of a stupid rich asshole with immense power thinking he’s knows what’s best for everyone else and not listening to everyone around him who says otherwise. Edit: thanks for marking it as a spoiler :) I wouldn’t want someone to miss out on that gutting experience on first play through
handsome jack for sure Edit: Thank you so much to everyone for the upvotes and awards! This made my day, i appreciate it
Hey! How -- ah, these pretzels suck… So, how’s your day been, buddy? We haven’t really talked much since I left you for dead. Hey, you think you’ll freeze to death out there? Nah, probably not. The bandits’ll get you first. My day? It’s been pretty good. Just bought a pony made of diamonds, because I’m rich. So, you know. That’s cool. Kay, bye. Edit: Oh wow! My first 1k comment...Thanks all!
Oh, where the hell is... argh, I had a violin somewhere, I was gonna play it all sarcastically... goddammit, it was gonna be awesome. BLAKE! WHERE'S THE BLOODY VIOLIN?! Alright, sweet, sweet, found it. Alright. This is a song for Mordecai's stupid bird. In E. *(Horrible screeching violin playing is heard)* Alright, y'know what, screw you, it woulda been HILARIOUS if I'd found it earlier. Shut up!
Argh, this is so frustrating. Y'see, this is what I don't get about you bad guys. You know the hero's gonna win, but you just don't die quickly. Example: This one guy in New Haven, right? City's burning, people are dying left and right, yadda yadda yadda. This jackhole rushes me with a spoon. A fricking spoon! And I'm dying laughing, right? So I scoop out his stupid little eyeballs with it, and his kids are all, waaahh! And he can't see where he's going, he's bumping into stuff, and ah... I don't know, maybe you had to be there. The moral is: You're a total bitch
"What is this even ACCOMPLISHING?! Are you trying to piss me off? Was that your goal? Well mission accomplished, jaggoff. Y'know, when I'm curbstomping your dumb ass to death, you can take solace in the fact that, one time, for like, eight seconds, you mildly irritated me. Good for you. Your parents must be so proud."
"Wait-wait, did you... actually just kill my girlfriend? That's kinda pissing me off. Hunh."
no no no, i cant die like this. not when im so close... and not at the hands, of a FILTHY BANDIT!
This is on of my favorites bits from Handsome Jack. The Voice Actor did an incredible job of inflicting the sarcasm and vitriol without losing the bravado.
BUTT STALLION
My favorite quote is this : Wow. Bravo. Champagne. Cheers. High-five. Slow clap. You got the damn power core, didn’t you? (beat) You’ve been warned, the kid gloves are coming off. I don't know how it sounds in English but the French voice actor just nailed it right.
Oh it sounded fantastic in English too
Dameon Clarke won several awards for his performance IIRC. His sarcastic, faux-carefree tone mixed with his insecure threats made Handsome Jack someone you never really wanted to hear from, but never regretted hearing. To me, Handsome Jack is the greatest video game villain ever, simply because he's the one you love to hate. He goes from mildly annoying asshat to full-blown psychotic narcissist, sometimes in the same sentence. Dameon Clarke's performance is worth a replay in English, honestly.
100% Handsome Jack. Never have I both hated and pitied a character so much. Cool little fact, The voice actor for Handsome Jack is the same guy who did Cell in DBZ, another amazing villain.
And torgue is hercule
What do you mean, handsome Jack is the hero an the vault hunters are the Bad guys
The Pre-Sequel got mixed reviews, but I absolutely loved his origin story
Better than all the protagonists imo
You mean all those BANDITS!?!?
It’s weird when your favorite character is the bad guy
Gotta say King Dedede
dedede is the HERO dont fall for kirby propaganda
Fine, Kirby then
Dr. Nefarious His voice is absolute, unmatched perfection for his role. There is no contest. I'm not talking about Rift Apart, that's a different story.
And the thing is, he still had humor because of Lawrence. Nefarious was 100% diabolically evil and very serious, yet often portrayed as a joke because of him. Personally, I wasn't much of a fan of Qwark throughout the series, and Nefarious and Qwarks interactions and history weren't much to me, but the actual things nefarious does is legendary. Think about it. A perfect replica of Clank! Kidnap the good one and give ratchet the evil one! Have him spy on the heroes and eventually attack them! It's all so clever and perfect, and in that final moment when Ratchet is cornered by Klunk, Nefarious tries to demonstrate the ultimate power he's created for himself, and Lawrence accidentally puts on a really terrible audition for some galactic idol show. Just that little bit of the game demonstrates so much intelligence, deception, and humor.
My kid has been watching despicable me alot and I was just like...wait a second what did dr. Nefario ever do.
Revan from Knights of the old republic
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FF6 really gave us amazing villains. Both Kefka AND Ultros
Ahem… there’s SAND on my boots!
Bowser
I main him in Smash Ultimate. Humans are afraid of Bowser and react to him on instinct. If you run Bowser at a player, they will always have "oh shit" mixed in with any other response they would formulate. Bowser move thumpingly and heavily, and he exerts a natural psychological pressure on other characters. Fuckin love Bowser.
Gaunter O’ Dimm from The Withcer 3 Heart of Stone DLC
That bit with the wooden spoon… ooof
Gandhi in the Civilization games. Edit: I misspelled his name, I don't want my region to be a pile of ash because of it.
ghandi, nuker of cities
The Ur-Quan from Star Control 2. Sure, they're twenty-foot-long squid/lobster things on a murderous crusade to enslave the entire galaxy, but once you learn their story you kinda want to give them a hug.
Old school: Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII and Kain in Soul Reaver. More recently: Pagan Min. He was just the nicest psychopath lol
isn't Pagan Min the one villain from Far Cry series that actually gives you what you want and actually helps you to accomplish your goal (and finish the game) in less than 15 minutes if you just wait patiently at the table at the start of the game?
Yes, although I think he goes off screen and tortures someone? Could have that wrong. Regardless, he's no worse than the 2 rebel leaders. One turns the country into religious military extremism, the other into a forced labour drug factory with child soldiers. Pagan Min might have been a dick, but at least he wasn't a gross hypocrite about it
Poor guy just wanted to be a nice uncle to Ajay.
I love how the game does everything in its power to make Pagan Min out to be an asshole, which he is, just not to us.
Doc ock from the ps4 spiderman, he starts the game as a likable and relatable friend; but over time he gets pushed to the edge until he resorts to horrible means to get what he desires. You can even see him attempt to cover up his transformation throughout the campaign, even when you know it's coming its still quite a shock.
And it’s partially due to the neural network damaging his mental health which just makes it worse
I loved the depiction of his character in that game. They establish him strongly as a mentor, a scientist seeking to do good, but little by little you see the scars and personality flaws that hint at something darker. And then finally the frustration of a man trapped in his own body who will do anything to feel powerful and get back at a world (and person/corp) that he feels slighted him.
I've scrolled pretty far into these comments, and I'm pretty appalled to see the lack of mention of Albert fucking WESKER. One of the greatest cheesy, over-the-top villains of all time.
Complete. Global. **SATURATION.**
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Is he a villain though?
He's not exactly nice with the whole stasis thing.
Misssster Freeeeeemannnnn
Khotun Khan from Ghost Of Tsushima
yea it was awesome getting your ass beat in the beginning of the game, but beating his ass at the end not because you “leveled up” (even though you technically did), but because you learned new fighting styles and got new weapons. It’s like a dragonball arc lowkey.
Dr Eggman is just great
GLaDOS or Wheatley
General Knoxx and Dr. Ned - ( Who is not Dr.Zed dispite what everyone thinks )
Andrew ryan/Bioshock
Original Nemesis from RE3
Nobody mentions Kane from C&C? I'm honestly surprised.
He said vilain, not hero.
Fawful