if you didn't feel like a savior don't
forget there was always someone better
than you names Dave with WatchMojo and
today we're counting down our picks for
the top 10 video game villains better
than the hero for this list we're
looking at the bad guys and games that
we ultimately like better than the hero
of the story and let's just be clear
here it's not to say that the hero is
trash or unlikable or anything of the
sort it's just that the villain is
sometimes interesting so entertaining or
so badass that we couldn't come to hate
them despite actively aiming to thwart
their efforts to win but you just don't
die quickly number 10
Kane command & Conquer Tiberium some not
God game no I'm not God close
McNiel is the closest thing you'll get
to a hero in this legendary RTS
franchise but despite being brought to
life by the legendary actor Michael
Payne both him and James L Jones are
upstaged by Joseph Deakins portrayal of
Kane he may have been introduced with in
the franchise's inception but the second
game in the Tiberium saga really
established Kane as a force to be
reckoned with a self-appointed Messiah
with a crazy god complex who somehow
doesn't seem to age that mystery and his
charisma solidifies him as one of
gaming's greatest adversaries unless of
course he chose to follow him one
purpose one vision
Tiberium is the way and the life number
nine the Joker Batman Arkham series he's
talking about you
you're always when it comes to the
Batman franchise it's almost common
knowledge that the charismatic and
psychotic Joker will always chew the
limelight away from the reserved and
brooding Batman respect the Arkham
series is no exception as throughout the
trilogy Joker will constantly find ways
to bark bats while putting on the
performance of a lifetime
even his shocking death in Arkham City
doesn't put an end to shenanigans as a
series of hallucinations in Arkham
Knight will always remind the player of
who the real star of the show is let's
put man a business a you believe that
accent that he only puts it on to sound
scary number eight mr. X the Resident
Evil 2 remake despite being a remake of
a ps1 title and having the leads far
more fleshed out with professional
writing it was the t 103 tyrant better
known as mr. X that came in and stole
the show
while he never says a word throughout
the game
it's his enormous physique thunderous
footsteps and the unstoppable thirst to
slam our heroes into the ground which
makes him the stuff of nightmares if you
thought that the Resident Evil 2 remake
would be a simple retelling for modern
audiences this guy certainly put you in
your place number 7
Ghirahim The Legend of Zelda Skyward
Sword let's get this right out of the
way here are him oh sorry
Lord you're him is not lacking in
confidence and to be honest nor should
he
as this suave demon Lord is the
definition of cool he's well-groomed
incredibly stylish and so calm and
collected you'd swear he was barely
breathing through growing frustration
with League's efforts here ahem barely
shows it in his early form calmly
walking ever so closely two links played
easily dodging his attacks and even
grabbing legs sword with his bare hands
now that's badass
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while we love link as the hero gear him
was just such a breath of fresh air as
opposed to battling Cannon again and
again and he proved to be a perfect
contrast to the humble underdog link
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number six GLaDOS portal standing for
genetic life-form and disk operating
system GLaDOS is really the heart of the
portal games while we play as Chell she
is a silent protagonist and essentially
just a vehicle by which we the player
attempt to escape the Aperture Science
Enrichment citta despite trying to kill
you GLaDOS gives form to the hero Chell
through our side splitting commentary on
the Games events control of all portals
his next test could take a very very
long time if you meet online from thirst
feel free to pass out and you'll
eventually develop a fondness for the
monotone female voice that's constantly
making fun of you it's a rare feat that
we come to dare we say love as a video
game body that's actively trying to kill
us
produced by enrichment center testing
our superstition preceding inanimate
objects as alive and hallucinations
number 5 and some Jack Borderlands 2
while the board line series always
offers lots of choice for character
classes we like to play as these
protagonists are mostly silent and
developed through the interactions with
out that larger-than-life characters in
the environment and there's very few
larger-than-life characters and video
games that play the villain we love to
loathe as much as handsome Jack himself
he's arrogant
snarky threatening and above all deadly
and yet well he's just too in a tank for
us to want him to go away
did we also mention he's a dictatorial
leader of the mega corporation I here in
out to pillage Pandora of all of its
resources yeah he's literally everything
we had in real life before
Vergil Devil May Cry 3 Dante's Awakening
yes the US
originally it was the key to the demon
world but was giving to us as a gift it
doesn't matter to me one way or the
other bear with us we love Dante and
truly enjoying slashing our way through
the DMC franchise as the stylish demon
hunter
it's just something so intriguing about
Virgil perhaps it's the fact that he
turned to his demon nature after his
mother died while Dante chose to follow
in his humanity that surely plays a part
but so too is his reserved
Cole nature that's in stark contrast to
the over-the-top Dante
I was so eager to see you I couldn't
concentrate there's only so much flash
and so many one-line as we can handle
before we truly desire a villain who
acts first and talks later regardless of
the consequences so we're not ashamed to
admit that we have a big old soft spot
for virgil that just can't be wiped out
no matter how fun dante is knowing this
I thought you'd be more useful to me but
I was wrong number three Sephiroth Final
Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 7 was a landmark game in
terms of storytelling and there's no
doubt that sephiroth's a tragic origin
story played a huge part in making the
games overall narrative so enthralling
in the 90s villains tended to be
one-dimensional and played up
stereotypically evil tropes to motivate
the hero of the story rather easily but
several turn that idea on its head what
with his incredibly sympathetic
backstory of going from a framed war
hero to discovering that he was the
subject of inhuman biological
experiments no matter how much we loved
cloud we just emphasize with Sephiroth
even more oh and he look like a super
cold rock star as well that didn't hurt
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number two Sarah Kerrigan Starcraft
series
like Sephiroth the story Sarah Kerrigan
is one underlying with tragedy and
heartbreak and we just can't get enough
of Sarah's journey from here at a
villain in fact her story and character
development alone are probably more
interesting than the overall narrative
of the Starcraft series her
transformation from the young Terran
ghost assassin to the Queen of Blades is
undoubtedly one of the best character
arcs in gaming in the largely
male-dominated profession of evil
villains Sarah breaks boundaries and
ranks among some of the absolute best
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boss Montenegro Far Cry 3 did I ever
of insanity why yes because you've told
us a lot and it's all on account of
everyone's favorite video game
psychopath boss Montenegro this famous
scene from Far Cry 3 still delivers
chills every time we see it but honestly
most of us is monologues other stuff
that nightmares are made from while we
applaud Ubisoft for praying such a
fearsome bad guy that truly inspires
anxiety in gamers hearts we still wished
that vas was the final boss of the game
I mean come on the defeat of boss is so
underwhelming but then again our
eagerness to take this guy down is the
sign of an amazing villain do you agree
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