DC Posted June 28, 2022 Posted June 28, 2022 What is your favorite video game where you play as the bad guy?
Crazycrab Posted June 28, 2022 Posted June 28, 2022 I'd say the original Dungeon Keeper. It had a really dark and twisted sense of humour about being the villain that I think was lost in later releases which were much more cartoonish.
Heatman Posted June 28, 2022 Posted June 28, 2022 It's mostly going to be in all GTA game's series. You can't help it not play as a bad guy in the game.
Kane99 Posted June 28, 2022 Posted June 28, 2022 I prefer games that are more free to choose. Like Fable for example. You can be good, or be bad. I like to do a mix of that. Currently I'm being awful in RDR2, so I can see how different things are when you're essentially going to the dark side. I normally play as a good guy in most games, but I like to switch it up from time to time and play the bad guy.
Aniekwe Posted June 29, 2022 Posted June 29, 2022 The Last of Us Part II where Ellie sets out for the revenge of Joel who was murdered by Abby. Also in Batman: Arkham City, you always appear as the bad guy with the joker.
Kane99 Posted June 29, 2022 Posted June 29, 2022 38 minutes ago, Aniekwe said: The Last of Us Part II where Ellie sets out for the revenge of Joel who was murdered by Abby. Also in Batman: Arkham City, you always appear as the bad guy with the joker. I suppose Ellie counts. In the Last of Us part 2, you could beat the game without killing a lot of the NPCs around. But I know some people go full force and kill everyone. Which is fine. With Batman Arkham, I don't know if that really counts. Maybe the Joker mission, but that's one small bit from a bigger game. And Batman isn't able to kill in the game. You can beat the crap out of people, but that's it.
killamch89 Posted June 29, 2022 Posted June 29, 2022 Spec Ops the Line is my favorite experience because the game made you believe that you're the hero up to a point until you bomb a much of people with white phosphorus bombs and you keep going down that dark path. It's not until you realize the guy you were chasing the entire time had been dead for years that you realize that your character was the villain all along.
Aniekwe Posted June 29, 2022 Posted June 29, 2022 11 hours ago, Kane99 said: I suppose Ellie counts. In the Last of Us part 2, you could beat the game without killing a lot of the NPCs around. But I know some people go full force and kill everyone. Which is fine. With Batman Arkham, I don't know if that really counts. Maybe the Joker mission, but that's one small bit from a bigger game. And Batman isn't able to kill in the game. You can beat the crap out of people, but that's it. I would say that Batman is a bully with with the right purpose 😂.
Kane99 Posted June 29, 2022 Posted June 29, 2022 20 hours ago, killamch89 said: Spec Ops the Line is my favorite experience because the game made you believe that you're the hero up to a point until you bomb a much of people with white phosphorus bombs and you keep going down that dark path. It's not until you realize the guy you were chasing the entire time had been dead for years that you realize that your character was the villain all along. I wouldn't say the character is the bad guy, if anything it's more that war is the villain. The character didn't know the bad things he was doing because of the PTSD he was suffering throughout the game. He thought he was doing right by his country, but at the end like you said, he realized the error of his ways. He was doing what he thought was good. That's how I see it anyway. 8 hours ago, Aniekwe said: I would say that Batman is a bully with with the right purpose 😂. Yeah Batman can be a bully, but for the most part I wouldn't say he's near to being the bad guy of the game. Now, if we got a game based on the Snyderverse Batman, than yeah, I'd view him as the bad guy in some ways.
Justin11 Posted June 29, 2022 Posted June 29, 2022 In all GTA series game I've game on. I also played as the bad guy via 'Dead Target, I shoot everything I see around the environment.
Empire Posted June 30, 2022 Posted June 30, 2022 RDR2 you can play as a outlaw gun person who has no law on his side more then GTA series I say. Great way to be a bad person. The Blackangel 1
Heatman Posted June 30, 2022 Posted June 30, 2022 On 6/29/2022 at 2:08 AM, killamch89 said: Spec Ops the Line is my favorite experience because the game made you believe that you're the hero up to a point until you bomb a much of people with white phosphorus bombs and you keep going down that dark path. It's not until you realize the guy you were chasing the entire time had been dead for years that you realize that your character was the villain all along. The scene of horror with White Phosphorus is something that I don't forget easily in Spec Ops : The Line. The amount of suffering those innocent men and women had to pass through before they died was horrible.
The Blackangel Posted July 1, 2022 Posted July 1, 2022 I also have to say RDR2. You're both the protagonist and an antagonist as well. Not many games can pull off that kind of thing. You can be as wicked and evil as you want, or you can be as honorable as possible. That one tops it for me.
Heatman Posted July 2, 2022 Posted July 2, 2022 There's a particular quest in Skyrim called "The Taste of Death" where you play as a bad guy by becoming a backstabbing character where you betary Verulus the priest who called for your help which would result in killing him when you decide to join Eola in her cannibalism plot.
