Best original video game villains
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Though we don't really have any blockbuster video games in the way we have blockbuster movies yet, I think this deserves its own thread, so...
Dedicated to original video game villains only! I'll humbly get the ball rolling with: 
GLaDOS - Portal Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/05/2012 01:13PM by falkor. | |
The original original! | |
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Frostmourne hungers...
Arthas Menethil/The Lich King is probably Warcraft's best-written villain. Perhaps Blizzard's best, all-round. | |
BattleOfNY posted: Seconded. Ganondorf and Dr. Robotnik/Eggman should've been thrown in here as well. What can I say? I respect all three franchises. I'm sure Kefka and Sephiroth somehow have to make their ways in here too. Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/19/2011 06:54AM by SalavanteK. | |
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Jecht Liquid Snake Virgil (DMC3) Jinpachi from Tekken 5 Constantine from Thief i always loved how Arthas succeeds his father and of course  Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/19/2011 09:04AM by gaaira. | |
This is Vivec from The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. He doesn't look like much, but I can assure you that he is the singular reason I started to acknowledge videogames can be art. Not for story or art direction (which would qualify most adverts as art, and I don't have a definition of "art" that is inclusive of advertisements), but because of what his character does in relationship to the creator of art, and its beholder, the player. Vivec, uniquely and metaphysically, becomes both a creator and a beholder. Here's a link that better explains what I'm talking about. edit: his position as villain only makes sense if you read that link. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/25/2011 09:43PM by Kid IRA1. | |
Heihachi from Tekken. I hated that fucker. I still do... | |
Ganon, one of the first bosses I remember truly hating as a child | |
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As much as I love Ganon/Ganondorf Ghirahim from Skyward Sword was fucking brutal in his final battle
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Jaquio from Ninja Gaiden I (NES) | |
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Video game history is full of them so here is one for the moment:
Lan Di from Shenmue "For the last time...where is the mirror?" | |
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Foxhound from Metal Gear Solid.
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~Kimmeh~ posted: Is that the witch? She looks pretty hawt | |
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Andrew Ryan
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From Mass Effect:
Saren and 
Sovereign | |
Jon Irenicus of Baldur's Gate II 
SHODAN of the SystemShock series. | |