Sometimes a game casts itself as you the villain Without letting you know ahead of time, or otherwise slowly pushing you down that path during its campaign, it makes the transition to a full-blown antagonist feel inevitable. It's an effective trope, one that fulfills a lot of expectations in terms of what it means when we play as a “hero.”
Other games don't get lost around the bush. This next FPS The titles cast you as the villain from the start. You may not realize it at the time, but as you play through the game, you're against the enemy the entire time. It doesn't matter what decisions you make, or how good your intentions are. In these first-person shooters, you are Definitely a villain.
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Darkness 2
Neither Jackie nor her “birthday present” are heroes
See, in the world darkness 2, There are no heroes. Jackie, the “hero,” is now the head of the Franchetti crime family, and plays host to a monstrous force of nature called The Darkness. He can suppress this demonic power for a while, but when he is attacked by a rival gang, he unleashes it and shows very little restraint in using it.
Between the Darklings he summons and the black snake tendrils that sprout from his back (which urge Jackie to do as much violence as possible), it's clear from moment one that Jackie is, at best, an antihero. That's certainly the role he took on in the first game, grappling with his dark powers while trying to save his love interest. in darkness 2, Jackie's motivations are based almost entirely on revenge, and later, to stop the humans from taking The Darkness from him. There isn't much altruism here other than stopping the bad guys from using the darkness. Beyond that, Jackie Estacado is just a bad dude, and he's not ashamed of it anymore.
Far cry 4
Every single character is a villain, including you
Far cry 4 The game's antagonist, Pagan Min, is an evil tyrant who does everything in his power to convince Kyrat that he must stop freeing her. In his place, a rebel group called the Golden Path will take over and lead Kirat to peace. As Ajay, your job is to depose Pagan Min and choose which of the two potential leaders of the Golden Path can take his place. Either that, or claim the role for yourself.
The scenes where Pagan Min happily tortures people is all you need to know what kind of ruler he is. However, if you choose to side with Sabal, he turns Kirat into scripture and executes any non-believers. Being with Amita transforms Kirat from a drug race into a fully funded state, where she recruits every child in the country to become soldiers of the Golden Path. Another option is to kill both Sabal and Amita, leave Pagan Min and become the ruler of Kirat. That's…not even good. No one in Kirat suggests that Ajay should be their ruler (except Pagan Min, who seems almost too happy), yet he takes it by force. Even worse, we only know one thing about Ajay: he's a great killer. This is not exactly the benchmark for a liberal leader.
Salary 2
You are a professional bank robber, this is also a question?
This one is pretty self-explanatory; Despite being a multiplayer game, there are no heroes that you can play as Salary 2. Instead, you can play as one of the 22 members of the Payday Gang, a group of criminals who specialize in robbery. You take part in a variety of heists, from robbing banks and armored cars to stores, as well as making and selling drugs on occasion.
There is actually a story Payday 2, But it does nothing to redeem its characters, and instead elevates them from typical criminals to legacy criminals. The game never tries to take away the fact that you're playing a villain; If anything, it asks you to have fun with it. This gives you the option of cheating on your teammates and walking away with a bigger chunk of the loot. Being bad is the name of the game, and that's what makes it Salary 2 very fun
Entropy: Zero2
Half-life from the combine's perspective
Entropy: Zero2 Not a full game release, although it plays like one. Rather, it is a detailed one Half life 2 The mode in which you Dr. in the Arctic. Judith plays as a Combine soldier in search of Mossman. It's called a mod, though. Entropy: Zero2 Features a seven-chapter campaign with fully voiced characters, new weapons and enemy variants, and the ability to issue orders to your fellow Combine soldiers. The highlight is the Xen Grenade, which consumes enemy targets and spawns a Xen creature in their place.
If you are familiar with all half life Lor, you know that the Combine is a terrifying inter-dimensional alien force that has wreaked havoc on Earth known as the Seven-Hour War. As they generally eliminate humanity, harvest Earth's resources and move on, Dr. Wallace Breen convinced the Combine that humanity could still provide benefits if they were enslaved. For example, combine soldiers like Bad Cop, the “hero”. Entropy: zero 2, Not the Combine itself, but the people the Combine has brainwashed and enslaved to serve unquestioningly. With that in mind, while there's a bit of subtlety about Big Cop's desire to be an outright villain, there's little doubt about his role as you play through the game.
hunting
That's not really Morgan U
Here for some ending spoilers hunting, But unfortunately that's the only way to explain why you're playing as a villain. Throughout the game, you play as Morgan Yu, exploring the Talos I space station as it is overrun by aliens known as Typhon. Typhons are mimics, meaning they can take the form of any object in the world. This often manifests as a typhoon pretending to have a coffee mug or chair and when you walk past it. However, they can mimic other things as well. Where do you see this going?
When you reach the end, Morgan's brother, Alex Yu, reveals that you are not actually playing as Morgan. Rather, you too are Typhon. You are part of an experiment to determine if aliens can understand empathy. What is the reason for using it? Well, Typhon hasn't just captured Talos I; They have already invaded Earth, and they are victorious. Alex is experimenting with them so that an empathic Typhon can be sent as a representative to begin building a relationship between the aliens and humanity. Lucky you, you're that Typhon. Assuming you pass the empathy tests, that is. If not, well, they'll destroy you and run the experiment again.
mist
You fight for no one, the elixir will never be used for good
mist share some thematic elements with far cry 4, Despite the latter being a very popular game. Here you play as Shane Carpenter, a mantel soldier who takes a mandatory dose of an enhancement drug known as Nectar. Shane and his team are tasked with taking down the Promise Hand, a rebel group resisting Mantel. As the fight continues, Shane misses a few doses of the elixir, and suddenly he's seeing a completely different engagement. His fellow soldiers are torturing the prisoners, and some of them are dying of elixir overdoses.
Disappointed by what he sees, Shane makes a mistake and joins the Promise Hand, this time fighting Mantel and using their elixir against them. Naturally, he is successful, destroying Mantel's supply of elixir and sending its army into a state of insanity as the drug wears off. However, instead of declaring victory, the Promise Hand continues the attack, killing Mantel and claiming the remaining elixir supplies for himself. Granted, Shen didn't exactly know he was a villain in any case, but no matter which side he chose to fight for, he ended up doing more harm than good and helping those who wanted to continue using the elixir to gain power.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!
Every starting character is either a villain in other games, or a claptrap
Like others border area game, you choose one of four playable characters to start Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! Although they are all more or less antiheroes this time around, each of these characters has appeared in other games, and three of the four were villains. The fourth, Claptrap, is not a villain in the traditional sense, but he is the most despicable of the group. Do you really want to play as him?
Athena is the most morally gray of the group. She was initially working as an assassin for Handsome Jack, a role she had played since childhood. However, she eventually breaks with Jack and begins to redeem herself. Nisha is Handsome Jack's ex-girlfriend. in border 2, He is the sheriff of Lynchwood, and also a boss fighter. Wilhelm, meanwhile, starts out mostly human, but through an endless series of cybernetic enhancements, he eventually becomes a cyborg and serves as Jack's enforcer. Border 2. He also stars in a boss fight to complete the “A Train to Catch” mission. This one is a bit sticky, since these characters aren't clearly villains The pre-sequel. However, their roles in later games (chronologically) portray them as villains, so if you're familiar with Border 2 Going in, you'll feel like you're playing as a villain, no matter who you choose. And if you choose Claptrap, maybe it is you Who is the villain?
