A trend in more modern action-adventure and role-playing games is the morality system, where certain choices that players make throughout the game can determine just how good or bad they want to be. Cole McGrath from the inFamous series can ultimately end up becoming a white knight for mankind, or choose to purge the world of all people without superpowers like him. Darth Revan, controlled by the player in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, can ultimately take back control of the Sith and spread evil across the galaxy, if you so desire.
Finally, let’s not forget games without choices, where your hero does flat-out scummy stuff by default. A famous example is Claude, the iconic mute from Grand Theft Auto III. Despite being a thug who pulls off many underhanded deeds and murders, he still gets the girl and walks away scot-free at the game’s conclusion. There’s also the eventual gang leader in the Saints Row series you play as, who pulls off numerous murders in the name of gang warfare, but is ultimately set to be President in the upcoming Saints Row IV. Bad guys might be closer than you think in games!
That concludes our list of 8 Video Game Villains Who Got Off Easy. If you have any personal choices, be sure to put them in the comments below for everyone to know!
Published: Jun 13, 2013 03:04 pm