Who is the greatest videogame villain?

Villains. Love them or hate them, they’re a vital part of the videogame experience. No matter what form they come in, whether they be subtle (like Limbo’s underlying feeling of fear and hopelessness) or full frontal like Metal Gear Solid’s Liquid Snake, videogames just wouldn’t be what they are without them.

With this in mind, we here at Gamer Nation set out to discover just who is the greatest villain in a videogame, and came up with some very different answers…

[MatthewWooton]

Cortex, yes!

[MariaHelFutura]

Dr. Nefarious for me, the guy is hilarious.

[WolfLeBlack]

As strange as it might sound Handsome Jack from Borderlands 2 was an awesome villain to me. I both hated and loved that smug yet oh so amusing bastard.

I also hold Saren from Mass Effect in high regard as a great villain. He was well written and toward the end I felt a great sympath for the buy, before blowing his head off, obviously. ha!

[meevil]

Handsome Jack was a bloody great villain! I loved him and his diamond pony.

[Soylent_Green]

Yeah Saren was great, one of those villains whose agenda you can kind of agree with. Letho was great in witcher 2 but I'm not sure he counts as a villain. The helghast leaders Visari and Stahl were fantastic as well. They stand out out in a sea of generic space marine machoism.

[aliengmr]

Saren really wasn't a 'villian' though. He was more of a tragic hero.

Sovereign, however, was really good.

[Hatsune-Miku]

Nintendo is the greatest video game villain with their incremental hardware revisions and ploys to pull people in with gimmicks that doesnt improve gameplay but holding back gaming progress. That's why 3ds has one circle bad and bad graphics with resistive touch screen. Wii needed wiimotion plus and it had bad graphics. Super Mario Wii u is in 2d with cartoon graphics like super Nintendo. Skyward sword had rubbish controls and bad graphics which seem like it was dlc for Zelda oot. The Wii u is worst than ps3 and xbox. The online system on Wii u is terrible. There are negatives all around Nintendo

Another great villain is shao Kahn

[Summons75]

Yeah screw them for daring to try something different while everyone else hides in a comfort zone!!!

[specialguest]

Nintendo took a huge leap of faith introducing a new way to game with the wiinote, which could've bankrupt them had it failed. They actually introduced gaming to a new unsucessfully tapped market(females, middle age, and seniors) expanding/growing the video game industry. They grew the industry to a level never achieved before.

After the Wii, some of these Wii gamers might quit gaming. However, some might continue gaming and venture into other gaming options like the more traditional style of gaming. Basically, the Wii might have served as their gateway to mainstream gaming.

Now they're video games worst villain?? What a silly statement to make, and even sillier reasons.

[krazykombatant]

I'm bewildered as to how you have 2 bubbles.

[ratcop22]

Well technically. The ps3 and 360 are somewhat gimmicky themselves. The last true hardcore gaming console was the Sega Dreamcast.

[Imalwaysright]

Ocelot and Joker!

[Soylent_Green]

Was Ocelot a villain though? In the end it tuned out Zero was the big bad of the metal gear universe.

[Diver]

exactly right. ocelot liquid vamp, none of them were villains. zero the patriots and the system were the real bad guys.

[JoshuaLive]

Arguably though, you could say that makes him a great villain.

Similarly with Big Boss in MGS3, whilst strictly not a villain in the end, she really adds to the emotional impact of the game.

[majiebeast]

Kessler because the reasoning behind why he does it is just bat shit crazy.

[DragonKnight]

I don't know. I mean he lost his family and knew he had the power to prevent it if he acted sooner, so he decided that he would act sooner. A lot sooner. Lol.

[Ashunderfire86]

Vaas

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[aliengmr]

It seems like it to me. Waiting to play it to make sure.

[Tetsujin]

Kefka from Final Fantasy 6

[Snookies12]

Yeah, considering he didn't just plan to destroy the world, he succeeded lol. Plus he became a god... There's that too...

[GTRrocker666]

The main antagonist from Manhunt was good. I wanted to kill him so bad by the end of the game. Also Piggsy was cool

[kratos_TheGoat]

Zeus

[sdozzo]

Smough and Orenstein or whatever the hell their name was.

[DragonKnight]

They aren't really villains though. They are protecting Gwynevere. Smough could arguable be considered a villain based on back story, but Smough and Ornstein don't really come after you or try to thwart your plans, they are just there.

[sdozzo]

They try to kill you! But, if you are thinking of a villain having a master plan... I guess you're right.

[TopDudeMan]

Awesome, Kuja from FFIX!!!

[Crammond]

Phil's video answer was just incredible. I was not expecting that end to it. Every answer in this is just fantastic, and I honestly loved reading every one of them, and agreed with many (if I'd played the game of course. Couldn't really agree if I hadn't played against said villain)

[prototypeknuckles]

kessler
ahriman
the vizier
clockwork
rodrigo borgia
vergil

[shempo]

sephiroth-ff7
Kefka-ff6
Ocelot-Liquid "if u count him as a villain" - mgs1,2,4
Vaas-Far cry 3
saren-ME1
Illusive Man-ME2,3

[DragonKnight]

Get outta here with Sephiroth. He's no villain. Especially when compared to the rest of your list. Hell, Rufus Shinra is more of a villain than Sephiroth.

@shempo: He's not on that list because he's a good villain. He's on that list because of how popular FF7 is. He couldn't take anyone. He wanted to become a god and failed, Kefka successfully destroyed the world, AND became a god. Kefka could blink Sephiroth out of existence.

[shempo]

another sephiroth hater mouhahaha
fact is buddy he is in the top 10 most iconic villains of all times FACT

hell he could take all your list with one hand

[Guwapo77]

"Melding with the Planet... I will cease to exist as I am now... Only to be reborn as a 'God' to rule over every soul." - Sephiroth

[GreenRanger]

Jack Thompson.

[FarCryLover182]

Is that an actual quote in that picture? Sure sounds like one

[solar]

Kefka and GLaDOS are my two fav's

[Raoh]

Microsoft?

[Y_5150]

I think someone's favorite villians are from poeple's favorite games. Like mine are between:
Kessler
Zues
Zoran Lazarevic

[phillee]

Special prize for anyone who can name all the games I mentioned!

[darx]

Dr Wiley