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10 Gaming Heroes You Didn’t Realise Are Murderous Psychopaths

WC: Despite having kill counts that reach genocidal numbers, these characters are still treated as the “good guys”, because they act cute in their dialogue, which can be plain creepy if you think about it. Sure, they might save the world or even the galaxy a few times over, but at what cost?

These may not be bad characters, but they are certainly bad people, and as much as we love them, we love poking fun at their murderous tendencies even more.

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Derekvinyard133574d ago

You can put almost any shooter hero on this list, one game not mentioned that made me feel like a complete psycho was manhunt great game

Magicite3573d ago

ANY gaming hero that takes countless shots in his or her belly. Or kicks, punches, burns, any other damaging moves.

Clown133573d ago

Love me some Manhunt. They need to make a new one so I can decapitate people in HD.

iamnsuperman3574d ago (Edited 3574d ago )

I think the misunderstanding of what makes a person a "murderous psycopath" is best summed up by this

"Even if you decide to walk the nice guy route, you’ll still end up killing roughly the same amount of mercenaries, aliens and soldiers".

in the Commander Shepherd bit. That doesn't make a person a murderous psychopath. It is a misunderstanding that some people share with soldiers. They are in a war. War means you have to kill the enemy to survive. It is instinct not murder.

This is the same with Far Cry 3, Lara Croft and Drake. They are in specific situations where killing is a necessity to survive. A murderous psychopath kills indiscriminately or kills for fun/enjoyment. Their psychopathic tendency actually lie elsewhere

Thatguy-3103574d ago

Exactly they simply kill to not be killed. Heck anyone would do the same if they were in their shoes. Like you said it's simply survival instincts. You do what you got to do to stay alive.

Imalwaysright3574d ago

I don't remember seeing Lara and Jason making jokes and laughing with their buddies after shooting 20 guys in the head. I understand Naughty Dog's goal but it seems that for the Drake killing someone is like eating an ice cream and it does make him look like a psycho.

sourav933573d ago

I guess you haven't played the old Tomb Raider games then. Because killing was just as easy for the old Lara Croft as it is for Nathan Drake. Jason and the New Lara were killing for the first time, so they were traumatised. If there was an Uncharted game that took us back to Drake's treasure hunting origins, excluding the 2nd chapter of U3, then we'd see that he wouldn't be all fun and games after killing someone for the first time.

Imalwaysright3573d ago (Edited 3573d ago )

You didn't understand my point at all -_-

Lara doesn't go making jokes with her buddies after killing 20 guys as if nothing had happen. She is always dead serious. Also if you played the original TR you would know that killing Larson (the 1st time she killed an human) had an impact on her.

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

What I'm saying is that Uncharted's gameplay which basically consists of pulling headshot after headshot doesn't suit the happy go lucky personality of the Drake and because it, it makes him look like a psycho.

TricksterArrow3573d ago

Lara does crack some jokes. Specially when she gets her grende launcher. :)

skulz73573d ago

Technically all gamers are psychopaths then as we get enjoyment out of killing people in the games lol

pop_tarts3573d ago

Lol I sure do love killing in Gran Turismo!

MrSwankSinatra3574d ago

The Lone Wanderer was never meant to be villain or a hero, but a survivor. The world that encompasses fallout is that of survival, it's killed or be killed.

Mr Marvel3574d ago

Top 15,000 N4G articles you slapped yourself for clicking on.

Yup, this is just another article to add to the BS pile.

Tedakin3574d ago (Edited 3574d ago )

Nathan Drake is definitely messed up. My friends and I discussed this. He's this super nice, charming, goofy guy. Then suddenly he's violently breaking dozens of necks and killing men by the hundreds. Nathan Drake would be known all over the world, and most wanted for the amount of death he's brought. Max Payne is up there with him as top heroes who've killed the most men. Master Chief, Marcus Fenix, Dante, etc, don't kill men, they kill aliens and demons and shit, so they don't count.

Bathyj3574d ago

The wives and children of aliens and demons might disagree. Nobody ever thinks of them.

Ghost_Nappa3573d ago

I found your profile pic to be highly disturbing (hides under bed).

Bathyj3573d ago

C'mon, that's a smile you can trust.

Snakefist303573d ago

Is that Full metal Jacket?

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Now is the Best Time to Get This Incredible RPG Bundle on Steam

If you are looking for an awesome RPG, look no further. Steam is offering a significant discount on its Fallout Franchise Bundle.

SimpleSlave11h ago

"You can get all Fallout games in a bundle at a significant 20% discount on Steam. Individually, all these games add up to $244.91. With the discount, you can get them all for $195.91. That is $49 less than the original price. Quite a significant discount for such a popular franchise."

😊 😂 🤣 😐 - But why?

Just wait for a sale and get most if not all of it for a fraction of that price.

20% off...lol

Tacoboto10h ago

The games were just on a real sale over the last week or two for the show promotion. Fallout 4 was $10, 3 was $5, NV was cheap as heck too.

So what the heck is this

Inverno10h ago

The original games have been given out for free by Amazon for GOG and Epic, 76 is free now on Amazon if you have prime, Epic has also given out new Vegas for free and 4 has gone down to pretty cheap prices. 194 bucks is a total ripoff when you can get these games individually for less. Don't forget cd keys might sell em for a dollar less at times too. Come on man, us cheapskates won't touch anything near or above 100 lolz

isarai10h ago

Bro that's a ridiculous ripoff are you kidding me? 🤣

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Fallout 3's Reveal Led To Death Threats And Bethesda's First Security Guard

The artist behind Fallout 4’s Deathclaw reveals just how bad things got back when Bethesda took over the series

anast1d 14h ago

People are stupid I get it. No one should feel unsafe,

But I think they need to talk about why they cut so many corners during the development process and why none of their games ever look current. And why they think all of this is okay while they charge full price.

LucasRuinedChildhood1d 14h ago

As much as Bethesda deserve criticism, that's not really relevant to the reveal of Fallout 3 in 2007.

VenomUK1d 11h ago

The default angle Kotaku always go for is to highlight the worst in gaming.

I would’ve focused on the creative.

anast17h ago

The game went downhill at Fallout 3's release. This is when they started to cut corners.

gold_drake1d 10h ago

there is no "but". the hell lol
you dont send death threats, period.

anast16h ago

Usually, you have good comments but this isn't one of them. It just rides the mob. We can do both condemn the actions and not let them use it for other things.

I can say I received a death threat and everyone needs to shut up. People are not honest and will use horrible things to their advantage.

Armaggedon1d 5h ago

Not all games “look” current.

anast16h ago

Their games always look like the gen before it.

Armaggedon7h ago

Yeah, but thats not the result of laziness, incompetence, or a bad engine. Thats what happens with their type of open world games. Its hard for people to find a point of comparison because no one makes games like Bethesda does.

gold_drake10h ago

mh ok thanks, i still think ur wrong in this mate.

anast9h ago

No problem. I'm not here to convince you. I'm only stating an actuality. What your words do if we look at them like events.

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What Made Fallout 3 One Hell of a Game?

Bethesda's post-apocalyptic RPG remains an unabashed classic, more than a decade and a half on from its launch.

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ZeekQuattro4d ago

For me its the fact that I could put hundreds of hours into it and still find areas I missed in my earlier runs. It was also my first FO and despite what I had to put up with at times such as overall crashs and killing my orginal PS3 with the YLOD it's still my favorite entry to this day.

-Foxtrot4d ago

Tons of reasons

But my silly little one…hunting for unique weapons and armour

Something Fallout 4 just didn’t really have as much because they replaced most of it with randomly generated customised weapons. Even Elder Scrolla doesn't do it as well.

Yui_Suzumiya3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

I remember during my first playthrough of Fallout 4 back in 2015 I somehow got an automatic combat rifle that shot explosive rounds by defeating a legendary creature. Unfortunately that was the only playthrough I ever got that weapon. It's a shame because it was absolutely epic!

Vits3d ago

Sense of exploration. That was why older Bethesda games were so good. They might have had glitches, broken mechanics, meh visuals, etc., but they were some of the best around when it came down to the sense of exploration. You could go wherever you wanted and you would find something cool; it might have been a faction, a weapon, an enemy and much more. And that is what they are lacking now. Skyrim still had a lot of that, but Fallout 4 dropped it by focusing on an interconnected world and more randomly generated rewards. Fallout 76 just kept that trend and added multiplayer, and Starfield went even further in killing it by creating a whole universe with parts completely isolated from each other.

EazyC3d ago

I think the retrospective of Fallout: New Vegas' existence has somewhat diminished the view of Fallout 3 in the eyes of many, but it getting out of the vault in Fallout 3 was, for me, the most remarkable experience I've had in a videogame.

I was 12 when it came out, and I remember I just saw the score it got in Gamemaster magazine (remember those!? 😅), and I just went to the shop and bought it with my pocket money.

Not knowing anything about the game, I thought the whole thing was going to be about growing up in a vault, especially given that I'd spent about 2 hours in it....I literally could.not.believe it when you got out and it was just this wasteland on every direction. Amazing.

Tody_ZA3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Probably because these Bethesda games were hand crafted so that exploration meant something. Unlike Starfield where this sense of exploration is replaced with the illusion of scope and procedurally generated worlds. A player can always appreciate when they wonder into an unforgettable new encounter by accident or stumble across a new questline that becomes their favourite. Just like a player can always tell when they're ploughing through filler on auto pilot, that they'll forget the moment some resource numbers go up and nothing worth remembering occurred.

I mean, in Fallout 3 you could nuke an entire town as a SIDE QUEST. In The Elder Scrolls Oblivion and Skyrim, the Dark Brotherhood questlines were my favourite in any RPGs and you could completely avoid them if you didn't care for them. In The Witcher 3 side quests take you on ridiculously dark and mysterious storylines that are some of the best I've played in RPG history. There's a reason why people still talk about KOTOR to this day. Difference between a developer creating something or just padding a game world with stuff.

Fist4achin3d ago

There were some side quests that could yld have been developed into an entirely separate game. Some great writing there.

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