Top 10 Greatest Backstabbers in Video Games

GameDynamo - "The problem with being a villain is that you have to associate with other villains in order to achieve your goals. Evil is not known for its loyalty to anyone or anything else, and any evil minions hired will usually end up betraying their masters. Of course, any backstab creates dramatic consequences. Here are some of the very best of the very worst in loyalty."

[Nimblest-Assassin]

Flynn.... I was so heartbroken when the first Aussie I've ever seen in a video game, expecting him to go on a big grand adventure with me...... and he betrays me, shoots me then blows himself up

F***ing Flynn

[Blastoise]

Flynn's British lol

[omi25p]

English....

[QuodEratDemonstrandm]

English and British are interchangeable.

[Nimblest-Assassin]

Harry Flynn was a British treasure hunter and the secondary antagonist in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. He is voiced and mo-capped by Steve Valentine.

- uncharted wiki

Noooooo! Everything I believe is a lie :(

Allso Chloe is the Australian... I though they both were, my interpritation of accents is still terrible

[guitarded77]

I thought Flynn was kinda obvious. You could just tell he was a traitor.

The list needs Wheatley... I really wasn't expecting that one. He's a Brit actually a RoBrit (sorry, that's my bad joke of the day).

[LightofDarkness]

QED: no, they're not. All English are British, but not all British people are English. Logic fail, which is unfortunate for someone with a username such as yours.

[justpassinggas]

@LightofDarkness: Bubbles. You took the words right out my mouth. I'm pretty sure the Scots, the Welsh, and the IRA like being called "English".

[Irishguy95]

The Ira don't like being called British either though haha. But eh...British and England are interchangeable when you are ignorant.

Edit--Also, Kain's betrayal. I cried

Also, if you think Britain and England are interchangeable, then Germany/France/England etc and Europe are Interchangeable, Florida and America and interchangeable etc

[Axecution]

@guitarded: rofl yeah i completely agree. I knew it was gonna happen on my first play through.

Actually, when my friend was playing Uncharted at my house he was like "OH MY GOD A NEW CHARACTER WITH AN ENGLISH ACCENT HES GONNA BETRAY DRAKE IN LIKE 20 MINUTES". I just lolled xD

[morganfell]

I do not believe the writer understands Ocelot or the Metal Gear story. Ocelot wasn't a backstabber. If you look at his entire purpose it was to support Big Boss. Even before he knew Big Boss, Ocelot was the individual codenamed "Adam" who was assigned to arrive with Eva to support Naked Snake.

Once he encountered Naked Snake, before Jack (John) was awarded the name Big Boss, Ocelot's loyalty shifted from his mission to support Big Boss to a loyalty for the man himself. On that front Ocelot never wavered. Everything he did after that, from the rise of the Patriots (which was already in effect before MGS3) was for Big Boss. He lived and he died to insure the vision Big Boss inherited from The Boss, onward to the moment they would bring down Zero and the Patriots.

If you look carefully in MGS3 when Big Boss meets the President, Ocelot is just outside the office (in the window) watching the ceremony and saluting Big Boss.

Ocelot wasn't someone that was incredibly loyal to Big Boss and then betrayed him. Not at all. He stuck with him to the end.

Ocelot gave it in spades to a lot of people in his life, from the Russians to the Patriots, but in his mission, in his real allegiance he never wavered once he realized Big Boss was a leader he would follow to hell.

Ocelot sacrificed his career, his mind, and his life. If anything Ocelot should be on the list of most loyal game characters.

[yojimbo_slice]

Well put morganfell. Besides Solid Snake and Big Boss, Ocelot has to be one of the most badass characters in the Metal Gear universe.

God I love that series...

[thats_just_prime]

bastila should or made the list her going darkside on you was a real shock

[_Aarix_]

They did that WAY too early, when that happened I though wtf really? Its been like an hour? It was kind of stupid but the setup was decent.

[Capt-FuzzyPants]

Axel and Kain are my favorite characters there. The amount of times Kain switched was a litle ridiculous though.(Spoiler kinda?) Axel was a good guy and it's good to know is human form will be back.

[belac09]

how about patches the hyena?

[Blastoise]

Or anyone from Dark souls PVP, if you get me :P

[dragonknight4]

I was gonna say the same thing. Dark Souls is the ultimate backstabbing game.

[A-Glorious-Dawn]

yeah how about most players in DayZ

I hate you all!

[P_Bomb]

Great pick with Ocelot at #1. The guy swindled people, governments, supercomputers, himself and even the fans by redeeming himself in the end. Genius.

[TheLyonKing]

Mr Shelby in heavy rain

[DasTier]

After 10 years I'm still heart broken due to Lance Vance Dance ...

[unknownhero1123]

I'm not, I'm glad he gave me a reason to off him.

[Gekko]

I would've said Zeke from Infamous but he sorta redeems himself in the second game.

[bujasem_89]

i was looking For Kazuya mishima... I did not find Kazuya mishima... the list Fails.

[LycanSoldier]

I feel like #1 should be the Spy from Team Fortress 2.

[FinaLXiii]

Top 3 definitly nailed it.

[JeepGamer]

Somebody never played Jade Empire.

[Dubfella]

What about Lance from Vice City?

[aDDicteD]

good to see that wesker and ocelot are in the list

[George Sears]

006

[Gamer1982]

Glad to see Seph in their not many people realise he betrayed Zach and Cloud.

[Banok]

1. The spy (TF2)

screw jrpg's

[Simon_Brezhnev]

GTA series Lance and Big Smoke pissed me off the most.

[Relientk77]

Harry Flynn from Uncharted 2, really loved him as a character

[jlukee]

Lance Vance!