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Top 100 Videogame Villains- IGN

IGN writes, "According to Batman, criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot. Apparently he's never played a videogame. The bad guys in games are usually the last thing stopping the hero from getting the girl or saving the world.

They typically don't run away, and they are often the ones setting nearly insurmountable obstacles for heroes to, well, surmount. Even after the heroes run their gauntlet, the villains are ready for a throwdown."

MariaHelFutura5408d ago (Edited 5408d ago )

Zeus, I`ve never wanted to kill a character model so bad and he definitely got what he deserved.

HolyOrangeCows5408d ago (Edited 5408d ago )

Honestly, he didn't seem like a villain at all by the end of GOW3. Zeus was talking about cleaning up the mess that Kratos was making, and Kratos was killing everyone to kill someone who was trying to restore order.

I didn't really care for GOW3's ending (or story in general) at all.

MariaHelFutura5408d ago (Edited 5408d ago )

I`m not just talking about GOW3, from GOW2 he deserves his @ss kicked hard and he got that in GOW3.

*Spoiler*

And no Zeus and Aries screwed Kratos over hard and the symbolism of everything getting destroyed in GOW3 is to portray how much he wants to kill him, regardless of the consequences. BTW, Have you played GOW:COO? the end is amazing, if you`ve played it you know what I`m talking about.

"and Kratos was killing everyone to kill someone who was trying to restore order"

No GOW1/2 for you obviously, you should play them. Great games.

HolyOrangeCows5408d ago (Edited 5408d ago )

Uh, yeah I have played GOW1/2 (Via the collection). He may have been villainous in those, but he didn't seem as evil in the 3rd one. Not compared to Kratos. Kratos killed pretty much everything, even those who were trying to help him. And after 8-10 hours of GOW3, I wasn't thinking about what happened in the first two as much as in the 3rd.

"the symbolism of everything getting destroyed in GOW3 is to portray how much he wants to kill him"
....well it should have portrayed the issues of revenge. But the story decided not to touch on that and took a turn to a message about the "hope" being inside him. Then he returned the "hope" to the people....but what people? The earth was flooded, full of disease...

And what part are you talking about that was "amazing" at the end of Chains of Olympus?

colonel1795407d ago (Edited 5407d ago )

I agree HolyOrangeCows

I didn't like the part about the Hope. The world was already in chaos, so you couldn't even imagine there was people alive. They should have just gone for the revenge of Kratos, and having rise to a most powerful being on earth who killed the gods.

They didn't even use the Titans correctly IMO, they aren't even there. Kratos ask for their help to kill the gods, but he ends up killing them himself, so why were the titans for?. then kills them too!, and some titans are killed in the first 5 mins! with ONE hit! LAME!

By the end of GOW 2 I was imaging that the 3rd game would be an epic war between the titans and the gods, and that the gods would give kratos a hard time to be beat them, (hence the help of the titans), but after all, some gods fell in 2 mins, even without Kratos doing anything!

Nevertheless, the game was awesome, and epic, but definitely not the game the ending of GOW2 makes you to believe it would be.

Spenok5407d ago

I have to agree, beating Zues' face in at the end was imensly satisfying.

Solidus187-SCMilk5408d ago

and there are some memorable villains. It brings back some memories of classic games.

darkcharizard5408d ago (Edited 5408d ago )

I just couldn't believe no 1. Bowser deserved that spot imo.

seij5555408d ago

Bowser is a fucking joke, all he does is kidnap Peach. THATS IT. Maybe if he raped her on a consistent basis and did shrooms or something, I would consider it but he is a lame ass villain.

Solidus187-SCMilk5408d ago

maybe it made you think he would get it. Hahahha.

Acquiescence5407d ago

Where the hell is Lan Di?! Everyone hates him, especially since he essentially got away with all his evil deeds. And he's nowhere to be seen on that list. Inconceivable.

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EA SPORTS™ WRC - Development Update

An update on EA SPORTS™ WRC.

Dear Rally Community,

Every great journey eventually finds its finish line, and today, we announce that we've reached the end of the road working on WRC.

Knushwood Butt1d 7h ago

'It marked the first time the studio had used the license in 18 years since 2022’s Colin McRae Rally 3.'

Can you not get AI to do proofreading?

TheColbertinator1d 6h ago

Weird article written by a bot.

In any case I knew EA would ruin Codemasters.

badboyz0914h ago(Edited 14h ago)

Codemasters will likely close soon😞

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Game Deflators E339 | Reactions for Clair Obscur and The Last of Us Season 2 + Chibi Robo GameCube

Join John and Ryan on this week's episode of The Game Deflators Podcast as they dive into the intriguing world of Clair Obscur Expedition 33. Hear their thoughts on the The Last of Us Season 2, and explore the record-breaking success of the Final Fantasy Magic: The Gathering set, now the best-selling in history.

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Lexreborn223h ago

Honestly would be nice, but this game is such a complete product. I have been spending hours just cleaning up the mini bosses. I found such an over power build and when I got to Frozen Heart it was just EASY party the three dancers to 300k exp over and over.

I haven’t even gone to the Axons yet and I am pretty sure the rest of the game is going to be a cake walk. I beat sprong just a bit ago and MAN did I over kill. And NOW I got the cheater Picto? It’s over the enemy never getting a turn lol

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Turn-Based Isn't Dead, It's Hiding In Plain Sight

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 has proven that there is an audience for turn based game play, but what else has been doing that all along?

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Goodguy012d ago

Yea but what we need back is that classic square turn based combat and for AAA not to be afraid to go back to it. It is also just so frowned upon. Yet look at clair obscur, persona, and plenty of games that are beloved.

Lexreborn21d 15h ago

All I hear is there’s no loss in this style of game and we still have very quality options. Square did 14 turn based entries, not including the side games like world of final fantasy and other classic games that are turn based.

Square wants to evolve their engine and expand their styles. We really need to let them work it out, I don’t mind photo realistic action rpgs and anime ones like tales of franchise. Let’s just take it in strides and measure the content on what is delivered maybe?

gold_drake2d ago

i mean, ever since Final Fantasy move away from it, u really only had Atlus and Dragon quest 12.

its a shame that asquare feels the need to move away from it.

but im glad that exp33 brought it back, wkth alot of success.

like can u imagine ff16 or ff7 remake to be like that? daaaym.

Michiel19892d ago

what?

Sea of Stars, Eiyuden Chronicles, Triangle Strategy, Octopath, Bravely Default. DoS, Yakuza, xcom, marvel xcom and many, many (indie) games are turnbased. Most games i play nowadays are turnbased and I never ran out of good games to play.

RedDevils1d 3h ago

Don't forget Falcom's games all are turn base.

andy852d ago

There's absolutely loads of franchises till have turn based

RaidenBlack2d ago

Need Wasteland 4 or a modern old-skool-esque isometric Fallout

Michiel19892d ago

Wasteland 3 is the only one I played of them and while I enjoyed it a lot, I had to wait a couple months to play because the loading times and bugs were unmanagable, really hope if they release a sequel they give it a bit more polish for launch, cause the game itself was hella fun.

raWfodog2d ago

I've always loved both turn-based and action rpgs. For me, it's the overall combat flow and mechanics that interest me more than whether I'm moving around or standing still.

VersusDMC2d ago

I played 300+ hours of P3Reload, SMTVengence and Metaphor last year. And Metaphor was a GOTY contender last year. As was infinite wealth.

So i don't know where this Turn based games are dead narrative is coming from...

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