GameDynamo - "While it's true that mature storytelling often requires moral ambiguity and a lack of distinct borders between good and evil, it's also true that people enjoy rooting for the hero. A great way to make characters heroic is to pit them against an utterly despicable villain. Here are some of gaming's best examples of horrific antagonists, the kinds of villains who make players keep playing in order to end their miserable existences."
Discover 10 timeless video games from the past that remain absolutely playable today. From Chrono Trigger to DOOM, these classics have aged like fine wine!
Hot damn that's a good list. The only one i never played is AOE2 and i never finshed Chrono Trigger but it was damn good.
Speaking of what's old but holds up amazingly well and plays like a dream.. i played Symphony of the Night for the first time in 2019.. yep that's right. It became one of my favourite games of all time that i replay almost every year. I couldn't believe how good it was. That is almost impossible for me with newer games let alone older ones. Truly a special gem.
The only one I’d disagree with is doom. It shows its age badly I think. After 5 minutes of play these days you put it down.
IGN - Assassin's Creed's focus on character-driven storytelling has been buried by its RPG sandbox features, and the series is weaker for it.
A rare W opinion piece from IGN.
IMO, Ubisoft needs to setup two primary AC dev teams. 1 would focus on and release character-driven OG-style AC games for OG fans and the other would continue the current RPG-ified AC style for current fans.
Release by them Bi-annually and alternatively. There'd less fatigue and a boost to quality.
I definitely appreciate 3 more after playing it again in recent years along with the Liberation game. Back when 3 was new I was still riding high on AC2 and Brotherhood so when I played 3 I felt a bit let down. Even the ship battles grew on me.
AC2 - Yes
AC3 - Urm...I don't know
I feel they kind of dropped the ball with AC3 and with the way the story went it just didn't make sense to me at all. I felt it would have made more sense lore wise if they had it so the Red Coats were mostly Assassins and the Templars were mostly the Colonists who wanted this "new world" as a fresh start for their operations, to build a country up they'd have full control of from the start so they manufacture the war as something else while really it's just a front for the Templars vs Assassins.
It just meant that since the Red coats lose the war it explains how the Templars have gained full control of future America and how the Assassins have slowly died out by then. This entire event would have been the turning point of how things went to s**t for the Assassins and how there's not many of them left in the present.
Haythem was a lot more interesting than Connor and he should have been the main Assassin of AC3.
I thought AC2 was the greatest of the series and it is but replaying it recently, I stared to see more flaws in the game. Basically every single mission is an assassination besides a few tailing missions lol. Still, the implementation of all the new mechanics were great. The smoke bombs, disarming guards, story, hidden tombs, swimming, flying machine, multiple locations, etc. it definitely felt a bit more special to me at the time of release though
Dunno about 3, the 1st act was cool, then i couldn't tell you what happens after that. But 2 was so good! The entire acts 1-3 were al memorable, whereas i really couldn't even tell you what happens in any other AC game
Many games have come and gone as gaming began its illustrious history in this world. So let's talk about the top 100 video games of all time!
Yeah. That’s the first I’ve seen it anywhere near #1.
Mario 64 is great but I wouldn’t put it over Mario World.
Sorry lol. I wrote the article but 5 of us voted for many different games and majority went on the list then we worked on the list. If it were just my personal top favorite we'd seen some xenoblade and star ocean as well as some others. Thanks for checking out it!
I'm glad Rodrigo Borgia from Assassin's Creed 2 is on the list. He was the villian and he became the damn pope lol
Awesome, Kefka is without a doubt the most evil. Glad to see Xehanort on there as well though!
Kefka was pretty awful. You could tell he was just one sick dude. He really gave you motivation to kick his ass. I remember being shocked when one of Kefka's cronies asked about what to do with the women and children. "Are you Kidding?! Kill them too!" was his reply. That really set the tone. The part where he poisoned the water behind the general's back was bad, too. Kefka's hardcore.
Kefka was a true villian and i agree with xehanort too. The latter is the root of all evil in the Kingdom Hearts universe and caused all the trouble but on the other hand I like him, his plan for the darkness is clever and when hr merged with *SPOILER* Terra in BBS i was so shocked but things did click.
Sephiroth wasn't really to blame and was twisted by Hojo etc and had a traumatising time, it showed he had emotion and he was driven to the brink so i am glad he is not on the list.
*EDIT* I don't agree with the ordering and really have no preference considering each game is unique and can't really be compared apart from the acts they show in given situations. All of them are evil though...very evil *laughs evilly*
Glad to see The Doctor on the list, Indie Games have memorable characters too.