Best morally ambiguous characters in video games
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I believe there was cut content that made it so you didn't have to kill her. Further than that, I don't know.TWRule said:
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in both dead space games you spend most your time trying to not get killed
and especially in the first game he doesn't seem to show a great deal of concern to the fate of other survivors.
hes morally ambiguous if only for not making moral choices
maybe a better example would be: jaaaaames sunderland!
in both dead space games you spend most your time trying to not get killed
and especially in the first game he doesn't seem to show a great deal of concern to the fate of other survivors.
hes morally ambiguous if only for not making moral choices
maybe a better example would be: jaaaaames sunderland!
Lara Croft, that murdering thief.
HK-47 from KOTOR. Awesome droid, but then again does a droid have a way of telling amoral from moral?
Max Payne maybe?
HK-47 from KOTOR. Awesome droid, but then again does a droid have a way of telling amoral from moral?
Max Payne maybe?
The Madman said:Kreia from Knights of the Old Republic 2.
yeeeeessssssss.
Im gonna go ahead and Say Keal'Thas/Arthas, at least in the beginning.
Arthas and Keal both fell from Grace, when all they really wanted was too save their respective home's from the scourge.and they would do anything, ANYTHING too achieve their goals.
Delita from FFT is a great example of being morally ambiguous.
Throughout the game he switches sides between hero, villain, accomplice, friend, ally, etc. His motive is never as simple as "defeat the other guy" or even self-interest. He has compassion at times, but he also some pretty sh*tty things along the way. He's eventually seen at the hero of the war, but for most of the game he isn't seen that way.
I could say Kirby from the namesake franchise, and point to the Jimquisition video that brings it up, but I'm not that convincing...
On another note, I'd say, Commander Shepard, JC Denton, & Kreia. The former two for how much the player could interpret them and the latter for her backstory and actions in the game.
On another note, I'd say, Commander Shepard, JC Denton, & Kreia. The former two for how much the player could interpret them and the latter for her backstory and actions in the game.
All the Templars you kill in Assassin's Creed 1. I was killing these evil people, but in their post death speeches I found myself agreeing with some of what they said, it was really weird.
+1 to this, kreia was freaking amazing. I have never seen a villain quite like her in any other game since. (If you can even truly call her the "villain".)AlternatePFG said:
This! She is one of the best, most nuanced characters ever created in the medium of video games. Is she a villain, a corruptor, or the ultimate mentor? Antagonist is a far better word than villain; you oppose her, and it is necessary that you do, but is she wrong?gmaverick019 said:
Planescape: Torment had another fine morally ambiguous antagonist.
Throughout the game, the antagonists whose acts you are uncovering are actually several versions of your past self, and the final boss was a part of yourself created by your own past actions. Only through self-discovery, not combat, can you get the best ending. Several of the mini-bosses such as Ignus are also in part your creation. In a way The Nameless One is both protagonist and antagonist in the same story.
The OP seems to focus on morally ambiguous protagonists, so...
1) Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher 1 and 2): loyal to his friends, ambivalent toward the world
2) Wander (Shadow of the Colossus): saving the girl at a very high price
3) Garrett (Thief series): expert redistributor of wealth
4) Nier (Nier): play new game + at least once for a little more perspective
5) Chell (Portal 1 and 2): we like her but poor little GLaDOS doesn't
1) Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher 1 and 2): loyal to his friends, ambivalent toward the world
2) Wander (Shadow of the Colossus): saving the girl at a very high price
3) Garrett (Thief series): expert redistributor of wealth
4) Nier (Nier): play new game + at least once for a little more perspective
5) Chell (Portal 1 and 2): we like her but poor little GLaDOS doesn't
Your number #5 really doesn't make sense to me. Just because someone doesn't like you doesn't make you morally ambiguous. Everyone has an enemy. Gandhi, Jesus, and the Dalai Lamas had enemies. Doesn't make them morally ambiguous. As Malcolm X said: "Brothers and sisters...friends....and I see some enemies. I think we'd be fooling ourselves if we had a audience this large and didn't realize that there were some enemies present.kyogen said:5) Chell (Portal 1 and 2): we like her but poor little GLaDOS doesn't
Were you asleep when the cutscenes showed she is working against you? But hey, maybe you care to explain in more detail why you think she is a nuanced character. I stopped playing the game when she gave a retarded ham-fisted moral lesson on Nar Shaddaa.ms_sunlight said:
It's a joke. That's what the little emoticon at the end is there to show. GLaDOS is clearly the aggressively hostile antagonist of Portal. Chell is just unlucky enough to be trapped inside of Aperture Science with her/it. However, GLaDOS does spend most of the endgame telling Chell how horrible she is--hence the joke. How about asking for clarification before preaching?townkrier said:Your number #5 really doesn't make sense to me. Just because someone doesn't like you doesn't make you morally ambiguous. Everyone has an enemy. Gandhi, Jesus, and the Dalai Lamas had enemies. Doesn't make them morally ambiguous. As Malcolm X said: "Brothers and sisters...friends....and I see some enemies. I think we'd be fooling ourselves if we had a audience this large and didn't realize that there were some enemies present.kyogen said:5) Chell (Portal 1 and 2): we like her but poor little GLaDOS doesn't
The characters on Legacy of Kain series: Kain, Raziel, Moebius and even the Hylden Lord if you are into alternate interpretations.