Who did you most enjoy killing in a game?

[Loop Stricken]

Grineer, of Warframe [http://warframe.com/signup?referrerId=50eb16b51a4d80b677000000] fame.
I just want one of their masks! Why won't it drop?!

Edit: Oh, one specific character? Hmm, will have to think about that.

 

[The Wykydtron]

Any time a Vayne dies in League of Legends i'm happy. Whether I blow her up with 100% crit at only 2 items into my build on Yasuo (balanced) or if she tries to focus the carries and gets CC chained by full armour/HP build Sion who does too much damage for a tank build or even if she's on my team.

I just fucking hate Vayne. If I get to jungle I will camp the living fuck out of bot lane.

 

[Barbas]

It's immensely satisfying to kill Lenny in Hitman: Absolution.

Indulge my blood-lust: how did he die?

(Snip).

I didn't find him very deep. So he's gruff and he makes cliched statements over the speaker system within his lair. Also left quite the sloppy trail behind for someone who's been mercing for that long and even has state-of-the-art mind-enhancing implants. If he felt that remorseful, he'd have either shot himself or just let you do it from the beginning to spare you the rigmarole. Gruff man with a handful of flashbacks to give him the minimal requisite back-story (that doesn't fit with how he behaves) instead of a series of meaningful encounters with the player. He behaves like he's following a weird and strict script that no human (or competently programmed machine) would follow. I don't think it was even explained why he worked for the Institute. I think Bethesda seriously need to get their act together with the engine and the story, because it was characters like him that made me begin to wonder, "Am I missing something? What have they been working on all this time?" And that's not a good thing to be thinking in the middle of what's intended to be a grand open-world adventure.

Ashley from mass effect 1. She killed Wrex, i liked Wrex. So given the chance you bet my ass i left her on that planet to die. It was no contest.

Shame about her; she started off giving me a bit of a xenophobic vibe but I think she was turned into a right tool by the third game. The worst I could say about Kaidan Alenko was that he wasn't a very exciting idea for a character, but he's a team player.

 

[M0rp43vs]

Father Comstock from Bioshock Infinite

For whatever complaints the game garnered, it was pretty good at making you really dislike the bad guys even if ignoring their outright racism. But now that I think about it, you don't often get a chance to knock off any of the guys personally save for a few no names (the crow guy). Heck, I think Elizabeth killed more "important" assholes than Booker.

But I'm glad we got to off Comstock personally even if it was in a quick cutscene.

Even if the bastard wasn't behind all the bullshit we go through, his constant taunting us throughout the game kept anticipating his end. Then we finally meet him and for all his bluster, he tries to play it cool and still thinks he's the good guy, pretending he's still a good father to Elizabeth

Spoiler: So we

So we smash his head in. On a baptism font for religious irony.

 

[CaitSeith]

I don't think this count as killing. But defeating Aran Ryan in Punch Out!! (the Wii remake) is totally worth it. He pretty much breaks the game rules, always moving and throwing counter-punches to your counter-punches. It's fitting that the only way to keep that hyperactive SOB still is to tie him up with the ring's ropes.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

It's immensely satisfying to kill Lenny in Hitman: Absolution.

Indulge my blood-lust: how did he die?

Pretty much every possible way, over and over. CQC, garrote, pistol shot, headshot, wrench, shovel, explosions, ice-cream truck... here's a pretty exhaustive compilation (not mine).

 

[Chester Rabbit]

Phagan in Syphon Filter. As a kid me not being able to touch him made me want to do harm to him even more. Then also I sucked at stealth as a kid so I got very frustrated and would just let him have it with the Tazer.

 

[BarryMcCociner]

In every game with *great* boss design, you'll run into a boss who matches or at least comes close to facsimileing the players skillset. Think Jetstream Sam from MGR or Virgil from DMC or Caranthir VS Ciri in Wild Hunt.

These fights have a certain muted tension that kind of become more enthralling than killing dragons or dickpunching Satan. It becomes less about spectacle and more about who has learned this one particular skillset the most competently.

 

[blackrave]

Not a specific example, but rapists.
Any kind of rapist will do, but the most enjoyable are non-apologetic kind, the ones who go as far as being proud of their deed.
For example Cook-Cook from FONV.
Open battle with .50 cal explosive round to the head (and close it immediately)
Then drag the body to nearest fire, undress the body, dismember him and throw every piece into the fire.
Nothing short of overkill will do job properly.

P.S. And before someone tries to psychoanalyze me- no, I have never been raped, neither anyone dear to me has. While I don't think it is the worst crime human can commit, it is definitely among the most disgusting ones.

 

[BarryMcCociner]

Not a specific example, but rapists.
Any kind of rapist will do, but the most enjoyable are non-apologetic kind, the ones who go as far as being proud of their deed.
For example Cook-Cook from FONV.
Open battle with .50 cal explosive round to the head (and close it immediately)
Then drag the body to nearest fire, undress the body, dismember him and throw every piece into the fire.
Nothing short of overkill will do job properly.

P.S. And before someone tries to psychoanalyze me- no, I have never been raped, neither anyone dear to me has. While I don't think it is the worst crime human can commit, it is definitely among the most disgusting ones.

You didn't let him watch his favorite cow's head explode before killing him?

 

[Buzz Killington_v1legacy]

In Deus Ex: Human Revolution, every single goddamned Belltower mercenary in Hengsha after

Spoiler: Yeah, it's an older game, but spoiler warning anyway.

they killed Malik.

I'd been doing a fairly pacifist run up until then, but shit was ON from that point forward. I had a sniper rifle, carbon-fiber arm blades, and zero fucks to give.

 

[happyninja42]

I enjoyed killing the serial killer in Watchdogs, that little sidequest where you can track down his victims and uncover him. Technically you have to "subdue" him at the end of the mission, but after he was laying there unconcious, I put 3 rounds in his head, because fuck that guy.

Though I think my favorite was Kessler from inFamous 1. They just built him up so well over the course of the game.

Spoiler

How he hired the hacker dude to speak negatively against you, to try and turn the city against you, to test your resolve. How he was doing all of this, because he needed Cole to be strong enough to save the world, something he was too weak to do in his timeline. And how, ultimately, he wanted you to kill him, so he could pass on his powers/knowledge to you, but also end his tired existence. It was a very tragic feel to it, and had a wonderful sense of closure to it. Just very satisfying.

 

[Ihateregistering1]

-Killing Bloodseeker or Riki in basically any game of DOTA 2.

-Pretty much anytime you kill an Ethereal or Sectoid Commander in X-Com who has just mind-controlled one of your Soldiers. It's doubly satisfying because you killed him, removed another threat, AND saves your dude.

-Killing Flamelurker in Demon's Souls. He was basically the last boss I fought, and I think I danced a jig when I finally killed him.

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

Algus. That elitist, rat-bastardy, sociopathic, ass-kissing coward.

 

[RJ 17]

Pretty much everyone you have to kill during the ending to GTA 5 (assuming you go with "Option C"). They were specifically designed to be overwhelming assholes, and there were few things more satisfying than finally being able to kill all those fuckers.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

David in The Last of Us. Stalking a little girl with a machete? Looking to kill and eat her? Fuck that noise. You die slowly.

-Ooh i forgot about that! Personally, i think that part of that game turned it from pretty-alright to holy-fuck-that-was-some-unexpected-emotion!

OT: Rom the vacuous spider. Fuck. That. Shit. But victory felt like post-witheld-orgasm. I could have really done with a smoke afterwards.

Any eagle or honey badger in Far Cry 4. Little annoyances always, but it turned me from peaceful animal lover to murderous monster of small wildlife. Explosions help.

Any headshot in Sniper Elite 3. Yes, i'm a terrible person.

Any rocket canister (or destructable sat dish) attached to an enemy with a tether cable in JC3. Never ceases to put a smile on my face. See above.

Games do satisfy a potentially worrying blood-lust within, saving possibly many real world lives.

Edit: The end of Tales from the Borderlands seemed very (no spoilers) but entirely necessary, it brought cringe but continued nonetheless because it felt needed to be done. Very effective in creating strong ambivalence. Nothing is easy, but indeed required.
Also that specific guy in the Walking Dead season 2, no spoilers...but the crap he put everyone through, the suffering he needlessly caused and relished in...he really had to go. Every second he remained alive was another chance for him to ruin another life. It was a chance i couldn't take.

 

[blackrave]

Not a specific example, but rapists.
Any kind of rapist will do, but the most enjoyable are non-apologetic kind, the ones who go as far as being proud of their deed.
For example Cook-Cook from FONV.
Open battle with .50 cal explosive round to the head (and close it immediately)
Then drag the body to nearest fire, undress the body, dismember him and throw every piece into the fire.
Nothing short of overkill will do job properly.

P.S. And before someone tries to psychoanalyze me- no, I have never been raped, neither anyone dear to me has. While I don't think it is the worst crime human can commit, it is definitely among the most disgusting ones.

You didn't let him watch his favorite cow's head explode before killing him?

Brahmin did nothing wrong.

In Deus Ex: Human Revolution, every single goddamned Belltower mercenary in Hengsha after

Spoiler: Yeah, it's an older game, but spoiler warning anyway.

they killed Malik.

I'd been doing a fairly pacifist run up until then, but shit was ON from that point forward. I had a sniper rifle, carbon-fiber arm blades, and zero fucks to give.

True, Malik even doesn't have to die.
The fact that instead of simply guarding some object, they were hit-squad made them fair game.
Slice and dice and give zero fucks.

 

[Spider RedNight]

I got a rather dark enjoyment out of killing Calo Nord from KotOR, probably because he was an arrogant asshole merc who thought that he could get away with being a dick. Hate guys like that who think they can talk to the main protagonist as if they can't do anything.

Also it's in a cutscene but one of the "not good" endings of Bioshock 2 involve Eleanor letting Sophia Lamb drown which was fine by me on account of how incredibly annoying she was. I'm like "oh no not Sophia Lamb someone save her." Only not really.

The first time I played Dragon Age: Origins, I had zero issue killing Loghain and felt some strange sense of revenge and payback because of all the shit he pulled.

 

[happyninja42]

In Deus Ex: Human Revolution, every single goddamned Belltower mercenary in Hengsha after

Spoiler: Yeah, it's an older game, but spoiler warning anyway.

they killed Malik.

I'd been doing a fairly pacifist run up until then, but shit was ON from that point forward. I had a sniper rifle, carbon-fiber arm blades, and zero fucks to give.

Heh, yeah, I have a friend that had the same opinion.

Spoiler

I refused to let her die and came back with tons of emp and gas grenades, and shut them all down ASAP to keep her alive. I didn't have any lethal weapons, nor the augs to pull it off, so I had to work with what I had. It was still very satisfying. xD

 

[Barbas]

(Snip).

For some reason, when you mentioned Calo Nord I immediately thought of this emo toolbag:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Vemrin

He even sounds like someone who got kicked out of a high-school band. That was some quality murder.