Why are gaming's greatest villians dying!?

[lord gandhi]

After playing Resident Evil 5 and defeating Wesker in an arguably spectacular fashion, it came to my attention;
WHY ARE ALL THE VILLIANS FINALLY DYING!?
Are there any great villians left in gaming?
P.S: robotnik was never great, only his voice in Sonic Adventure

 

[Simalacrum]

chances are they'll come back in some form or fashion... it isn't the first time Wesker has died, afterall

 

[Voicuboyy]

don't worry new ones will come

 

[Arcyde]

Wesker didn't die.

He ducked.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

The goal is generally to kill the villain right?

So probably because the heroes are better.

 

[.Ricks.]

My guess is that.... they are dying because.... they are Villains? Although I'm siding with you on the Wesker one. But hey, out with the old in with the new... as long as the new is at least half as great as the old....

 

[Sewblon]

They will all be revived by time travel, genetic alterations, cloning, cybernetic implants or magic eventually.

 

[CRAVE CASE 55]

Ok wow use spoilers ive seen the ending but still

 

[Hungry]

They will all be revived by time travel, genetic alterations, cybernetic implants or magic eventually.

don't forget cloneing

 

[KamachoMcSagget]

Dang, I was gonna say Robotnic. What about Bowser, even though I think that he's more of a dickhead than a great super villan.

 

[bob avec hair]

dude wesker did not duck Wesker got heads shotted with such power his head came clean off.

 

[Bediz]

Instead of mourning the death of a great villian, I think it's more fun to place bets on what kind of Deus ex Machina BS they're going to use to bring him back.

I've got my money on android/genetically engineered body with cloned copy of Wesker's brain.

 

[Inuzenko]

Wesker, a great villain? If he were, he'd of killed Chris years ago in Code:Veronica, not just beat him to a pulp every once and a while and hoped that Chris learned his lesson. Also, it is generally unwise to mutate into a spaghetti monster with a giant orange weak spot on your chest.

Regardless of Wesker's gaps in reasoning, is he the only "great villain" who's died off recently? I can't think of anyone else who has died.

 

[lord gandhi]

The goal is generally to kill the villain right?

So probably because the heroes are better.

It's all well and good saying that but heroes are nothing without great villians! Solid Snake would be nothing without a perfect villian for him, and Liquid Snake was that perfect villian!

 

[internutt]

P.S: robotnik was never great, only his voice in Sonic Adventure

Robotnik, while a silly villain worked for the games mechanics. However, now that Sonic is 3D Robotnik has taken a back seat and lost all credibility as a villain.

Name me one 3D Sonic game were Robotnik was the main Villain, as in he was in control the whole way without being overthrown by the real villain half way through. Sonic Adventure's villain was Chaos. Sonic Adventure 2 was Robotnik's grandfather. The villain in Shadow was an alien race. In Heroes the villain was Metal Sonic. Sonic NEXT had some weird thing trapped in a princess's tears. The Wii Sonic games had brand new enemies as well.

Well, Unleashed he might have been, but I haven't played that one.

 

[Inuzenko]

Maybe he has some of Marcus' leeches stockpiled somewhere.

 

[Inuzenko]

Instead of mourning the death of a great villian, I think it's more fun to place bets on what kind of Deus ex Machina BS they're going to use to bring him back.

I've got my money on android/genetically engineered body with cloned copy of Wesker's brain.

Maybe he has some of Marcus' leeches stockpiled somewhere.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

GASP! antagonists DIE?!?!?!?!?!

 

[NoDamnNames]

Wesker one of gaming's greatest villains?

I can think of just about a billion other bad guys that got twice as many titles and screen time as him.