Your favorite RPG villain?
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The Illusive Man, of Mass Effect. Specifically, Mass Effect 3. I can't say more, as the game is too new and I don't want to unleash spoilers, but he's...just a villain you love to hate. Spent the whole game(both 2 and 3) wanting to punch him in the face.
Kefka's a pretty good villain.
Let me see now, The Master in Fallout, the
in The Witcher,
from Kotor 2.
etc. There are a lot of good villians
Let me see now, The Master in Fallout, the
Grandmaster
Kreia
etc. There are a lot of good villians
Has anyone said the serial killer from Persona 4 yet, if not, I am surprised.
I mean he does many cruel acts and for what...well anyone that has played Persona 4 will know what I am talking about, right?
(Captcha: Swan Song...isn't that a visual novel?)
I mean he does many cruel acts and for what...well anyone that has played Persona 4 will know what I am talking about, right?
(Captcha: Swan Song...isn't that a visual novel?)
The Reapers, right up until the ending of ME3 spoiled them.
Before ME3 (and still further on if you refuse to acknowledge the ME3 ending, which I'm fine with people doing), i have never seen such an enemy in a space sci-fi before that were so convincing and at the same time such a powerful threat. The Mechanoids from Nexus: The Jupiter Incident, the Nomads from Freelancer and even the Empire in Star Wars still doesn't measure up.
What i really like about the Reapers is:
- They don't accidentally leave themself open or weak (like the Empire did in Episode 6 by luring the rebel fleet to the Death Star and inviting Luke Skywalker on board. I always considered that a bit of a weak conclusion, although given the age of the first SW trilogy, that's acceptable)
- Their technological advantage is overwhelming, but introduced very well in Mass Effect 1+2, and despite them being so different from the other races of the galaxy, they still use familiar principles to fight for the most part (shields, mass effect fields, lasers etc. Only indoctrination and gene-manipulation falls outside of what other races can do).
- They are some of the most awesome foes i have ever seen dialogue with, because they can be so arrogant and get away with it given that they are machines with a dedicated purpose, as well as having WELL well-synthesized voices.
Hearing Sovereign and Harbinger speak about how puny humans are and how our extinction was inevitable was 10 times more convincing than Emperor Palpatine trying to convince us that Darth Vader was lost forever and that Luke Skywalker would bow to him. I was like "Yeah dude, keep dreaming."
Basically, they are the only RPG enemy i can ever say that I've considered myself "fearing" (not for real given that they're fictional, but it's the closest thing i got since on one hand they are so well characterized as enemies, but on the other hand they left the right things unexplained so my fantasy had something to work with as well. That is, again, until the massive blunder that the ME3 ending was).
Also, I'm assuming direct control.
Before ME3 (and still further on if you refuse to acknowledge the ME3 ending, which I'm fine with people doing), i have never seen such an enemy in a space sci-fi before that were so convincing and at the same time such a powerful threat. The Mechanoids from Nexus: The Jupiter Incident, the Nomads from Freelancer and even the Empire in Star Wars still doesn't measure up.
What i really like about the Reapers is:
- They don't accidentally leave themself open or weak (like the Empire did in Episode 6 by luring the rebel fleet to the Death Star and inviting Luke Skywalker on board. I always considered that a bit of a weak conclusion, although given the age of the first SW trilogy, that's acceptable)
- Their technological advantage is overwhelming, but introduced very well in Mass Effect 1+2, and despite them being so different from the other races of the galaxy, they still use familiar principles to fight for the most part (shields, mass effect fields, lasers etc. Only indoctrination and gene-manipulation falls outside of what other races can do).
- They are some of the most awesome foes i have ever seen dialogue with, because they can be so arrogant and get away with it given that they are machines with a dedicated purpose, as well as having WELL well-synthesized voices.
Hearing Sovereign and Harbinger speak about how puny humans are and how our extinction was inevitable was 10 times more convincing than Emperor Palpatine trying to convince us that Darth Vader was lost forever and that Luke Skywalker would bow to him. I was like "Yeah dude, keep dreaming."
Basically, they are the only RPG enemy i can ever say that I've considered myself "fearing" (not for real given that they're fictional, but it's the closest thing i got since on one hand they are so well characterized as enemies, but on the other hand they left the right things unexplained so my fantasy had something to work with as well. That is, again, until the massive blunder that the ME3 ending was).
Also, I'm assuming direct control.
I think Jon Irenicus from BG2 as an all-round villain. There were times when I didn't want to have to fight him. Close seconds were villains whom I was desperate to defeat in Darth Malak (KOTOR) and Saren (ME).
I can't decide between Bowser in the Paper Mario series or Fawful from Mario and Luigi. You know what? Fawful. Not only funny, but insanely entertaining.
"And this battle shall be the delicious mustard on that bread! "The mustard of your doom!"
"And this battle shall be the delicious mustard on that bread! "The mustard of your doom!"
well, a LOT of JRPG final bosses 'claim god hood', these people are also ego manics....AzureRaven said:Errr, no offense, but I think you missed my point a little. Yes, obviously they should fail in the end...but from a story standpoint...he achieved godhood and lost. I get that he had to lose...but again, from a pure plot standpoint, it's kinda pathetic.Louzon said:Uh...pretty sure ALL villains fail in the end. If not, RPGs wouldn't be too fun to play, because none of them would be winnable.
For my pick, I pick Saturo, Menardi, and Alex from the Golden Sun series.
On another note, I like your choices.
also, you had smaller teams beat the 3 former goddesses before hand, no longer full goddesses I'll grant you, but i imagine still far more then any mortal should be able to handle, so why would it be a stretch to assume, that if the group separate could handle 'near god like beings' that they couldn't handle a full god together?
anyway >.>
OT:
Kefka
Magus
Queen Zeal
most all the villains from Asura's Wrath (for actually having a point to being dicks)
Kain (Legacy of Kain)
Fu-Lou
Eve (Parasite Eve)