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The 10 Worst Villains in Gaming

The 10 Worst Villains in Gaming

We have all played games where we thought that the final boss, or any boss or enemy for that matter, was just dumb. There have even been times where the final battle was so anti-climactic that it just cheapened the ending of the game all the way around. So with that in mind, we decided to take a look at some of the dumbest and worst villains in video gaming. What makes them the worst? Well, let’s start by defining them as anything or anyone that gets in the way of you completing the game you are playing. Otherwise, this list is just going to be too big to read in any realistic amount of time.

M. Bison (Street Fighter)

M. Bison (Street Fighter)

So what if this dude is a bad guy? So what that he runs drugs and weapons out of Thailand to wreak havoc all over the world? Have you seen the messes your average hero makes just trying to stop the bad guy? Not only that, but this dude has the cheapest move in the whole game. Channeling psychic energy to open a can of metaphysical whoop-ass on you again and again without any real strategy is just lame.

Ghirahim (Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

Ghirahim (Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

This would-be dark elf is a real idiot. Seriously take a look at his track record. First, he admits not killing Link was a dumb idea. He is able to see where link is and what he’s doing pretty much at any time, but never attacks him in Skyloft. He controls the power of tornadoes but apparently can’t aim the damned things. And lastly, when you face him he launches volleys of the weakest enemy in the game at you.

Jet the Hawk (Sonic Riders)

Jet the Hawk (Sonic Riders)

We all know that villains need a catalyst to spur them into a life of villainy, and if they haven’t had some life altering experience that sent them down the highway to Hell, they should at the very least have a reason for being bad. Jet the Hawk has none of these. Honestly, he really doesn’t have a reason to be a bad guy at all. He freely admits that Sonic is the fastest thing alive, but yet wants to be the fastest thing alive. Seems a little flimsy to me.

Andross (Star Fox)

Andross (Star Fox)

One of the worst villains of all time, hands down. Why is that you ask? Simple. This guy shows up in three separate titles in the Star Fox series and never, ever changes up his attack repertoire. Think I’m kidding? Check it out for yourself. In Star Fox , Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures , this turd of an enemy never changes his attacks and often follows the very same attack sequences. How bad a villain do you have to be to realize that the hero has already beaten your attacks twice before? It’s time to learn some new moves, Andy.

Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)

Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)

This clown was a seriously lame end boss in the original Mortal Kombat game. Then it got worse as we found out that this supposedly malevolent wimp was actually nothing more than a puppet for a much larger douche bag, Shao Khan. So rather than making him an ultimate badass bad guy, they instead made him a lame playable character that was about as much fun as playing Bad Dudes on NES for the hundredth time. Goro was a much better bad guy than this lame duck.

Team Galactic (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl)

Team Galactic (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl)

We talked a little earlier about characters not having motivation for being bad and how that can derail a villain’s badness. But what if the villain (or villains, in this case) have the dumbest motivator ever for being evil? That seems to be the case with Team Galactic from Pokémon Diamond/Pearl . It’s one thing to have a personal motivation for wanting revenge on a specific character in the game. It’ also ok to have been through some scarring event that turned you to the bad side. But arbitrarily wanting to create a new universe–for no other reason that just wanting to–is about the dumbest motivation for any bad guy or bad guys we have ever seen.

General RAAM (Gears of War)

General RAAM (Gears of War)

This guy looks super scary when you first see him in Gears of War , but then you go to face him and he is nothing more than a really irritating speed bump on your road of Locust killing destruction. Really, the whole ordeal with him on the train is a truly mind numbingly boring experience. Even on the hardest modes of Gears , this battle is really more of an irritant than a challenge. Our suggestion? Next time you are going to introduce and obvious boss, make him so badass you don’t even want to fight him. But please Cliff, no more snoozer boss battles.

Yggdrasill (Tales of Sypmhonia)

Yggdrasill (Tales of Sypmhonia)

How could you even classify this one as a bad guy? First of all, he reveals himself to be none other than Mithos (a hero in Tales of Symphonia ’s lore). Then you find out that he is fighting for the lofty goal of eliminating racial prejudice of the system in the Tales world and bring his dead sister back to life. Ok sure, he may be a little over the top in his methodology, but aren’t heroes usually a little derelict in their methods as well? Anyway, this dude is trying to do some good in the universe and you get sent to kill him. That makes him a very bad villain.

Sephiroth (FFVII)

Sephiroth (FFVII)

Before everyone goes and gets their panties in a twist, hear me out. Sephiroth excels at one thing only. He can stand around and look like a bad mother all day long. But how bad is he really? First of all, he sounds like some whiny kid that got lost at the mall. Secondly, he could give a s*** less about Cloud or anyone else but J.E.N.O.V.A. and truthfully, if you break it down to sheer intensity of combat, the shape-shifted to Sephiroth version of J.E.N.O.V.A. is way tougher than the actual Sephiroth. That makes him one of the worst villains ever. Now that it’s been said, you may commence flinging your hate.

Mario (Donkey Kong Junior)

Mario (Donkey Kong Junior)

Let’s start out with the obvious. Why in the hell would you cast your shining star as a bad guy in another of your first party franchises? Next, let’s talk about his complete inability to follow some simple rules of being a bad guy. First off, you never just give the player an advantage all willy-nilly. If you are going to give the player a chance at beating you, make it a challenge to capitalize on that. Secondly, Why does he leave himself defenseless? Seriously, at what point could he have possibly thought that was a good idea? Well, all that aside, it’s just the dumbest thing ever for Mario to be a bad guy, no matter what game he shows up in.

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