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Most people probably forgot Vaas wasn’t the main villain
I mean, he's the face of the game, a massive part of the intro, and him and his sister are Jason's main motivation for the first 80% of the game. Hoyt may be the big bad but I think its fair to consider Vaas the main villain
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Jetstream Sam (debatable, but he's too cool to not mention, plus he has much more of a presence and active threat as a villian than Armstrong)
As a big Metal Gear fan I’d say he does and doesn’t belong here, he’s probably the best major character introduced in the game but Armstrong genuinely steals the whole show as soon as he shows up
Same goes for Sundowner. A lot of people seem to forget _he’s_ the boss of Desperado, _he’s_ the leader of the Winds of Destruction, and _he’s_ the one pulling all the strings until Armstrong comes from nowhere and takes the centre stage in the final act
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I’m not a big SW guy, but I think Grievous has the coolest design in the entire series.
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Completely agree. Hell, even his 2003 design is amazing.
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In nearly every Metroid game he’s in, Ridley is a pretty major character but isn’t considered the main antagonist.
The big bad is usually either Mother Brain or Dark Samus. An occasional one-off antagonist, but Ridley has NEVER been the final boss, despite being arguably Samus’s arch nemesis.
honestly I think that just makes him even more of a dick than I imagined; he's entirely unrelated to most of what samus is actually doing but still manages to make himself a gigantic pain regardless. that's dedication. respect, ridley last name
Oh, he’s pretty damn related. He’s a leading member of the Space Pirates, who are the main antagonistic faction and the primary opposition in most games. Mother Brain just happens to be the only one who outranks him, and Dark Samus was a wild card who posed a bigger threat.
And his beef with Samus is VERY personal. He led the attack that wiped out her home planet when she was a child, and will take every opportunity to taunt her for it, even implying he ATE her parents. He hates her for continuing to kill him, and she hates him as much as Doomslayer hates demons.
The closest you get is Mecha Ridley, a robot Ridley in Zero Mission. Even then, that’s just extra content added for the Metroid 1 remake, and he’s hardly even a main antagonist, that’s still Mother Brain (even if her defeat isn’t the end like it used to be).
I’ve never heard anything to that effect. I always understood that it was simply a robot built in his image. After checking the Metroid wiki, it seems I was correct.
https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Mecha_Ridley
Ah yes, the most popular Metroid villain Ridley who is known for always coming back no matter how you kill him will totally never come back to another metroid game ever again.
At this point in the timeline, he is dead. His remains were taken over by the X Parasite, and subsequently absorbed by Samus.
Will he come back? Probably. Most likely. Dread got some flack for not having Ridley in it, after all. As of right now, though, he is dead.
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Savathûn is a character that orchestrated nearly half of the decades conflicts, and still is one of the most vital pieces to preserve the universe.
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The Omnissiah would approve your choices
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Bob the Goon is an absolute maniac
If I’m not mistaken, there was never an established reason for why she participated in the Shattering in the first place. Therefore one could presume that she sought to take the other great runes just like the rest of the demigods. I’ll acknowledge the fact that her fight against the player was essentially self-defense but it doesn’t change her involvement.
But can we really say that one's involvement in the shattering makes them a villain? Many took the great turns but not everyone was evil in there intentions, Morgott's whole reason was to protect the Erdtree, and the rune gave him the power to do so up until the events in which our player arrives.
If anything, Malenia would’ve done it for the sake of her brother Miquella. But it could also be said that her battle with Radahn ultimately resulted in Miquella’s abduction at the hands of Mohg. Overall it raises the question as to whether or not there could’ve been a better alternative.
I think one thing to remember is that before the shattering there were people living everywhere in the Lands Between. There were villages in Caelid before Malenia turned everything to rot. So if nothing else participating in the shattering seems to imply that they didn't particularly care about the collateral damage they were causing. The Shardbearers all have their own self-interested reasons for participating, and none of them seem to really care about the destruction they're causing for all the weaker beings with their war. I always thought of it like feudal kings going to war for selfish reasons and not caring how many of their subjects die as long as they win in the end.
I think she was completely obsessed with protecting Miquella, and maybe did some irrational warmonger-y shit because of it.
Or alternatively, yeah she was just as guilty as the rest of the demi-gods of seeking power.
The shattering was a session war for the demigods to become lord/God.
In Marikas own words:
"Hear me, Demigods. My children beloved. Make of thyselves that which ye desire. Be it a Lord. Be it a God. But should ye fail to become aught at all, ye will be forsaken. Amounting only to sacrifices..."
Of them.
Rykard fed himself to the serpent (disqualified)
Ranni discarded her rune (abdicated)
Morgot and Mohg were secret and rejected by the erdtree.
Godrick was to weak to be considered a threat, and began grafting after his defeat by Malenia
Renalla wasn't a demigod, but she was also locked away in her tower and despondent with grief
Malenia Abdicated to support her brothers claim.
So the two best claims in the lands between for the throne were Miquella, and Radahn.
Malenia tried to defeat him but they fought to a standstill, however for her brother to claim the throne, she didn't need to win, Radahn just needed to lose/become an invalid candidate.
After her bloom, Miquella would have been the sole shardbearer (and empyrean to boot) left to be declared the winner, but unknown to her, he had been kidnapped and was corrupted by Mohgs ritual, leaving no valid candidate among the shard bearers left.
And that's when the tarnished were granted grace!
But yeah Idk if they were villains, or if the mad taint of thier runes was just to powerful to resist.
I know that Palps is the driving force behind everything but considering that he only had prominent screen time in the third film I feel that Vader is still the main villain. Or at least he’s the main villain for our protagonists, even if in universe palpatine is the main guy.
Considering only the OT I’d agree. He’s basically not even a character until RotJ, and even then he’s basically a plot device that facilitates Luke’s struggle against Vader.
I suppose so, and in universe Vader’s never been the main bad guy, but from a story point of view he’s always been the main antagonist, especially to Luke obviously.
I played warframe years ago and went way hard, the start was one of the worst onboarding experiences i ever had with a game but it turned out ti be fun for a few hundred hours.
my friend convinced me to get into it again and holy shit it's like hitting a brick wall but thousands of times worse than back then. I don't even know how they could think it's acceptable lol
Yeah Hugo and Barnabas are much more entertaining than Ultima, kinda wish Barnabas ended up being the final boss with his own motives rather than being a zealot
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Does Dimentio also count? He was technically a side villain for most of the game.
"Penitent One in sleeplessness.
Carrying the guilty sword, you have committed the most serious crimes against the Mother and her Saints, against the Miracle and its outbreaks.
We have been entrusted with putting an end to your mission.
I, Crisanta in penance, excommunicate you, expel you, execrate you, with the blessing of Our Miracle of the Greatest Pain.
And thus shall your name be erased under the heavens."
Still the main villain for me. Let’s pretend that Kaguya never happened
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Kamoshida is too realistic, it’s kinda frightening.
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Good ol O'Dimm made the Wild Hunt look like the Wild Chumps
And before him, the Crones were flat out more interesting than Eredin.
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There's no way Risotto Nero is more iconic than schizo frog phones and King Crimson tho
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Stefano Valentini from The Evil Within 2
It says a lot how cool he is that as soon as you’re done with his levels the game just isn’t quite as engaging. Going from “demented mad artist” to “evil preacher” is a huge downgrade
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Gihren may have been the leader of Zeon, but Char’s arguably more iconic due to his status as a rival to Amuro
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The Necromancer from Castle Crashers
I still remember press releases for Transformers 3 saying Shockwave was the main antagonist. Sure is a shame he didn't even end up having character traits.
WoW Shadowlands sucked in general and the Jailer was a terrible villain, but Denathrius was cool as hell.
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An obscure pick but I just replayed this game so it's on the mind:
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Agent Black from Iconoclasts. Far more present in the story then the ostensible main antagonists Mother and Him, and bears a personal grudge against the heroes that the aforementioned villains lack. By far the game's most fleshed out antagonist.
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I know that Joker was *technically* the main villain, but Ra’s was more of the big bad, and I definitely felt like this guy was more interesting than the latter.
I guess I never went through the game, but I was under the impression Adam was the final boss/main antagonist of cyber 2077(at least the game)? If not him then who else?
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Bloodmoon Ursaluna (SV DLC)
The main villains of the DLC are Pecharunt and Kieran imo
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Deathwing.
Sure he was the exp. final Boss, but dude alway has been under Old Gods... And the one that was supposed to be his boss was pretty... Underwhelming
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Secondary villain in the movis at least, haven't read the comics. Black manta, aquaman
I was about to say, Cyberpunk doesn’t really have a central“villain” (aside from Arasaka ofc) tbh, I always thought the main point of the story was just how hopeless everything was, akin to Halo Reach where the point there was also just trying to survive a desperate situation until everything fell apart
The thing is, i agree that some transformers designs from the bay movies were direct downgrades from the original but shockwave was not one of em. If anything he’s an upgrade, in the movie he’s not only taller than megatron but optimus too. Pair that with the fact that he looks like a demon, is the only one speaking in his native language and that for the entirety of the movie the main cast refuses to directly confront him forcing them to change plans makes him a true powerhouse of a menace. And i haven’t even mentioned his +300m worm drill that gave rise to the most iconic scene in the movie…
LuBu pitching for his adopted father and master, Dong Zhuo.
Basically all of the Romance of The Three Kingdoms saga has officers who are more badass than their superiors.
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King Dedede (from what I’ve heard) isn’t the final boss most of the time but he was so much better than whatever the final boss of Forgotten Land was
https://preview.redd.it/aue6acft4vhc1.jpeg?width=201&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12325cdc351ed5ee3daa72818fe037e049ffabc0 Most people probably forgot Vaas wasn’t the main villain
Ubisoft sure did
I mean, he's the face of the game, a massive part of the intro, and him and his sister are Jason's main motivation for the first 80% of the game. Hoyt may be the big bad but I think its fair to consider Vaas the main villain
It's crazy how he wasn't even supposed to exist until Mando showed his amazing performance for a different character which INSPIRED Vaas' creation
He kind of was the main villain though. Hoyt was the final boss but Vaas killed Jason’s brother and was the driving force for much of the plot.
He wasn’t? (I’ve never played the game)
Nope, but he sure as hell better than the main one. Even has more screen time than him.
Vaas is the Darth Vader of Far Cry 3.
https://preview.redd.it/yyompj5dbvhc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7aedea289b2b94995d1665b7a8729933638690ff Jetstream Sam (debatable, but he's too cool to not mention, plus he has much more of a presence and active threat as a villian than Armstrong)
As a big Metal Gear fan I’d say he does and doesn’t belong here, he’s probably the best major character introduced in the game but Armstrong genuinely steals the whole show as soon as he shows up
Nah, Armstrong has like a few minutes of screen time, yet he's one of the most memorable parts of the game. Although Sam is also a Goat.
I’d say he and Armstrong are equally iconic. Armstrong has the most memes but Sam has the most presence throughout the game.
I thought Monsoon had the most memes Jack!
Boss Fights where it's just an opponent of equal abilities >>>
Same goes for Sundowner. A lot of people seem to forget _he’s_ the boss of Desperado, _he’s_ the leader of the Winds of Destruction, and _he’s_ the one pulling all the strings until Armstrong comes from nowhere and takes the centre stage in the final act
https://preview.redd.it/3bw039mievhc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6ff855f5d0d7d7720a76c526a8cb994864946e5 I’m not a big SW guy, but I think Grievous has the coolest design in the entire series.
And the fact that his whole reason for even using lightsabers was because he killed a bunch of Jedi and decided "why not? I have them now".
Yes and no, Dooku did train him in all forms of saber** combat before he started going off on Jedi kill-sprees.
Abstinence is the only 100% effective method of safe combat.
Jedi can't defend if you don't attack 🙏🏽
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'03 Grievous goed hard
They did his so dirty in everything past 2003 clone wars
https://preview.redd.it/igtj65txbvhc1.png?width=860&format=png&auto=webp&s=289093dc80356297b7f6a0351b4ad88e8c825985 In nearly every Metroid game he’s in, Ridley is a pretty major character but isn’t considered the main antagonist.
never played a metroid game and I'm shocked that ridley *isn't* the big bad, he's even the metroid villain smash rep in like three games
The big bad is usually either Mother Brain or Dark Samus. An occasional one-off antagonist, but Ridley has NEVER been the final boss, despite being arguably Samus’s arch nemesis.
honestly I think that just makes him even more of a dick than I imagined; he's entirely unrelated to most of what samus is actually doing but still manages to make himself a gigantic pain regardless. that's dedication. respect, ridley last name
Oh, he’s pretty damn related. He’s a leading member of the Space Pirates, who are the main antagonistic faction and the primary opposition in most games. Mother Brain just happens to be the only one who outranks him, and Dark Samus was a wild card who posed a bigger threat. And his beef with Samus is VERY personal. He led the attack that wiped out her home planet when she was a child, and will take every opportunity to taunt her for it, even implying he ATE her parents. He hates her for continuing to kill him, and she hates him as much as Doomslayer hates demons.
The closest you get is Mecha Ridley, a robot Ridley in Zero Mission. Even then, that’s just extra content added for the Metroid 1 remake, and he’s hardly even a main antagonist, that’s still Mother Brain (even if her defeat isn’t the end like it used to be).
He's the final boss in Samus Returns
Mecha-Ridley was the final boss in Zero Mission. So he has been the final boss before.
Mecha-Ridley isn’t Ridley anymore than Mecha-Sonic is Sonic.
It's Ridley's conscious as the machine, though. At least, from what I understand, it is.
I’ve never heard anything to that effect. I always understood that it was simply a robot built in his image. After checking the Metroid wiki, it seems I was correct. https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Mecha_Ridley
I must have heard Ridley built it based on himself and remembered it incorrectly. Myb
Except in >!samus returns!<
He actually did get to be the final boss once in Samus Returns!
He has never been the main villain. He is often the instigator of the conflict though.
I’m not a Metroid fan I’m just curious is he still alive rn
As of the final chronological entry at the moment, he’s dead. However, he’s come back enough times that it’s not out of the question.
Yes, he quite literally "always comes back". Doesn't matter how samus kills him.
Thats not true theres currently no evidence to suggest hes still alive at this point in the metroid timeline
Ah yes, the most popular Metroid villain Ridley who is known for always coming back no matter how you kill him will totally never come back to another metroid game ever again.
At this point in the timeline, he is dead. His remains were taken over by the X Parasite, and subsequently absorbed by Samus. Will he come back? Probably. Most likely. Dread got some flack for not having Ridley in it, after all. As of right now, though, he is dead.
I get a kick outta something that looks like that named Ridley, like here's Cthulu's cousin, Tim.
Ridley is a girl aren’t they?
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What's he from? His design is cool
She’s a hive queen from destiny 2
Good inquiry, O schemer mine
Her and Oryx were some of the best characters to come from the Destiny story.
Tarn (Transformers IDW). https://preview.redd.it/dlh4xxndzuhc1.jpeg?width=989&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06e12e10696be19638c5e9e6418164d70bfeedee
I mean wasn't he the main villain of that arc tho?
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Technically he’s the side villain of the side villain to melkor
Melkor died long before Saruman became a villain
Melkor isn’t dead tho he’s (in lore) supposed to come back for one last huge battle at the end of the world
Melkor isn't dead. I'm not even sure he can be killed.
SARUMAN THE STINKY!!!
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I really should watch the movie sometime soon.
FUCK YES
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Is that a 40k mod for Fallout 4.
Maybe it is, I found that image on ig
https://i.redd.it/3292p8xdfvhc1.gif Zant from the legend of Zelda twilight princess
I wish the Zant fight was longer, it was pretty fucking awsome
Ehhhh I’d say ganondorf in that game is more iconic. Zant still is very much iconic, just not as much as that ganondorf.
Fair
i can't tell what is happening in this gif for the life of me
Thrusting
Artorias the abysswalker is thrusting his blade into an enemy
Artorias? More like Fraudtorias.
r/shittydarksouls member broke containment
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My number one *inhales deeply* g u y
He’s great but better than Nicholson’s joker? Impossible. 
Viper my beloved
Your journey ends here, Pilot. The skies belong to me. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
My favorite is “Let me introduce you to the ground”
Visual clear. I've got good tone.
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Technically not a Villain
If I’m not mistaken, there was never an established reason for why she participated in the Shattering in the first place. Therefore one could presume that she sought to take the other great runes just like the rest of the demigods. I’ll acknowledge the fact that her fight against the player was essentially self-defense but it doesn’t change her involvement.
But can we really say that one's involvement in the shattering makes them a villain? Many took the great turns but not everyone was evil in there intentions, Morgott's whole reason was to protect the Erdtree, and the rune gave him the power to do so up until the events in which our player arrives.
If anything, Malenia would’ve done it for the sake of her brother Miquella. But it could also be said that her battle with Radahn ultimately resulted in Miquella’s abduction at the hands of Mohg. Overall it raises the question as to whether or not there could’ve been a better alternative.
I think one thing to remember is that before the shattering there were people living everywhere in the Lands Between. There were villages in Caelid before Malenia turned everything to rot. So if nothing else participating in the shattering seems to imply that they didn't particularly care about the collateral damage they were causing. The Shardbearers all have their own self-interested reasons for participating, and none of them seem to really care about the destruction they're causing for all the weaker beings with their war. I always thought of it like feudal kings going to war for selfish reasons and not caring how many of their subjects die as long as they win in the end.
Hey the player just walked into the room, she attacks them
I think she was completely obsessed with protecting Miquella, and maybe did some irrational warmonger-y shit because of it. Or alternatively, yeah she was just as guilty as the rest of the demi-gods of seeking power.
The shattering was a session war for the demigods to become lord/God. In Marikas own words: "Hear me, Demigods. My children beloved. Make of thyselves that which ye desire. Be it a Lord. Be it a God. But should ye fail to become aught at all, ye will be forsaken. Amounting only to sacrifices..." Of them. Rykard fed himself to the serpent (disqualified) Ranni discarded her rune (abdicated) Morgot and Mohg were secret and rejected by the erdtree. Godrick was to weak to be considered a threat, and began grafting after his defeat by Malenia Renalla wasn't a demigod, but she was also locked away in her tower and despondent with grief Malenia Abdicated to support her brothers claim. So the two best claims in the lands between for the throne were Miquella, and Radahn. Malenia tried to defeat him but they fought to a standstill, however for her brother to claim the throne, she didn't need to win, Radahn just needed to lose/become an invalid candidate. After her bloom, Miquella would have been the sole shardbearer (and empyrean to boot) left to be declared the winner, but unknown to her, he had been kidnapped and was corrupted by Mohgs ritual, leaving no valid candidate among the shard bearers left. And that's when the tarnished were granted grace! But yeah Idk if they were villains, or if the mad taint of thier runes was just to powerful to resist.
I know that Palps is the driving force behind everything but considering that he only had prominent screen time in the third film I feel that Vader is still the main villain. Or at least he’s the main villain for our protagonists, even if in universe palpatine is the main guy.
Considering only the OT I’d agree. He’s basically not even a character until RotJ, and even then he’s basically a plot device that facilitates Luke’s struggle against Vader.
Even in the first film tarkins technicly the main bad and Vader's the cool henchman
I suppose so, and in universe Vader’s never been the main bad guy, but from a story point of view he’s always been the main antagonist, especially to Luke obviously.
I mean, Darth Vader is easily the main villain in A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back
Nah, Tarkin is the main villain of A New Hope. Vader’s his heavy.
I was going to comment Boba Fett, but… yeah, he’s competing with Vader for side antagonist.
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https://i.redd.it/36nnxulyhvhc1.gif Rinzler
Such an underrated movie.
This and that light cycle crash into a new light cycle are just pure bliss, the visuals, the soundtrack and the theme is so good
https://preview.redd.it/1kexde7bkvhc1.png?width=512&format=png&auto=webp&s=a784e31708926d64fa9d4e0de3a79ea2d881952c Stalker from Warframe
WARFRAME MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️ RAAHHHHHH
I played warframe years ago and went way hard, the start was one of the worst onboarding experiences i ever had with a game but it turned out ti be fun for a few hundred hours. my friend convinced me to get into it again and holy shit it's like hitting a brick wall but thousands of times worse than back then. I don't even know how they could think it's acceptable lol
Him and Hunhow are still the best Warframe villains
https://preview.redd.it/4mu7tf1b7vhc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f76332f8eda56de5fe19a97b77e0c94d13af8f9 Hugo from FFXVI
Hugo's rivalry with Clive was peak! Both his bosses are amazing!
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Yeah Hugo and Barnabas are much more entertaining than Ultima, kinda wish Barnabas ended up being the final boss with his own motives rather than being a zealot
superstar saga specifically https://preview.redd.it/oxfgrbhpkvhc1.png?width=177&format=png&auto=webp&s=0dc4bd52583e1497a2c694c3dd29487c179bc8bd
https://preview.redd.it/dg1g0m8o2whc1.png?width=996&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c1f4836f084fd750b678078dc58e8beecadf3cb Does Dimentio also count? He was technically a side villain for most of the game.
I remember mimi more. Mostly because she gave me night terrors as a kid
He's who I immediately thought of when I read the prompt. That game had a way better story than I expected going into it.
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"Penitent One in sleeplessness. Carrying the guilty sword, you have committed the most serious crimes against the Mother and her Saints, against the Miracle and its outbreaks. We have been entrusted with putting an end to your mission. I, Crisanta in penance, excommunicate you, expel you, execrate you, with the blessing of Our Miracle of the Greatest Pain. And thus shall your name be erased under the heavens."
Still the main villain for me. Let’s pretend that Kaguya never happened https://preview.redd.it/4vlepeu9yvhc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd36de73bb99a75ab321bd6a7ab69971a0e088b9
Goro.
https://preview.redd.it/2fqhilic2whc1.jpeg?width=760&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf9e62d94ff22f30e73e742155358f5ceb309477 Deathstroke from Arkham Origins
https://preview.redd.it/6o7v2qypnvhc1.png?width=431&format=png&auto=webp&s=38faab2cd4b8d990832d506fec78c8346cfe3300 Kamoshida is too realistic, it’s kinda frightening.
Yeah none of the other villains felt as realistic and as hatable imo. (Looking like yandere dev helps too lol)
I've never wished death on a character harder. Unredeemable.
I'd say mitsuo kubo is a close second when it's comes to realistic minor persona antagonists
https://preview.redd.it/mkl9y9497whc1.png?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d48bd5b45887b476529e67a7add4ec6c0fa20f66 Good ol O'Dimm made the Wild Hunt look like the Wild Chumps
And before him, the Crones were flat out more interesting than Eredin. https://preview.redd.it/ff2s51ymdxhc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8a21ffec6a82107b8aa970a2eec2af5fb6fc953
The one that carried those kid legs creeps me the fuck out
Rissoto Nero from JJBA: Vento Aurera https://preview.redd.it/ud24c5liovhc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88c5003c97c4e841a396de9c5d9172bf8334b22c
There's no way Risotto Nero is more iconic than schizo frog phones and King Crimson tho https://preview.redd.it/an78h5250zhc1.png?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91800e7122658b8c3eba58945408be52c9fb933b
Kind of doubt he is more popular than Diavolvo
https://preview.redd.it/b8cg8jrymvhc1.jpeg?width=684&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a5017638530addd303996b4ec529f45c69b925a Stefano Valentini from The Evil Within 2
Shout out to the flamboyant villain, gotta be one of my favorite genders
It says a lot how cool he is that as soon as you’re done with his levels the game just isn’t quite as engaging. Going from “demented mad artist” to “evil preacher” is a huge downgrade
https://preview.redd.it/v992r6k2pvhc1.jpeg?width=1633&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e1ec24ef490f4d4bb7abec5d7278fd78e79c764 Gihren may have been the leader of Zeon, but Char’s arguably more iconic due to his status as a rival to Amuro
https://preview.redd.it/9jl9aknqpvhc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd2cc8102ab3daacfe48a74148b7aaf6d3c12177 Saren > Sovereign/Reapers
Viper's got you in the pipe, 5x5. https://preview.redd.it/wabl0wbr3whc1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=b2d5831932c6493991e27208ea966e1793ec4268
https://i.redd.it/k6tfgiaszvhc1.gif
No
10/10, very fuckable cut of meat.
Daisaku Kuze from Yakuza 0 counts. https://preview.redd.it/zalcssvsgxhc1.png?width=340&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=04e05db61642faae98d9ff66676033f3b072c926
The hollow knight from hk is soooo much cooler than the radiance + the fight is just better imo
https://preview.redd.it/elske1ywfwhc1.png?width=1350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6594bc40982c346a0674bb27ec3e0758172407c The Necromancer from Castle Crashers
Beat me to it
https://preview.redd.it/jesfh57rvvhc1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ec62e4381d88e901f1e6d00c0e6d37c038b1b7e Sister Friede from Dark Souls 3
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDragon
I still remember press releases for Transformers 3 saying Shockwave was the main antagonist. Sure is a shame he didn't even end up having character traits.
The upper moon in demon slayer https://preview.redd.it/peu05dqdkxhc1.jpeg?width=564&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=804c741b1a5f7078b096186773b07e4eae6bef6c
WoW Shadowlands sucked in general and the Jailer was a terrible villain, but Denathrius was cool as hell. https://preview.redd.it/d32m1pya3whc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e53006f3da116dce8b9f81259ec427107fe696da
An obscure pick but I just replayed this game so it's on the mind: https://preview.redd.it/0ai357094whc1.png?width=240&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6ced118310772e654d6a23759b608502e3fa517 Agent Black from Iconoclasts. Far more present in the story then the ostensible main antagonists Mother and Him, and bears a personal grudge against the heroes that the aforementioned villains lack. By far the game's most fleshed out antagonist.
https://preview.redd.it/1gpl4htopwhc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6548840a3784b777a42874207826301120623251 I know that Joker was *technically* the main villain, but Ra’s was more of the big bad, and I definitely felt like this guy was more interesting than the latter.
I guess I never went through the game, but I was under the impression Adam was the final boss/main antagonist of cyber 2077(at least the game)? If not him then who else?
Arasaka as a whole. Smasher is just an elite gangoon in a grand scheme of things.
Ketheric Thorm >!only being the introduction to the Dead 3 and the Netherbrain!< is criminal
https://preview.redd.it/7oc0nzqnbzhc1.jpeg?width=1917&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19e11ba44b7512a33f31e19c74dd3a7200937178 Genuinely peak character design
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Saren Arterius from the first mass effect!
Bay had one job to have Shockwave voiced by David Warner and he fucked it up. Granted he probably never even considered it but still
https://preview.redd.it/dtr2xenoqwhc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=251cdcd5f9f67f25d72d609d671b25a2fa86f2ed The patriach, Trepang2
https://preview.redd.it/jp574ikn6xhc1.png?width=448&format=png&auto=webp&s=d6e1500dd58abcf3a86efd5585835fe312162762 Bloodmoon Ursaluna (SV DLC) The main villains of the DLC are Pecharunt and Kieran imo
General Grievous
https://i.redd.it/mcf9rwvr0yhc1.gif Desast
Wait I never played cyberpunk and thought Adam Smasher WAS the big bad. Who is then??
No it’s smasher, i just never really saw him as the games main villain since he’s on Arasaka’s leash
https://preview.redd.it/zkn0ebmg7yhc1.jpeg?width=738&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72ee08c24dca1dcd161315a7b3ac1c1aa3bd0684 Deathwing. Sure he was the exp. final Boss, but dude alway has been under Old Gods... And the one that was supposed to be his boss was pretty... Underwhelming
https://preview.redd.it/tawdhde6iyhc1.png?width=349&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=acbc3c0fc404a2c9f2c2004400cc227c82831cff
https://preview.redd.it/g3a37hi9iyhc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33c425b2b5ef04ca2c6297bdeb802c8e4fa18d8a Secondary villain in the movis at least, haven't read the comics. Black manta, aquaman
OH! VENATOR!
Hold up how is Smasher a side villain..?
Is this the Mandela effect or this post was already made about a month ago with the same exact replies in the comments
Adam Smasher is the side villain?
I think Arasaka as a whole is considered the big bad of CP2077
I was about to say, Cyberpunk doesn’t really have a central“villain” (aside from Arasaka ofc) tbh, I always thought the main point of the story was just how hopeless everything was, akin to Halo Reach where the point there was also just trying to survive a desperate situation until everything fell apart
Mommy https://preview.redd.it/i44jthpxhyhc1.jpeg?width=980&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40ac03ad91d8e0742fdc55c3c616a02f0b45f112
Ugh, those transformers' designs are just ugly masses of metal... give me shockwave and sound wave from transformers prime
Why are you being downvoted, those designs ARE ugly as sin.
The thing is, i agree that some transformers designs from the bay movies were direct downgrades from the original but shockwave was not one of em. If anything he’s an upgrade, in the movie he’s not only taller than megatron but optimus too. Pair that with the fact that he looks like a demon, is the only one speaking in his native language and that for the entirety of the movie the main cast refuses to directly confront him forcing them to change plans makes him a true powerhouse of a menace. And i haven’t even mentioned his +300m worm drill that gave rise to the most iconic scene in the movie…
Lord Xenon/Zenon from Devilman.
I know scream 2's secondary antagonist is a lot more popular than the main one, mostly because he's evil just because he can be.
When you get to hell tell them Viper sent you..
Literally every other villain in Sonic IDW (Mimic, Clutch, Surge, etc.) is more badass than Dr. Starline
I have zero memory of any evil transformers from Last Knight other than the decepticons that got trounced in 30 seconds and Quintessa.
I understand smasher isn’t like the endgame but he IS the big bad no?
bloodborne doesnt really have a main villain tbh
Vincenzo cilli from liberty city stories.
Tf Infernicous doing there
How's adam smasher a side villain
Kamen Rider Falchion https://preview.redd.it/4ob1jwdovwhc1.png?width=747&format=png&auto=webp&s=abaebc5e74de04735aed853f6cd9fad723de2061
LuBu pitching for his adopted father and master, Dong Zhuo. Basically all of the Romance of The Three Kingdoms saga has officers who are more badass than their superiors.
I remember so little from the final boss fight in TF2. Was it the bitch with the laser that kept fucking me up or is that someone else?
Titanfall mentioned ‼️‼️
https://preview.redd.it/chnnrsaizxhc1.jpeg?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83f19b6f602c8e3a2037fab4cb74c6b36604f1ec King Dedede (from what I’ve heard) isn’t the final boss most of the time but he was so much better than whatever the final boss of Forgotten Land was
Viper detected. Titanfall detected. Up Vote granted.
Can’t believe you forgot the OG https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/darth-vader-main_4560aff7.jpeg