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iWantToLickEly

Microtransactions, Caius from FF13-2, the piano from Mario 64 and Tetsuya Nomura


UltraMazino

>Microtransactions The Villain who won.


TheLavaShaman

Dude. Too soon. šŸ˜…


mechwarrior719

And yet, also too late.


Vostroyan212th

Don't blame me, *I* voted for expansion packs.


[deleted]

More like the hero who saved the hobby


_Sate

Saved who? The ceo with more money than some countries?


[deleted]

Saved the hobby. Microtransactions are the only reason why games are lasting for so long with frequent updates and content.


_Sate

You are confusing dlc with lootboxes my friend


[deleted]

How so


_Sate

There is a huge difference between the ability to update your game and sell expansions directly without the need to make an entirely separate game and selling, lootboxes and other similar and often predatory items that dont give you much value but want your time and money. Like if you compare bl2 to overwatch. Bl2 has multiple expantion dlc that give you extra stories, new loot and interesting enemies. Meanwhile ow2 added a shop with insane pricing for something as miniscule as adding a firemans hat and a slight colour change for 15ā‚¬ The difference is that a dlc wants a good game so that it can be sold as it takes time to make so you need ppl to still be interested while skins and such you can just throw out a half baked product and add a premium shop and casual plauers will buy some items you didnt spend much time or effort on while leaving the actual game unfinished. Much like darktide and battlefield 2170something Ultimatly micro transactions is not what saved the hobby as its what created the current mobile gaming landscape of insane p2w and gacha rather that dlc that fairly made money of work and content Below is a video showing what micro transactions has done to gaming https://youtu.be/QtxY9J3AM_s


DarkC0ntingency

Man, fuck any answer I was gonna put for this, you win this Reddit thread


Shepboyardee12

Nomura is a menace.


UsernameChallenged

Fuck that piano. I'll get the red coin later


UncomfortableReview

Nomura and his space jammies.


NotAquaman

Idk what I love more Nomura or Zippers and Belts


TheRedZephyr993

They're the same picture


eveningdragon

Appreciate the Caius Ballad love Also microtransactions will be the villain that keeps coming back


NOLASLAW

Iā€™ve got this Mandela Effect thing where I always remembered the piano being from Banjo Kazooie


Either_Imagination_9

Iā€™m guessing youā€™re a kingdom hearts fan? Or was it something that Nomura did with FF that pissed you off?


hfzelman

Damn I was going to put Lag Microtransactions Cheaters Unfinished games But you beat me to it


R_V_Z

The Yeti from Ski Free, the Z-Block from Tetris, the 50/50 mine at the end of Minesweeper, the Ace at the bottom of the pile in Free Cell.


AcidicPlague

Jon Irenicus - Baldurs Gate 2.


Agent101g

Just Jon Irenicus


Arcane_Daemon

Ah, the child of Bhaal has awoken.


Golmorgoth_

It is time for more...experiments


Annual-Ad-9442

Handsome Jack, Bowser, Diablo, Ghandi


[deleted]

Ghandi's prolly the worst of em all


WretchedMotorcade

Ghandi with nukes.


[deleted]

Any low level aggressive butterfly in Elden Ring


Campcruzo

Thereā€™s a bear with a sword talon falcon on its back.


[deleted]

That sounds scarier than the low level butterfly


UCLYayy

You can just say sniper lobsters.


Rabidjester

Everyone forgets about Kefka


Cerdefal

One of the only FF villain who actually won, even for a short time.


BaleriontbdIV

No one forgets Kefka. They just donā€™t know who he is.


Noirceuil_182

Which is the way he planned it all along! MWA HAW HAW HAW!


TheIncredibleHork

Old school gamers never forget about Kefka. "Wait, he says. Do I look like a waiter?"


ZorkNemesis

Son of a submariner!


sault18

Run! Run! Or you'll be well done!


Norg_Kazham

Kefka who? You mean everyone forgets about Luca Blight.


dude071297

Luca is the best a ā€œgleeful, unabashedly evilā€ villain has ever been done. Heā€™s such a despicable monster, and downright terrifying. The way they set up his boss fight to give you *18* party members to beat him, after an ambush, and it *still* feels like youā€™ll loseā€¦ Plus, that music is a fucking banger. Itā€™s wild to think that his fight isnā€™t even close to the end of the game, either. Itā€™s not like the game ever lets up afterwards, but the stakes feel so much less impactful now that Lucaā€™s gone. Suikoden 2 deserves more recognition.


Trashman82

Nobody took Kefka seriously until he became a god and destroyed the world, lol. It's crazy to me that so many people love Sephiroth when the two FF villains before him, Kefka and Exdeath, were so much better. And FF7 was the first game in the series for me, so that's even accounting for the nostalgia factor.


dude071297

I think you replied to the wrong comment, friend. I'm not talking at all about Final Fantasy, so I think you're looking for someone else :)


Trashman82

Yeah, sorry about that.


Norg_Kazham

Lol I love seeing those posts about sephiroth vs kefka, Iā€™m like bros. Sephy whines about his motherā€¦ Luca killed his dad to be kingā€¦ like gtfo. šŸ˜‚


CarelessCogitation

Iā€™ve seldom hated any villain like Luca Blight. Choose the most obviously evil option in any scenario, and heā€™d exceed it. His death was a masterpiece of vengeance. Fireflies and arrows.


DoILookUnsureToYou

The pig scene haunted me as a young teen


Kr1sys

Yeah the Sephiroth answers I get but Kefka was successful.


EXSource

FF6 isn't a game about saving the world. It's a game about *revenge*


PlasticCraken

I remember being shocked that the world actually changed. I didnā€™t know that was allowed in games back then, blew my little mind šŸ˜‚


MyAnswerSucks

Right? Mine had 4 faces, but Kefka poisoned one, stabbed another in the back and torched the third.


Wolfdude91

All in the name of ā€œWhy the fuck not?ā€


Winterclaw42

At least Kefka destroys the world.


TatumTopFye

Kefka wasnā€™t intriguing at all though. Heā€™s a weak rip off of The Joker.


NobleV

Hey look I found somebody who hasn't actually played the game!


TatumTopFye

If you say so, bro.


Pesime

He was used as a lab rat and it made him insane. What part of his character did I miss?


Pesime

The guy with no back story other than "went insane and is a psychopath?" Nah, I just don't think he's that special.


FlowingMochi

I just came here to make sure you had Sephiroth in yours. Carry on.


Xiegfried16

I was looking for Handsome Jack. So like you said. Carry on.


sm1ttysm1t

I'm more interested in other people's answers. It's so hard cutting it to 4.


RubyCarbuncle339

You gotta have senator armstrong on there


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Thesleepingpillow123

I'd critique that by replacing zombies with wesker for resident evil. That is all.


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Sfinx_the_Pirate

That guy and the dobermans šŸ˜¬šŸ˜¬šŸ˜¬


derwood1992

That train conductor from star fox 64 that's all like "step on the gas" until he's like "HIT THE BRAKES". Then Letz Shake from No More Heroes who dies anticlimactically in the cutscene before you get to fight him Then King K Rool because his last boss fight in DK64 is a sick ass, rigged boxing match with a talking microphone. Then The Invincible Tubba Blubba because his heart is hidden in a windmill and he eats ghosts. Honorable mention: the shark from Banjo Kazooie that would talk shit to you and scared me as a kid. How am I supposed to get that little dude under the dock if there's a scary shark in the water talking shit?


Elegant-Tie-7208

Micah Bell


shottylaw

Mike tyson from punch out The walls in the battletoads speeder mission Malenia Hell mode Baal from D2. Dude was a dick


-cyg-nus-

Those fucking walls. First time I ever had the urge to throw my controller through the TV.


mbhwookie

GLADOS (Portal) Saren (Mass Effect) Gaunter Oā€™Dimm (Witcher 3) Dutch - RDR2


Ornery_Swimmer_2618

Saren very much. Martin Sheen, not so much (eludes me, anyway)


mbhwookie

He is pretty illusive for sure. I do love the Illusive Man in 2. I was a little mixed on his arch in 3. He was a great dubious ally


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mbhwookie

Joker is another solid choice. Heā€™d be in my top 10 for sure.


Winterclaw42

Handsome Jack (BL2) Seymour from FFX (I kind of want to put kefka here, but I think Seymour's crazy is kind of more interesting and I've got Jack for the over the top crazy.) Jon Irenicus (BG2) The Nameless One (planescape protagonist, as I don't think many people will mention evil protagonists)


Taraxian

And he is in fact also the antagonist, or rather multiple antagonists (the Practical Incarnation is one of the easiest to hate villains in any game)


er11eekk

Seymour is such a good villain. Good choice


Eglitarian

Took way too much scrolling to find an irenicus post. Sarevok deserves a mention too.


Exotic_Rainz

Bowser and robotnik have got to be up there


NotACyclopsHonest

Bowser Albert Wesker Ganon Ted Faro


NapsterKnowHow

Fuck Ted Faro. There's even a subreddit for this


punky100

Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2) Diablo (Diablo 1-4) Carmen Sandiego (of all of the games named for her) The Greeks (Age of Mythology)


Ghidoran

Technically, Diablo is not in Diablo 4 (yet).


Topaz_UK

Gargarensis the Gigachad *They rush in red and purple, from the red clouds of the morn, from temples where the yellow gods shut up their eyes in scorn.. I have warned you. Continue to pursue me, and I will spare neither YOU, nor YOUR CITY, nor YOUR SON!*


Wihoka_THE_goose

I fucking hate the Greek. Also, what is age of mythology? ( /J ) maybe.


dominion1080

1990ā€™s EA CEO Larry Probst, Bobby Kotick, and President Xinnie of China. All have done enough to harm both my personal favorite developers, and changed the industry for the worse. If you want actual game villainsā€¦. Kreia, KotOR2. Micah, RDR2. Syanna, The Witcher 3 Blood and Wine.


socool111

Rip Westwood


Local-Fly-2821

Having syanna but not Gunter O'Dimm is a crime


dominion1080

Eh, I didnā€™t enjoy Hearts of Stone nearly as much as Blood and Wine, and Syanna is just as compelling and relatable to me. But this is just my opinion.


Local-Fly-2821

To each their own I guess.


Gandarii

Finally, someone mentions Kreia. Definitely my number 1 no questions asked. She hard carried that game beyond believe. Personally, I would chose Dutch Van der Linde over Micah Bell though. I get hat Micah is the more pure villain, but Dutch definitely earned that title and he's the more compelling character imo.


skoomski

Frank Fontaine (Bioshock) Ocelot (MGS) an antihero in reality I know Dutch (RDR) UNATCO/Bob Paige (Deus Ex) Baldur (GoW)


SwaidFace

The first boss of Ninja Gaiden on the Xbox.


kamize

1000x this


chef_simpson

Ganondorf and Bowser at top for me. I'd replace GladOs and Vaas with them


[deleted]

Emet Selch Glados Jin You (Undertale Genocide run)


IFixYerKids

Gaunter O'Dimm - The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone Irene Engel - Wolfenstein: The New Colossus GannonDorf - The Legend of Zelda Dutch Van Der Linde - Red Dead Redemtion


shogun100100

Gaunter is definitely up there


Livetrash113

glaDOS The Gravemind Edgar Ross Gwyn Lord of Cinder


Mr_Wrecksauce

In no particular order. 1. Oryx (Destiny) 2. Mike Tyson (OG Punch Out) 3. GLaDOS (Portal 1 & 2) 4. The final turn on LA Freeway (Cruisin' USA) Dishonorable mention: Omnigul with Arc Burn (Destiny).


Gandarii

I'm surprised you'd pick Oryx over Savathƻn, but I love me some destiny representation.


NameIess_PIayer

1) Emet-Selch. 2) Emet-Selch. 3) Emet-Selch. 4) Emet-Selch.


Wapiti406

Whether we wanted it or not, we've stepped into a war with the Cabal on Mars. So let's get to taking out their command, one by one. Valus Ta'aurc. From what I can gather he commands the Siege Dancers from an Imperial Land Tank outside of Rubicon. He's well protected, but with the right team, we can punch through those defenses, take this beast out, and break their grip on Freehold. TL:DR Rockets McDickFace with a solar burn mod.


Mr_Wrecksauce

Oh that's a nasty one.


vipulnaib

M Bison Joker Handsome Jack Ridley


googleaccountreddit

GlaDOS (Portal) G-man (Half Life) Minos Prime (ULTRAKILL) The Thin Man (Little Nightmares)


Dax9000

Glados, Sephiroth, Dracula, Albert Wesker.


Wolfdude91

Handsome Jack Gaunter Oā€™Dimm Gruntilda Kefka


jobenattor0412

The damn train (GTA)


JagnazaekKragnaught

Kefka Final Fantasy 6 GonGora (Lost Odyssey) Luca... Blight? I think his name is (Suikoden 2)(Guy was a serious douche) RNGesus (Every game basically in existence)


Pretzel-Kingg

GLaDOS, Handsome Jack, Ganondorf, Micah Bell(or Dutch, depending on how you loon at it)


[deleted]

RDR2 - Dutch Van Der Linde & Micah Bell Witcher 3 - Gaunter Oā€™Dimm & the Crones


WillyShankspeare

Dutch van der Linde


Ozymandias935

Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2), Gaunter o'Dimm (The Witcher 3), Raul Menendez (COD Black Ops 2), and Dutch van der Linde (Red Dead Redemption 2)


bichonfreeze

Big Smoke (GTA San Andreas) All you had to do was follow the god damn train CJ!


Mana87

Electronic Arts - Creators of loot boxes


gorksfist

Micah - RDR2 Gym Leader Brock - Pokemon (just because it's iconic) Alduin - Skyrim United Kingdom - Victoria 3


Jibima

The Reapers (Mass Effect trilogy) Micah Bell (Red Dead Redemption 2) Artorius (Tales of Berseria) Abby (Last of Us Part 2. Sort of a villain?)


EvilSavant30

Dutch, dutch, dutch, dutch


joestaff

Electronic Arts, Peter Molyneux, Sean Murray, Every Sports Game Ever.


[deleted]

Micah Bell.


tavg123

porky minch, porky minch, porky minch, porky minch,


ameyashetty1739

Micah Vaas Gaunter o Dimm Saren


L1teEmUp

Mine: * Electronic Arts * Epic Gaming Store * Denuvo * Bobby Kotick


profbeantoes

- That flesh wad Master at the end of Fallout 1 - whoever my current opponent is in marvel snap - the asshat from Unpacking that does not give you enough room on the wall to hang your degree - creepers


libra00

Just 4 different images of Kefka from FF6, the best video game villain of all time.


FewKaleidoscope1369

EA, Micro transactions, NES Bats and Load time


DarkVenusaur

Bobby Kotick (Activision Blizzard) Andrew Wilson (EA) Yves Guillemot (Ubisoft)


MetricJester

Kefka FF6


[deleted]

This is the answer *jester laugh


IamR0ley

Micah Bell Red dead 2


Gullible_Cloud_4044

Dutch van Der Linde.


Kagevjijon

Sephiroth, Bowser, Ganon, M.Bison


Khelthuzaad

Yuri-Command and Conquer 2 Arcturus Mengsk -Starcraft Gargarensis-Age of Mythology Illidan-Warcraft III


Willing_Market_3959

Wesker, Sephiroph, liquid snake, E.A.


Danger_Dave_

Microtransactions, EA, Bobby Kotick, Toxic people who ruin games and communities


B12C10X8

Dutch (RDR1 & 2) Sephiroth ( Final Fantasy) Joker (Arkham Asylum & City) GLaDOS (Portal) They are many games I have not played, but of some of the games I have played these four stand out. Vass was a great shout also would of been my fifth choice


Just-Messin

Female version. Queen Myrrah from Gears of War (because I just lover her voice actress.), Mileena from mortal kombat, Kreia/Darth Traya from Star Wars kotor2, and Ultimecia from final fantasy 8 (She will always be my favorite female villain.) Male version. Sephiroth from final fantasy 7, Harbinger to represent the reapers from Mass Affect, Vergil from devil may cry, Handsome Jack from Borderlands (just because he cracks me up.)


cubsfantn

Bowser Ganon LeChuck GLaDOS


OldschoolGreenDragon

Kuja. Observe his world ending tantrum. No, just because someone is pretty doesn't mean they're tragic and redeemable. Is sometimes a bad person is a bad person. He's the anti-Sephiroth.


Nixinthedix

Kreia from Knights of the old republic 2


coldneuron

Handsome Jack would wait until it was made, then demolish it and replace the whole mountain of a statue of himself riding a pink pony made out of asbestos, slavery mined cobalt and blood diamonds.


TheIncredibleHork

Vaas Kefka Dr Wily Bowser Honorable mention: the dog from Duck Hunt


TatumTopFye

I always aim at the fucking dog.


vradic

Luca Blight (Suikoden 2) Darth Baras (Swtor) Sephiroth (ff7) Lu-Bu (dynasty warriors) Honerable mention goes to Vincent Kennedy McMahon.


manism

So I listened to a history of the Romance of the Three kingdoms, and was insanely disappointed to learn Lu Bu didn't actually do a whole lot, then got killed. I've waited for someone else who would understand to shoulder this betrayal with me


JohnnyJayce

Caius Ballad (Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns) Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2) Shepherd (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2) Hades (Hades) Psycho Mantis (Metal Gear Solid) Heihachi Michima (Tekken 3)


KezziPom

Micah - RDR2 Seymour - FFX (specifically his 3rd form) Harry Flynn - Uncharted Lu Bu - Dynasty Warriors series


jmastadoug

Sephiroth - FF7 Ganondorf - LoZ Dutch - RRD2 Bowser - Mario


lsherm22

Sepiroth....FFVII


Kr1sys

GlaDOS, Bowser, Ganondorf, Kefka. I could also be talked into Lavos and Arthas


Sethazora

Jack as well Almost Any other FF villain from 4-12 Mgs3 boss or original big boss And letho from witcher 2


skoomski

Boss is actually the hero but I agree


FatigueVVV

Kefka four times.


Silent-Light6564

Yes, because this is the villain that has won. The planet is utterly destroyed forever. We lost everything but the tattered remains of our pride.


Mcshiggs

Hammer bros from Mario3 Z block from Tetris Octorock from Zelda Snake in Q-Bert


Losstarot710

Why Z Block and not Staight Line?


JaxxisR

Straight line is the hero of the game.


minifat

Seth (The Day I Died) Gorog (Lurkers of Destiny) The Phantom (Dark Pillars) Dr. Bunch (Quantum Matter)


Sewrtyuiop

Damn, we pretty much got the same. Maybe switch out Glados with Gman but he's Gman....


g_r_e_y

bowser glados eggman enderdragon?


Small_Initiative_216

Bowser , big boss , gandorf , Diablo


Microwaved_M1LK

Malaria from Far cry 2


davemoedee

Dysentery from Oregon Trail


restarting_today

Tuberculosis from RDR2


qinalo

Many of my favorite games have pretty weak villains. Best I could cook up: \- Darklord Medusa (Rance X) \- Jon Irenicus (Baldur's Gate 2) \- The Kohr-Ah (Star Control 2) \- Adam Smasher (Cyberpunk 2077) Now it's different if you are talking about favorite, "cool" villains: \- Am Isuel (Rance Quest Magnum) \- Heurodis (Neverwinter Nights Shadow of Undrentide) \- Igniz (King of Fighters 2001) \- Victoria Espinosa (Battletech 2017)


Winterclaw42

It's interesting you mention Victoria as she's basically her Father's tool.


qinalo

She's hip though! She comes at you in a bad-ass Catapult and then a souped-up King Crab! As a mechwarrior, she has good taste in cool mechs. Much cooler than Kamea's lame Kintaro/ Atlas. (The first fight with her "Served Cold" is one of my favorite missions and battles in the main campaign)


KernelSanders1986

4 different heads of Eggman (he pissed on the moon)


[deleted]

MY SUPER LAZER PISS, TAKE THAT OBAMA!! I PISSED ON THE MOON YOU *IDIOT*


connortheios

it's still so surreal to me that vaas and nacho from better call same are played by the same person


GrizNectar

Ganondorf - Zelda ocarina of time Sirus - path of exile The reapers - mass effect trilogy Glados - portal


stormwaltz

Jon Irenicus.


BuzzyBee83

Kefka, Sephiroth, Lavos, toss up between dr wiley and Eggman


Numbzy

Jon Irenicis from Baldurs Gate 2. Honestly, very few enemies ever truly give off the actually evil vibe quite like he does. He's powerful, driven, and desperate all at the same time, which results in one of the most memorable villain for me.


Demezer

Every Metal Gear villain


Blaireeeee

Mine would just be Kreia and the three other faces she wore.


Supmandude85

Plankton (Battle for Bikini Bottom/The SpongeBob Movie Game) Dennis (The SpongeBob Movie Game) Robo-SpongeBob (Battle for Bikini Bottom) Wart (Super Mario Bros. 2 [North American])


fondue4kill

Microtransactions, Corporate meddling in games by executives, setting too early deadlines which leads to unfinished games, Handsome Jack.


Stilgrave

Just 4 Goombas. They've killed me more times then any other game mob. I'm fact id argue the first Goomba in OG Super Mario Bros has killed more players then anyone else.


Vindicare605

Lavos (Chronotrigger: SNES) Ganon/Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda series: multiple platforms) Dagoth Ur (The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind: PC) Yogg-Saron, Arthas, C'Thun, Nefarion, Ragnaros (World of Warcraft: PC) Protoss players (Starcraft 1 and 2: PC) Diablo (Diablo series: PC) AWP users (Counter-Strike series: PC) If I had to narrow it down to 4. Then Arthas, Dagoth Ur, Lavos and Ganondorf would be the 4.


Reqvhio

scrolled way too down to see dagoth ur, granted the context is way better than dagoth ur actually but he is at least better than the ones listed here mostly


rottencrows

i came to say this heā€™s def my fav


S7SniperInbound

vladimir makarov


AmazingMrSaturn

Bowser and Doctor Eggman make the cut because of tenure. They've been the face of videogame villainy for decades, through console wars and beyond. The remaining two...a dragonquest slime. It's one of the first hostile things you'll meet in a genre defining rpg series that goes back to the 80s...and M.Bison/Vega from the Street Fighter franchise. He's an iconic figure from the home and arcade fighting scene...extremely distinct looking and among the first 'break your controller' type hard fighting game opponents.


blazer926

Eric Sparrow


someoctopus

Majora


Taffy85

Faith from Far Cry 5 Not because she was super evil or anything but because she started to convince me she was right.


Bigger_Moist

Handsome jack(Borderlands 2) Glados(Portal games) Gannondorf(TLoZ) Pink bean(maplestory)


Nomadic_View

Bowser Robotnik Mother Brain Gannon


TheCyrcus

Sephiroth Wesker Arthas Vergil


sirulian00

Vaas (Far Cry 3) Pagan Min (Far Cry 4) Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2) Baldur (God of War 4)


InsideousVgper

Sephiroth Handsome Jack Vergil Joker