Famicom Dojo Podcast: Play as the Villain

by Sean "TheOrange" Corse, filed in Famicom Dojo Podcast, Podcasts on Jan.03, 2013

Rarely do games place you in the role of the villain. Either it’s too difficult, tongue-in-cheek and therefore not serious, or being a villain is ultimately too unpalatable to pull off except for the briefest moments. Vinnk and Sean take a look at the games that try to bridge this gap, whether or not they were successful, and just which ones are worth playing — even if it’s juts for laughs. Also, we DIDN’T forget the most obvious example, we just saved the best for last!

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Tags: Amiga, Bard's Tale, Commodore 64, Devil's Attorney, Nintendo, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Wario

BumblebeeZ3

Rampage
Overlord
Some Godzilla games?
Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen

(When you go around draining villagers of their blood, you aren’t really a “good” Vampire.)

Brave was a good movie.

I don’t consider Miles Edgeworth to be a “bad guy.”

http://www.facebook.com/jbandy345 Joe Bandy

Even in the backstory of LoK and Soul Reaver you can see what a villain Kain is. He’s a bloody tyrant.

http://www.facebook.com/jacknife451 William Talley

I don’t know if I’d say Hitman is a game where you play as a bad guy. Particularly in Blood Money, most of the guys you have to kill are douchebags. One of his targets operated a child slave ring and another is part of a right wing terror group out to kill a civil rights activist. The new one, Absolution, has you on the run from your former agency.

Evil Genius is a good game where you play as the villain. In fact you have to construct a secret base, kill spies and tourists, and assemble a group of henchmen.

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