Sick of being the good guy!
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Well you already mentioned Dungeon Keeper, so I'm fresh out of ideas. Just type evil protagonist into Google or something.
Unless I'm mistaken, there are plenty of games like that. I think one of the main selling points of Lord of the Rings: Conquest [http://www.gametrailers.com/game/lord-of-the-rings-conquest/6742] was a "what if" campaign where you played as the forces of Sauron. Granted, the game wasn't too well received but if being evil is what matters, it might be worth checking out (if you can find it). I'm also fairly sure there's an evil campaign on Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II [http://www.gametrailers.com/game/lord-of-the-rings-battle/2078], I'm absolutely certain there is one in the expansion, since it's pretty much built around the idea. Unfortunately, I know from looking for it that it's pretty hard to get a hold of these days, unless you resort to piracyKarnot said:
Aside from that, I would say give InFamous a try. It still has that "you can be evil but you still have to stay on the main quest" angle that you seem to dislike, but It's still very much about choosing to be good or bad, rather than offering moral choices.
Mass Effect in ME1 your Renegade actions are just being a douche in ME3 you are a straight up serial killer
any Bethesda game.
FO1/2 you can kill kids in it without mods.
any Bethesda game.
FO1/2 you can kill kids in it without mods.
Dark Souls.
Granted, it certainly won't benefit you much, but you can kill pretty much everyone and then engulf the world in darkness.
Granted, it certainly won't benefit you much, but you can kill pretty much everyone and then engulf the world in darkness.
Not that I want to detract from your goal here, but I've done it. Still worth doing (great game), but I will suggest not just slaughtering entire towns. If you kill certain people before they give up certain information, you will lose the game. So save often, and insure you get what you need from them before ornamenting their heads on your wall. >Malyc said:
There are varying degrees of evil, and mine tend to be the "If you are of no use to me, I kill you" variety. Hence, shopkeepers, contacts, stooges, etc are generally safe... until they end their usefulness.DevilWithaHalo said:Not that I want to detract from your goal here, but I've done it. Still worth doing (great game), but I will suggest not just slaughtering entire towns. If you kill certain people before they give up certain information, you will lose the game. So save often, and insure you get what you need from them before ornamenting their heads on your wall. >Malyc said:
There is a good game that i have on the PC called Evil Genius. Its quite old, but you get to play a criminal mastermind and cause all sorts of havoc. I have plenty of fun killing people XD
I can agree with most of what you said, but that is just the trick to remember when making an "evil" avatar in these games. "Stubbs the Zombie" is a pretty good example of how to make a Zombie avatar in the game. It was played up for laughs and had its tongue firmly in its cheek, but you really do feel like playing as a zombie in that game.Xenedus said:
I can agree that an "evil" avatar is one that thinks they are doing good but perform "evil" actions to get to that goal: A Paladin burning all women because a prophecy of a witch will destroy his god's land is a good example. But would evil character's be stupid or cowards? I don't think so. One quote I like about the difference between a villain and hero is, "A hero is praised in one town, but seen as a villain in another town." You could have a villain that is respected or seen as a hero from one faction in the game yet be a villain to another faction. For example: Say an army of demons or vampires are being slaughtered by a holy army, and if this continues the demons/vampires will be wiped out. They decide to send a succubus (you) behind enemy lines and assassinate key targets to turn the tide of the war, or capture and use humans as "breeding cattle" on the enemy side to regrow the force in the future. The player needs to do evil actions in order to win in the game, but from the perspective of the faction they come from (demons or vampires), they are doing "good."Xenedus said:
Even if the villain avatar was a coward, there could be conflict. This would work great for a stealth game where the villain has to sneak around a city or peaceful region so he doesn't get caught doing what he is doing.
I was gonna say Fallout New Vegas, since I just recently went on a mohave-wide killing spree in it just to see if I could still complete the game (I could and did), but that would be beating the proverbial dead horse.
For more cartoonish, mustache-twirling evil...
So I have nothing to add but a picture linked to a wikipedia page.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Genius_(video_game)]
For more cartoonish, mustache-twirling evil...
... yeah, that.AC10 said:
So I have nothing to add but a picture linked to a wikipedia page.
You know where this good guy thing really doesn't make sense? Grand theft auto. I don't care if you're killing gangsters from a position of moral superiority, you're still killing a ton of gangsters. For god's sake, the only way to get a car is by stealing it. Do I really still have to be a good guy in this fucking series? Why?
You can be a gigantic evil dick in Civilization games.
Just to try my damn best to terrify the AI, I raze every capital city I conquer to the ground, incite troublesome cities I own to revolt, then swoop in with a nearby army and put them down.
I enslave innocents, use biochemical weaponry, use nukes to solve ANY problem, and my tradition when I find the last enemy city on the map, is to line up all my nearby units, circle the city and just bombard with everything I have, until it's gone, the ground around it is irradiated and the entire part of that map looks like a nightmare.
To sum up, Civilization allows you to be evil on a planetary scale.
Just to try my damn best to terrify the AI, I raze every capital city I conquer to the ground, incite troublesome cities I own to revolt, then swoop in with a nearby army and put them down.
I enslave innocents, use biochemical weaponry, use nukes to solve ANY problem, and my tradition when I find the last enemy city on the map, is to line up all my nearby units, circle the city and just bombard with everything I have, until it's gone, the ground around it is irradiated and the entire part of that map looks like a nightmare.
To sum up, Civilization allows you to be evil on a planetary scale.