Poll: Villains

[Archangel]

Vote for the bad guy.

[Archangel]

This is fucking hard.

[Kerjack]

After being stumped about this since it was put up I went ahead and voted Saren because
A. He needs some love
B. Out of everyone he it the one I'd most want to see on the silver screen.
C. I voted for Fallout3 in the RPG thread.

[Archangel]

I'd have loved to see Sin in a movie.


And then I got my wish, only the movie was called Cloverfield.

[Bizz]

Tough call between Psycho Mantis and Sephiroth but decided on Sephiroth because Psycho Mantis isn't my favorite MGS villain while Sephiroth was my favorite FF villain.

That and you get to smack his ass with an Omnislash.

nxcDGeNOeMk

[Pax Britannia]

I still dont get why Psycho Mantis is included and Liquid Snake isnt.

[Archangel]

I still dont get why Psycho Mantis is included and Liquid Snake isnt.

Because there was nothing special about Liquid? You shot at him when he was in a great big robot, then you went toe to toe with him on top of the same, and finally, you shot at him in a vehicle chase. Big deal. Mantis, on the other hand...

[Pax Britannia]

Because there was nothing special about Liquid? You shot at him when he was in a great big robot, then you went toe to toe with him on top of the same, and finally, you shot at him in a vehicle chase. Big deal. Mantis, on the other hand...

I mean in terms of storyline. Mantis was just a stooge, if it wasnt for the whole controller swapping thing he wouldnt be very memorable.

[Bizz]

Because there was nothing special about Liquid? You shot at him when he was in a great big robot, then you went toe to toe with him on top of the same, and finally, you shot at him in a vehicle chase. Big deal. Mantis, on the other hand...

BROTHER!

I'd say the whole bunch from the les enfants terrible project are special. It's more than just the battle that makes a villain a villain.

[Archangel]

Sure, but with all the ridiculously imaginative villains Kojima throws at you, I found fighting Liquid to be, say, a bit too straightforward - with one exception: the Liquid/Ocelot fistfight at the end of MGS4.

I'm leaning towards Sephiroth, though: If his appearance in FFVII hadn't made him awesome enough, his optional (hard as fuck) boss roles in Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2 should put him over the top.

Plus, THAT fucking music.

[Pax Britannia]

Sure, but with all the ridiculously imaginative villains Kojima throws at you, I found fighting Liquid to be, say, a bit too straightforward - with one exception: the Liquid/Ocelot fistfight at the end of MGS4.

That fight has gone down in my memory as one of the greatest gaming moments of my life. During that whole fight I mad a massive grin on my face, particularly when the snake eater music kicked in.

[Archangel]

I know that my man-love towards ZoE is getting on your nerves, but Anubis was the shit, too.

A final boss whom you cannot beat, no matter what the fuck you do. That's how Kojima sets up a sequel. And then, the satisfaction of zero-shifting his arse all the way to hell in ZoE2...

[Pax Britannia]

I loved the original ZoE but I never picked up the sequel. I hope he makes one for the PS3.

[Archangel]

I loved the original ZoE but I never picked up the sequel. I hope he makes one for the PS3.

I still contend that ZoE2 is the best looking game on the PS2, full stop.

As for a PS3 sequel...

In a recent GameSpot interview with Kojima, he was asked about a third installment of the game. His response was: "I've been getting questions about that, and I've pretty much counted each one as a demand...I'll be sure to count that one too." An even more recent interview describes Hideo Kojima as saying: "I want to make it, but I'm so busy with MGS4 that I have to focus on that right now." While no confirmations of a third game were made, the possibility of one has been brought to attention many times. Kojima has even stated that he "has an idea for the next Zone of the Enders game"

[Bizz]

I wouldn't even know what ZOE was if it didn't come out with the MGS2 demo. But I played it and loved it.

[Pax Britannia]

I wouldn't even know what ZOE was if it didn't come out with the MGS2 demo. But I played it and loved it.

Thats why I bought it. But ended up really enjoying the game.

[Archangel]

I just read "mecha" and "Kojima" in some games magazine and ran to the next store.

[Archangel]

*boner*

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[Ocelot]

This was tough, but I had to give it up to Psycho Mantis.


BROTHER!

I'd say the whole bunch from the les enfants terrible project are special. It's more than just the battle that makes a villain a villain.

I loved Dead Cell from MGS2. I am probably one of the few people that actually tried to listen to all the codec calls to Hal and Stillman concerning those guys. There was so much to be heard there, and so much backstory- it was brilliant. I wish they had the same thing for MGS3.. instead the bosses just explode? (Apparently some sort of last resort/suicide device so no trace of them is left..?) A bit disappointing, but great stuff nonetheless.

[HarbingerofBoom]

Where's all the Gannondorf love?

[Will-Kill]

I always liked Sagat, he could go match up well aganist anybody while his story grew from a villian to almost a anti-hero.

[NoGravitas]

Sephiroth - because after he kill Aeris you really, truly hate him. Thats what makes a good bad guy. You have to hate him as much as the hero does.

[Archangel]

You hate Cloud? I mean, the guy's a bit emo, but still.

[Mustard]

I'm 23% certain he meant you're supposed to hate the villain as much as you like the hero.

[Archangel]

I, however, am 90% certain that he just forgot to put the word "does" at the end of the sentence.

[Mustard]

On the other hand, I am 64.7% certain that of any villain on this list, the one I hated the most was Sephiroth.

[hatepoppy]

i voted for sephiroth not because i hated the sexy fucker, but because he was just that fucking badass. the sumbitch fucking skewered the midgar zolom on a tree!!!! i mean, how fuckin awesomesauce is that?

[Mustard]

The only other villain up there I truly hated was Kefka.

He poisoned a fucking village's river for fucks sake. Who does that?

[hatepoppy]

The only other villain up there I truly hated was Kefka.

He poisoned a fucking village's river for fucks sake. Who does that?
everyfuckingbody pollutes the balls out of rivers.

[Mustard]

pollutes? sure. intentionally poisons to kill everybody in the village? not so much.

[hatepoppy]

pollutes? sure. intentionally poisons to kill everybody in the village? not so much.
so kefka = monsanto?

[Mustard]

Meh. What Sephiroth did was worse. Fire > poison.

[Hoser]

How can Bowser not win, he is THE bad guy.

[hatepoppy]

fuck nintendo. mario straight damn blows.

[Mustard]

How can Bowser not win, he is THE bad guy.
Because Bowser is a bitch.

[hatepoppy]

im sayin.

[Archangel]

Dang skippy.

[Archangel]

Kane should have been nominated.

[Mustard]

Kane is pretty badass, but isn't that mother fucker like 80 years old? He has to be.

[NoGravitas]

I, however, am 90% certain that he just forgot to put the word "does" at the end of the sentence.

Edited. Lol - never noticed the ambiguity there. Cloud is a bit of a whiney bitch though.

[NoGravitas]

Kane should have been nominated.

Which Kane are we talking about? Theres a whole bunch of Kain/Kanes in video games.

[Archangel]

Nod, fool.

[NoGravitas]

Nod, fool.

Oh yeah that guy. Christ its been ages since i played a command and conquer game. Tiberium sun was awesome back in the day.

[Will-Kill]

Kane is pretty badass, but isn't that mother fucker like 80 years old? He has to be.


Time Travel, not to mention faking your death/returning from the dead.

[Archangel]

Also, he has Tricia Helfer working for him.


The bastard.

[TheImpossibleMan]

I'm surprised Andrew Ryan isn't up here.

[Pax Britannia]

Andrew Ryan was a hero.

[TheImpossibleMan]

He was a murderer and a tyrant who espoused a silly worldview, and you spend the best parts of the game trying to kill him. Even if you buy into his/Ayn Rand's nonsensical worldview, he was definitely an antagonist.

Though I do admire the fact that he killed himself in order to take back control of his life. Very existential.

[Pax Britannia]

Though I do admire the fact that he killed himself in order to take back control of his life. Very existential.

Yeah that was pretty awesome.