I wonder why we don't get many villain protagonists in videogames.
>>739670001We should have more evil monster protagonists imo. good boy capeshit protags are stale as fuck and overdone to death these days.
>>739670001Half of those characters are morally good heroes
>>739670343None of them are. The closest is Anakin, but his whole arc is becoming a villain.
>>739670001Your average gamer cannot separate fiction from reality. If a character is doing morally evil stuff and happens to be the main character, the part of their brain that maintains imagination starts to question itself. Suddenly Kratos stuffing a woman into a meat grinder or Cartman saying nigger are grounds for moral outrage.
>>739670001why are there so many youtube videos in this stupid format? Is it an AI thing?
>>739670527Even though both of those deeds are based as fuckThat makes them true heroes
>>739670343Not all heroes wear capes.
>>739670001>AnakinAnakin is unambiguously heroic in Episode I, The Clone Wars and the the first half of Episode III. Flawed hero in Episode II.
An argument between them would be priceless!
>>739671618is that rance
>>739670001You mean anti heroes?
>>739670001Why is Norman Bates here? He is clearly a villain
>>739674032Clearly he does not. Most of those are villains who murder innocentsAnti-hero is just an edgy hero
Genuinely one of the best "villain protagonists" in games is the Saints Row 2 BossWill chimp out and seethe when people offer them one sided (but fair in context) deals that cause massive gang wars to break out and then retaliate hard by murdering or maiming people close to the top brass of rival gangs
>>739670343Easy there edgelord
>>739670001
>>739670001There's a few.>Alex Mercer>Crypto>Lucius>Saints Boss>Not ImportantHell, Kratos and Trevor are already in that image.
>>739670001Play redditops the line
>>739674032Depending on the definition, anti hero either means a completely ineffectual loser with no classic heroic qualities as the protagonist, like Guybrush Threepwood, or a morally dubious hero who is nonetheless on the side of right, like Riddick.A villain protagonist is someone like Kain.
>>739674032Anti-heroes just do not have filters in their actions like "I will not kill" for example, they aren't villainous. The Punisher is not a villain but he does fucked up shit, Doom is a villain despite doing good things.
>>739670301Name one "good boy capeshit protag" from the last decade. Comics have shifted to solely focus on subverting the trope. If I see one more "what if the Justice League was like, bad? And corrupt???" I'm gonna fucking puke.
>>739674032An anti-hero does questionable or outright horrific actions in pursuit of a noble outcome or goal. These guys are outright villains of their respective stories, committing horrible acts due to psychopathy, greed, ego, rage and so on.
>>739674571Kain shifted from villain to antihero when he realized darker forces were fucking up Nosgoth.
I want more games where you play as an evil realm conquering warlord leading hordes of monsters, like Overlord or Dungeons.
>>739675257People used to call Light an anti hero
>>739675257Kek you stupid fuck. That's no different than a villain
>>739675789Maybe at the very start, he spirals really fast.
