Video Games Where You End up as the Villain

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Sometimes, you might be the villain in someone else’s story. No matter how righteous you might think you’re being, you could also be very much in the wrong.

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That’s what these games try to teach us as they twist things around and turn us into the unsuspecting villain.

SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS Blinded by the idea of resurrecting the life of your loved one, you go on a quest to kill all the colossal beings in the world. You know the phrase “I would do anything to bring you back to life?” Yeah, that.

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BIOSHOCK: INFINITE BioShock: Infinite and the Bioshock universe itself gets a little confusing and twisty, especially with its various alternate universes and all that time-traveling business.

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STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC Waking up with no memories on a random ship that is under attack doesn’t sound like a good time at all. But that’s a summary of how you came to be.

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ASSASSIN’S CREED 3 The betrayal of all betrayals. After all the assassinations and heists, you end up finding out that you were playing as a Templar the whole time. Basically, everything you did was to establish the tyrannical New World Order that the other character

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BRAID At first, this game starts out with a typical Mario saving Princess Peach idea in mind, but as you get to the end, you realize that you are no Mario. You’re just a creepy stalker that wants to steal the princess away.

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SPEC OPS: THE LINE We’re sure you can see this coming from a mile away. Spec Ops is one of the more well-known games where your main protagonist turns into an unstable mass murderer.

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Video Games Where You End up as the Villain

Sometimes, you might be the villain in someone else’s story. No matter how righteous you might think you’re being, you could also be very much in the wrong.

That’s what these games try to teach us as they twist things around and turn us into the unsuspecting villain.

SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS Blinded by the idea of resurrecting the life of your loved one, you go on a quest to kill all the colossal beings in the world. You know the phrase “I would do anything to bring you back to life?” Yeah, that.

BIOSHOCK: INFINITE BioShock: Infinite and the Bioshock universe itself gets a little confusing and twisty, especially with its various alternate universes and all that time-traveling business.

STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC Waking up with no memories on a random ship that is under attack doesn’t sound like a good time at all. But that’s a summary of how you came to be.

ASSASSIN’S CREED 3 The betrayal of all betrayals. After all the assassinations and heists, you end up finding out that you were playing as a Templar the whole time. Basically, everything you did was to establish the tyrannical New World Order that the other character

BRAID At first, this game starts out with a typical Mario saving Princess Peach idea in mind, but as you get to the end, you realize that you are no Mario. You’re just a creepy stalker that wants to steal the princess away.

SPEC OPS: THE LINE We’re sure you can see this coming from a mile away. Spec Ops is one of the more well-known games where your main protagonist turns into an unstable mass murderer.

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