GameDynamo - "While it's true that mature storytelling often requires moral ambiguity and a lack of distinct borders between good and evil, it's also true that people enjoy rooting for the hero. A great way to make characters heroic is to pit them against an utterly despicable villain. Here are some of gaming's best examples of horrific antagonists, the kinds of villains who make players keep playing in order to end their miserable existences."
Resident Evil 5 launched 15 years ago today - and it continues to stand as a stepping stone from the good to the bad.
One of my favourites because of the co-op. Then Resi 6 arrived and the series nosedived further.
I enjoyed the game co-oping with a friend I know the game in solo the AI can be an idiot but RE5 is way better then RE6. I played RE6 with a friend if it wasn't cheap when I got I would have avoided RE6.
5 was excellent, still play Mercs with my brother.
I would love a fully remastered RE:5, with some added, reworked content. The DLC for 5 was also excellent.
6 was awful.
I never understood why the game was misunderstood. It was a fantastic game at launch and is still fun today to play. It’s as action packed as Resident Evil 4 was, yet that’s regarded a masterpiece 🤷♂️
it was "misunderstood" because they introduced co-op into the franchise at a time when people loved to have fake rage about co-op. like, you could play the game as a solo experience, but people chose to have their bandwagon rage because it was cool at the time lol
What the hell are you talking about? Fake Rage? Bandwagon? Come on.
You can play it solo but you are forced to carry around a shitty AI partner you have to micro manage. It wasn't as fun solo.
Co-op sucked all the horror, tension and suspense from the game because having a partner covering you was like a safety net. Enemy trying to sneak up on you? No sweat the AI will just automatically lock on, alert you while they shoot first telling you where they are basically.
It was the start of Capcoms fall with the Resident Evil series where it basically become an over the top generic action game which betrayed it's own survival horror roots. Least RE4 had a good blend of both but Capcom just went the wrong way with RE5, especially going off what they were going to do during the RE4.5 beta phase before co-op was added.
At least the game was a ton of fun tho. If the game was bad, the outrage would’ve been justified. They simply pivoted for a couple of games. At this point it’s bad because it’s called Resident evil 5? But if was called something else it would’ve been good? Please.
like i said: fake baby rage and bandwagon hate. res4 wasn't really that scary, either, and was already taking the series into more of an action-oriented direction at the time. 5 was a good game that people fake-hated because of co-op that you didn't even have to play lol hence the fake rage and bandwagon hate. i mean, it obviously did well enough for capcom to go ahead and make 6 the way they did, right? if 5 was so bad, they would have changed what 6 was during development. the difference is that 6 was actually just bad.
people "hate" 5 because res4 was so good, and 5 was just unfortunate enough to be its successor. like i said, 4 wasn't scary, either, and relied more on tension than horror, but it was already more of an action game. if you don't wanna like 5 because it's not scary or whatever- that's fine, but it wasn't meant to be strictly a horror game anymore at that point anyways. the gameplay was a lot faster-paced than 4, so saying that the ai helping you by potentially shooting someone that was sneaking up behind you is a moot point. there were more enemies that were more aggressive, along with newer threats.
5 isn't as good as 4, but it's not a bad game by any stretch.
What? I always thought RE5 had fake controversy because it was set in South Africa and you shot a bunch of black zombies. I live in South Africa and thought the game was absolutely awesome, played the whole thing co-op with my brother.
@Foxtrot I think you're confusing the garbage Dead Space 3 with Resident Evil 5. Resident Evil 4 was already a hyper action game and had zero fear factor other than the grotesque appearance of some enemies.
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BLG writes, "There are many fantastic and iconic weapons in game history, but some are significantly more memorable than others. When we think of iconic game weapons, these are the top 20 that come to mind."
You forgot one and it's a doozy. The weapon is kindness in undertale. :) defeats countless enemies.
I'm glad Rodrigo Borgia from Assassin's Creed 2 is on the list. He was the villian and he became the damn pope lol
Awesome, Kefka is without a doubt the most evil. Glad to see Xehanort on there as well though!
Kefka was pretty awful. You could tell he was just one sick dude. He really gave you motivation to kick his ass. I remember being shocked when one of Kefka's cronies asked about what to do with the women and children. "Are you Kidding?! Kill them too!" was his reply. That really set the tone. The part where he poisoned the water behind the general's back was bad, too. Kefka's hardcore.
Kefka was a true villian and i agree with xehanort too. The latter is the root of all evil in the Kingdom Hearts universe and caused all the trouble but on the other hand I like him, his plan for the darkness is clever and when hr merged with *SPOILER* Terra in BBS i was so shocked but things did click.
Sephiroth wasn't really to blame and was twisted by Hojo etc and had a traumatising time, it showed he had emotion and he was driven to the brink so i am glad he is not on the list.
*EDIT* I don't agree with the ordering and really have no preference considering each game is unique and can't really be compared apart from the acts they show in given situations. All of them are evil though...very evil *laughs evilly*
Glad to see The Doctor on the list, Indie Games have memorable characters too.