Top Ten Video Game Villains

Jirard and Greg celebrate 20k subs and 1 million total hits with a top ten! Here are the top ten villains in gaming.

[Mr_Kuwabara]

Sephiroth, as a villain, didn't really get to accomplish anything really. I mean, he killed an innocent maiden (slashing her back like a coward), attacked Shinra Corp. (not really a bad thing) and just massacred a small honest living village.

He spent more time reading books and hibernating than being a foul evil fiend. Now Kefka, hah... Pathetic at first, (with what, only had Ice attack or some shit like that?) to ending up being a god at the end. And inbetween the game, being an evil double crossing, conniving son of a bitch.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

Agreed. Even some of the good guys have done more bad than Sephiroth. Kratos killed millions. Mario kills thousands of innocent animals in every game. Lightning bored me to death.

[DragonKnight]

LOL at Lightning boring you to death. She's killed many an attention span.

Sephiroth is no villain. Hell, President Shinra, Rufus, and Hojo were more villains than Sephiroth. Sephiroth is just a momma's boy with delusions of grandeur.

[iamtehpwn]

If you're judging villains purely based off of how much damaged they caused to the planet, Wouldn't that *SPOILER ALERT FOR XIII-2* Make Caius Ballad the greatest villain of all time?

Of course, I judge villains based on what they add to the plot and tension, not based on how much damage they do.

[Kratoscar2008]

For me Lightning is the best villain as you said she bored you to death, she killed the game, the franchise, the company and made for me the very first "Final" fantasy for me.

[goldwyncq]

Both are severely overrated. If I have to choose one FF villain, it'd be Kuja.

[rhap]

Sephiroth tried to destroy the world. It's not only about accomplishing something, it's also about trying. He represents the evil in the game, trying to destroy the world to become one with the lifestream.

I agree Kefka is much more fun to watch, but no one can deny Sephiroth was one of the most iconic villains of all time.

Now, for me, I don't really have a personal list, but if I should choose one, it's LUCA BLIGHT. I'm yet to see someone as great as him. Even in his last moments he could bring fear to the hero and everyone else.

"It took hundreds to kill me but I killed humans by the thousands. I am sublime!!! I am the true face of evil!!!!"

[Mr_Kuwabara]

Yeah, Suikoden 2 was awesome.

[Irishguy95]

Yeah Luca Blight was awesome, I was actually expecting some twist with him. But it turns out he really was just an evil mad ****

[wishingW3L]

the one who killed Aeris was Jenova, not Sephiroth! After Sephiroth defeats Zack during that incident on Nibelheim then he gets stabbed in the back with the buster sword by Cloud and then he throws himself to the life-stream where he has been sealed until almost the end of the game to stop himself from doing any more harm. Sephiroth is not even a bad guy, he is just being controlled by Jenova since he was born from a part of her.

looks at the animated version so you don't have to read: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Sooooo many years later and you guys still don't understand the story of the game? Now give me disagrees for stating a 100% proven fact, like always.

[rhap]

Golbez in FFIV was being controlled the whole time and that doesn't make him any less of a villain.

Even if Sephiroth is a simple vessel of Jenova, he's still the main villain of the game.

[Irishguy95]

WOW, I Still cannot believe people don't understand this.

Sephiroth was controlling Jenova. Not the other way around. Pay attention to the game, the dialogue, the final villain etc. Unbelievable. Everything Jenova, was used by sephiroth. Seph became stronger than her when he fell into the lifestream. Do you not understand? Seph fell into the lifesteam, learned who he really was and then decided to do what he did.

[wishingW3L]

@Irishguy95 you got all that wrong and believe me, I know this game inside and out. I have the games, guides, movies, ovas, art books, everything about FF7.

Jenova came from space and no one knows what is she other than all she does is causing chaos everywhere she goes and consuming worlds (like Chrono Trigger Lavos). Jenova was the one that wiped out the Cetra and later she got beaten by the natural defense of Gaia (the weapons). Then many years later Shinra discovered her and used her on different experiments. The program of Soldier and Sephiroth were the results of those experiments.

Then years later around the time of FF7 Jenova escaped from Shinra but in Sephiroth's form and started to look for him around the world because he was part of her and she was weak. The one that killed Aeris was Jenova in the form of Sephiroth. Sephiroth thinking that he is descendant of Cetra is all a misunderstanding because Jenova is her mother and she's not a Cetra (she was the one that wiped them all out).

And Sephiroth didn't fell, he threw himself (look at my video). He's a demi-god, he can't die just from being stabbed by a sword once. The reason Zack was telling Sephiroth that he wasn't his usual self is because he was being manipulated.

[Omnislash]

He studied the planet and summoned a giant meteor so that it could hurt the planet enough so it could heal itself and as the planet healed he would absorb all of the planets energy thus making him a God. He didnt succeed but he was a mad genius and thats what makes him a good villain.

[Piegoose]

But Sephiroth almost destroyed the whole planet, not to mention he destroyed the whole galaxy multiple times lol

[devilhunterx]

Luca Blight

[DragonKnight]

Hell yes. He's the Kefka of the Suikoden universe except more bloodthirsty. And look what it took to bring him down too. Hell, Neclord is a great choice too.

Either of them are better choices than Sephiroth.

[Eyeco]

My favourite villain is Liquid Snake/Liquid Ocelot easily one of the most completed, fleshed out fascinating villains of any entertainment medium

[Kratoscar2008]

For me its Kratos, yes he is a antiprotagonist but he managed to sick a lot of people that played as him, and no other villain has done that.

Even when the creators tried to give him humanity people couldnt withstand kratos still, He could kick Sephiroth ass easily.

[goldwyncq]

He ain't even a villain, you dolt!

[Kratoscar2008]

dont misudertand me i love Kratos but if you consider him a good guy then i dont know what God of War you played.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary defines villain as "a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel; or a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot"

kratos do things for his own gain and doesnt matter to who he has to kill to achieve it (There are exceptions tough) this is more lampshaded in GoW 2 and 3.

So for me he is a Villain, and i like him because he is a badass killing machine.

[vyke3]

You mean an anti-hero. The article only mentions villains.

[KittyEmperor]

While yes Kratos technically speaking is an anti-hero I have to that he has done some evils deeds that put some of the characters on that list to shame. I mean he killed Poseidon and unleashed a flood onto the world. He killed Hades and let the spirits of the underworld roam the earth. He killed Helios and blocked out the sun. He killed Hermes and a plague spreads. So while he is an anti-hero I personally think that he's somewhere between an anti-hero and a villian.

[Getowned]

I say hes a Villan he dosne't really do any good for anyone but himself.

[vyke3]

@KittyEmperor and Getowned

Even though his actions put most villains to shame, Kratos was never portrayed as a bad guy throughout any of the games. His goals are noble (killing Zeus), but his methods are pretty dark. That is the perfect definition of an anti-hero. BTW, a villain is never judged by his/her actions but rather by how they are portrayed in the story.

[D3mons0ul]

Most of you don't even know anything about Final Fantasy 7 and you prove it again and again and again. First of all, Sephiroth didn't want to destroy the planet. He kind of needed it for his future plans. He only wanted to damage the planet enough to stir up the natural healing process (the lifestream) and merge his own energy with it so that he could essentially BECOME the planet and create new life as he saw fit. Sure, Meteor would definitely wipe out every human on the planet, but it was the only spell that could allow Sephiroth to carry out the merger. Not quite the destructive goal you seem to believe. I think you compare him to the wrong villain archtypes and that's why many tend to underrate him these days. Go back and play the original game for fuck's sake and if you haven't...why are you judging?

Also: Sephiroth controlled Jenova, one of the abilities he gained after falling into the lifestream with the head. He ordered a piece of it to morph into himself and kill Aeris/various others. He had it carry out all of his bidding throughout the game. (How is that not cool?)

[Getowned]

Griffith?

[Irishguy95]

Thank you. it's maddening that people don't know this yet, all you gotta do is pay attention, although in fairness, the story was somewhat convulated so I suppose it's forgivable.

[JeepGamer]

As soon as you make a 'top 10' anything about video games and anything from Final Fantasy 7 gets a spot on it your opinions are null and void from that point going forward.

And putting something from Final Fantasy 6 several points higher does not redeem you.

[Canary]

My favorite will always be Marcello, from Dragon Quest VIII, if only because in the entire game spun the message that "nobility sucks ass," and he shows up--intelligent, capable, moral--with the intention to abolish the aristocracy. The game really shaped him up to be someone you could root for.

Which makes the ending all the more disappointing (SPOILERS! He was being possessed by the demon god king, and the hero who came from humble origins, surpriselolol, is actual secret dragon god royalty!)

...

...Actually, that kind of sucked.

[CLOUD1983]

Every little fcker out there take advantage of FFVII popularity and in every TOP 10 sh1ty article put a photo of FFVII to get hits, how pathetic can u be seriously & the funny thing is that they never put FFVII at the top but they continue to use FFVII images I am sick of all u & about the haters go jump of a cliff fcking trolls.

[MWH]

Sephiroth in this picture looks much better than his new feminine iteration. for God sakes SE why are you so affraid of men looking like men?

very good list by the way, thanks.

[-Gespenst-]

Caius is a great villain.