Who do you think is the best villain of all video gaming? · 5:21pm Jun 23rd, 2015
I'm curious to see what you all think. I'm a curious man. Before I say who I think it is, I want you to know I said BEST, not FAVORITE. The guy could piss you off to no end, but he would set the top score for best villain.
Now, as for mine,
"You will know FEAR!"
World of Warcraft has some villains that are awesome, some villains that are cool, and villains that are just terrible at their job. Deathwing is an example of a villain who is terrible at his job. However, Mists of Pandaria, as garbage as the expansion kind of was in terms of likability, had possibly some of the best villains of all time: The Sha. Everyone expected this to be the "break" expansion, with no big villain and a relaxing game. Quite the opposite, actually. The Sha were the most devilish, most horrid, and most cunning villains I've ever seen. That said, the Sha weren't always "The Sha", they were a part of a god, named Y'shaarj, who died, and the remnants are "The Sha". Y'shaarj was a little jerk, always operating his toys' emotions from behind the scenes, and the Sha really emphasize on that.
Now, there are little Shas running all over the place, but there are 7 prime Sha:
Sha of Anger
Sha of Hatred
Sha of Pride
Sha of Violence
Sha of Fear
Sha of Doubt
Sha of Despair
Now, if you haven't guessed, I believe the best one to be:
The Sha of Fear. Sha of Fear is responsible for so much bullcrap that happened in Pandaria and even after he died by the heroes of lore (You and your raid group), he left a huge impact on the raiding community and the lore of Pandaria. He corrupted an entire race, put mist around all of Pandaria so he could starve the masses of Pandaria into fear of the outside so they would crumble, and even worse, he corrupted the heart of Pandaria, the Terrace of Endless Spring. That, and he is the only WoW villain to have two raids focused around what he did. Heart of Fear is a raid where you must defeat the fear plagued Klaxxi race, who the Sha of Fear corrupted, until the heroes get to the Grand Empress Shek'zeer, who, in the middle of the fight, pleads to the Sha of Fear for help, as she is losing everything, just like she did when the mists prevented her people from gathering proper food.
After Grand Empress Shek'zeer dies, The Sha of Fear is completely untouched. And he emphasizes that he is the scariest mofo alive.
So when the heroes go to the Terrace of Endless Spring, it is a very short Raid with only four bosses, all corrupted by the Sha of Fear, and during every fight, you see the Sha of Fear laughing at you in the background, and when you finally reach him, he's fed off of so much fear, he's pretty much as big as a skyscraper. He drags you into a twisted realm upon start of the battle, and feeds off your biggest fears, including dying. Even when he dies, the battle is usually close to wipe. He gets more powerful as the fight goes on and the fight gets gradually scarier, and when he dies, he says nothing, but just laughs at you.
A fantastic villain, beginning to end, and has left an impact on me for a while now. Who's your "Best villain of all gaming"?
Your lights will go out. The darkness will envelop you. And you will fear the shadows that move within it.
This is just off the top of my head and is not even close to what I consider to be the best Vidya Game villain, but the Dahaka from Prince of Persia: Warrior Within was super badass.
definitely this guy.
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3174582 MAN, WARRIOR WITHIN WAS FUCKING AWESOME
Hmmmmm. So many video games. So many villains...
Sephy, Kuja, Silver from Pokemon Silver, Ares from God of War, Doctor Robotnik, the list goes on...
If I had to pick, it would probably be Kuja from FFIX. He is flamboyant, Strong, ruthless, and can take a direct hit from Bahamut and barely bleed from it.
Sha of Fear is totally amazing! I also like a bunch of other Blizzard villains: Yogg-Saron (who is one of their best minor characters, in my opinion), Sha of Despair (I feel like this Sha was the most negative and the most deep of them), Lich King Arthas, Kael'thas, Murozond, Prime Evil Diablo. My favorite, however, should be Malthael (well, he is one of my top favorite fictional characters of all time)... or maybe Sha of Fear? It is a hard choice right now. One of those two, I suppose. Maybe they can share the position, for a different, personal reasons.
I also like a lot of non-Blizzard villains...
*Bhunivelze (but he was just misunderstood, not a real villain and not even evil).
*Sephiroth (and no, I am not a fan of FF7. I just like this character).
*Genesis Rhapsodos (he is just one of the deepest characters I've ever seen).
*Myrkul and The Faceless One from NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer.
*Alduin.
...And many others.
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