The meanest & coolest game villain ever poll

[kalanen]

Start suggesting nominees, poll will follow

I'll throw Shodan from System Shock.

Quote: Your flesh is an insult to the perfection of the digital

[Svarog]

My favourite is Postal Dude from the Postal series, although he isn't really a villain, just a victim of circumstances

[kalanen]

Originally Posted by Svarog

My favourite is Postal Dude from the Postal series, although he isn't really a villain, just a victim of circumstances

[Rednexi]

Hmm... a tuff one... prolly not many know of this one, but i really hated him in Planescape torment... Ignus. actually not really a villain, as it is a playable character, but in the other hand, he is a villain...

Quote: "Ignus wishes to burn"

Heres a link to the chars in Planescape torment: http://www.rpgclassics.com/shrines/p...aracters.shtml

On the topic of cool villain though, i remember how cool Sephiroth was when i played Final Fantasy VII, and i would have to vote on him, in absence of better options...i might think of something cooler later though...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sephiroth_(Final_Fantasy)

[Rednexi]

Another really really cool villain, was in Metal Gear Solid snake, pervy name for a game btw...

but Psycho Mantis, i remember playing it the first time, and when i realised the "clue" and how to defeat him, was one of the coolest things i have experienced in gaming, if not the single best, i mean how cool it was, and innovative?

Heres the whole thing if you havent played it personally...

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Psycho Mantis

Psycho Mantis (voiced by Doug Stone and Kazuyuki Sogabe) is a psychic expert for the FOXHOUND unit. After the collapse of the Soviet union, he came to America looking for a job. Prior to joining FOXHOUND, he worked with the KGB and the FBI. His special abilities include the psychic powers of psychokinesis and telepathy. He also claims to be able to read the future, but this is implied to be a use of telepathy to find out what his opponents will do next as opposed to true clairvoyance. His predictions also seem to be susceptible to change, stating that Snake has a large place in Meryl's heart, but cannot see if their futures lie together. In Metal Gear Solid Mantis encounters Snake twice, the first time he takes control of Meryl's mind, the second encounter he and Snake do battle, with Mantis being defeated.[41]

When Solid Snake faces Mantis, Mantis demonstrates his psychic powers by breaking the fourth wall. In the pre-battle cut-scene, he reads the player's memory card and comments on how often you saved the game and your preference on certain other games. In the original PlayStation game, he reads off the titles of Konami's other games (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Suikoden, among others), while in the remake Twin Snakes, he reads Nintendo's games (Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Mario Sunshine, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, and Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, among others).[42] He then demonstrates his psychokinesis by telling the player to put down the controller and then activating the controller's rumble feature, causing it to move sideways (if the controller was placed on a flat and level surface). Then, at the beginning of the actual battle, Mantis causes the screen to go completely black except for the words "HIDEO" in green all capital text in the top right corner of the screen, much like TV or VCR on-screen-displays, in an attempt to throw the player off.[43]

After his defeat at Snake's hands, Mantis describes Snake as having no future (reffering to Snake's genetic inability to procreate as well as his premature aging). He also describes how he destroyed his hometown out of fear of his father killing him, stating that he shares this trauma with Snake, as Snake killed his own father in previous games. He also describes with disgust the unanimous human desire to procreate. Mantis is nearly attacked by Meryl when he confesses that he only used FOXHOUND's revolt as an excuse to kill people. After clearing a path for Snake and Meryl, he dies, reflecting on how good it felt to use his power to help someone else.

During the battle he reads from the players controller to counter and dodge any attack used against him (this can be combatted if the player switches controller ports). Psycho Mantis was named the "Second greatest boss" by Electronic Gaming Monthly in their 200th issue.[44] He reappears in Metal Gear Solid 4 as a ghost during the fifth act and performs similar fourth wall breaking acts. In this game, he attempts the same stunts as his original appearance, only to find that they no longer work due to the lack of a memory card and the rumble feature. However if the scene is played with a Dualshock 3 controller, he will comment gleefully on how "Vibration is back!"

Ahh, the times!

edit: heres a bit with Psycho mantis, from twin snakes, cool as hell, and funny too...

[Angel of Death]

Sephiroth. Hands down.

[BlkRb0t]

I second Rednexi, Psycho Mantis was cool.

[Radioactive Foot]

Psycho Mantis was cool, but my vote goes to Wesker from Resident Evil.

[BlkRb0t]

Bowser was cool too

[Futurama]

Yourself, the player in Evil Genius