Favorite Villian

[Korietsu]

You cannot grasp the true from of Giygas's attack!

[Odesseiron]

I'm going to have to say my favorite villian of all time is Jon Irenicus from Baldur's Gate 2. His voice, his character, his reason for wanting revenge, everything. I thought he was extremely well thought out character. Not to mention hard as hell to beat.

[Trichocyst]

I stand corrected. But it furthers my love of Kefka for his tendency towards nihilism! :D (I was a huge Thanos fan years ago too.)

I'm also a big Magus fan. I love a complex antagonist.

[Meian]

I'm not talking about the graphics, but the actual script and how the cutscene are played. I'm not sure Kefka had 30 lines in the whole games, and his only backstory consist of a single answer from the emperor (when Gestalt tells you he was a failed magitek knight experiment)...The World of Balance and the World of ruin was a good idea, but you can't say the concept was detailled either. Break the balances between all 3 statue and the world will be destroyed..it's kinda simple.

Try to compare it to any villains from the psx era (and after), and you will understand why I say they can't be compared. It doesn't mean those game werent good, or that the story was uninteresting, but the storytelling was lackluster.

And for god sake, you can't compare mario/megaman villains to a story driven rpg. Compare the apple with apple at least.

http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_i...creenshot2.jpg
And bowser wasnt always good either. His personality and character changed a lot over the last 20 years.

(and dont tell me its a goomba in disguise)


For his time, I think he was interesting. By today standard, he is overated.

Most people don't know about their nostalgia goggle.

I am more of "a actions speak louder than words" kind of guy, hence my like of those two characters even if they aren't some serious story driven 9000 speech files and speaking in metaphorically every line to sound cool, have unlimited power, etc. Also, just saying they aren't RPG doesn't make discredit it entirely (although, Bowser was in Super Mario RPG but as a good guy most of the time...). Most RPG villians seem to die out after one go...

Regardless if it is or isn't nostalgia goggle doesn't make sense to discriminate it. Perhaps those who do have it can also compare the past and the new better than those who only saw the new and put down the past.

You cannot grasp the true from of Giygas's attack!

HA, I was thinking this too at a point. Pretty amazing verison of "the embodiment of evil" character. No mind to control, talking incoherently, using lines from that adult movie the creator saw, classic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJrbL9ZDrZM Its a 3D video of Giygas 1st form. Have to say, its pretty creepy... 3D of Giygas final form would be creepier if you could 3D the entire world around you as him >> ;;

[Alistaire]

http://ff6.sm-soft.org/art/kefka3d1.jpg

So Kefka was a PUP. No wonder he wanted to destroy the world.

[Maxxthepenguin]

The way I see it, Kefka is similar to the new Joker. I love them both.

As far as Irenicus, I think he was a really cool villain, but he got so overshadowed just because that game was so freaking massive. I mean, he's only in like 20 hours of it!

[Xno Kappa]

Id, sheer badassery.

[Charismatic]

Id, sheer badassery.

My favorite part...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuzFk7JOtfQ