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IceDigger - Jan 31, 2003

		IceDigger	Jan 31, 2003
		Post any games you know of that go against the mainstream and your main guy is the bad guy. For any system or pc.

		antime	Jan 31, 2003
		In the PC shooter The Reap, you're part of an alien armada invading Earth. You can even abduct people and cattle for bonus points! In the old C64 game Nemesis the Warlock you play as the hero/antihero of the old 2000AD comic. There's also an old (multi-platform) game called "How to be a Complete Bastard" where the objective is, well.. to be a bastard and wreck a party. In the Megadrive game Haunting you play as a poltergeist trying to scare some people away from a house, but I think they used some story to justify the behaviour. In Counter-Strike you can play as a terrorist. Alien vs. Predator. Many war games let you play as either side.

mal

Jan 31, 2003

Originally posted by antime@Jan. 31 2003, 5:20 pm

Many war games let you play as either side.

Command and Conquer being a prime example.

		ExCyber	Jan 31, 2003
		The Dungeon Keeper games cast you as the evil overlord of a dungeon, and you must lay traps and build an army to fight the "heroes" who venture in to destroy you and take your treasure.

		antime	Jan 31, 2003
		In the Grand Theft Auto series you play a crazy mass-murderer (at least the way I play).

		Quadriflax	Jan 31, 2003
		In the Star Wars flight sim games you can be the Imperials. Also, games like Medal of Honor and Return to Castle Wolfenstein let you be the Nazis in multiplayer.

		antime	Jan 31, 2003
		Some real RPGs (eg. the Fallout series) let you play as any sort of character you want. In all the Rambo games you play a capitalist pig-dog oppressor of the proletariat.

		alpharogue	Jan 31, 2003
		Blood Omen Legacy Of Kain, Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2, and Blood Omen 2 come to mind as being a saga of games that endure in being "bad" or "evil." Although the main character, Kain is getting revenge against the Sarafan for eternal death, the way he kills is gruesomely fun!! Raziel in the Soul Reaver games is actually trying to destroy Kain and the way he reaps through the different vampire clans is very nice and very bad!! I LIKE IT!!!

		Tony Skyrunner	Jan 31, 2003
		Wario games

		schi0249	Jan 31, 2003
		What about Sonic Adventure 2? For parts you can play as the bad guys.

		doctorBone	Jan 31, 2003
		Thief I and II for the pc.

		IceDigger	Jan 31, 2003
		Cool guys. Keep the names comming

		alpharogue	Jan 31, 2003
		Here is another one- Shadowrun for the Sega Genesis. (My favorite all time Genesis game)

		Fabrizo	Jan 31, 2003
		All 'Twisted Metal' games.

Tony Skyrunner

Jan 31, 2003

Originally posted by antime@Jan. 31 2003, 7:20 am

In the Megadrive game Haunting you play as a poltergeist trying to scare some people away from a house, but I think they used some story to justify the behaviour.

Those people were responsible for your character's death

Also, almost every fighting game lets you choose the bad guy, and you could play as Reala in NiGHTS. In Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World, you can eat people with your T-Rex

heh, that's the best part of the game. And well... who hasn't played Carmageddon?

I was going to mention Tom and Jerry, but I'm not sure about Tom being the bad guy :

		Curtis	Jan 31, 2003
		Warcraft III - your hero turns into an anti-hero. I haven't finished the game, so maybe he turns back again, but for a while he's a complete death-dealing, peasant-slaughtering, town-razing bastard.

		racketboy	Jan 31, 2003
		Street Fighter, King of Fighter, and Marvel games you can play as bad guys M Bison, Magneto, etc

Zziggy00

Jan 31, 2003

Originally posted by antime@Jan. 30 2003, 9:09 am

In the Grand Theft Auto series you play a crazy mass-murderer (at least the way I play).

yeah me too...

And even more so, State Of Emergency

Gear

Jan 31, 2003

Originally posted by Curtis@Jan. 31 2003, 7:27 pm

Warcraft III - your hero turns into an anti-hero. I haven't finished the game, so maybe he turns back again, but for a while he's a complete death-dealing, peasant-slaughtering, town-razing bastard.

He doesn't come back. And don't worry, he comes to be a secondary character so I didn't ruin the history of the game for you.

		segasonic	Feb 2, 2003
		The Carmageddon series and Chakan the forever man spring to mind.