Top Ten Video Game Villains That Have Good Intentions But Execute Them the Wrong Way

The Top Ten
1 Andrew Ryan (BioShock) Andrew Ryan is a fictional character in the BioShock video game series developed by Irrational Games. He serves as the primary antagonist of the first half of the first BioShock and a minor character in its sequel, BioShock 2.
2 Haytham Kenway (Assassin's Creed)
3 Handsome Jack (Borderlands)
4 Illusive Man (Mass Effect)
5 Saren Arterius (Mass Effect 3)
6 Alphys (Undertale) Alphys is an adorably dorky, lab-coat-wearing, bespectacled, yellow-skinned lizard scientist who resides in her lab in Hotland in the critically acclaimed cult classic RPG known as Undertale, wherein she partakes in the daily act of watching insane amounts of anime and having a vast majority of the game's plot-related spoilers attached to her. Plot twists aside, however, she is also well known for creating the fabulous entertainment robot Mettaton, as well as having a massive crush on a young fish woman named Undyne, thus creating one of the most beloved lesbian couples in fiction.

Don't remind me...

What? You didn't say that?

7 Robert de Sablé (Assassin's Creed)
8 Renegade Shepard (Mass Effect)
9 Zarpedon (Borderlands)
10 Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot Trilogy) Dr. Neo Periwinkle Cortex is the main antagonist of the Crash Bandicoot game series who is depicted as a mad scientist who seeks world domination.
The Contenders
11 Egil (Xenoblade Chronicles)
12 Sofia Lamb (Bioshock)
13 The Masked Man (Mother 3)
14 Ignatius Mortimer Meen (I.M.Meen)
15 Gary Smith (Bully)
16 Zanza (Xenoblade Chronicles)
17 Chara (Undertale) Chara is a character in the game Undertale by Toby "Radiation" Fox who is one of the seven people to fall to the Underground prior to the fall of the player character. Their name can be changed by the player and will be assumed as the player character, until the Pacifist Route when Asriel asks for the ...read more.
18 Kessler (inFamous)

All Kessler wanted was to challenge Cole, so he would become strong enoigh to kill the Beast, something Kessler failed to do when he had the chance. His intentions in moulding Cole into a powerful hero to make difficult choices is good, but he killed so many people along the way to do so, including Trish, and is responsible for the quarantine in Empire City, all just to make Cole reach his potential.

19 Regime Superman (Injustice)
20 Ballos (Cave Story) Ballos is a character in the video game "Cave Story." He is a powerful magician who was sealed away due to his misuse of dark magic. Ballos is both tragic and menacing, serving as a formidable final boss in the game. He embodies themes of power, corruption, and the consequences of unchecked ambition, contributing to the game's intricate narrative.
21 Viridi (Kid Icarus: Uprising)

I mean, hey, she just wants to protect the environment. But the only way she can think of to do that is to wipe out the entire human race so...

22 King Dedede (Kirby) King Dedede is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of the Kirby series of video games owned by Nintendo and HAL Laboratory.
23 Courtney Gears (Ratchet & Clank)
24 Asriel (Undertale)
25 Asgore (Undertale) Asgore Dreemurr is a boss monster and the king of the monsters in the 2015 RPG Undertale made by Toby Fox. Asgore is the portrayed main antagonist who plans to acquire seven human souls and use their power to break the barrier that seals the monsters underground . Aspects of his character are hinted ...read more.
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