This ought to be fun and seperate the men from the boys in regards to the last option.
A fun game for Sunday after this weird week, inspired by a crazy ski masked rapper and a livestream I watched yesterday
I'll put 3 categories of villain for you to choose from, and also note I said favourite not greatest so you can't hide behind killcount, effectiveness or effect they still had on society now. In rising spiciness, the choices are:
Favourite gaming villain
Favourite media villain so can be anime or western media
Favourite historical villain
And since I suggested it I'll go first:
Gaming villain: Kane from C&C franchise, he was a mastermind with style and in the 3rd game played EVERYONE to win in the end
Media Villain: Demiurge from Overlord series, despite putting himself as number 2 behind the MC, the actual mastermind of the series, from 'happy farms' to his 'majestic weapon', you want evil look this guy up
Historical villain: I could be a wuss and say Vlad the Impaler or someone similar but let's go with someone very spicy, Shiro Ishii. Why him? Because after ALL the atrocities he committed for his 'scientific experiments' in Unit 731, he not only got away with it after the war but got military medals for it, pardoned and paid $200k by the Americans in exchange for his research and is responsible for a lot of the true vaccines we use today.
So anyone want to play?
Gaming Villain: Senator Armstrong from Metal Gear Rising: Revengence, all day, every day. Even beyond the memes and the epic fight, his true motivation is admirable, and you can even make an argument that him going as far as he does makes sense in the context of the Metal Gear universe. In fact, the only reason I dont consider him to be the hero snubbed by the game and the author is because he goes too far.
Media Villain: Iago from Shakespeare's Othello. He still serves as my platinum standard of a villain for all media regardless of type. He manages to accomplish all of his goals, get his revenge, do it without being suspected by anyone else, and even manages to kill those he feel wronged him without lifting a finger. He merely spoke a few words and then let them tear themselves apart.
Historical Villain: I am going to go in a little bit of a strange direction and say Thomas Robert Malthus on the grounds that he is the inventor of Malthusianism. This is the single most destructive ideology created IMO, and is the one that most of the Elite of the world seem to have come to believe which is why they are making such destructive policy. This despite the fact that if you actually look at history, we actually figure out ways to either get more resources or we use them more efficiently (Peak Oil was supposed to be like 40 years ago, yet we are still increasing oil production). And the worst part of his theory? Its starting basis is flawed! He based his idea that eventually you run out of resources and therefore need aggressive government control of the population is based on his review of the Irish Famine...WHICH WAS A GOVERNMENT CREATED FAMINE!!!!
People always say they would go back in time to kill Hitler? Nah bitch, I am going back in time and killing Malthus.
At least Malthus inspired the Mouse Utopia Experiment. Which, while failing to show anything it set out to do, showed us a startling vision of the future we now live in.
I apologise, your gaming pick made me play 'It has to be this way' in my head and then I had to replay the soundtrack on my phone again lol
Interesting historical pick, reading up on it, yeah I might have to change my time travel pick as it used to stop Woodrow Wilson being elected at all costs!
Well then I am about to give a mildly controversial take: I am actually not a huge fan of It has to be this Way, and I think Collective Consciousness is the better of his boss songs.
Of course, this is all moot anyway because my favorite boss song in the game is Stains of Time (the boss song for Monsoon).
That isn't too controversial as the entire soundtrack is a banger so people just have personal favourites (I'm more Red Sun)
What WOULD be controversial is when you have access to gaming soundtracks, anime op and ed, independent musical talents, is to go 'I only listen to top ten charts for music'