Angst On Your Own Time!
It’s fair to say that video games have their fair share depressed and angst-ridden protagonists. Don’t guess us wrong, when your family gets slaughtered or you’re tasked with saving the galaxy from oblivion THEN you have a right to feel a little down. Alas, there are more than a fair few characters out there who are in serious need of taking a step back and looking on the bright side of life, if only to stop their whining!
While we certainly have quite the selection to choose from, we feel that these three certainly didn’t do anything to help themselves when the going got tough, managing to drag us down into their bleak mood as a result.
Fair warning, there are SPOILERS AHEAD!
#3:Â Patroklos
“Soulcalibur V” (2012)
You want to be a Holy Warrior, we get it! Will you please take it down a notch! As the child of series-favorite Sophitia, this swordsman was supposed to take up the mantle of his mother and take out Soul Edge and its wielder Nightmare. He may have managed to do defeat the big bad and save his sister at the very end, but did he have to whine every step of the way? Honestly, why couldn’t Ezio have been the main character in story mode?
#2: Porky
“EarthBound” (1994)
You think that if he had just opened up a bit more, tried to make some friends and just adopted a sunnier attitude he wouldn’t have ended up turning into one of the most loathsome video game characters to ever exist? Sadly, he didn’t, and as a result he went from lord of douchebags to a beyond despicable villain in Mother 3. Honestly, by this point even the hellish being known as Giygas is more likeable.
#1: Anders
“Dragon Age II” (2011)
What happened dude? You were such a fun character back in Origins, and yet for the sequel you turned into the most dangerous kind of hypocrite. In his crusade to try and save all mages, Anders ended doing more harm than good when he went out of his way to use blood magic and destroy the Chantry. Thanks to his actions, he essentially kick-started the Templar-Mage War; a conflict that would lead to thousands of innocents losing their lives. Was an ounce more chill too much to ask for?!
Be sure to check out the video below to see our picks for the Top 10 Video Game Betrayals.