Good topic to discuss. A good bad guy really just needs to leave a big enough impression on you to make you excited for them to make an appearance again through a single or series of games.
Take for example Saren from Mass Effect and Liquid Snake from Metal Gear Solid. These two guys have a background that will satisfy most book readers and their moral codes are very complex. They believe in a greater cause and a way of life which makes them seem correct in their own minds, but blinds them to any moral boundaries which may get in their way. They will do anything to get that goal for a future of their making, believing it to be the correct way forward.
Now another two complex characters are Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII and Kefka from Final Fantasy VI. Like Liquid and Saren, Sephiroth does have some sort of a moral code which we could take as heroic, but also like the above this is then blurred or lost when a different mindset is used. This then twists them all into cruelty and the destruction of things around them without a second thought. Kefka on the other hand is basically evil and a true psychopath who wants to end life, consciousness, and the meaning of existence entirely! What a nice guy.
Another true psychopath who uses a power called Psycho Power is M. Bison, the dictator of Shadaloo from the Street Fighter series. When also watching anime and reading the lore of this guy, youll learn that his way of thinking is similar to other evil people like Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious from the Star Wars saga. They basically want to rule everything and control everyone in their possible grasp.
Theyre not only hyper intelligent but also very cruel in how they scheme with others to get their desired goal. But they are also physically powerful too and a threat in every possible way. Like Sauron from the Lord of the Rings, they can destroy absolutely anything that gets in their way. But its the respect and huge armies they muster, and have at their command, which makes them quite a force to behold and to try and stop.
But enemies do not all have to be complex like the above, take Bowser and Dr Robotnik from the Super Mario and Sonic The Hedgehog series. No complexity but a sheer delight to try and stop their nefarious plans with great gameplay and fRead More – Source
