Sinful Sunday: it´s good to be bad!

When I first started playing games on the NES I was always the hero, I loved being the hero and to save the day. I can´t really say what changed that but puberty made me a bit different, I didn´t feel like I wanted to be the hero anymore and it was just more fun to be the villain. It started quite subtle with me playing as 006 in Goldeneye on the N64, with my dirty tactics I beat so many of my friends which often got me a lot of hate. Don´t worry, hate among friends in a game never lasts that long.


But what makes it so much fun to play as the villain? For me it´s that you don´t have rules, of course not every game gives you the chance to be a villain and do whatever you want but sometimes there are certain games that let you do some crazy things. I guess in the Saints Row games you´re not exactly a good guy but does that make you a villain? Whatever it is you think you are, you get to do some crazy things and you get away with it! Which is nice for a change, because seeing so many movies or series where the hero always seems to win is getting a little bit boring.


I think Dexter is a good example of a bad guy doing some good things, well maybe killing bad guys isn´t quite the heroic thing but at least he takes care of those that escape justice! But Dexter did frame someone else for his murders, I´ll spare you any more information in case you haven´t seen any Dexter episodes. So Dexter isn´t a good guy, but maybe not your typical bad guy. I think a lot of people are in a gray area, where right and wrong can be so close together and sometimes one defining moment can make you one thing or the other.


Games have picked up on villains being more popular, especially mature games sometimes let you play as the villain. Even when it´s just for a short moment in the game, for example Black Ops 2 let´s you do that. But it´s not always a succes, I think Goldeneye 2 proved that! But let´s not forget the games where you choose if you want to be good or evil, games like the Mass Effect trilogy and of course the Fable games give you plenty of choices to make which will decide if you´re a good guy or a bad guy. Especially in Fable games you can clearly see the change to your character if you decide to be good or evil. I like being a hero, but I love being a villain!

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