heroic in the loosest of terms welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top ten
worst things done by videogame heroes
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at questionable
actions committed by gaming protagonists
and heroes that led to rather disastrous
outcomes as optional actions and paths
chosen by the player will not be
considered under Tales genocide run and
follow threes Paradise Falls are
disqualified please note that spoilers
will be included all over the place
should be a straight shot through here
[Music]
actually kind of pretty ain’t it yes
number 10 lack of people skills and
killing his dying wife James Sunderland
she died because she was sick no I
killed her denial is a hell of a drug
Silent Hill 2 ranks among the best
horror games of all time and James
Sunderland is a big reason why traveling
to Silent Hill after getting a letter
from the protagonist supposedly dead
wife
Sunderland struggles to relate with
other people and comforts the clearly
bullied but unhinged Eddie Dombrowski by
questioning whether the young man is
going insane towards the end of the game
it is revealed that James guilt for
murdering his sickly wife Mary prior to
the start of Silent Hill 2 was the
driving factor behind this entire
nightmare
[Applause]
I’m here for you James see I’m real
number nine infecting Manhattan with the
blacklight virus Alex Mercer
I am the virus and I in turn released
Elizabeth green to infect the city a
second time at best this dude
temporarily played the part of a hero
due to a brief bout of amnesia
prototypes protagonist and the central
villain for the sequel Alex Mercer
helped develop the blacklight virus as a
head researcher a gen tech but decided
to go rogue when Black Watch started
killing scientists to cover its tracks
cornered and mere seconds from death an
angry Mercer unleashes the virus and
infects the entire Manhattan area if
that’s not bad enough prototype 2 starts
with Mercer instigating another outbreak
to try and infect enough people to birth
a new dominant species gen tech
officials have verified that the
assailant was infected women
the Mercer virus which was thought to
have been eradicated last year number
[Applause]
where to even start okay how about the
fact that Booker took part in the
Wounded Knee Massacre to avoid scrutiny
for being half Native American reeling
from a sudden death in the family
Bioshock Infinite’s hero gained an
addiction to alcohol and gambling
so Booker agreed to sell Anna his only
daughter to pay off a mountain of debt
while the protagonist instantly
regretted this decision
Booker should have never even considered
it putting aside some later plot twists
which turned the story on his head
Booker accepts a kidnapping mission to
once again clear some debt also
number seven setting off an earthquake
a turncoat who literally changed the
course of history as a respected member
of the colonial brotherhood of assassins
che Cormac was tasked with pursuing the
Templars who stole two pieces of Eden
but the man quickly grew disenchanted
with the Brotherhood’s actions sent out
on a mission to retrieve an apple of
Eden from a temple in Lisbon che
accidentally triggered an earthquake
that reduced the city’s population by
thousands abandoning the Brotherhood and
joining the Templar order che hunted
down any remaining assassins and
effectively destroyed the organization
number six slaughtering a sleeping town
Prince Arthas damn it Luther as your
future king i order you to purge this
city you are not my king yet boy even
the greatest of Heroes can succumb to
desperation Lord Owens crown prince and
a member of the Knights of the Silver
Hand Arthas Menethil yearned to defend
Lord Arryn from a deadly plague released
by the Lich King that transforms humans
into undead soldiers
desperate to slow the epidemic Prince
Arthas burned the infected city of
Stratholme and slaughtered all of its
towns folk from that point on Arthas was
nothing more than a shell of a man and
eventually that an army of the undead in
destroying Lord Arryn before fusing with
number five wiping out the Metroid
species Samus Aran behind Nintendo’s
iconic power suit hides a cold bounty
hunter with an affinity for genocide
surviving a mass cleansing at the tender
age of three Samus Aran lives to extract
revenge on Ridley in the space pirates
responsible for murdering the
protagonists mother 1991’s return of
Samus sees the soft-spoken hero ridding
an entire planet of the Metroid species
a move which backfires spectacularly in
Metroid Fusion
due to the sudden power vacuum created
by the extermination of the planets
dominant species and even worse parasite
is allowed to spread and by extension
causes the death of the BSL space
number four annihilating countless
civilians
captain Martin Walker this isn’t my
fault takes a strong man to deny what’s
right in front of him and if the truth
is undeniable you create your own a
masterpiece of storytelling that
subverts tropes associated with military
shooters set in a war-torn Dubai run by
Colonel John Conrad’s 33rd battalion
captain Martin Walker is tasked with
leading a small search and rescue Delta
Force unit but the protagonists commit
some seriously heinous acts along the
way forced to kill both American
soldiers and civilians
captain Walker’s worst moment involves
firing a white phosphorus mortar that
massacres countless innocents and
members of the thirty-third unable to
cope with the guilt the soldier goes
insane and hallucinates that Conrad is
the one dictating Walker’s actions it’s
Conrad he did all of you needed someone
to blame so you cast it on me you’re
dead
number three murdering innocent and
harmless creatures to save one girl
[Music]
in gaming towering monsters exist to be
slain so we did not think twice when
wander set out on a mission to kill 16
massive entities obsessed with saving
monos life the enigmatic doorman informs
our hero that the girls only hope is to
take out the colossi roaming the
Forbidden Lands despite being warned
that such a journey comes at a cost
wander never hesitates when butchering
these beautiful and docile creatures who
seem uninterested in attacking the
protagonist in a twist that everybody
should have seen coming doorman was
actually being held captive by the
colossi and wander inadvertently helped
set the antagonist free number 2 damning
[Music]
shit the trolley problem questions
whether sacrificing one person to save
the lives of five is the morally correct
choice with Ellie serving as humanity’s
final chance at creating a cure for a
deadly widespread infection The Last of
Us ending sees Joel faced with a similar
conundrum should the hero save the girl
or the entire world well it is safe to
say Joel will not be winning any
utilitarian Awards Ellie is a great
character and deserves a shot at a
normal life but Jules decision is driven
solely by a selfish desire to save his
new daughter swear to me that everything
that you’ve said about the fireflies is
I swear number one deicide Kratos
with the title like God of War was
anyone genuinely shocked by the so
called hero’s actions tricked by Ares
into slaying his own family Kratos
willingly throws humanity down the
crapper to satisfied an insatiable
thirst for revenge after replacing Ares
as the new god of war Zeus portrays
Kratos so the bloodthirsty protagonist
sets out on a mission to burn Olympus
down to the ground massacring everyone
in everything including a number of gods
which the earth depends on for survival
Kratos transforms from a standard
antihero to the destroyer of worlds
[Music]
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
bell to be notified about our latest videos
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top ten
worst things done by videogame heroes
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at questionable
actions committed by gaming protagonists
and heroes that led to rather disastrous
outcomes as optional actions and paths
chosen by the player will not be
considered under Tales genocide run and
follow threes Paradise Falls are
disqualified please note that spoilers
will be included all over the place
should be a straight shot through here
[Music]
actually kind of pretty ain’t it yes
number 10 lack of people skills and
killing his dying wife James Sunderland
she died because she was sick no I
killed her denial is a hell of a drug
Silent Hill 2 ranks among the best
horror games of all time and James
Sunderland is a big reason why traveling
to Silent Hill after getting a letter
from the protagonist supposedly dead
wife
Sunderland struggles to relate with
other people and comforts the clearly
bullied but unhinged Eddie Dombrowski by
questioning whether the young man is
going insane towards the end of the game
it is revealed that James guilt for
murdering his sickly wife Mary prior to
the start of Silent Hill 2 was the
driving factor behind this entire
nightmare
[Applause]
I’m here for you James see I’m real
number nine infecting Manhattan with the
blacklight virus Alex Mercer
I am the virus and I in turn released
Elizabeth green to infect the city a
second time at best this dude
temporarily played the part of a hero
due to a brief bout of amnesia
prototypes protagonist and the central
villain for the sequel Alex Mercer
helped develop the blacklight virus as a
head researcher a gen tech but decided
to go rogue when Black Watch started
killing scientists to cover its tracks
cornered and mere seconds from death an
angry Mercer unleashes the virus and
infects the entire Manhattan area if
that’s not bad enough prototype 2 starts
with Mercer instigating another outbreak
to try and infect enough people to birth
a new dominant species gen tech
officials have verified that the
assailant was infected women
the Mercer virus which was thought to
have been eradicated last year number
[Applause]
where to even start okay how about the
fact that Booker took part in the
Wounded Knee Massacre to avoid scrutiny
for being half Native American reeling
from a sudden death in the family
Bioshock Infinite’s hero gained an
addiction to alcohol and gambling
so Booker agreed to sell Anna his only
daughter to pay off a mountain of debt
while the protagonist instantly
regretted this decision
Booker should have never even considered
it putting aside some later plot twists
which turned the story on his head
Booker accepts a kidnapping mission to
once again clear some debt also
number seven setting off an earthquake
a turncoat who literally changed the
course of history as a respected member
of the colonial brotherhood of assassins
che Cormac was tasked with pursuing the
Templars who stole two pieces of Eden
but the man quickly grew disenchanted
with the Brotherhood’s actions sent out
on a mission to retrieve an apple of
Eden from a temple in Lisbon che
accidentally triggered an earthquake
that reduced the city’s population by
thousands abandoning the Brotherhood and
joining the Templar order che hunted
down any remaining assassins and
effectively destroyed the organization
number six slaughtering a sleeping town
Prince Arthas damn it Luther as your
future king i order you to purge this
city you are not my king yet boy even
the greatest of Heroes can succumb to
desperation Lord Owens crown prince and
a member of the Knights of the Silver
Hand Arthas Menethil yearned to defend
Lord Arryn from a deadly plague released
by the Lich King that transforms humans
into undead soldiers
desperate to slow the epidemic Prince
Arthas burned the infected city of
Stratholme and slaughtered all of its
towns folk from that point on Arthas was
nothing more than a shell of a man and
eventually that an army of the undead in
destroying Lord Arryn before fusing with
number five wiping out the Metroid
species Samus Aran behind Nintendo’s
iconic power suit hides a cold bounty
hunter with an affinity for genocide
surviving a mass cleansing at the tender
age of three Samus Aran lives to extract
revenge on Ridley in the space pirates
responsible for murdering the
protagonists mother 1991’s return of
Samus sees the soft-spoken hero ridding
an entire planet of the Metroid species
a move which backfires spectacularly in
Metroid Fusion
due to the sudden power vacuum created
by the extermination of the planets
dominant species and even worse parasite
is allowed to spread and by extension
causes the death of the BSL space
number four annihilating countless
civilians
captain Martin Walker this isn’t my
fault takes a strong man to deny what’s
right in front of him and if the truth
is undeniable you create your own a
masterpiece of storytelling that
subverts tropes associated with military
shooters set in a war-torn Dubai run by
Colonel John Conrad’s 33rd battalion
captain Martin Walker is tasked with
leading a small search and rescue Delta
Force unit but the protagonists commit
some seriously heinous acts along the
way forced to kill both American
soldiers and civilians
captain Walker’s worst moment involves
firing a white phosphorus mortar that
massacres countless innocents and
members of the thirty-third unable to
cope with the guilt the soldier goes
insane and hallucinates that Conrad is
the one dictating Walker’s actions it’s
Conrad he did all of you needed someone
to blame so you cast it on me you’re
dead
number three murdering innocent and
harmless creatures to save one girl
[Music]
in gaming towering monsters exist to be
slain so we did not think twice when
wander set out on a mission to kill 16
massive entities obsessed with saving
monos life the enigmatic doorman informs
our hero that the girls only hope is to
take out the colossi roaming the
Forbidden Lands despite being warned
that such a journey comes at a cost
wander never hesitates when butchering
these beautiful and docile creatures who
seem uninterested in attacking the
protagonist in a twist that everybody
should have seen coming doorman was
actually being held captive by the
colossi and wander inadvertently helped
set the antagonist free number 2 damning
[Music]
shit the trolley problem questions
whether sacrificing one person to save
the lives of five is the morally correct
choice with Ellie serving as humanity’s
final chance at creating a cure for a
deadly widespread infection The Last of
Us ending sees Joel faced with a similar
conundrum should the hero save the girl
or the entire world well it is safe to
say Joel will not be winning any
utilitarian Awards Ellie is a great
character and deserves a shot at a
normal life but Jules decision is driven
solely by a selfish desire to save his
new daughter swear to me that everything
that you’ve said about the fireflies is
I swear number one deicide Kratos
with the title like God of War was
anyone genuinely shocked by the so
called hero’s actions tricked by Ares
into slaying his own family Kratos
willingly throws humanity down the
crapper to satisfied an insatiable
thirst for revenge after replacing Ares
as the new god of war Zeus portrays
Kratos so the bloodthirsty protagonist
sets out on a mission to burn Olympus
down to the ground massacring everyone
in everything including a number of gods
which the earth depends on for survival
Kratos transforms from a standard
antihero to the destroyer of worlds
[Music]
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
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