revenge is a dish best served at 60fps
so they’ve got a lot of Marines we’ll
use those numbers against them welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
video game revenge stories for this list
we’ll be looking at games whose
characters are out to settle some old
scores since revenge is a big part of
these stories we’ll be putting a spoiler
warning here so we don’t have to deal
with any mojo holic seeking revenge
against us
number ten middle-earth shadows of
Mordor dear hi oh the mighty chicken
killer just because you kill someone
doesn’t mean you’re free from their
wrath kalian is a man who is hell-bent
on destroying the black hand of Sauron
come back to me
black hand in an attempt to summon the
wrath of the elf Lord Calabria more
sacrificed Italian his wife and his son
in a ritual Calabria more does appear
but instead of going to the black hand
he merges with tallien you are banished
from death cast adrift between the
worlds of light and dark the rest of the
game is the two working together to
restore calibre in borås memories so he
can become stronger and tallien using
that strength to avenge his family
number nine Starcraft 2 part of the
swarm if video games have taught us
anything it’s that if someone is
presumed dead they’re really not dead
bro
such is the case with Sarah Kerrigan who
is abandoned to the Zerg by the Emperor
of the Terran Dominion Arcturus Mengsk
da Cunha it’s done helmsman signal the
fleet and take us out of orbit instead
of being killed though Kerrigan is
assimilated and as the series progresses
she becomes the Queen of Blades and is
able to control the Zerg maybe you
should have let him kill me I
slaughtered millions as the Queen of
Blades wow she’s been watching revenge
since Manx left her for dead
it all comes to a close and heart of the
swarm where she’s the central focus of a
game and is able to finally get the
benjin’s she’s been craving even if it
hurts those that are closest to her
number 8 the darkness I heard you and
your girlfriend cool up here Estacada
what shit it’s the night of Jackie
Estacado ‘s 21st birthday and he’s got
some pretty big plans escaping the
Mafia’s assassination attempts having a
demonic force inhabit its body watching
his girlfriend died and then committing
suicide to end his grief worst birthday
ever
fortunately or unfortunately depending
on your viewpoint Jackie’s death is only
the beginning of his story by giving
into the darkness he succeeds in his
quest for vengeance actually he does
more than succeed as he not only kills
the one responsible for his pain he
takes over the mob everyone else in the
theatre they’re screaming cuz they’re
watching a horror movie and you’re not
the hero
you’re the monster number seven Metal
Gear Solid 5 the phantom pain
I’m afraid it’s been 9 years while it
doesn’t have a fancy nonsensical title
like revengeance
there’s no denying our need for some
payback after the events of ground
zeroes no matter how short said events
were
on top of the MIDI tab cellphone tail
being destroyed Chico and Paz were
tortured in truly despicable ways
including Chico being forced to sexually
assault Paz and has having BOM
surgically put into her body even after
being in a coma for nine years Big Boss
and Miller were eager to fight for their
lost comrades and I guess we don’t blame
him number six disc honored someone has
to take the fall
goodbye Hoffa someday villains will
learn not to tell the heroes that
they’re the ones who destroyed their
lives had Lord Regent not told Corvo
attano that he was the one who framed
him for the death of the empress we
probably wouldn’t have had our number
six pick there was nothing personal even
though you almost sank on planets to be
fair it was corvo’s execution day so
Lord Regent was probably feeling a
little extra cocky until Korbel broke
free of course seen anything scary huh
thus begins his tale of vengeance a
theme that will carry over in the sequel
where the Empress’s daughter
now when Empress herself follows in
corvo’s assassinating footsteps in an
attempt to regain her lost land after
she’s been dethroned
number five
Shenmue it father stay back
the most distressing thing about Ryle
hazuki’s revenge story isn’t so much the
nature of it but the fact that the story
never reaches a conclusion those who set
foot in these mountains have never
returned it’s an old tale in the first
game he returns to his family’s dojo
just in time to be emotionally scarred
as a man named LAN D threatens to kill
him if his father doesn’t reveal the
location of something called the dragon
mirror where is the mirror I’ve no
intention of telling you ryos father
complies and is immediately killed
afterwards the second game reveals that
LAN D blames ryos father’s death for his
own father’s death and that’s it for now
number four Assassin’s Creed 2
wouldn’t it be great if you could get
all the training you needed via reliving
the memories I’m an assassin especially
an assassin as charismatic as Ezio
Auditore da Firenze we suppose the
drawback would be having to live through
Ezio’s tragic backstory though we barely
get to be introduced to the man before
his father and brothers were killed
before his very eyes
leaving Ezio to flee with his mother and
sister thank you for offering your home
to my family Paola it was the least I
could do before his death and SEOs
father tells him where to find his
assassins tools and the rest as they say
is computer-generated history used to
fight the Templars of course going
through all that knowing that the
Templar still exists what they’re
planning
number three Max Payne they’ve given me
the best seat in the house front row
center why can’t any badass lead
character be allowed to settle down with
their family such is also the case for
Max Payne an NYPD detective who just
lost his wife a newborn baby two junkies
who were high on a brand-new drug no no
no God no Michelle as if losing his
family weren’t enough Max’s longtime
friend Alex is also killed and Max is
framed for the murder this adds to the
pile of reasons why max is on such a
destructive path of vengeance
how destructive you ask well it says a
lot when the lead character actually
smiles as he’s being arrested for all of
the carnage he’s gone I released my
finger from the trigger and then it was
over number two God of War series I
bring the destruction of all FS
when you think of a brutal force of
nature there are several characters who
come to mind but nothing says it raged
quite like Kratos this is your purpose
die with honor I tricked into killing
his family by Ares he sets off on a
quest so epic that it starts on the ps2
and concludes on the ps3
Kratos not only kills Ares but he takes
his position as the God of War due to
his anger at the gods in general though
Kratos runs amok which evokes the wrath
of Zeus which gets Kratos killed which
makes him even angrier which means lots
more violence lots more blood and those
aggressive Spartan battle cries
before we get to our number one pick
let’s let these honourable mentions get
some well-deserved vengeance look at you
you’re alive me I’m not so sure tell me
why you killed her I can’t tell you all
you can do is kill me
number one Red Dead Redemption
gnarlie get on this horse get out of
here go find place to hide John Marston
will be granted amnesty if he takes his
old gang down this doesn’t go over so
well poor Jim now he has an even bigger
reason to take out his gang and he does
just that but before he can settle down
with his family like he was promised the
government betrays him much to our
surprise and sheer delight the story
doesn’t end there
three years later Marsten’s son Jack
finds the man who led the attack against
his father and proceeds to deliver the
sweet revenge that completes our number
one spot
do you agree with our list which gaming
Benjen story made you eager to pick up
your controller for more top 10s that
won’t stab you in the back be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com man this is
go talk 1 we have secured Panther and
are ready to return to base
so they’ve got a lot of Marines we’ll
use those numbers against them welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
video game revenge stories for this list
we’ll be looking at games whose
characters are out to settle some old
scores since revenge is a big part of
these stories we’ll be putting a spoiler
warning here so we don’t have to deal
with any mojo holic seeking revenge
against us
number ten middle-earth shadows of
Mordor dear hi oh the mighty chicken
killer just because you kill someone
doesn’t mean you’re free from their
wrath kalian is a man who is hell-bent
on destroying the black hand of Sauron
come back to me
black hand in an attempt to summon the
wrath of the elf Lord Calabria more
sacrificed Italian his wife and his son
in a ritual Calabria more does appear
but instead of going to the black hand
he merges with tallien you are banished
from death cast adrift between the
worlds of light and dark the rest of the
game is the two working together to
restore calibre in borås memories so he
can become stronger and tallien using
that strength to avenge his family
number nine Starcraft 2 part of the
swarm if video games have taught us
anything it’s that if someone is
presumed dead they’re really not dead
bro
such is the case with Sarah Kerrigan who
is abandoned to the Zerg by the Emperor
of the Terran Dominion Arcturus Mengsk
da Cunha it’s done helmsman signal the
fleet and take us out of orbit instead
of being killed though Kerrigan is
assimilated and as the series progresses
she becomes the Queen of Blades and is
able to control the Zerg maybe you
should have let him kill me I
slaughtered millions as the Queen of
Blades wow she’s been watching revenge
since Manx left her for dead
it all comes to a close and heart of the
swarm where she’s the central focus of a
game and is able to finally get the
benjin’s she’s been craving even if it
hurts those that are closest to her
number 8 the darkness I heard you and
your girlfriend cool up here Estacada
what shit it’s the night of Jackie
Estacado ‘s 21st birthday and he’s got
some pretty big plans escaping the
Mafia’s assassination attempts having a
demonic force inhabit its body watching
his girlfriend died and then committing
suicide to end his grief worst birthday
ever
fortunately or unfortunately depending
on your viewpoint Jackie’s death is only
the beginning of his story by giving
into the darkness he succeeds in his
quest for vengeance actually he does
more than succeed as he not only kills
the one responsible for his pain he
takes over the mob everyone else in the
theatre they’re screaming cuz they’re
watching a horror movie and you’re not
the hero
you’re the monster number seven Metal
Gear Solid 5 the phantom pain
I’m afraid it’s been 9 years while it
doesn’t have a fancy nonsensical title
like revengeance
there’s no denying our need for some
payback after the events of ground
zeroes no matter how short said events
were
on top of the MIDI tab cellphone tail
being destroyed Chico and Paz were
tortured in truly despicable ways
including Chico being forced to sexually
assault Paz and has having BOM
surgically put into her body even after
being in a coma for nine years Big Boss
and Miller were eager to fight for their
lost comrades and I guess we don’t blame
him number six disc honored someone has
to take the fall
goodbye Hoffa someday villains will
learn not to tell the heroes that
they’re the ones who destroyed their
lives had Lord Regent not told Corvo
attano that he was the one who framed
him for the death of the empress we
probably wouldn’t have had our number
six pick there was nothing personal even
though you almost sank on planets to be
fair it was corvo’s execution day so
Lord Regent was probably feeling a
little extra cocky until Korbel broke
free of course seen anything scary huh
thus begins his tale of vengeance a
theme that will carry over in the sequel
where the Empress’s daughter
now when Empress herself follows in
corvo’s assassinating footsteps in an
attempt to regain her lost land after
she’s been dethroned
number five
Shenmue it father stay back
the most distressing thing about Ryle
hazuki’s revenge story isn’t so much the
nature of it but the fact that the story
never reaches a conclusion those who set
foot in these mountains have never
returned it’s an old tale in the first
game he returns to his family’s dojo
just in time to be emotionally scarred
as a man named LAN D threatens to kill
him if his father doesn’t reveal the
location of something called the dragon
mirror where is the mirror I’ve no
intention of telling you ryos father
complies and is immediately killed
afterwards the second game reveals that
LAN D blames ryos father’s death for his
own father’s death and that’s it for now
number four Assassin’s Creed 2
wouldn’t it be great if you could get
all the training you needed via reliving
the memories I’m an assassin especially
an assassin as charismatic as Ezio
Auditore da Firenze we suppose the
drawback would be having to live through
Ezio’s tragic backstory though we barely
get to be introduced to the man before
his father and brothers were killed
before his very eyes
leaving Ezio to flee with his mother and
sister thank you for offering your home
to my family Paola it was the least I
could do before his death and SEOs
father tells him where to find his
assassins tools and the rest as they say
is computer-generated history used to
fight the Templars of course going
through all that knowing that the
Templar still exists what they’re
planning
number three Max Payne they’ve given me
the best seat in the house front row
center why can’t any badass lead
character be allowed to settle down with
their family such is also the case for
Max Payne an NYPD detective who just
lost his wife a newborn baby two junkies
who were high on a brand-new drug no no
no God no Michelle as if losing his
family weren’t enough Max’s longtime
friend Alex is also killed and Max is
framed for the murder this adds to the
pile of reasons why max is on such a
destructive path of vengeance
how destructive you ask well it says a
lot when the lead character actually
smiles as he’s being arrested for all of
the carnage he’s gone I released my
finger from the trigger and then it was
over number two God of War series I
bring the destruction of all FS
when you think of a brutal force of
nature there are several characters who
come to mind but nothing says it raged
quite like Kratos this is your purpose
die with honor I tricked into killing
his family by Ares he sets off on a
quest so epic that it starts on the ps2
and concludes on the ps3
Kratos not only kills Ares but he takes
his position as the God of War due to
his anger at the gods in general though
Kratos runs amok which evokes the wrath
of Zeus which gets Kratos killed which
makes him even angrier which means lots
more violence lots more blood and those
aggressive Spartan battle cries
before we get to our number one pick
let’s let these honourable mentions get
some well-deserved vengeance look at you
you’re alive me I’m not so sure tell me
why you killed her I can’t tell you all
you can do is kill me
number one Red Dead Redemption
gnarlie get on this horse get out of
here go find place to hide John Marston
will be granted amnesty if he takes his
old gang down this doesn’t go over so
well poor Jim now he has an even bigger
reason to take out his gang and he does
just that but before he can settle down
with his family like he was promised the
government betrays him much to our
surprise and sheer delight the story
doesn’t end there
three years later Marsten’s son Jack
finds the man who led the attack against
his father and proceeds to deliver the
sweet revenge that completes our number
one spot
do you agree with our list which gaming
Benjen story made you eager to pick up
your controller for more top 10s that
won’t stab you in the back be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com man this is
go talk 1 we have secured Panther and
are ready to return to base
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