where did they get all these guys anyway
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
ten overused video game enemy types that
sounds awesome
for this list we’ve selected the most
stereotypical and overused
generic enemy types that are
consistently used in video games hi hey
ninjas number 10
aliens space is scary that vast expanse
of nothingness is home to a wide
assortment of evil beings intent on
invading earth and performing devious
experiments on humankind
fighting back is pointless my friend
science fiction games are really popular
and therefore it makes sense that aliens
are one of the most common adversaries
come get it take luckily aliens come in
a limitless array of shapes and sizes
and often have names that we can’t even
pronounce yet no matter how many
different species take turns at trying
to invade us human extermination always
seems to be at the top of their list
number nine robots meet the Metro
protectron it gets please the scariest
thing about robots is that they are
usually emotionless making them cold
ruthless killing machines but that’s a
two-way street
there’s no need to feel guilty about
offing legions of toaster ovens now is
there if you’re really lucky maybe
you’re playing a game where you can
reprogram the robots to do your dirty
work for you and take out some other
enemies I get less acquired another
adversary type that comes in all shapes
and sizes no science fiction romp would
be complete without a few mechanical
menaces number eight goblins and orcs
right here this is quite a second
I’ll just it ain’t easy being green
watching your brethren good Slav what
goblins and orcs lack in intelligence
they make up for with strength brutality
and a one-track mind intent on
tenderizing you with blunt objects made
of white echoing in you commonly found
in caves and castles whether you’re
talking about the smaller goblins or
their larger cousins the orcs these ugly
mugs are just human enough to be a
satisfying foe while being just monster
enough to kill with a clear conscience
number seven Russians today we will make
history girlfriend together we will
destroy the United States
what do video game developers have
against Russia probably stemming from
some holdover resentment left from the
Cold War but for whatever reason
Russians are one of the most common
enemy types especially in modern-day
first-person shooters the aka sporting a
clavo wearing soldier is enemy number
one to your modern military game hero no
modern military shooter would be
complete without a snow-covered Russian
based infiltration mission usually
involving some sort of nuclear MacGuffin
47 the meeting will begin in three
minutes it’s about time 47 number six
spiders spiders are perhaps the most
reviled creatures on earth for whatever
reasons these eight-legged monstrosity
instill a crippling fear in most people
it makes perfect sense then that spiders
make regular appearances as enemies in
video games often using a combination of
poison speed and movement reducing web
attacks spiders can be formidable foes
which is why you frequently end up in
spider dens themselves often littered
with web wings everywhere we hope you’re
not arachnophobic number 5 skeletons if
you’re playing a fantasy or role-playing
game chances are good that you will be
encountering skeletons at one point or
another
skeletons use rusty weapons bows and
sometimes even magic to try to stop you
from looting whatever crypt or graveyard
girl trying to desecrate
they’re not just limited to human
skeletons either as you can sometimes
find them in dinosaur form – luckily
these enemies are usually quite fragile
give skeletons a good whack with your
mace and watch them crumble like
man-sized Jenga towers cool number four
rats and bats you’re in a dark cave
searching crates for free junk when a
horrible squeak breaks the silence and
you take damage sound familiar
rats are basically at the bottom of the
enemy type ladder commonly found in
tutorial dungeons rats aren’t much of a
threat unless they attack in packs or
can poison you ah
so how do they taste snake what they’re
rats then there are also bats which are
basically rats with wings
am i right
more of a nuisance than a threat since
they’re so weak it would be a real treat
to walk through a cave someday and not
get attacked by these pests
number three Nazis with a wide variety
of World War two games on the market
there’s no shortage of Nazi soldiers for
gamers to recklessly mow through given
the atrocities committed by the Nazis in
World War two Nazi soldiers are an
easily despised enemy type that were
some of the first to be a okay for video
game fodder hog boom perhaps the most
tired trope in the realm of enemy types
Nazis have definitely overstayed their
welcome as the supposed epitome of
videogame evil Emma PETA then number two
terrorists terrorists enter terrorists
the Nazis for the 21st century
unlike their real-world counterparts
video game terrorists are often more
numerous and much more well equipped
rarely associated with a real-life
nation and often sporting baklavas there
an evil fit for the modern world I
wanted an F I only have an attack by an
armed parent they can be found in a huge
variety of first-person shooters action
games and rail shooters whatever the
genre there’s always bound to be a game
or two that features a terrorist attack
the events of 9/11 made the fear of
terrorists much more profound and as
such they make the perfect
if unimaginative villains for your
armchair general a top secret weapon is
about to fall into the hands of
terrorists in the United States before
we unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions
number one zombies
mindless undead intent on eating your
flesh and brains zombies are terrifying
and abundant interpretations of zombies
very sometimes they might be slow
shamblers that overwhelm you with sheer
numbers other times they may be capable
of running and pouncing on you
zombies are featured in a ton of games
which makes sense because there’s
nothing more satisfying than mowing
through a horde of the formerly living
it’s all the gore and none of the guilt
whether you’re deep in space or in the
middle of the apocalypse there’s always
a zombie type for you
Marylou may I have the other oh you’re a
sick man of course they also combined
brilliantly with another overused enemy
type nazi zombies god damnit I’m so
tired of nazi zombies it’s so overused
agree with our list quite clever
I dare say which enemies are you tired
of facing over and over again for more
great top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com boom
let’s take me some popcorn this time
you
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
ten overused video game enemy types that
sounds awesome
for this list we’ve selected the most
stereotypical and overused
generic enemy types that are
consistently used in video games hi hey
ninjas number 10
aliens space is scary that vast expanse
of nothingness is home to a wide
assortment of evil beings intent on
invading earth and performing devious
experiments on humankind
fighting back is pointless my friend
science fiction games are really popular
and therefore it makes sense that aliens
are one of the most common adversaries
come get it take luckily aliens come in
a limitless array of shapes and sizes
and often have names that we can’t even
pronounce yet no matter how many
different species take turns at trying
to invade us human extermination always
seems to be at the top of their list
number nine robots meet the Metro
protectron it gets please the scariest
thing about robots is that they are
usually emotionless making them cold
ruthless killing machines but that’s a
two-way street
there’s no need to feel guilty about
offing legions of toaster ovens now is
there if you’re really lucky maybe
you’re playing a game where you can
reprogram the robots to do your dirty
work for you and take out some other
enemies I get less acquired another
adversary type that comes in all shapes
and sizes no science fiction romp would
be complete without a few mechanical
menaces number eight goblins and orcs
right here this is quite a second
I’ll just it ain’t easy being green
watching your brethren good Slav what
goblins and orcs lack in intelligence
they make up for with strength brutality
and a one-track mind intent on
tenderizing you with blunt objects made
of white echoing in you commonly found
in caves and castles whether you’re
talking about the smaller goblins or
their larger cousins the orcs these ugly
mugs are just human enough to be a
satisfying foe while being just monster
enough to kill with a clear conscience
number seven Russians today we will make
history girlfriend together we will
destroy the United States
what do video game developers have
against Russia probably stemming from
some holdover resentment left from the
Cold War but for whatever reason
Russians are one of the most common
enemy types especially in modern-day
first-person shooters the aka sporting a
clavo wearing soldier is enemy number
one to your modern military game hero no
modern military shooter would be
complete without a snow-covered Russian
based infiltration mission usually
involving some sort of nuclear MacGuffin
47 the meeting will begin in three
minutes it’s about time 47 number six
spiders spiders are perhaps the most
reviled creatures on earth for whatever
reasons these eight-legged monstrosity
instill a crippling fear in most people
it makes perfect sense then that spiders
make regular appearances as enemies in
video games often using a combination of
poison speed and movement reducing web
attacks spiders can be formidable foes
which is why you frequently end up in
spider dens themselves often littered
with web wings everywhere we hope you’re
not arachnophobic number 5 skeletons if
you’re playing a fantasy or role-playing
game chances are good that you will be
encountering skeletons at one point or
another
skeletons use rusty weapons bows and
sometimes even magic to try to stop you
from looting whatever crypt or graveyard
girl trying to desecrate
they’re not just limited to human
skeletons either as you can sometimes
find them in dinosaur form – luckily
these enemies are usually quite fragile
give skeletons a good whack with your
mace and watch them crumble like
man-sized Jenga towers cool number four
rats and bats you’re in a dark cave
searching crates for free junk when a
horrible squeak breaks the silence and
you take damage sound familiar
rats are basically at the bottom of the
enemy type ladder commonly found in
tutorial dungeons rats aren’t much of a
threat unless they attack in packs or
can poison you ah
so how do they taste snake what they’re
rats then there are also bats which are
basically rats with wings
am i right
more of a nuisance than a threat since
they’re so weak it would be a real treat
to walk through a cave someday and not
get attacked by these pests
number three Nazis with a wide variety
of World War two games on the market
there’s no shortage of Nazi soldiers for
gamers to recklessly mow through given
the atrocities committed by the Nazis in
World War two Nazi soldiers are an
easily despised enemy type that were
some of the first to be a okay for video
game fodder hog boom perhaps the most
tired trope in the realm of enemy types
Nazis have definitely overstayed their
welcome as the supposed epitome of
videogame evil Emma PETA then number two
terrorists terrorists enter terrorists
the Nazis for the 21st century
unlike their real-world counterparts
video game terrorists are often more
numerous and much more well equipped
rarely associated with a real-life
nation and often sporting baklavas there
an evil fit for the modern world I
wanted an F I only have an attack by an
armed parent they can be found in a huge
variety of first-person shooters action
games and rail shooters whatever the
genre there’s always bound to be a game
or two that features a terrorist attack
the events of 9/11 made the fear of
terrorists much more profound and as
such they make the perfect
if unimaginative villains for your
armchair general a top secret weapon is
about to fall into the hands of
terrorists in the United States before
we unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions
number one zombies
mindless undead intent on eating your
flesh and brains zombies are terrifying
and abundant interpretations of zombies
very sometimes they might be slow
shamblers that overwhelm you with sheer
numbers other times they may be capable
of running and pouncing on you
zombies are featured in a ton of games
which makes sense because there’s
nothing more satisfying than mowing
through a horde of the formerly living
it’s all the gore and none of the guilt
whether you’re deep in space or in the
middle of the apocalypse there’s always
a zombie type for you
Marylou may I have the other oh you’re a
sick man of course they also combined
brilliantly with another overused enemy
type nazi zombies god damnit I’m so
tired of nazi zombies it’s so overused
agree with our list quite clever
I dare say which enemies are you tired
of facing over and over again for more
great top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com boom
let’s take me some popcorn this time
you
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