Top 5 Game Heroes We Want to See Lose
In the majority of cases, the most basic of appeals in video games comes from a simple duality between the perceived "good" end against its "evil" counterpart. Players are portrayed in the protagonist role, rivaling a hindrance in need of toppling. Even in cases where the lines of morality are blurred, the player role is still that of the defining factor. Story moves from the player's perspective. It's not the world around us shaping circumstances as we helplessly waddle through it. It's that dynamic, putting ourselves in the powerful position, which makes our actions feel righteous; as if they're supposed to occur as we're dictating it.
However, not all character roles are equally suited to make a player feel satisfied with their choices. Some heroes can feel like the oppressing force themselves or feel like they're not the proper choice to follow. Some aren't just cut from the right stuff, but they're chosen to ultimately succeed anyway.
It would be nice to see those ill-fated characters fall, at least once. Even if we're forced to play with them, comeuppance would be more entertaining than an undeserved victory.
Here are the top 5 game heroes we would want to see lose:5. Mario – The Bore
Welcome to the obvious and most inevitable choice. As a character that has spent the last thirty or so years winning everything on an endless stream of games, Mario is becoming a redundant character. Hell, the Mario name is even plastered on all but a few of these games, so the plumber is probably going to be successful from the get go. It's tired and predictable by now, Nintendo.
Making matters worse, the walking mustache is a template for mediocrity. In many party games, Mario is the simplest of standard, completely average in any way. Whether it's racing, tennis or even fighting, it doesn't get more generic than the never-ending median of statistics bound to this character. Who wants to be average all the time?
For once, it'd be great to see Mario's fall from grace. Start with a game where the happy-go-lucky icon struts their smarminess across the Mushroom Kingdom, to ultimately get blindsided and lose all but the most vital capabilities. Build whatever Pyrrhic victory comes from there, even if it's just consistent survival in a new realm. That'd be an achievement worth being proud of, instead the same routine. Mario would probably be the most thrilled with any change.
The butthurt in the comments is more entertaining than the article.
I was actually hoping for a list of video game characters who seem more like the bad guys in there games expect I find the same fanboy hate rants you could find on most video game comment sections on YouTube.
If all you do is write about hatred against any topic, maybe you should consider getting a life.
I really think you guys bringing the hate too far. I mean throwing blind stereotypes just to get a few comments that agree. I mean if you guys think that why don't you just get an engine and make games yourself. The Companies are making money. You're making next to nothing hating on this.
We want to see Nathan Drake die for being such an idiot. He is a crappy aim and a stereotype. I kill an NPC of him all the time in Garry's Mod for fun.
Commander Shepherd should also die, I hate his stupid voice, and no matter how much I change his appearance, he is not a personal character, just a wussy made by someone else.
Also any space marine character in video games needs to die because space marines are too incompetent.
Space marines are not incompetent!!!
All this sounds like to me is a list of heroes you HATE yourself, not who should actually lose. Take Raiden for example, he is a badass ninja now and his game is about cutting things up. Sure, its different, but how is it a "Fruit Ninja clone"? All it is, is a new style to try for gaming!
If you didn't enjoy Revengeance then you may not have a soul.
raiden? really? he started as a boring hated character sure, but now its a badass ninja, mgrising is an amazing game
Leo was a great character, he had very little time to adapt to piloting a mech and you are complaining? Get over yourself.
Half of these characters don't belong on there. Especially Raiden. I don't see why MGS fans hate a spin off so much.
Clickb8 in the most obvious shades of mediocrity. "I DON'T LIKE THESE CHARACTERS, THEREFOR, EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE THEM LOSE...AND BY EVERYONE, I MEAN ME. WEH WEH WEH." I r8 h8/8
this list sounds more like a list about how much you hate every character in gaming
Technically, "Leo Stenbuck" did lose (more than once), hence why he's not the main character in the second game.
Lightning -_-
Mario is a sour loser.
Desmond miles is dead in assassins Creed black flag
Master chief. He's too perfect. Nothing can beat him. I'd like to see him get his ass kicked just once though.
MARIO IS MENTAL!
Why isn't Link on the list? Yea he's one of my all time favorite Hero's, but I do want to see him lose at least once. Hell, the Hyrule Historia is separated into 3 different times and one of them is THE HERO HAS FALLEN. So why hasn't this been done yet? Link, Zelda and Ganondorf are always reborn again so why not just do it...
Why isn't Luka on this list. You know, Monster Girl Quest... Luka being the main character. Losing has its uh, bonus's you know.
Huehue
WTF!? Hey who said raided should die I like the guy like I like snake in fact I like to see them both tag team against a ridiculous amount of enemies
In the assassian's creed 3 Desmond miles dies to save the world
I just wanted to see Lightning die a horribly brutal death...instead, I got her ugly smiling face in that preview with the journalist. And I thought Tidus was bad.
The more I play FF7, the more I dislike cloud. If Vincent killed him half way in after Cloud finds out what he was I would have respected the game and Cloud a hell of a lot more. Instead we're stuck with emo-Cloud for another dozen hours.
I hope this idiot was banned from ever posting again. All he did was take popular game heros and made up some BS about them... not even well written BS at that.
Maybe that's what make the opening story of the Paper Marios so interesting. Judging from #2, Ruca from Tales of Innocence could also make it on this list, and that's unfair for both.
I was hoping Nathan Drake would get the dressing down he deserves. Joel and Ellie from the Last of Us as well. David was closer to a real hero, trying to restore some semblance of order in the post-apocalyptic world, instead of just murdering because "f*ck you, we don't like you."
just to be clear to you dude without Desmond or simply another character in his place the whole story would be pointless for AC i mean without him the story didnt work his ancestors memories held the key to saving the world from death so he is the only important character in the game considering you alone control the animus fool babbling bout which he does not know
Thank god no one picked Nathan Drake. Favorite video game hero of all time
You dont understand the role of most of these characters in the games