Now is the perfect time to hate. Kendrick Lamar and Drake's beef has been a sight to behold over the past few days. Lamar delivers one of the harshest disses of his career, while Drake says “Nooo” over the beat. We finally understand why gladiator fights were held in ancient Rome.
But who is Kendrick channeling right now as he commits musical murder before our eyes? He achieved the hated status usually reserved for characters like Judas and Timmy Turner's father from “The Fairly Odd Parents.” But what about a video game character defined by hatred? Who would be fueled by such malice to cause someone to drop a song like “Meet the Grahams”?
Here are some of the biggest haters in video games.
Sly Cooper's Clockwork
Have you ever hated someone's family so much that you replaced your entire body with mechanical parts in order to live forever and be superior to them? If not, hate them more than Clockwork from the Sly Cooper series. cannot claim to be. Strictly speaking, this mechanical bird is just his one major villain in the heist-driven platformer Sucker His Punch, but his influence on the protagonist's psyche and legacy persists throughout the series. To do. This bastard was jealous of the Cooper family of thieves and extended his life for centuries in an attempt to outwit them. Eventually, he gave up on that part and decided to wipe out the Cooper bloodline, killing Sly's family in front of him as a child. But he didn't know that Connor Cooper was hiding a child in the closet. That would be his undoing after centuries of robotic immortality.
super mario bowser
Mario's nemesis is perhaps the most notorious and hated villain in video games. Bowser is atrocious, but he's also a pathetic loser who persists, seemingly out of malice. Do you have the energy of absolute hatred required to constantly kidnap a monarch, try and fail to take over a kingdom, and still insist on attending your friend group's tennis tournament? Unparalleled.
pokemon blue
“Sniff me later!” You heard it in his voice, right? As he walks away, you hear a cocky swaggering voice in your head about his theme, scalding you with insinuations that you stink, and that he feels self-conscious just being around you. You have to expose yourself. Pokemon Blue, known as Gary in the anime, set the blueprint for the series' rivals. Well, some are meaner and some are more frightening to face in battle, but Blue walked, so he could do any variation of the rival character. He may not have confidence in his abilities as a trainer, or he may be angry because you named him “PoopButt” when given the option, but whatever his motivations, , every instance you're near him is a one-sided rap battle. It can only be stopped by defeating him in combat.
GLaDOS from the portal
The artificial intelligence antagonists of the Portal series are incredible shit-tellers. GLaDOS initially presents itself as a simple AI that monitors user behavior under the guise of monitoring “tests.” But once her mask comes off and you see that she's a vindictive motherfucker who wants you dead, she starts spewing the meanest, meanest shit she can. Her reluctant partnership with you in Portal 2 is said to involve constant criticism of your personality, personality, appearance, and the fact that your mother left you on her doorstep. I am. She's always looking for a reason to want you dead, and if she can't find one, she'll make one up.
Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII
Sephiroth was a decent enough asshole in the original Final Fantasy VII to earn a spot on this list, but his antics have increased tenfold with the remake's continuation. The man travels through the multiverse trying to ruin protagonist Cloud Strife's day once again, hoping to be more successful this time. If that's not a promise, I don't know what else is.
pokemon tinkaton
Don't be fooled by Tinkaton's cute appearance. There's a reason this little fairy-type Pokemon has a giant hammer, and it's to make the lives of the local Corvinites a living hell. One of her characteristics in the Pokédex is that she uses her hammer to launch rocks into the sky, targeting Corvinites who are trying to live in the skies of Paldea. If the fact that the people who study Pokemon know you the most is the fact that you can't leave those poor birds alone, then you should be hated in the picture book and listed as a Pokemon. is.
dragon age fenris and anders
Party members in Dragon Age II exist to embody the political, religious, and political conflicts that define the Kirkwall setting. Fenris, an elf enslaved by sorcerers in the lands of the Tevinter Empire, and Anders, a sorcerer's freedom fighter, could not be more polar opposites. Their relationship is defined entirely by their outward disdain for each other, and it's clear that they would have killed each other soon after they met, had they not been brought together by the main character, Hawk. However, the most disgusting moment in their relationship occurs in Fenris' final companion quest, where the player can return Fenris to the slavers in the final act. By doing this, Anders gains friendship points. It's true that people are complex human beings with self-contradictions, but when you see someone whose only purpose is to defend freedom celebrate the enslavement of those they hate, it's a moment of genuine hatred.
Theseus in the underworld
Theseus is the mother of all hatred in Hades. Do you know the Ship of Theseus? The idea is that if you disassemble a ship and replace parts, you should question whether it is the same ship. Even if you dismantled him and reassembled him with completely new parts, he would still be a self-righteous asshole who only wants to eviscerate the main character, Zagreus. — Moises Taveras
final fantasy tonberry
Tonberries are small and cute, but they are also slow and ferocious creatures. They waddle around the battlefield, trying to gently prod Final Fantasy characters with their knives. While that distance may not be that far for a normal person, it takes these little stubby boys a full time to carry out their attack over 10 feet. It's like they're practically making a pilgrimage to stab you and perform an attack that almost instantly kills you. Going out on a journey just to stab some asshole is the epitome of hatred.
mass effect jack and miranda
Have you ever hated someone so much that you were willing to die just to prove a point? That doesn't quite reach the level of Jack and Miranda from the Mass Effect series. Sure, the two make up and become friends in Mass Effect 3's Citadel DLC, but in Mass Effect 2, Cerberus, a cheerleader for a group of human extremists, and one of his test subjects, are ready to kill each other after being forced to work together to stop them. A threat to humanity. When tensions reach a fever pitch, you'll need to decide which side to take (or use Persuasion Points to resolve the fight). If they fail that status check and must choose one side or the other, they lose their “loyalty” and their relationship for the rest of the game is severed, and they are forced to die further in the game's climactic suicide mission. be at risk of. . It's incredible that a commander would die for siding with his archenemy. Thank you both for the immeasurable and small acts.
Goro Akechi from Persona 5
You see, there are at least a few sources of hatred that can be cited as why Goro Akechi from Persona 5 is a major hater in video games. He tries hard to win his father's approval and begins his career as a detective, becoming known throughout Japan for his ability to solve mysteries. However, his fame and notoriety were not enough, which drove him into even greater rages and even turned into a killer in an attempt to gain his father's approval. It's all in vain, but his hatred for his father isn't the only reason he's on this list. He clearly tells the main character, the Joker, that he hates him, and he does not understand how he can gain the approval of others without devoting his whole life to being loved and respected. He is a tragic figure and I feel sorry for him. But in all of his training and studying to become worthy of his father's attention, he accidentally ended up becoming a professional hater.
Banjo-Kazooie Grunty
Grunty from Banjo-Kazooie is basically the queen from Snow White. The witch covets the beauty of other women and is willing to engage in her gruesome body horror shit to make it her own. Honestly, it's a little unsettling to see Banjo-Kazooie's game over screen, with the witch's appearance changing to a supermodel and Banjo's sister Tootie turning into a witch-like monster. It's all played for laughs, but it's a bit of a mess. I think hate-driven body horror is new on this list.
god of war kratos
The protagonist of Santa Monica Studio's God of War series has mellowed out in recent years. But before he pivoted to Norse mythology and ax-throwing, the man's only motivation was violent anger. He was going to go through any Greek god to get to Zeus, but he did something so reckless that he basically created a whole new system to say, “Hey, hey, that's not so cold.” I had to make a series. The God of War went to therapy with God of War Ragnarök's excellent His Valhalla DLC. Therapy heals the pain of hatred, even if you carry it for yourself. But Kratos' shenanigans in Greece rival Kendrick's most vicious poems.
Sonic and Shadow from Sonic the Hedgehog
I don't even need to explain how disgusting these guys are. Look at this scene from Sonic Adventure 2.
the legend of zelda groos
Sometimes the classic story structure of hate still works. Link's rival in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Groose, is deeply in love with the titular princess, and the love triangle between the teenagers is filled with hate. Groose calls Link incompetent in front of God and everyone, tries to sabotage Link at every turn to impress Zelda with his athleticism, and is generally just a pest. He appears at the end, when the safety of Zelda and the world is at stake, but he respects a man so devoted to undermining his love rival that he is willing to debase himself in front of him. Must be. The woman he is trying to woo. His actions are completely stupid, but he is still hated.
Goro Mashima from Yakuza
This man lives his life with the sole motive of fighting Kazuma Kiryu, the Yakuza protagonist. He does not care about anything else, because he believes that this is the only person who can match his power. If you dedicate your entire life to doing crazy things to embarrass Kiryu, then having hatred may be the same as your religion. It's a way of life. Of course, he has other interests, but they are hobbies. This is a 9-to-5 job and he is 5-to-9.
