Edit: holy shit I turn my head around for one second and I got 40 replies? THANK YOU ALL :D <3
I just rewatched Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy and following Bane’s and Miranda’s story made me realize that I’m a bit saturated in regards to playing as the hero, the protagonist, the “good guy” in PC games. While I love saving the world as much as the next person, I’d love to play as some perhaps self-righteous villain, or antagonist, or simply somebody portrayed in a way that’s meant to make the player sympathize with questionable morality or, at the very least, be conflicted about why you suddenly find yourself rooting for them.
I’m mostly looking for story driven open world single player games, but any recommendations are welcome. :)
Tie Fighter. Flying as a pilot for the Empire in Star Wars including flying alongside Vader to save the Emperor. Includes getting pulled into a secret society with a cool glowing force tattoo showing your rank in service to the Emperor.
The game never says your name but I. The old expanded universe books you are basically the Empire version of Wedge.
Tyranny. I mean, you could end up being the good guy, depending on what that means to you, but you start leading an army to conquer part of the world at the behest of Kyros the Overlord. I think I would classify Kyros as a sort of Lawful Evil type. He seems to want to bring peace and order to the world, but chooses to do it through conquest and harshly enforced laws.
Fallout New Vegas
The number of opportunities the game gives you to be an absolute piece of shit is ridiculous.
Here are some examples:
Get the Terrifying Presence perk and literally become evil incarnate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXBC2OYLM0k
Or just level up speech and be mean in general: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STptNbHOXWg
Command & Conquer 3
Kane was really rocking that Evil Abed™ look before Abed even existed
Kane just copied the look of Derek Vinyard.
Basically Westwood game
Maybe the Darksiders games?
Fable
Carrion
It’s a modern 2D pixel art reverse horror game, it’s real fun.
Peacemaker The Game.
Darkest dungeon - though you need to make it to the ending to find out why you’re evil.
No recommendations, but just wanted to thank you for a real good question.
Spec Ops: The Line
The willy pete scene fucked me up for a while.
Prototype
The Last of Us (I and II)
Civilization. Choose Ghandi. You’re welcome.
Kinda surprised nobody has mentioned Metal Gear Solid V and Peace Walker.
Well, both play before Big Boss’ downfall, and V definitely is us playing the good guys. Diamond Dogs go on humanitarian missions, topple dictators off screen in text-based missions, and save the world. Of course, you can also completely be merciless towards the Soviets or the PMCs in the game.
