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The Top 7… 'Whoops, you're evil!' moments

A celebration of the games that turned good guys into unwitting villains

Words: GamesRadar US
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MacGyver1138  - 9 months 1 day ago 
Great article. The only game that I didn't play was Haze, and I loved all of the other ones.

Shadow of the Colossus is a beautiful game, and the play on videogame conventions is really cool.

I would add Crackdown to the list, though it did not use any subtle clues before the reveal, other than the fact that the Agency Tower is kind of monolithic and intimidating. At least you were fighting actual "bad guys" in that game, even though you do so in serving other "bad guys."
craigkiller  - 9 months 1 day ago 
I'm surprised Dead Space din't appear!
oryandymackie  - 9 months 1 day ago 
yeah, strange that I felt remorse over BioShock, I'd killed some COMPUTER-GENERATED NPC's, and i feel guilty
hdbngr15  - 9 months 1 day ago 
What about assassins creed? all of that work tou did so your kind could rule the world!
Ell223  - 9 months 1 day ago 
what about assassins creed?
haven't played it in a while but didn't that have a similar twist to these?
Thequestion 121  - 9 months 22 hours ago 
That was a great article. Shadow of the Colossus blew me away with its ending. I love that game so much.
nguy123  - 9 months 22 hours ago 
I hated killing the collosi right from the start. They were just so awesome! My favorite was the eel.
SonicX_89  - 9 months 21 hours ago 
I don't know if its mentioned already, but Crackdown also had one of these moments. It may have not been significant enough to the GR list, or they may have forgotten about it. The twist at the end did surprise; I wonder how the story will work out in Crackdown 2
jackson  - 9 months 20 hours ago 
in Super Paper Mario you killed the king of those plant people because they were capturing the rock people

But in actuality you killed the plant peoples best king who was trying to the best of his abilities to keep his race alive!

Now thats being EVIL!
pheendogg  - 9 months 19 hours ago 
I can not believe no KOTOR!!!!
eeaghk2112  - 9 months 18 hours ago 
You know something I realized as I was reading the Shadow of the Colossus section? Dormin is nimrod spelled backwards. I jsut find it kinda funny for some really hard to explain reason.
Synster  - 9 months 18 hours ago 
Dude. Shadow of the Colossus was freaking depressing at most. From the time I first saw an Advert for it in a local Game store, to when I beat it, It went from "YEAH! DIE YOU UNFAIRLY HUGE GIANTS!" to "Wait....Somethings wrong", to "Well...." and finally, "...........Well that Sucks. Hard. All that for nothing? "
gatornation1254  - 9 months 16 hours ago 
Great article. I loved Bioshock. I didn't see that twist coming at all. I just did whatever Atlas did because he was a friendly face in a dark place like Rapture.
RooringRA  - 9 months 13 hours ago 
SoTC was a great game best game for Ps2 in my opinion, plus I loved killing the Collosi hearing them scream in pain whenever I stabbed them when there special parts glowed hahahahahaha! but in reality killing them did feel kinda sucky lol
drunation  - 9 months 6 hours ago 
Great top 7! i would add crackdown, I know its a gta rip off but its fun enough, though i would not put it anywhere near the top 7 you have here.
deadgeeks  - 8 months 29 days ago 
dude wheres ninja gaiden? and darkwatch? and just for the fun of it why not darth vader?
Mavarious  - 8 months 29 days ago 
I think the "eff you, stupid, you're really the evil guy" is the new norm.
TriLun0r  - 8 months 29 days ago 
Umm...sorry, but what about Crackdown? It caught me off guard at the end, because I was already killing civilians...didn't think it got worse that. Fine, maybe #8.
volrath46656  - 8 months 29 days ago 
Uhh...where exactly is KOTOR? I expected it to be #1, and it's not even on the list.
key0blade  - 8 months 29 days ago 
nice one GR! i didnt realize how evil Braid was...
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