Villain ratings (spoilers within)
Rate videogame villains here. 1 is worst, 5 is best
FFIV: Zemus
Backstory: Lunarian who saw humans as undesirable beings
Goal: Acquisition of the crystals and ruling over all
Means: Using Golbez and the Kingdom of Baron as a puppet to gather the crystals
Result: Disappears
Personality: Dark Lord who is evil for the sake of being evil
Development: N/A
Verdict: Has too much time on his hands
Grade: 1.5
FFVII: Sephiroth
Backstory: A semiartificial being created by a totalitarian corporation. Found out about it, went cuckoo.
Goal: Becoming a god, reuniting with "mother", destroying the world
Means: Summoning meteor, using Jenova to do his work for him
Result: Meteor is destroyed by the lifestream, totalitarian corporation is pwned
Personality: badass
Development: Too quick
Verdict: He's really not that great a villain. Very overrated
Grade: 3.0
FFVIII: Ultimecia
Backstory: None
Goal: Time compression
Means: Finding the right sorceress to do it. Trying to kill Rinoa in very brutal ways
Result: Time is almost compressed but she fails
Personality: A sadistic *censored*
Development: N/A
Verdict: I hated her Character and wanted to destroy her, but I would have liked to know why she became like that
Grade: 2.3
FFIX: Kuja
Backstory: Created in a lab to be a temporary angel of death
Goal: Killing Garland, ruling over Terra and Gaia
Means: Gains the power to do so
Result: Kills Garland, goes crazy after finding out he'll die soon, decides to destroy the universe because he believes nobody should exist if he dies.
Personality: dramatic
Development: Good
Verdict: One of the better villains
Grade: 3.9
FFX: Seymour
Backstory: Was baished because he's a hybrid. His mom gave her life to become a fayth. Now he has a savior complex
Goal: Becoming Sin and destroying Spira, thus ending its suffering
Means: Trying to get Yuna to use him as her fayth.
Result: Ends up getting absorbed into Sin, gets sent.
Personality: Unlike most villains who know they are committing acts of evil, Seymour truly believes that what he's doing is right.
Development: Very good
Verdict: Deep character, creepy
Grade: 4.8
Mario=Bowser
Backstory: Turtle whose favorite passtime is kidnapping Peach
Goal: Uknown, probably just to piss Mario off
Means: Kidnapping Peach, stealing stars, turning kings into animals.
Result: Plans never work
Personality: Mean, bullying
Development: N/A
Verdict: No comment
Grade: 1.3
Zelda Ocarina of Time (didn't play the others)=Ganondorf
Backstory: Gerudo born to two mothers but no father (how is this possible)
Goal: Becoming the absolute ruler of Hyrule
Means: Obtaining the Triforce
Result: Obtained only the triforce of power, ruled Hyrule for seven years
Personality: Evil overlord
Development: Poor
Verdict: A truly hateful villain. The Sauron type. No depth but a great villain nonetheless
Grade: 4.5
Syphon Filter 2 and 3=Vincent Hadden
Backstory: US Secretary of State who sees the virus as a means to gaining power
Goal: Obtaining the Syphon Filter virus, selling it to Shi-Hao
Means: Using the Agency and Mara Aramov to sell it and kill Logan and co.
Result: In 2, the Agency gets pwned, in 3, it is discovered that he was apparently behind the whole thing, is about to be arrested but is shot by Mara.
Personality: Corrupt politician
Development: None
Verdict: All politicians are snakes, but some are truly venomous
Grade: 3.6
Syphon Filter Omega Strain=Mikhas Ivankov
Backstory: A former Soviet General turned Chechen seperatist who wishes to sell the Omega Strain so he could buy a nuke to destroy Moscow, acquire Chechen sovereignty, and subsequently start a nuclear war between the US and Russia, as he had the Russians believe the US sold him the nuke
Goal: Selling the Syphon Filter virus to gain the funds to buy a nuke
Means: Creating an uncontrolled version of SF called the Omega Strain, sells it to several terrorist organizations.
Result: Obtains the nuke, but is thwarted by the Agency. Top lieutenants are killed by the agent you use, and he probably dies when the base explodes.
Personality: Terrorist driven by his cause
Development: None, but just look at real Chechen terrorists and you'll see.
Verdict: He gets a high rating because of how "real" he is. If the Chechen Separatists, or the crazies in the Middle-East had a nuke, they's use it without blinking. Likely on a highly populated city.
Grade: 4.8
Xenogears=Krelian
Backstory: Led the Surface Dweller uprising started by Sophia, a woman who preached peace, love for one another, and believed firmly in God. When Sophia sacrificed herself, he lost all faith in mankind and vowed to create a god with his own hands
Goal: Ressurection of Deus, destroying the world, thus saving humanity so that they won't have to suffer like he did
Means: Mutating human beings, absorbing them into a false god, and wreaking havoc on the world
Result: Resurrected Deus, Deus was destroyed, the Wave Existance (the true God) freed, Krelian goes to be one with God.
Personality: Cold, emotionless, devoted to his ambition
Development: Excellent
Verdict: Many say that he wasn't evil. Maybe in his heart, he was working for what he believed to be the greater good, but the ends do not justify the means.
Grade: 5.0
Xenogears-Miang
Backstory: Created by Deus as the Mother of Mankind ten thousand years before the game. Then the mother split into the Weapon Miang, and the Antitype Elly. Miang played the role of the greater woman behind the man in power. After the first Miang died, she was able to possess other women. All women could become Miang. There had been a total of a thousand Miangs. The one you meet for most of the game is the 999th
Goal: Becoming one with Deus
Means: Working behind the scenes with Krelian and the Gazel Ministry
Result: Deus is almost ressurected, she's killed by Ramsus, posses Elly, plans work out
Personality: Sadistic, slimy, manipulative, cold
Development: Excellent
Verdict: This is a character you just love to hate
Grade: 4.9
Xenogears-Ramsus
Backstory: Created in a lab as an artificial contact, and a clone of the emperor for the purpose of destroying the emperor. When it is found out that a real contact (Fei) is born, he is disposed of as trash. Lives in the streets of Solaris, kills a student and steals his ID to get into Jugend Officer's Academy. He graduates and becomes an officer in Gebler along with Citan and Sigurd. He's selected to serve as an Element a few years later. During a battle in Elru, he meets Id who almost kills him. Then he becomes the Commander in Chief of Gebler.
Goal: Killing Fei
Means: Attacking at the most inconvenient of times
Result: Is defeated each time. Miang and Krelian tell him the truth about why he was created and kills the former and wounds the latter.
Personality: Inferiority complex
Development: Great
Verdict: He was a kook, but I felt pity for him
Grade: 4.8
Chrono Trigger-Zeal
Backstory: The Queen of Zeal who's interested solely in power and immortality. Her ultimate goal is to ressurect Lavos.
Goal: Immortality
Means: Building the Ocean Palace, reawakening Lavos
Result: Lavos awakens and destroys Zeal (the Kingdom), Ocean Palace rises to the sky to become the Black Omen, Crono and co. go Spartan on her.
Personality: Evil Tyrant
Development: Forgot if she had any
Verdict: A lady dictator? Scary thought.
Grade: 4.0
