Which game had the best set of villains/antagonists?

[Skyblade]

Garland is absolutely wonderful as well, he fights to protect his people above all else. He's not evil, he simpley chose the lives of his people over the lives of Gaia.

Um, yes, he is evil. Choosing to commit genocide to save your people is not a good act. It may be understandable, but it is definitely evil.

I disagree, considering they are two species fighting for survival, I feel under the circumstance, genocide is acceptable to the alternative of extinction. Technically the real Terrans are wiped out anyway, as the beings that Zidane are from are simply shells being prepped to be imbued with the Terran souls.

Acceptable from a practicality standpoint, perhaps. That doesn't mean it's not evil, or that Garland isn't a mass-murdering lunatic.