The moral dilemmas in video games are an inexhaustible topic for research. We already managed to find out how, with their help, we teach humanism, and also discussed the most monstrous choicesthat can be done in them. This time it is time to recall the titles, free from the shackles of morality – those in which not only it is possible, but also necessary to be a villain. However, these games can also be forgiven, because if you succumb to the dark side, then it is better in the virtual world.
Zombie night terror
Zombies … how much in this word has merged for the gamer’s heart, how much has responded in it! Literally a lot. If you can’t immediately name at least a dozen titles with the walking dead, then you obviously have not very long playing experience. Another thing is to remember those where you were allowed to speak on the side of the dead.
Zombie Night Terror is just one of those rare games where we are required not to destroy hordes of zombies, but to control them. The goal is simple – to bite and infect everyone at the level. But to do this is not as easy as it seems. The survivors are not eager to cooperate and are struggling in every way, but this is not so bad. The zombies themselves – according to the tradition of the genre – do not differ in intelligence and quick wit, and without the help of a player they can only go forward – at least under bullets, at least in a cliff. Therefore, to arrange a full apocalypse in Zombie Night Terror is not so easy. But in the process, you can bring out new types of the walking dead!
Destroy All Humans!
From the classics of horror, we smoothly move on to the classics of science fiction and recall all the cliches about aliens. They must certainly fly on something resembling a saucer. There is no place for originality in their complexion – the body is necessarily puny, and the head is disproportionately large. You can only play with skin color – according to the canon, it varies from gray-blue to gray-green. The main goal of the aliens is to destroy all people!
Forget Shepard and quit XCOM, now you are Crypto 137 – a formidable warrior from outer space who has arrived on Earth to collect the DNA of representatives of primitive civilization and prepare the bridgehead for a full-scale invasion. In your arsenal is a wide range of high-tech weapons, a combat flying saucer and mental abilities. And at your service is an open world full of potential victims and skillfully making fun of the mid-20th century cliche.
Evil genius
Green men and zombies are, of course, great, but sometimes you want to have fun in the upper class. And what could be more elite than the closed club of bond villains? Secret base, grandiose plans, aquarium with a shark and an army of top-notch villains under personal command – this is real life! Dramatically swivel chair and white cat are not included.
In Evil Genius, the user takes on the role of one of the evil geniuses and, under his guise, tries to achieve world domination by committing a variety of atrocities. And that would be an easy task if it weren’t for these sneaky kids … in the sense of super spies. Government organizations around the world regularly send agent agents to the island to interfere with his plans. To counter them, you need to hire minions and equip the base with deadly traps.