10 Video Game Villains Who Were Secretly Your Ally All Along

now everyone loves a good enemies to lover story but there is another great foes to friends tro that the gaming world doesn't utilize as often even though its potential is genuinely great and that's when the villain is secretly your ally now there are types of antagonists who say that you are not so different you would I and mean it in a completely sincere and amicable way their goals usually align with your character and although they're working for the opposition in reality they're trying to help you and Aid you on your quest so let's take a look at them as I'm jwes this is wat culture.com and these are 10 video game villains who were secretly your ally all along also spoiler alert uh Boulders Gate 3 will be mentioned here number 10 jet stream Sam Metal Gear Rising Revengeance jet stream Sam is easily one of the most popular and memorable characters in Metal Gear Rising and that is saying something considering that he's surrounded by Cyborg nimas and one buff Senator with a fondness of nanom machines and omelets a big part of his following can be attributed to his personality mainly his cool as a cucumber attitude and a strong sense of justice that makes him act like a real Samurai straight out of the Edo period his moral compass is also why jet stream Sam is secretly rooting for you in your fight against Armstrong and Desperado even though he's part of the organization he didn't join it of his own free will and he doesn't want Armstrong's vision of the world to come to fruition throughout the story Sam does terrible things to you like cutting off your hand during your first encounter but he always spares you at the last second and the reason for this is he's trying to prepare you for the confrontation with the rest of desperado's members he's definitely a tough teacher but without his lessons well you'd stand no chance against his fellow soldiers besides who could stay mad at a man with such a dashing smile number nine father Fallout 4 now the main antagonists of Fallout 4 are the Institute a mysterious Collective of scientists who experiment on the Commonwealth with the help of their humanlike synths no matter where you go in Fallout 4 people talk about how evil The Institute is the group replaces random citizens with their synthetic agents raises entire settlements in search of Salvage and in general just sews chaos and paranoia in the entire region however when your character infiltrates The Institute it turns out that their leader father has actually secretly been on your side the entire time and spoiler alert for those who didn't play the game the institute's chief director is actually your son sha though due to some cryogenic malaky he is now older than you but he is still indeed your Lost Child and when you meet him he reveals that he was the one that freed you from your hibernation to see what you would do sha never tried to harm your character and his goal was to always reunite you to so that you can replace him as the institute's leader and yes while it's hard to tell what his true intentions are you have to admit it's pretty sweet of him to make his parents the directors of his futuristic science bunker nepotism at its finest although weirdly in a reverse way anyway number eight zardas Gothic Gothic the 2001 action roleplaying game allows the player to join three rival factions that are formed inside the magically sealed penal colony where the story takes place each has their own agenda and usually clashes with the the goals of the others and yet they all unanimously agree on one thing that zardas is not somebody to be trifled with throughout the game the Mages inside the colony tell the player of the evils of necromancy and of zardas a renegade Mage who betrayed his Circle in order to pursue the dark arts and apparently lives inside the seal as well you're led to believe that zardas is some evil villain that you'll have to fight at some point but when the leader of the Old Camp finally murders all the fire mes you end up looking to him for help and it's then revealed that despite worshiping a literal God of evil zardas is actually a pretty chill guy like most other people in The Colony his goal is to destroy the magic seal and stop the powerful demons slumbering beneath it the old wizard is also incredibly helpful and even saves the main character in the sequel huh who says that necromancers can't make good friends I guess with their Resurrection P they've always got somebody to hang out with forget it number seven Pagan men Far Cry 4 every Far Cry game is known for its villain they're all extremely charismatic and captivating people that the mass huge fan bases no matter what atrocities they've committed against the player however there is one Far Cry antagonist that deserves more praise than his great personality and that's Pagan men and that's because he's the only evil bad guy who is genuinely trying to help you in Far Cry 4 you play as AJ the son of a deceased leader of a rebel group called The Golden path that tries to free the area from Pagan's regime and when you arrive you quickly follow in your dad's footsteps and join the fight against him however what you don't realize is that there was never any need for Bloodshed in the final mission when you storm Pagan's Palace and front him the Mad Tyrant reveals that he never had any intentions of harming AJ he explains that you're actually the son of his dead lover and that he always anticipated giving the area away to you huh maybe we should have stuck around for dinner then in fact obviously that's where the secret ending goes you basically just go there he goes cool that's done now do you want to go party although to be fair his version of partying is pretty extreme maybe he needs to chill out a little bit too much in the sniff you know what I'm saying number six silver and Blaze Sonic 06 now Sonic 06 is guilty of a lot of crimes against gaming but introducing silver and reintroducing Blaze who have previously appeared in the underrated 3DS spin-off Sonic Rush isn't one of them it's probably the only good thing to come out of it actually silver and Blaze are a couple of Psychics who come from a distant future where a great cataclysm has wiped out all of Civilization now at some point in the story they find a way to travel back in time and decide to kill the person responsible for the end of the world throughout Sonic and Shadow story lines blaze and silver appear as antagonists who fight the two hedgehogs thinking them to be responsible for the cataclysm it isn't until later that they discover that they were tricked by their actual Target who disguised himself as Sonic and Shadow in order to eliminate the only two characters capable of stopping him after the reveal the two psychics joined force with the hedgehogs in order to help them save the world like they were planning to do from the very beginning the collaboration must have been to their liking as from that point on Silver and Blaze would become regular additions to Sonic's team appearing in much better titles than their atrocious debut number five Drago ringfit Adventure now Drago or Drago depending on how you want to pronounce it from Nintendo's exercise game ring fit Adventure is a rare example of a villain who's not intended to be the antagonist but rather to serve as motivation for the player to keep trying their hardest obsessed with bodybuilding and becoming his buffest self Big D over here is a dragon who appears as the boss throughout all of ringfit Adventure he's rash he's proud he's self-absorbed and personifies the worst qualities of a gym rat his goal is to defeat ring and the player and he loves to talk trash to you as he figuring you out but really deep inside he's actually got the exact same goal as you and that's to improve your physique and help the two of you become better you see as much as he says otherwise he never really pushes you beyond your abilities he encourages you to try your hardest and challenges you only when he thinks that you're ready for it he isn't so much of a villain as he is an ideal companion for keeping you motivated to stay fit even his trash talk is actually kind of encouraging making you want to show him up and while he may not be the best example of a healthy-minded athlete his goal is to turn you into one number four n Pokémon Black and White it's rare for Pokémon villains to show some depth Beyond we're here to destroy the world because um well don't ask us why and one of the most interesting villains in the entire series is n the enigmatic leader of Team Plasma from Pokémon Black and White n founded Team Plasma in order to free Pokémon from their human owners as he believed their masters didn't really treat them equally and respectfully throughout the course of black and white story Team Plasma grows to adopt more radical views seeing humans as a Fallon plague that needs to be eradicated after their intention of using a legendary Pokémon to wipe out humanity is revealed and decides to stop his former allies every time n appears in the game his intentions are unclear he's an enigmatic figure that keeps judging the player with questions about the nature of their relationship with their Pokémon however this is all just a way for n to size you up so that when the two of you finally go up against the new leaders of Team Plasma he can trust you enough to join forces with you you don't realize it until the end but n has always been on your side number three the hackets the Quarry super massive is is the Quarry is an interactive drama Horror in which you try to survive a night in a werewolf infested summer camp throughout the story the main cast of characters deals with more than just werewolves however like a ghost and of course the hacket family the moment the hackets appear on screen you can't help but think of them as villains they're covered in blood carrying an intimidating collection of weapons and oh yeah they stalk the camp counselors that said the hackets secretly trying to save your characters their intentions are purposely left unrevealed until the second half of the story so that when one of them walks towards you menacingly that you feel like they're about to tear the head off of your shoulders but in reality their goal is to protect the campers from the cursed members of their family that have been transformed into werewolves now you know the help is certainly appreciated but maybe they could have said something instead of stalking people around and chasing after them with knives and shotguns just a thought number two Kalia the eldest Scrolls five Skyrim most of the faction quest lines in Skyrim tend to be on the boring and predictable side but the Thieves Guild story missions are definitely one of the exceptions and in particular due to its antagonist turn Ally Kalaya now Special K serves as the main villain of the first half of the Thieves Guild story she undermines the guilds operating from the shadows and never really fully reveals herself eventually Your Leader merca discovers her true identity and tells you that she's responsible for the murder of the previous head of the guild gas it isn't until you and merca chase after her that a completely different truth emerges it turns out that Mercer was actually gas's killer and he was secretly stealing the Guild's riches Kalia on the other hand was simply trying to expose Mercer to the guild and get revenge for her murdered lover after she saves your life and you realize that you two have the same goals the two of you band together to bring Mera down this Switcheroo is a refreshing change of pace from some of the more linear and one-dimensional quest lines and it's definitely great to stick a blade right into M's face and number one gash Boulders gate three the three chosen of the absolute the main antagonists of Boulders Gate 3 are spoiler alert the champions of the Gods of murder necromancy and tyranny it sounds like the least likely group that you want to be buddies with and yet if you play as the dark urge it turns out that one of them is actually a close friend of yours in act three of the game when your dark urge arrives in Boulder's Gate gach the chosen of the Tyrant God Bane invites you to witness his inauguration after the event he then invites you for a proverbial copper and reveals that prior to your memory loss the two of you were Best Buds and it was actually you who snuck into the hells to steal the crown and set off the events of the entire game it turns out that gach doesn't actually want to work with the other Chosen and his wish is to help you eliminate them so that the two of you can rule the world together yes he's still a power hungry despot who brainwashes people into being his obedient slaves but if you're already playing an evil character yourself the prospect of having a deviously devilish pal sounds pretty great too bad though no matter what you do gach dies before the final act anyway because the path of villain truly is a lonely one and there we go my friends those were 10 video game villains who were secretly your ally all along I hope that you enjoyed that and please let me know what you thought about it down in the comment section below as always I've been Jules you can go follow me over on Twitter or X and Instagram where it's @ retro J but the O is a zero or you can swing by fgs or the future game show YouTube channel where I'm doing all of my gaming content going forward hope to see you over there and I also hope that you're treating yourself well with love and respect my friend because you deserve the bloody best massive ledge hope you're smashing your life goals as always I've been Jules you have been awesome never forget that and I'll speak to you soon bye

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