10 Most Psychotic Gaming Heroes You Should Be Creeped Out By
10. Nathan Drake
The most common type of psychotic behaviour in video games is the indiscriminate slaughter of hundreds, neigh, thousands of henchmen. The poster boy for this kind of rampage is that loveable Han Solo-esque scamp, Nathan Drake of Sonys Uncharted series. Mass murder in this form is nothing new to the medium; in fact, you will find it to be a common theme of this list. But violence in the name of self-defence is not what makes Drake, and characters like him, so chilling. It is the nonchalant way they deal with the constant wave of death theyre responsible for. If a real human being just stepped away from a gun fight that made the street look like a human rights atrocity, they would probably have some serious counselling coming their way for all the PTSD they should be suffering from. They shouldnt be deriving humour from the situation. That Nathan Drake is known for cracking-wise about the blood, brains and organ matter hes shed is a step beyond desensitisation. Drake has become such a talisman for this level of casual slaughter that Nolan North the actor behind Drake was chosen to have his highly recognisable voice play Captain Martin Walker in Spec Ops: The Line, a videogame that highlighted the morally bankrupt nature of such gameplay.
