10 Beloved Video Game Characters You Hated In The Sequel

10. Anders - Dragon Age 2

Anders is possibly one of the most controversial and inventive figures in the Dragon Age series. When you meet him in the Dragon Age: Origins' DLC, Awakening, he's just a funny, wise-cracking mage who wants to enjoy a life of freedom. When you meet him in Dragon Age 2, Anders becomes a bitter renegade who tricks you into helping him blow up a temple full of innocent worshippers.

The climax of Dragon Age 2 is easily the most intense moment in the entire game, and most of it is due to Anders' treachery.

It's so unexpected, and its results are so grave, that you can't help but want to strangle the guy for setting it up behind your back. The mage puts the blood of hundreds of people blown up in the Chantry on your hands, and then forces you to involve yourself in an all-out war between the mages and the templars, just because you were naive enough to trust him.

Suffice to say, Anders' stunt at the end of Dragon Age 2 has cost him a lot of fans. His reputation crumbled into pieces almost just as quickly as the church he so nonchalantly exploded.