10 Gaming Villains With The Best Motivations

10. Katherine Marlowe - Uncharted 3

Despite Uncharted perhaps being the pinnacle of linear storytelling and character development, the villains in each entry are almost always underwhelming.

Roman was a generic, pompous rich guy and Lazarevic nothing more than a brutish, cliche Eastern-European warlord. Uncharted 3's villainous duo, Katherine Marlowe and Talbot, attempted to break the mould of mediocrity, and though their presence is never the focal point of the tale, they did a rather good job.

Katherine Marlowe is the leader of a centuries-old order created by Queen Elizabeth I, a secret society dedicated to the preservation and continuation of Britain's global influence and power. Her obsession with legendary explorer Sir Francis Drake and his voyage to Arabia are fuelled by her stubborn commitment to crown and country, and a young Nathan Drake was a pesky thorn in her side.

Katherine Marlowe's motivations are driven by fulfilling British conquest which the order has fought centuries for. So few stories on the medium use British history to motivate a villain, which adds an interesting wrinkle to Marlowe's threatening presence.