10 Iconic Video Game Heroes Nobody Admits Are Absolute Dicks

10. Max Payne - Max Payne 3

Max Payne usually tows the line between being a compelling tragic figure and lovable anti-hero, but even with that in mind you can't deny that Max's actions over the course of his three games have often caused more harm than good.

The latest release in the series in particular casts Max in a rather unsympathetic light, and in the early game he's shown in every scene to be nothing more than a washed-up drunk.

Not only that, but he repeatedly fails at his job; given charge of security detail for a wealthy Brazilian family, Max is shown to barely care at all for his employer's safety, and is aggressively reluctant to hunt down their daughter when she's kidnapped on Max's watch.

The character does redeem himself in the second half of the game when he goes sober and hunts down the girl of his own accord, but in all the preceding scenes he's portrayed as nothing more than an emotionless husk who couldn't care less what happened to either himself or the people around him.