10 Video Game Heroes Way Worse Than The Villain

10. Borderlands – The Vault Hunters

The first entry on our list is by far the easiest to justify, as there’s just so much content on Handsome Jack that you can’t deny him having some redeeming qualities. Also, let's not blindly judge Jack as the maniacal leader of Hyperion, that’s him at his best – or, his worst. If you gave anyone in the series that much power they'd corrupt in the same way.

Even if we take Jack's biggest villainous moment in imprisoning his siren daughter, it's justified by him numerous times. Angel killed her mother by accidental use of her powers and to stop more incidents, he created a secure housing facility for her.

He’s killed hundreds of bandits and scavengers? So have the Vault Hunters. What’s worse is that the Vault Hunters did it for treasure and glory. Jack, before he was antagonised, was ridding Pandora of the worst settlements in order to one day try to fix the planet.

He also ceased production of all Claptrap units but is that really a bad thing. Ultimately, as shown in either Borderlands 2 or The Pre-Sequel, we find out that Jack's snap from attempted hero to big bad was the result of the OG Vault Hunters.