10 Video Game Heroes Who Accidentally Made Villains MORE EVIL

10. Peter Parker - Spider-Man

It of course seems blindingly obvious to us, as Spider-Man fans, that Dr. Otto Octavius' research into advanced prosthetic limbs has disaster written all over it, but sweet, naive Peter Parker just wants to work with a genius scientist and, honestly, can you blame him?

Now, even if you can forgive that by sheer virtue of helping Octavius with his research, Peter effectively aided the birth of Doc Ock, mechanical tentacles and all, the rabbit-hole goes a little deeper than that.

At the start of the game, Peter shows up late to work, just as Octavius' experimental limb fails spectacularly in front of a group of financiers who, in turn, pull his funding.

This then forces Octavius to seek financial assistance from the deeply shady A.I.M., as ultimately leads to his villainous downfall.

Basically, had Peter turned up for work on time and caught the glitch before the demonstration, there's a solid chance things would've gone very differently for Octavius.

Yet his tardiness ended up causing a cascade of other issues, leading the ambitious Octavius to become a true antagonist.