10 Video Game Heroes Who Made Everything Worse

We said they were heroes, we never said they were intelligent.

By John Tibbetts /

Typically speaking, a hero is supposed to make things a wee bit better. In most cases, the hero of a story is intended to leave a story's world and people better than how they left it.

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Well, I suspect the following characters were busy when that little memo was sent out. Busy doing what, you ask? Why making everything worse for everyone, of course!

Yes, whether on purpose or by accident, the character you the player control will likely end up making things even worse than how they were when you found them. Sometimes the hero is tricked by the villain, sometimes their internal prejudices or baggage lead them to make bad choices, and sometimes the hero is just a prick.

Whatever the reason may be, some video game heroes may not want to set the world on fire, but they're more than happy to strike a match or two to get what they want.

So to honor those screw-ups, failsons, and all around dumbasses that you for whatever reason have been put in charge of controlling into their terrible life choices, here are the 10 worst cases of video game heroes ruining it for everyone.

10. Chris Redfield - Resident Evil: Village 

Resident Evil Village opens with the shocking murder of Ethan Winters' wife Mia and the kidnapping of his daughter Rose. That's shocking in and of itself, but here's the twist - the one that done the deed is seemingly shown to be series veteran Chris Redfield. However, things are a bit more complicated than that. Needlessly so.

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See, later on it turns out that WASN'T actually Mia. That was main villain Mother Miranda, who had kidnapped Mia shortly after Rose was born and used her ability to shapeshift at will to take her place. The second Chris figured that out, he and his men filled her with lead.

So what's the problem here? Well there's the teensy weensy, itty bitty, nigh insignificant detail that he DID NOT TELL ETHAN ANY OF THIS. Despite knowing that Ethan would likely be much more helpful if he knew someone had nicked his wife again while he wasn't looking, Chris chose to leave him in the dark for reasons the game never gets around to explaining.

Hell one of his own men outright tells him that he should have explained to Ethan sooner. There is literally zero reason for Chris to not have told him earlier. Or when he showed up to the Village. Or when he was taken in the convey. Or...

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