20 Smartest Video Game Villains Who Deserved To Win

4. Darth Traya - Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II's villain is Darth Traya aka Kreia, a Force user with a simple but incredibly badass goal - to destroy the Force itself.

She views the Force as a manipulative entity that the universe would ultimately be better off without, given all the blood that's been shed in its name on both sides of the Jedi/Sith conflict.

Kreia wants to rid the galaxy of the never-ending light/dark conflict and let people exist purely on their own terms, so she plotted to exploit her Force-bond with the player character to deepen a huge wound in the Force, enough to silence it once and for all.

Kreia got extremely close to winning but was ultimately foiled by the player, yet the mind-boggling ambition and uniqueness of it, especially in a franchise as big as Star Wars, nevertheless helps her stand out as one of its most fascinatingly calculating antagonists.