20 Video Game Villains That SHOULDN'T Have Died

14. Jeane - No More Heroes

If defeating a late-game boss is supposed to feel triumphant and exciting in most video games, No More Heroes entirely subverted that with the demise of climactic foe Jeane.

This is because, if you dare to pore over her fast-forwarded cutscene, you'll learn that she's actually your half-sister, she was sexually abused by your father for years, and was then forced into sex work in order to survive.

Basically, she's had one hell of a tragic life, and so once you're armed with that knowledge it's basically impossible to get any thrill out of killing her - especially with her being your flesh and blood and all.

As entertainingly chaotic as the fight itself might be from a gameplay perspective, narratively it'll have you desperately wishing there was another outcome.

But wishing that Jeane didn't die is surely precisely the point, so in that respect developer Grasshopper Manufacture absolutely nailed what they were going for.