10 Awesome Video Game Villains You Never See
1. The Narrator - The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable is undoubtedly the most famous storytelling game in the industry and has gone viral for its look at gaming and all the tropes that come with it. The game focuses on destiny, the freedom of choice, and the relationship between developers and players, and has proven itself to have some of the most replayability value going.
The game sees players take control of a silent protagonist called Stanley, who is guided through the game by an all-seeing narrator voiced by the superbly British Kevan Brighting. Players have the freedom to either obey the instructions and rules the narrator gives, or forge their own path by
Disobeying the narrator is where most of the fun comes from, with The Stanley Parable dishing out some hilariously meta quips as things increasingly spiral out of control.
The constant breaking of the fourth-wall, the constant bemoaning and eloquence in which Brighting delivers his lines has certainly made the narrator once of the most iconic baddies in recent gaming history.
And to think, players never even get a glimpse of what this all-knowing antagonist even looks like.