10 Best Video Game Anti-Heroes Of All Time
To do good is to be bad.
Anti-heroes, often regular do-gooders occasionally befallen by tragedy - either in their past or in the present - tend to be the cool kids of the hero playground, or occasionally you'll play wondering if they'll see the error of their ways.
However you look at it, there's a lot more going on in their heads than everyone else's. Fuelled by stubborn pride, money, love, revenge and even peace, these characters are driven to achieve their goals by any means necessary, and yet, they're on our side... or at least most of them are, anyway.
Don't get in their way, let them get on with it and we'll all be happier for it.
I'm going to hand-pick 10 anti-heroes from a far larger amount across the last 30 years, so don't hesitate to mention your own favourites - or who you'd swap out - in the comments below.
10. Big Boss - Metal Gear Solid Series
Really just trying to live up to his mentor's vision.
MSF, Diamond Dogs, Outer Heaven, Zanzibarland, it's all in the name of a government free military. Sure he has nukes, sure he has a bipedal weapon, sure he has a devil doppelganger, his intentions are true, to him their good.
Not afraid to start again with nothing, not afraid to hurt those he cares for if it's for the greater good. Big Boss is the greatest soldier who ever lived because he isn't afraid of doing anything, even if it hurts him.
It's either him, Zero or Liquid Ocelot. A lesser of three evils, where perhaps Big Boss is the most righteous of the bunch.