10 Evil Video Game Characters Who Saved The Day Anyway

4. Handsome Jack's Team - Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a unique entry to the series in that it’s the first and only Borderlands in which you don’t play as brand new Vault Hunters, but rather as already established characters.

More specifically, you play as the series’ villains!

In the game, you are the hires of the second title’s main antagonist, Handsome Jack, and your story shows how the man went from being a low-level programmer of Hyperion to the greatest threat Pandora has ever faced!

Now, although all of the Vault Hunters in the Pre-Sequel are villains that the other protagonists have to take down later on (save for maybe Claptrap), and although they help their boss become a power-mad CEO with an orbital laser, in terms of the Pre-Sequel’s story, your team manages to do a lot of good for the world, surprisingly!

With Jack's help, they manage to overthrow the corrupt leaders of Hyperion, they clean up Pandora’s moon from crime and dangerous psychopaths, and in general, they become the heroes to the people around.

And yes, their actions ultimately create an insane despot, but it’s nice they did some good things along the way.

It certainly beats establishing a tyrant through acts of evil, that's for sure!

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