10 Famous Gaming 'Villains' You Didn't Realise Were Heroes

8. Magus

Game: Chrono Trigger Outside of the Final Fantasy series, Magus of Chrono Trigger is one of the most iconic villains out there. Set up as the main villain from the very beginning, Magus is clearly a dangerous, homicidal monster, who is the enemy of all humanity, right? As explained at the very end of the game, Magus was actually originally named Janus. As a child, Janus was taken out of his own time due to his own mother messing about with forces way out of her control. It turns out that Magus' plotting, army-building and seemingly nefarious deeds were all in order to defeat the real enemy, a planet-destroying alien named Lavos. Of course, only those who played through Chrono Trigger through to the very end will have discovered this, and Magus has gone down the annals of history as one of gaming's most notorious villains.