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

6. Nathan Sheridan

Game: Fracture In the 2008 third-person shooter game Fracture, Nathan Sheridan is the general of the enemy army that the player fights against. Because of this, he's the game's main antagonist. Look a little closer though, and Sheridan really isn't that bad a guy. Before the events of the game, Sheridan had two daughters suffering from an extremely rare genetic condition that could only be cured by gene therapy. Unfortunately, genetic research is totally banned in the eastern half of Fracture's depiction of a divided United States, so Sheridan moves over the western side in order to find a cure. He's too late though, and his daughters both die from their conditions. Because of his experiences, Sheridan becomes a strong advocate of genetic research, rising through the military ranks to help the cause. The eastern side soon declares war against the west, and somehow Sheridan is painted as a cut-and-paste villain because of it.