10 Gaming Heroes You Didn't Realise Are Murderous Psychopaths

8. The Boss - Saints Row

Saints Row 4 Gets Impressive Cover ArtworkDeep SilverThe protagonist of the Saints Row series takes on many forms, and none of them peaceful. In his journey from lowly street thug to leader of the free world, there's nothing this killer won't do in order to sate his lust for money and power. Saints Row and its protagonist are completely unapologetic about what they are. If the mission calls for it, he'll gladly hop into a tank and cause widespread carnage for the sake of... well, we don't exactly know why he's doing it, but shut up it's fun. Outside of the context of an open world sandbox game, the Hero's actions are actually pretty disturbing. Ending the lives of rival gangs, meddling cops and even the elderly aren't just nothing to him, it's all just fun and games. That is to say of course, they're fun and games to you, the player, but that doesn't make it any less messed up.
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Ken was born in 1994, and before the turn of the century, he was already a gamer for life, starting with Pokémon Blue Version. He has a passion for storytelling, especially in the gaming medium. Growing up on a healthy diet of JRPGs and point and click adventure games, young Kenny grew up playing Nintendo and Sony consoles, before becoming a snobby member of the PC Master Race. Nowadays, he resides in a time warp, refusing to believe the nineties ended as he fills up his Steam library with old point and clicks and cRPGs.