10 Gaming Villains That Secretly SPIED On You
They're always out there, watching.
Video game villains are often portrayed as cunning and dangerous opponents, even though from a gameplay perspective, they don’t seem to do much other than appear in cutscenes and wait to get their asses kicked during a boss fight.
This said, some developers try to make their villains feel like the masterminds they are supposed to be… by making them spy on the player!
Yes, in some games, the villains might be secretly spying on your character, tailing their every move without you even knowing. Either their henchmen or the bad guys personally will stalk your every move, and the only way you’re going to know about it is if you look really closely at what’s happening around you.
This detail is usually kept secret on purpose so that when you discover the enemy forces are constantly watching you, it feeds your sense of paranoia and makes it harder to feel safe!
From assassins masquerading as friendly NPCs to random animals being turned into secret surveillance systems, the following villains are truly the puppet masters they purport to be. Once you discover the secret ways they keep you in check, you’ll never feel safe in their virtual worlds!
10. Azar Javed - The Witcher
Azar Javed is the main villain of the first Witcher game—an ambitious and highly dangerous wizard who steals the witcher mutagens at the beginning of the story to create an army of mutants.
As you would expect of a cunning mage, Javed often utilizes deception and other elements of intrigue to further his goals. In fact, in the second act of the game, he takes on a clever disguise to directly spy on you.
As Geralt investigates the Salamandra activity in Vyzima, he teams up with a local detective named Raymond Maarloeve.
Or rather, he teams up with his adversary, pretending to be his friend.
Although at the beginning of Geralt’s work with Raymond, the detective is the real deal, shortly after, Raymond is killed by Javed. The mage takes the detective's form to spy on Geralt and see what the witcher has learned about his plan.
This twist is revealed at the end of Act II. You can technically call out Javed’s illusion with the right dialogue options earlier, but this will cause the wizard to kill you on the spot, as he’s a pretty bad sport when it comes to spoiling his plans.