10 Video Game Anti-Heroes We Can't Help But Love

2. Max Payne (Max Payne Series)

Video Game Antiheroes Kain Ben Throttle
Remedy Entertainment

It's not just the scrunched up face of Sam Lake and his frequent quips which makes the unfortunately named Maximilian Payne so endearing (although it helps).

The eponymous anti-hero makes good on the promise of nominative determinism, shooting up literally hundreds of baddies throughout his travails - but not without good reason. Haunted by agonising ephialtes of his family's murder, Payne turns vigilante and vows to gun down their killers - as well as several vanloads of henchmen who get in his way in the process.

Turns out two wrongs do make a right.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.