10 Video Game Heroes Who Made Everything Worse

One of the most infamous protagonists in gaming history, there was really no question who was going to top this list.

Spec Ops: The Line intentionally lures you into a false sense of security as it opens with the usual trappings of the AAA titles of its era: soldiers, helicopters, Middle Eastern settings etc.

It then uses all of that to metaphorically and very literally beat Walker, and thus the player, over the head with the morally murky nature of the military and the war on terror. Throughout his mission, Walker rips apart whatever little is left of the destroyed Dubai, in a series of increasingly ghoulish war crimes. Culminating in the game's infamous white phosphorous set piece.

No matter which ending you end up with at the end, the game's nihilistic approach to the military shines bleakly through. All perfectly symbolized in a soldier who came to this place to be something he isn't: a hero.