10 Video Game Mentors Who Were Actually Complete Morons

5. Father Emilio Vittorio - Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

Every good vigilante needs a place to vent, someone that understands their murderous woes and ultimately encourages them that whatever they're doing is for the best. When it comes to the Hitman franchise, Agent 47 finds solace in the company of one Emilio Vittorio, a Catholic priest who's forever absolving 47 of all his sins and past crimes. Hang on a minute though... At some point, and forgive my lack of knowledge on the whys and wherefores of religious protocol, there has to be a limit to the confidentiality clause of confession, right? Say you're living a nice peaceful life in the Italian countryside, perhaps a string of return visits from a barcode-tattooed assassin might give you cause to alert the authorities. Instead, Vittorio's church ends up being the location for a good ol' fashioned showdown when 47's enemies inevitably come to call, and despite him then being dragged away from his civilian life as a hostage, abused and later bearing witness to a brutal murder - he responds by mentioning again that the peaceful life is what 47 should be doing. Thankfully, the chrome-domed killer spares him the burden of hanging around and disappears off to continue what he was genetically pre-disposed to do anyway, and although you have to admire the Father's conviction and belief, he probably should've taken some precautions when housing a mass murderer.
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