10 Video Game Villains Hiding In Plain Sight
2. Mother Miranda - Resident Evil Village
The Resident Evil franchise just loves its sneaky villain reveals, and Resident Evil Village served up quite the amusing one.
Throughout the game you'll come across an extremely old woman who speaks cryptically to Ethan about both his own predicament and the role of villainous cult leader Mother Miranda.
However, it's revealed following the battle with Heisenberg that this old woman isn't so much a follower of Miranda as Miranda herself, using her mold infection to change her appearance into an elderly woman who can spy on the local villagers without attracting suspicion.
Given that the old woman has been tacitly guiding the player along throughout the game, it made for quite the surprise that this eccentric yet seemingly harmless individual was the main antagonist all along.
While it was reasonable to expect some sort of payoff with the old lady, few could've anticipated that she would literally be the game's Big Bad hanging out in front of your face the whole time.