10 Video Game Villains Who SUCK At Being Evil

A good video game villain is always posing a threat to the player character and making their life harder at every step of the way.

They're ruthless but charismatic, dangerous but smug, and everything they do has a distinct aura of evil about it.

That's just the good cases, however. What about the runts of the villain family? The absolute screwups that are about as threatening as a basket of puppies?

Well, it turns out not every villain in games checks the boxes of a brilliant antagonist. Some of them are really bad at the evil act, so much so that they feel more like comic relief than a proper enemy, and because of this, they offer a more lighthearted take on the good vs. evil tale.

From bandits who are too polite for a stickup to incompetent masterminds and plain clumsy idiots, these aren't your typical bad guys. They might try to look and act intimidating, but at the end of the day, you're more likely to feel sorry for them than to get scared.

If you're looking for an easy nemesis, the following characters are your people.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II tells the story of how Henry rose from being a simple blacksmith's son to becoming a fully-fledged knight.

However, up isn't the only direction you can move in the ranks of feudal Bohemia, as evidenced by the random encounter with Sir Jezhek of Holohlavy.

When you first meet Jezhek, it seems like a regular bandit ambush. He runs up to you from out of nowhere, fully armed and ready for a stickup. However, it doesn't take long to realize that the man doesn't really act like your typical bandit.

He's awfully polite, and instead of threatening you for your goods, it sounds more as if he was gently making a suggestion.

You can actually press him about why this is the case, in which case Jezhek will explain that he is a retired knight who couldn't find a way to make a living after he lost his title, so he turned to highway robbery for a chance at earning some money.

Seeing as Henry can instruct him on how to properly intimidate people as he is supposedly being robbed, it's easy to tell that Sir Jezhek isn't really cut out for a life of crime.