10 Video Games That Reward You For Being Evil

5. Infamous

InFamous Cole MacGrath
Sony Interactive Entertainment

Sucker Punch's Infamous games let you live out the ultimate superhero power fantasy, putting you in the shoes of Cole MacGrath, Delsin Rowe, and Abigail Walker, three protagonists with a wide variety of explosive abilities.

But rather than being a good old fashioned American boy scout and rescuing cats from trees, Infamous is much more fun - and arguably, much easier - when you raise a middle finger towards law and order, and decide to become a supervillain instead.

Not only do you get a much more badass red aesthetic if you go down the evil path, but the "dark side" powers in each of the games feel way more destructive to use compared to their "good side" counterparts. And not only that, but choosing to be evil means that you can lob grenades, fire rockets, and pepper bolts at your enemies without worrying about accidentally killing a civilian - because, when you're a bad guy, you can take as many innocent lives as you want.

Dealing out the death also allows you to use the Bio Leech ability, where Cole sucks the life force out of a chosen target - including civilians - to restore his health, something you cannot do if you toe the heroic line.

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