10 Video Games Where You NEVER Fight The Main Villain

LA Noire follows rookie cop, Detective Cole Phelps, as he cleans up the streets of Los Angeles. As he quickly works his way up the ranks, he finds himself in foot chases, car chases, shootouts, and brawls with bank robbers, gangsters, and arsonists.

Even though you gun down hundreds of crooks, there's quite a few villains you never face off against. Mickey Cohen is the city's biggest mafioso and yet, he never gets his comeuppance. Phelps' boss, Captain Donnelly, covers up the identity of a serial killer and gets away with it scot-free.

However, there's one villain you feel like you are absolutely going to face - Dr. Harlan Fontaine. After he manipulated Phelps' old war-buddy, Ira Hogeboom, to burn down houses, Phelps found himself at odds with the mad doctor. Because Fontaine's machinations tie in with all of Phelps' cases, it seems sensible the two would eventually meet.

However, Fontaine is murdered by Hogeboom before he and Phelps cross paths.

So, when you discover Hogeboom has kidnapped Phelps' partner, you assume he's going to be the final boss, right?

Even though that sounds like a sensible idea, he's shot dead by Phelps’ associate in the last section before you have a chance to fight him.