10 Video Games Where You Work With The Villain

3. The Panda King - Sly 3

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When Sly Cooper was a child, he watched on in horror as a gang known as the Fiendish Five murdered his father in cold blood and stole his family's book of thieving legacy. One by one, he got his revenge on the men who took everything from him, and that was where the first game was content to leave it.

But then Sly 3 came along and flipped the whole narrative on its head.

We find one of the men who murdered Sly's father, The Panda King, redeemed and living the quiet life in the mountains. At least until some nasty warlord comes and messes with him and his family. Just in time too, because Sly finds himself forced to acknowledge that they need the Panda King's help for the big job at the climax of 3.

Agreeing to scratch Sly's back if Sly scratches his, Sly ends up helping the Panda King rescue his daughter, earning his former enemy's allegiance in the bargain.

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