14 Greatest Video Game Villains Of The Decade (So Far)
6. Carver - The Walking Dead: Season Two (2013)
How about with a tyrannical leader that rules through fear in the name of the 'greater good'? Carver's total lack of any morals or compassion for the individual - he's got no problem with killing people if it's in the name of helping the human race as a whole - makes him immediately unnerving and unpredictable in any given scene he pops up in. In fact, Carver's facial expressions feel so unnervingly authentic that whenever his gaze meets Clementine's, you can almost immediately tell what's going on in his brain box, without the need for dialogue. Only helping to add fuel to the unstable fire is Michael Madsen as Carver's voice actor. Just as he managed with Dishonored's Daud, Madsen's grizzled tones add an almost constant passive-aggressive air to every word that rolls off Carver's tongue. He's the villain you love to hate. Watching Kenny smash his face in with a wrench towards the end of the Season is both horrifying and satisfying in equal measure.
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