20 Video Game Villains That SHOULDN'T Have Died
10. Arthas Menethil - World of Warcraft
Warcraft's Arthas Menethil is a bonafide icon, having been first introduced as a heroic character in Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, before turning to evil and eventually becoming the legendary antagonist known as the Lich King.
With that in mind, it was probably always a foregone conclusion that Arthas was going to die eventually, but it's fair to say that his demise in the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King expansion left a lot of fans feeling, well, a bit empty.
For one, Arthas was the quite literal face of the Warcraft franchise and by far the villain who fans had the deepest connection with - one which not a single subsequent villain has got even close to recapturing.
This perhaps speaks more to Blizzard's inability to find a quality replacement for Arthas than him needing to remain alive forever more, but all the same, many fans wish they never killed him.