7 Video Game Heroes Who Made Better Villains

Well now. This was a bit of a shocker, wasn't it?

I think everyone who played the almighty Modern Warfare 2 walked away from the campaign feeling absolutely stunned by that moment where General Shepherd betrays his own, blasts Ghost to pieces, and then sets you on fire. This horrendous moment completely blindsided many, and it was only when we learned the truth of the General's intentions that we realized how far he'd slipped from the very notion of heroism.

In fact, all of this death and deceit stemmed from Shepherd's deep-seated desire to be seen as a hero, something which was shaken to its core when he lost 30,000 soldiers thanks to a terrorist nuclear weapon attack. So Shepherd set into motion a plan that would instigate a war between nations so that he and the US army could win the day and be seen as a global superpower to be respected, even feared. He wanted to be the victor that wrote history.

In the blink of an eye, as those 30,000 souls perished, the General became the villain, as he vowed to stop at nothing until he was seen as the hero once more, plunging him further and further into villainy. What this meant for the player was one of the all-time greatest betrayals and a villain who was much more threatening than that of even Makarov, as here this man was the face of the "good guys".