Who do you guys think is all time nastiest villain you've ever seem in a video game? It can be any game, any game at all.

I for one, nominate LeChuck. Yes, I'm serious. Think about it, really think about it. LeChucks actions were greatly understated in the Monkey Island games, if he was played straight, rather than for humour, he'd be pretty fucking terrifying.

While alive, he's the most feared and respected pirate in the Caribbean, which considering the nature of pirates, is no small feat. Then, after he's finally killed, he doesn't stay dead and remains the most feared and respected pirate in the Caribbean, then he tortures Guybrush for a while before dying again. MI2, he concentrates completely on fucking up Guybrush, which displays his evil side more so than the other games, at the end, he tortures Guybrush again, then traps in a dream. In MI3, he's kill several thousand pirates to build an undead army. In MI4, he attempts to enslave the Caribbean by using the Ultimate Insult to turn the wills of all other pirates into jelly. The thing is, while he never quite succeeds, he does do a hell of a lot of damage before Guybrush does stop him. Oh yeah, he drives Governor Marley insane as well.

Spoilered, because apparently people who haven't played Monkey Island aren't as rare as I thought they were.

I nominate Kefka from Final Fantasy 6 (or 3 in the American release). He was a mad nihilist who wanted to destroy everything... well... except himself.

No one's going to remember this guy, but I vote for Khan from the first Broken Sword game.

He was a psychotic assassin who hunted you throughout your journey, across several continents, and confronted you several times, often with nearly lethal results. He has no problem with killing, as is evidenced by each of his victims, and you never know what disguise he'll use next. Once a clown, then a pixie, and even in some more...surprising garbs, Khan was always following you, always one step ahead of you. He was chillingly cold and anyone who has played the game will probably remember a horrifyingly tense scene where you're cornered by Khan in a cave. He's got a gun, and you've only got your fast talking skills to stay alive.

My heart nearly went crazy playing that scene, and I was covered in sweat by the time I made it through alive. Definitely a memorable villain to me, made more so by the fact that his motives were cloudy and mysterious until the end.

Seconding LeChuck. There's something terrifying about him, despite the frequent gags.

Lonnehart
I nominate Kefka from Final Fantasy 6 (or 3 in the American release). He was a mad nihilist who wanted to destroy everything... well... except himself.

Seconded so hard.

In a generic RPG staple to have the villain want to blow up the world - Sephiroth comes to mind, for example, as does that ridiculous Dark Genie from the first Dark Cloud game - but Kefka is one of the few who actually goes ahead and does it. And you sort of have to respect a man who blows up the world as a halfway point in his grand scheme. Also? That clowny laughter, the poisoning of the water and the murder of General Leo all put him pretty high on the creep-out list.

Albedo from Xenosaga.

Guy had a PILE OF LITTLE GIRL CORPSES.

PILE

OF

LITTLE

GIRL

CORPSES

And he was rubbing them. And calling them his "peche" (French for peach).

Then he kidnapped ANOTHER little girl and stole her mind or some crazy shit like that. After he RIPPED HIS HEAD OFF just to scare the piss out of her.

Steely Gaze
Broken Sword

*Drools*
That game is awesome. (O_O)

I think the meanest villain ever, is Eggman! His fearsome name, his amazing, and deadly robots which can be killed by jumping on them...
AND LET'S NOT FORGET...
The crimes he commits is that he locks bunnies up in giant containers.


Truly. A terrifying man.

Advisors.

Eli Vance, anyone?

;_;

Mega Josh
Advisors.

Eli Vance, anyone?

;_;

Seriously? I thought the advisors were pretty standard sci-fi alien villains. There is of course your example, but since someone spoiled it for me, it didn't hit me as hard.

Also, that LeChuck logic that Custard uses can be applied to GLaDOS. When you take into account that whole "deadly neurotoxin" thing and whatnot, look at it from a humorless perspective, and think... She becomes pretty damn creepy.

Ah advisers you big floating brain things, is there anything you don't F*** up,

i would say GLaDOS, how many of you were dissapointed about the cake???

Jinachi
Ah advisers you big floating brain things, is there anything you don't F*** up,

i would say GLaDOS, how many of you were dissapointed about the cake???

Me. i got no cake. :( >.<

edit: as for nastiest Villains. Errr...Advisers basicy

the daleks. EXTERMINATE

Dr. N. Gin from the Crash series.
He had huge robots, and each area had to be hit a load of times. And he wasn't even the last boss ;__;

The huge freakin' pile of singing crap from Conker's Bad Fir Day.
It is a lot of crap who sings opera and eats living pieces of corn.

I've got a few nasty villians to recall.

Sinistar- when this guy was finished getting built, you will know it with his exclaimation of "BEWARE! I live!!" when this happens, you'd better have a good supply of SiniBombs, or you'd better run for your damn life. he's freakin' fast, and if he catches you, he'll eat you for breakfast, lunch and dinner. that, and there's a slew of his Warrior pods shooting at you at all times, so you have to worry about them AND Sinistar himself. also, he insults you constantly, and that roar is enough to scare any first-time players out of their wits, even if only for a second.

Giygas>EarthBound- I haven't gotten to try kick his ass yet, but by what I hear about him, he's really stress-inducing when you fight him. he seems to really offset EarthBound's cartoonish design and quippy humor.

Andross>StarFox series- not as nasty as he was steriotypical concerning the plot, but he was annoying enough to fight in StarFox 64's Hard Route that I had to mention him.

Coach Oliander>PsychoNauts- he hid his intentions of world domination by brain thievery extremely well, and just when you think you beat him, he comes back, his brain inside of one of his own inventions, the Brain-Tank, trying to kick your ass. when you find out that the plan was caused by insanity, which you fix, he doesn't seem as nasty anymore.

ssbguy
Coach Oliander>PsychoNauts

I disagree, Dr. Loboto and The Butcher were far scarier than Oliander.