Video games are a perfect medium for telling stories . Not only do they offer an immense variety of options of all kinds and for all budgets, but they also involve the player in the plot and, by putting themselves in the shoes of the characters, make them live it more intensely . Precisely with these characters it is very common to generate bonds of respect or affection, but it does not always happen with the good ones. There are cases where the bad guys in history take over.
In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson , the Scottish author raised the two facets behind the mask that is the human being. Well, since we are complex beings with different faces, it is not so strange that there is a certain attraction towards the characters that, normally, we should reject . Some may be archetypal baddies, characters without too many nuances whose evil springs from their own being, but these are less and less common and the scales of grays are taking over the villains. The moral dilemmas, complex personalities and charisma of many antiheroes make it possible to empathize, understand and even develop a certain sympathy for the characters who oppose us along the way.
It is also necessary to understand what an enemy means within a video game. These are beings whose mission is to hinder our progress , make it complicated and annoy us. Video games are challenge and confrontation in all its aspects and therefore the player is more satisfied when he manages to overcome an opponent who has made it really difficult for him. It does not have to be some kind of monster or the bully on duty, it can be a simple clock that goes down to zero and our heart rate accelerates or a leap into the void that makes us fall and lose all the progress made.
Whether in literature, film, or even music, stories need conflict ; a problem that must be solved and that advances the plot towards an end. When this problem is caused by a complex character, with a certain solidity and (if possible) who presents himself as a counterpoint to the so-called hero, the resolution of this becomes an authentic adventure. Without villains, there are no heroes, and so we pay tribute to some of the baddest baddies in the video game.
