History AntiVillain / VideoGames

** Fettel's case becomes a bit more understandable when you consider the fact that [[spoiler:his grandfather deliberately made him that way.]]

* Due to the way the ''{{Franchise/Nasuverse}}'' treats antagonists, you can end up as enemies of people who may be really, ''really'' evil or crazy; they, at least, have good kills. [[{{VisualNovel/Tsukihime}} For example, Arcueid and Akiha]] are both love interests, and they can also go rather {{yandere}} over Shiki. [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Ilya]] is a confused girl who can't decide if she hates Shirou for being Kiritsugu's (apparent) favorite or likes him because [[spoiler:she's his sister]], or Lancer, who serves [[spoiler:Kotomine]] out of his personal sense of honor and, because [[spoiler:Kotomine]] has none, turns on him in both ''Fate'' and ''UBW''. Even Kotomine gets an A for Effort in ''LightNovel/FateZero'' and Heavens Feel route despite numerous [[KickTheDog rather unpleasant]] to [[MoralEventHorizon downright sadistic]] things he does {{for the evulz}}. Also, [[VideoGame/MeltyBlood Walachia/Tatari]] is a horrible, horrible monster because...he's trying to avert the doom of mankind, which can't be done, but as far as he knows, turning himself into what he is now is his only shot. MotiveDecay is sort of inevitable when you stop being an actual entity though.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'' proves how separate they are from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' by telling [[AdaptationExpansion a much different story of the Alolan Island Challenge, proving how]] [[UpdatedRerelease "This isn't the Alola region you thought you knew...."]] Most ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' villains seek to use Pokémon for their own evil, wicked, cruel, and twisted purposes, but when you face the Aether Foundation President Lusamine, [[spoiler: you'll see how different she is compared to ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', and find out that she's a perfect example of an AntiVillain this time, and a much likeable one as well, even more than N from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', with most of her dialogue being much nicer and her motives being more altruistic. For the most part, Lusamine's plans to use Cosmog's power to open the Ultra Wormhole are still the same, which is still a major plot point in the story, but this time, it's for a different purpose; she doesn't care about the Ultra Beasts and letting them run wild in Alola this time. Instead, she's trying to go into the Ultra Wormhole and stop Necrozma from stealing Alola's light the same way it did to Ultra Megalopolis. For this reason, she recruited the Ultra Recon Squad, four extraterrestrial people from Ultra Megalopolis, to assist her, as they also wish to stop Necrozma through any means necessary. All the while, Lusamine isn't as abusive to her children as she was in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', as she only berates them because she felt genuinely betrayed by her own children. When she disowns Lillie for leaving her and stealing Cosmog, she's visibly upset, but not enraged; She genuinely feels hurt and betrayed that, Lillie and Gladion, her own children, took Cosmog and Type: Null, respectively, away from her, then ended up leaving her 3 months.]]

** In ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'', Colonel Pretzel is easily the most sympathetic of The Berman Army, internally questioning Shvein Hax's tactics on top of being a loving father towards someone that isn't even of his blood. He also despises unnecessary bloodshed and ColdBloodedTorture, in direct contrast to the other Berman Generals [[LackOfEmpathy who doesn't even think twice about the mayhem they cause]].

-->'''Brick:''' [[LampshadeHanging Your story makes Jack seem kind of sympathetic. I hate it.]]

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'''s General Leo [[MyCountryRightOrWrong may have worked for the bad guys]], but he's [[AFatherToHisMen the model of honorable conduct]] throughout the game. He [[BadassNormal refused]] MagiTek infusion, holds back his forces at the siege of Doma in order to minimize casualties on the other side, and apologizes to your party for the atrocities TheEmpire committed during the course of the game. This is especially in contrast with ''another'' general in the army, [[OmnicidalManiac Kefka,]] [[spoiler: and Leo even fights and [[HeroicSacrifice dies]] trying to stop Kefka from slaughtering the escaped Espers and collecting their power later in the game.]]

** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]'' introduces Berkut, a TragicVillain. He believes that he should be the rightful ruler of all of Valentia, but as the game goes on, his continuing defeats lead him down a darker path. It is implied before his slide that he is respected by many in the kingdom and that he would in fact make a good ruler. However once [[spoiler: Alm is revealed to be the true heir to the Rigelian throne,]] Berkut loses it and his penultimate acts include [[spoiler: sacrificing his girlfriend to a MadGod and attempting to kill his cousin for being heir to the throne. After his defeat, as he is dying he lets go of his anger towards Alm and encourages him to stop Duma before it is too late.]]
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' has the Flame Emperor, a WellIntentionedExtremist who believes Fodlan needs to be reforged in fire, specifically by removing the CorruptChurch's leader. All of the changes he wants to implement would be for the better, and most of the main cast agrees with them on at least some level. He just wants to force those changes at sword point rather than attempt to change Fodlan through peaceful means (though it's all but stated to be impossible to do so peacefully in the Ashen Wolves DLC), and the heroes take issue with that.

* In the [[RetCon ever-changing]] ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' backstory, some of the mavericks only joined Sigma's rebellion out of loyalty (though others joined because of TheVirus or willingly out of less noble reasons). Particularly sad is Storm Eagle, who, depending on the continuity, fought against Sigma before being defeated, and either joined him out of some sense of duty or due to being forcibly converted by the virus (retaining enough of his old personality to be reluctant to do what he does), or (in the manga) was actually a double agent working for the Maverick Hunters but didn't drop the act until after X did irreparable damage to him.

-->''Standing here, I realise\\

* Due to the way the ''{{Franchise/Nasuverse}}'' treats antagonists, you can end up as enemies of people who may be really, ''really'' evil or crazy; they, at least, have good kills. [[{{VisualNovel/Tsukihime}} For example, Arcueid and Akiha]] are both love interests, and they can also go rather {{yandere}} over Shiki. [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Ilya]] is a confused girl who can't decide if she hates Shirou for being Kiritsugu's (apparent) favorite or likes him because [[spoiler:she's his sister]], or Lancer, who serves [[spoiler:Kotomine]] out of his personal sense of honor and, because [[spoiler:Kotomine]] has none, turns on him in both Fate and UBW. Even Kotomine gets an A for Effort in ''LightNovel/FateZero'' and Heavens Feel route despite numerous [[KickTheDog rather unpleasant]] to [[MoralEventHorizon downright sadistic]] things he does {{for the evulz}}. Also, [[VideoGame/MeltyBlood Walachia/Tatari]] is a horrible, horrible monster because...he's trying to avert the doom of mankind, which can't be done, but as far as he knows, turning himself into what he is now is his only shot. MotiveDecay is sort of inevitable when you stop being an actual entity though.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'' proves how separate they are from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' by telling [[AdaptationExpansion a much different story of the Alolan Island Challenge, proving how]] [[UpdatedRerelease "This isn't the Alola region you thought you knew...."]] Most ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' villains seek to use Pokémon for their own evil, wicked, cruel, and twisted purposes, but when you face the Aether Foundation President Lusamine, [[spoiler: you'll see how different she is compared to ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', and find out that she's a perfect example of an AntiVillain this time, and a much likeable one as well, even more than N from VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite, with most of her dialogue being much nicer and her motives being more altruistic. For the most part, Lusamine's plans to use Cosmog's power to open the Ultra Wormhole are still the same, which is still a major plot point in the story, but this time, it's for a different purpose; she doesn't care about the Ultra Beasts and letting them run wild in Alola this time. Instead, she's trying to go into the Ultra Wormhole and stop Necrozma from stealing Alola's light the same way it did to Ultra Megalopolis. For this reason, she recruited the Ultra Recon Squad, four extraterrestrial people from Ultra Megalopolis, to assist her, as they also wish to stop Necrozma through any means necessary. All the while, Lusamine isn't as abusive to her children as she was in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', as she only berates them because she felt genuinely betrayed by her own children. When she disowns Lillie for leaving her and stealing Cosmog, she's visibly upset, but not enraged; She genuinely feels hurt and betrayed that, Lillie and Gladion, her own children, took Cosmog and Type: Null, respectively, away from her, then ended up leaving her 3 months.]]

* Juri from the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series. While she is a [[AxCrazy psychopathic killer]], in both games she appears in she is actively working to take down [[GreaterScopeVillain S.I.N. and Shadaloo]]. In Street Fighter V, she even saves Cammy and Decapre, two people she utterly loathes, before joining the heroes when they storm Bison's base.

** You don't even have to be a final boss to qualify for this trope in Touhou: Parsee Mizuhashi is a Hashihime, a Bridge Princess, a youkai [[GreenEyedMonster incarnating envy and jealousy,]] and the guardian of the bridge leading into Hell who attacks anyone that passes her by. Not necessarily because it's her job, but much more so because of how jealous she is of them... Are they happy? Well, that's clearly enviable. Are they unhappy? Well, at least ''they'' can still walk about in the sun. Are they ''miserable?'' Well, at least they have the forebearance not to envy those who have it better than them. ''Are'' they envious of those who have better of than them? Well, seems they've just given Parsee [[EmotionEater the sustience she needs]] to overpower them.

** Junko serves as a particularily {{Vile Villain|SaccharineShow}} in Touhou, having set out to commit ''genocide'' on the {{Lunarians}} just to get back at ''one'' of them, Chang'e, for something ''her husband,'' Hou'yi, who ''Junko has already killed,'' did... So what did Hou'yi do to motivate such an all-encompassing revenge? Well, he killed his and Junko's son... and the grief drove Junko mad, leading her to turn her [[PureIsNotGood power of purification]] upon herself, cleansing herself of ''everything'' aside from her feelings of resentment: Her grudge towards everything associated with Hou'yi is all she has left now, and she, herself, is little more than a woman consumed by her own rancor who lashes out in pure fury at those she holds responsible for her misery.

** Case 2 of JFA may also count. The AssholeVictim had managed to shift all the blame of his [[spoiler:clinic's manslaughter of patients to his murderer's shoes.]]

* As shown by the first ''VideoGame/Splatoon1''[='=]s Sunken Scrolls and hammered home in subsequent installments, Octarians are not a gratuitous EvilCounterpartRace of the Inklings. The GreatOffscreenWar between them was over a territorial dispute, one that forced Octarians to [[BeneathTheEarth take to the underground]] after their defeat. While their leaders are certainly eager to get revenge for that loss, having seemingly restructured all of Octarian society around the military in pursuit of that, the core reason behind their invasion in the first game is that the underground domes they call home are starting to fall apart, and they're starting to desperately need the electricity and territory. Furthermore, once they learn that returning to the surface ''without'' engaging in a second war with their sister race is now a fesiable option, a fair number of Octolings end up defecting from the military to do just that, [[VideoGame/Splatoon2 such as Marina]]. By the time of ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'', enough have immigrated to the surface to equally cohabit a desert city with Inklings.

** Daisy Fitzroy leads a revolution that tears the city apart, sets her mooks after Booker and Elizabeth and [[spoiler:threatens]] to kill a child, but she just wants to end the racism in this city, and [[spoiler:she was disgusted by the idea of killing a child, and only threatened to do so as part of a BatmanGambit]] The ''rest'' of the Vox Populi, [[KillEmAll on the other hand...]]

* As shown by ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''[='=]s Sunken Scrolls, Octarians are not a gratuitous EvilCounterpartRace of the Inklings. The war between them was over a territorial dispute, one that forced Octarians to [[BeneathTheEarth take to the underground]] after their defeat. The reason behind their invasion is that the underground domes they call home are starting to fall apart, and they're starting to desperately need the electricity and territory.

* And back in ''City of Heroes'', you have the Clockwork King, who started out as a nice, nerdy young man obsessed with robots who could animate piles of scrap metal using his PsychicPowers. But when those robots killed a few police officers, [[CowboyCop Blue Steel]] [[BerserkButton got enraged]] and ended up beating him to the point where his robots put his {{brain in a jar}} and he kinda went a little insane. He is somewhat overprotective of Penelope Yin, a teenage girl who also has powerful PsychicPowers, and who describes him as "A nice guy who just has a problem with heroes."

** To some extent, nearly all the members of Organization XIII fall under this trope, particularly in the fandom. Although most would agree that [[BigBad Xemnas]] was always a megalomaniacal psycho who was manipulating the others' strong desire to reclaim their own hearts, even [[TheDragon Saix]] displayed such pitiable qualities by the end.
*** Recently revealed [[spoiler: is that at least Xigbar is just as bad as Xemnas. With him working for Xehanort for a long time and him being "half Xehanort" for likely for just as long, Xigbar has no redeemable qualities. Who knows if Saix is just as bad.]]
*** Oh, and the reveal that [[spoiler: Nobodies can regain new Hearts over time if they go through an especially emotional experience]]. This practically makes every member of Organization XIII oblivious to the Organization's connection to [[spoiler: Xehanort]] an UnwittingPawn.

** King Dedede is not only an Anti Villain, but he probably got here BEFORE Meta Knight. AffablyEvil? Check. Doggedly loyal to his minions? Check. FoeRomanceSubtext? Dear sweet god, check. Half the times they fight, Kirby only thinks Dedede's up to no good when he's actually not (or even [[VideoGame/KirbysAdventure trying to save the day]]). About the only thing keeping him a villain anymore is the fact that he stills wants to fight Kirby, but that seems like more of a [[FriendlyEnemy genial rivalry]] than anything else, given they [[GoKartingWithBowser enjoy racing each other in their free time]]. And TheGlomp...

* The second murderer in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', [[spoiler:Ultimate Bike Gang Leader Mondo Oowada]], fits this, as [[spoiler:while he commits a murder and had to be executed, he's the only one whose murder plan wasn't premeditated -- he just snapped in a fit of rage due to stress about his hidden secret and weakness in danger of being exposed and he just saw Chihiro Fujisaki trying to overcome one's weakness instead, initiating his jealousy. After realizing that he just committed a murder, he tried to 'make amends' by protecting Chihiro's secret that he's a guy by fabricating the murder scene a bit, and when he's exposed, he shows little resistance and his only regret of dying was because he couldn't keep "[[ThePromise The Man's Promise]]" he made with his dead brother. There's also the fact that throughout his time of living, while he's rather short tempered, he's pretty much a JerkWithAHeartOfGold]].

* ''VIDEOGAME/BearWithMe'': [[spoiler:The Red Man]] is actually trying to help Amber deal with her repressed memories. It just so happens that he does this by [[spoiler:burning up a city that possibly isn't all in her head.]]

* From the original ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands1}}'', we have General Knoxx from his own DLC, arguably the least evil of all the main antagonists in the series. He doesn't bear any sort of ill will at all towards the Vault Hunters, and is actually [[AffablyEvil quite polite to them]], all things considered. It's just that [[PunchClockVillain he has to finish his mission]] before he can finally leave the Crimson Lance, which is an incompetent, corrupt, nepotistic corporate private military that forces their personnel to work in [[CrapsackWorld truly awful environments]]. Because of all this, [[DeathSeeker he just wants to die]], and he even politely requests that Pandora ought to not exist because he genuinely thinks that people deserve better.
* Though considerably more villain than anti, ''Videogame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' has Handsome Jack, leader of the Hyperion company. His goal is peace and order for the planet of [[CrapsackWorld Pandora]], which is an honorable motive, and his MotiveRant at the end shows he genuinely thinks he's doing the right thing, repeatedly referring to himself as the hero. However, he sees kidnapping, extortion, torture, and mass-murder as a valid means for achieving that end. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, he's kind of a dick]].

** ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'' both further confuses and clarifies the issue, as Jack is a bonafide Good Guy for much of the story. As the [[{{FramingDevice}} framing device]] is a [[{{WholeEpisodeFlashback}} flashback]] being told to characters who had already suffered Jack at his very worst, the dissonance is clearly called out. As the plot progresses, Jack gradually becomes more ruthless. His slide into villainy is evident, but it doesn't change the fact that at least ''some'' of his motivations are debatably justified.

* Literature/TheFrogPrince, in the second ''Videogame/DarkParables'' game, falls into this category. He's been causing disappearances in the Black Forest of Germany, and threatens the player character more than once...[[spoiler:until it's revealed that he's immortal, and wants desperately to die and be reunited with his deceased wife.]]

* [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]] is a [[VillainProtagonist Type II Anti-Villain]], [[EvilVersusEvil when he's not a]] NominalHero.

* A straight up playable example from the VideoGame/{{Grand Theft Auto}} series. Carl "C.J." Johnson from [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas.]]

* Though he has crossed over through antihero and into full blown hero by the end of the series, Kain of ''The VideoGame/{{Legacy of Kain}}'' fame fits the bill during ''Soul Reaver'' and ''Blood Omen 2''. He crosses into antihero-dom somewhere during ''Soul Reaver 2''.

* In the [[RetCon ever-changing]] ''Videogame/MegaManX'' backstory, some of the mavericks only joined Sigma's rebellion out of loyalty (though others joined because of TheVirus or willingly out of less noble reasons). Particularly sad is Storm Eagle, who, depending on the continuity, fought against Sigma before being defeated, and either joined him out of some sense of duty or due to being forcibly converted by the virus (retaining enough of his old personality to be reluctant to do what he does), or (in the manga) was actually a double agent working for the Maverick Hunters but didn't drop the act until after X did irreparable damage to him.

** The Guardians of Neo Arcadia in ''Videogame/MegaManZero'' (especially Harpuia) are even more sympathetic. They see it as their duty to protect Neo Arcadia and humankind at any cost, and eventually develop a friendly rivalry with Zero. [[spoiler: Once BigBad Weil takes over with a corrupted version of Copy-X, their loyalty to Neo Arcadia is strained to its breaking point and they finally side with Zero to fight against Weil.]]

* The titular {{Evil Overlord}}s of the ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' games occasionally fit into this category because they are usually fighting people just as, if not more, evil than they are. The first game gives you the opportunity to play a NobleDemon who's taking down {{Fallen Hero}}es that have devastated the land. ''VideoGame/OverlordII'' has you playing as his son, who, despite being even more potentially evil (there is no NobleDemon option), is still taking on the genocidal [[TheEmpire Glorious Empire]] that's attempting to destroy all Magic, and the endgame involves you [[spoiler:destroying the all-consuming EldritchAbomination that the Emperor has fused with in his bid for [[GodhoodSeeker Godhood]]]].
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* ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'' proves how separate they are from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' by telling [[{{Adaptation Expansion}} a much different story of the Alolan Island Challenge, proving how]] [[{{UpdatedRerelease}} "This isn't the Alola region you thought you knew...."]] Most ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' villains seek to use Pokémon for their own evil, wicked, cruel, and twisted purposes, but when you face the Aether Foundation President Lusamine, [[spoiler: you'll see how different she is compared to ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', and find out that she's a perfect example of an AntiVillain this time, and a much likeable one as well, even more than N from VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite, with most of her dialogue being much nicer and her motives being more altruistic. For the most part, Lusamine's plans to use Cosmog's power to open the Ultra Wormhole are still the same, which is still a major plot point in the story, but this time, it's for a different purpose; she doesn't care about the Ultra Beasts and letting them run wild in Alola this time. Instead, she's trying to go into the Ultra Wormhole and stop Necrozma from stealing Alola's light the same way it did to Ultra Megalopolis. For this reason, she recruited the Ultra Recon Squad, four extraterrestrial people from Ultra Megalopolis, to assist her, as they also wish to stop Necrozma through any means necessary. All the while, Lusamine isn't as abusive to her children as she was in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', as she only berates them because she felt genuinely betrayed by her own children. When she disowns Lillie for leaving her and stealing Cosmog, she's visibly upset, but not enraged; She genuinely feels hurt and betrayed that, Lillie and Gladion, her own children, took Cosmog and Type: Null, respectively, away from her, then ended up leaving her 3 months.]]

* [[VillainProtagonist Wander]], the main character of ''VideoGame/{{Shadow of the Colossus}}'', fits in well with this trope throughout the entire game. While his motives are pure (he wishes to bring his lover back to life), in order to achieve them, he [[DealWithTheDevil makes a pact with a dark god]] (and the dark god warns him of the consequences of his actions and tries to dissuade him from his course) that involves going out into the world and slaying sixteen creatures (the colossi) who, up until his arrival, had lived in peace.

* Juri from the [[Franchise/StreetFighter Street Fighter]] series. While she is a [[AxCrazy psychopathic killer]], in both games she appears in she is actively working to take down [[GreaterScopeVillain S.I.N. and Shadaloo]]. In Street Fighter V, she even saves Cammy and Decapre, two people she utterly loathes, before joining the heroes when they storm Bison's base.

* The BigBad in almost ANY VideoGame/TalesSeries game is an AntiVillain, although some more than others, since they may be revealed at the end of the game or the last few hours.
** Dhaos, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/{{Tales of Phantasia}}'', appears to be a ruthless SealedEvilInACan that aims to destroy all of mankind. However, after his defeat by the heroes, he regrets that it didn't have to end that way and reveals that [[spoiler:he was actually the leader of an alien planet named Derris Kharlan, which had become ravaged by a great war and was slowly dying without a tree of mana to support it. In order to obtain a mana seed, he came to Aselia, but that planet's mana tree, Yggdrasil, was in danger of dying itself due to the development of {{Magitek}}. He attempted to warn the leaders of the research in Midgard, beseeching them to stop, but when that failed, he decided that HumansAreTheRealMonsters and waged war on Midgard to force them to stop Magitek research. The heroes feel guilty, as they've effectively doomed Derris Kharlan by killing its would be savior. In the end, Martel, the spirit of Yggdrasil, transforms Dhaos' body into a mana seed and transports it to his home planet.]]

* Juri from the [[Videogame/StreetFighter Street Fighter]] series. While she is a [[AxCrazy psychopathic killer]], in both games she appears in she is actively working to take down [[GreaterScopeVillain S.I.N. and Shadaloo]]. In Street Fighter V, she even saves Cammy and Decapre, two people she utterly loathes, before joining the heroes when they storm Bison's base.

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'', however, has remarkably few by comparison. The most prominent is Egil, who [[spoiler: [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds is driven by tragedy to]] somewhat correctly determine that [[WellIntentionedExtremist killing the Bionis is the only way to save Mechonis]]]].

** Rosa Cossette D’Elise, the princess of Erusea from ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'', has no personal malice against Osea, and believes that she’s protecting her country from what she perceives as encroaching imperialism due to Osea’s construction of [[SpaceElevator the Lighthouse.]] [[spoiler: However, its later revealed that she was manipulated by young Erusean Officers called the Radicals, who were looking to us the drone army that they built using technology they got from Belka to restore Erusea to its former glory. Once she finds out the truth, and sees the chaos caused by the war first hand, Rosa defects to the Oseans to help bring about the end of the war.]]

** Rosa Cossette D’Elise, the princess of Erusea from ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'', has no personal malice against Osea, and believes that she’s protecting her country from what she perceives as encroaching imperialism due to Osea’s construction of [[SpaceElevator the Lighthouse.]] [[spoiler: However, its later revealed that she was manipulated by young Erusean Officers called the Radicals, who were looking for an excuse to use the drone army that they built using technology they got from Belka. Once she finds out the truth, and sees the chaos caused by the war first hand, Rosa defects to the Oseans to help bring about the end of the war.]]

* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' has the Templars, the main antagonists of the game who murder innocent people and attempt to conquer the world. The catch? They have exactly the same goal as the protagonists -- world peace -- except that the Templars would rather be quick about it and use [[spoiler:ancient mind control technology, instead of letting people decide for themselves.]] Another example of an Anti-Villain would be Rodrigo Borgia, who, after his [[spoiler:defeat in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', softened up a lot and attempted to have the real BigBad, his own son, assassinated to prevent him from causing further harm.]]

* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' has the Templars, the main antagonists of the game who murder innocent people and attempt to conquer the world. The catch? They have exactly the same goal as the protagonists -- world peace -- except that the Templars would rather be quick about it and use [[spoiler:ancient mind control technology, instead of letting people decide for themselves.]] Another example of an Anti-Villain would be Rodrigo Borgia, who, after his [[spoiler:defeat in VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII, softened up a lot and attempted to have the real BigBad, his own son, assassinated to prevent him from causing further harm.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Assassins Creed|I}}'' has the Templars, the main antagonists of the game who murder innocent people and attempt to conquer the world. The catch? They have exactly the same goal as the protagonists -- world peace -- except that the Templars would rather be quick about it and use [[spoiler:ancient mind control technology, instead of letting people decide for themselves.]] Another example of an Anti-Villain would be Rodrigo Borgia, who, after his [[spoiler:defeat in VideoGame/{{Assassins Creed II}}, softened up a lot and attempted to have the real big bad, his own son, assassinated to prevent him from causing further harm.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Assassins Creed|I}}'' has Templars, the main antagonists of the game who murder innocent people and attempt to conquer the world. The catch? They have exactly the same goal as the protagonists -- world peace -- except that the Templars would rather be quick about it and use [[spoiler:ancient mind control technology, instead of letting people decide for themselves.]] Another example of an Anti-Villain would be Rodrigo Borgia, who, after his [[spoiler:defeat in VideoGame/{{Assassins Creed II}}, softened up a lot and attempted to have the real big bad, his own son, assassinated to prevent him from causing further harm.]]

* N. Brio acts as this in ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack''. He sends much of the game's enemies (including bosses Ripper Roo, the Komodo Brothers, and Tiny Tiger) after Crash to kill him before he collects all the Crystals for [[BigBad Dr. Cortex]], but also implores him to collect the Gems (which he uses in the TrueEnding to blow up the Cortex Vortex) if he truly cares about saving the world.

* Toal Fact in ''VideoGame/{{Ys}} Origin''. Yes, he joined up with the invading demon army, fought against his brother and former comrades, and even accepted a demonic element into himself, but it was all a ploy [[spoiler: to destroy the Black Pearl and prevent the Goddesses from sacrificing themselves]]. Unfortunately, it didn't work out quite like he had hoped.