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* The five members of [[spoiler:the original Ad Astra]] in ''VideoGame/CriminalCaseTheConspiracy'' are often lauded as some of, if not ''the'' best villains in the whole series, being a group of well-developed individuals with defined personalities who are shown to [[CriminalFoundFamily genuinely care]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes about each other]] and who significantly appear throughout the whole game (as opposed to most villains [[VideoGame/CriminalCase in the series]] who only show up during their respective StoryArc), making them a believable threat and a source of ParanoiaFuel during the districts they start taking the spotlight. While some of the members are more popular than others (with [[spoiler:[[BigBad Rozetta Pierre]]]] and [[spoiler:[[AffablyEvil Joe Warren]]]] generally being the fan-favorites, [[spoiler:[[ImmoralJournalist Louis Leroux]]]] and [[spoiler:[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Julia Brine]]]] the least liked, and [[spoiler:[[AxCrazy Christian Bateman]]]] falling somewhere around the middle), the group as a whole is definitely among the most popular antagonistic factions in the series.

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* The *The five members of [[spoiler:the original Ad Astra]] in ''VideoGame/CriminalCaseTheConspiracy'' are often lauded as some of, if not ''the'' best villains in the whole series, being a group of well-developed very threatening individuals with defined distinctive personalities who are and motivations that ''don't'' cross into the GenericDoomsdayVillain territory like most previous main antagonists do, to the point they're shown to [[CriminalFoundFamily genuinely care]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes about each other]] and who in spite of how evil they manage to be. The fact they significantly appear throughout the whole game (as opposed to most villains [[VideoGame/CriminalCase in the series]] series who only show up during their respective StoryArc), making them a believable threat looming danger long before you learn of their existence and a source of ParanoiaFuel during the districts they start taking the spotlight. spotlight, certainly does help. While some of the members are more popular than others (with [[spoiler:[[BigBad Rozetta Pierre]]]] and [[spoiler:[[AffablyEvil Joe Warren]]]] generally being the fan-favorites, [[spoiler:[[ImmoralJournalist Louis Leroux]]]] and [[spoiler:[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Julia Brine]]]] the least liked, and [[spoiler:[[AxCrazy Christian Bateman]]]] falling somewhere around the middle), the group as a whole is definitely among the most popular antagonistic factions in the series.series for how threatening and surprisingly well-developed they are.
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* The five members of [[spoiler:the original Ad Astra]] in ''VideoGame/CriminalCaseTheConspiracy'' are often lauded as some of, if not ''the'' best villains in the whole series, being a group of well-developed individuals with defined personalities who are shown to [[CriminalFoundFamily genuinely care]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes about each other]] and who significantly appear throughout the whole game (as opposed to most villains [[VideoGame/CriminalCase in the series]] who only show up during their respective StoryArc), making them a believable threat and a source of ParanoiaFuel during the districts they start taking the spotlight. While some of the members are more popular than others (with [[spoiler:[[BigBad Rozetta]]]] and [[spoiler:[[AffablyEvil Warren]]]] generally being the fan-favorites, [[spoiler:[[ImmoralJournalist Leroux]]]] and [[spoiler:[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Julia]]]] the least liked, and [[spoiler:[[AxCrazy Bateman]]]] falling somewhere around the middle), the group as a whole is definitely among the most popular antagonistic factions in the series.

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* The five members of [[spoiler:the original Ad Astra]] in ''VideoGame/CriminalCaseTheConspiracy'' are often lauded as some of, if not ''the'' best villains in the whole series, being a group of well-developed individuals with defined personalities who are shown to [[CriminalFoundFamily genuinely care]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes about each other]] and who significantly appear throughout the whole game (as opposed to most villains [[VideoGame/CriminalCase in the series]] who only show up during their respective StoryArc), making them a believable threat and a source of ParanoiaFuel during the districts they start taking the spotlight. While some of the members are more popular than others (with [[spoiler:[[BigBad Rozetta]]]] Rozetta Pierre]]]] and [[spoiler:[[AffablyEvil Joe Warren]]]] generally being the fan-favorites, [[spoiler:[[ImmoralJournalist Louis Leroux]]]] and [[spoiler:[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Julia]]]] Julia Brine]]]] the least liked, and [[spoiler:[[AxCrazy Christian Bateman]]]] falling somewhere around the middle), the group as a whole is definitely among the most popular antagonistic factions in the series.
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* The five members of [[spoiler:the original Ad Astra]] in ''VideoGame/CriminalCaseTheConspiracy'' are often lauded as some of, if not ''the'' best villains in the whole series, being a group of well-developed individuals with defined personalities who are shown to [[CriminalFoundFamily genuinely care]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes about each other]] and who significantly appear throughout the whole game (as opposed to most villains [[VideoGame/CriminalCase in the series]] who only show up during their respective StoryArc), making them a believable threat and a source of ParanoiaFuel during the districts they start taking the spotlight. While some of the members are more popular than others (with [[spoiler:[[BigBad Rozetta]]]] and [[spoiler:[[AffablyEvil Warren]]]] generally being the fan-favorites, [[spoiler:[[ImmoralJournalist Leroux]]]] and [[spoiler:[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Julia]]]] the least liked, and [[spoiler:[[AxCrazy Bateman]]]] falling somewhere around the middle), the group as a whole is definitely among the most popular antagonistic factions in the series.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Helldivers}} II'': Unlike the Terminids which are fairly bog-standard space bugs, the Automatons are a more sophisticated enemy who have their own pseudo-communist society, a [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver slick black and red aesthetic]], their own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5KOgaE3FG4 marching song]] and the sympathetic motive of [[fighting to avenge their Cyborg creators]]. They are shown using anti-ship cannons to destroy Super Earth Destroyers in orbit, and [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1b1pdtn/defeat_at_malevelon_creek/ infamously inflicted a total defeat on the player base at Malevelon Creek]]. This has led to the Automatons being treated as something of a badass WorthyOpponent by the fanbase.
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* Almost each ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' game has a QuirkyMinibossSquad that ends up stealing the show. This is especially the case with FOXHOUND, the Cobra Unit, and The Winds of Destruction from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' respectively. As for main villains, Liquid Snake from ''Solid'', Senator Steven Armstrong from ''Revengeance'' and overarching villain Revolver Ocelot all have massive fanbases. The Boss from ''Snake Eater'' is highly downplayed as while she is an antagonist, [[GoodAllAlong she's not really evil at all]].

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* Almost each ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' game has a QuirkyMinibossSquad that ends up stealing the show. This is especially the case with FOXHOUND, the Cobra Unit, and The Winds of Destruction from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' respectively. As for main villains, Liquid Snake from ''Solid'', Senator Steven Armstrong from ''Revengeance'' and overarching villain Revolver Ocelot all have massive fanbases. The Boss from ''Snake Eater'' is highly downplayed as while she is an antagonist, antagonist and almost universally viewed by the fanbase as one of the biggest badasses in the series, [[GoodAllAlong she's not really evil at all]].
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** Scarecrow for his show-stealing hallucination moments in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', [[Creator/JohnNoble his awesome voice]], [[NightmareFace terrifying new look]] and [[TookALevelInBadass new]] MagnificentBastard status in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', as well as holding the distinction of being the only Batman villain in any media ''ever'' [[spoiler:to successfully unmask Batman to the world]].

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** Scarecrow for his show-stealing hallucination moments in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', [[Creator/JohnNoble his awesome voice]], [[NightmareFace terrifying new look]] and [[TookALevelInBadass new]] MagnificentBastard [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] status in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', as well as holding the distinction of being the only Batman villain in any media ''ever'' [[spoiler:to successfully unmask Batman to the world]].
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* Raoul Menendez from ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2''. : Raul Menendez absolutely run on this, due to his charisma, being an AffablyEvil mastermind and finally a TragicVillain. He was even ranked #1 on Game Informer's list of top 10 villains of 2012.

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* Raoul Menendez from ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2''. : ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2'': Raul Menendez absolutely run on this, due to his charisma, being an AffablyEvil mastermind and finally a TragicVillain. He was even ranked #1 on Game Informer's list of top 10 villains of 2012.
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* Raoul Menendez from ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2''. : Raul Menendez absolutely run on this, due to his charisma, being an AffablyEvil mastermind and finally a TragicVillain. He was even ranked #1 on Game Informer's list of top 10 villains of 2012.
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* ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' has two examples;
** Ruvik, the game's main antagonist. Ruvik wields a set of badass RealityWarper powers that allow him to decimate enemies as long as he's not JustToyingWithThem. Combine that with a sadistic MadScientist personality and a chilling performance by Creator/JackieEarleHaley and he stands out as a highlight of the game.
** The Keeper, a menacing boss who pursues enemies with horrific abandon and even shows points of huge cleverness such as killing itself to exploit its own method of respawning. It's unsurprising that it got PromotedToPlayable in a DLC, and that playing as it in said DLC is pure CatharsisFactor compared to Sebastian's own vulnerability.
* ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin2'' has [[CulturedBadass Stefano]] [[FaceOfanAngelMindOfaDemon Valentini]]. Stefano is often considered the coolest villain, being a LoveToHate psychopath whose theme of mostly normal environments corrupted by his gruesome artwork is more uniquely nightmarish and disturbing compared to Theodore's more genre-typical motifs of torture dungeons and FireAndBrimstoneHell.
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* ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode'': The true BigBad, [[spoiler:Makoto Kagutsuchi, CEO of Amaterasu Corporation, is the homunculus clone of the WDO's Number One. As a result, he's also an extremely precise strategist and manipulator who plays his cards right and decides when it's most appropriate to personally take action for himself. The entire game pretty much hinges on his plan to lure the Master Detectives to Kanai Ward, as without his lures, they wouldn't have been gathered there in the first place, but as for why he gathered them there? He used them as ''pawns'' so they would oppose Yomi and allow Makoto the opening to overthrow him from his position as director of the Peacekeepers, and the detectives in question were none the wiser that it was his true goal all along.]]
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** There is the matter of Hazama, a.k.a. Yuuki Terumi, who's taken the role of the BigBad of the series. He's an arrogant {{Troll}} who's even ''more'' abrasive and mean-spirited than Jin and has more or less fucked up the lives of everyone in the series, most of all, [[spoiler:[[TheWoobie Noel]], when he transforms her into Mu-12]]. Fans love him because he's [[LaughablyEvil funny]], [[EvilIsSexy handsome]], and [[BadassLongcoat a cool dresser]].

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** There is the matter of Hazama, a.k.a. Yuuki Terumi, who's taken the role of the BigBad of the series. He's an arrogant {{Troll}} who's even ''more'' abrasive and mean-spirited than Jin and has more or less fucked up the lives of everyone in the series, most of all, [[spoiler:[[TheWoobie Noel]], when he transforms her into Mu-12]]. Fans love him because he's [[LaughablyEvil funny]], [[EvilIsSexy handsome]], handsome, and [[BadassLongcoat a cool dresser]].



* Go into any forum currently discussing ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' and you'll find at least person who loves the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Thalmor,]] elven supremacists with [[EvilIsSexy impeccable fashion sense]].

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* Go into any forum currently discussing ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' and you'll find at least person who loves the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Thalmor,]] elven supremacists with [[EvilIsSexy impeccable fashion sense]].sense.



* The homely Sligs from ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}''. Perhaps it's the combination of [[ArtificialLimbs slick cybernetics]], glowing [[ElectronicEyes red visors]] and [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter standard issue rifles]]. If [[EvilIsSexy Evil Makes Them Sexy]] (and each to their own), the fact that they shoot at you on sight is [[TheMasochismTango just gravy]].

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* The homely Sligs from ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}''. Perhaps it's the combination of [[ArtificialLimbs slick cybernetics]], glowing [[ElectronicEyes red visors]] and [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter standard issue rifles]]. If [[EvilIsSexy Evil Makes Them Sexy]] evil can be sexy (and each to their own), the fact that they shoot at you on sight is [[TheMasochismTango just gravy]].

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