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* ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': Col. [=McKinsey=], the smarmy and selfish commander of Spare Squadron, a squad of convicts of the Osean military that includes [[PlayerCharacter Trigger]], is hated by players more than they hate the Eruseans that are at war with Osea [[spoiler:or the advanced-AI drones that comprise the {{Final Boss}}es]], as his animosity with Trigger and his squadmates is a lot closer, whereas the Eruseans [[spoiler:and superdrones]] are merely seen as typical in-the-line-of-duty threats to take out, and the Kingdom of Erusea isn't a government being run with malice, just waging war because of what they perceive to be an act of imperialism (building the [[SpaceElevator Lighthouse]]). Meanwhile, [=McKinsey=] constantly berates Spare Squadron, throwing them into solitary confinement repeatedly for asinine reasons, [[UngratefulBastard even when their defiance of orders saves him and the rest of the base]], and tries to take all the credit for Spare Squadron's hard work, even outright declaring that the squadron deserves no thanks for their efforts during one particular debriefing. [[spoiler:So it's refreshing for many players when he gets "promoted" to a dangerous frontline position as a [[StolenCreditBackfire "reward" for taking their credit]].]] [[HatedByAll Nobody in-universe likes him]], and many players are inclined to agree. In Mission 09, in which the player has to (likely reluctantly) escort his plane to safety, if his plane is blown up (either by the enemies or [[UnfriendlyFire the player]] -- in fact shooting his plane down even awards 1,000 points), the mission will fail, but [[MissionControl AWACS Bandog]] will remark that [[AssholeVictim he wasn't worth protecting]].

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': Col. [=McKinsey=], the smarmy and selfish commander of Spare Squadron, a squad of convicts of the Osean military that includes [[PlayerCharacter Trigger]], is hated by players more than they hate the Eruseans that are at war with Osea [[spoiler:or the advanced-AI drones that comprise the {{Final Boss}}es]], as his animosity with Trigger and his squadmates is a lot closer, whereas the Eruseans [[spoiler:and superdrones]] are merely seen as typical in-the-line-of-duty threats to take out, and the Kingdom of Erusea isn't a government being run with malice, just waging war because of what they perceive to be an act of imperialism (building the [[SpaceElevator Lighthouse]]). Meanwhile, [=McKinsey=] constantly berates Spare Squadron, throwing them into solitary confinement repeatedly for asinine reasons, [[UngratefulBastard even when their defiance of orders saves him and the rest of the base]], and tries to take all the credit for Spare Squadron's hard work, even outright declaring that the squadron deserves no thanks for their efforts during one particular debriefing. [[spoiler:So it's refreshing for many players when he gets "promoted" to a dangerous frontline position as a [[StolenCreditBackfire "reward" for taking their credit]].]] [[HatedByAll Nobody in-universe likes him]], and many players are inclined to agree.

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': Col. [=McKinsey=], the smarmy and selfish commander of Spare Squadron, a squad of convicts of the Osean military that includes [[PlayerCharacter Trigger]], is hated by players more than they hate the Eruseans that are at war with Osea [[spoiler:or the advanced-AI drones that comprise the {{Final Boss}}es]], as his animosity with Trigger and his squadmates is a lot closer, whereas the Eruseans [[spoiler:and superdrones]] are merely seen as typical in-the-line-of-duty threats to take out, and the Kingdom of Erusea isn't a government being run with malice, just waging war because of what they perceive to be an act of imperialism (building the [[SpaceElevator Lighthouse]]). Meanwhile, [=McKinsey=] constantly berates Spare Squadron, throwing them into solitary confinement repeatedly for asinine reasons, [[UngratefulBastard even when their defiance of orders saves him and the rest of the base]], and tries to take all the credit for Spare Squadron's hard work, even outright declaring that the squadron deserves no thanks for their efforts during one particular debriefing. [[spoiler:So it's refreshing for many players when he gets "promoted" to a dangerous frontline position as a [[StolenCreditBackfire "reward" for taking their credit]].]]

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': Col. [=McKinsey=], the smarmy and selfish commander of Spare Squadron, a squad of convicts of the Osean military that includes [[PlayerCharacter Trigger]], is hated by players more than they hate the Eruseans that are at war with Osea [[spoiler:or the advanced-AI drones that comprise the {{Final Boss}}es]], as his animosity with Trigger and his squadmates is a lot closer, whereas the Eruseans [[spoiler:and superdrones]] are merely seen as typical in-the-line-of-duty threats to take out, and the Kingdom of Erusea isn't a government being run with malice, just waging war because of what they good-faith perceive to be an act of imperialism (building the [[SpaceElevator Lighthouse]]). Meanwhile, [=McKinsey=] constantly berates Spare Squadron, throwing them into solitary confinement repeatedly for asinine reasons, [[UngratefulBastard even when their defiance of orders saves him and the rest of the base]], and tries to take all the credit for Spare Squadron's hard work, even outright declaring that the squadron deserves no thanks for their efforts during one particular debriefing. [[spoiler:So it's refreshing for many players when he gets "promoted" to a dangerous frontline position as a [[StolenCreditBackfire "reward" for taking their credit]].]]

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': Col. [=McKinsey=], the smarmy and selfish commander of Spare Squadron, a squad of convicts of the Osean military that includes [[PlayerCharacter Trigger]], is hated by players more than they hate the Eruseans that are at war with Osea [[spoiler:or the advanced-AI drones that comprise the {{Final Boss}}es]], as his animosity with Trigger and his squadmates is a lot closer, whereas the Eruseans [[spoiler:and superdrones]] are merely seen as typical in-the-line-of-duty threats to take out, and the Kingdom of Erusea isn't a government being run with malice, just waging war because of what they good-faith perceive to be an act of imperialism (building the [[SpaceElevator Lighthouse]]). He constantly berates Spare Squadron, throwing them into solitary confinement repeatedly for asinine reasons, [[UngratefulBastard even when their defiance of orders saves him and the rest of the base]], and tries to take all the credit for Spare Squadron's hard work, even outright declaring that the squadron deserves no thanks for their efforts during one particular debriefing. [[spoiler:So it's refreshing for many players when he gets "promoted" to a dangerous frontline position as a [[StolenCreditBackfire "reward" for taking their credit]].]]

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': Col. [=McKinsey=], the smarmy and selfish commander of Spare Squadron, a squad of convicts of the Osean military that includes [[PlayerCharacter Trigger]], is hated by players more than they hate the Eruseans that are at war with Osea [[spoiler:or the advanced-AI drones that comprise the {{Final Boss}}es]], as his animosity with Trigger and his squadmates is a lot closer, whereas the Eruseans [[spoiler:and superdrones]] are merely seen as typical in-the-line-of-duty threats to take out. He constantly berates Spare Squadron, throwing them into solitary confinement repeatedly for asinine reasons, [[UngratefulBastard even when their defiance of orders saves him and the rest of the base]], and tries to take all the credit for Spare Squadron's hard work, even outright declaring that the squadron deserves no thanks for their efforts during one particular debriefing. [[spoiler:So it's refreshing for many players when he gets "promoted" to a dangerous frontline position as a [[StolenCreditBackfire "reward" for taking their credit]].]]

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': Col. [=McKinsey=], the smarmy and selfish commander of Spare Squadron, a squad of inmates that includes [[PlayerCharacter Trigger]], is hated by players more than they hate the Eruseans that are at war with Osea [[spoiler:or the advanced-AI drones that comprise the {{Final Boss}}es]], as his animosity with Trigger and his squadmates is a lot closer, whereas the Eruseans [[spoiler:and superdrones]] are merely seen as typical in-the-line-of-duty threats to take out. He constantly berates Spare Squadron, throwing them into solitary confinement repeatedly for asinine reasons, [[UngratefulBastard even when their defiance of orders saves him and the rest of the base]], and tries to take all the credit for Spare Squadron's hard work, even outright declaring that the squadron deserves no thanks for their efforts during one particular debriefing. [[spoiler:So it's refreshing for many players when he gets "promoted" to a dangerous frontline position as a [[StolenCreditBackfire "reward" for taking their credit]].]]

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'': Col. [=McKinsey=], the smarmy and selfish commander of Spare Squadron, is hated by players more than they hate the Eruseans that are at war with Osea [[spoiler:or the advanced-AI drones that comprise the {{Final Boss}}es]], as his animosity with Trigger and his squadmates is a lot closer, whereas the Eruseans [[spoiler:and superdrones]] are merely seen as typical in-the-line-of-duty threats to take out. He constantly berates Spare Squadron, throwing them into solitary confinement repeatedly for asinine reasons, [[UngratefulBastard even when their defiance of orders saves him and the rest of the base]], and tries to take all the credit for Spare Squadron's hard work, even outright declaring that the squadron deserves no thanks for their efforts during one particular debriefing. [[spoiler:So it's refreshing for many players when he gets "promoted" to a dangerous frontline position as a [[StolenCreditBackfire "reward" for taking their credit]].]]

* The ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' series has a fun and colorful cast of both heroes and villains. In fact, series BigBad [[PirateGirl Risky Boots]] is a big fan favorite for her competence, [[EvilIsSexy attractiveness]], and HiddenDepths, and several other villains are nearly as popular- even the Pirate Master and Empress Siren, two [[VileVillainSaccharineShow surprisingly evil]] mass-murderers with no redeeming qualities, are loved for how threatening and cool they are. However, many fans utterly loathe [[MayorPain Mayor Scuttlebutt]] for firing Shantae for [[InsaneTrollLogic little to no reason]] in almost every game and being completely shameless about it, [[EasilyForgiven yet getting off with almost no problem every single time]]. It should say something that it's widely agreed that one of the best parts of ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens'' is the fact he doesn't appear at all.

* ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'': While he's both a jerk ''and'' a villain, Rip Blazkowicz tends to be the most hated character by far, even more than ''Hitler himself'', who shows up in one scene but is clearly a [[DarkLordOnLifeSupport doddering dolt who's not all there]] and [[UrineTrouble pisses on the floor at once point]]. Rip is an AbusiveParent who [[DomesticAbuse beats his wife]], [[VirtueIsWeakness calls B.J. weak for being a decent and caring person]], [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals abuses the family dog]], and then outright shoots it when he catches B.J. [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain fraternizing with a black girl]]. As if this weren't enough, when B.J. comes back later as an adult he finds that [[spoiler:Rip [[TheQuisling sold out his wife and the whole neighborhood to the Nazis]] just to [[DirtyCoward save his own worthless hide]]. As such, no tears were shed when B.J. blew that asshole's brains out.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'': In a world featuring tyrannical demon lords responsible for the death and torture of billions and seeking to destroy entire worlds, human General Marshal Garithos is the most hated character by fans because he's an arrogant bigot and racist.

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': The Sages of Akademiya. Though [[spoiler: Il Dottore and Scaramouche]] are the overarching antagonists in Sumeru's Archon Quests and are masterminding the main threat, it is Akademiya's administration that's much more disliked. They're responsible for causing or exacerbating most of Sumeru's long-term problems in the first place, including the same ones that drove them into [[spoiler: the Fatui's]] arms in the first place. Not only do they shun their own current Archon Lesser Lord Kusanali in favor of clinging to the memory of Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, but as more is learned about the latter they have proven to be everything that she ''wasn't''. Where Rukkhadevata loved the dances of her close friend the God of Flowers and created the Aranara to have power over dreams, the Sages ridicule both dreams and the arts as frivolous. Where she was [[AllLovingHeroine warm and compassionate for all people]] [[spoiler: including for the people of the desert]], Akademiya as an institution proves to be both racist and elitist, and the Sages themselves are [[{{Jerkass}} intensely unpleasant individuals]] if Grand Sage Azar is anything to go by. They revere her as "the great tutor", yet when the newborn Kusanali appeared to them and had no more intelligence than a child, they locked her up in the Sanctuary of Surasthana instead of teaching her the ropes, forcing her to find her own way while Akademiya's ability to generate academic breakthroughs plateaued, ostensibly from lack of direction. Yet [[NeverMyFault instead of reflecting on the mistakes they have made thus far]] [[spoiler: they choose to help Il Dottore ascend Scaramouche to godhood so they have a new "god of wisdom" to follow like lemmings, meaning that for all their supposed devoutness as Rukkhadevata's disciples [[{{Hypocrite}} it is they that are the most unfaithful of all]], committing the highest form of blasphemy against her possible by perverting all she left to them in order to replace her.]] As leaders, as devotees, as teachers, ''and'' as students, the Sages are complete failures on all accounts, and it is because of this that Sumeru is suffering as badly as it is in the present, but they don't have the [[EvilIsCool charm or memorability]] that make [[spoiler:Il Dottore and Scaramouche]] the more popular antagonists. To top it all off, [[spoiler:their "punishment" could very well be considered a slap on the wrist since all they get is exile from Sumeru City. Given everything Azar did, many wish he had gotten a far worse punishment.]]

* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'': In Primrose's story, the Crow Men are higher-ups in [[TheSyndicate the Obsidians]] who murdered Primrose's father when she was a child, traumatizing her and spurring her into her path of vengeance against them. However, each Crow Man has a certain [[LoveToHate charismatic charm]] to them despite being awful people. The same cannot be said for the StarterVillain of Primrose's story, [[BadBoss Helgenish]], who not only has no redeeming factors but is not entertaining to watch. Instead, he is a materialistic abuser who simultaneously obsesses over Primrose and treats her like his personal sex object instead of a woman. Many players literally felt nauseous watching him. [[spoiler:The fact that Helgenish [[NotSoHarmlessVillain becomes a murderer himself]] near the epilogue of Primrose's Chapter 1 solidifies his status as pire evil.]]

* ''VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry'': This game's version of Dante is [[AdaptationalJerkass much more abrasive and crude]] compared to his classic counterpart. Despite him showing a softer side as the story progresses, the initial bad impression led to fans playing up Dante's faults to the point of claiming he is worse than the villain Mundus who, it should be noted, murdered Dante's mother, condemned his father to eternal torture, has enslaved humanity by controlling every facet of society, kidnapped Dante's friend Kat and spends the entire game trying to kill Dante and his brother Vergil. In particular, fans point to the scene in which Dante mocks the deaths of Mundus's wife Lilith and their child at Vergil's hands as a reason why they see Dante as less sympathetic than the villain. This is despite Dante having to be prompted into mocking Mundus like this by Vergil who wanted Mundus distracted while he tried to cut off Mundus's power source and Dante only doing this ''after'' suffering Mundus's numerous cruelties that are far worse than anything Dante does in the game.

* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'': In Primrose's story, the Crow Men are higher-ups in [[TheSyndicate the Obsidians]] who murdered Primrose's father when she was a child, traumatizing her and spurring her into her path of vengeance against them. However, each Crow Man has a certain [[LoveToHate charismatic charm]] to them despite being awful people. The same cannot be said for the StarterVillain of Primrose's story, [[BadBoss Helgenish]], who not only has no redeeming factors but is not entertaining to watch. Instead, he is a materialistic abuser who simultaneously obsesses over Primrose and treats her like his personal sex object instead of a woman. Many players literally felt nauseous watching him. [[spoiler:The fact that Helgenish [[NotSoHarmlessVillain becomes a murderer himself]] near the epilogue of Primrose's Chapter 1 solidifies his status as a CompleteMonster.]]

* ''VideoGame/LunaRPGMaker'': [[spoiler:The titular Luna]] is an EnfanteTerrible who [[spoiler:condemned her little sister Lucy to [[FateWorseThanDeath eternal imprisonment]] inside a book while [[RetGone erasing her from existence]]]]. Despite this, it's her [[ParentalNeglect neglectful parents]] who are the most hated characters for basically ignoring her [[ParentalFavoritism in favor of]] [[spoiler:Lucy]], while [[spoiler:Luna]] herself gets some sympathy in comparison.

* ''Videogame/DwarfFortress:'' More often than not, Elves start out as Dwarves' allies, complete with merchant caravans, while goblins only bring death, chaos and whatever iron's on their corpses. But goblins are straightforwards about wanting to kill you and steal everything you have without a word wasted, while elves are the ones who insult you even during negotiations, throw hissy fits about what products they'll accept, threaten you whenever you cut down trees for wood, spew passive-aggression even if you fulfill their requests and generally parade gigantic egos all over your diplomacy screens. [[ElvesVsDwarves Guess which species is the one the players go out of their way to antagonize and even exterminate]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'': In a world featuring tyrannical demonic lords responsible for the death and torture of billions and seeking to destroy entire worlds, human General Marshal Garithos is the most hated character by fans because he's an arrogant bigot and racist.

* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'': In a world featuring tyrannical demonic lords responsible for the death and torture of billions and seeking to destroy entire worlds, human General Marshal Garithos is the most hated character by fans because he's a bigot and a racist.

* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'': In a world featuring tyrannical demonic lords responsible for the death and torture of billions and seeking to destroy entire worlds, human General Marshal Garithos is the most hated characters by fans because he's a bigot and a racist.

* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'': In a world featuring tyrannical demonic lords seeking to destroy entire worlds responsible for the death and torture of billions, human General Marshal Garithos is the most hated characters by fans because he's a bigot and a racist.

* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'': In a world featuring tyranical demonic lords seeking to destroy entire worlds, General Marshal Garithos is the most hated characters by fans, due to him being overtly racist towards non-human.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'': Averted with Ryder since for all his {{Jerkass}} moments, he still doesn't come off any worse than [[DirtyCop Tenpenny and Pulaski]] since all he's really done to CJ was make snide remarks about him, [[VitriolicBestBuds which isn't exactly uncommon with most friends,]] ([[spoiler:and the worst he's ever done was betray CJ, which wasn't even planned well]]). Played much straighter, however, with [[SpicyLatina Catalina]], who, unlike her appearance in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'', isn't even the main antagonist of the game, yet is always berating CJ for making minor mistakes and [[MoodSwinger constantly switches from being an outright cunt who threatens to castrate CJ for his minor mistakes to getting back to falling in love with him]]. Really, she even makes the two aforementioned cops look more sympathetic in comparison. Some even joke that Claude is effectively a demi-god for lasting 9 whole years with someone as batshit insane as Catalina.

* ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'' has Patroklos Alexander. He is hated by players for his arrogance, his HolierThanThou attitude towards anybody that doesn't see his point of view, and his infamous EstablishingCharacterMoment where he murders an innocent man he suspected of being Malfested. The aforementioned murder is made even worse by his SlasherSmile and him smugly declaring that it was unfortunate that the man he killed couldn't prove he wasn't Malfested, implying he knew full-well he was innocent and just wanted to kill somebody ForTheEvulz. You'd think he was one of the game's villains, but you're wrong. He's actually [[DesignatedHero the protagonist]]. His behavior has earned him more hatred than the game's actual villains, Graf Dumas (who wanted to use Soul Edge to take over the world using Malfested slaves), Tira (who has had a history of AxCrazy behavior long before this game), and Elysium (who a WellIntentionedExtremist who wants to bring about world peace).

* VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory has the witches, who are [[TragicVillain magical girls corrupted by despair]] and beloved by the fanbase. The same cannot be said for [[ShrinkingViolet Sana Futaba]]’s family, whose parents (namely her stepfather, though her mother isn’t good either) are a combination of AbusiveParents, EducationPapa, and WickedStepfather with her both stepbrothers being a BigBrotherBully and had no problem [[IHaveNoDaughter throwing her away]] when she couldn’t reach their high expectations.

* ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'': The main villains are GEATHJERK, an organization of alien invaders who want to wipe out humanity. Yet because of their over-the-top hammy nature and boss fights, most players find them too cool and/or funny to hate. Most of the scorn is instead directed towards Luka, a kid who badmouths the title hero group for failing to save his mom and [[spoiler:resorts to helping GEATHJERK's invasion by using his inside information to weaken Earth's defenses. Luka is meant to be more sympathetic than any of the GEATHJERK Officers and even has a Heel Face Turn at the end, but his general personality and the reaction to his story's writing made him polarizing at best, while the main villains are usually loved]].