Games where the PC is an antihero - an IFDB Poll

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I'm looking for games where the PC is the villain/antihero of the story and the traditional plotlines of "good beats evil" aren't followed.

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Varicella, by Adam Cadre
7 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... "The PC is overtly..." [+]"The PC is overtly despicable, and competing against opponents equally vile but rather more powerful. " () --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Dave Chapeskie... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --CMG... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) --cgasquid... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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Sting of the Wasp, by Jason Devlin
6 votes
"Varicella ... except you're the most evil of them all." [+]"Varicella ... except you're the most evil of them all." () --cgasquid... (No comment) [+](No comment) --baf... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Bernie... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --E.K.... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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Broken Legs, by Sarah Morayati
6 votes
"Intricately nasty on a small scale." [+]"Intricately nasty on a small scale." () --perching path... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Malasana... (No comment) [+](No comment) --cgasquid... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Kinetic Mouse Car...

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Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 1: the Awakening, by Marco Vallarino
4 votes
"A nasty and sadistic vampire." [+]"A nasty and sadistic vampire." ( - Full review) --CMG... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Rob_01 ... "Storia..." [+]"Storia intrigante,personaggio carismatico ed enigmi ben realizzati e divertenti, Darkiss : il risveglio delle avventure testuali" --Daniele Ubaldelli... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Cait Sith...

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De Baron, by Victor Gijsbers
4 votes
"Fits your parameters, but may not be what you're looking for- read the reviews." [+]"Fits your parameters, but may not be what you're looking for- read the reviews." --perching path... "A classic/extreme example" [+]"A classic/extreme example: "The Baron" famously subverts the structure of the fairy tale to explore philosophical problems of morality involving the player character." --Dominic Delabruere... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --R4nd0m... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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Lock & Key, by Adam Cadre
3 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) --eu... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --tggdan3... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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Make It Good, by Jon Ingold
3 votes
"Is the PC a..." [+]"Is the PC a villain or a hero? I cannot say more without spoiling the game." --jmmelko... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) --cgasquid...

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Shrapnel, by Adam Cadre
2 votes
"A game of fairly..." [+]"A game of fairly confused identity, but a good deal of PC nastiness." () --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...

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Infidel, by Michael Berlyn
2 votes
"You're the world's second worst archaeologist, and the world's worst uses dynamite." [+]"You're the world's second worst archaeologist, and the world's worst uses dynamite." () --cgasquid... "Don't know..." [+]"Don't know if this qualifies as "good vs. evil," but the PC is certainly an antihero." () --Matt Kimmel...

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The Weapon, by Sean Barrett
2 votes
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edward Lacey... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu...

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Fallen Hero: Rebirth, by Malin Rydén
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --GamerGal...

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The Last Hour, by Roberto Grassi
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short...

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Terrormolinos, by Peter Jones, Trevor Lever, Mike Robinson, James Byrne, and Roger Taylor
1 vote
"The protagonist..." [+]"The protagonist is a family father trying to take the family on a vacation." () --Fredrik...

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Gamlet, by Tomasz Pudlo
1 vote
"Misanthrope MC" [+]"Misanthrope MC: The main character of this adventure (even though a young adolescent) is a misanthrope on the stand of high morals — but he'll drive you to the dark side at every chance the plot has to offer you/him..." ( - Full review) --Tristano...

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Commander, by Nathaniel Holle
1 vote
"Several paths, many dark" [+]"Several paths, many dark: You could end up following many different paths, but few, if any, of the successful paths have the character being a true hero, and in some cases they become an outright villain." --Nathaniel...

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1-2-3..., by Chris Mudd
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --aaronius...

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Supermarket Robbery, by Mister Nose
1 vote
"The character is..." [+]"The character is not a "good" person. S/He robs a store and gets away with it. Come on!" ( - Full review) --NosesAreAlive...

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Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 2: Journey to Hell, by Marco Vallarino
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk...

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The Devil Made Me Do It, by David Cornelson
1 vote
"You are the..." [+]"You are the devil!" ( - Full review) --tggdan3...

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The Urge, by PaperBlurt
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edward Lacey...

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Bureaucracy, by Douglas Adams, The Staff of Infocom
1 vote
"Brilliantly dull!" [+]"Brilliantly dull!: How to survive in the bureaucratic world." --Fredrik...

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Poll created on December 23, 2009