Games where the PC is an antihero - an IFDB Poll
by Sorrel
RSS FeedI'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.
| 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...  Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| Lock & Key, by Adam Cadre 3 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --eu... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --tggdan3... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| 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 if..." [+]"Don't know if this qualifies as "good vs. evil," but the PC is certainly an antihero." () --Matt Kimmel... Vote for this game | |
| The Weapon, by Sean Barrett 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Edward Lacey... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Felix Pleșoianu... Vote for this game | |
| Fallen Hero: Rebirth, by Malin Rydén 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --GamerGal... Vote for this game | |
| The Last Hour, by Roberto Grassi 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| 1-2-3..., by Chris Mudd 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --aaronius... Vote for this game | |
| 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... Vote for this game | |
| Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 2: Journey to Hell, by Marco Vallarino 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| The Devil Made Me Do It, by David Cornelson 1 vote "You are the..." [+]"You are the devil!" ( - Full review) --tggdan3... Vote for this game | |
| The Urge, by PaperBlurt 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Edward Lacey... Vote for this game | |
| Bureaucracy, by Douglas Adams, The Staff of Infocom 1 vote "Brilliantly dull!" [+]"Brilliantly dull!: How to survive in the bureaucratic world." --Fredrik... Vote for this game | |