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What are the best PC games where you play the villain?

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas vs Dead by Daylight vs War for the Overworld

 vs Overlord vs Dungeon Keeper vs Assassin's Creed: Rogue vs Nekro

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Survival Horror

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Online Co-Op/PvP

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Mostly Positive

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Very Positive

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Action-Adventure

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Mostly Positive

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PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Windows

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Pros + Cons

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 Hours of gameplay

It takes days just to finish the story missions, not to mention side missions, one-off encounters and just plain goofing off.
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 Huge open world

There are 3 huge cities to explore Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas each loosely modeled after certain real-world cities. There's a selection of vehicles, minigames and weird one-off events to find and take part in.
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 Choose to play as the survivor or the killer

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 Steam workshop support

Share your work with others as well as use their work.
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 Not original

It's basically dungeon keeper 2 with a different paint job.
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Pro
 Fun minion mechanic

Every evil ruler needs subjects to die for him, so he does not have to which is where minions come into play. By utilizing the minions the player can rule without getting harmed as they will take the brunt.
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 Peasants are dumb

The AI in this game is,. pretty pathetic. Peasants will run into corners, or cower in fear while you're busy bashing in their brains.
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 Build and design your dungeon

Some level of versatility through building the way you want.
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 Old game

The graphics may set you off due to how dated they look.
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Pro
 Cool naval combat against other pirates out on the open seas

The bread and butter of the game involves you as the captain of your ship, navigating out in the open waters to get from place to place, as well as getting hands-on with the full mechanics of steering while firing off cannons at enemy ships. There's a full crew aboard with you, helping to give plenty of liveliness to your surroundings as they shout in anger, sing shanties, and cheer in victory as you go along, along with dynamic weather like raging storms that adds to the realism and intensity. It's a lot of fun and serves as a nice way to break things up from the usual stealth missions on foot.
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Pro
 Intuitive stealth gameplay

The stealth mechanics feel natural and fluid in how strategic they are. While tracking your targets, you blend in with each city's citizens or climb up to the tops of buildings to perch there and avoid getting spotted by the assassin you're after, or their comrades. You can either wait for the perfect opportunity to strike with a hidden blade up your sleeve that silently assassinates your targets, or you can go all-out and have a sword duel with them if you'd rather take a more aggressive approach. After they're dead, you make your escape and become incognito again. Everything goes together nicely in a way that feels satisfying.
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Pro
 Interesting story of Assassins versus Templars

The story in Assassin's Creed Rogue is full of intriguing ideologies and philosophies, especially since you get to play as a templar instead of the usual assassins. It's a familiar tale of liberty and freedom on the Assassin side and law and order on the Templar side, but it still feels fresh. Playing as Shay, it's up to you to assassinate certain assassin targets who oppose your ideologies as a templar. As you take them down, you learn about their views on liberating the populace, encouraging you to question if the assassins are truly on the right path. Thankfully, the game doesn't tell you what to think, leaving you to draw your own conclusions.
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Con
 Short story

Assassin's Creed: Rogue only takes up a little over nine hours for the main campaign, which is considerably shorter than other games in the franchise.
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 The setting isn't that great for climbing around on top of buildings and exploring

Getting to play on and around post-colonial America and the islands across the open seas setting sounds cool, but it's not all that fun from a gameplay perspective. The wooden buildings and huts are quite small and basic, with only some taller churches in the bigger cities. Scaling them doesn't take much effort, and it doesn't reward you with a huge, beautiful view comparable to previous locations like Florence and Rome during the Italian Renaissance. Despite the unique history and culture in these places, they're weak settings to play through.
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 No multiplayer

The fun and addictive multiplayer from previous Assassin's Creed games isn't available here. This is unfortunately only a single-player game. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag was the final title to feature the multiplayer, so if you're in the mood for some hide and seek games with stealth and hidden blades, you'll have to pick up that installment instead.
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