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* ''[[Resident Evil]]'' may have one of the best villains in video games with Albert Wesker, but also has one of the worst with Ramon Salazar from the fourth game. He claims to be a twenty-year-old man who has been prematurely aged by the Plagas, but acts like a whiny 8 year old. The one edge he has is [[Plot Armor]], as the storyline seems to go out of its way to make up reasons why time after time, Leon is unable shoot the little brat and end the threat once and for all. |
* ''[[Resident Evil]]'' may have one of the best villains in video games with Albert Wesker, but also has one of the worst with Ramon Salazar from the fourth game. He claims to be a twenty-year-old man who has been prematurely aged by the Plagas, but acts like a whiny 8 year old. The one edge he has is [[Plot Armor]], as the storyline seems to go out of its way to make up reasons why time after time, Leon is unable shoot the little brat and end the threat once and for all. |
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* [[Mega Corp|Majestic]], from ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]''. What does it say in a game with a name like ''that'' when the genocidal alien looks more competent and more ethical than his human foes? Majestic is a large international organization dedicated to defeating the Furons, while secretly plotting their own goals of [[Take Over the World| world domination.]] Thing is, the Furon invasionary force consists of… [[Easy Logistics| one guy, the protagonist, Crypto]]. For all their highly-trained agents and cutting edge technology, Majestic - A [[Non-Indicative Name]] if there ever was one - can’t capture or defeat this one alien. Seriously. |
* [[Mega Corp|Majestic]], from ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]''. What does it say in a game with a name like ''that'' when the genocidal alien looks more competent and more ethical than his human foes? Majestic is a large international organization dedicated to defeating the Furons, while secretly plotting their own goals of [[Take Over the World| world domination.]] Thing is, the Furon invasionary force consists of… [[Easy Logistics| one guy, the protagonist, Crypto]]. For all their highly-trained agents and cutting edge technology, Majestic - A [[Non-Indicative Name]] if there ever was one - can’t capture or defeat this one alien. Seriously. |
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* The ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' has many, often a result of the character being an [[Adaptational Weakling]]: |
* The ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' series has many, often a result of the character being an [[Adaptational Weakling]]: |
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** First, we have the elephant in the room, the [[Big Bad]] of the first game himself, the Joker. He was actually doing okay up until the [[Final Battle]] where he {{spoiler| purposely injects himself with Titan and turns himself into a huge, hulking, super-strong, utterly-ridiculous looking buffoon. You would be hard pressed to find a review of this game (no matter how positive) to say that this is the very last thing the Clown Prince of Crime would do, that it just isn't him, and almost all of them agree that this was the one thing keeping an otherwise great Batman game from being flawless.}} |
** First, we have the elephant in the room, the [[Big Bad]] of the first game himself, the Joker. He was actually doing okay up until the [[Final Battle]] where he {{spoiler| purposely injects himself with Titan and turns himself into a huge, hulking, super-strong, utterly-ridiculous looking buffoon. You would be hard pressed to find a review of this game (no matter how positive) to say that this is the very last thing the Clown Prince of Crime would do, that it just isn't him, and almost all of them agree that this was the one thing keeping an otherwise great Batman game from being flawless.}} |
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** Of course, there’s Lester Buchinsky, the Electocutioner, a would-be assassin and Large Ham who turns out to be not even as tough as any of the mooks, almost a [[Harmless Villain]] there. But then, the “fight” against him was intended to be played for laughs. |
** Of course, there’s Lester Buchinsky, the Electocutioner, a would-be assassin and Large Ham who turns out to be not even as tough as any of the mooks, almost a [[Harmless Villain]] there. But then, the “fight” against him was intended to be played for laughs. |
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