Your Top 3 favorite villains of all time

[Darksol]

Darksol
Sephiroth
Valmar

With honorable mentions to
Cardinal Albert Simon
Joseph Seed

[Edgarmash79]

1. Bowser (Mario series). No matter how dedicated he's been to kidnapping Peach and commanding an army, the quality of the epic struggle between him and Mario hasn't degraded in value for over 30 years.
2. Gruntilda (Banjo-Kazooie). The entire fight was one huge build up from start to finish. There are very few battles that were equally challenging and entertaining. You knew the stakes going in and the payoff when you beat her was worth it. A great villain for one of the best n64 titles.
3. Dr. Wily (Rockman/Megaman series). I like classic villains that never give up trying to win and Wily fits this to a T. Part of the big Three of Nintendo villains, you know what you're getting into with a Megaman game and you're still into it decades later.

[Tech_0ne]

His name is DOCTOR ROBOTNIK!!!!! Dr Eggman just sounds lame to me. lol

= 1. Sephiroth - FF7 / Illusive Man - Mass Effect
2. Revolver Ocelot/Liquid Snake/Liquid Ocelot - MGS
3. Gaunter O'dimm - Witcher 3

Honorable mentions:

Saren Arterius - Mass Effect
Flemmeth - Dragon Age
Thargoids in general - Elite
EVE - Parasite Eve
Lazarevic - Uncharted 2
Pyramid Head - Silent Hill
David - The Last of Us

[GenKaan]

Was thinking of putting Handsome Jack at #3 myself, but havent played Borderlands 2 enough (halfway done before I gave up, love the first one tho)

[GenKaan]

Yes, the presentation of its presence through the world is great storytelling. If the world would have three phases it would have been a clear #1 great of all time for me

[StanTheStrongArm]

1. Arden Lucis Caelum from Final Fantasy XV.
2. Dagoth Ur from The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind.
3. Brook Augustine from inFamous: Second Son.

[PeJota]

1. The G Man (Half-Life 1 and 2)
2. Kefka (Final Fantasy VI)
3. GLaDOS (Portal 1 and 2)

[PeJota]

The Radiance is a great pick. Its presence permeates throughout the game as you discover how it slowly corrupted the kingdom and the Knight. Also, it has a great design (like everything in Hollow Knight).

[snail]

I couldn't decide the order but here is a vague list
- Handsome Jack (Borderlands)
- Lusamine (Pokemon SM)
- Edward Sallow (Fallout New Vegas) though there is no real "villain" in new vegas, I feel like Caesar is one.

[Raye]

1. Handsome Jack (borderlands)
2. Vaas (farcry3)
3. Andrew Ryan (bioshock)

[Scott Knightley]

1. GlaDos (Portal)
2. Andrew Ryan (Bioshock)
3. The Lich King (World of Warcraft)

[Flubbbs]

1. Orphan of Kos - Bloodborne
2. The End - Metal Gear Solid 3
3. Lavos - Chrono Trigger

[SnowyJess]

1. Lord Brevon - Freedom Planet
2. SHODAN - System Shock 1/2
3. (Spoiler) - Sonic Heroes

[GenKaan]

3: Radiance from Hollow Knight - Flipping the tradition of making darkness evil, with out saying much more than it has an corrupting influence over the entire world
2: Sephiroth from FF7 - Just badass
1: Arthas Menethil from WC3 / WoW - Deep lore, huge transformation and interesting development

[Murray]

3. Kane from Command & Conquer - Iconic character from iconic franchise.
2. Revolver Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid 3 - Badass, cool style, and the best version of Ocelot from any Metal Gear.
1. The Illusive Man from Mass Effect 2 (and to some extent 3) - He has this dubious morality about him that makes you almost feel like he's right.