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Zikten
04/20/24 4:07:42 PM
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Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is the closest thing I can think of. And that is debatable based on how you view the plot

Imagine a game where you are the person or people who are trying to wreck the world. Or attempting to take over. Like if in Final Fantasy 17, the main character just wants revenge on the world and is a little crazy
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Trumble
04/20/24 4:09:25 PM
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Yes.

I can't name one, but it's almost certian that it exists. If nothing else, an RPG Maker game will have done it.

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KajeI
04/20/24 4:10:04 PM
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I've wanted to make a game for a while now where instead of being the hero(es) constantly chasing the villain and gathering allies or whatever you play as the villain(s) and try to impede the hero(es) from reaching you while bully/negotiate/ally your way to victory. Whether to do it as a RPG or a strategy game of some kind I'm still not sure.

Anyway, I think arguably Golden Sun 1, maybe?

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gp1829
04/20/24 4:11:18 PM
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Live a live kinda.
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Tyranthraxus
04/20/24 4:12:10 PM
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Breath of Fire 4 has you switching off between the main protagonist and villain

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creativerealms
04/20/24 4:12:15 PM
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Suikoden 3 in a sense. You unlock the villains story after beating the game.

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Hyena_Of_Ice
04/20/24 4:17:26 PM
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Dark Half for the SNES consists of 50% that.
The chapters are split into two parts each, with the first half consists of you playing the villain, and the second half as the hero dealing with the villain's path of destruction.

I was never able to finish it because not that far into the game the difficulty curve for the villain chapters skyrockets as you REALLY have to conserve your energy *which is needed not only to attack and survive attacks, but move across the world map/dungeons as well. Whereas the hero only needs energy for spells and dungeon/world map movement* Whereas the hero's first chapter is really difficult, while the second chapter gets progressively easier as he gets more and more powerups.
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Necronmon
04/20/24 4:18:35 PM
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Tales of Beseria...sort of.
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ellis123
04/20/24 4:22:03 PM
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Zikten posted...
And that is debatable based on how you view the plot
Naw, that one isn't at all. You are clearly not the villain, it's just a meme.

And Stranger of Paradise, Soul Nomad (or, really, a whole lot of NIS stuff as even things like Disgaea go that route), and SMT all have you playing as the villain.

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Antifar
04/20/24 4:23:20 PM
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Golden Sun

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FurryPhilosifer
04/20/24 4:23:59 PM
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Final fantasy crystal chronicles my life as a dark lord

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s0nicfan
04/20/24 4:24:18 PM
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One of the tactics ogre games has you playing a character who is revealed in a post credits scene to be the villain from a different game and what we were playing was a stealth prequel/origin story for that villain.

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Mistere_Man
04/20/24 5:28:00 PM
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Soul Nomad (demon path)

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Crimsoness
04/20/24 5:30:09 PM
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Zikten posted...
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is the closest thing I can think of.
No it isn't

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Mistere_Man
04/20/24 5:35:49 PM
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Smt Nocturne - Maybe

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NightRender
04/20/24 5:36:44 PM
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gp1829 posted...
Live a live kinda.

That's the one that came to mind.

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Mistere_Man
04/20/24 5:43:20 PM
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Supposedly there is a game called Tyranny that does this.

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Vicious_Dios
04/20/24 5:44:05 PM
#18:


Dark Souls

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