“The best villains are the ones that make you question whether they’re actually the villain or not.” -MasterAssassin (I think I remember you saying that)
Eh not really. Alot of pure evil villains that are my favourite like the Joker is an easy example (Not the Solo movie). Theres no questioning wether he is a villain or not and he is G.O.A.T villain to me Grey Villains are not necessarily always the best ones.
@@MistahJay7 joker is a amazing example in the arkham games as if you use detective vision(basically a eagle vision) in one of the games, I think city you could basically see joker without bones, it was a fun little foreshadow
He was soo evil I hated him soo much so I agree he was a good villain but comparing him to Pagan or Vaas then he is not rlly that good. Vaas and Pagan had humor and that makes them more interesting
I like Anton not because I found him compelling. But because of how scary he was. Giancarlo does an amazing job at making villains terrifying not through actions, but through words.
It really should be a crime to hire an actor like Giancarlo and then barely give him any screen time. I’m sure there’d be more development if they actually gave him room to develop but with the story we got, Anton just comes off as a pretty typical unapologetically evil dictator type.
Jacob Seed himself was pretty underrated, his goal was to turn people into killers. His whole cull the herd schtick really stuck with me as just a badass mindset. Basically everytime he's on screen I'm pretty intimidated because he's ex military, id put him ahead of Joseph but not pagan and vaas
Honestly the more I know about every villain in far cry 5 the more highly I think of them. They are really exceptionally well constructed characters and the more layers you peel back the more you can start to see how they became the way they are.
I guess it depends on the viewer. Personally, I find religious nutbags intollerable. While he may or may not have been a good villain on paper, I hated him for reasons unrelated to his actions against me.
pagan's my favorite for sure. He's just so charismatic and he's so warm towards ajay because they're family. Vaas is amazing too and his acting was beyond incredible, but Pagan was just so fun to be around
I’ve gotta say. I haven’t finish fry cry 4 currently in progress of finishing it and tbh before I spoiled the game for myself I somewhat always liked pagan of course he’s seen as this ruthless brutal dictator but like you said he always showed he cared for ajay, his dialogue is always great and you’ll never know what he’ll say or do next
Hoyt needed to be included in this. Whether he was first, last, or somewhere in between, he had to be involved. He is, after all, the actual main villain far cry 3. Isn’t he? We could even take this further and include the seed family as well as citra as villains considering she was just putting you and vaas against each other. Anyways, that’s my rant
I agree, I really was expecting to see Hoyt Volker in here. Apparently Vaas stole all the attention and in the end not many people actually care about Hoyt being an antagonist.
@@RedNightFox hoyt was pretty good too. I think he had the most villainous motivations after all, because wasn't it human trafficking he was into? Vaas is just a madman because of citra, Pagan is the king and wants to assert himself. Anton's motivation is money and power and whatever. But to be motivated by human trafficking is so crazy for a video game. I don't remember the game that well tbh, so I could be wrong, but again, thats my thoughts
@@lukasgus8434 Hoyt was ultimately just a businessman without morals. Yeah he's clearly evil but he's also clearly generic. His most memorable speech was about contact lenses having 123 instead of ABC because global markets.
@@cjamesfort sure, I’m not trying to sell Hoyt as the best villain by any means. I’m basically just saying he is a villain, has evil motivations and deserves to be somewhere on the list
yea for sure. the psychological connection between jason and vaas like how jason turns into vaas and with pagan and ajay being actually related. I think your right they are some of the best antags ive ever seen
Joseph is definitely my favourite, hes not evil, hes charming but also a scary fucking dude, he feels the most real of any if them and feels like a good mix of pagan and vaas iko
I love Joseph and he’s no doubt my number one favorite farcry villain. Both him and the game itself make you question if you were doing the right thing all along, and maybe instead of him being evil, you were the monster in his nightmare all along.
I really have to ask what people are smoking these days. You're feeling bad about the guy that endorses torture, killing, brainwashing, and more. It doesn't matter his good intentions, I'll gladly be his monster underneath the bed. The only person I felt bad for was faith because she didn't choose this for herself Joseph used her drug addiction to his advantage. It's worth mentioning that she isn't the first faith
@@isdrakon9802 it’s about what’s under all his bad doings ( Torture, Poverty Promotion, etc.). It’s the fact that there’s a deeper reasoning about what he did and what had drove him into a corner that gave him no other choice but to commit his actions. Take the game’s ending, for example. He knew what was coming and did his past acts for the greater good and the player was trying to stop this for, what was generally thought of as the goal to establish a resistance. However what this resistance wasn’t aware of was the cult’s reason. So let me put it to you this way. He did wrong things for a good purpose.
@@isdrakon9802 clearly you didn’t read my response long enough, especially my last remark. He did *bad things for a good reason.* he wanted to warn everyone of the dangers that came, but nobody listened and instead fought him. So he chose to be forceful, Assuming your talking about Fall’s End.
I really hope if Ubisoft is going to make a branch off game after far cry 6 like far cry primal, New dawn... that it takes place during the 67 revolution and we get to actually get some backstory and influence Antons father had on him, aswell as maybe even playing as the character Lobo, who was the top Geurilla in the revolution but was killed by El tigre due to him wanting to take over yara himself, which also teaches us what Juan has been telling dani how this whole Libertad stuff was just an excuse to kill and cause chaos. SO much story potential and character understanding of Anton Castillo
No... a dlc maybe, but the sub game spin offs are always something DRASTICALLY different. Blood dragon, primal, and new dawn (to a lesser extent) are completely different games than what they're based on.
The only spin off that I thought made sense was New Dawn. It gave somewhat of an explanation as to the aftermath of Farcry 5. Blood Dragon and Primal were cool and all, but they just didnt really fit in with the Farcry theme.
@@ther0ach28 whats wrong with it being different? i think making spin offs of the far cry games where they try out different things is a really good way of testing out what they can change for the mainline games
@@AA-bz1pr Tbh, I felt Primal was the "farcryest" game. The series' iconic mechanics like hunting, botanic, wild life, bow went really well with the setting of the game. So much that I want another Far Cry with a similar setting.
Joseph is my number 1 by a landslide. He is crazy, yet he acts reasonable. Unlike Vaas for instance who just wants to see you dead. He gives you plenty of chances to either walk away, join them, or if you wish, fight them. And only if you fight him he will try and hurt you. This is what makes him so special. He just wants to do his thing and isn't bothered by you unless you give him a reason. Also what makes him my number 1 is simply the way he's talking and his antics as well as his promises of a better and easier life if you just accept him as your father. I find myself in the spot of Faith more often in life than not, no purpose, desperate, depressed. Then Joseph came along and suddenly you had a purpose. You weren't a nobody anymore, you had reason to be happy again. What I mean is, I totally get Faith. I get why she joined, why she believed it. Because I'm in a similar position myself like she was before she came across Joseph. This is how cults work and with a charismatic leader like Joseph, unhappy people will join you left right and center. Not saying I would join but I get why people do it. Furthermore, Joseph always warns us about impending doom, the collapse as he likes to call it. Is he wrong? Aren't we always almost at war with each other? Sooner or later something will happen, it just needs one fool to light the match and a chain reaction will start that drags the whole world into it. He isn't a false prophet, he is quite cunning in warning us about future events that will eventually happen. This is what makes him my number 1 villain. Or isn't he a true villain after all?
Yea same. i agree joseph would have to be my number 1 as well. i like to compare him to thanos because unlike vaas and pagan joseph feels like he has purpose behind his villainy..
Sounds like the Jackal. He's not a charismatic leader but he never tries to harm the player. He's not even a faction boss; he's literally just a Nietzsche-qouting merchant who happens to deal in arms. He also has a really cool cancer allegory between himself and the unnamed country and it seems his meeting the journalist changed him (jackal tapes). Plus he gets a "heroic" death or as close as one can get in the darkest and most grounded entry in the franchise.
In my opinion Jacob seed is the best antagonist in the series, he’s so intimidating, and his “only you” song was terrifying to me, and what makes him a better villain is that the way he brainwashes the protagonist and the the player into killing everyone they see, Remember the white puppet in his tests? As we all know the puppet was Eli the whole entire time, like he really made us kill Eli without hesitation, Also remember the “your being hunted”? That’s the first thing in the game that actually scared me.
My favorite Joseph Seed moment in FC5 is "THIS is the world we built for our children?" speech. Paired with the visuals and tone, I found it very powerful.
I still prefer Joseph but for the rest Jacob was great. His missions were he effectively conditioned you through the timed section until you kill Eli was genius!
Joseph Seed is the best villain by far. There’s no competition in my opinion, him combined with Faith and Jacob is just SO PERFECT. John isn’t that great though.
The father genuinely terrified me in some of the early cutscenes. All the others I knew what to expect and were insane in a funny way where I just end up really liking the villain but the father is terrifying
I'll always remember how Michael Mando and Vaas weren't even supposed to be villains of Far Cry 3. Mando quite literally just stumbled onto the casting room, uninvited. His performance was so beloved by the casting director that their original villain plan was scrapped, and Mando was brought on as the new antagonist Vaas. Giancarlo Esposito is terrifying. But Michael Mando is fucking menacing.
Jackal always saw the main character as an equal. At the beginning of the game he stood taller but at the end he stood equal. He was a Man of his words, whatever choice you make Jackal dies with you in the end. He didn’t fear anything and his only drive was to simply end a war. He saves you every time you meet with him. Which gives whatever character you choose in Far Cry 2 the lightest bit more special. He also gave a quote that damn near compares to Vaas’s insanity quote. “You can’t break a man the way you break a horse or a dog, the harder you break a man, the taller he stands”. It’s shows his commitment and I feel contrasts very nicely with all the other Villians in Far Cry. Seeing their backstory’s shows what they did and how they did bigger than what themselves expected. What you see with the Seed family, Vaas, Pagan etc. Jackal is the foundation of the Far Cry Villains.
Jackal is the greatest FC antagonist for two reasons : First he's nicely written, introduced and useful, he needs the protagonist all way long to make the story end (you help him pass weapons for civilians, he help you not to die in a desert storm, you finally help him die as urself. He is as useful as you to the scenario. Secondly he's the only one not having ridiculously violent scenes just to tell the player : "Oh look that's the Bad Guy, cause he makes Bad Guy things" like Pagan or Vaas. Ok guys we got it you are the vilain thanks
just wanna say im sick of people genuinely thinking that the insanity quote is Vaas’ and unique to far cry when it was actually said by Einstein. that’s Albert Einstein’s quote
that entire review of joseph sounds like it came from someone whos never played farcry 5. you hear the atrocities the eden's gate cult commits throughout the game from civilians and people theyve captured. jacob alone was feeding people to judges, they were poisoning the water and one man in jacob's territory fed children their parents after burning them alive in front of said kids. there is no question who was the villain there, it was joseph. i never once felt like a villain at any point during that game.
The DLC for Vaas Left me wanting more from him. I really wish Ubisoft which is higher so much to write a book giving us his backstory and actually have him be the main character and not some book exclusive character like they did for the far cry 5 novel.
I think in the comic book rite of passage they talk about the villains past. I just heard about the comic book I bought it too but I havent started yet
You get a lot of layers in the villains in farcry 5, a lot of backstory from Joseph. I loved exploring Montana it was beautiful, I loved the story, scenery, and villians.
I pretty much agree with most of this list, tho personally (and perhaps controversially) I prefer Pagan over Vaas but that's really the only thing I'd swap. Real shame that they wasted the potential with Anton aswell
My Top 5 (from 3rd to 6th) 1. Pagan 2. Vaas 3. Joseph 4. Ull and Batari (They actually scared me in boss fights) 5. Anton (Great performance but boring)
I’m a big Joseph seed fan just because he genuinely scared me. Even though he wasn’t necessarily even an awful human he was terrifying. Just wish he was in the game more.
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Joseph seed is one of the most realistic villains to me through the way he acts and how he talks about his religion, and how something like that could happen in irl
I think my biggest issue with Anton isn't Anton himself I find his backstory of him having been imprisoned and sentenced to fifteen years of hard labor in Yara's tobacco fields, his relationship with his father which he continues with Diego, and especially the part where he talks about talking with father while in a cell no the issue for me by far was the relationship between Anton and the Protagonist in most of the other games I played which was FC3, FC4, and FC5 the relationship between the Main Villain and Protagonist felt intensely personal -Vaas and Jason develop an almost reflective duality between each other with one representing the end and the other the beginning with Jason completing his journey by turning into Vaas metaphorically and the fact that Vaas kills his brother Grant in front of him helps a lot -Pagan and Ahjay are basically family which adds an emotional touch to the story and I personally liked that softer connecting link between villain and protagonist especially with how it ties into the main character Ajay getting roped into a war he wants no part in because of his gullible nature derviign from his heartfelt wish to just spread his mothers ashes and be with lakshmana -The Deputy and Joseph Seed the two of them are bitter enemies with the latter basically destroying the formers entire life's work and family the two of them are then locked in a bunker isolated and alone with each other it makes for a really disturbing and haunting ending
In my own opinion Hoyt was the real Villain of Far Cry 3, Vaas was just a puppet to him and if while Vaas is crazy I also view him as someone who is constantly backed into a corner, first from Citra, then from Hoyt Pagan is the most likeable villain, the way he treats Ajay like a son after losing Ishwari and Lakshmana seems wholesome in my eyes, even while Ajay spends the entirety of FC4 trying to kill Pagan While Joseph had good intentions by starting Eden’s Gate, the way he executed things was horrible, he also is an incredibly broken man, I don’t think any sane person would murder there Daughter like that
The thing about Joseph Seed that got me was that he won. The game leads you on with him getting increasingly more panicked as he realizes hes up against a whole group of people who dont buy his bullshit. Then the bomb hits and its like WTF just happened Pagan ruled with an iron fist sure, but i was impressed how patient he was with Ajay despite the fact he was bringing it all down. And then there was Vaas, he doesn't give a shit lol
Solid list until the end. I hate when people rank Vaas as the best villain of all the games. He's just an insane drug lord, his motivation for what he does is purely for evil and profit. That's generic and uninteresting. Pagan Mins motivation was to be closer to his step son, that's why Yuma Paul and Noer ruled while he was a recluse. That's way more interesting and layered than an insane drug lord who just wants money and chaos.
Vaas was an amazing to most people, he had amazing voice acting, amazing lines and was a badass. Also you obviously haven’t played the game in a while if you think he is a ‘generic drug lord who is insane’.
I'll go with: 1) The Jackal 2) Pagan 3) Vaas then there's a huge gap 4) Buddies (some people might not get this one, others will) 5) Joseph 6) Buck 7) John 8) Citra 9) Hoyt 10) Faith 11) Jacob 12) Yuma Honourable mentions: - The crocodile that jumped out of the water and attacked me in FC3 - The malaria that tried to kill me, as well as my shotgun exploding in my hands (the bastard!) in Far Cry 2 - That motherf*cking honey badger in FC4 - And the plane that landed on my head after I shot its pilot in FC5 Haven't played Primal, 6 and New Dawn. But from what I've seen from playthroughs, they wouldn't get close to the top 5 anyway... And I'm not going to put in the villains of Blood Dragon, 1 and the Instincts games because they were obvious B-movie villains. They did their job for the plot, but were never meant to be very complex characters.
@@ioio2216 In Far Cry 2 you had allies/buddies you could help with their side missions. Helping them upgraded your savehouses, which helped with making the game a little bit easier since you could get supplies there like syringes, grenades, etc. These buddies came to rescue you if you were downed in a fight. They also could die during the side missions or when rescuing you, which meant you had a buddy less to rely upon if something happened to you. That actually meant quite a bit in the incredibly hostile environment of Far Cry 2. However, at the end of the game all the buddies that are still alive betray you and try to kill you because they want the suitcase of diamonds you have (which you want to use to bribe the guards at the border). Basically more buddies that are alive during the game make the game slightly easier, but the final firefight will be a lot harder.
I know the video is a couple months old but greg byrks performance in far cry 5 tops vaas. He actually connected to his character and his character wanted the best for the world. I say Joseph and his family is the first on my ranking and second would be pagen min. Because I would definitely choose to eat the crab Rangoon over dealing with the world lol
I kinda like Anton even if I was expecting more from him and farcry 6 in general but my favourite it's definetely Pagan, I love his relationship with Ajay
Faith Seed is also considered by many as the greatest boss in Far cry series after joseph DLC release. She does not even need to threaten her enemies and they just ended being brainwashed.
Hey question if all the mainline protagonists were to getting into a fight which one would be the last standing and why? Those being Jack Carver (FC) Far cry 2 (since it’s a choice) Jason (FC3) AJ (FC4) The deputy (FC5) The captain (new dawn) Dani (FC6) My money is personally on the captain or deputy
I went back & played all the Far Cry's again from 3 to 6. Whilst some characters are a bit meh, New dawn & primal there is some absolute bangers! My favourite is Joseph, whilst Vaas & Pagan are amazing as well, with Joseph I felt a real hatred for him at first, but as the story progressed I felt sympathy for him, he just wanted to be left in peace! It was just something about him, whether it be the menu music, the settings or atmosphere it was just something that really clicked with me. The end cutscene at first I decided to walk away (not knowing that wasn't the actual ending) I never realized you weren't meant to walk away until about 6 months later when me & a friend played through it all over again & decided to do both endings! For me Joseph will always be number 1, just something about the writing made me really resonate with him!
Common thing about Ubisoft, they make great characters and don't give them sequels or enough screen time, a majority of the AC characters and most of the FC Villains
The most memorable Vaas quote to me is the quote about his family. "So they say to me, they say Vaas, Vaas, who the FUCK is it going to be? THEM or ME, ME or THEM? Like, like you know, like they fucking think that I need to make a fucking choice. By the way this lighter really sucks."
I genuinely feel we could count Jason and Vaas's sister from FC3 as villians, while hes our character hes not a good man in anyway and she manipulates his inner lust for power all the way and to some extent Vaas could be seen as a victim of his circumstances not innocent but he never really knew anything else but violence
Honestly as much as this won’t happen. I want a far cry game where the villain is someone who you’re forced to cooperate with. Like both you and the villain are tied together and MUST cooperate to get out because he got you both in a situation that will have you both killed but you need each other in order to live creating this crazy dynamic and more time with a villain who can at some point run off for some big huge showdown or maybe bring in that secondary villain so around the end the two characters don’t exactly have to agree or get along but they find a common purpose to not kill each other seamlessly work together and the level progression could be tied to it as well. Instead of “leveling up” or upgrading some system it’s like “oh these guys trust each other just enough to show some of their tricks and teach the other to do it yet enough to make both characters feel different to play giving you a good reason to swap between the two
The best villains are those that have been fleshed out the most, along with stellar performances by the actors portraying them. This is why my favorites are Vaas and Joseph. Michael Mando and Greg Bryk just steal the show and run away with it. The fact that the characters actually look like the actors helps a lot. Many great performances are dulled by the CGI treatment.
I like Pagan the most because of how much attention he demanded. Whenever he was on the screen all eyes were on him and everyone was listening to him. I also don’t think there was a part where he was on the screen and I didn’t enjoy what I watched from him
For Far Cry 4 and Far Cry 3. Your favorite will usually end up with which game you played first. In my case is Far Cry 4 which made Pagan Min my favorite villain in the series
I haven't played Far Cry's 1 and 2, and I just bought 6, so my list will be based on the games I've played so far: 1. Vaas 2. Joseph Seed 3. Pagan Min 4. Mickey and Lou 5. Ull and Batari
Joseph Seed is easily the most interesting villain due to hus character being based on a variety of real cult leader. He is modeled after David Koresh, head of the Branch Davidian Cult (aka the Waco cult), and his cults ideology is based on The Ant Hill Kids, Jonestown, Heaven's Gate, and The Branch Davidians
Idk why but I feel bad when I'm killing Pegan's men I think I'm just doing something wrong. I wished there was a side you could choose pegan or golden path
My favourite bit about Vaas is he's not even the main villain of FC3, Hoyt is, Vaas was supposed to be a lieutenant but he's that good of a villain he comes off as the actual main antagonist
it's truly Vaas, Pagin Min and Joeseph Seed. these guys were the best villains Far Cry and Ubisoft ever made and i am excited to not only see if it's true that Vaas is the protagonist for Far Cry 7, but to see Pagin Min as the protagonist in Far Cry 8 and Joeseph Seed as the protagonist for Far Cry 9
“The best villains are the ones that make you question whether they’re actually the villain or not.”
-MasterAssassin (I think I remember you saying that)
Eh not really. Alot of pure evil villains that are my favourite like the Joker is an easy example (Not the Solo movie). Theres no questioning wether he is a villain or not and he is G.O.A.T villain to me
Grey Villains are not necessarily always the best ones.
@@MistahJay7 But they do make good antagonists
Pagan Min wins then
@@MistahJay7 lol, I was just about to reply with the same comparison. "Tell that to Heath Ledger" was going to be my response.
@@MistahJay7 joker is a amazing example in the arkham games as if you use detective vision(basically a eagle vision) in one of the games, I think city you could basically see joker without bones, it was a fun little foreshadow
Pagan Min is easily one of my favourite Villains just in general from games to movies not just the Far Cry series.
He is the Joker after all
I was definitely drawn to Min, as he's similar to Handsome Jack.
@@yobogoya4367 "Welcome to Kyrat, kiddos"
He's the joker baby
Problem is, he has so little screen time. Even less than Hoyt IIRC.
@@yobogoya4367 Far cry 6 Vaas Insanity dlc Jason Brody is Handsome Jack from Borderlands 2 almost exact voice and style
I actually think Anton is a good villain. Mostly because of his releationship with Diego or his interactions with Dani. But my fav is Pagan
I liked how he wanted dani to be his general so he could take credit for how badass dani is
He was soo evil I hated him soo much so I agree he was a good villain but comparing him to Pagan or Vaas then he is not rlly that good. Vaas and Pagan had humor and that makes them more interesting
The only problem with Anton is his lack of screen time unlike other villains
I like Anton not because I found him compelling. But because of how scary he was. Giancarlo does an amazing job at making villains terrifying not through actions, but through words.
It really should be a crime to hire an actor like Giancarlo and then barely give him any screen time. I’m sure there’d be more development if they actually gave him room to develop but with the story we got, Anton just comes off as a pretty typical unapologetically evil dictator type.
Jacob Seed himself was pretty underrated, his goal was to turn people into killers. His whole cull the herd schtick really stuck with me as just a badass mindset. Basically everytime he's on screen I'm pretty intimidated because he's ex military, id put him ahead of Joseph but not pagan and vaas
Honestly the more I know about every villain in far cry 5 the more highly I think of them. They are really exceptionally well constructed characters and the more layers you peel back the more you can start to see how they became the way they are.
I guess it depends on the viewer. Personally, I find religious nutbags intollerable. While he may or may not have been a good villain on paper, I hated him for reasons unrelated to his actions against me.
I like all the bosses in farcry 5, especially jacob, how he manipulates rook to kill eli. And i like the music
@@yobogoya4367 Atheist propaganda
@@thygodking4047 you might want to look up the definition of the word propoganda, you might be surprised at what you find.
pagan's my favorite for sure. He's just so charismatic and he's so warm towards ajay because they're family. Vaas is amazing too and his acting was beyond incredible, but Pagan was just so fun to be around
Me too he feels like homelander from the boys he is just amazing
Pagan is by far my favourite, bro's radio conversations with Ajay really shows his care for him. He's almost like a true father to Ajay.
I’ve gotta say. I haven’t finish fry cry 4 currently in progress of finishing it and tbh before I spoiled the game for myself I somewhat always liked pagan of course he’s seen as this ruthless brutal dictator but like you said he always showed he cared for ajay, his dialogue is always great and you’ll never know what he’ll say or do next
Hoyt needed to be included in this. Whether he was first, last, or somewhere in between, he had to be involved. He is, after all, the actual main villain far cry 3. Isn’t he? We could even take this further and include the seed family as well as citra as villains considering she was just putting you and vaas against each other. Anyways, that’s my rant
I agree, I really was expecting to see Hoyt Volker in here. Apparently Vaas stole all the attention and in the end not many people actually care about Hoyt being an antagonist.
@@RedNightFox hoyt was pretty good too. I think he had the most villainous motivations after all, because wasn't it human trafficking he was into? Vaas is just a madman because of citra, Pagan is the king and wants to assert himself. Anton's motivation is money and power and whatever. But to be motivated by human trafficking is so crazy for a video game. I don't remember the game that well tbh, so I could be wrong, but again, thats my thoughts
@@lukasgus8434 Hoyt was ultimately just a businessman without morals. Yeah he's clearly evil but he's also clearly generic. His most memorable speech was about contact lenses having 123 instead of ABC because global markets.
@@cjamesfort sure, I’m not trying to sell Hoyt as the best villain by any means. I’m basically just saying he is a villain, has evil motivations and deserves to be somewhere on the list
Buck too
I think what makes Vaas and Pagan so good, is that they're connected to the protagonist.
yea for sure. the psychological connection between jason and vaas like how jason turns into vaas and with pagan and ajay being actually related. I think your right they are some of the best antags ive ever seen
All antivillain
Joseph is definitely my favourite, hes not evil, hes charming but also a scary fucking dude, he feels the most real of any if them and feels like a good mix of pagan and vaas iko
Bro he killed his baby because his god told him to. Being charming doesn’t make him a good guy
@@faithlesspancake4800 but throughout new dawn and the dlc he is redeemed
@@etangbose4755 Redemption arc
@@faithlesspancake4800 Well,God told him to
Would you want to disobey the will of a being that can kill you instantly
I heard something, not fully sure but one of the endings in Far Cry 5, as everyone knows it the nuke hitting. What I heard is Pagan had the bomb shot
I love Joseph and he’s no doubt my number one favorite farcry villain. Both him and the game itself make you question if you were doing the right thing all along, and maybe instead of him being evil, you were the monster in his nightmare all along.
I really have to ask what people are smoking these days. You're feeling bad about the guy that endorses torture, killing, brainwashing, and more. It doesn't matter his good intentions, I'll gladly be his monster underneath the bed. The only person I felt bad for was faith because she didn't choose this for herself Joseph used her drug addiction to his advantage. It's worth mentioning that she isn't the first faith
@@isdrakon9802 it’s about what’s under all his bad doings ( Torture, Poverty Promotion, etc.). It’s the fact that there’s a deeper reasoning about what he did and what had drove him into a corner that gave him no other choice but to commit his actions. Take the game’s ending, for example. He knew what was coming and did his past acts for the greater good and the player was trying to stop this for, what was generally thought of as the goal to establish a resistance. However what this resistance wasn’t aware of was the cult’s reason. So let me put it to you this way. He did wrong things for a good purpose.
@@BobCatLord what reason does he have too terrorize a small town
@@isdrakon9802 clearly you didn’t read my response long enough, especially my last remark. He did *bad things for a good reason.* he wanted to warn everyone of the dangers that came, but nobody listened and instead fought him. So he chose to be forceful, Assuming your talking about Fall’s End.
@@BobCatLord clearly you didn't read my response "what REASON did he have to TERRORIZE a small town
I really hope if Ubisoft is going to make a branch off game after far cry 6 like far cry primal, New dawn... that it takes place during the 67 revolution and we get to actually get some backstory and influence Antons father had on him, aswell as maybe even playing as the character Lobo, who was the top Geurilla in the revolution but was killed by El tigre due to him wanting to take over yara himself, which also teaches us what Juan has been telling dani how this whole Libertad stuff was just an excuse to kill and cause chaos. SO much story potential and character understanding of Anton Castillo
No... a dlc maybe, but the sub game spin offs are always something DRASTICALLY different. Blood dragon, primal, and new dawn (to a lesser extent) are completely different games than what they're based on.
The only spin off that I thought made sense was New Dawn. It gave somewhat of an explanation as to the aftermath of Farcry 5.
Blood Dragon and Primal were cool and all, but they just didnt really fit in with the Farcry theme.
@@ther0ach28 whats wrong with it being different? i think making spin offs of the far cry games where they try out different things is a really good way of testing out what they can change for the mainline games
@@AA-bz1pr Tbh, I felt Primal was the "farcryest" game. The series' iconic mechanics like hunting, botanic, wild life, bow went really well with the setting of the game. So much that I want another Far Cry with a similar setting.
Joseph is my number 1 by a landslide. He is crazy, yet he acts reasonable. Unlike Vaas for instance who just wants to see you dead. He gives you plenty of chances to either walk away, join them, or if you wish, fight them. And only if you fight him he will try and hurt you. This is what makes him so special. He just wants to do his thing and isn't bothered by you unless you give him a reason. Also what makes him my number 1 is simply the way he's talking and his antics as well as his promises of a better and easier life if you just accept him as your father. I find myself in the spot of Faith more often in life than not, no purpose, desperate, depressed. Then Joseph came along and suddenly you had a purpose. You weren't a nobody anymore, you had reason to be happy again. What I mean is, I totally get Faith. I get why she joined, why she believed it. Because I'm in a similar position myself like she was before she came across Joseph. This is how cults work and with a charismatic leader like Joseph, unhappy people will join you left right and center. Not saying I would join but I get why people do it.
Furthermore, Joseph always warns us about impending doom, the collapse as he likes to call it. Is he wrong? Aren't we always almost at war with each other? Sooner or later something will happen, it just needs one fool to light the match and a chain reaction will start that drags the whole world into it. He isn't a false prophet, he is quite cunning in warning us about future events that will eventually happen.
This is what makes him my number 1 villain. Or isn't he a true villain after all?
Yea same. i agree joseph would have to be my number 1 as well. i like to compare him to thanos because unlike vaas and pagan joseph feels like he has purpose behind his villainy..
I love Joseph as well, but compared to vaas, I think he would be number two for me. (btw, farcry 5 is my favourite farcry game out of the lot).
Vaas is my first but this a W
Sounds like the Jackal. He's not a charismatic leader but he never tries to harm the player. He's not even a faction boss; he's literally just a Nietzsche-qouting merchant who happens to deal in arms. He also has a really cool cancer allegory between himself and the unnamed country and it seems his meeting the journalist changed him (jackal tapes).
Plus he gets a "heroic" death or as close as one can get in the darkest and most grounded entry in the franchise.
@@TheFatNerd Despite the fact that Thanos did that really more for Lady Death
Horny Purple Madman
In my opinion Jacob seed is the best antagonist in the series, he’s so intimidating, and his “only you” song was terrifying to me, and what makes him a better villain is that the way he brainwashes the protagonist and the the player into killing everyone they see,
Remember the white puppet in his tests? As we all know the puppet was Eli the whole entire time, like he really made us kill Eli without hesitation,
Also remember the “your being hunted”? That’s the first thing in the game that actually scared me.
I started replaying farcry 5 and just finished jacobs Region, and it was just rapetitive. I got bored of him.
My favorite Joseph Seed moment in FC5 is "THIS is the world we built for our children?" speech. Paired with the visuals and tone, I found it very powerful.
That character was so powerful. Altough you know he is a psychopath you can’t not have some empathy for him. Somehow he makes you believe what he says
bruh saying Joseph isnt really a villain is crazy, he was literally charles manson...
I think Jacob seed (not joseph) is really underrated.
Really one of my favorite villains
I found all the other Seeds far more interesting than Joseph
Same, Friend. I found the indoctrination scenes very entertaining and scary.
@Salman Haque how is this my problem?
@@therangler2808 Your problem?
This is a rankings of MAIN villains
Tell me you have a problem in your god damn brain
I still prefer Joseph but for the rest Jacob was great. His missions were he effectively conditioned you through the timed section until you kill Eli was genius!
Joseph Seed is the best villain by far. There’s no competition in my opinion, him combined with Faith and Jacob is just SO PERFECT. John isn’t that great though.
The father genuinely terrified me in some of the early cutscenes. All the others I knew what to expect and were insane in a funny way where I just end up really liking the villain but the father is terrifying
I really like Vaas he’s so cool and badass and i loved fighting him
I'll always remember how Michael Mando and Vaas weren't even supposed to be villains of Far Cry 3.
Mando quite literally just stumbled onto the casting room, uninvited.
His performance was so beloved by the casting director that their original villain plan was scrapped, and Mando was brought on as the new antagonist Vaas.
Giancarlo Esposito is terrifying. But Michael Mando is fucking menacing.
Jackal always saw the main character as an equal. At the beginning of the game he stood taller but at the end he stood equal. He was a Man of his words, whatever choice you make Jackal dies with you in the end. He didn’t fear anything and his only drive was to simply end a war. He saves you every time you meet with him. Which gives whatever character you choose in Far Cry 2 the lightest bit more special. He also gave a quote that damn near compares to Vaas’s insanity quote. “You can’t break a man the way you break a horse or a dog, the harder you break a man, the taller he stands”. It’s shows his commitment and I feel contrasts very nicely with all the other Villians in Far Cry. Seeing their backstory’s shows what they did and how they did bigger than what themselves expected. What you see with the Seed family, Vaas, Pagan etc. Jackal is the foundation of the Far Cry Villains.
Jackal is the greatest FC antagonist for two reasons :
First he's nicely written, introduced and useful, he needs the protagonist all way long to make the story end (you help him pass weapons for civilians, he help you not to die in a desert storm, you finally help him die as urself. He is as useful as you to the scenario.
Secondly he's the only one not having ridiculously violent scenes just to tell the player : "Oh look that's the Bad Guy, cause he makes Bad Guy things" like Pagan or Vaas. Ok guys we got it you are the vilain thanks
just wanna say im sick of people genuinely thinking that the insanity quote is Vaas’ and unique to far cry when it was actually said by Einstein. that’s Albert Einstein’s quote
that entire review of joseph sounds like it came from someone whos never played farcry 5. you hear the atrocities the eden's gate cult commits throughout the game from civilians and people theyve captured. jacob alone was feeding people to judges, they were poisoning the water and one man in jacob's territory fed children their parents after burning them alive in front of said kids. there is no question who was the villain there, it was joseph. i never once felt like a villain at any point during that game.
For me the best antagonists are:
1- Joseph Seed & other Seed members
2- Vaas
3- Anton Castillo
4- Pagan(As an Indian I don't find him interesting.)
Far Cry 4 is set in Nepal the only similarity it has to India is the language
@@humanbeing4492 naa their are many more things tbh
Im from nepal and everything in farcry 4 is relatable for me, and i love pagan min...
Pagan ist Chinese.... Just saying
@@kleinkivi4694 he’s from Hongkong
far cry 3 is not only a game. its an experience
The Far Cry experience ft Bambi and Vaas 😂
The DLC for Vaas Left me wanting more from him. I really wish Ubisoft which is higher so much to write a book giving us his backstory and actually have him be the main character and not some book exclusive character like they did for the far cry 5 novel.
I think in the comic book rite of passage they talk about the villains past. I just heard about the comic book I bought it too but I havent started yet
Amazing video as always, your opinion is so relatable!
You haven’t seen all of it
Shut up
bla bla bla it's called skipping to the results
@@IZtura than what’s the point of watching if you skip to the end
You get a lot of layers in the villains in farcry 5, a lot of backstory from Joseph.
I loved exploring Montana it was beautiful, I loved the story, scenery, and villians.
I pretty much agree with most of this list, tho personally (and perhaps controversially) I prefer Pagan over Vaas but that's really the only thing I'd swap. Real shame that they wasted the potential with Anton aswell
My Top 5 (from 3rd to 6th)
1. Pagan
2. Vaas
3. Joseph
4. Ull and Batari (They actually scared me in boss fights)
5. Anton (Great performance but boring)
Yayyy someone who has pagan over vaas
Ya when your main weapons is stick and there main weapon is a probably a sharper stick ULL is quite terrifying and I guess the other tribe was ok
MAY PAGANS LIGHT SHINE UPON YOU
Have you ever heard the definition of insanity insanity is putting pagan over vaas and Expecting a good result
Vaas is mid
I´d personally rank Pagan Min above Vaas, but that`s mostly because i think the story in 4 is more layered and intelligent and he fits that very well
It's just overall better
I’m a big Joseph seed fan just because he genuinely scared me. Even though he wasn’t necessarily even an awful human he was terrifying. Just wish he was in the game more.
Just so you know, he suffocated his own infant daughter
Man..I really enjoy ur videos, mostly agree with u too... seriously under rated and something about ur voice is really soothing too lmao.. anyway keep making these kind of vids bro
My top 5:
1. Pagan Min
2. Vaas
3. Joseph Seed
4. Anton
5. Jackal
Same with me i like pagan more than vaas
I like Pagan and Vaas equally they are the most badass villain in gaming history !😎
Not Vaas tho, he's bad written
@SwordieSlice not as unpopular as you think
@SwordieSlice im with u
@@dandanger5637 no way you said that
What about Makarov?
Yeah the Seed family is my favorite. Every single one of them have their time to shine and they all make you question yourself.
I feel like the seed family would be terrifying but Intriguing in real life
@@DanzGmod565 They kinda do exist in real life as they're inspired by heaven's gate, which is also where the name eden's gate comes from.
@@Emil_Stoltz ah yes Ive heard of them
@@DanzGmod565 Yeah, eden's gate is like a mix between heaven's gate and the branch davidian cult.
Faith said what about me :(
The fact that you put Hoyt as the main villain from FC3 😂
Hoyt when he's not considered the main villain of the game 👁👄👁
Can you rank side villains next plz
I honestly love Joseph seed and his family but the game he’s in could be a lot better but Joseph as a villain makes up for a lot of it
My top 5:
1. Joseph Seed
2. Vaas
3. Pagan Min
4. Antón
5. Mickey and Lou
Joseph seed is one of the most realistic villains to me through the way he acts and how he talks about his religion, and how something like that could happen in irl
The music of each game in the background gets me
I think my biggest issue with Anton isn't Anton himself I find his backstory of him having been imprisoned and sentenced to fifteen years of hard labor in Yara's tobacco fields, his relationship with his father which he continues with Diego, and especially the part where he talks about talking with father while in a cell
no the issue for me by far was the relationship between Anton and the Protagonist in most of the other games I played which was FC3, FC4, and FC5 the relationship between the Main Villain and Protagonist felt intensely personal
-Vaas and Jason develop an almost reflective duality between each other with one representing the end and the other the beginning with Jason completing his journey by turning into Vaas metaphorically and the fact that Vaas kills his brother Grant in front of him helps a lot
-Pagan and Ahjay are basically family which adds an emotional touch to the story and I personally liked that softer connecting link between villain and protagonist especially with how it ties into the main character Ajay getting roped into a war he wants no part in because of his gullible nature derviign from his heartfelt wish to just spread his mothers ashes and be with lakshmana
-The Deputy and Joseph Seed the two of them are bitter enemies with the latter basically destroying the formers entire life's work and family the two of them are then locked in a bunker isolated and alone with each other it makes for a really disturbing and haunting ending
In my own opinion
Hoyt was the real Villain of Far Cry 3, Vaas was just a puppet to him and if while Vaas is crazy I also view him as someone who is constantly backed into a corner, first from Citra, then from Hoyt
Pagan is the most likeable villain, the way he treats Ajay like a son after losing Ishwari and Lakshmana seems wholesome in my eyes, even while Ajay spends the entirety of FC4 trying to kill Pagan
While Joseph had good intentions by starting Eden’s Gate, the way he executed things was horrible, he also is an incredibly broken man, I don’t think any sane person would murder there Daughter like that
Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity??
I noticed in far cry 5 on pagan mins special outfit he has “blood on his fucking shoes!!”
The thing about Joseph Seed that got me was that he won. The game leads you on with him getting increasingly more panicked as he realizes hes up against a whole group of people who dont buy his bullshit. Then the bomb hits and its like WTF just happened
Pagan ruled with an iron fist sure, but i was impressed how patient he was with Ajay despite the fact he was bringing it all down.
And then there was Vaas, he doesn't give a shit lol
Solid list until the end. I hate when people rank Vaas as the best villain of all the games. He's just an insane drug lord, his motivation for what he does is purely for evil and profit. That's generic and uninteresting. Pagan Mins motivation was to be closer to his step son, that's why Yuma Paul and Noer ruled while he was a recluse. That's way more interesting and layered than an insane drug lord who just wants money and chaos.
Vaas was an amazing to most people, he had amazing voice acting, amazing lines and was a badass. Also you obviously haven’t played the game in a while if you think he is a ‘generic drug lord who is insane’.
@@rekdyoface4503Pfft😂 typical Far cry 3 fanboy who always thought other gamer haven't play the game.
Do a story explanation of the ax 1 to 3 mordern world
I'll go with:
1) The Jackal
2) Pagan
3) Vaas
then there's a huge gap
4) Buddies (some people might not get this one, others will)
5) Joseph
6) Buck
7) John
8) Citra
9) Hoyt
10) Faith
11) Jacob
12) Yuma
Honourable mentions:
- The crocodile that jumped out of the water and attacked me in FC3
- The malaria that tried to kill me, as well as my shotgun exploding in my hands (the bastard!) in Far Cry 2
- That motherf*cking honey badger in FC4
- And the plane that landed on my head after I shot its pilot in FC5
Haven't played Primal, 6 and New Dawn. But from what I've seen from playthroughs, they wouldn't get close to the top 5 anyway... And I'm not going to put in the villains of Blood Dragon, 1 and the Instincts games because they were obvious B-movie villains. They did their job for the plot, but were never meant to be very complex characters.
Malaria, is the true villain, you need the pills to survive.
The crocodile is the best villain tbh
@@janbornowski1267 What about the plane? It has motivation, yaknow, of revenge.
Please explain me the things about buddies
@@ioio2216 In Far Cry 2 you had allies/buddies you could help with their side missions. Helping them upgraded your savehouses, which helped with making the game a little bit easier since you could get supplies there like syringes, grenades, etc.
These buddies came to rescue you if you were downed in a fight. They also could die during the side missions or when rescuing you, which meant you had a buddy less to rely upon if something happened to you. That actually meant quite a bit in the incredibly hostile environment of Far Cry 2.
However, at the end of the game all the buddies that are still alive betray you and try to kill you because they want the suitcase of diamonds you have (which you want to use to bribe the guards at the border). Basically more buddies that are alive during the game make the game slightly easier, but the final firefight will be a lot harder.
I know the video is a couple months old but greg byrks performance in far cry 5 tops vaas. He actually connected to his character and his character wanted the best for the world. I say Joseph and his family is the first on my ranking and second would be pagen min. Because I would definitely choose to eat the crab Rangoon over dealing with the world lol
Now my question is, are you the protagonist in your story? masterassassin
Pegan was the good guy in far cry 4 he was a better leader than either of the golden path endings
I kinda like Anton even if I was expecting more from him and farcry 6 in general but my favourite it's definetely Pagan, I love his relationship with Ajay
Faith Seed is also considered by many as the greatest boss in Far cry series after joseph DLC release. She does not even need to threaten her enemies and they just ended being brainwashed.
Hey question if all the mainline protagonists were to getting into a fight which one would be the last standing and why?
Those being
Jack Carver (FC)
Far cry 2 (since it’s a choice)
Jason (FC3)
AJ (FC4)
The deputy (FC5)
The captain (new dawn)
Dani (FC6)
My money is personally on the captain or deputy
I want to play these games so bad
I want to start with five but should I?
Start with two
My favorite by far is Pagan learning he never meant you any harm from the start.
I went back & played all the Far Cry's again from 3 to 6. Whilst some characters are a bit meh, New dawn & primal there is some absolute bangers! My favourite is Joseph, whilst Vaas & Pagan are amazing as well, with Joseph I felt a real hatred for him at first, but as the story progressed I felt sympathy for him, he just wanted to be left in peace! It was just something about him, whether it be the menu music, the settings or atmosphere it was just something that really clicked with me. The end cutscene at first I decided to walk away (not knowing that wasn't the actual ending) I never realized you weren't meant to walk away until about 6 months later when me & a friend played through it all over again & decided to do both endings! For me Joseph will always be number 1, just something about the writing made me really resonate with him!
You know its weird, Vaas is a very popular villain and yet there isn't a video documentary about him or a character study of him
Common thing about Ubisoft, they make great characters and don't give them sequels or enough screen time, a majority of the AC characters and most of the FC Villains
The most memorable Vaas quote to me is the quote about his family. "So they say to me, they say Vaas, Vaas, who the FUCK is it going to be? THEM or ME, ME or THEM? Like, like you know, like they fucking think that I need to make a fucking choice. By the way this lighter really sucks."
I genuinely feel we could count Jason and Vaas's sister from FC3 as villians, while hes our character hes not a good man in anyway and she manipulates his inner lust for power all the way and to some extent Vaas could be seen as a victim of his circumstances not innocent but he never really knew anything else but violence
Buck wasn't a main villain but damn he stood out
they need to make a medieval far cry game
Nah Anton (Gus lol) is better then Joseph seed, idk about pagan min as I surprisingly haven’t played FC4 but Anton’s definitely underrated
Pretty accurate ratings!!!
I emailed them begging for a Vaas game. Such an arc, backstory. At least we got the dlc.
Almost all of the far cry games have the same vibe of "You were not supposed to be here"
I really hope Giancarlo Esposito (Anton) get more lines in future updates or gets a dlc in a future game.
My least favourite villain was malaria. Added nothing to the game and just pissed me off
Here I am again
Saying this
Pagan Min >> Vaas
And you are a fool to
Vaas is the no.1
I agree 100%
@@waleedfarooqi5998 just my opinion
I agree. Pagan is better, than Vaas.
Honestly as much as this won’t happen. I want a far cry game where the villain is someone who you’re forced to cooperate with. Like both you and the villain are tied together and MUST cooperate to get out because he got you both in a situation that will have you both killed but you need each other in order to live creating this crazy dynamic and more time with a villain who can at some point run off for some big huge showdown or maybe bring in that secondary villain so around the end the two characters don’t exactly have to agree or get along but they find a common purpose to not kill each other seamlessly work together and the level progression could be tied to it as well. Instead of “leveling up” or upgrading some system it’s like “oh these guys trust each other just enough to show some of their tricks and teach the other to do it yet enough to make both characters feel different to play giving you a good reason to swap between the two
My favorite line from vass is 'You are me i am you '
Pagan Min is my favorite that's because I like his personality and Far Cry 4 was my first Far Cry game so he has a special place in my heart
Nice video as always. Can you do rewiew about far cry instinct?
And the best part is that Vas is not even the main Villain of the game 🤨
Take me into your heart. Accept me as your saviour. Nail me to the fucking cross and let me be REBORN!-Vaas
Hi, master
Can you please do a ranking ac open world video
I would really like to see your view on the open world system of these games.
Thanks
I even forgot that this dr from Far Cry existed. And I played Far Cry during pandemic in 2020, so not that long ago.
The best villains are those that have been fleshed out the most, along with stellar performances by the actors portraying them.
This is why my favorites are Vaas and Joseph. Michael Mando and Greg Bryk just steal the show and run away with it.
The fact that the characters actually look like the actors helps a lot. Many great performances are dulled by the CGI treatment.
Anton has the best swag thou
My top 5: jackal 4:anton 3:vaas 2: joseph 1:pagan
I agree
I like Pagan the most because of how much attention he demanded. Whenever he was on the screen all eyes were on him and everyone was listening to him. I also don’t think there was a part where he was on the screen and I didn’t enjoy what I watched from him
It’s crazy that Gus fring and nacho varga voice a far cry antagonist
Farcry 3 will for EVER be my absolute all time favorite game
I wish Hoyt had a spot on here he’s a villain too!!
For Far Cry 4 and Far Cry 3. Your favorite will usually end up with which game you played first. In my case is Far Cry 4 which made Pagan Min my favorite villain in the series
I haven't played Far Cry's 1 and 2, and I just bought 6, so my list will be based on the games I've played so far:
1. Vaas
2. Joseph Seed
3. Pagan Min
4. Mickey and Lou
5. Ull and Batari
Man I really like Batari and her boss fight is amazing
amazing vid keep up the work
Joseph Seed is easily the most interesting villain due to hus character being based on a variety of real cult leader. He is modeled after David Koresh, head of the Branch Davidian Cult (aka the Waco cult), and his cults ideology is based on The Ant Hill Kids, Jonestown, Heaven's Gate, and The Branch Davidians
Idk why but I feel bad when I'm killing Pegan's men I think I'm just doing something wrong. I wished there was a side you could choose pegan or golden path
My favourite bit about Vaas is he's not even the main villain of FC3, Hoyt is, Vaas was supposed to be a lieutenant but he's that good of a villain he comes off as the actual main antagonist
Yes. However, Vaas is the main antagonist of 60-70% Far Cry 3.
My Ranking:
1🥇:Joseph Seed
2🥈:Vaas
3🥉:Pagan-Min
4:Anton Castillo
5:Jackal
6:Ull
7:The Doctor
8:Mickey & Lou
Pagan is extremely charismatic and likeble
also pagan: shanks his own soldiers to death
I do agree tho
it's truly Vaas, Pagin Min and Joeseph Seed. these guys were the best villains Far Cry and Ubisoft ever made and i am excited to not only see if it's true that Vaas is the protagonist for Far Cry 7, but to see Pagin Min as the protagonist in Far Cry 8 and Joeseph Seed as the protagonist for Far Cry 9
As if that will ever happen
I can't explain why, but joseph seed and vaas feel like real people for some reason
Far cry the "villain" on the cover is rarely the villain in the game, the villain is usually you. That's what makes far cry so good.
John Seed was really terrifying even if he isnt even the main villain.