10 Video Game Villains That HUNT You

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00:00Welcome to Mojo Plays, and today we are looking at video game villains that stress us out

00:09by ruthlessly hunting our characters.

00:15But before we get into it, we publish new content all week long, so be sure to subscribe

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00:24Chris Walker – Outlast To be fair, there are multiple characters

00:35who hunt you throughout the indie horror superstar Outlast.

00:39The Groom and his disturbing obsession with us from the Whistleblower DLC comes to mind,

00:44but overall, the titan-like Chris Walker is the most relentless of your pursuers.

00:50Encountered early on and stalking you throughout the asylum, he'd rush after you with ferocious

00:55speed and a terrifying demeanor.

00:58Even more disturbing than his appearance was his backstory, including self-mutilation and

01:03a fondness for removing heads with his bare hands.

01:07Getting spotted by this guy undeniably made for memorable moments, and he's a big reason

01:11why the game blew up in the first place.

01:20The Hunters – Sir, You Are Being Hunted Well, it doesn't get much more straightforward

01:32of a title than that.

01:34Another indie gem, Sir, You Are Being Hunted has you running for your life from fancily

01:38clad robots.

01:40You've got an entire island to explore, gather resources and weapons, and find an

01:45escape before they track you down and kill you.

01:48There are a few things that keep this gameplay loop fresh.

01:51One is that every time you play, the island is procedurally generated.

01:55Another is the AI of your enemy.

01:57If they happen to find an item that helps you get off the island, they'll lie in wait

02:02for you.

02:03There are also a decent amount of different types, making for a variety of attempts.

02:12Dehaka – Prince of Persia, Warrior Within In Sands of Time, the prince did a lot of

02:26messing with time in order to fix his mistakes.

02:29Sadly, the sequel shows that he really can't win.

02:33In retaliation for too much meddling in the time stream, the intimidating Dehaka, who

02:38guards that very stream, hunts the player throughout Warrior Within.

02:43Not to apprehend him, of course, but to kill him, as his death is the only thing that can

02:48set things right.

02:49Each time he popped up, you had no time to study the obstacle course you were about to

02:53parkour through, as the Dehaka would soon be upon you.

02:58These were certainly some of the most stressful parts of the game, though for obvious reasons,

03:02they were definitely memorable.

03:09Scissorman – Clock Tower In this cult classic point and click adventure,

03:18you play as Jennifer, an orphan all set to move in with a new family alongside others

03:23like her.

03:24Sadly, that's not what happens, because inside the mansion lies Scissorman, a murderous

03:29hunter whose bloodlust will never be quelled until he catches you.

03:33There isn't much players can do to stop him.

03:35You can only slow him down by setting traps, or try to escape should he spot you.

03:40Otherwise, you'll need to make note of any hiding places around your environment while

03:44also looking for a way out.

03:46Scissorman is an early example of a villain hunting the player, making Clock Tower an

03:50important note for the survival horror genre.

03:57The Gatherers – Amnesia The Dark Descent Frictional Games' first Amnesia game made

04:09big waves when it was released, thanks to how its enemies affected both the player and

04:14their character.

04:15The Dark Descent begins with you waking up, with no memories, in a dark, desolate castle.

04:21And it gets worse, because lurking about the halls are disturbing, fleshy monsters called

04:26Gatherers who are looking for you.

04:29With no weapon, you can't kill them, only able to run and hide.

04:33Plus, the longer you look at them, the worse your character's sanity becomes, leading

04:37to hallucinations and actually drawing more attention to yourself.

04:41The Gatherers were so effective that Amnesia became a series, with the beast from 2023's

04:48The Bunker also being an adept hunter.

04:55The Chosen – XCOM 2 – War of the Chosen XCOM 2 had some tough-as-nails enemies in

05:09the base game, so the developers had to outdo them for the DLC.

05:13And they did.

05:14The Chosen, for which the expansion is named for, are three ultra-powerful aliens that

05:19can appear randomly during a fight.

05:21They each have different abilities and can't be killed completely until you find their

05:26base much later.

05:27During the worst of times, they'll show up just to wreck your forces, or kidnap them,

05:32or in the case of the Warlock, mind control them to attack you.

05:36It's an interesting adaptation of this type of villain trope, as they're still hunting

05:40you even though you're able to fight back.

05:43And it's pulled off really well.

05:51Pyramid Head – Silent Hill 2 With his gigantic blade, uniquely angular

06:04helmet, and tendency to follow us around, Pyramid Head became an icon with the release

06:10of Silent Hill 2.

06:11Every scene that he appeared in was drenched in tension and fear out of what might happen

06:16should we fail to escape him.

06:18It seemed no matter what James Sunderland did, even defeating him, there was nothing

06:23he could do to stop the chase.

06:26As we'd learn, Pyramid Head is a manifestation of James' guilt, so there really was no way

06:31for him to escape the persistent beast without coming to terms with his past decisions.

06:36While he's shown up in several other games, his first is a classic.

06:45Mr. X – Resident Evil 2 For the second Resident Evil, Capcom spiced

06:54things up by adding a terrifying tyrant who would later become known as Mr. X.

06:59As memorable as he was in the original, he took on a whole new life when the remake was

07:04released in 2019.

07:06Sent by Umbrella to recover the G-Virus and slay any survivors in his path, Mr. X towered

07:12over the player and chased them with murderous intent at every opportunity.

07:17Sure, you could slow him down with enough bullets, but it wouldn't be long before

07:21he was stomping after you again, surprising us around every corner or even bursting through

07:26the walls.

07:27Capcom followed up Mr. X with another hulking hunter in Nemesis.

07:36E.M.M.I.

07:37– Metroid Dread The long-awaited Metroid Dread was a continuation

07:45of Fusion in several ways.

07:47Where the GBA games saw Samus hunted by the S.A.X., Dread had the E.M.M.I.

07:53Built by the Galactic Federation for good, they were corrupted after being sent to investigate

07:57a parasite on an unknown planet.

08:00Now, whenever one catches sight of Samus, they chase her with the sole goal of ending

08:05her.

08:06While you do have a small window to parry their one-hit kill, Samus is powerless to

08:10stop them unless she reaches a specific room to charge her arm cannon.

08:14They also grow smarter, have different abilities, and patrol areas that grow increasingly more

08:20complex.

08:21Being chased by one is a surefire way to get your heart rate up.

08:31The Xenomorph – Alien Isolation The Xenomorph is an iconically horrifying

08:43monster of pop culture.

08:45And in Alien Isolation, we got as close to an experience as we could to actually having

08:50to deal with one.

08:52Placed in the shoes of film icon Ellen Ripley's daughter Amanda, we were brought face to face

08:57with the sci-fi symbol in a search for answers.

09:00Praised first and foremost for its enemy AI, Isolation had the palms of every player sweaty

09:06while they sought to hide, stealth, and outsmart their way to safety.

09:11Foremost of the game, you had no other way to fight back against imminent death.

09:16Narrowly avoiding being torn apart provided one tense encounter after another as we desperately

09:22grasped at a chance for survival.

09:30Did we leave off a villain that terrified you?

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