invictus sheath wrote...
1. Sephiroth ( FFVII )
Not because of what he did, but because his fame is vastly undeserved. Lets list his accomplishments; 1: He killed Rufus's dad. 2: He carried around his mother's head. 3: He killed Aerith ( do I need to point out she let him do that? ). 4: He tormented Cloud ( like thats anything special. ) . This does not equal epic in any way, yet this guy manages to be so damn popular and I hate him for it.
5. Kratos ( God of War )
Why the hell is this guy a gaming icon? Why? He is just another one-dimensional " badass ". Lets see... you killed your family, wear their ashes, and hate Aries. Wow, that didn't take long.
11. Seymour ( FFX )
I think, at some point in time, you had potential. I think you really did. Somewhere along the line, though, you quickly turned into one of the most generic villain I've ever had the displeasure of putting up with. You are a political figurehead, killed a few cats, and tried to force a girl to marry you. I could find real life counter[arts that are far more menacing than you. As if you weren't lame enough, you are by far the easiest final-ish boss in FF history. One thing that might have made you somewhat of a challenge would have been to acquire something many FF bosses of little fame have... immunity to poison.
1/ Spehiroth: I think the reason he become immortalize is because of his story. Dude went from the greatest well respected heroes to finding out he nothing but a freak from an experiment, then he snap and try to kill the whole fucking planet for a sever head, seriously that a 10/10 on the villian crazy scale,also he manipulate the main hero the entire game up till the last freaking moment. Also slap on a kick ass villian theme song, one black wing, a freakishly long katana, and a voice that sound dark and evil in both english and japanese. They have yet to make another villian like him.
2/ Kratos: I agree that he lack depth. Aside from the sob story they dude got nothing but rage and brutality. But he the kind of guy that give you a break from the "save the world", "work for the greater good" heroes, and just freaking go on a rampage and kill all the people that was thought impossible to kill in the most bloody and brutal method, check your memories for what he did to apollo in GOW3, that only seen in mortal combat.
3/ Seymour: You left out the bastard smug sense of self. The fact that I can never quite sure if he fat or it because of his wardrobe. And the disappointment that you can not kill him in a horrific enough manner. And funky hair.