Is there any game where you can play the bad guy?

I am sure there is? Would you call games like GTA?

Why would you want the main story like that? Many times those type of stories are boring.

You can't be the bad guy in GTA, except for maybe in Vice City, but even there you're just killing other bad guys who are more evil than you. And as for "Why would you want the main story like that? Many times those type of stories are boring.", you got it backwards.Al-Manyouk

I can not think of a a good story where the main character is evil.

Pretty much any game with a morality system gives you the option of being evil, or a total asshole at worst. Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Fable, Black and White, and so on. The stories in the GTA games normally paint you as the good guy among bad guys, but you can go on ridiculous murder sprees if you want.1PMrFister

There's also Saint's Row 2, where your character is little more than a sadistic crime lord fighting his way back to the top of the chain. God of War 3 also starred a protagonist who really wasn't much better than the people he was waging war against.

Alex Mercer in Prototype.

Rarely. 

Even in games where you're given the choice, you still end up doing things that are either justified in some way or you're evil fighting a more intense evil. A few of the games listed so far feature ridiculously evil events but with morally grey outcomes. 

There are others where the ending reveals that you're character isn't necessarily good [spoiler] like Shadow of the Colussus or Braid [/spoiler] but you never feel evil in the context of the game. The end might shed new light onto prior events, but I think you're more looking for a title where you're evil, know you're evil, do evil things, and etc. 

In that case, older, truly free RPGs rarely have the story to go along with it but you can be evil in a sense. In Morrowind, I did the main quest line, I did several of the guild lines, and then my character was bitten by a vampire and I spent the rest of the game going from town to town killing everyone until there was nothing left (I made my character into a hero to villain tragedy, it was great fun). 

I remember a game called Dungeons and from what I heard you played a sort of dungeon master who's task was to eliminate the dungeon explore (AKA: Heroes) with all the tools in your arsenal. Elder Scrolls games you can just go rouge and kill "partially" everybody; also, I think you can be evil or at least have a bad reputation in the Mount and Blade series.

How about Steambot Chronicles?

On the title screen, they say: "Be a bad guy if you want!"

Sweet Tooth from Twisted Metal Black and the Twisted Metal reboot was a scary SCARY individual.  Like he makes The Joker seem like a reasonable human being kind of scary.

The Twisted Metal games aren't super heavy on the narrative.  But he's about as evil as they come, with no redeeming qualities.  He's also one of the main characters in the story mode of the reboot.

Can we say that these "bad guys" are actually anti-heroes, because they have traits that are not attributed traditionally to heroes?

Rarely. 

Even in games where you're given the choice, you still end up doing things that are either justified in some way or you're evil fighting a more intense evil. A few of the games listed so far feature ridiculously evil events but with morally grey outcomes. 

There are others where the ending reveals that you're character isn't necessarily good [spoiler] like Shadow of the Colussus or Braid [/spoiler] but you never feel evil in the context of the game. The end might shed new light onto prior events, but I think you're more looking for a title where you're evil, know you're evil, do evil things, and etc. 

In that case, older, truly free RPGs rarely have the story to go along with it but you can be evil in a sense. In Morrowind, I did the main quest line, I did several of the guild lines, and then my character was bitten by a vampire and I spent the rest of the game going from town to town killing everyone until there was nothing left (I made my character into a hero to villain tragedy, it was great fun). 

IndianaPwns39

Peter Molyneux had a game called Dungeon Keeper that let you attack adventurers who would invade your dungeon. I never played it but people liked it I recall. Maybe it's available on Good Old Games There was also Overlord, a game where you were like a demony thing that had evil minions. I think they made a sequel. Both games are comical, though.donalbane

Alex Mercer in Prototype.

Venom_Raptor

Sweet Tooth from Twisted Metal Black and the Twisted Metal reboot was a scary SCARY individual.  Like he makes The Joker seem like a reasonable human being kind of scary.

 

The Twisted Metal games aren't super heavy on the narrative.  But he's about as evil as they come, with no redeeming qualities.  He's also one of the main characters in the story mode of the reboot.

keech

I believe The Knife of Dunwall DLC for Dishonored allows you to play as the bad guy. I haven't pick it up yet though.iAmAndrewRyan

[QUOTE="iAmAndrewRyan"]I believe The Knife of Dunwall DLC for Dishonored allows you to play as the bad guy. I haven't pick it up yet though.Al-Manyouk

GTA games? you not "The Bad Guy" but your deffinatly not a good guy.

Fallout New Vegas

I wonder why no one named Lords of shadow 2. It is either because it is due this year or people are playing too much casual games to hear about it. Anyway if you want to know what bad guy means you got to play it when it comes.

I wonder why no one named Lords of shadow 2. It is either because it is due this year or people are playing too much casual games to hear about it. Anyway if you want to know what bad guy means you got to play it when it comes.

alim298

Why would we suggest a game that hasn't even come out yet?

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I wonder why no one named Lords of shadow 2. It is either because it is due this year or people are playing too much casual games to hear about it. Anyway if you want to know what bad guy means you got to play it when it comes.

Goyoshi12

Why would we suggest a game that hasn't even come out yet?

Potentially any RPG with a morality system. KOTOR, KOTOR 2, Mass Effect etc.

Overlord.

Spec Op the Line can have you do bad things.

Pac Man.

Any antagonist character arcade mode in fighting games.

Manhunt kind of.

Silent Hill 2?

X Men Legends 2 has you playing as a whole team of bad guys if you want.

Aliens vs Predator.

Technically a few of the MGS games depending how you view it.

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Alex Mercer in Prototype.

Al-Manyouk

Great game with an excellent story, actually

Wario Land 1.

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Alex Mercer in Prototype.

Venom_Raptor

Great game with an excellent story, actually

Still he's more of an anti-hero than anything else, really.

Evil Genius!

If you wish to go really old school, Dungeon Keeper II sees you trying to destroy the good guys throughout the game.

Your best best is Overlord, and if you don't mind it, Fable: The Lost Chapters is also pretty satisfying when it comes to playing the evil path from the start, your character drastically changes depending on your alignment too (being good gives you this blue aura with white hair and a halo above your head, being evil on the other hand... I'll leave that out for curiosity's sake).

inFAMOUS is also totally worth it, its got a good story that works both ways (good and evil) and the second one especially has a satisfying evil path and evil ending..