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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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