7 Signs the Private Army You’ve Joined Works for the Bad Guys
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2024
- It's always good to take pride in your work. However, if you spot one of these signs in the video game private army you've joined, it might be time to get job-searching...
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Weird uniforms? Scary bosses? Do your workmates keep disappearing? These might be signs you and your private army pals are actually working for the baddies... ☠️
SPOILERS REGARDING MGSV:
Well, to be fair, regarding XOF. They did start out as a mirror to the Fox unit. Stealthily providing support such as recon in advance of the main agent. If I remember correctly. Not even Fox agents knew that they existed, instead all information they manage to aqquire was given to you by your handler.
They were in essence, Fox's shadow
How 'bout all those poor smucks that worked for The Enclave or Institute?They honestly though they were helping society.....
Well, the best sign is, that your private army is full of Germans, that tell you, to go to France with them. Or Russia. #MyNatiinalHistory
How about when your coworkers can't shoot worth a damn? I'm looking at you, stormtroopers.
That's just missed training oppertunities(?),imo...
"Hey Dave?"
"Yeah?"
"Ever noticed how The Boss seems to have a demon horn that inexplicably grows even though it's just a chunk of metal?"
"Yeah?"
"And how no matter how many showers he takes he's always covered in blood?"
"Or how he looks like a pseudo frankenstein's monster with that face?"
"Or the fact that he's a man living in the middle of the sea with an eyepatch and a band of highly skilled rouges?"
"Yep."
"Dave...are we the baddies?"
"Nah"
I s t h i s m e t a l g e a r s o l i d r e f e r e n c e
And why did we have to change the dog to a skull?
I liked the dog and it’s weirdly specific David Bowie reference.
But outer heaven does sound pretty cool....
Yeah, you’re right
“Welcome back, boss!” When you haven’t even left
kept you waitin huh?
Fun fact: Cerberus comes from the proto-indoeuropean word kerberos, which means 'spotted'. Hades, Lord of the Underworld, named his dog 'Spot'.
I love this; reminds me of Death in Discworld and his horse 'Binky'
Thought Hades was actually supposed to be a portion of the Underworld itself, and the god presiding over souls down there just got named after it with the passing of eons...
@@Daelyah The three realms of the ancient Greek underworld are Tarterus (not sure of spelling - it's where bad souls ended up), the Plains of Asphodel (for souls who were neutral during life) and The Elysian Fields (for good souls). The underworld as a whole is sometimes referred to as Hades like the god who resides there.
@@nicolawalton3754 I remember at least Tartarus and Elysium/The Elysian Fields. Always wondered if they had a "third" realm, either like Purgatory or at least some sort of "okay" place.
Good to know there was, as well as the name. I'm still just an aspiring author, and though I get easily distracted with fan fiction writing, I have an original epic fantasy series (with a splash of science fiction) I've been developing for years. Gathering more information from various cultures and mythologies honestly makes me geek out.
@@Daelyah You sound like me; I love ancient cultures and mythologies and I'm a writer, too ... just got back into it after many years of not writing (depression, anxiety issues and starting a family). I'm normally a fantasy writer but my latest story is more sci-fi.
Luke: "...That's why Pepsi isn't called Aloc-acoc"
Best thing I'll hear Luke say maybe ever?
Especially the look of discomfort on his face, like he just realized what he said.
6:05
They wouldn't sell as well if their customers thought they were selling sex jelly
when the organization opens a portal to hell. multiple times
Imma guess doom? And the uac.
@@gabrielhenson5751 give that man a cigar...
Ahh, yes...the infamous United Aerospace Corporation of DOOM fame.
Other telltale signs:
* Instead of docking pay, the management prefers murder as a penalty for such infractions as failing assignments, asking questions and being late for work.
* No matter how honorably your boss describes the job, you always seem to be "fighting" helpless civilians.
* Actual, literal monsters in the break room. And they make more than you.
* Your boss laughs at you when you - faced with a life threatening job - ask about life or health insurance. On that note, your suit may or may not have a bomb or cyanide or something in it, which your boss may or may not tell you about.
* Your boss has a habit of laughing in general. And it kind of creeps you out, in a "rattles your soul" sort of way.
* There's a "manager" whose entire job description involves tracking down and properly "terminating" people who try to quit. Granted, at that point it's too late to switch careers anyway.
Asking questions includes questions about your pay
TheRealCodeBlack, I am the boss laughing in general, especially when asked about reimbersment
* Your boss has a voice changer for literally *any* reason
Or you have an explosive implant in your skull or body, and you don't remember the boss mentioning any pre-employment surgery.
How about when you notice that management has a weird fixation on putting red 50 gallon drums of oil literally every 15 feet throughout the base. Not only are you just inviting a trigger happy rebel blow everything up, but I’m pretty sure that OSHA would disapprove of stacking these highly flammable objects in halls and offices.
If there isn’t already a video about evil lairs not conforming to OSHA standards, there needs to be one. Now I’m off to check the upload lists and hope I get lucky.
@@bluecat3338My work is pretty bad about it too. Ever once in awhile I wonder if I'm the bad guy. Don't bother asking what my job is. It's classified... Crap maybe I am the bad guy!
@@LegendStormcrow Does it have the words "Acquisition Specialists" and "Human Resource Enterprises" in the mission statement?
When you think about it, the drums are the least of your worries. If your base has vents that can easily fit people and be used to go everywhere stealthly, if its underwater, if you have a biohazardous area and if you have any kind of weapon that could go in the CCW or the CWC, you don't have to think twice: You are the bad guys.
To say nothing of the lack of railings over chasms and such.
Luke, it might have had less to do with the fact the acronym sounded like POISON, and more to do with the fact that it stood for Pepperoni, Olives, Italian Sausage, Onions and Nougat. Nobody was ready for that. Truly ahead of it's time.
When you work at a Pharmaceutical, but they do everything except actual medicine, and your supervisor wears a Templar Ring.
When you work at a Pharmaceutical that sells life-saving medicine for thousands of dollars a pop.
@@MySerpentine well that's just the US medical system
I know one way to know if your working for the bad guys its if your target is way more bulletproof than you when they have Jean's and a t shirt on than when you have battle armour one
Not always. Plenty of monsters that tough with no armor. I don't think Leon is the bad guy despite having police armor and dying fairly easily and his enemies are wearing a suit and a hat and far overpower him. Same with the Left 4 Dead guys versus the witch.
Or crisis1 on hardest difficulty
Bad guys can take up to full clip of shots into bodies and you only need 3-5 to die in armored mode
If your boss has an eye patch it may be a bad sign. (This happens in less dramatic games.)
Correct me if I'm wrong...but Lara's approach to archeology is also pretty...improvised. The games do state that she studied archeology, but I'm not entirely convinced she actually got a degree. I suspect she blew up the campus and was asked to leave.
I mean, she’s rich. She probably does have a degree, but mostly earned it by paying off people
She's like someone took an Indiana Jones villain concept and went "yeah, I can make a protagonist outta that". A rich, gun-loving british archaeologist who keeps a private room in her home to house all the priceless, infinitely powerful ancient relics she pillages.
I was thinking, "Doesn't Lara do something similar?" as they described Trinity's methods.
Are you a ninja? Is your boss a ninja? Are all your coworkers ninjas? If you answer 'Yes' to any of these, then take heed of the Inverse Ninja Law: A ninja alone is a formidable badass; but one ninja among many is evil cannon fodder for the good guys to beat up.
Don't be the ninja in an army of ninjas.
But what if I'm in a Naruto game, where EVERYONE is ninjas?
gilgamesh255 then everyone dies
I appreciate the point being made here.
@@gilgamesh255 Then be a loner or be a villain. Or be a blond spiky loud rebellious underdog with no parents or be scouted as new best friend by blond spiky loud rebellious underdog with no parents. There are only four options. No leeway is allowed.
Even batman figured that out.. If you watch carefully, you can see the exact moment in "Batman Begins" where he figures it out.
'Having clear faceplates' is actually on the Evil Villain Rules list, on the grounds that it makes it harder for someone to infiltrate your operation.
But then the minions will just let you into places without attacking you as soon as you start wearing a uniform regardless of how well they know what your face looks like. And also your height and gait.
The evil overlord list. I remember that one
Anyone else reminded of that “are we the baddies?” sketch from That Mitchell and Webb Look?
Yeah!
Yup, came down to the comment section to see if someone else made the connection.
First thing I thought of when seeing the title.
"I mean, we even have skulls on our hats."
Actually skulls are pretty commonplace in military insignia. But there are other signs that we might be the baddies.
strangenewwords.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/are-we-the-baddies/
Other telltale signs you’re the bad guy:
- You abduct homeless people for experimentation (Umbrella Co. Resident Evil)
- Your boss “did away” with their previous boss (Handsome Jack, Borderlands 2)
- Your boss is ridiculously charismatic (also Handsome Jack, Borderlands 2)
- You have an army a million times bigger than any other military force in the galaxy (SDF, COD: Infinite Warfare)
- You’re very racist towards peaceful people (Brotherhood of Steel)
- And finally, you name your enemies ‘terrorists’ whenever you speak of them to your forces (IMC, Titanfall)
- Yeet
not every chapter of the bos is bad
@@ThreeFourEqualsSeven yeah like the captial wasteland chapter run by Elder Lyons
A couple ones off the top of my head:
-Your company has a supersoldier project of some sort. Those never end well for anyone.
-Your company has WMDs. Especially if supposed to be a "Pharmaceutical" company.
-Your organization is 90% staffed by people who were knocked out on the battlefield and then kidnapp...er, recruited via balloon to a pirate base in the middle of the ocean.
-Your boss wears an eyepatch(better then average chance that persona is a bad guy).
-Your organization has a nuclear equipped walking battle tank. There are no good organizations with nuclear equipped walking battle tanks.
-You work for a PMC of any sort(better odds then not its evil).
-Your boss is Kevin Spacey.
-Your organization has a bunker they are legally allowed to lock the employees in because reasons.
-Your work for Ubios....er, Abstergo.
-You work for EA. (No, there's no joke there.)
-Your organization is 90% staffed by people who were knocked out on the battlefield and then kidnapp...er, recruited via balloon to a pirate base in the middle of the ocean.
-Your boss wears an eyepatch(better then average chance that persona is a bad guy).
-Your organization has a nuclear equipped walking battle tank. There are no good organizations with nuclear equipped walking battle tanks.
-You work for a PMC of any sort(better odds then not its evil).
So the Diamond Dogs of MGSV?
"Your Boss is Kevin Spacey"
Yep, how to summarize how ATLAS Corporation is the bad guys in Advanced Warfare
-Your boss is Charles Dance
@@kralik394 *Your boss is Elder Arthur Maxson from Fallout 4. The man who took over the Brotherhood of Steel from his predecessor after a rather gruesome coup de tat and turned it into a paranoid, pure human's only, technology hoarding group of bandits. And that's not even taking into account that they only offer "protection" if the rest of the wasteland gives them more than half their crop yields.
Your uniform have a suspicious amount of bright colored accents. Especially if it's red.
Bruh wut if it's pink
Futuristic Knight with a Plasma Gum
dude! It’s light-ish red! Why do people keep calling it pink!?
Franklin Donut told me to say that
are you...are you saying that the mounties are really the bad guys?!, i knew i wasn't in the wrong when i shot that one
it depends on the job, since most act as paid enforcers and security guards being seen is rather important, as is having a clearly visible logo and uniform design and color scheme
the reputation of the uniform and the clear sign of them being there act as deterrents for criminals and a morale boost for everyone else
it's why in many places you'll see police wearing visibility vests when conflict isn't expected , which are discarded for more traditionally dark outfits when it is
even in the U.S where such vests aren't used very much and dark colors are increasingly normal, the police are supposed to make themselves visible
and in cases where they're expected to be particularly seen (such as inaugurations) they don bright yellow so that they're nearly impossible to miss
bright colors are actually ideal for police and security reasons, specifically because of the visibility and the confidence factor that it puts in most individuals
a private security firm would (hopefully) understand that rather basic concept that we've known for a couple decades now and adopt it, using brightly color uniforms and accents when possible, and only using darker attire when the situation calls for an aggressive approach
with the colors and patterns changing based upon location, time of year and general need
but at minimum a high visibility normal outfit and a dark assault outfit
Its always red, black, any shade of grey, sometimes white. Example the Arkham Knight's Militia
@@blakecooper7521 black and grey are extremely common colors for the military and police
white while uncommon is used extensively enough that no one would bat an eye to see a soldier walking around in a white uniform
depending on the environment and mission profile red, black, grey and white are all valid colors that the military uses..most militaries use
red while...rare was used throughout history
the USSR, Russia and british empires all used red rather extensively
there are alot of reasons to use..impractical gear as a merc force
Hessian headgear did nothing but hinder movement and paint a target, but it looked imposing meaning hessian mercs wore them decorated with flashy silver anyway
traditional military dress and uniform was meant to strike a figure as much as..well be a uniform
if you're not expected to fight a great deal, why wouldn't you put an emphasis on striking fear into the heart of your foe? even if you become a statue in the process
Does your boss give a full belly laugh every time they finish a sentence?
Then GOOD NEWS, You work for Santa... ... ... or Shinra... ... that's less of a good thing.
Iyammarrok 'Rok' Sword: Hmmm, guess that proves Ouma’s enemy Shinra are the bad guys and we’re fighting for peace. Blue Kamaitachi: Yeah! I bet the Boss will have a field day since he’s waiting for Ouma Europe. The Sword’s Hoganmer Bodyguard A: Ironically, the Supreme Leader is waiting for Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam 2. The Sword’s Hoganmer Bodyguard B: Yes, along with Dragon Quest X Version 5, liberating more minions (With models) like Bumpties, Woozy Guys (YNI design since Yoshi’s Crafted World goes back to sharing the same colors as Shy Guys), Fangs, Clawdaddies, Blue and Yellow Crystal Creatures, Mace Guys, Pyro Guys, & Shield Guys (www.vg-resource.com/thread-35356.html), and games like Super Mario Maker 2, Dragon Quest XI S Definitive Edition, Link’s Awakening Remake, & whatever E3 2019 surprises.
Shinra was also injecting jenova cells in soldiers and claiming it was Mako energy. Do I need to also point out that their 3 top soldiers were pretty much the results of genetic experiments in Crisis Core?
Well Santa does pay in candy canes, but he does give a good dental plan.
Plot twist, it's not the coffee in that latte that he's addicted to, it's the milk.
Part of me thinks that's a reference to Astro Boy Abridged
#GotEvaporatedMilk?
It would make you think about just what kind of milk that might be, huh?
Another plot twist: Luke is being held against his will after addicting him to lattes.
Another way is if you work on a thing called the "DeathStar" or for a man named "Star Killer".
Another is Darth Sidious, although he does go by Palpatine more often than not.
It just hit me: Silver Sable basically just went the whole Elder Scrolls route where basically you do enough cool stuff and they make you the leader because of all that cool stuff you did(you're not bogged down with actually leading now they'll have your second-in-command do that you just keep doing the cool stuff
Look, if the CEO of your private military company goes and insults everyone at the UN, maybe time to re-consider your options. Just saying, Atlas Cooperation employees.
Especially when they admit to having WMDs.
Definitely. Was gonna go with that.
If the leader of your private army is Kevin Spacey, you're probably working for the bad guys.
I worked for a company like that before. It's more boring than you think
Eh... the UN deserves to be insulted.
Maybe being commanded to open fire on innocents is a pretty bad sign?
Well I don't know, I have only been the guy that shoots the evil army.
@colonel 100 Who?
@Soviet who Cuts The amount of cops who are actually racist are far less than the media would tell you. Case and point, www.lawenforcementtoday.com/fbi-data-proves-cops-not-racist-killers/ This article explains FBI’s statistics on police inflicted murders. It’s not that big of a problem, and judging by your name and profile picture I would expect you to think it would be ridiculously high.
If you have to open fire on children, old people who don't have goatees or hunchbacks (and have both their eyes), people with the dead mom hair, parents with a screaming child in the closet, fairly attractive nameless people who have about ten other people with their exact same appearance just different colours or nice nature loving fairies, you are most definitely the bad guys.
Personally I love the friendly, almost family-like atmosphere of working for the Brotherhood of Nod. Tiberium is the key to a brighter future for all of humanity!
What's that? Our symbol is a scorpion's tail? We follow a seemingly immortal cult-figure named after the Bible's first murderer? Our temple is shaped like a giant scorpion and launches nukes from its tail? Our chief colour-scheme is black and red? Our motto is 'Peace through power!'?
That's all...cool...and fun...right?
Of course! There's also the family-friendly blue A.I. named... CABAL, and his stance on news media is "Control the media... control the... mind?"
Uhhhh...
KANE LIVES IN DEATH!
For the technology of peace!
Nonsense. PEACE! THROUGH! POWER!
But, their motto includes peace. How could they be the bad guys?
Another sign is when your boss is harvesting the brains of orphan children to put them inside cybernetic pods where they receive VR training and dopamine hits every time they kill their targets.
Metal Gear Rising.
Your boss keeps throwing people off the edge of the oil rig.
Metalgear V (if you're outsidexbox)
As an adjunct to this, I'd love to see a list like "7 Signs you are Generic Canon Fodder".
1: you have no loyalty mission
@@dragon-kitty 2. Your face looks like some just hit Randomise a few times.
@@SevCaswell 3: you have no skill tree
4. You are told to just walk up and down the same area indefinitely
5. You fail to stand out amongst others
Signs you are in the middle of a "Save The World" scenario:
1- The enemy has a wmd/wme (weapon of mass destruction/weapon of mass extinction)
2- The experts are all saying something that effectively translates to, "In my professional opinion, now is the time to PANIC!!!!!!!!!!!"
3- At anytime during your adventures/travels, you encounter at least one thing that can be described as a giant-ass spider. (Ridiculously massive swarms qualify)
This.... This seems a lot like a COD plot
@@Massey2332 or a Cod piece. I'll let myself out!
WME? I have never heard of that one before, and I have heard almost all military acronyms/terms. Might forgot a few.
4 - A person very close to you (usually someone of the opposite sex you have feelings for) discloses their romantic feelings for you. This may or may not involve making love in downtime before or after said "Save the World" scenario.
When your standard patrol route always ends JUST short of where you'd see down a long corridor where someone might sneak by...
“Corporal Wood sir, I’ve heard all the jokes”
Sounds like someone has developed an immunity...
Sign: You are literally the evil overlord. In Overlord. A game about being an evil overlord.
Love overlord
I'm glad somebody other then me knows about the masterpiece of a game
Not a private army I believ
@@hyhena-gaming9986 practically it is a private army since the minions only work for you
What?!
Overlord Game?!
The one where you become a skull and destroy everyone with god tier magic?!
Another good sign that the private army you've joined is evil is if they place a strange emphasis on excellence in martial arts and personal combat. If there are more dojo than shooting ranges on campus, or it's named Mishima Corporation, then chances are good the boss' son will come back to claim his inheritance by casually snapping your neck when asked for an ID.
To be fair, wearing full body armor and head protection for a standing desk job should have told you that they can offer a substantial salary because you likely won't live long enough for them to have to pay it. The boss' haircut should have been a dead giveaway, too.
Yeah, there are some haircuts that just scream "Evil Boss Bent on World Domination".
When your CO starts going off in monologues about seemingly unrelated things like insanity (Farcry 3)
Another classic Luke life lesson "if they forcibly pump you full of hallucinogenic drugs, well....well, thats bad" where were these gems of wisdom when i was at uni?
Are you implying that your university pumped you full of hallucinogenic drugs?
...Where'd you attend?
@@blarg2429 the lovely university of Lincoln
They made me say that....or that cut off my LSD (Lincoln sychedelic Drugs)
Which game is it?
How about being told to endlessly patrol an incredibly specific route back and forth all day? like is it in the job description for these corps that you have to have 0 zero situational awareness.....
not only poor awareness, just poor management of patrols that if like all of them stopped patrolling for some reason (like all being knocked out and left in dumpsters, closests or bushes), no one would notice! If I had a job and realised my bosses don't check up on me ever, I wouldn't leave the break room!
boxhead6177 yup they must be getting some real comfy paychecks...
They have *some* situational awareness; but when they do notice something suspicious, their short term memory loss kicks in after 30 seconds so they just go back to patrolling.
*hears something while patrolling*
"I'm gonna check it out"
Boss through comms: "negative soldier. Keep patrolling."
"But i'm pretty sure someone is in those bushes right the..."
"I SAID KEEP PATROLLING"
*continues to patrol but scared af*
6:00 I'm a rather stoic person and rarely laugh out loud, especially when I'm by myself, but "aloc-a-coc" sure did it for me.
Truth be told, just the fact that you've joined a private army is kind of iffy.
Also, Lara Croft has NO business dragging anyone else for damaging priceless heritage sites.
Mike with a flame thrower backpack, now that can only end well... very well done, crispy even.
Extra crispy
...with crackling.
I think 2 is a good point, but a bad example. Sable wasn't fully in charge of her soldiers, and didn't agree that they were holding people captive. She was crazy, but not unhuman.
The Arkham Knight is a much better example, with the character actively putting the operation in danger over his vendetta, and with the soldiers questioning his methods over the radio during the game.
What about when the group you're a part of consistently has to tell you that you're fighting for some honourable cause or whatnot? like, even when you kill random civilians, they're saying its for some greater good or something? I mean, I get the feeling that it's a bad sign, but maybe the cause is good somehow?
These signs don't just apply to private armies; they also apply to guilds and organizations, even if they're online.
What about Hyperion from the Borderlands games?
They have Combat robots to enforce their methods,
They literally kill off each other for disrespecting their extremely harsh rules or their leader Handsome Jack mutates you for giggles.
In fairness to many of Hyperion's workers, the company probably didn't *start* that way, and by the time Jack took over it was easier to just try to stay alive than to try to make change or get out.
Well to be fair Pandora is a planet full of bandits and the main reason for the loaderbot to be combat bot was for fighting against the crimson lance who had attack,killed and take over hyperion space station.
01dunmer Dahl's lost legion troops led by Dahl's very own Tungsteena Zarpedon were the ones that invaded Hyperions Helios Space station
The Crimson Lance were Atlas, a separate company and they were among Pandora but I do understand what you mean.
Its just current Hyperion ( Borderlands 2's Hyperion, sure there may have been good people in Hyperion but I'm talking about the company as a whole ) good intentions or not weren't the nicest of people .
Yeah, but many still thought they were just killing bandits, and not actually sane people (sanctuary)
Also their boss always went around saying that he was a hero. And plus giant robots
@@01dunmerThat was Dahl's Lost Legion, but essentially correct.
Pretty sure when the motto of your employers is "Malus Necessarium" it's pretty good bet that you're not one of the goodies.
The apple tree is needed?
Or "May the father of understanding guide my path"
Hey! I’ll have you know my evil spaceman gear is pretty friggin sweet!
Oh wait crap.
Another clue would be having to be stuck in a time loop every time you successfully shoot the hero. Back you go to 20 feet away to restart that conversation with your colleague for the 8th time.
When your PMC is committing war crimes and/or otherwise violating international law, developing a WMD, declares war and/or is warmongering. these thing should be obvious, you only have yourself to blame.
Ameritek anyone about the first part
Atlas Corporation, anyone?
Sign one: when your contract states you give your undying loyalty to Jane Douglas.
Idk if that's bad. She's cute. I'm in
But she's here to make the world a Better place. Really.
Crap, already signed it. You mean she's NOT the good one here? Crap...
So this is like the Mitchell and Webb sketch?
“Hans, are we the baddies?”
I always knew Luke was secretly a caffeine fueled rage monster...
If as a personal security guard for an archaeoligist your boss is British, likes a long coat, and has a penchant for overblown speeches about witnessing history being made you should probably be handing that notice in sharpish before you find yourself impotently firing assault weapons at a 20ft tall winged demon of some sort.
No mention of Atlas from COD Advanced Warfare? Your boss is literally Kevin Spacey.
Universal Ronin or the fact that he gives you a position right after his son dies
Mirror’s Edge Catalyst was really underrated. My favourite game ever.
I can think of two things:
One: it's a requirement that your uniform must have red as a color.
Two: your boss is wearing evil outlandish outfits.
common signs of real life opprosive govt too much red in their propaganda im looking at u russia, china and that overcompensating midget in N. Korea!
Sounds like McDonalds
To be fair to Cerberus, it guards Hell preventing humans wandering in or things escaping so he's technically a good guy
I've been trying to cut down on my caffeine consumption, so when I get up, I only have 1 cupt of coffee. Then I have a cup of coffee with my breakfast. Then when I go to work I tend to get a cup of coffee, like the kind of cup of coffee you get with a jelly doughnut, only I never get the doughnut. I just get the cup of coffee. Then, when I get to work, I like to have a cup of coffee ...
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No, he guards hades
The red flag with Cerberus is that they are divided into cells for secrecy and plausible deniability, and every cell seems to "go rogue" and start doing war crimes.
You're running a little low on plausibility there, T.I.M.
What about the Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service (UBCS)? In RES3, they were deployed to rescue civilians but were basically left for dead (no pun intended) literally by their corporate masters.
I think if your company has one single objective but forms BEFORE an accident hits the news, you should be very worried...
In RE operation raccoon city it is go get a sample then end going to kill or save Leon Kennedy then get betrayed with the no friggin backup then makes you hate them then do or not kill Kennedy and getting lied thousand of times and left for dead
@@a.s.g8334 oh yeah I forgot about that!!!
@@heydukewhatup yes I remembered cause I played it yesterday
There's a reason in the supposed canon ending to RE:ORC Lupo and a few of her squadmates namely Four-Eyes, Bertha, and Beltway decide to betray Umbrella.
When your duty is to guard some underground laboratory, that has human screams heard from behind certain doors you not allowed to open, and it's also your work to keep scientists in check, yet everyone claims to be doing medical research.
You are certainly invited to test some inventions, such as portals to unknown places/ "combat enhancing" drugs.
Or you work for the SCP Foundation.
@@CasualFire Truth. XD
When they tell you that the spaceship you are working on is a replacement. The other one was destroyed by a lucky missile fired in to a duct, and also your boss wears his CPAP all day.
If your squad is mysteriously getting picked off by a bald man, you are the bad guy and in way of the noble Hitman agent 47.(unless you re facing Mike, then you’re gonna likely to get blown to bits)
"She's there by the murals! Open fire!"
On Lara Croft, presumably. But who can even tell with these guys?
Number 1: the army is led by Ulric Stormcloack
Ehhh.
The Stormcloak Rebellion isn't a private army, that would imply they're being paid to overthrow the government. They're a revolutionary force.
and its Ulfric
He isn't really that evil. The Thalmor and dragons are worse.
*Taking a job in a private army may sound like a good idea*
The clave word: MAY
It pays better
Another sign you are working for the baddies: Your employer wants to blow up the moon and claims its to save the universe. (Lost Legion, Borderlands The Pre-Sequel)
Bruh lost the message about the Borderlands series, given by that song from The Heavy: "This ain't no place for no hero."
Yeah, but the guys that stop them impose an tyrannical rule over a lawless planet, ignoring all the basic civilians because there are a bunch of raiders.
This makes me feel lucky that I joined up with the FLAMINGOs. They're the good guys, right?
Frodo Baggins yes
Of course we are the good guys!
Hang on, Badass costumes check
Evil overseer Jane Douglas check
Community working together to overcome any obstacle at any collateral cost check
WAIT, OH MY...WHAT HAVE WE BECOME!
You should come join the Badgers
Flamingoes are a majestic and noble creature. The warriors of nature.
"That's why 'Pepsi' isn't called "Aloc-acoc"... well, it's one of the reasons."
Another sign is that everybody has bad aim. That 'hero' killed all your friendds, and you didn't hit them once!
When you and your ex-military buddies suddenly can't hit a guy or he tanks like 20 bullets you run and ask for artillery support
Well maybe if there is a resistance specifically centered around fighting your army
CEO Adrian DeWinter was pretty scary until he mentioned his "newkiller" weapons
"You know you're a goodie when you're named after the bravest of birds: the hawk." Cut to Hawke shrugging in the middle of Kirkwall marketplace while it's on fire.
Sable seems like a good boss to me. I mean she's not afraid to get her hands dirty on the ground floor. Doesn't just sit in an office in another country while you're all risking your necks fighting mutants
Also stuff like skulls are pretty common in military iconography and names like "reaper" are common for forces and weapon systems.
And Artemis are probably the good guys, I mean the USA has a very long history of attacking and invading other nations.
I want "Nothing but POISON on my pizza" on a t-shirt. Maybe the acronym meaning on the back..
ItsLengChye New Oxtra merch confirmed?
The question is what does the rest of the acronym stand for. I would think onions for the second O but what pizza topping starts with N?
Reaper Flight? I see your Reaper Flight and raise you a 'Demons of Razgriz' from Ace Combat 5. A name like that doesn't always mean you're with the baddies.
R.I.P Chopper aka Razgriz 3.
The Wardog logo is what I put on my AC7 planes
Given I created a fictional group named Reapers, I can confirm that last part. They can't do their job in taking out high profile criminals with all the red tape they would get if they were good.
Keith OR Kristen. Glad that there’s equal opportunity for evil bosses. 👍
Hmmm... How about when your employer mandates that you get emotional suppression nanites /and/ a self-destruct charge in that sweet cyborg bods they're offering.
Oh, and you're guarding a hidden lab that's cutting the brains out of children.
Desperador, and their parent company World Marshal, did /all/ of these in Metal Gear Rising: Revengance.
Soooooo...
Free drugs and disappearing corpses are "bad".
Wish someone would have told me that before I signed my extension.
It's okay buddy, i'm in the same boat.
So uh, do we just leave or, or what?
@Chainsaw Subtlety is that your army's symbol
Gaming Rhino wouldn’t be surprised
I don’t want to be that guy but XOF wasn’t a rival of FOX but a complimentary force to FOX set up by Major Zero but Skull Face came to hate Zero and Big Boss and then turned on them.
Good to know.
The name's still dumb though.
@@blarg2429 you're still dumb though
Happy 200th list OutsideXtra!!! 🎉🎊
Ellen: "You know you're a goodie when you are named after the bravest of birds: the hawk."
Obviously you don't remember Griffith "The White Hawk" from the Berserk anime series, which would be forgivable given they only had a couple games, which weren't exactly well received. Not gonna spoil it exactly, but I will say "This Griffith guy is kind of a jerk."
Most certainly not a good sign when your buddies are all getting shot down by a guy with a codename like Demon Lord of the Round Table (this be an Ace Combat: Zero reference, btw)
HAWX was one of my first games I’ve played when I officially got into gaming. Glad to see it get recognized.
Probably when your company acronym emblazoned on your uniform spells F.E.A.R
Do you mean First Encounter Assalut Reacon?
I havent notice them being a bad guys, what did I miss?
Work for the baddies?
Better payment, more vacation, family days, nice bistros with healthy meals and sport rooms
Where don I sign?
PS: You forgot "wearing Aks" 😂
Wearing russian/german uniforms
When the boss of your PMC is Kevin Spacey.
I'm sure he will be edited out and replaced by Christopher Plummer any second now.
11:33 Could probably also mention the Edonian Liberation Army from Resident Evil 6 here, since they were willing to give their soldiers an untested substance that turned out to be the C-Virus!
this reminds me of the that mitchell and webb look nazi sketch where they're like "are we the baddies? we have SKULLS on our uniforms" LOL
LOVED hearing the theme from Mirror's Edge during the footage of Mirror's Edge Catalyst! Nice job!
6:52 How timely. I just started reading the Discworld books, and this simile/metaphor would fit right in...
Ook!
If you and all your comrades are clone/genetic soldiers something may be amiss
Doc Warren Especially if you discover there's a certain biological inhibitor chip involved.
What about declaring their own sovereign nation/state? Company loyalty is one thing, but come on
"Have you seen our helmets, they've got SKULLS on .... are we the baddies?"
"Well, we make 75 dollars an hour, sooooo."
Any EA employees around who can confirm these? 😂
The evilest of employers lol.
They are busy ducking for their masters
Adam Geddes I am a former EA employee and I will only answer this question if you send me money through EBAY or buy 400 worth of Micro transactions in our games. One of the two and I will 100% answer this.
Prophein X 🐟 ...uhh I have no idea what you’re talking about.
Prophein X ....I.... Uhhhh I GET PAYED FOR ADVERTISEMENTS SHUT UP!!!
6:53 I see Ellen's been watching Star Wars Celebration
Alright as an archaeologist I disagreed with the "schools of thought" comment @6:30 , but then that Star Wars reference came out of left field and utterly floored me! Genius! And the last part about talking in the library... I can't breathe!
6:07
I lost it 😂
I was laughing so hard my son asked me if I was alright
Ah Haze... the game that had it been a success would’ve funded the studio who were making Battlefront III to completing that project and we’d have had that ground to space combat etc 💔
How about when your bosses are creating unstoppable AI army like the one in horizon zero dawn?
"*It's as if a million archeology professors all cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced because there's no talking in the library*" ~ Ellen
6:52 Best line ever delivered. Like. Ever. Awesome!
When she said "there's no talking in the library" and shuddered with instant memories of the Ashta Navata
In my short film script the henchmen are part of a union called M.I.N.I.O.N. or Members In New Incorporated Organization Negotiations. It's not so bad, they just got dental!
Crackdown: Knew it was too good to be true when your genetically manufactured killing...Police officer bringing the fight...er PEACE to the people. Drugs are bad M'kay:)
Don't forget the Pinkerton National Detective Agency led by Agent Andrew Milton and Agent Edgar Ross from Red Dead Redemption 2! They were more of a P.M.C. than Law Enforcement too! Yes, they were old age, but they count!
To be fair to Shep, he knew they were bad - but they did bring him back to life, and were actually looking into the Reaper threat, as opposed to The "Ah, yes...'Reapers'" Alliance who wanted to just hunt Geth.