ITT: Post vidya characters that embark on a revenge quest but don't pussy out at the end

The first times he an hero'd was because he want to get off Zeus' wild ride. The last one is because Le Revenge is Bad and Hope n shit

The story of GOW 3 has a lot of issues, specially those weak attempts to make Kratos "likeable" through the game. But the ending overall is perfect. Kratos gets what he "wanted" and it's not the better for it. His revenge is complete, Greece as a whole is completely ruined, his family is still death, he has nothing to live or fight for, and he is forced to stop and realize what he has done. The Gods deserved his wrath, but what was the price for revenge? At this point in the franchise we know he can't even die, so the post credits scene cames as no surprise. He is force to live with the consequences of his actions.

The best way to sell that message of "revenge is bad" is to let the character fulfill their revenge, just to realize they have gained nothing for doing so. And it's you need to do it in a PG friendly way, then make sure the character learns it's lessons way early into the storyline, PLEASE!

By the time the DLC ends, is not even about Revenge anymore. He is just tired and pissed of all this "gods" who believe to know better... and keep making his daughter cry.

>actual brainlet
>calls others brainlets

He tries to an hero himself in the first game because he feels complicit in the actions that led him on the path for revenge, so after he gets his revenge he does not get peace. He wants to an hero because he did not read the fine print on his contract with Athena.

I forget, is the Count of Monte Cristo ending one where revenge ended well for him or bad?

Actually

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But max didn’t kill the bad guy in 3, just snapped his leg. I mean the guy committed suicide in a filthy jail cell, but still.

I think revenge is tackled really well with him because there are 4 different ways you can go about the resolution of Niko's revenge storyline Kill Darko, deal with Dimitri; Kill Darko, kill Dimitri; Spare Darko, deal with Dimitri; Spare Darko, kill Dimitri, there are very good arguments to be made for choosing any of them, and no matter what, Niko will face a variety of both good and terrible consequences for it

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Well. He killed his traitor friend and gets his wife/son back.

Edmond still gets his revenge despite being merciful at the end.

In the actual story, as I recall it ended poorly. Basically, he focused so much on revenge he lost other shit that mattered in his life etc.

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He literally fucked Aphrodite infront of the cuck who had to watch them through the portal. This is the sole reason the smith did want to kill Kratos in the first place.

Mixed, by the end, he ends screwing over some innocents, which makes him realize how pointless his quest is, and decides to stop. None the less, by that point, his actions already punish the main players on his betrayal, and all of them fall on their own short after. So, he gets the revenge he wanted, but is not proud of it.

In the novel, Edmund Dante got his revenge, although he changes his mindset in the end, but then lives the rest of his years with a cute greek waifu sailing the seas.
t. read the novel

That's the movie. In the book, the Son is not his, and he never gets back with his wife. He does gets his revenge, but some innocents die in the process, he felt bad about it, decide to not get revenge on everyone who wrong him, and retires with a new girl he meet along the way.

>Tracks down all his brothers that betrayed him and kills them
>Goes back in time to when they were human, finds out they were PoS back then too and kills them again.
>Consistantly prioritized getting answers before getting revenge, only hesitates to kill Kain because something didn't add up, and kept getting more suspicious. (and does eventually kill him when the Cathedral makes them both a little crazy)
>Gets revenge on Mobios right after Kain also gets revenge on Mobios in the funniest satisfying double kill ever.

Based sperm genociding titty ninja princess.

>but some innocents die in the process
Who exacly? The son and wife of the last guy was feigned, but he goes insane regardless.
And the greedy cunt lives although lost all his wealth.
The old man and Edmund's father deaths were really sad tho

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Little Édouard. Granted, his family was completely messed up, but he was still collateral damage from the Count's plan.

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>Little Édouard
Holy shit I don't recall that death.
How did he die?

After being exposed, Héloïse decide to kill herself, and takes her kid with her by poison. Is mess up, because the Count only expose her crimes, but still, he never plan out for what could happen next. That makes his question his quest for revenge.

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>Héloïse decide to kill herself, and takes her kid with her by poison.
Holy shit, you're right, then I'm confusing the feign death of the girl for another person
Damm I need to read the novel again, can't remenber shit

He complete his revenge but also learned that "revenge bad". I would say he barely lose a damn thing though even got his own waifu in the end.

>Villain fucks you over and destroy everything you ever cared for
>After a long time you finally get face to face with them
>Villain has completely reformed, done everything in their power to fix and even in some cases improve the shit that got fucked up
>They beg for your forgiveness
What do?