Villains/antagonists or otherwise.
I’ve been watching some Fable 3 lets plays and was reminded of how much I absolutely hated Reaver. You can tell Lionhead was really going for someone that you would “love to hate,” but every scene with him in it is miserable. Absolutely ridiculous that you can’t kill him.
For a character from an actually well written video game, Eric in Tony Hawk’s Underground. Hitting the last line in the game and watching your character punch him out in a cutscene afterwards is extremely cathartic.
There’s a hateable mob in every souls game
DeS: anything that flies
DS: Dragon legs and crawling giant skeletons
DS2: Those guys. Also pony plow town.
BB: Winter lanterns and shark giants
DS3: prison guards and DLC crow Knights.
Sekiro: Anything that causes terror status
ER: Furnace golems, bleed dogs, omens
Forget what I said, there’s multiple hateable mobs in every souls game.
Don’t forget bonewheels!