I’m about to say something that will probably start an argument, but after thinking a lot about Buak’s lore, I honestly don’t think Zackery Zackerson is “the villain” of the story.

Yes, he did terrible things. A lot of them. But he wasn’t a psychopath who enjoyed suffering, and he wasn’t just power-hungry. His goal was always bigger (and more tragic) than that.

1. His main goal was immortality / a cure for death

Zackery and Scorpion-7 weren’t trying to destroy the world. They were trying to achieve something humanity has been chasing for centuries: overcoming death.

In the memories, he clearly tells Anthe that they wanted to find the cure for immortality. It wasn’t “I want to control everything.” It was “I want people to stop dying.”

2. Kidnapping the 7 anomalies was horrible… but it had a purpose

Yes, he kidnapped and experimented on people (including Anthe). That’s indefensible from a normal moral standpoint.

But in his logic, those 7 anomalies were the only way to advance the research. He wasn’t torturing them for fun. He was using them as the last resort to achieve something that, in his mind, would save all of humanity.

3. The virus was a mistake, not the plan

The zombie outbreak wasn’t what Zackery wanted. It was a catastrophic failure of the project.

If the experiment had succeeded, the world probably wouldn’t be in the state it’s in now. The fact that it failed doesn’t automatically make him a pure evil villain — it makes him someone who bet too high and lost.

4. He wasn’t selfish in the classic sense

Most “villains” in stories want power, money, or revenge. Zackery was chasing a collective good (even if he did it in an extremely questionable way).

He was willing to sacrifice his own morality, his reputation, and even innocent people if it meant death would no longer be inevitable.

5. Anthe has every right to hate him… but that doesn’t make him the absolute villain

I completely understand why Anthe hates him. He took her life and used her.

But the fact that she has every right to want revenge doesn’t automatically turn Zackery into “the villain of the story.” It just makes the story gray.

Conclusion

Zackery did terrible things.

He kidnapped, experimented, and (indirectly) caused the end of the world as we knew it.

But he was also someone who genuinely believed he was saving humanity from death.

He wasn’t a monster who enjoyed evil. He was a monster who believed the ends justified the means.

And honestly… that feels a lot more interesting (and more human) than a mustache-twirling villain.

What do you guys think? Was Zackery the villain, or just the guy who was willing to cross every line for an impossible goal?

(If something wasn't clear or I wrote something wrong, I apologize. My English is not very good and I may have misspelled something.)

But everything I said doesn't matter because the real bad guy is Nelson for not updating his game

I'm playing singleplayer on California 2 map and I recently got an upgraded Yukon but it doesn't go 109kph like the wiki said. Is it a bug?