Generic Japanese Anime Villian, check,
Generic Japanese Anime Hero, check,
Generic Japanese Anime love interest, check
Generic Japanese Anime Story, major check,
lifting lots of things from Phantasy Star 2, that's a major check
seriously Ultima 3's story has way more depth than final fantasy 7's just due to the gargoyle thing, and frankly neither sephiroth nor kefka are interesting they're just generic evil villains, making a villain sadistic is pretty easy,
if you want an interesting villain look at scorpio in Dirty Harry, Ozymandias in the Watchmen (this has nothing to do with the movie coming out), Beatty in Fahrenheit 451 or the red queen in Through the looking glass... she can be considered the antagonist.
Interesting villainy doesn't come from brutality or power in is found in other places,
and frankly in terms of brutality neither of them touch kid miracle man (check out Olympus by Alan Moore, if you can), and in terms of power , and the abuse of power none of them touch miracle man (the Golden Age by Neil Gaimen)
I HAVE A DOUBLE DRAGON CAB IN MY KITCHEN!!!!!!
NOW A PUNISHER CAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!
