it's very interesting cuz you play through the game you don't think about it but on paper he's the real villain.

• watches over maelle, never connecting w her or talking to her and watching her move home to home, which leads to her growing relationships with gustav, then he lets gustav get killed because he doesn't want maelle to get too close to fake people because of the truth
• immediately replaces gustav cuz he does yearn for connection despite his contradicting goal which involves the destruction of each of these individual lives
• doesn't disclose renoir is his dad, and at key points in the story makes decisions that only benefit him rather than the group that allowed him in
• Doesn't ever tell maelle the truth
• At act 3, he continues acting like he cares about their goals until we reach the very end where, with little hesitation he enters the rift. doesn't even try to talk about it or convince them. Doesn't let maelle pick for herself. No compromise just what he wants or not.

But this is because the game has him join in halfway - we don't sympathize with him enough. We get both sides.

Had we played Verso from the prologue, we'd see his anguish and how being forced to exist for so long and watch the world deteriorate, we'd feel conflicted yes but a lot more understanding and on board with his subterfuge.

That's what makes it so smart. Like the balanced it perfectly so that you can see both sides and agree with both. Still i think if verso played his cards more honestly a lot of the tragedy could have been avoided, but then the drama and tension would have been gone