tommy vercetti... gta vice city.... this guy is my hero... steals cars boats helicopters bikes... beats up pl on the street gets a lil sumthin sumthin from the hookers cant wait for gta san andreas and the new character and his buddies that ride with him

Hmm... shooting Nazis... undead... blades attached to arms...
Ah! Rayne from BloodRayne she's pretty badass...
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Kazuya, Heihachi: Tekken
Akuma: SF
Iori: CvS2
Solid Snake: MGS
Astaroth, Nightmare: SC

musashi from shining force. total badass samurai.

Define badass...b/c Kazooie isnt bad ass nor is P.Peacj or Mario (my opnion)

How about Sephiroth (FF7) or THE FLOOD (Halo 1 [possibly pt.2])

Painkiller, from the game of the same name

Someone mentioned Tommy Angelo from Mafia, but I reckon he's too much of a compassionate and well-rounded human being to count :/

Ellen Ripley, of any Alien derived game, is definitely badass.
HK-47 from Knights of the Old Republic

Magus
Frog/Glen
Ryu
Cloud
Sephiroth
Solid Snake
Dante

All those are badass but the Most Badass had to be Snake!! :cool:

how can i forget HK-47....man was he funny too. Meatbag

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i am surprised but how is it no one has mentioned anyone from samurai showdown? i mean that series has the MOST bad-asses of any series; out them all tho its to me a close battle between Genjuro and my original favourite Jubei for the title.
also no sagat from street fighter? i mean even with the many changes that guy went thru in the many sf games he is at least up there with ryu and ken (not akuma tho hes just in a class by himself)

Can't forget my man Vincent Valentine, so bad ass he got tired of being a bad ass and went to sleep in a coffin for a few years or so :)

what about Ash from the evil dead games, sure they suck but Bruce Campbell is the ultimate hollywood bad ass

What I was looking for in 'badassness' was how I was able to do with a character that I actually played as.
Kazooie had some incredible moves she could perform, all the while with a bear on her back.
With P. Peach I was able to beat every person I raced, and most of the computer racers, too.
And Mario, he had some supercool acrobatic moves, and he sported an all-purpose hat with which he was able to kick beaucoup ass.

So, in my opinion, all 3 are badass. :thumbsup:

Take your pick
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Cloud and Sephiroth are the best by far. Sephiroth is the best bad guy ever.

Bad guy: Robot Hitler from Castle Wolfenstein. I got that game when I was like 8, and nothing - nothing - is more badassed than a cybernetically enhanced, gatling gun toting robo-Hitler.

Good guy: Kyle Katarn from Jedi Knight II. He's a wimp at the beginning, but man, nothing kicked ass like using the jedi tricks (dropping guys off ledges, killing 10 at a time with lightning attacks).

Solid Snake - MGS
Gray Fox - MGS
Dante - DMC
Ryu - Street Fighter
Jin Kazama - Tekken
Kazuya Mishima - Tekken
Max Payne
Sephiroth - FFVII
Auron - FFX

My character in Morrowind after completely leveling him up and with a full suit of Deadric armor and a the Deadric Crescent. I've killed everyone in Balmora and Vivec, turned them into ghost towns.

and Sephiroth

The guys in Contra were real badasses. They went shirtless.

Durandal, of the Marathon series. Take a male version of Cortana from Halo, make it smarter, funnier and crazier. And give him overwhelming control of one lone Security Officer/undercover cyborg.

Absolute badass.

Oh, and an honorable mention to Ash, of Evil Dead fame. He gets onto the list on a technicality since the character is the most badass character in the world, even though the Evil Dead games have been largely disappointing.

Edit: I just noticed that almost the exact same thing was said about Ash a few posts up. Oh well. It bears repeating. Ash=ultimate badass.

FIRST:
Solid Snake (snake eater version)

SECOND EQUAL:
Liquid Snake
Solid Snake
Solidus Snake
Agent 47

Give me a D.
Give me a U.
Give me an R.
Give me an A.
Give me an N.
Give me a D.
Give me an A.
Give me an L.

What does it spell?

Durandal?
No.

DURANDAL?
No.

T-R-O-U-B-L-E.

Kefka from FF6, starts out kinda foolish but unlike some villains (I'm looking at you Sephiroth) he actually succeeds in ending the world (well at least those left alive wish they weren't.

Nemesis from Res Evil. One word: STARS

Megaman X
Bass
Protoman
starcraft vulture
Warcraft ogre, he did it, no he did lmao
the guy from any of the bass master games
Samus
Lukers, and hydrolisks
the archon, so bad ass

the shaman from populus

I'm going to have to say Kirby....... anyone pink little fluf ball who can swallow anything is a badass in my opinion..... think about it, your hangin out with kirby and someone starts messing with him it like, aww shit now you've done it *GULP* and there goes any problem.

Simple!

Badest Agent 47: Hitman Contracts.

Next up : Gordon Freeman: Halflife. How bad is running around killing Aliens/Marines when they take over your office with a crowbar like its another day at the office?

Ryn : Street fighter

Ken Masters : Streetfighter Alpha. Younger faster and cockier.

Akuma : Nothing but badass.

Kazuya Mishima: Tekken. this guy is all about bad

Heihachi Mishima : Tekken, Willing to kill family for ultimate power!

Marine: Halo.. He's ready are you?

Agent 007 : Goldeneye. The badest agent working at MI:6

Honorable mention

Cazic Thule: Everquest, The god of the plane of fear. Need I say more?

None of you said the guy from Bionic Commando??? The biggest badass ever!!! He had a fuckin' claw!!! My others:

Sephiroth - FF VII
Ryu - Ninja Gaiden
Sam Fisher - Splinter Cell
Chad Johnson - Any NFL game from 2003-present
Rayden - Mortal Kombat
Definitely not Raiden - MGS 2
Marine - Doom
Ninja - Metal Gear Solid
The Guy From ChexQuest - ChexQuest
Duke Nukem - Duke Nukem
BJ Blastcowitz - Wolfenstein
Dr. Freeman - Half-Life
Prince Alexander of Daventry - King's Quest VI (damn that guy went through a lot to get laid.)
The Commander Guy in Halo - Halo

The master chief. You see someone beat legendary, and tell me that isn't badass. He's the only human who survives that shit.

Bah, the Marathon marine survived much worse =) He single-handedly turned back an invasion, none of this help crap!

He's a cyborg, not a human. By the way, what part of OH are you from??? I used to live in Nowheresville, OH too, and I love marching band.

He's not a cyborg! He's a genetically and chemically enhanced super-soldier.

Duke Nukem and Lo Wang - No friggin contest.

OMG. Lo Wang, he's the ultimate loser ninja =) I love 'im.

Gordan Freeman - Half-Life - Can you get a PhD in physics from MIT and then single handedly fight off a platoon of marines and save the workld from a giant floating alien?
Enough said.

Pip Boy from the Fallout series - Best video game mascot ever.

Codename 47 is indeed the major bad-ass. Cold-blooded contract killer who spares civilians only because killing them would create extra hassle. Other major mofo's I've enjoyed include: Tommy Vercetti, Max Payne, The Nameless One (CE to the boot, baby!), the main guy from Mafia, Vault Dweller, Ivan(?) from Jagged Alliance, Ben from Full Throttle.

Garett, from the Thief series. Cold as stone, and only in it for himself.

Golbez and Sephiroth from the FF series and ill agree with max payne, most other choices have been already stated.

Xero from UT2003.

For the forgotten ladys in games

BloodRayne Shes bad ass. Hop on your chest, suck on your neck, and rip ya apart with the arm blades.

Firiona Vie from EQ.
Jill Valentine Outbreak III (REIII).
Morrigan Aenslan - Darkstalkers.
Mai Shiranui - Fatal Fury/King of Fighters.
Kos-Mos - Xenosaga.

Duke from the Duke Nukem Games.

The guy from Full Throttle!

I thought I was the only one who did that.

I'd also say Darth Revan from KOTOR is the biggest badass.