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The Ten Most Badass Video Game Characters Of All Time

Rich Knight from Blend Games list his top ten most badass video game characters. He writes:

"Video game characters, though they might swear and be the master of unlocking locks, are usually not badass, mainly because they're so stiff and run-of-the-mill. But then, there are exceptions, such as this list below, which is a compilation of characters so badass that they can even make YOU feel badass while playing as them, that's how cool they are. Sadly, though, I'm pretty sure none of them have wallets that say "bad mother******" on them. Oh, well, I never said that they were Samuel L. Jackson badass, now did I?"
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Gun_Senshi - 292 days 6 hours ago
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Link? Master Chief? Samsus? WTF???

No Kefka?

Sephiroth, considered to be the best/most evil villian in gaming history by kids is child's play compared to KEFKA THE CLOWN!
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PixlSheX - 291 days 17 hours ago
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No tony montana? (Scarface)
imo, he is a real badass.. at least more than 8 of that crap list.
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ThanatosDMC - 291 days 14 hours ago
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Where the F*** is Dante?!
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NaiNaiNai - 292 days 4 hours ago
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that was a sad list. very sad.
-nai-

the guy below needs to be on that list.


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jemmo - 292 days 4 hours ago
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Mr Knight the only thing that is bad is the list come on you need to play more often
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SPECTER - 292 days 4 hours ago
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SNAKE? SNAKE? SNAAAAAAKE!!!!!!!!!!
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Xandet - 292 days 4 hours ago
4.1 - Seriously. List is a joke..
No S./N. Snake and no Dante (the EPITOME of badass) makes Jack a very dull boy.
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SlaughterMeister - 292 days 3 hours ago
5 - Most badass game characters...
and we get no Solid Snake or Duke Nukem.

This is pathetic.
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noxeven - 292 days 3 hours ago
6 - wtf there was no thought
Sorry but were was gordon. Mr Freeman truly should been on that list
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Graphics Whore - 292 days 3 hours ago
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That was an overall crap list.
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El_Colombiano - 291 days 18 hours ago
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No Solid Snake? Naked Snake? Boss? Fail....so, so epically it hurts.
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greyfox235 - 291 days 18 hours ago
9 - ????
snake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and "GORDON FREEMAN"
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Etackett2010 - 291 days 18 hours ago
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Exactly what I was thinking...
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pain777pas - 291 days 18 hours ago
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Kratos is the only one I 100% agree on in that list and Sephiroth but more out of coolness.
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MmaFanQc - 291 days 18 hours ago
11 - At least
Kratos is on the list, and HE IS the most badass character EVER!

if you dont agree you can suck my balls!

MY BALLS ON YOUR FACE!!! MY BALLS!!!!
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Unicron - 291 days 18 hours ago
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List is fail for lack of Dante, Vergil, Solid Snake, and REVOLVER OCELOT. HELLO? He played EVERYONE. Beat that.
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Defiantmac - 291 days 18 hours ago
13 - No Snake is pretty ridiculous...
I would have to say that Solid Snake is a complete bad ass, and if you want to stretch it, Raiden was badass in MGS4 (no matter how lame he was in MGS2.)

I am surprised to not see someone like Altair on there for nextgen games... The dude would tell someone he needs information from them and then stab them right in the stomach... HES AN ASSASSIN...
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350ZRunner - 291 days 18 hours ago
14 - Stupid List
Link is too much of a 'nice guy' sort of character to be a badass.

Sephiroth is just a highly over rated stereotypical RPG bad guy, he's not only not badass, he's not even particularly memorable.

Saberwulf? Come on, gimmicky fighting games that were trying to ride Street Fighter to glory.

Vercetti? Eh, I suppose.

I'm surprised neither Ryu nor Dante made this list.
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Defiantmac - 291 days 17 hours ago
14.1 - Have to disagree man.
Sephiroth isn't one of my favorite characters, but to say he isn't memorable is completely ignorant, everyone remembers Sephiroth and everyone remembers him as being the complete badass that came down from the sky and killed one of the main characters, and then almost blew up the world.
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Enigma_2099 - 291 days 2 hours ago
14.2 - Oh come on....
... other than killing the "real" babe in FF7, what was remotely memorable about him?!?!?

In fact, the only reason I or a lot of other people remember him now is because people won't SHUT UP about him!!!
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Obama - 291 days 18 hours ago
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Why is Master Chief there on the list? He is perhaps one of the most boring looking characters in video game history. Just my opinion.
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350ZRunner - 291 days 17 hours ago
15.1 - Eh, well...
Speaking as a person who doesn't play Halo and thinks they're highly over rated...

He's got that whole 'super cyborg soldier capable of defeating nearly endless numbers of enemies' thing going. I suppose he's not any more rough and ready than the nameless Doom marine or the guy from Wolfenstein 3D, but I'll give it to him anyway since he's in a popular game even if I don't care for said game.
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voidviper - 291 days 17 hours ago
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no duke nukem, list over
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beavis4play - 291 days 17 hours ago
17 - i'll agree with kratos at #1, but....
solid snake is #2.....no ifs, ands, or buts.
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imdaboss - 291 days 17 hours ago
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only kratos is one dats right
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LeGenDx - 291 days 16 hours ago
19 - this list made me laugh
link is a bad ass? since when?
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-GametimeUK- - 291 days 16 hours ago
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The guy from my avatar is on the list... Compared to him the rest of the list (and any character you can think of) doesnt even matter
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anubis12 - 291 days 16 hours ago
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id add lubu for DW
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mastiffchild - 291 days 14 hours ago
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Look as long as Kratos is number one all is right with the world. no RPG characters should be in at all because of the fact they all look like sketches from the most effeminate fashion design student evers latest camp collection-esp bloody Sephiroth. Pantomime badaass yes-but not a real one, Chuck Norris would laugh in his girly face.
Glad there was no Duke Nukem either-biggest closet case(behind Master Chief) in games.
As for Link not being badass- who else had the bare faced balls to take on the evils of Ganon as a cel shaded midget? Nobody that's who. Not Snake,not Gordon Freeman-nobody.
But yeah Kratos apart it's a list of mainly fail(though personally I think Samus is pretty badass just in a fit bird in a helmet kind of way).
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LordZ - 291 days 11 hours ago
23 - Here's my list:
In no particular order:

- Kratos
- Snake
- Mario
- Master chief
- Sephiroth
- Gordon Freeman
- Duke Nukem
- Dante
- Marcus Fénix
- Samus Aran

Do you agree or disagree?
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bviperz - 291 days 5 hours ago
24 - HUH?
Oo... Interesting...
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Homicide - 290 days 18 hours ago
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Sephiroth....really? That dude was emo.
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RebornSpy - 290 days 17 hours ago
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Yet still badass... Funny how these things work out.
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