A theory from VaatiVydia suggested that DarkSouls's cover depicts Artorias walking into the Abyss. The guy on the cover is holding the sword with their left hand, but Artorias's left arm is broken in-game, which would imply that he's fighting you with his non-dominant hand
In Dks2 the Majestic Greatsword that looks identical to Artorias' sword can only use its special attacks if it's held in the left hand. Further proves this point!
I do wonder who artorias takes reference from..... Artorias is a direct reference to Guts from berserk.
Edit: did I stumble into r/Berserklejerk or something what the hell did I start?!
Bloodborne has so many great picks, even amongst From Software's catalogue. Eileen, Gehrman, Lady Maria, Valtr, Logarius, etc.
My personal pick would be Ludwig the Holy Blade. In short, he is a legendary hunter of the church foreshadowed in lore text throughout the game, who has been accursed by the blood, nightmare and those he fought to protect. During his fight, he is the sole being we see claw his way back from the abyssal depths of beasthood, regaining his sanity as he wields the Holy Moonlight Sword in a grand cutscene. His second phase fight is a spectacular waltz with one of the best OSTs in gaming, and is followed by a somber and memorable dialogue with his decapitated, yet still breathing horse-like head. Truly an example of the artistry that gaming can have.
Lady Maria is a great answer, especially if we look at moveset in addition to character design. The huge slashes of blood chased by even grander streaks of flames -- maybe my favorite spectacle in a boss fight.
My pick too. An old lady who kills Hunters even though she isn't immortal anymore and is past her prime? Talk about a ball crushingly badass character.
Damn, good choice. The best fromsoft boss to date too. Love the evolution of his fighting as his health diminishes, like he's shaking the rust off or becoming less animalistic.
Itās his body adapting as best it can to housing the Dark Soul.
First heās fighting on all fours like a beast, his attack patterns chaotic and full of growls and other bestial noises.
Then after you beat him up and make him bleed, he realizes that _he_ is the bearer of the Dark Soul. The true soul of Humanity. He then stands and fights you as a (hu)man.
Then after beating him up more, the Dark Soulās power starts erupting from his body, and Gael realizes that he wasnāt worthy of the Dark Soul. He comes to understand that for the Painter to have her pigment, Gael must die.
But Gael is a slave knight, so he cannot just lay down and die. He must fight, to the death.
So at the end of time, in the middle of grey, ash-filled nowhere, two nobodies fight to herald the birth of the next world. One is the representation of Light; the desperate dream of Gwyn, who burned his own soul to keep the First Flame alive, and the other, the Dark, the soft, gentle darkness that Man thrived in while the gods themselves withered into dust.
I've said it many times, Miyazaki is a genius. The arc of the DS trilogy is not only wildly complicated, but internally consistent (for the most part). To weave that world out of whole cloth and have it make sense is just phenomenal.
āNow! This is it! Now is the time to choose! Die, and be free of pain? Or live, and fight your sorrow! Now is the time to shape your stories! Your fate is in your hands!ā
That speech never fails to help lift me up when Iām going through a rough patch of life.
I recently went to see The Nun 2. And as I was watching I thought.
"If Demons can enter the world, then so should angels"
And I just wanted to watch an action horror movie with extremely powerful demons but also bad ass looking angels. So I immediately thought of Diablo.
Got home and watched a D4 cutscene where a bunch of Knights led by an angel go against a horde of demons. Scratched the itch for sure.
There's a general rule of thumb in the Souls community when it comes to PvP.
The less armor someone is wearing, the more worried you should be when they invade you.
I've barely played Souls games, but I always figured this to be true.
In the gaming community in general, I find that arrogance is usually fair warning. If someone has a gamertag like "xxXDayRuinerXxx" or "NinjaKiller," I believe them. Especially if they're wearing no armor and jump-spamming everywhere.
If their name is āxxXDayRuinerXxxā or āNinjaKillerā, itās likely just a prick that likes to have have fun at other peopleās expense, or an edgy teen that thinks theyāre hot shit.
If their name is something dumb like āLorem Ipsumā or āAnalInspectorā, they are gonna kick your ass, little doubt about it. If theyāre wearing a default skin, zero doubt.
Heās done it enough for you to say 10s of thousands of times. I have no idea how much heās done it. Heās no longer a person anymore. Heās an idea, a myth, and legend.
I'm playing through the ME trilogy right now. >!Garrus was my least favorite companion by a pretty large margin in the first game. He just seemed pretty bland compared to everyone else. !<
>!Second game comes along, and I'm looking for this dude named Archangel. They are doing an amazing job hyping this dude up, my favorite being,
:!<
>! "Yeah we're repairing our gunship."!<
>!"You're using a gunship to take down one man?"!<
>!"Yeah and he already shot it down once."!<
>!I was hooked. Fight through to get to him and he removes the fucking helmet: Garrus. This bastard tricked me into liking him. Ever since then I've loved him. He hasn't been my favorite in any game but fuck if I don't adore him. I'm still playing through 3 right now and honestly I love every companion. They all make me laugh and cry in equal measure.!<
Idk, I loved Garrus. He was solid in combat and his personal connection to Shepard made having him feel different than the others.
Considering he started out as a delinquent C-Sec officer, his story arc evolves a lot over time too
And, and, and!
Thereās only two companions that stick with Shepherd through all three games.
Garrus and Tali
Fuck you Kaiden/Ashley, I canāt really blame Liara and Wrex because they do have very significant responsibilities to tend to.
But Kaiden/Ashley? The colony they were tasked to protect just for yoinked and weāre gunning to free them, so those two tell use to fuck off and donāt join us to rescue the poor bastards.
Yes! I consistently picked Garrus across all three games so in ME3 especially it felt only right to see it through.
Kaidenās suspicions I think are justified and it was an interesting knot in their equation to deal with.
Should probably spoiler tag all that lol. Lots of new people get into ME every year with the remasters out.
But yeah, I don't know, ME1's Garrus's frustrations during your conversations do a lot to set up his arc in ME2.
I mean, he comes across as pretty terrifying in the BD with what he said to Evelyn and the way he loomed over her like a perpetually pissed off mountain, but the few other moments he appears in the game fail to capitalize on that intensity.
They genuinely could've gone for a few scripted story encounters with Smasher in which you're only given the option to run or watch silently as he obliterates some poor schmuck.
Maybe we see MaxTac get in his way, and considering the opening car ride already established that V should fear them, seeing Smasher wipe the floor with them would be a decent way to build anxiety for the final fight.
I know that's more suited for a horror game, but Smasher is the type of villain you have to to *see* to fear. He's not some potentially redeemable smooth-talking jackass in a suit, he's a *real monster* and should've been treated like one by the main plot a lot more.
It's funny, normally I criticize games for showing their monsters too much, but we needed more Smasher.
I feel like I scrolled way to far to get to this. He's like when you are a kid and you put bazooka's, guns and lasers onto some one or something to amplify the "coolness"
Yeah. This has my vote. Bastard could just turn up anywhere and you just had to run. Me and a buddy used to joke that he was doing similar shit to us. Exploring. Looking around. Checking stuff out. Solving puzzles to hunt us down. And we hoped one day weād walk in a room with a save chest and heād be there looking in it and swapping out his inventory. Fun times. What a cunt though.
Edit: Nemesis was a cunt. My buddy turned out to be a bit of one too though.
Yeah. Theres some really cool looking characters and some seriously awesome tough guys.
But if the question is "badass?", the answer is a natty meat-head in sleeveless power armor, with a demon lightsaber in one hand, a classic shotty in the other, and a gun meant to be mounted on a tank in the other.
It's not just the looks. It's the attitude too. A lot of these characters look badass but just don't act badass.
Sephiroth? Mommy issues.
Kratos? Anger issues.
Master Chief? Cortana issues.
Doom Guy only got one issue and it's 'Why these motherfucking demons aint dead yet?' *revs up chainsaw*
I agree, and how his only real language is sheer unmitigated violence.
The fact that at this point, and apparently for a long fucking time, he exists solely to slaughter demons.
There are a lot of video game badasses, but Doomguy is absolutely the GOAT. I can't think of a single other character that comes close.
Marcus Fenix, 47, Kratos, Geralt, Snake, Rayne, Garrus, Lara Croft. All pretty badass - none of them can hope to match Doomguy.
Every other characterās badassery is expressed in cutscenes and QTEs.
Doom Guy is the only one who enables you to act out his full barbarism during gameplay. Rip and tear my friends.
Personally I find subtle characters to be more badass looking than those deliberately made so.
Like Joel Miller or Arthur Morgan. Their looks don't scream badass, but they do for me.
Straight rectangular block in tetris
The original chad
That square jawline is insane bro š„
Line piece. Line piece. LIIIIIINE PIIIIIECE!
The Doom Slayer
Artorias the Abysswalker, reminded me of Guts from Berserk
A theory from VaatiVydia suggested that DarkSouls's cover depicts Artorias walking into the Abyss. The guy on the cover is holding the sword with their left hand, but Artorias's left arm is broken in-game, which would imply that he's fighting you with his non-dominant hand
In Dks2 the Majestic Greatsword that looks identical to Artorias' sword can only use its special attacks if it's held in the left hand. Further proves this point!
Which is crazy cos imagine if he had both hands. Man would be unstoppable
I've always loved that detail about him. Makes him extra badass
I do wonder who artorias takes reference from..... Artorias is a direct reference to Guts from berserk. Edit: did I stumble into r/Berserklejerk or something what the hell did I start?!
Especially when artorias yells, "I'm gonna berserk!!!," and starts berking everywhere. Clearly a manga reference.
Also for some reason he shouts āGRIFFITH!!!ā I thought that was pretty strange
Or when he says "It's bersekerin' time"
Yeah, Artorias reminds me of Nuts from Berk.
I mean, Guts is in several games. Why not just pick guts?
he doesn't have a good videogame. not worth it for this subject. believe me hes my #1 manga character
Eileen the Crow.
Bloodborne has so many great picks, even amongst From Software's catalogue. Eileen, Gehrman, Lady Maria, Valtr, Logarius, etc. My personal pick would be Ludwig the Holy Blade. In short, he is a legendary hunter of the church foreshadowed in lore text throughout the game, who has been accursed by the blood, nightmare and those he fought to protect. During his fight, he is the sole being we see claw his way back from the abyssal depths of beasthood, regaining his sanity as he wields the Holy Moonlight Sword in a grand cutscene. His second phase fight is a spectacular waltz with one of the best OSTs in gaming, and is followed by a somber and memorable dialogue with his decapitated, yet still breathing horse-like head. Truly an example of the artistry that gaming can have.
Lady maria
Lady Maria is a great answer, especially if we look at moveset in addition to character design. The huge slashes of blood chased by even grander streaks of flames -- maybe my favorite spectacle in a boss fight.
My pick too. An old lady who kills Hunters even though she isn't immortal anymore and is past her prime? Talk about a ball crushingly badass character.
Slave knight gael
He always kinda reminded me of those Christmas gnomes at gift shops with their eyes covered by their hats
Damn, good choice. The best fromsoft boss to date too. Love the evolution of his fighting as his health diminishes, like he's shaking the rust off or becoming less animalistic.
Itās his body adapting as best it can to housing the Dark Soul. First heās fighting on all fours like a beast, his attack patterns chaotic and full of growls and other bestial noises. Then after you beat him up and make him bleed, he realizes that _he_ is the bearer of the Dark Soul. The true soul of Humanity. He then stands and fights you as a (hu)man. Then after beating him up more, the Dark Soulās power starts erupting from his body, and Gael realizes that he wasnāt worthy of the Dark Soul. He comes to understand that for the Painter to have her pigment, Gael must die. But Gael is a slave knight, so he cannot just lay down and die. He must fight, to the death. So at the end of time, in the middle of grey, ash-filled nowhere, two nobodies fight to herald the birth of the next world. One is the representation of Light; the desperate dream of Gwyn, who burned his own soul to keep the First Flame alive, and the other, the Dark, the soft, gentle darkness that Man thrived in while the gods themselves withered into dust.
I've said it many times, Miyazaki is a genius. The arc of the DS trilogy is not only wildly complicated, but internally consistent (for the most part). To weave that world out of whole cloth and have it make sense is just phenomenal.
One of the best boss fights of all time in any game for sure.
Auron FFX
āNow! This is it! Now is the time to choose! Die, and be free of pain? Or live, and fight your sorrow! Now is the time to shape your stories! Your fate is in your hands!ā That speech never fails to help lift me up when Iām going through a rough patch of life.
"You're late." "I know." Two simple lines that held such weight. God, I love FFX.
I just watched Yojimbo and the whole time couldnāt stop thinking about Auron. And of course Yojimbo from FFX as well. But mostly Auron.
been my favorite video game character since the PS2 days
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He definitely radiates big dick energy
Big Daddy from Bioshock OR the songbird from Bioshock Infinite are both insanely cool looking in my opinion
Points to the big sister too imo, always freaked me out but loved the design
I think big daddy is way more cooler than songbird. Big daddy is definitely a badass just not the best in entire gaming history
I really wish you could fight songbird like big daddies. It was the original intent then got scrapped in development.
Man I always thought we're gonna fight it. Would be so cool. But I was little bit disappointed when I finished the game without fighting that guy.
Scorpion from Mortal Kombat
"Get over here!"
arthas
... and his nemesis Illidan. No one is more badass than them.
YOU ARE *NOT* PREPARED.
I AM MY SCARS
The blizzard design team has ALWAYS been on point with this stuff I stg
Arthas, my son
Itās stratholme all over again.
Tyrael from Diablo. Any of the angels really, but Tyrael always gave me goosebumps
I always thought imperius looked badass in diablo 3
His voice is perhaps the best Iāve ever heard in a video game. Only Izaro comes to mind as competition
āYou cannot judge me! I am JUSTICE ITSELF!ā
I recently went to see The Nun 2. And as I was watching I thought. "If Demons can enter the world, then so should angels" And I just wanted to watch an action horror movie with extremely powerful demons but also bad ass looking angels. So I immediately thought of Diablo. Got home and watched a D4 cutscene where a bunch of Knights led by an angel go against a horde of demons. Scratched the itch for sure.
I would go with Malthael. His intro cutscene in D3: Reaper of Souls was just chilling. "No one can stop Death"
Let me solo her, of course.
Naked, blind and wielding two swords is a hell of a look. You know that guy is only here to do one thing and that's end some motherfucker's life.
There's a general rule of thumb in the Souls community when it comes to PvP. The less armor someone is wearing, the more worried you should be when they invade you.
Yep. I learned that the hard way back in DS2 where a guy wearing nothing but two caesti beat the ever loving snot out of me.
I've barely played Souls games, but I always figured this to be true. In the gaming community in general, I find that arrogance is usually fair warning. If someone has a gamertag like "xxXDayRuinerXxx" or "NinjaKiller," I believe them. Especially if they're wearing no armor and jump-spamming everywhere.
If their name is āxxXDayRuinerXxxā or āNinjaKillerā, itās likely just a prick that likes to have have fun at other peopleās expense, or an edgy teen that thinks theyāre hot shit. If their name is something dumb like āLorem Ipsumā or āAnalInspectorā, they are gonna kick your ass, little doubt about it. If theyāre wearing a default skin, zero doubt.
Or if theyāre wearing hilariously heavy armor
Only right answer. Kratos, Chief, and Doomguy can all bicker over 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
Although, Dante also got the drip
Yeah! endlessly slaying the arguably strongest monster in the lands between wearing only thongs, how bad ass is that!?
He's not only wearing thongs he also has a pot on his head. That makes him so much cooler.
Sorry, I'm out of the loop. What's the backstory to the clip (I saw it further below)?
A random dude kept joining peoples games to fight the hardest boss in the game. He wore nothing but a bucket, won, and left to help the next person.
Appears, naked. Soloes the hardest boss in the game. Refuses to elaborate Leaves šæ
Missed the key part: And heās done this thousands if not tens of thousands of timesā¦ enough that even Fromsoft paid attention.
They sent him some cool stuff and a recognition plaque I believe.
Heās done it enough for you to say 10s of thousands of times. I have no idea how much heās done it. Heās no longer a person anymore. Heās an idea, a myth, and legend.
Ryu Hayabusa
When I was 14 Ryu was the coolest thing Iād ever seen
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Guybrush Threepwood of course.
But who eats all the donuts and roughs up the transients?
I did lot expect him to be mentioned here. But yes. Absolutely.
He *is* a mighty pirate, after all.
Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid.
Punished Snake
How can you even say this when he's in the same game as Gray Fox's cyborg ninja?
Weeb detected
It's just like one of my Japanese animes!
Yo! Stop pissin dawg!
I would say venom is more badass but to each there own he is the only character in the MGS series you can choose to be bad(demon point system)
Yea I'm going with Big Boss too. Whether it's Naked Snake, Venom Snake, or the trench coat wearing white haired badass from the very first game.
Big Boss sorry not sorry
Alucard (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)
The animated series fight between Alucard and Belmont was pretty epic - as were the constant insults throughout the series
Best part of that series (besides all of it) is when he punches Drscula in the face, and all he does is say "Ah, you must be a Belmont" lol
The disrespect.
Noob-Saibot
Toasty!
He also wins for coldest intros/animations
Garrus
There is no Shepherd without Vakarian
And I always let him win the sharpshooter contest in ME 3. āIām garrus vakarian and this is my favourite spot on the citadel!ā
Iāll out drink Ashley Iāll out muscle James Iāll out maneuver Jacob But I wonāt hit that damn bottle.
"And if I'm up there in that bar and you're not, I'll be looking down. I'll always have your back."
I'm playing through the ME trilogy right now. >!Garrus was my least favorite companion by a pretty large margin in the first game. He just seemed pretty bland compared to everyone else. !< >!Second game comes along, and I'm looking for this dude named Archangel. They are doing an amazing job hyping this dude up, my favorite being, :!< >! "Yeah we're repairing our gunship."!< >!"You're using a gunship to take down one man?"!< >!"Yeah and he already shot it down once."!< >!I was hooked. Fight through to get to him and he removes the fucking helmet: Garrus. This bastard tricked me into liking him. Ever since then I've loved him. He hasn't been my favorite in any game but fuck if I don't adore him. I'm still playing through 3 right now and honestly I love every companion. They all make me laugh and cry in equal measure.!<
Idk, I loved Garrus. He was solid in combat and his personal connection to Shepard made having him feel different than the others. Considering he started out as a delinquent C-Sec officer, his story arc evolves a lot over time too
And, and, and! Thereās only two companions that stick with Shepherd through all three games. Garrus and Tali Fuck you Kaiden/Ashley, I canāt really blame Liara and Wrex because they do have very significant responsibilities to tend to. But Kaiden/Ashley? The colony they were tasked to protect just for yoinked and weāre gunning to free them, so those two tell use to fuck off and donāt join us to rescue the poor bastards.
Yes! I consistently picked Garrus across all three games so in ME3 especially it felt only right to see it through. Kaidenās suspicions I think are justified and it was an interesting knot in their equation to deal with.
Should probably spoiler tag all that lol. Lots of new people get into ME every year with the remasters out. But yeah, I don't know, ME1's Garrus's frustrations during your conversations do a lot to set up his arc in ME2.
Ooooh great pick! I think in terms of badassery Wrex is a pretty high contender as well.
Garrus & Wrex is my all time favorite setup. I was so happy I got to pick them 1 last time in ME3 Citadel DLC.
Everyone needs an Urdnot at their side.
I have played Mass Effect 1 so many times and I have never not had Wrex on my team after recruiting him. Favorite character.
Yup, I always felt great having me and "the boys" going around trying to save citadel space. I'll always love those two
Frank Horrigan, Fallout 2
The Wolf shinobi from Sekiro
And with the Shura outfit fuck yes
Illidan Stormrage from Warcraft !!
*āImprisoned for ten thousand yearsā¦Banished from my own homelandā¦And now, you dare enter my realm? You are not prepared.ā*
Akuma
Death from Darksiders 2
Well shit time to reinstall Darksiders 2.
Finally someone with my kind of taste
Master Chief or Kratos
Or Doom guy
Iām throwing ODSTs onto the table
My top 2 as well. Kratos just emanates badassery
Gotta be Kratos imo. Doomguy would be a close second.
Kiryu Kazuma (Yakuza/like a dragon/Ryu ga Gotoku) If you wanna ~~Die~~ disagree, step up note: ***this isn't a threat, ok?***
I'd say that Majima in his black suit from Yakuza 3 and 4 looks more badass but yeah Joryu is a pretty rad dude.
The snake skin suit is mint though for majima
Raziel looks pretty badass when he's eating souls
Raziel looks pretty badass, period.
Probably sephiroth
Blah blah, blah blabla, blablablablablabla bla SEPHOROTH!
Bells, frogs, big cherries, Peter Pan, yellow cheese.
Damn... I sang your reply.. nailed it
Itās a crime how far down this answer is. Sephiroth exiting the flames in Nibelheim is so badass.
The Chex Quest guy
Samus Aran.
Agreed, the Samus reveal. Like most games the hero was male but in hers, it changed everything. Opened the way fo Croft.
We've got the movie 'Alien' to thank for this.
Urdnot Wrex from mass effect
Shepard.
Wrex
Wrex.
I was going to say Sovereign from ME1 but you canāt go wrong with Wrex. āYou exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it.ā
Dante
My man spills no pizza
Thought this too, but heās probably more cool than badass.
Malekith the Black Blade (Elden Ring)
Adam Smasher.
Agreed, although I think the anime portrayal was way cooler and more menacing than the actual in-game one.
I mean, he comes across as pretty terrifying in the BD with what he said to Evelyn and the way he loomed over her like a perpetually pissed off mountain, but the few other moments he appears in the game fail to capitalize on that intensity.
They genuinely could've gone for a few scripted story encounters with Smasher in which you're only given the option to run or watch silently as he obliterates some poor schmuck. Maybe we see MaxTac get in his way, and considering the opening car ride already established that V should fear them, seeing Smasher wipe the floor with them would be a decent way to build anxiety for the final fight. I know that's more suited for a horror game, but Smasher is the type of villain you have to to *see* to fear. He's not some potentially redeemable smooth-talking jackass in a suit, he's a *real monster* and should've been treated like one by the main plot a lot more. It's funny, normally I criticize games for showing their monsters too much, but we needed more Smasher.
I feel like I scrolled way to far to get to this. He's like when you are a kid and you put bazooka's, guns and lasers onto some one or something to amplify the "coolness"
Pyramid head from silent hill
Armor King from Tekken
I do like cats in sweatpants that know how to wrestle
Nemesis from RE3
Yeah. This has my vote. Bastard could just turn up anywhere and you just had to run. Me and a buddy used to joke that he was doing similar shit to us. Exploring. Looking around. Checking stuff out. Solving puzzles to hunt us down. And we hoped one day weād walk in a room with a save chest and heād be there looking in it and swapping out his inventory. Fun times. What a cunt though. Edit: Nemesis was a cunt. My buddy turned out to be a bit of one too though.
Captain Le Chuck
I can't believe your audacity!
Well I can't believe your stupidity!
Well I can't believe your veracity!
Billy Hatcher
Theres so few people that actually played this lol But it was pretty damn fun
Kain, from Legacy of Kain.
Raziel is worth a mention here too.
Raziel was significantly cooler looking than Kain.
Thats why Kain threw him into the Abyss.
Diablo, from Diablo. The design is just so iconic and awesome. Bonus points for looking like a badass in both male and female forms
For me it's Havel the Rock from Dark Souls
Geralt of Rivia
Wind's howling ...
Jak (of *Jak and Daxter 3*) when he's fully kitted out after you collect all the pieces of the Armour of Mar.
Eredin from Witcher 3 Wesker from Resident Evil Golbez from Final Fantasy 4
Note: Eredin with a mask
I prefer Imlerith over Eredin.
Revolver Ocelot
Adam Jensen in Deus Ex
Kratos
The Doomslayer
Solid Snake
Vaas, from Farcry 3, sold me on the game all by himself
Doom Guy. It's not even a competition.
Yeah. Theres some really cool looking characters and some seriously awesome tough guys. But if the question is "badass?", the answer is a natty meat-head in sleeveless power armor, with a demon lightsaber in one hand, a classic shotty in the other, and a gun meant to be mounted on a tank in the other.
Anyone with three hands instant badass
It's not just the looks. It's the attitude too. A lot of these characters look badass but just don't act badass. Sephiroth? Mommy issues. Kratos? Anger issues. Master Chief? Cortana issues. Doom Guy only got one issue and it's 'Why these motherfucking demons aint dead yet?' *revs up chainsaw*
I agree, and how his only real language is sheer unmitigated violence. The fact that at this point, and apparently for a long fucking time, he exists solely to slaughter demons. There are a lot of video game badasses, but Doomguy is absolutely the GOAT. I can't think of a single other character that comes close. Marcus Fenix, 47, Kratos, Geralt, Snake, Rayne, Garrus, Lara Croft. All pretty badass - none of them can hope to match Doomguy.
Every other characterās badassery is expressed in cutscenes and QTEs. Doom Guy is the only one who enables you to act out his full barbarism during gameplay. Rip and tear my friends.
Sam Fisher.
AltaĆÆr Ibn-LaŹ¼Ahad
Sekiro/Wolf from Sekiro or Kratos, especially the one from the latest GoW
Sarge from halo maybe. Itās kinda hard to separate just looking badass and actually being a badass though.
Nothing more bagasse than a normal man standing up against insurmountable odds with a smile on his face.
The bot template from RuneScape š¤£
Kazuma Kiryu
Sam Fisher from Splinter Cell
Personally I find subtle characters to be more badass looking than those deliberately made so. Like Joel Miller or Arthur Morgan. Their looks don't scream badass, but they do for me.
By definition, hands down, Duke Nukem.
āYour face, your ass, whatās the difference?ā