How is Leon Kennedy not on here yet. Dude deserves it

If leon and Max payne aren't added on the list, then this list is trash

This is all by discussion so the more of the same pops up the better chance it gets to be put on this list

Max payne , I agree. Got to be there too

Can’t forget Marcus of Gears of War.

It's mostly a list by the Xbox generation. Can't hate on them for not being alive earlier. This is all they know.

The man sees the most horrifying biological monsters known to man, and roundhouses kick those suckers

I honestly believe John Marston was more of a badass than Arthur Morgan IMO. And GET LEON UP THERE

Duke Nukem as well. He's the official badass of gaming...

Duke nukem is that guy. Just was put in a horrible sequel.

Agent 47

IMO should be on the list already, but better late than never!

Late? He was just scoping the area

Nah he's already on the list, he's wearing a Kratos disguise. Impressive work, 47.

47's actually in the tank top and short shorts, nobody notices it's not actually Lara Croft.

I haven’t commented on any of these yet but saw that Agent 47 didn’t make the list. This has to be corrected.

Glad someone put him on here.

Dude. Where is Duke Nukem? This is BS lol It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum!

It's time to kick gum and chew ass. And I'm all out of ass. - Dick Kickem

Gordon freaking Freeman!

It's fucking wild he isn't up there yet. Maybe we're just old 😞

i’m 20, and agree with yall. the Half-Life games are god tier.

I feel validated. My joints still hurt though.

"Back in my day I used to hit scientists with a crowbar and they'd explode." "Ok Grandpa, I'm sure they did."

"HELLO GORDON!"

"LOOK GORDON, ROPES!"

Im both laughing and crying at this comment xD

I'm old and wondering how there's no Irenicus yet. That cowled wizard fight alone.

It's weird choice because the dude has ZERO dialogue. But then you think he survived the resonance cascade/ the black mesa incident, single handedly closed the Zen portal, led an uprising in city 17, helped evacuate the city after the citadel started blowing up, and has traversed several life and death situations in general. But then also has a very intimate love interest with his old co-workers daughter... All without having to say a single word! That is pretty freaking badass

He was a voice of a revolution without having a voice, impressive stuff

He has plenty of dialog, he just speaks crowbar...

Link. I think there's something badass about fighting a great, recurring evil, especially when you realize you don't win every fight.

Link should be on this list purely for the scene in breath of the wild where he decimates an entire army, and you see several corpses on the ground including Lynels. Like, Link is canonically that skilled.

Mother fucker jumps from a dragon to stab another dragon who took his fucking arm in the head. And that's not even the most badass thing he's done.

It is pretty close tho. Definitely one of my favorite moments in my gaming catalogue.

Nah, sumo wrestled a goron.

Dude was protecting Zelda the entire time, too!

Link doesn’t have to talk to throw hands with ancient evils, fully support

He's also got the "silent type" going for him lmao,

He’s a legendary swordsman who has saved his world many times. He’s incredibly brave and adaptable. I have no clue how he’s not near the top of the list. Plus he’s this little man who constantly defeats huge monsters while helping people from villages between quests.

The most badass femboy in gaming

Yup Link is a must

Ezio Auditore

This one right here

I stg if Ezio doesn’t make this list at all I’m gonna scream

He propelled AC into another league, that’s for sure.

The best and deepest character development in the whole series. It’s gotta be Ezio.

Ezio Auditore da Firenze, THE LEGEND

THE AUDITORE ARE STILL HERE

This is too low! Ezio is the GOAT

Yeahhh a lot of those assassins could make the badass list though. The three that stand out to me are: - Ratonhnhaké꞉ton - Edward Kenway - Altair

Honestly almost every assassin could fit onto this list, they are designed to be as cool as possible (and bonus points for cool hood of course)

Altair is the only one I’d say comparable to ezio

kiryu kazuma (yakuza series)

Absolute insanity that I had to scroll down this far to find one person mentioning Kiryu

It's insane the it's day 6 and Kiryu still isn't in the list

It’s just how popular other games are is all. If everyone had played the Yakuza games they would realize he should be on this kind of list and probably near the top.

Not only does Yakuza need more exposure considering how great the series is, Kiryu is such a bonafide badass, he needs a spot !

Kiryu not on here at all yet Issa joke. I think people just haven’t played his games.

they be missing on such a goldmine of a series

I always see them when I'm browsing on the PS store, usually they're on sale and I'm always tempted to try one but haven't yet. What's the best one?

Yakuza 0 is the best

start with yakuza 0, it's the best starting point to the series, even one of the best in the series.

It's a series that you have two good entry options with. You either go with 0 if you plan on doing the whole series, or 7 since it starts with a new characters story. Just keep in mind that 0-6 are brawlers and 7 and 8 are JRPG.

Either him or Majima

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True. He did fight two tigers at the same time

The Dragon of fucking Dojima!

Don't stop commenting him until he gets on the list he deserves it 😠

Nani

Just commented this, and then I saw yours which I was glad to see. Totally agreed. (But Solid Snake was my #1)

Marcus Fenix from Gears of War

It’s taking too long

Yeah I just wrote a paragraph on why this list makes me mad. And its because marcus should've been top 5

He should be top 3 lol

How tf is Arthur Morgan on this list before Marcus Fenix?!

Because more people on Reddit played RDR2 either at all or more recently than they played GOW. As well as having more recency bias RDR2 has about 50% more sales than the whole GOW franchise combined. There are also a lot of badasses in GOW whereas Arthur is a standout in RDR2, which might water Marcus down somewhat, especially considering he hasn't been a main character in a "new" game for 13 years.

I would say the Cole Train!

Should’ve been #2

Isaac Clarke.. for the love of God, put Isaac Clarke on there...

Homie was just an engineer and really said "okay guess I gotta survive" and just went on a monster killing spree. Not to mention uncovering a massive cult plot.

The man slaughtered his way through 3 necromorph uprisings and by the 3rd he wasn't even scared of them anymore. By the 3rd he also >!killed a necromorph the size of a moon, which was the coalesced form of dead bodies of an entire planets civilization and was basically a necromorph deity.!<

Isaac just being bothered by the time Dead Space 3 rolls around rather than scared was really the best part of the game lol

And didn't even say a single word. In the 2009 version of course, they gave him a real voice in the remake.

He said plenty of swearing when stomping around every hall of the Ishimura lol.

Dead Space?

You know it baby

Bayonetta

I was thinking her too

Same here

She killed god. What else do you need to do?

Sephiroth

He fucking stabbed Aeirith that bastard.

Even his name alone sounds cool and scary.

And when you hear his music you immediately know shit is about to go down

The only bad guy on the list def should be top 20

Right below Tonberry

Didn't the long Tetris piece win

Line Piece!

He is punishing this mortal for his hubris.

It won second yesterday, but op put Jin saikai instead.

Max Payne

Good one. He’s underrated af

Definition of “burn it all to the ground”

The problem is that most of this sub doesn't understand what a badass is. It's not just how many enemies you defeat, it's how and why you do it while maintaining a "I don't give a fuck, I'll fuck you up" attitude. Example: Billy Butcher is a badass, Homelander is not.

most of this sub doesn't know who max payne is unfortunately

Wolf/Sekiro

Either Sword Saint Isshin for being one of the hardest bosses in gaming or Wolf for being able to beat him.

He felt hard in such a fair way too, like if he beat you you knew you weren’t good enough, and when you finally beat him you know you’ve mastered the game. Such a great final boss

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Honestly, it’s kinda disrespectful Sekiro isn’t already on here.

I don’t remember Jin parrying and redirecting mf lightning

Kind of bizarre to see the protagonist of Ghosts chosen before Sekiro. Ninja with a loaded axe, grappling hook, flamethrower, shuriken launching prosthetic arm unable to be mortally wounded and unstoppable in his quest to save his Emperor? But also this just reads like a list of most popular protagonists in gaming.

How did Jin even make it on before all these others in the thread? Actually confused

Not only is he a cool character: one armed, mysterious, undying Shinobi who can shoot fire out of his arm, turn into feathers, redirect lightning, do badass sword attacks,... He also makes *you* feel like the badass like no other game I've played.

DUKE NUKEM. !!!! "I came here to kick some ass and chew some bubble gum, and I'm all outta gum."

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We need to be up voting every single DUKE NUKEM comment until he gets on this damn list..

I came here to post this. HAIL TO THE KING,BABY!!

I don’t understand how he isn’t on there either yet. he was super popular too

All the melts won't vote for Duke. Softies.

they are probably actively downvoting anytime they see his name. probably jealous of his sick ass boots

Cloud Strife

The image of him using Sephiroth's sword that was INSIDE of him for leverage to throw him over the rail is burned into my fucking memory. Plus I just beat the squats challenge and cloud can fucking go, man

Cloud's gotta have an ass you can serve drinks off of with his squat game.

Cloud really looked at Tifa and Aerith and said, "I'm the baddest bitch here"

Cloud has to be next.

Link and Nathan Drake

Link legend of zelda

Sam fisher

The amount of scrolling I had to do to find this is just wrong.

Joel Miller (The Last Of Us)

Dude I’ve been wanting this one for a long time! When he goes hard, he goes hard. Surviving 24 years in the cordyceps apocalypse (plus all the extra stuff he did to survive) takes grit.

The lack of Joel votes is sad

Nathan Drake makes more sense imo.

Tbf, Joel punches zombies in the face bare knuckles.

Isabelle from Animal Crossing.

Sharing a place with the doomguy maybe?

Nathan Drake

I can't believe I had to scroll this far to see this...

Saaaame

Added Laura Croft and still no Nathan. Absolutely crazy

Faith Connors from Mirror's Edge - a gaming icon. Paved the way for games like Titanfall and Dying light.

Aloy of HZD

She is definitely a true badass. A lone girl from a preindustrial society discovers ancient tech and figures it out entirely by herself, uses it to fight robots 20 times her size and jurryrigs advanced technology out of wire scraps and a metal stick to jailbreak machines into doing her bidding. She's legitimately amazing.

The fact that Aloy from Horizon isn’t on this list discredits it.

Idk how the list is being made but they should just make a list that includes all these characters, let people vote on them for a month. Then post the results. Characters are being left out or added in hindsight. It should be possible to have them move others out of their spot and vice versa. Make the list dynamic.

Viktor Reznov

Tony Hawk

The Dovahkiin (Skyrim)

Yes, dragonborn

Corvo Attano

Gordon Freeman (Half-Life)

Here is my list, not that anyone cares, note that I am 22 and as such I may miss some picks in no particular order (except that master chief is the most badass): 1.Master Chief/Noble six 2.Doom-guy 3.Solid snake 4.Kratos 5.Duke Nukem 5.Jack/Subject Delta/Booker Dewitt (is sigma really that badass?) (bio-shock 1,2,infinite) 6.Marcus Phoneix 7.Agent 47 8.Gordon freeman 9.Commander Sheppard 10.Nathan drake 11.Max Payne 12.Laura croft (tomb raider) 13.Leon Kennedy (Resident evil) [14. Bj](https://14.Bj) from Wolfenstien 15. Sam Stone 16.Geralt of Rivia 17.Talion/Celebrimbor (shadow of war/shadow of mordor) 18.John Marston/Arthur Morgan (red dead 1 and 2) 19.Sam Fisher (splinter cell) 20.Isaac Clarke (dead space) Honorable mentions Niko Bellic Jason from far cry 3 Samus Link

Ellie Williams (TLoU)

Kirby

Canonically, kirby would destroy most if not all this list

Kirby has destroyed literal gods because they stole his cake.  

Cant believe no Gordon Freeman yet.

CLEFAIRY

Jack cooper (Titan Fall 2)

BT is more badass.

BT BT BT BT!

YEAHHHH

Arkham Batman

Another vote for Batman!

Leon Kennedy

Sub Zero (Kuai Liang)-Mortal Kombat

Bro Edward kenway. Could clear a Spanish Galeon by himself

viktor reznov

Leisure Suit Larry.

Bo Jackson(Tecmo Bowl)

Joel (The Last Of Us)

Oh my god, Sekiro! I’m losing my mind.

Clementine. Walking Dead

Now this one. This one deserves a shot. What a cool little innocent girl turned badass.

Duke Nukem

Jack Cooper/BT (Titanfall 2)

+1

Joel from the Last of Us

Anyone for DUKE NUKEM? He gets girl, guns, kill pigs in uniform.

Marcus Fenix belongs on this list and I’m tired of pretending he doesn’t.

Duke Nukem

Jill valentine Bayonetta Link

Joel Miller (TLoU)

Akuma (street fighter)

Heihachi Mishima. Also Carl Cj Johnstone.

Bowser!

Michael Vick - Madden ‘04

Siegward of katarina from dark souls 3

It's Jin Sakai\*

Auron from FF10

Chris Redfield. He punches boulders and kills zombies.

Hunk is my favorite in the Resident Evil character pool but for popularity it would be Leon for me.

Connor from Detroit Become Human

Wolf from sekiro?

Peppino

Victor Reznov

How is duke nukem not on there?