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Shazam!
06-13-2009, 09:50 PM
Of course Mario, Sonic and Link are some of the most well known gaming mascots and characters, but which ones do you think are coolest? Of course the poll allows only 10, so I will post 10 who I think are some of the most well deserved badasses of gaming.

Broncospsycho77
06-13-2009, 09:59 PM
Samus (Metroid)... super badass.
Link (Legend of Zelda)
Marcus Fenix (Gears of War)
Main character from Assassin's Creed
Solid Snake from MSG
Prolly some of the Pokemon

studbucket
06-13-2009, 10:28 PM
I voted Freeman simply because he's more "multi-faceted" than the other options, being the scientist and all.

Plus he looks a lot like the best prof I had in college.

Requiem / The Dagda
06-13-2009, 10:35 PM
Mega Man.

Northman
06-13-2009, 10:40 PM
Forgot the dude from Devil May Cry.

Shazam!
06-14-2009, 01:21 AM
Forgot the dude from Devil May Cry.

Arrrgh... Oh well.

Timmy!
06-14-2009, 04:00 AM
I voted for Freeman, cause Half Life rocked.

But, If he was there, I would have voted for Shepard. (Mass Effect).

atwater27
06-14-2009, 06:46 AM
Alex and Ryan from River City Ransom
Little Mac from Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Bill Rizer and Lance Bean from Contra
Chrono from Chrono Trigger
Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy
Vincent Valentine from Final Fantasy

Timmy!
06-14-2009, 07:35 AM
Alex and Ryan from River City Ransom
Little Mac from Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Bill Rizer and Lance Bean from Contra
Chrono from Chrono Trigger
Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy
Vincent Valentine from Final Fantasy

A River City Ransom reference. Pure badass. :beer:

Devilspawn
06-14-2009, 12:42 PM
The most badass character I saw was Vermillion from the Toshinden series. Basically, he brought guns to a sword fight. Picture him as a male version of my avy and sig, literally.

Shazam!
06-14-2009, 01:05 PM
Your Av/Sig looks like the chick from Bloodrayne.

MasterShake
06-26-2009, 09:55 AM
Link from Zelda. I know he is always a different Link, but I like his attitude and the fact that he uses bombs and boomarangs.

Thnikkaman
06-26-2009, 10:27 AM
Voted Freeman because come on. He is freaking Gordon Freeman.

Other honerable mentions that haven't appeared in this thread yet:

Scorpion & Sub Zero - Mortal Kombat
Ken & Ryu - Street Fighter
King - Tekken

Thnikkaman
06-26-2009, 12:49 PM
I also forgot about my absolute favorite from Tekken:

Yoshimitsu.

NightTrainLayne
06-26-2009, 01:26 PM
How do you make a list like this and leave off Q-bert?

AlWilsonizKING
06-26-2009, 05:10 PM
How do you make a list like this and leave off Q-bert?

And Pac Man, Donkey Kong....come on....Frogger, the little bars from pong!!!


lol


PEACE!!!

Shazam!
06-26-2009, 10:40 PM
When making this thread I though of who is coolest, not well known or iconic.

haroldthebarrel
06-26-2009, 11:04 PM
Minsc in the Baldurs gate series and it isnt even close.

"I shall inspire you by charging blindly on!!!!!"

NameUsedBefore
06-26-2009, 11:19 PM
Whoa, I originally wrote a post including Minsc and Boo but had to go before posting.

Another would be The Nameless One from Planescape cause an immortal looking for mortality is badass.

Out of that list, though, I'd go with Sam Fisher. Michael Ironside's voice is perfect and high-tech espionage makes me froth at the mouth.

Shazam!
06-26-2009, 11:22 PM
Cloud would kick Link's ass.

haroldthebarrel
06-26-2009, 11:23 PM
I think Gman is a lot more fascinating and also cooler than Freeman in the HL series.
The intro in HL2 is one of the best spoken intros ever and that includes movies IMO.

NameUsedBefore
06-27-2009, 05:04 AM
I think Gman is a lot more fascinating and also cooler than Freeman in the HL series.
The intro in HL2 is one of the best spoken intros ever and that includes movies IMO.

LCKDTA3ghPo

It didn't include my favorite part which is when you walk past the guy standing there he says he didn't see you get on the train.

Thnikkaman
06-30-2009, 10:53 PM
The G-Man is super creepy and cool. I'm trying to think of others that strike me as being cool (not iconic).

I always liked Rodney Mullen as a video game character, but he is just bad ass in real life. Kyle Katarn from Jedi Knight II was also pretty bad ass.

Timmy!
06-30-2009, 11:50 PM
If we're going for other cool non main characters, I'm gonna go back to Mass Effect again. Wrex was a total bad ass, and Jester (in a more limited) roll was very good. I really hope they bring Seth Green back has Jester in MF2.

MasterShake
07-01-2009, 12:05 AM
Cloud would kick Link's ass.

Squall was pretty good from FFVIII. They sell gunblades at the comic shop down the street from me.

I'd like to add Ryu Hyabusa from Ninja Gaiden and Duke Nukem. Also Akuma from Street Fighter.

And if we can nominate non playable characters, I'd have to go with Darth Malek from KOTR.

Timmy!
07-01-2009, 12:13 AM
I'd also like to toss in Crono from Chrono Trigger and Serge from Chrono Cross. Even though they are "silent" characters those are two of my favorite games of all time.

FanInAZ
07-01-2009, 12:36 AM
I've always have gotten a kick out of Tonya from Red Alert.

Thnikkaman
07-01-2009, 06:46 AM
Squall was pretty good from FFVIII. They sell gunblades at the comic shop down the street from me.

I'd like to add Ryu Hyabusa from Ninja Gaiden and Duke Nukem. Also Akuma from Street Fighter.

And if we can nominate non playable characters, I'd have to go with Darth Malek from KOTR.

FF VIII killed the franchise for me. Squall is a dick.

NameUsedBefore
07-01-2009, 06:57 PM
How about all the Team Fortress 2 characters?

The Spy/Sniper are pretty cool characters and amusing rivals,

http://www.redcoin.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sniperspy.png

Thnikkaman
07-01-2009, 08:12 PM
The spy is my favorite character by far. In my play log, I have racked up 75% more time on the spy than all the other classes combined.

MasterShake
07-01-2009, 11:26 PM
I'd also like to toss in Crono from Chrono Trigger and Serge from Chrono Cross. Even though they are "silent" characters those are two of my favorite games of all time.

A more recent RPG good character is Kaim from Lost Odyssey. I also nominate Cid from the Final Fantasy series for always having an airship or some other crazy invention to help move the story along. He better be back for 13!

Shazam!
07-02-2009, 12:54 AM
I'm surprised Master Chief and Gordon Freeman are the tops in the poll so far, against such formiddable competition like Solid Snake.

IMO Chief and Freeman are very similar characters.

Timmy!
07-02-2009, 01:03 AM
A more recent RPG good character is Kaim from Lost Odyssey. I also nominate Cid from the Final Fantasy series for always having an airship or some other crazy invention to help move the story along. He better be back for 13!

I liked Lost Odyssey as well.

Shazam!
07-02-2009, 02:07 AM
LO is the most underrated RPG EVER.

MasterShake
07-02-2009, 09:04 AM
I liked Lost Odyssey as well.

I was surprised it took me so long to play it. I played last remnant first because SqaureEnix made it, but Lost Odyssey was more like Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy 12 was good, but I miss the turn based level up stuff like Lost Odyssey had.

Shazam!
07-02-2009, 12:07 PM
I was surprised it took me so long to play it. I played last remnant first because SqaureEnix made it, but Lost Odyssey was more like Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy 12 was good, but I miss the turn based level up stuff like Lost Odyssey had.

I say don't fix it if it ain't broken.

Turn-based combat is my RPG battle engine of choice, and I hate that these publishers try too hard to change what is proven.

underrated29
07-02-2009, 01:54 PM
i DIDNT read through the entire list but here are some cool ones in my mind.


Prince of persia- I dont know his name
Kid Icarus- An angel guy/cupid that shoots people, he is badass
Heiyachi-tekken- He is the king of asian karate skills. He is my fav.
Rayden-he cant die, shoots lightning. Badass!

aberdien
07-03-2009, 12:02 AM
Link and Luigi, fool.

Shazam!
07-03-2009, 12:18 AM
Link and Luigi, fool.

...are very uncool.

aberdien
07-03-2009, 01:50 AM
...are very uncool.

If this site had Low 5's and they were considered derogatory...