irishdelinquent:

Samus Aran. She's wiped out more alien menaces than just about every nominee combined, and single-handedly I might mention (let's see Marcus Fenix or Master Chief say that). More importantly, she blasted her way into an entirely male-dominated field. Nothing says tough like kicking the crap out of gender boundaries.

P.S: you should have name the poll "The Top Ten 'Ardest Game Characters". 'Ard denotes toughness :P

D'oh, you've mistaken "Badass" for "Hardest". -or maybe I've done that, because from what the first post implied, I thought OP meant who is the "hardest" as in "who is the grizzliest most muscular overdone 'grizzly manly man' character."

God or Not, Kratos just has to be it, he isn't subtle like the rest (Such as "I have a troubled mysterious past") but...eh, you've played God of War, I could go on and on, his love for the ladies, those amazing blades in which he kills everything so brutally with, etc.

(I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who thinks Samus Aran is the most badass of badasses, too bad the devs turned her into barbie doll in metroid prime 3 with those huge eyelashes and makeup.)

Serious Sam & Gordon Freeman.

ElArabDeMagnifico:

irishdelinquent:

Samus Aran. She's wiped out more alien menaces than just about every nominee combined, and single-handedly I might mention (let's see Marcus Fenix or Master Chief say that). More importantly, she blasted her way into an entirely male-dominated field. Nothing says tough like kicking the crap out of gender boundaries.

P.S: you should have name the poll "The Top Ten 'Ardest Game Characters". 'Ard denotes toughness :P

D'oh, you've mistaken "Badass" for "Hardest". -or maybe I've done that, because from what the first post implied, I thought OP meant who is the "hardest" as in "who is the grizzliest most muscular overdone 'grizzly manly man' character."

God or Not, Kratos just has to be it, he isn't subtle like the rest (Such as "I have a troubled mysterious past") but...eh, you've played God of War, I could go on and on, his love for the ladies, those amazing blades in which he kills everything so brutally with, etc.

(I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who thinks Samus Aran is the most badass of badasses, too bad the devs turned her into barbie doll in metroid prime 3 with those huge eyelashes and makeup.)

I dunno about you, but I've yet to see Barbies dream Spaceship with air to surface nuclear warheads, or Barbies fully mechanized battle suit with wave beam technology. Just cause she looks good doesn't mean she can't kick ass.

But yeah, Samus loses out for the same reason that Master Chief does - she's inside that suit. She can do some amazing stuff, like compress her body mass to a point that is physically impossible for regular humans, but in the end she didn't end up enduring all that much pain. Then again, she did do it all alone, while Master Chief had backup...I'd put her a level above Master Chief, but still not that Hard.

The marine from Doom is the 'ardest game character I can think off. The dude walks into hell, shots some demons with a really big gun and then walks out.

Larry from the Leisure Suit Larry games is fairly hard... but not lets go there.

Shephard from Mass Effect. He can be the bad ass rogue character. Or she can be. Or not. Depends on how you play it.

Guts(Gutsu) from Sword of the Berserk (Dreamcast)

The top ten so far are:

Duke Nukem: 5

Kratos: 11

The guy from Bioshock: 2

Snake: 5

Nico Bellic: 5

Sepiroth: 2

Samus Aran: 2

Doom Marine: 2

Marcus Fenix: 2

Gordon Freeman: 2

Come on guys, more voting! We need to split up all the two's.

The guy from Bioshock only got one vote. Mine was an almost, not really.

Can we count it as one? Then we have a list of ten!

shadow skill:
The Boss.

Fuckin' right she's a badass. :) And not your usual badass-girl-in-game character. More like, a soldier. I think that's what I like about her.

Cloud - Killed Sephiroth several times.

Sephiroth - Keeps getting back up for more.

GloatingSwine:
The Guy.

Considering the myriad of trials one must undergo to become The Guy, there can be no doubt.

Anarchemitis:
Ratchet, because nobody messes with a Lombax.

Indeed.

I would like to nominate Jazz Jackrabbit for going through wormholes to save his fiancee.

buy teh haloz:
Nikolai Bellic (Niko) from GTAIV

Master Chief from Halo (obvious bit that.)

Kratos from God of War

Marcus Fenix from Gears of War

and Gordon Freeman from Half Life

need I say more?

gordon freeman yeh baby

Gordon freeman, hard as fuck! has no military training, hes only a physicist(?) takes down the entire overwatch single handed, i mean cmon...

Indigo_Dingo:
Actually, according to Wiki, no-one here fits.

According to the all-mighty wikipedia, hardness is "characterized by a disregard for local law enforcement, a familiarity with illegal drugs and weaponry, a criminal record, and aggressive tendencies when it is felt that personal territory or livelihood is being threatened". Doesn't really fit any of our characters any more than any other videogame character.

wikipedia...

yes. thats the most trust worthy place to get info from mind.

Anyway, has to be kratos.

Hardness?

The Companion Cube, he's all steel baby.

buy teh haloz:
Nikolai Bellic (Niko) from GTAIV

Master Chief from Halo (obvious bit that.)

Kratos from God of War

Marcus Fenix from Gears of War

and Gordon Freeman from Half Life

need I say more?

Yeah, why Gordon Freeman?

For me, it's Naked Snake alias Jack alias John alias Big Boss. Man this man had so much shit to go trough. No unbelievable macho Bullshit like Kratos or any of the Gears of War characters, but he was alive, human.

Rather than the player character in bioshock... I'd have to say Andrew Ryan. He builds a city with the intent for it to be devoid of morals, basically telling established society to piss off. He intentionally alienates the majority of the earth to create a society where science can explored in ways that make sane people shudder.

Other than him, I'd have to say Niko Bellic or Duke. As much as I want to say Kane, he's not so much of a bad-ass as he is a delusional homicidal maniac with good persuasion skills.

I would like to second the nomination of Captain Price, though. I think he's been in every Call of Duty game. Not many people can say they've fought in WW2 and a modern-day war, all while wearing a handlebar moustache.

wow i actually had to register just after seening some of the posts here
now as i dont agree with most of the choices the people here made
i have to say the one the bothers me the most is Nico Bellic [gta4]
i know we are in the middle of the whole gta frenzzy that comes after every gta game
and hell gta4 was the best gta game yet with a half way decent plot
however Nico Bellic while being ''hard'' is NOT by no means the HARDEST
i could go on about that but i want to adress some other choices

gordon freeman:, protagonist in some of the best fps games to date
is a ''mute'' with no character of his own [there for cannot be the hardest]

Master Chief: a non mute Gordon Freeman :)

Guts: this guy is the single most awesome, incredible,hardcore,badass, amazing character ever made [and he has been around for the past 20 years, still ongoing]
but this is the Hardest GAME Characters
now i never actually played this game but i assume its a generic japanese fighting game and i doubt that you can tell how much of a badass guts is in it

DMC3's dante was realy baddass, but DMC4 took alot of that away from him

all in all, my vote goes to duke nukem, the KING of gaming hardasses

i think tourque from the suffering was a pretty hard dude

How about the Burgular in Lego Island. He nicked bricks!

Indigo_Dingo:

irishdelinquent:

Samus Aran. She's wiped out more alien menaces than just about every nominee combined, and single-handedly I might mention (let's see Marcus Fenix or Master Chief say that). More importantly, she blasted her way into an entirely male-dominated field. Nothing says tough like kicking the crap out of gender boundaries.

P.S: you should have name the poll "The Top Ten 'Ardest Game Characters". 'Ard denotes toughness :P

I dunno about you, but I've yet to see Barbies dream Spaceship with air to surface nuclear warheads, or Barbies fully mechanized battle suit with wave beam technology. Just cause she looks good doesn't mean she can't kick ass.

But yeah, Samus loses out for the same reason that Master Chief does - she's inside that suit. She can do some amazing stuff, like compress her body mass to a point that is physically impossible for regular humans, but in the end she didn't end up enduring all that much pain. Then again, she did do it all alone, while Master Chief had backup...I'd put her a level above Master Chief, but still not that Hard.

I think Samus' suit doesn't necessarily detract from her 'ardness. While it is a suit of power armor, granted, she's still only human (or at least humanoid). She's not a genetically engineered super-soldier. Plus, that suit has no *shudder* regenerating shield. She may have a lot of health (yay energy tanks!), but she doesn't gradually regain it over time without a visit to the energy chamber. Meh, she's still 'ard in my books.

P.S: let us call a truce on the whole Kratos thing. I put him fairly high up on my personal list, but he can't be number 1 for me, because of being a God at some point in time (whether playable or not).

Last Man Standing:

Guts: this guy is the single most awesome, incredible,hardcore,badass, amazing character ever made [and he has been around for the past 20 years, still ongoing]
but this is the Hardest GAME Characters
now i never actually played this game but i assume its a generic japanese fighting game and i doubt that you can tell how much of a badass guts is in it

I couldn't find a good gameplay video of it yet but it's not a generic fighter it's a A-B type map an kill anything that stands in your way Action/adventure game an if you in a hallway you have to use your fist instead of your sword becuase you can only start to swing before hitting a wall

Postal Dude, he goes out to get a carton of milk, but ending up killing hundreds of innocent people and dancing on their grave (and pissing on it, which is a actually a quest)

No indigo_dingo you've missed my point, she did look good until metroid prime 3 made her look just plain ridiculous. She still had the blonde hair and such but she didn't have eyelashes the size of my hand.

irishdelinquent:

I think Samus' suit doesn't necessarily detract from her 'ardness. While it is a suit of power armor, granted, she's still only human (or at least humanoid). She's not a genetically engineered super-soldier. Plus, that suit has no *shudder* regenerating shield. She may have a lot of health (yay energy tanks!), but she doesn't gradually regain it over time without a visit to the energy chamber. Meh, she's still 'ard in my books.

P.S: let us call a truce on the whole Kratos thing. I put him fairly high up on my personal list, but he can't be number 1 for me, because of being a God at some point in time (whether playable or not).

What if he was a God at the end (it doesn't happen exactly but, just a hypothetical)?

ElArabDeMagnifico:
No indigo_dingo you've missed my point, she did look good until metroid prime 3 made her look just plain ridiculous. She still had the blonde hair and such but she didn't have eyelashes the size of my hand.

I remember no eyelashes. Corruption was just the first one where I remember seeing her at all without the suit, so I thought that was what you were referring to.

Guybrush Threepwood ;L quote: "How appropriate you fight like a cow!"

Hmmm, tough choices; So far the top contender's looks like, Kratos, Master Chief, Duke Nukem, Jack from Bioshock, Nico Bellic, Solid Snake, Sephiroth, Gordon Freeman, Marcus Fenix, Kain/Raziel, and possibly Nathan Drake.

So, let's break it down:

Kratos: Ok for starters, he has been killed like 3 times, no one else can boast that (maybe Sephiroth if you count coming back as a memory/lifestream/ghost/whatever). Second, he doesn't have any bigass guns or shields or alien technology, he has two giant blades seared to his arms by the FIRES OF HELL. Also, and this is the only other evidence that I need, IF YOU FUCK WITH HIM...HE WILL RIP YOU IN HALF ... WITH HIS COCK!

Master Chief: Not sure that I give him the badass/hardest award, he probably gets more of the most Efficient Killing Machine Ever; But not really the badass material.

Duke Nukem: The only award he gets is the Now Has testicular Cancer From Too Many Steroids award.

Jack from Bioshock: He shoots FUCKING BEES FROM HIS FUCKING HANDS.....case closed.

Nico Bellic: Russian, mobster, street racer, assassin, ladies man, avenger, and... he has a permanent 5 o'clock shadow. Enough Said.

Solid Snake: Defiantly has a strong case for the sneakiest bastard ever, not particularly badass about it, very good, but not bad ass. Sam Fisher has him beat.

Sephiroth: The guy tells physics to fuck off, has a sword as long as a 1976 Buick and... and never ruins his glorious locks of hair while battling for the control of existance.

Gordon Freeman: Takes on legions of aliens and zombies with nothing more than a crowbar and glorified vacuum cleaner, always saves the girl, without saying a word. DONE and DONE.

Marcus Fenix: Dude, chainsaw assault rifle... do I even need to say anything else.

Kain/Raziel: Ok starting off, their both vampires, one eats blood, the other souls. I you havent played these games, sign off these forums, buy a copy of Blood Omen, and Soul Reaver; and dont come back till you've finished the series. These character thas the most amazing dialog ever, as they whisper in your ear while you fall dying to the groud, you will not care, because it will be the most gloriously rought death threat ever.

Nathan Hale: Bitch please.

I fear I would be remiss to not point out another name that must be present to vote on. Altaïr ibn La-Ahad from Assassins Creed. If you play the game for more than 5 minutes, you automatically blow a giant badassy load, and it's FUCKING AWSOME. For those of you who have had to clean up the mess, you know what I mean.

But if I had to put up a top three it would go as such.

1. Altaïr
2. Kratos
3. Gordan Freeman

Apologies to the characters I have left out.

Also C&C'c Kane is a total badass.

Kane, I mean, come on, the guy gets hit by a fucking Ion Cannon and lives, he is rock hard, you would not mess with Kane, nobody messes with Kane.

The hardest game character ever has to be Shadow the hedgehog. He's spiky, has guns, is fast, and shoots Sonic!

But the most badass character ever has to be Dante from Devil May Cry. I mean dude, he fights a 200' tall giant mega uber statue thing and still finds the time to take the piss! Although I do think he's compensating for something with that sword of his...

Marcus Fenix: Dude, chainsaw assault rifle... do I even need to say anything else.

Dom had one too...and Cole..and Baird..and...oh, all the COGs had one.

I think you do have to say more, otherwise he's just your grizzled space marine. (but John DiMaggio voices him so that's pretty damn cool.)

Pyramid Head

Death by Rape, nuff said...

Fallensky7:

Master Chief: Not sure that I give him the badass/hardest award, he probably gets more of the most Efficient Killing Machine Ever; But not really the badass material.

You have offended every fibre of my being with this statement. Master Chief is most certainly NOT the most efficient killing machine ever. Samus almost wiped out an entire species, and dismantled the Space Pirates organization several times, before Master Chief came along. Mario has butt-stomped more annoying midgets (Goombas) than MC could ever dream of (those damn grunts). How many thousand moblins, stalfos, and octoroks has Link put to the sword before 2001? Master Chief has only had three games worth of homicide...whoopidy doo.

Fallensky7:
Nico Bellic: Russian, mobster, street racer, assassin, ladies man, avenger, and... he has a permanent 5 o'clock shadow. Enough Said.

If the poll was for "Biggest Dirtbag in Gaming", Niko would certainly be near the pinnacle. However, I hardly consider him "tough". Ladies man......you make me a sad panda

Fallensky7:
Marcus Fenix: Dude, chainsaw assault rifle... do I even need to say anything else.

While I agree that Marcus is fairly tough, it's not the Lancer rifle that does this. You seem to be drawn to what makes a character "cool", and not what makes them "tough". Marcus, and the other COGs for that matter, are tough because they don't have an energy shield like Master Chief. When he gets shot too much, Marcus flexes his abs until the bleeding stops. I'm pretty sure he's actually sewing the wound closed with barbed wire, but the camera doesn't angle that way for you to see it.