That cartoon guy in blue-yellow suit and 13 on his back from Fallout, greatest legend of gaming industry, no doubt (I'm serious, that's my favorite ^^).

Oh, yeah, Raz from Psychonauts, he's cool too... I mean, he's a secret agent that saved the world, and he's friggin' 7 (or something)!!!

Almost forgot about Earthworm Jim, I played the game on Sega Emulator when I was a baby ^^ And the cartoon was also made, it's still one of my favorites...

LadyZephyr:
Samus. Max (from Sam & Max).

Now this would be the worlds greatest slash-fic!

Eldred from Sacrifice. Washes up in a strange world and issues a proclamation to whatever gods there may be without even hesitating.

Cryptosporidium although I cant remember the number because I killed so many

I thought by playable character you ment like "characters you couldnt normaly be"
Like mine is the Green Goblin in that first spiderman movie game
you could fly around on his glider had pumpkin bombs and shit and had super speed so cool

PlasticPorter:
I thought by playable character you ment like "characters you couldnt normaly be"
Like mine is the Green Goblin in that first spiderman movie game
you could fly around on his glider had pumpkin bombs and shit and had super speed so cool

this thread will probably sink in the 3 days it takes for you to be unbanned.

but

wat?

Hotsuma from shinobi.

Altorin:

PlasticPorter:
I thought by playable character you ment like "characters you couldnt normaly be"
Like mine is the Green Goblin in that first spiderman movie game
you could fly around on his glider had pumpkin bombs and shit and had super speed so cool

this thread will probably sink in the 3 days it takes for you to be unbanned.

but

wat?

for me to be un-banned?
what does that mean?
is the green goblin offensive?
if so, thats really funny

Koromaru of Persona 3.Name any other dog that can summon the gate keeper of Hell,Cerberus to do their bidding.

Sonic the Hedgehog (In his GOOD games)

Solid Snake

Leon S Kennedy in Resident Evil 4 (man that suplex is kick arse)

Samus Aran

And Mitsurugi from the Soul Calibur series

Geralt z Rivii....Oops, um: Geralt of Rivia.
He's got a great sense of badass humor, as well as around 4 edged weapons on his person at one time...
Plus, he beats up fish-people

mattais in mercenaries 2
the fact that we was a viking made him a badass, and his total disregard for his own like so he could kill a man who shot him in the ass.

Marcus Fenix.

Anyone who uses a chainsaw attachment to slice hideous alien abominations from their right shoulder to their left hip is utter badass.

I can't really decide on a character, but I am glad to see that Master Chief has only shown up a few times. Although, he doesn't really belong on the list at all.

Knuckles from the first Sonic games and definantly Captain Falcon and Falco.
Master Chief really doesn't feel badass to me, he's just doing his job. He's probably as badass as a person who wakes and goes to work at the office.

Solid.Mother.Fucking.Snake.

Solid mother fucking snake on a mother fucking plane.

The Priest in age of empires.

Other people have mentioned most of mine already, so I'll just reiterate:

Knuckles of 'Sonic &' fame
Jack from Bioshock
Conker the Squirrel
Raz from Psychonauts

agent-47
solid snake
and HK-47.

Sir Daniel Fortesque. The first playable skeleton ever.

Bryan Fury from Tekken 3. I loved that guy.

Said several times, but Samus Aran, bitch.
She kills radioactive mutant abominations, single-handedly wipes out entire SPECIES and blows up planets.

Samus Aran.

Kratos obviously
Turok because he kills dinosaurs with a knife
And of course Bowser and Shadow the Hedgehog

Dan Smith from Killer 7.
The man just oozes badassness.

I mean just look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6BmgK5s5to

Kirby. Now I know what you are thinking, how is that adorable puffball badassed? The plot of squeak squad is him leaving a trail of destruction all over the world, eating his enemies alive along the way all for a slice of strawberry shortcake.

Indigo_Dingo:
Cryptosporidium 138

Oh,how could you not love Crypto? the only character with good one-liners.

Ethan Thomas.

I mean, seriously. He gets his finger CUT OFF and then goes off to bash the crazy guys heads in like nothing happened!

I have to say CABAL/LEGION of command and conquer as you play as him in CnC3 KW.

Playing as Vile in Megaman X for the PSP is awesome and he's the most badass of all megaman villians ^^

Raynaux:
Playing as Vile in Megaman X for the PSP is awesome and he's the most badass of all megaman villians ^^

Anyone who looks like Boba Phet is badass to begin with. God damn is his campaign hard too.

Master Chief, Gordon Freeman, Link, Cloud, Squall, Conker, Duke Nukem as well

Geralt from The Witcher has some totally badass moments, as does Shepard from Mass Effect. I'd have to say that J.C. Denton from Deus Ex wins over all of them, though. There's nothing like playing as a politically-aware cyborg with sunglasses, a trench coat, and superpowers.

As mentioned, Hk-47 is just too "cute"

And, of course, Brad Wong from DoA.

Drunken Boxing saves the day!

Kane from the C&C series.