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My Top Ten Badasses in Gaming

By SirBoomstick on November 29, 2009, 2:08 am

Badasses.  You are not a badass.  Neither are your parents.  Neither am I (I'm just a modest guy in real life who's trying to be cocky on the internet).  If we were badasses, then god wouldn't have invented fiction.  And in fiction we find all the men who make us take a look in the mirror and ask ourselves, "...Damn.  Where did I go wrong?"  Now I know full well that there's a ScrewAttack Top 10 List of Coolest Characters, so I'm just gonna go ahead and pull a Stuttering Craig and say "This is my list, not yours! I can do whatever the hell I want!" so I'd appreciate it if you don't compare my list with the one I mentioned.  And because this is my list, prepare for some sleeper picks, and please note that it's strictly for characters who made their first appearance in a game.  So here's my debut ScrewAttack list, Top 10 List of characters who make you grow beards just by mentioning their names.  This is SirBoomstick's Top 10 Badasses in Gaming.




10 (Tie).

Charizard and Mewtwo

**** got Hardcore

 

More **** just got hardcore

Let's get this list started off right.  As my two most favourite Pokemon, I would be kicking my childhood in the balls if I didn't include these two gargantuans from the golden days of this now failing franchise into this list of badasses.  I'll admit I was kind of inspired to put these two into this list based off of renegadeangel's Badass Pokemon List, but my main reason for their inclusion was back when we played with link cables I could win a series of fights against all of my friends just with these two Pokemon.  Even when I made the transition to Generation II, I only had to slightly modify the movesets and my dynamic duo still kicked ass (seriously, if you weren't good at Pokemon in my elementary school, you'd be eaten alive).  What really drew me towards Charizard in the TV show was his 'I don't give a ****' attitude towards Ash.  If he didn't want to fight, he just didn't fight, and when he gets pissed off, he REALLY gets pissed off.  And the fight between him and Entei was the only thing that kept me from hating the third movie.  As for Mewtwo, I'm one of the few people who actually liked "Pokemon: The First Movie", I would be proud to place him in a top movie villains list based on his angry motives.  Charizard and Mewtwo, insert something witty about Pokemon here.

Before I move on, allow me to take the time to say "**** LUCARIO!"


9.
Siegfried (As of Soul Calibur III)

I has big sword

The storyline for a series of fighting games is really hard to follow, because there can be so many interpretations.  Seriously, it took me a while to figure out why Siegfried was back in Soul Calibur III (for the record, I knew he was Nightmare when I played SCII).  For the longest time, I didn't care to find out, because this guy friggin' rocked!  In my opinion, he had the most deadly moveset in the whole game.  I mean come on, who wouldn't like a guy slashes you in the back and promptly slams you into the ground?  A lot of his badassery can be attributed to his voice actor, Crispin Freeman, one of the greatest voice actors of all time... but I don't want to spend too much time on him.  From what you could understand at face value, he was a German Knight hellbent on destroying Soul Edge.  And destroy it he doesn't, no.  We get to see him in Soul Calibur IV, which I've only played once.  Anyway, Siegfried everyone.


8.
Simon Belmont

Whip it good

Because I was born in '91, I was brought into the gaming scene past the glory days of the SNES, so I've only known about Castlevania for about a year, thanks to Virtual Console.  I have played some of the newer Castlevania games for the DS, but I was disappointed to find out that they're far too similar to Metroid, and thanks to Sir James Rolfe, I now know what the problem is, but I want to talk about Konami's original medieval badass.  Now Simon is on this list because I am a real sucker for medieval lore (keep an eye out for more later in this list), whether it be character, settings, or simply a mere similarity, I can be captivated.  Simon Belmont is basically Indiana Jones born back in the 1600s and I love it.  The only motivation Simon has for ripping Dracula limb from limb is basically because it's just his job and he accepts it just like it's a day in the life, no love interest (not counting the Haunted Castle arcade), no reward (except for renown), just because it has to be done.  Simon Belmont... the Vampire Killer (I know, I suck at these).


7.
Sephiroth

FIRE!!! HAHAHAHA!!! FIRE!!!

I'm aware that there's an ongoing battle between whether Cloud or Sephiroth is cooler.  Though I am one to go for the goody two shoe at times, Sephiroth's katana the size of a claymore is just more appealing to me than Cloud's broadsword.  Hell, they brought him back to life just so they could make a movie, so that's got to say something.  Sephiroth is cooler to me... enough said.


6.
HK-47



Probably the most hardcore badass in that galaxy far, far away.  In the Knights of the Old Republic series HK-47 is the most Dark Sided character if you yourself are not playing on the Dark Side, and boy does it show.  Every other panel in a conversation with another NPC, he'll be asking if he can kill them, he calls people 'meatbags' just because it pissed off Darth Malak at some point, and he has some really entertaining stories about his kill count.  In my opinion, he's the best non-Jedi party member of the group.  And his badassery goes up even more when you restore your content for KotOR 2 and run around a droid factory killing greenish pussified versions of this guy.  My second favourite Star Wars character, but my favourite Star Wars badass, HK-47.


5.
Samus Aran

The original female badass

Alright, number five, now we're getting serious.  Back in the late 80s, at the end of a little game called Metroid, Nintendo pulled a fast one and brought us the original female badass.  I was first introduced to the series with Super Metroid, the very first game I played. Inspired from the concept of 'Alien', Samus Aran must venture alone through various dead worlds, in a claustraphobic environment and eradicate the Metroid species and kill anything that gets in her way.  Like Simon Belmont's motivation, she's the only one good at it.  And admit it, you do think it would be cool to have a suit like she does.  Samus Aran, the first lady of gaming.


4.
Commander Shepard

Mass Effect

Another pick born from the almighty Bioware.  Whether you choose to be a Paragon or Renegade within Mass Effect, this guy (or gal, whatever your preference is) will always be a badass.  Whether it's gunning down some poor bastard or smacking down an obnoxious reporter, Shepard is a badass.  Because Bioware is notorious for having you create your own characters, Commander Shepard is basically you being a badass.  So... congratulations, you just made the number four spot on my top ten list.  Armed to the teeth and ready for anything, Commander Shepard.


3.
Duke Nukem

It's time to kick ass a chew bubble gum

Alright, despite what I said in the introduction, did you seriously think I was going to leave this guy off the list?  I mean this guy has Stuttering Craig's blessing as the coolest character ever... just not mine.  Duke Nukem 3D was another one of those earier games that I played, and the first FPS I ever set eyes on.  I remember sneaking into my grandparents computer room to play this, just to have them get mad at me later (they didn't know how to uninstall programs).  I ended up downloading this game for the first of my three school laptops and I was reliving the glory days again (only for that laptop to have an entire half-screen of stuck pixels).  Anyway, I would be doing the entire gaming community wrong if I didn't include this badass in the top five, but I'd be doing myself wrong if I didn't follow my one mind.  Sorry Duke, you didn't age well with me as you probably did with everyone else on this site, but I'll still do you a favour to appear as my number three.  Go kick ass and chew bubble gum... all outta gum?  Tough luck.


2.
Solid Snake

SNAAAAKE!!!

Starring in another one of my favourite games of all time, Solid Snake took from James Bond and John Rambo and rolled them into one, and goddamn did I love it.  Probably one of the legends in the sport, Solid Snake's badassery ranges from practical invisibilty, to maddening destruction in just one game.  What makes Solid Snake so badass, or to me at least, is that he packs everthing that you're ample to see in a movie (then again, so does everyone on this list).  Facing the overwhelming odds and standing strong on top with his best girl in hand, that is your classic badass.  Slithering through Shadow Moses Island like a snake and standing solid with the mission complete.  Solid Snake.


Prepare for a shocker
IT'S... NUMBER ONE!
Link

Didn't see this coming, did you?

Definately the biggest sleeper pick on this list.  Quite frankly, I'm surprised with this choice myself.  Like I said when I was talking about Simon Belmont, I am a sucker for medieval lore.  All the archtypes, equipment, everything.  I just think that medieval stuff is badass, and Link just does it all so well on the N64.  From taking on bosses that are almost always twice your size to a final boss five times your size with two big weapons and ultimately saving the day.  Sure, some might argue that this guy is whipped based on Ocarina of Time's ending, but he just gives Zelda the bird and goes on to make Majora's Mask where he just does his thing all over again except as a freaking ten year old.  I once described him to my friends as Nintendo's own Clint Eastwood... and they agreed with me.  He doesn't say a lot (or anything for that matter), but he gets the job done.  And you can't deny by his performance in Soul Calibur II that he can make a top knotch fighting game.  This ****** is vicious in there, the best character in my opinion.  Almost everything he does is a stroke of badassery, and it's all in a days work for him.  No cash, women, he just does it because someone has to do it.  Link, Hyrule's finest and my favourite badass in gaming.




Well I hope my first blog to this site was at least satisfactory.  I am well aware that I left out many more fan favourites, but this is just my own opinion.  I would appreciate your comments and I hope you enjoyed my list.  If that's not the case, I'm prepared for your hate mail.  Thank you now, bye-bye.

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COMMENTS (24)

Blaze

Blaze Nov 29, 2009 at 2:13 am

This is a very good list! Very good for a first blog. Although maybe in the future you can make more original top 10 list. A lot of people have already made this type of list. Hope to see more!

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MidnightRain99

MidnightRain99 Nov 29, 2009 at 5:55 pm

Agreed

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seraphmaclay

seraphmaclay Nov 29, 2009 at 2:21 am

He's the silent, I'm gonna kill you.  Kirby's my usual honorable mention though, as in the words of the Game Overthinker, "slice the eyes, you have I'ma gonna **** you up Kirby".

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Cookiefreak

Cookiefreak Nov 29, 2009 at 12:49 pm

I always loved playing with Kid Buu in any DBZ game, he's so awesome

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Rattlehead

Rattlehead Nov 29, 2009 at 4:34 pm

Link also has to deal with a stupid-ass princess (see: Oracle of Ages/Seasons Zelda) who can't help but get kidnapped for her "life force" (or some **** like that). Then, after rescuing her, he has to deal with the fact that the ***** doesn't even put out! I give him props for that.

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SirBoomstick

SirBoomstick Nov 29, 2009 at 5:01 pm

Exactly.

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Rattlehead

Rattlehead Nov 29, 2009 at 5:03 pm

What, have you played Ages and Seasons too?

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SirBoomstick

SirBoomstick Nov 29, 2009 at 5:07 pm

My friend and I beat it/them back in grade seven, six years ago.  As a twelve year old boy, the ending pissed me off.

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Rattlehead

Rattlehead Nov 29, 2009 at 5:13 pm

Are you talking about the Linked Game ending, or the regular endings? The Linked game pissed me off, because Zelda is enough of a bimbo to go outside the cave in broad daylight, and try to boost the villagers' morale. I just sat there, thinking "YOU DUMB *****! HAVE YOU NOT LEARNED ANYTHING ABOUT BEING A PRINCESS?!" General rule of thumb is that if there's a great evil force threatening the land, you can bet your ass that said evil force is going to try to kidnap the princess.

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SirBoomstick

SirBoomstick Nov 29, 2009 at 5:15 pm

We both had Game Boys, so yeah.  The Linked ending.

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dr_woodz

dr_woodz Nov 29, 2009 at 4:39 pm

Great list

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SkaterTrainer

SkaterTrainer Nov 29, 2009 at 5:53 pm

Great list. The only thing I don't like is #10. I mean sure they were great back in the day, but I hate when people put pokemon on lists because of WHEN they played, not looking at the whole series. I mean its cool that you loved pokemon, I loved it and still do, but I hate it when they only put gen 1 pokemon on lists, when you have badass gen 2-4 pokemon too. I mean Tyranitar, Scizor, Arceus, Dusknoir, Lucario, the list goes on.

But that's not anything against you, just a way I have of thinking, but great list none the less.

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SirBoomstick

SirBoomstick Nov 29, 2009 at 6:44 pm

I don't hate Pokemon after gen 2, I have Diamond and I'm eagarly waiting for the newer DS titles, I just think it doesn't do so well as it used to back in the good old days.  Tyranitar makes it into my list of faves, it just Charizard and Mewtwo are the best for me and I still use them in newer games.  I guess I should've touched on their performance in gen 4 because new moves actually make them better in some ways.  But I seriously freakin hate Lucario because all the teeny-tiny-teeter-totter-terrors think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread.  I guess it boils down to my own thoughts and preferences.  Thanks anyway.

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MidnightRain99

MidnightRain99 Nov 29, 2009 at 5:56 pm

nice blog 10!

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Nicubus

Nicubus Nov 29, 2009 at 6:18 pm

Great list! As said before me, try to make a little more original list the next time, but I really enjoy your style of writing and how you presented the whole thing. You get a 10!

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Kflame210

Kflame210 Nov 29, 2009 at 7:06 pm

Commander Shepard a badass? I dont know about that.

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deadnate

deadnate Nov 29, 2009 at 7:12 pm

we need nathan drake in here:D

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