The most ridiculously over the Top Badasses in Gaming.

[Scorched_Cascade]

Lu Bu.

I mean, his taunt in Dynasty Warriors is "Why even try?"

Seconded "...it's LU BU!!"~Soldiers browning their pants when Lu Bu appears. I swear he is just in the game to brutalize new characters. He normally appears on level 2(ish), what is that about? My character is normally only just learning their second move by that point and yet Lu Bu has his ultimate weapon, all his combo moves and is in rage mode....ffffffffffu-

I think Lu Bu can be bested by Tadakatsu Honda in Sengoku Basara....

He is the badass in his game like Lu Bu, but he is a cyborg with a spear that arcs lightning and flys around with rocket boots. Seriously.

Spoiler: huge image

A cyborg with lightning? I obviously missed that bit when reading about Japanese history!

In Samurai Warriors 2 he is a bit bland (by that I mean he is too mature compared with the other silly characters). He is ridicolosly strong but all he really does is follow Ieyasu Tokugawa around and parrot things about honour.

He does duel Lu Bu in the Warriors Orochi cross over series when Orochi rips them out of time but only to a stalemate. He is like the paragon, pacifist version of Lu Bu in that game.

Spoiler: Samurai Warriors version

 

[Gigaguy64]

Can i get a Hector from Fire Emblem up in dis HOUSE!?

The man is probably one of the best characters in gaming.
character wise and gameplay wise.

Nothing can harm him, NOTHING.

 

[Count Igor]

Why isn't everyones answer Duke Nukem and Serious Sam?

 

[vrbtny]

Hail to the King, Baby!

 

[Sleekgiant]

Spoiler: You know I'm right

 

[Indecipherable]

Solid Snake

Destroys an M1 Tank just using grenades
Kills an 8ft tall man wielding a Minigun
1vs1's a Hind D?! and wins
1vs2's a Psychokinetic and his own partner and wins
1vs1's a Sniper on her own territory, during a blizzard and wins
Escapes the inner hull of a sinking oil tanker
Him and a Ninja destroy Rex, Rex being a giant and mobile mech with a crotch laser, missile launchers, several machine guns, several hundred tons of crushing force and whose only weakness is a 3 foot target that takes 10 Stinger shots and a rapid barrage of railgun fire to finally disable.
Defeats a fellow clone, with arguable similar amount of combat experience, in hand to hand combat
Outwits highly trained goons using a cardboard box
Escapes torture and imprisonment using ketchup
Then when he is officially too old for this crap does it again this time round
Defeating the B&B unit who have numbers, technology and seemingly supernatural powers on their side.
Crawls down a microwave filled tunnel even though the robot he's with can do it for him without being affected.
Stands and fights Liquid Ocelot, the most combat hardened, badass man with a metal arm on the planet just to prove to him that he can match up to big boss.

Serious Sam: Single handedly killing a 330 foot tall Alien after fighting through literally hundreds and hundreds of enemies. Oh and he carries a cannon.

 

[VaudevillianVeteran]

• Solid Snake.
  Dante Sparda.
  Duke Nukem.
  Chuck Greene.
  Serious Sam.
  Kratos.
  Bayonetta isn't exactly a modest badass either.
  Lara Croft.

That's only a short list. Let's be honest here, gaming is full of these guys and deep down, we just love em'.

 

[StormShaun]

My guy in Saints Row 2
Duke
Commander Sheperd
and Gray in Bulletstorm, "yeh dont touch that or we will ALL DIE GRAY......*touch* F*CK"

 

[Indecipherable]

Fully grown Kabuto is pretty nasty too.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

Dante has to be the most over the top for sure. The pizza cutescene...rofl.

Shepard is like a Marine Jesus or something.

 

[neo34]

Most ridiculous?

Gotta be Kratos, the man kills Gods and Titans like it's nothing. I mean, the first time we see him he murders a gigantic hydra by impaling it's head on a mast.

Special mention to Mr. Sam Fisher, mainly because he hasn't been mentioned yet. He doesn't fall under the ridiculous category much, but he has stopped world war 3 about 3 different times aremed only with kickass goggles and a weird/awesome rifle.
Plus, when he gets angry (Conviction after the big reveal) just get out of his way. Rampage mode ftw

Almost forgot Samus Aran, destroyer of worlds. The original silent killing machine

 

[Buizel91]

Spoiler: You know this guy just owns all

And also this guy

Spoiler: You just don't fuck with him

 

[Buizel91]

Fully grown Kabuto is pretty nasty too.

what? these things? :S

 

[Blank Verse]

Brucie from GTAIV.

"WE'RE GENETICALLY SUPERIOR."

He's incredibly over-the-top. Is he a super-natural badass? No, but he'll do anything crazy.

 

[Hashime]

The Duke followed by Renegade Shepperd

 

[Indecipherable]

Fully grown Kabuto is pretty nasty too.

what? these things? :S

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giants:_Citizen_Kabuto

 

[Watson767]

No ones said Ryu Hayabusa yet.

My answer is Ryu Hayabusa! Oh man id love to see a game cross over with Ryu vs Kratos... thatd be epic but I think Ryu wins it.

 

[captnb2thep]

Kratos
Mewtwo
Sephiroth
Michael Jordan (he's in video game's right?) in NBA 2K11

 

[2xDouble]

There have been a lot of great heroes mentioned here, but in pure "over-the-top" badassness nobody competes with Duke Nukem.

A few runners-up not yet mentioned:
Wolverine, various Marvel games
Deadpool, various Marvel games
Jak, Jak and Daxter series
Ratchet, Ratchet and Clank series. (he saved multiple galaxies and time itself with a wrench. that's gotta be worth some Freeman points)
Arthas, Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft
Bill Rizer and Lance Bean, Contra series. (Spread Gun MFer! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76ley2v2s9w] NSFW)
Ryu Hyabusa, Ninja Gaiden series. (ninja'd on the ninja. spooky)
Scorpion and Sub-Zero, Mortal Kombat series