Games that make you feel good / badass?

[Popadoo]

Dark Souls.
SO MUCH DARK SOULS.
Killing a hundred foot monstrosity or an armored demon or some other AMAZINGLY designed boss leaves you feeling like the most badass of all the badasses.
Example as follows... (Don't worry, the only spoiler would be knowing what this boss looks like!)

I thought Dark Souls was a merciless torture game made to make you feel like an insignificant ant.

It is merciless, but how can anyone feel insignificant after beating something like that?! It gives amazing feelings of accomplishment after every particularly hard enemy or boss.

 

[Richardplex]

Spoiler: infamous 2 spoilers

As a bit of a counterpoint and to cheer me up after the ending of ME3 and the relentless depression that is The Walking Dead I thought I'd ask, what games make you feel like a badass and have a good ending?

Infamous 2. Specifically the good ending (I kept trying to be evil and failing after twenty minutes). The ME3 debacle reminded me of this. Yes, it's kind of a "sad" ending because the hero dies and all superpowers are gone forever, but dammit, you get to put up a fight on your way out, and you die saving the world, and you definitely know that that's what you did. And you get to see what happens to the characters you've spent two games with. And you don't get hit with some magical bullshitty last-minute M. Night Shyamalan twist.

Closure, basically, is what I'm getting at.

...I think I'll play that game again.

You're gonna want to put that in Spoiler tags, not everyone has played inFamous 2 yet, and probably won't appreciate you ruining the ending for them.

The irony is, since you quoted it, your now spoilering it.

 

[MrShowerHead]

Dark Souls.
SO MUCH DARK SOULS.
Killing a hundred foot monstrosity or an armored demon or some other AMAZINGLY designed boss leaves you feeling like the most badass of all the badasses.
Example as follows... (Don't worry, the only spoiler would be knowing what this boss looks like!)

I thought Dark Souls was a merciless torture game made to make you feel like an insignificant ant.

It is merciless, but how can anyone feel insignificant after beating something like that?! It gives amazing feelings of accomplishment after every particularly hard enemy or boss.

Well, to be honest, the Gaping Dragon was an easy fight. Just make him charge, get 2-3 hits on him, run away, repeat.

But I agree, the dragon just looks fucking amazing.

 

[hermes]

Arkham City/Arkham Asylum
I was Batman, there is little to add. As I stalked a group of heavily armed thugs patrolling the area, I was reminded of the Rorschach quote: "I'm not lock in here with you.....you're locked in here with me."

 

[Lono Shrugged]

(in the voice of Kenny Powers) Max motherfucking Payne bitches...

accept no substitutes.

 

[MrShowerHead]

Dark Souls.
SO MUCH DARK SOULS.
Killing a hundred foot monstrosity or an armored demon or some other AMAZINGLY designed boss leaves you feeling like the most badass of all the badasses.
Example as follows... (Don't worry, the only spoiler would be knowing what this boss looks like!)

I thought Dark Souls was a merciless torture game made to make you feel like an insignificant ant.

It is merciless, but how can anyone feel insignificant after beating something like that?! It gives amazing feelings of accomplishment after every particularly hard enemy or boss.

Well, to be honest, the Gaping Dragon was an easy fight. Just make him charge, get 2-3 hits on him, run away, repeat.

But I agree, the dragon just looks fucking amazing.

I felt like a king after beating Quelaag. I was similarly excited after I finally beat Ornstein after Smaugh and getting access to Ornstein's armor, though the first time I beat them I was mostly just happy to be done.

Defeated Quelaag just yesterday. First try too, so yeah, I know what you're talking about

And that moment when I FINALLY got that damn Capra Demon down...Oooohhhhh

Damn dogs...DAMN THEM TO HELL!!

 

[Evilsanta]

Why has no one mentioned the Dynasty Warriors games? What is wrong with you people?!

You are a one man fucking army killing hundreds left and right. And if you aren't killing/swinging you oversized weapon every second: You are playing in wrong!

Also Lu bu.

 

[Smithburg]

As a bit of a counterpoint and to cheer me up after the ending of ME3 and the relentless depression that is The Walking Dead I thought I'd ask, what games make you feel like a badass and have a good ending?

Infamous 2.

Spoiler

Specifically the good ending (I kept trying to be evil and failing after twenty minutes). The ME3 debacle reminded me of this. Yes, it's kind of a "sad" ending because the hero dies and all superpowers are gone forever, but dammit, you get to put up a fight on your way out, and you die saving the world, and you definitely know that that's what you did. And you get to see what happens to the characters you've spent two games with. And you don't get hit with some magical bullshitty last-minute M. Night Shyamalan twist.

Closure, basically, is what I'm getting at.

...I think I'll play that game again.

You're gonna want to put that in Spoiler tags, not everyone has played inFamous 2 yet, and probably won't appreciate you ruining the ending for them.

On the same hand, dont quote spoilers -_- I havent beaten that game yet...



OT: I have to admit it feels pretty badass when your playing supreme commander 2 when your fighting someone and finally getting the upper hand by hitting him with 3 nuclear bombs just cleansing the whole map of enemies in fire

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Spoiler: infamous 2 spoilers

As a bit of a counterpoint and to cheer me up after the ending of ME3 and the relentless depression that is The Walking Dead I thought I'd ask, what games make you feel like a badass and have a good ending?

Infamous 2. Specifically the good ending (I kept trying to be evil and failing after twenty minutes). The ME3 debacle reminded me of this. Yes, it's kind of a "sad" ending because the hero dies and all superpowers are gone forever, but dammit, you get to put up a fight on your way out, and you die saving the world, and you definitely know that that's what you did. And you get to see what happens to the characters you've spent two games with. And you don't get hit with some magical bullshitty last-minute M. Night Shyamalan twist.

Closure, basically, is what I'm getting at.

...I think I'll play that game again.

You're gonna want to put that in Spoiler tags, not everyone has played inFamous 2 yet, and probably won't appreciate you ruining the ending for them.

The irony is, since you quoted it, your now spoilering it.

As a bit of a counterpoint and to cheer me up after the ending of ME3 and the relentless depression that is The Walking Dead I thought I'd ask, what games make you feel like a badass and have a good ending?

Infamous 2.

Spoiler

Specifically the good ending (I kept trying to be evil and failing after twenty minutes). The ME3 debacle reminded me of this. Yes, it's kind of a "sad" ending because the hero dies and all superpowers are gone forever, but dammit, you get to put up a fight on your way out, and you die saving the world, and you definitely know that that's what you did. And you get to see what happens to the characters you've spent two games with. And you don't get hit with some magical bullshitty last-minute M. Night Shyamalan twist.

Closure, basically, is what I'm getting at.

...I think I'll play that game again.

You're gonna want to put that in Spoiler tags, not everyone has played inFamous 2 yet, and probably won't appreciate you ruining the ending for them.

On the same hand, dont quote spoilers -_- I havent beaten that game yet...



OT: I have to admit it feels pretty badass when your playing supreme commander 2 when your fighting someone and finally getting the upper hand by hitting him with 3 nuclear bombs just cleansing the whole map of enemies in fire

Good point

Fixed.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

I'll jump in on the Infamous bandwagon. Sniping a dude in the face with precision lightning while grinding a wire is just freaking sweet. Follow it up with an a freaking tornado that's channeling lightning everywhere, and there's not really anything that can stand in your way. Gods help you if there's an ionized atmosphere around.

And, really, God of War. All of them. How can God of War not make you feel badass? You are literally killing gods and titans. The oldest, strongest, most powerful motherfuckers around. Couple that in with the very violent puzzles, traps, tricks, and puzzle-traps, and beating it just makes you feel like you've done something impossible.

 

[RJ 17]

As a bit of a counterpoint and to cheer me up after the ending of ME3 and the relentless depression that is The Walking Dead I thought I'd ask, what games make you feel like a badass and have a good ending?

I've just had a scan of my Steam library and can't really find anything unplayed which fits the bill. Serious Sam TSE has the badass bit down, but it's overall a bit too stressful. Unless I turn the difficulty right down I guess.

So, any ideas?

I'd give the Dynasty Warriors/Samurai Warriors/Warriors Orochi series a try. While not the greatest of stories (actually I thought that, for a Koei game, Warriors Orochi 3 had a decent little story ) they definitely got the "make you feel like a badass" part down because they're pretty mindless...just run around and chop countless puny soldiers to shreds. It's actually pretty cathartic if you ask me, just good ol' fashioned hack'n'slash mayhem.

 

[CD-R]

Many many people here hitting the 'badass' angle, very few with the 'good' ending. Although I clearly didn't explain myself well, good didn't mean quality, it meant happy or positive.

Space Marine sounds a good bet though, the demo was pretty fun. Does it have a depressing ending?

Well the hero after just defeating a Demon Prince in single combat is taken away by the inquisition to face trial due to his strange immunity to the effects of the warp. So yeah I'd say it's pretty upbeat by Warhammer 40k standards.

 

[Noswad]

Hmmm, for me the feeling of complete badassery come from a combination of genuine challenge, something can be as cool as it likes without challenge there no feeling of accomplishment. Mixed with.... actually I can't define what it is, it's swooping, beating, shooting, stealthing?, it's unique to each game.

Anyway a game to feel like a badass.... hmmm one that hasn't been mentioned, I've got admit there was a respectable amount of badass in the first few levels of mirrors edge, just something about outrunning a helicopter or disarming a police man or jumping between buildings. But don't play the second half of the game, it was shit.

Oh and Half life 2, right after the strider battle outside the suppression device place and the final battle of episode 2. Ah striders just so good to fight.

 

[soren7550]

The only one I can think of right now is the Mass Effect games (ok, so maybe not the last ten minutes of ME3, but I still felt badass throughout the rest of it).

 

[Dio]

Try the Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer. Not a lot is more bad-ass than a Drell/Asari Adapt owning shit up in Gold =D

 

[Torrasque]

Okami wins this pretty handily.
You are a spiritual wolf god-like entity that used to be an above normal wolf that helped kill the epitome of evil in the land, a few thousand years ago. Because the world is being fucked up again, you are revived and must go through the land with a paint brush that makes biblical powers look like nothing. You destroy demons by mauling them with your teeth and various weapons (which are also badass) and save the people of Japan a mystical land, by being generally badass.

Okami is one of the few games to make me D8

 

[suitepee7]

devil may cry 3. probably my favourite game of all time, and considering capcom wrote it, they didn't do a terrible job.

also infamous 2 had a fantastic ending, and i did feel like a badass spamming lightning missiles ^-^