Most powerful video game character EVER

[Zombie Meatlumps]

Mercer, by far. And yet, despite all that raw power, he doesn't have the power to make his game any fun.

Oh SNAP xD

 

[philzibit]

Being realistic, Hitler (he was Wolfenstein)

Could take anyone on this list and have them burned.

only thing that could stop Hitler is the Battletoads...so the Battletoads

 

[jwabsolution]

Didnt read through all the posts so I dont know if hes been brought up yet.

Mega Man.

In todays terms he is the good version of Sylar from Heroes.

Given enough bad guys to defeat and Mega Man could simply have any power that ever existed. I cannot come up with anything that could stop Sylar with every superhero power.

 

[Deadpewl]

either Dante from Devil May Cry (since he's pretty much invincible...in the cutscenes anyway)
or Kratos from God of War(since he kills things that by their definition should not be able to die)

 

[Zombie Meatlumps]

The shop keeper from Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.

That sonovabitchcould kill existence with one of those lazors.

 

[Shock and Awe]

I am pretty sure God is in a few games.

 

[Mister Benoit]

This is gonna be really obscure, but I would have to say "Wave 2" in the Warcraft III map Hero Seige. They would do SO much damage so quickly for the levels you could've gotten so far that they almost every time kill me, and the only reason I don't die is because I was able to summon a few pets with enough targets to live through my resurrection timer.

not obscure at all! haha.. pass me a message if your ever up for playing =p

 

[Zombie Meatlumps]

either Dante from Devil May Cry (since he's pretty much invincible...in the cutscenes anyway)
or Kratos from God of War(since he kills things that by their definition should not be able to die)

Kratos would shit all over Dante. And then beat him to death with his own arms.
Psssht.

 

[Zombie Meatlumps]

I am pretty sure God is in a few games.

You can kill him in Scribblenauts though o:

 

[Souplex]

Maxwell. He can summon up whatever is needed for any situation so long as you don't require precision.

 

[Cpu46]

The main charicter from Lost Oddesy, Kaim, hes immortal, invincible, and can wipe out entire legions of solders by himself.

After him is sephiroth, probably could beat Kaim in a fight, but since he cant realy kill him hes second.

Mercer is a close third, mainly because he would never even be able get close to sephiroth or Kaim due to their sword skills.

 

[DrunkenKitty]

I think Halo is a pretty cool guy,

I'm sorry, I have to respond to that, with a:

*Facepalm.*

Halo is the title of the game, and also the name of the ringworlds constructed by the forerunners. "Halo", as you refer to him, is actually named John, A.K.A. Spartan 117, A.K.A. Master Chief.

Sorry, just, thought you'd know his real name. It's a fairly common mistake.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pretty-cool-guy

I think TheFacelessOne is a pretty cool guy. eh corrects people on forums and doesnt afraid of anything.

I also think it's ironic that TheFacelessOne *facepalms*.

OP:
I think it would be great to line all the characters everyone else has mentioned and have Mario jump on all their heads and watch them all drop off the bottom of the screen.
50! 100! 250! 500! 1000! 2000! 5000! 1up! 1up! 1up! 1up! 1up! 1up! 1up! 1up! 1up! 1up!

 

[IxionIndustries]

Giant Donkey Kong Jesus riding on a puff of smoke.

Super Mega Death Christ 2000 BC Version 3.0 Beta would totally kick its ass.

Spoiler

"FUCKERS! FUCKERRSS!!!"

Technically, he's not a video game character.. So he's out.

OT: I guess Arthas.. He's an overpowered badass.. I would have said Illidan, but he killed him!
[small]All of this is excluding the WoW "lore"....[/small]

 

[The Madman]

The Nameless One from Planescape: Torment.

He can't die, he just automatically steals the closest soul (most likely yours) when he is killed and reincarnates, this also works on immortals.

Game over.

There are a couple creatures in Planescape: Torment capable of destroying the Nameless One. The absolute most powerful of which is;

The Lady of Pain

If you anger her enough this is what happens. Game Over.

 

[Tdc2182]

Kratos easy. Theres not much you can say, he basically said, "Fuck no, I aint stayin in hell" and kicked hades minions assses. He then procedes to kill about to or three more GODS and from what we have seen there is more gods to die. Tell me who can beat that.

 

[Omegatronacles]

I'd pick Alma from the F.E.A.R series.
I mean she's a psychic ghost that can rip you into tiny peices.

Except that she never does. As soon as she gets close enough to do some harm she turns into little particles of dust...

Although if you have asthma or allergies I suppose that could be a really fearsome attack...

Well let's say you aren't the hero in the F.E.A.R universe (1 and 2).
Look at it from that perspective. I'd be certain I was going to die if I were some lowly office worker or nurse and i'd come face to face with her.
Of course she wasn't going to obliterate the main characters from each game, that would make the game unplayable.

Although I don't disagree with the principle, I have to disagree with the practice.

If you take the view of "This character is really powerful as long as they don't oppose you" then every single villain type character in every game becomes the most powerful.

It's like saying that Bowser is the most powerful as long as Mario doesn't show up.

 

[Brockyman]

Mine would be Gordon Freeman. Able to compute difficult problems in his head AND swing a crowbar for a lethal blow.

I pick him!

I genuinely do not understand peoples obsession with Gordon Freeman as being powerful. Hes really not, hes just a dude in a hazmat suit with some guns? Hes not different or more powerful then any other character that is just a man.
Now if you want to talk powerful you need to move into mythological or magic. E.g. Kratos or every level 80 WoW character, the shit the tank has to put up with is insane.

he's the most realistically possible powerful character. Sure I could say the guy that shoots laser beams from his eyes or chews on glass instead of tobacco. But not Freeman. Freeman uses his mind to combat puzzles while others go and blow them up. That's not real power that's just the ability do blow something up. I think real power is to combat your foes efficiently as possible. Which Gordon does.

Uh, then wouldn't your own logic mean that Sam Fisher from Splinter Cell beats out Freeman? He's a "realistically" powerful character that can solve puzzles and kill rooms of people without them even knowing he's there... and does it all without bio armor and futuristic tech?

Avoiding characters from other genres that had games made for them (DC, Marvel, Dragonball Z, ect) I'd say Alex Mercer (Prototype), Kratos (God of War), Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII bad guy)