Gaming's greatest badass mo-fos

Agent 47 - Hitman
Talk about a sick sense of humour - who would ever suspect the guy dancing in the yellow bird outfit to be a contract killer? As if that wasn't enough, Agent 47 has got a barcode on his head, like he's some mass-produced killing machine. Know what comes up on the digital display if you swipe him through a barcode reader? Yup, 8A0A55.

Snake - Metal Gear Solid
Snake doesn't speak, he growls. He smokes cigarettes even though the packaging tells him not to. He sneaks around and goes invisible. Then he flirts with the laydees something rotten, before taking on a nuclear-equipped walking battletank with just a directional microphone and a porn mag for ammo. That's badass.

Above: If you swipe the barcode on Agent 47's head, you'd better have life insurance sorted

Justin Towell

Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.