10 Most BADASS Yet Satisfying Moments in Video Games

[@chrisr8535]

The Ashtray Maze in Control is one of the most badass sequences in a game. Once you figure out how to get through it, and the music kicks in, it's amazing. I remember after going through it, I felt kind of sad because I was never going to experience it for the first time ever again. And as a bonus, I think at the end of the maze, Jesse even says, "That was badass!"

[@gringoamigo8146]

Ashtray maze is one of the biggest reasons I'd replay Control.

[@Barrythebarnabas]

No for real it was something I was desperately curious about my first play through and I remember the first time I went though I was smiling the entire time

[@stevengordon9990]

Came here to say the same. The Ashtray Maze is mind blowingly awesome.

[@DillyBar_666]

I haven’t even watched this video yet but I came to the comments to mention Ashtray Maze needs to be at the top of this list

[@ImmaSureWin]

Damn I forgot about how good this was

[@callumwootton532]

The Batman games are so good at making you feel like Batman. Can be stealthy but if you want to take on 20 people at once you can. Such good games. Also Falcon is a real one ☝️

[@jspres86]

Batman: "I am not in danger, Gordon. I AM THE DANGER!"

[@Dovah_Slayer]

Rocksteady is the GOAT for the batman games

[@Diablo_Himself]

Actually, Batman in the early days didn't usually take on a room of people and beat them. Watch the early Batman series and films...

[@Enfield14]

The game for number 7 is Trepang 2 for those like myself who couldn’t really understand falcon on that part

[@AudioslaveGod]

THANK YOU! I was googling different variations of what he said for 20 min to no avail lol

[@ahmadal-mjaled8730]

Thank you soooo much 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@noquieropuerco]

Was scouring the comments section for this after 15 minutes of fruitless Googling. THANK YOU!

[@DisorientedWanderer]

Such a great game for only 30 bucks. A little short but it has replayability with combat sim and the soundtrack is just so good. Also for anyone wondering, the name translates to sea cucumber².

[@nomenclator4339]

Thank god, the fact that they don't list the freaking games is infuriating sometimes. I just wasted 10 min looking for "trapping 2"

[@ciaralizabeth]

I think any perfect parry mechanic is so satisfying. It feels amazing every time you nail it. You really feel like the main character afterward.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@Stunbunny]

Exactly! Once I mastered Witcher 3’s parry, the fun factor jumped enormously!

[@Ori_Kohav]

What I found satisfying in Ghost of Tsushima is when you start a confrontation, succeed with the first enemy, and then successfully take down 4 other enemies in the midst of this confrontation by hitting the attack button at the right time.

[@Wes_Trippy4life]

I loved doin that, did that to at least 70% of all confrontations in the game after acquiring it 😅😂

[@kirank287]

Same. I loved doing it

[@scubasteve7850]

Ive gotten every achievement for the game, the whole thing was badass

[@kirank287]

⁠​⁠@@scubasteve7850Me too. I got my plat three years ago. It was so worth it because it was fun. I still love this game

[@mordor-focker]

John DiMaggio as Marcus Fenix was the absolute best voice casting decision for a video game character in history.

[@billydaniel5029]

Dimaggio is a legend

[@TheThirdWorldCitizen]

They just nailed it, even the actor for the dub in Spanish (latam) is legendary

[@gringoamigo8146]

I agree. Also, Troy Baker as Joel in The Last of Us is definitely right up there with John DiMaggio.

[@gustav5988]

Roger Clarke as Arthur Morgan >

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@PippaC33]

The first AC game I played was brotherhood and I have to say once you build up your brotherhood even though it made the game easy there calling them in and watching them take out a big group of enemies and then just disappearing was badass, satisfying, and made me feel like the Godfather of assassins.😂

[@dakshtalreja6037]

Best game of the series

[@yuri_cobaia]

brotherhood and revelations have this, and was awesome in both of them

[@kirank287]

I love Brotherhood. It will always be one of the best in the series

[@Frost4Real]

Forgot about this! U could walk slowly down a street, press one button, and have ur assassins take out onlooking guards. Felt like a cinematic 😅

[@DecadeMinato]

The Mikiri Counter is cool but the most Badass moment in Sekiro must be the lightnin return move. Image you jumpin up, delibery takin a lightnin strike on your head only to use it to emppowering you and do a counter slash that do massive lightinin damage and leave the boss in paralyze. Make it even better with the thunder strike sound effect.

[@PrivateJoker0119]

much better is the Sakura Dance lighting return, coz it's a 360 lighting return and Sekiro takes no damage lol

[@Amins88]

The only problem with the Lightning Reversal is there really aren't a lot of opportunities to use it. Only two endgame bosses even have lightning abilities, right?

[@PrivateJoker0119]

@@Amins88 fountainhead palace enemies has lightning, even the dogs there have lightning

[@Amins88]

@@PrivateJoker0119 forgot about that

[@TMind109]

"I won't miss..." - my boy Rusty

[@ash-n-joker]

“You’re out of luck. There’s only one person that can keep up with me”

[@loganlie8405]

damn near creamed my pants after that

[@danielthomas7193]

Pocket Sand! You were talking about Shackleford right?

[@H6ngman]

1:03 was the least satisfying QuickDraw I’ve ever seen mann 🤣

[@booksandocha]

Should also include Cyberpunk's "Don't Fear the Reaper" ending, that one is the most badass game sequences in a long time.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@jaysanj152]

The Yakuza's Badass Heat actions and Especially pulling the iconic Tiger Drop is some of the most satisfying moment in gaming tbh.

[@GambleRd]

The fact that you don't have RDR2 burning down the Braithwaite Manor on this list is insane.....arguably the most cinematic and badass moment in gaming history EDIT: the gameplay video of that one mission alone has 3.3+ million views...

[@bubblemonkeys]

The ride up in a triangle shape, of all the men in the group, going through the manor with the sawn off shotgun and head shotting everyone and then burning the home down 😊

[@kipschumm1849]

The airport shootout while HEALTH’s “Tears” plays in the background is the best part of Max Payne 3 followed by the sequence in the club near the beginning of the game

[@DTraiN5795]

Love it when you bring up souls games or the like. It’s you know you’re not the best but not the worst either. You’re also not afraid to get in there and beat the games. It’s what the games are all about for most of the community and we salute you for it Falcon

[@omarmainuddin7251]

I've spent a couple hundred hours playing Max Payne 3 back in the day, and that airport finale made me go "Yippie-ka-yay mother-****er" every time I beat it 😁😁😁

[@alternateaman]

The last scene before we got into the car and chased Victor Branco was satisfying as hell.

[@spenserswafford7968]

The Sifu finishing move is perfection

[@Stizzletr0n]

Great list! If you guys (and bird) ever make a part 2 of this, i’d be surprised if the moment in Control where you gain the ability to levitate and the badass metal music starts blaring as you fly around around shredding the Hiss to bits doesn’t make the list of badassery. You finally start to feel more awesome and in “Control” . 😛🤘🏻

[@jscott4reel]

Love the topic. Horizon Zero Dawn is chock full of badass moments, but taking down my first Thunderjaw probably takes the cake.

[@clivematthews95]

I second that 👏🏾

[@MisterX867]

It's actually so darn satisfying when you learn you can break the little door on its side that gives you access to the Thunderjaw's 'heart' weakpoint.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@revenant2550]

In max Payne 3 Airport mission if you walk back the music starts over if you move forward the music does too. This mission is amazing.

[@stephengoff2189]

Arkham Knights Batmobile entrance scene.. “Evening the Odds” was very badass in my opinion.

[@retro_451]

I love these videos. Hey Falcon!

[@ahha6304]

every "You big stupid jellyfish" in Mass Effect series

[@g4holla]

1:58 that 1990's PowerPoint transition finally coming in clutch

[@Hugo_Tate]

Max Payne 3 airport part was fucking sick. The music playing and guns going off everywhere. Perfection.

[@memelogy737]

Love your videos Jake and team! Also I sooo wish I could download Falcons voice as Siri 😂

[@banwarilalchawla3382]

Very much entertaining seriously!!! ❤

[@saidajar8349]

The Max Payne AirPort scène is sooooo good. Thé soundtrack is perfect!

[@chibiprussia5574]

Storming the capitol in Far Cry 6 with Libertad Rises playing in the background 👌

[@Choteron3]

Love the gunplay and pyshics of Max Payne 3. Great game

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@ThiagoIndioAraujo]

2:40 "fica parado aí meu" wich is brazillian portuguese to "stop right there dude". Don't know why you guys are using dubbed PT-BR game footage, but I loved it!

[@giddeo]

Please make a video on just how painfully overlooked max payne 3 is. It came out at the same time as another game and was almost instantly forgotten but it had seamless transitions, no loading screens at all, an incredible atmosphere and story. That airport scene still remains one of my favourite moments in gaming.

[@Mtotheissle]

First time I played the airport mission Max Payne 3 I had legit chills. By far my favorite moment.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@notadev1590]

I love those moments where you feel like the badass that you see in cutscenes

[@im_so_zoned]

Max Payne 3 is so awesome. I personally think it may be one of the most underrated games of all time because it gets overshadowed by GTA and RDR.

[@mikecolts21]

Hearing Falcon say BADASS over and over is BADASS!!!

[@Boss_Fight_Index_muki]

Activating *bullet-time* for the first time in Max Payne is "The most badass moment in Videogaming." That one function made Remedy Studios into a household name overnight.

[@faylinnmystiquerose2224]

Mad Max comes to mind for me in these, when you're taking on enemies you can often counter their attacks and open them up for a beat down, stab or shotty blast, even against groups of enemies it's quite satisfying to counter every one of them before laying them all out.

[@McGeezle]

I liked knocking them over rails but it annoyed me how it was a scripted animation

[@chillwaffle2033]

How could a moment that is badass NOT be satisfying? That would be an interesting list.

[@SpacewardSaint]

Any time you call for Titanfall is so badass. The "Standby for titanfall" and the sound of your Titan entering the atmosphere is so fucking cool.

[@dannyknickerbocker7349]

For Ghost of Tsushima, one of the most satisfying things is the animation where you flick the blood off your sword before sheathing it.

[@kirank287]

Always love doing it

[@giannaseye]

Falcon is the best. He always makes me laugh for these vids.

[@KaiserTheDemon]

disappointed that the "Effect and Cause" level from Titanfall 2 isn't on here - that whole level is just soooo bad ass - warping between times to take down enemies and pull off some inventive parkour. If you make a sequel to this list, it should be on it!

[@grizzerz64]

One of my most satisfying moments in video games is in the Yakuza series. When you perfectly Tiger Drop (counter move) enemies consecutively one after another is one of my favorite badass moments.

[@LUCAS420BLZ]

That max Payne soundtrack is just so amazing

[@illWillienumber31]

Everything in Max Payne 3 is the most badass

[@mixedcompany3225]

Health on the Max Payne 3 soundtrack will forever be goated

[@maskedsonja5722]

Sifu is a challenging game, but mastering moves to the point youre taking 3, 4, 5 people out in flowing combos is beautiful.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@sulemanmalik8228]

When Doomguy meets fellow humans and watching their reactions. I always thought that was a badass moment in Doom, beacuse they are all in awe, but it´s also quite hilarious :)

[@Sephiroth0X]

For me it will always be Twilight Princess' Mortal Draw. First time I learned to use it properly as a kid and realized it one shotted enemies was mind blowing. That's when I learned that sometimes high risk high reward type moves are worth it and worth putting in the time to learn the skill for execution.

[@bloodprince87]

The most epic and satisfying experience is surviving the last storm in Frostpunk. The sound track "The City Must Survive" hands down immense the experience of hope, struggle, facing adversary and at the same time holding on faith during hopeless time

[@stevengordon9990]

The single greatest moment in gaming history is the Ashtray Maze in Control. Its mind bending, mind blowingly awesome.

[@nambreadnam]

Most badass moment for me is in Splinter Cell: Conviction towards the end. Sam Fisher goes on a rampage after a certain point, and the way it's worked into the gameplay is for a short time you're able to instantly execute any enemy you come across. Sam goes from a stealthy spy to a a walking catastrophe, it's incredible.

[@MyWORDisntGospel]

God of War had some badass moments. I remember finally beating all the valkyries on God of War Difficulty. I felt truly badass after that.

[@privacyvalued4134]

The credits scene in any game is usually a very satisfying moment. "I beat this game."

[@1subhajit]

Love this video so much!! Please make a part 2 of it including Devil May Cry moves!!

[@PsychoRavager]

It's especially badass when you listen to the lyrics in that shootout in Max Payne 3. "Love, save us once. Beware what you want. Trust us now. It's time to let me go. Give up on us. Follow what you want." It's pretty much the ghost of Max's wife telling him to keep on living instead of burying himself in regret and tears for the ones he lost.

[@abnstill]

Trepang 2 set to release on Xbox and PS5 Oct 2 looks awesome.

[@Styrophoamicus]

I seriously think Falcon is one of the best game content narrators on KZbin, especially when he starts veering ever-so-slightly off script. Great work Falcon, and great work Gameranx for keeping up with high quality content.

[@ikuoni]

Marcus calling the shots is everything

[@SilverSpectre266]

Personal Nominations: Chase Breakers from Assassins Creed Brotherhoods Multiplayer: Man it was so fun to parkour run around the map and when someones in hot pursuit of you, you activate a chase breaker to take a short and gain some distance or cut off their path Days Gone Zombie Hordes: Loved the gameplay. It was super fun, and Im glad they had added challenges like this so if you wanted you could specifically just do these if you unlocked them. Gathering hordes of Freakers and just running and avoiding them was super fun, but finding ways to actually decimate them was insanely badass and satisfying. The AoE Super Moves of pretty much any game like Prototype, Infamous, etc.: Being able to get to a point in the game where you are attacked by multiple enemies, and you are just like "Okay. Im done with this. *SMASH*". And then just wipe out an entire neighborhood block worth of enemies felt sooooo good Batman Arkham Combat Challenges: Not just the stealth was super amazing and was Gotham Knights was sorely lacking among other things, but the combat challenges in the Arkham games, and being able to get so good that you chain combos up to the hundreds while avoiding all enemies hits and getting up so high in the multiplier than your punches and kicks now 1-hit KO people was just cheffs kiss.

[@Lisasmith-z9m]

Max Payne 3 still holds up till this day 💯💯

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@nthnglsn]

This is the only gaming channel that feels like they tailor their content to exactly what interests me as a gamer. Call of duty is great and all but yall focus on my favorite games, single player...cuz I'm alone 😅

[@SonOfGalactus]

I didnt expect Batman to be #1 but it deserves it, I loved Batman as a kid and that game really brought it home for me. I love that game.

[@AxlDope]

12:35 Unfortunatley lots of people thing that the plain stomp on the weapon is the Mikiri Counter but it's not, you have to follow with an attack right after the stomp otherwise it's nothing.

[@ItsJustRyansChannel]

Wouldn't a "badass moment" naturally be satisfying? This video title is a tautology!!!

[@Frost4Real]

Nailed it with the AC parkour, especially Unity. I'd free run around the map of those games for ages as a kid. Ghost of Tsushima also has a few other badass things like standoffs and ghost stance.

[@mattyt1961]

The standoffs are amazing... especially when there is 1 guy left and he runs away in fear... ahh glorious

[@empty_melodies]

Yesss. I have that knife parry from RE4 remake thank for my most popular vid! And of course Batman for being my main reason for feeling badass! Good stuff

[@UlissesSampaio]

The first Tomb Raider of the new generation had tons of badass moments. There were some that I thought: "well, such a badass cinematic scene must mean that this is the end of the game" but I was only halfway through.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@rocker0486]

I love Max Payne 3. Completely agree with the airport level.

[@jdonvance]

Talk about satisfying! I was hoping Arkham would be on this list! For me, executing a flawless freestyle combo against over a dozen opponents is epic-level badassery. Toss in a few gadgets for cinematic appeal and you've got good reason to "Record what just happened".

[@Jackripper121]

most satisfying for me was raiden parrying rays blade and yeeting him into the air while rules of nature plays in the background in metal gear rising..just pure fire🔥🔥🔥

[@ozziedylan9903]

The Max Payne 3 airport mission the song Tears is incredible

[@thomasbrain8090]

Ashtray Maze in Control. I also really liked FF15 when you have awoken powers in your fight against Leviathan. Music plus flying == awesome

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@RileyDia]

What is the name of the game at 4:42, #7? Subtitles say "Trapping 2" Also remaster Max Payne 3

[@dvl3737]

Trepang 2

[@bjarne4108]

honestly even after a few times i tried to hear, all i hear from the audio as trapin, trapping, trapn

[@Grapefruit5000]

​@@dvl3737thank you.

[@cliffordjeffrey8775]

God, max payne 3 airport is the sickest video game moment. Ive sung the praises of that moment to many people who will sadly never play it. The music intensity stepping up to its fullest form and having vocals for i believe the first time in the game is legendary.

[@ashwean]

For me its the parkour assassinations in the A.C games mixed in with the parkour its just so satisfying.

[@iamskyfall]

A few I’d mention: the main set pieces in the uncharted games, killing Nemesis with the rail gun in the RE3 remake, the big score in GTAV, the eikon fights in FF16, and using infected to clear out groups of enemies in the last of us games.

[@contrafatual]

The first time I visited this airport in Brasilia after finishing Max Payne 3 was surreal. It's a perfect reproduction, I felt like I was in the game.

[@vivekpeter]

What is the number 7 game called? Gameranx should include the names of the games in the video for non English speakers like me. Difficult to understand.

[@Jeremy-ql1or]

In the game Shadow Tactics (a Japanese spin on the Desperados games) one of your characters is a massive former samurai who has this sword spin move that kills anyone in it's AOE. Once in a great while you will get two groups of patrolling guards that pass each other at the same time and you can instantly take out like 10 guys at once. It is incredible to pull off because the rest of the game is slowly taking out enemies one at a time.

[@MKhoshahang]

This one was one of the most personal lists from Falcon. Enjoyed it a lot. I would also add: (1) double/triple headshots from Sniper Elites series, (2) syncing with Quiet in tactical combat in MGS V, (3) Taking down convoys in sandstorms of Mad Max and (4) Rope dart kills from AC:Black flag to this list

[@mattyt1961]

That sound on the Batman knockout punches... that is bad ass on its' own

[@jarse1991]

Ah man what a great list ❤

[@GabrielLima-gw4eg]

Perfectly at my lunch time, love from brazil

[@theretaliation5616]

Ayo Gameranx i love your vids... can i get a reply?

[@gameranxTV]

Thanks

[@travismcnasty51]

2:21 TEARS was used in all of the marketing material, and the entire game had elements of that song building up to it.

[@null_spacex]

"oh shit, that's a bombman" 😂😂

[@urielbenavides7596]

Do a second part and you have to add split/second when you can get a power up to change a 3rd of the map. That was epic to me lol

[@jspres86]

Anytime in Control when you shoot an enemy across your body and simultaneously telekinect-throw a weapon across the OTHER side of your body is SUCH a badass feeling.

[@VongolaXZax]

You know the MC is a badass when they start getting serious.

[@ijkdenem]

SPOILER WARNING. there is a level in (Oddworld: Stranger) where there level is pretty much exploding and you have to haul ass out of there from the top of a massive structure that you JUST spent a whole long time climbing in only a few minutes with VERY FEW MISTAKES or you can't escape and get to the next level. holy crap it is so hard to get the timing right.

[@khrisbreezy3628]

Going deathless across the Kowloon district roofs in Black Ops 1 with that KILLER soundtrack going, aptly named Rooftops... It's one of the best CoD moments ever

[@railasvuo]

Max Payne games. I had almost forgotten about them. I used to play these in my childhood. Absolutely great games. Edit. I have an Xbox Series S these days and I noticed that Max Payne's are in the store. Does it still make sense to buy these in 2023?

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@wastelandwanderer2693]

Always great when you guys mention Gears of War in any of your vids. I feel like the franchise is kinda irrelevant nowadays compared to the original trilogy back in the 360 era. It's one of my favorite games of all time and it just sucks to see that it's not that popular like it used to be.

[@Alternatedimension2]

Ghost of Tsushima, 4:00, there is a trophy for wearing a certain outfit and doing this move to 5 in a row! So 3 is mid. Lol I just earned my platinum on this a few weeks ago. Thanks for the video.

[@amnistlerooy452]

I may be having a bad day bh Falcon...his hilarious 😂😂

[@trexxperiaz8654]

I’ll wait for 2nd part, with all yakuza moments😮

[@clivematthews95]

I love the Elden Ring entry and the Sekuro entry, but Rocksteady definitely rocked my world when I got to be the caped crusader 🔥🔥🔥 🦇

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@ErosXCaos]

Rage 2 is hard to master, but it has a suite of flashy, yet meaty moves that combined with the chunky guns, feels incredible. The Overdrive mechanic lets you trigger a rage state, with enhanced abilities that alters you and your guns, that will end after a few moments. But if you’re good enough, you can keep it going with quick, consecutive kills, and before you know it, you’ll have cleared the entire Bandit camp. Very satisfying, because you have to be in the flow state to do it.