We all know the characters this is about. Those characters who subsist solely on just how cool they are. It's easy to forget what's happening in a scene when you get pulled in by all the hype scenes until you take a step back and realise, wait, what was the point of all that? And the honest answer is that some characters just need a m꧑inute to look cool.

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My headcano▨n is surely close to how they'd actually feel, right?

And it is absolutely worth it, too. Not everything needs to be perfect logic and years of pay-off. Sometimes, with just a little bit of moderation, it's fine to let a character aura♌ farm and become the main character who is more powerful and important than anything else in ♈the world. Rules of the story be damned, these characters thrive when you get to have their hype moments.

8 Vergil

Hype Moments, Aura, And The Ability To Turn Into The Devil

Vergil in the DMC 5 trailer, posing in a stance with his katana in a snowy environment.
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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Devil May Cry 5
10.0/10
Released
March 8, 2019

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
PHYSICAL

ESRB
M for Mature: Blood, Parꦜtial Nudity, Strong Language, Violence
Developer(s)
Capcom
Publisher(s)
Capcom
Engine
RE Engine
Multiplayer
ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Online Multiplayer, ꧋Local Multiplayer
OpenCritic Rating
Mighty
How Long To Beat
11 Hours
PS Plus Availability
N/A
Metascore
89

If there was ever a gaming character that live🏅d and died by hype, it's Vergil. From his very first appearance in the original Devil Ma🧜y Cry where he didn't say a single word, to his final appearance in Devil May Cry as a literal god of the Underworld, he can't help but act cool. It doesn't matter if it's tonally incorrect because this is Vergil's world.

Seriously, even his gameplay is based around how cool and composed he think he is. Just standing ther♚e and taunting makes him more powerful, and narrowly dodging attacks brings his concentration even higher to the point that he can destroy enemies with a single slash of his sword. The m♛an is the definition of aura farming.

7 🧸 Sha🔥dow The Hedgehog

Nothing Says Mature Like A Children's Mascot With A Handgun

Shadow the Hedgehog in the intro for the 2005 game.
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Shadow the Hedgehog
Platformer
Action-Adventure
Third-Person Shooter
Systems
Released
December 15, 2005

WHERE TO PLAY

PHYSICAL

ESRB
E 10+ // Fantasy V🔯iolence, ෴Mild Language
Developer(s)
Sega
Publisher(s)
Sega
Engine
RenderWare 🐷
Multiplayer
🔜 Local Multiplayer
How Long To Beat
5 Hours
Developer
🌠 Sega Studio USA

Shadow straddles a wonderful line between being over-the-top edgy and bei🌳ng a legitimately interesting and complex character. 🍌And neither of those exclude him from being at the centre of hype moments in a way that no one else in the entire Sonic series is. Shadow is just too confident in who he is, even when so much of his story is about the exact opposite.

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I mean Shadow fights an evil alien in his own domain by sprouting black wings while a song that chantꦚs the words 'All Hail Shadow' play in the background. It is stupid, is largely unearned, but it is also Shadow, and Shadow can do whatever he wants if it gets him some cool moments.

6 Raiden

Character Assassination Be Damned, That Boy Has Aura

Raiden takes a cyborg's spine in Metal Gear Rising Revengeance.
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Action
Systems
Released
February 19, 2013

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
PHYSICAL

ESRB
𝓀 M For Mature 17+ due to Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language ꦐ
Publisher(s)
Konami
Engine
Havok
Platform(s)
PS3, Xbox 360, PC
OpenCritic Rating
Mighty
How Long To Beat
7 Hours

Raiden is such a fascinating character because he exists as a critique. With his introduction in Metal Gear Solid 2, he was the replacement for Snake, the fresh recruit who thought he was so talented and could conquer the world. Snake was a hero to look up to, but also surpass. But Raiden, well, was a bit of a loser who 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:didn't have much of a personality of his own.

Which makes his characterisation in Metal Gear Rising so much funnier. He was an over-the-top edgy character because that is how people viewed him 🥂after MGS4. And that became all he was. Of course he can chop enemies into a million pieces. Yes, he can stop time to literally tear out their organs. He is always cool and collected. He swore he w𒐪ouldn't kill with his sword again? Well, then it's very lucky this isn't even his sword.

5 Agent 47

He Just Can't Help But Give Some Hints He's Being Paid To Kill You

A Screenshot From Gameplay Of The Secret Exit In The Haven Island Map.
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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Hitman World of Assassina꧑tion
Stealth
Action
Adventure
Systems
Released
January 20, 2023

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

ESRB
M 🉐For Mature 17+ Due To Use Of Drugs And Alcohol, Blood, Strong Language, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Drug Reference
Engine
ꦚ Glacier engine 🍒
Franchise
Hitman
Number of Players
1
Steam Deck Compatibility
Verified
PC Release Date
🌺✨ January 20, 2023
Xbox Series X|S Release Date
January 20, 2023 ☂ ⛎
PS5 Release Date
🦹 ꦗ January 20, 2023
Nintendo Switch Release Date
January♍ 20,🀅 2023
Nintendo Switch 2 Release Date
June 5, 2025 🧸
PSVR2 Release Date
March 27, 2025 ⛦
Meta Quest Release Date
🔯 ♈ September 5, 2024
OpenCritic Rating
Mighty
How Long To Beat
24 hours
How Long To Beat (Completionist Runs)
208 hours
X|S Optimized
Yes
File Size Xbox Series
84 GB (November 2023) ℱ
Supported VR Headsets
PlayStation VR 2 Headset, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Meta Quest 3, Valve Index, Meta Que🔜st Pro, HTC Vive Pro 2 VR Headset ♌

Agent 47 is a trained killer, a consummate professional🍸. Someone who will, no matter what, get the job done. He can't fail, so why wouldn't he have some fun with it? You may choose the methods through which Agent 47 carries out his tasks, but you can't decide what he'll say. And he always has some kind of phrase for an♏y given situation.

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Oh, are you cooking a meal? Why it's simply to die for. Escorting a guest along a hazardous path? Be careful, it's quite the fall. Why it would surely be a shame if that golf ball were su🌠ddenly explosive, wouldn't it? All Agent 47 ever has to do is land one bullet, a little bit of Fiber Wire. But no, he needs t spice up the workplace with some curated accidents.

4 Louis Guiabeඣrn𒉰

He Doesn't Even Need The Hype Moments, He's Just Like That

Metaphor ReFantazio Louis Boss Battle Guide
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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Metaphor: ReFantazio
5.0/5
12
8.9/10
Released
October 11, 2024

WHERE TO PLAY

SUBSCRIPTION
DIGITAL

ESRB
♛ T For Teen // Blood, Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence
Developer(s)
🌄 Studio Zero
Publisher(s)
Atlus
Engine
GFD
Number of Players
1
Steam Deck Compatibility
Playable
PC Release Date
October 11, 2024🌞 🗹
Xbox Series X|S Release Date
🌜 Octobe✅r 11, 2024
PS5 Release Date
🥀 October 11, 2024
OpenCritic Rating
Mighty
How Long To Beat
65 Hours
How Long To Beat (Completionist Runs)
104 hours
X|S Optimized
Yes
File Size Xbox Series
81.15 GB

Louis Guiabern stands out because they are actually much more than just hype moments and aura farming. 168澳洲幸运5开▨奖网:Louis has a plan and a clearly-defined end⛎ goal, even if it is a rat😼her extreme means to achieve a noble intent. But Louis is also very confident in his own abilities and how the world views him, so why not make a show out of it?

Louis did not, in fact, have to destroy the king's sarcophagus to mark his entrance. He did not have to literally die just so he coul💃d be resurrected. He could, as he said in his own words, just kill his opponents. Oh no, he is just flamboyant and wanted to make a game out of this. Play the church's game and win, as it were.

3 Jack Garlဣand ✨

Killing Chaos, With Style

Stranger of Paradise Jack fist bumping to himself
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Stranger of P🍌aradise: Final𝐆 Fantasy Origin
4.0/5
4.0/10
Released
March 18, 2022

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
PHYSICAL

ESRB
M for Mature: Bꦕlood and Gore, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
Engine
unreal engine 4 ꧂
Multiplayer
🎃 🍬 Online Co-Op
Number of Players
1-3
OpenCritic Rating
Fair
How Long To Beat
18 Hours
PS Plus Availability
Extra & Premium ꦇ
Wiki

Metascore
72

J𒅌ack Garland of Stranger of Paradise fame is an all-time hype moments connoisseur and aura farmer extraordinaire. From the moment the game begins until the second it ends, he is resolute in his goal - kill Chaos. Jack is frankly unstoppable. Chaos doesn't stand a chance. It's everything that comes before that. Not for Jack's sake, mind. It's the enemies that should be scared of what Jack will do to them.

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Jack can seem like a character withou🐈t any substance for a while. He mauls iconic Final Fantasy characters, he punches literally anything that even bothers trying to monologue. Jack just straight up doesn't care. Story and logic be damned, he is here for one thing, and one thing only - to kill Chaos. The fist bumps🀅 are complementary.

2 Radahn

Not Satisfied With Holding Up The Stars, He Literally Became God

Promised Consort Radahn Elden Ring entering his second phase with Miquella
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168ജ🔯澳洲幸运5开奖网: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Released
June 21, 2024
ESRB
M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes,🌃 Violence

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

Multiplayer
𒁃 ꦯ Online Co-Op, Online Multiplayer
Engine
🐬 Proprietary ཧ
Genre
Soulslike, RPG
File Size PlayStation
16.502 GB

When Elden Ring originally launched, Rada👍hn became sucꦑh a major talking point of the game. Corrupted by Malenia's Scarlet Rot, he kept living in madness, somehow holding onto the smallest semblance of himself. And he was a giant, more than any of the other demigods. He could turn into a combat, and his arena was an entire wasteland. Hell, he even had a whole festival made to take him down.

But of course that wasn't enough. Radahn held the very movement of the stars just to protect his horse. He was already heralded as 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the hardest boss in the game, so why not make him even more? Why not turn him into a literal god even after he was already defeated? And of course👍, make sure he really is the most powerful being in existence this time.

1 ෴ 🐎 Leon S. Kennedy

The Zombies Just Love Seeing Random Backflips And One-Liners

Leon Kennedy aiming a gun in Resident Evil 4's remake.
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168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Resident Evil 4
Survival Horror
Systems
Released
March 24, 2023

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
PHYSICAL
5.0/5

ESRB
M for Mature 17+ due to Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language ꩵ
Developer(s)
Capcom
Publisher(s)
Capcom
Engine
RE Engine
OpenCritic Rating
Mighty
How Long To Beat
16 Hours
PS Plus Availability
N/A
Metascore
93

Looking back at the origins of Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil, it's hard to see him as the same character. The spooked of꧃ficer who faced a zombie apocalypse on his very first day in the space of just a few years became a one-liner action hero w♈ho was personally reporting to the president of the United States of America. Frankly, he's not really the same character.

And does that matter? Not a single iota. Leon is stupid, he is almost a comedy relief character. He doesꦯ backflips, he jokes about infected villagers going to bingo, he has a hilar🍌iously large arsenal hiding in his pockets. Even the developers had to admit that Leon is too over-the-top to be brought back for a genuine horror experience.

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