The 20 Most Badass Video Game Cosplay Costumes Ever

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We have a lot of fun with cosplay here on Unreality. More specifically, we enjoy leering at the hot chicks and making fun of the truly sad failed attempts. But I figured I’d switch it up and feature the best of the best, and after an afternoon searching, I can safely say that these are the 20 most badass video game cosplay costumes ever. Or you know, 20 pretty cool ones. Hit the jump for the full gallery.

Marcus Fenix – Gears of War

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I’m not so sure about the demon-possessed contacts, but everything else…wow.

Brotherhood of Steel Solider – Fallout 3

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It’s like one of those giant standup things at Gamestop, but there’s a guy in it!

Big Daddy and Little Sister – Bioshock

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I’m not sold on Little Sister, but Big Daddy is spot on.

Altair – Assassin’s Creed

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Yeah, he blends right in the crowd.

Dark Link – The Legend of Zelda

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Mark my words, the only time I’ll ever use “badass” and “Link cosplay” in the same sentence.

Helghast – Killzone

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I played through this entire game, but I never figured out if they were aliens or demons or Nazis or what.

Jin Kazama – Tekken

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I wouldn’t want to ride home with him.

Cloud – Final Fantasy VII

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There are roughly 100,000 Cloud cosplayers out there, but this one is my favorite.

Kitana – Mortal Kombat

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Because women can be sexy AND badass. Look at those razor fans!

Kratos – God of War

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The world is in need of a truly epic Kratos cosplayer. This guy is close, but needs to hit the gym for about year.

Nero – Devil May Cry

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Screw Dante, this Nero is a ****ing baller.

Nightmare – Soul Calibur

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What the? This Nightmare looks like belong straight on the Soul Calibur movie set.

Sam Fisher – Splinter Cell

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Yeah, he’s just one step removed from a regular SWAT guy, but whatever, still awesome.

Pyramid Head(s) – Silent Hill

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Because two pyramid heads are better than one.

Samus Aran – Metroid

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Even I know that this Samus getup is legendary among cosplayers.

Sephiroth – Final Fantasy VII

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Love everything but the hairline.

Solid Snake – Metal Gear Solid

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Alright, so Snake wasn’t asian, but this guy’s got the attitude.

Marine – Starcraft

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I have serious doubts that this guy can move.

Vincent – Final Fantasy VII

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Yup, people really like Final Fantasy VII.

And I’ll leave you with…

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Not sure what’s going on here, but I know badass when I see it.

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126 Comments

  1. @Madison: no, that’s not amazing, thats a girl. G-I-R-L. They lack the penis part. Oh, and have boobs. Walk out more – you might see one.

    And for the record – the Starcraft Marine and Brootherhood of Steel soldier looks waay more awesome than Samus cosplay.

  2. I just played through MGS4 for the 5th time, and they say Snake has SOME asian decent, and when I read about more characters it seems like no matter what fuckin country their from, Kojima always made sure they were somehow of asian decent. Kinda fuckin irritating.

  3. @ Madison

    No you don’t understand it’s just BTM would have enjoyed it more if that Samus had a penis… Because he’s a fag.

    Seriously though that is one epicly hot Samus

  4. That Cloud is from Chile!!

    I was there, in that convention
    the guy was really great, perfect details and costume in general
    a great job

    and he win the cosplay contest!!!

  5. @ L

    That’s a real good costume, but I prefer my Samus to look a bit more like she’s been through some major shit.

    Thanks for the link.

  6. “# Paul Tassion 09 Jul 2009 at 1:31 pm
    So the last guy’s from Bleach eh? Not a video game, but whatever, badass nonetheless.
    I’m not sure I understand this whole “Samus with a penis” debate”
    Well, Bleach has a shitload of games out, espicially on the handhelds, so it kinda counts

  7. Thanks for featuring me! Someone just let me know I was on here.

    As for the Samus cosplay, nothing personal against the cosplayer, she’s really good, but she still doesn’t have armor. Just because she’s attractive doesn’t make up for the fact that she still has a costume made almost entirely out of soft materials. There are a few other Samus costumes that deserve the Best Samus Ever title much more than she does. One is in a link that someone posted on this very page.

    and yes Samus Aran, the character is a girl. lol

  8. Did this guy even try to find a good Link or Samus? Cardboard Samus makes me sad. (Or it’s Wonderflex poorly executed, I have no clue) I could have found better ones. In fact, here we go :

    http://yukilefay.deviantart.com/art/Samus-110059472

    http://yukilefay.deviantart.com/art/Metroid-Samus-at-stage-110064764

    http://thebrambear.deviantart.com/art/Samus-Aran-Again-126304406 This person does a pretty good take on it with the texturing. Some more nice armored cosplay in their gallery.

    The most impressive Link cosplayer. She’s very kind too!

    http://pikminlink.deviantart.com/gallery/?214550#Link-other-Zelda-characters-Modeling

  9. there’s actually a TOTALLY better costume of Samus the girls name is Yuki something lol but the Samus costume she made is ten thousand times better than the girl you pictured in this

    otherwise i LOVE the little sister and big daddy and the dark link ones those are amazing!

  10. These costumes are realy awesome,but you must also know that they got a big budget in it,so that’s why they are so great.The ”failed” attempts are fans who didn’T have alot of money and skill and materials to make a costume…

  11. You guys CAN’T be serious about the Samus Aran cosplay being the best one.
    It’s not even really good, nevermind being better than the others. Seriously, look at her chest and belly armor, was it made with some kind of cloth? Look at the edge of her leg armor, was it cut with a bread knife? It’s so horribly amateur compared to most of the others here that it’s laughable she’s been chosen as one of the best cosplays ever.

    I can’t help but agree with BTM, you’re all over her because she has a cute face and that’s all. You can’t fool me like it could be anything else.

  12. @ BTM 08 Jul 2009 at 2:55 pm :
    yo I gotta disagree, the Samus chick is by far the best outta all of them. While it is true that you can see girls anywhere I ask you whens the last time you’ve been anywhere near a sexy babe that likes video games and has no hang ups about getting her photo taken while rocken the camel toe (^.^ side note I’m just gunna mentally log the image into the ‘ol spank bank)

  13. lol they guys at the end r cosplaying from bleach and there not the great sorry to say but i know what im talking about bcuz im an obsesive fan

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  15. some people are so stupid samus is a chick play the old game and beat it ull find out if ur good that is and all the costumes are awesome except sephiroths

  16. @ BTM: wtf? So, just because someone chooses to crossplay, their costume is immediately rendered uncool? Admit it, you’d love to tap that. Tap that /hard./ And besides, some of the best costumes are done by crossplayers on both ends of the spectrum.

    And I wish I had gotten a picture, but I saw an awesome Snake cosplay at Metrocon 2010. That one’s good, but this guy was just intesne.

  17. You idiots don’t understand that BTM knows that Samus is a chick in the game. What hes saying is that the costume isn’t amazing like people are saying it is, it’s just getting credit because its a girl. I completely agree with that too because the thigh and waist area of the costume look stupid and are some kind of squishy material pretending to be metal. Lot of these are good though compared to a lot of what I see but I don’t really spend time looking for cosplay.

  18. Yeah no sh!t.. How many people do not know SAMUS is a chick? Anyone with half a gaming brain knows that. good costumes though even for an old thread lol.

  19. Those are some awesome pics! Beyond the pics, those were some well define detail costumes. Too bad those can not be mass product or else you can sign me up to carry them in my store.

  20. WOOOW. The last one is Ikkaku from Bleach! Sorry, if someone mentioned it already. The fact that someone actually made his Bankai, and true to it’s actual size in the anime– AMAZING.. But Ikkaku is RIPPED. . . There is a much better Kratos Cosplayer . . . Well, he’s an actor BUT Look up on Youtube: God of War Sex Therapy. It’s a GOW spoof of a popular R&B song. It’s like looking at a real Kratos!

  21. I’m definitely late to this but whatever. The Marcus Fenix cosplayer is Sid Garrand from Nightmare Armor Studios. Him and his friends completely made the armor from scratch. And they made four or five more regular COG armor.

  22. You…you monster! HOW COULD YOU FORGET ABOUT WARHAMMER 40 000! I CAN’T BELIEVE IT! Criminal! Just kidding but anyways you should haave included Warhammer 40k cosplay.

  23. also the badass one at the bottom as mentioned is from bleach the other character slightly to the right is kenpachi also from bleach … check it out you will realise just how much of a badass that character is 😀

    did anyone else notice the character that was in most of the pictures as well? the invisable man now that is a cosplay done well and truely brilliantly. sorry stupid o clock in the morning couldnt resist bad puns

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