Hardcore Gamer's IQ Test

The Ultimate Test◊. It has hundreds of characters from hundreds of games. Try to name them all. And of course post results/attempts/fails here.

What the holy fucking shit is that

Oh god my eyes there's too much ARGH

Make sure to enlarge it.

Hah, I'm failing already x_x

I'm going to attempt this and fail spectacularly. Oh well.

I think I could get most of them if I spent the time and effort.

I mean come on, filling up half the bottom row with the cast from Halo and Gears of War?

I thought this was for HARDCORE GAMERS!

Yeah, most of these are pretty easy. I just dont feel like typing them out.

Props for White Glint though!

edited 13th Jul '11 12:32:14 PM by Thorn14

I didn't know trivia knowledge accounts for intelligence.

Also, what does Jack Skellington have to do with the vidya?

edited 13th Jul '11 12:44:12 PM by Litis

You clearly never won a million dollars on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

I know a lot of characters from that picture.

Turns out I can recognize most characters from the games I haven't even played.

@litis Jack Skellington had several games actually. and of course kingdom hearts.

Not enough retro!

Still, that would be one hell of a crew to assemble. Wonder what sort of Crisis Crossover villain would be tough enough to demand that sort of attention.

I can name about a quarter of them, and at least identify the game half of them came from. Pretty sure there's a danbooru version that has them all named floating around. That's probably a joint effort though.

What does it say about me that I have no idea who some of those characters are, but I can still identify which game they're from due to the art style?

edited 13th Jul '11 1:12:27 PM by RedViking

Lesse, from the top left:

• Optimus Prime
• Ryu
• Riddick.
• Viewtiful Joe
• Maya Amano
• Dante and Lady.
• That goddamn dog.
• Rorschach (Wait what?)
• An Ork Boy.
• Cole McGrath
• Donald, Mickey, Roxas, and Goofy.
• The Excite Bike racer.
• The Predator
• Nathan Drake
• Scorpion
• The Cooking Mama
• Jack Skellington
• Jack and Daxter.
• Cloud Strife
• Solid Snake
• Homer Simpson. (A lot of non-video game characters here, eh?)
• The Medic, Soldier, Heavy, Spy, and Sniper.
• Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance.
• A Prinny
• A Peashooter
• The Elite Beat Agents.
• A Football Zombie.
• Rayne
• Kasumi
• Travis Touchdown
• Ivy Valentine.
• Earthworm Jim
• The Destroyer, Vanquisher, and Alchemist.
• A Terran Marine.
• Samus Aran
• Thane Krios
• Foc McCloud
• Nova
• Super Man
• Carmen Sandiego
• Gabe and Tycho.
• Guybrush Threepwood
• A Blood Elf Mage.
• Leon Kennedy
• Wario.
• Iron Man
• War
• Crash Bandicoot
• Nariko
• A Rabbid.
• A Necron.
• Sam And Max.
• Darth Vader
• Phoenix Wright
• Ray Man
• Old Snake
• Bumblebee
• The Incredible Hulk
• Commander Shepard and Ashley.
• Chun Li
• Spider Man (Seriously, what's with all these comic book characters?)
• Ratchet
• A Portal.
• The Alien.
• Kratos
• Lego Batman,Indiana Jones, and a Jedi.
• Mario and Yoshi.
• Link
• Blanka
• Sonic The Hedgehog
• Luigi
• Bomber Man
• Morrigan. (Disapproves.)
• Mini-Evil Ryu
• Zangief
• Duke Nukem
• The Prince of All Cosmos.
• Wolverine
• Donkey Kong
• Alex Mercer
• Shank
• Sub-Zero
• Dirk the Daring
• Bayonetta
• Pikachu
• The Arbiter, Master Chief, and Cortana.
• Mrs. Pac-Man, a Ghost, and Pac-Man.
• Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
• Miranda
• Ryu Hayabusa
• Lucas
• Faith
• A Brotherhood of Steel member.
• J.C. Denton
• Altair
• Indiana Jones
• A Big Daddy.
• Freddi Fish
• Bat Man
• Amaterasu
• Agent 47

Oh my..

edited 13th Jul '11 1:18:02 PM by Neo_Crimson

First row: I see Ryu, some guy from Pit Fighter, Ryu, Dante, Cody, whatserface from Persona 2, the dog, Jade, Rorschach, a soldier in personal armor, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Goofy, a Predator, a ball and paddle, and the werewolf from Altered Beast

Second row: A guitar that I'm assuming is from either Guitar Hero or Rock Band, Cooking Mama, Scorpion, Jack Skellington, Cloud Strife, the Vic Viper, Solid Snake, two martial artists that I think are from Yie Ar Kung Fu, Homer Simpson, The Soldier, The Heavy, The Spy, The Sniper, Gordon Freeman, a Prinny, one of the Battletoads, I forget its name but it shoots peas, Tifa Lockheart, Kasumi, Travis Touchdown, Abe, an army man, Earthworm Jim, Toejam and Earl, Midna, Meat Boy, Joe Musashi, and Bonk.

Third row: Samus Aran, some asshole from Warhammer 40k, Nu!Radd Spencer, Tab, an R-Type, Fox McCloud, Superman, a monkey in a ball, Arthur, Carmen Sandiego, those two guys from Penny Arcade, Guybrush Threepwood, Wolverine, Pyro, Cyclops, whatsisface from Resident Evil 4, Wario, Iron Man, a companion cube, Crash Bandicoot, E.T., Darth Vader, Sam, General Custer, and Phoenix Wright.

Fourth row: a Michael Bay-era Transformer, The Hulk, Sackboy, Lara Croft, Chun Li, Spiderman, that one guy from Ratchet And Clank, Kratos, Lego Indiana Jones, Mario riding Yoshi, Link, something that looks an awful lot like the main character in Contra, Blanka, Sonic The Hedgehog, Luigi, Professor Layton and whatever the hell name his sidekick is, Bomberman, a skeleton from Grim Fandango, chibi!Ryu, Zangief, Duke Nukem, the swordsman and the dwarf from Golden Axe, Wolverine again, Donkey Kong, Chris Redfield and some token sidekick, Jazz Jackrabbit, Sub Zero, whatsisface from Dragons Lair, and whatsisface from Wolfenstein 3D.

Fifth row: Bayonetta, Pikachu, Master Chief, the T block, Ms. Pac Man, Blinky, Pac Man, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, some heavy steroid abusers, Ryu Hayabusa, Lucas, whatserface from Mirrors Edge, Raz, Neo, Astroboy, Raziel, whatsisface from Assassins Creed, the thing from Space Invaders, the guy from Spelunky, Indiana Jones again, a fat princess, a Big Daddy, Amaterasu, Batman, and a Doomguy.

edited 13th Jul '11 1:28:01 PM by EnglishIvy

I'm not sure how you're supposed to name all the characters when some are generic P Cs (Aion, World of Warcraft, Hellgate London).

edited 13th Jul '11 1:34:55 PM by Miijhal

• Row 1- Advance Wars Green Earth&Black Hole tanks, a lego man, Optimus Prime, Ryu, Olimar(is that his name) and a pikmin, the...dog. crap. Scotty?, from Animal Crossing, a character from Left For Dead 1, and Coach from LFD 2, Viewtiful Joe, Dante?, that annoying dog from Duck Hunt, Rorschach, Cole from inFamous, Donald, Goofy, Mickey, Roxas, the extremebike dude, the bunny from Jumpstart Adventures?, Drake, and an Xbox Live character thing?

• Row 2- A Guitar Hero controller, Cooking Mama, someone from Mortal Kombat?, the dude from the John Woo produced game, Jack Skellington, Jak, Daxter, Cloud, Snake, Homer Simpson, some characters from Team Fortress, that man from Half Life? His name is Gordon something..., is that a Prinny?, someone who looks like Tifa, the Elite Beat Agents, someone from the Dead or Alive volleyball game, the guy from No More Heroes ?, the cover person for Mercenaries.

• Row 3- Samus, guard from Oblivion, the thing from Da Blob/De Blob/whatever, Fox, Apum?(something that starts with AP) from Super Monkey Ball, Superman, a Nintendog, Carmen Sandiego <3, did the people from Penny Arcade make a game?, Ada Wong and Leon...Kennedy? from Resident Evil, Wario, Iron Man, Crash Bandicoot, Companion Cube, one of the stage people for Guitar Hero, the girl from Heavenly Sword ?, Raving Rabbid, Nina Williams, Julia Chang, Darth Vader, the rabbit from Max and something...Sam&Max?, Rayman, Phoenix Wright.

• Row 4- Someone from Dragon Quest, Old! Snake, the Hulk, Sackboy <3, Chun Li and her scary ass thighs, Spiderman, Ratchet&Clank, Kratos, the things from Alien Hominid, some more Lego people, Link, Niko/Nico from GTA, Sonic, Luigi, Luke and Professor Layton, Bomberman, Duke Nukem <3, the Prince and a Katamari <3, Donkey Kong, Wolverine, Chris Valentine and the girl from RE 5, Sub Zero?

• Row 5- Bayonetta, soldiers from Halo?, Pikachu, a Tetris block, Pacman, Ms. Pacman, and the ghost things, Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles, the dude from Ninja Gaiden, Lucas from Earthbound?, Faith from Mirrors Edge, Castle Crashers characters, Neo from the Matrix game, Astro Boy, some people from The Sims, the main character of Assassins Creed, that creepy girl from F.E.A.R? (Isn't her name Aida?), the person from Scribblenauts, Indiana Jones?, a Big Daddy, that kid game that was super fun, the fish is from that, a busty woman on the cover of some Grant Theft Auto game but never appears in the game, Batman, the hitman from Hitman, Amaterasu from Okami, and that's it.

My brain hurts.

Over half the characters here are space marines and mafia fodder. I'll probably lose by default.

This was posted a long time ago, but of course, it was purged.

edited 13th Jul '11 2:21:45 PM by Schitzo

I got a fair amount, but they're too bundled together for me to bother trying to identify them all.

I think I have the same problem with you, since the characters are just jammed up together.

However, I can still identify most, if not all of them.

edited 13th Jul '11 4:00:15 PM by AttObl

Should some of them even count if they're mostly popular due to something else? Like Riddick or Hulk or Optimus Prime? You don't even have to be a gamer to know some of these characters.

And I know most of these characters. But I really don't care enough to try and answer all of those questions in the top right.

I mean come on, filling up half the bottom row with the cast from Halo and Gears of War? I thought this was for HARDCORE GAMERS!

If you can't identify Master Chief, does that immediately disqualify you?

I failed by a country mile, but here's what I could get:

Row 1:

• A tank from Nintendo Wars?
• Optimus Prime
• Ryu
• Riddick
• Captain Olimar w/ Pikmin
• K.K. Slider
• Rochelle and Coach
• Johnny Cage?
• Viewtiful Joe
• Dante
• The dog from Duck Hunt
• The guy from Uncharted, whose name escapes me (Drake?)
• A pig cop from Duke Nukem
• Rorschach
• An Ork?
• Cole McGrath
• Sora, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy
• Guy from Excitebike
• A Predator

Row 2:

• A Guitar Hero controller
• Cooking Mama
• Scorpion
• ...Jet Li?
• Captain Falcon in the blue Falcon
• Jack Skellington
• Jak and Daxter?
• Cloud
• SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!
• Homer Simpson
• BLU Medic, Soldier, Heavy, Spy, and Sniper
• Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance
• Elite Beat Agents
• Tifa?
• Bloodrayne?
• Hitomi?
• Travis Touchdown
• Ivy
• An army man
• Earthworm Jim
• Dante (the other one)
• Bonk?

Row 3:

• Samus
• A spehss mehreen?
• A city guard from Oblivion?
• Spencer
• Fox McCloud
• Superman
• Arthur from Ghosts N' Goblins
• A Nintendog
• Gabe and Tycho
• Carmen Sandiego
• Guybrush Threepwood
• A Warcraft elf?
• Leon and Ada
• Wario
• Iron Man
• Isaac Clarke?
• The guy from Tron 2.0
• War
• The Weighted Compainion Cube
• Crash Bandicoot (is his name just Crash?)
• The guy from Brutal Legend
• Afro Samurai
• A rabbid
• Conker...maybe?
• A Necron?
• E.T.
• Sam and Max
• Darth Vader
• Rayman
• Phoenix Wright
• General Custer's Penis

Row 4:

• Old Snake
• Bumblebee
• Sackboy
• The Incredible Hulk
• John Shepard...with Ashley Williams?
• Splosion Man
• Chun-Li
• Spider-Man
• Joanna Dark?
• Kratos
• Lego Batman
• Lego Indiana Jones
• Mario and Yoshi
• The guy from Dead Rising?
• Link
• The guy from Contra
• Nico Bellic
• Lego...Obi-Wan? Anakin? Some Lego Jedi, anyway.
• Sonic
• Luigi
• The guy from Madworld
• Professor Layton and...Luke?
• Little Mac
• Bomberman
• Morrigan from Dragon Age
• Zangief
• Duke Nukem
• Ezio
• Some...thing from Katamari Damacy?
• Wolverine
• Donkey Kong
• Chris and Sheva
• Alex Mercer
• Sub-Zero
• That guy we used as the old image for The Many Deaths of You. Don't remember his name or the game. Just the image.

Row 5:

• Bayonetta
• A bunch of Halo characters, including Master Chief and Cortana
• Worms
• The guy from Metal Slug?
• Pikachu
• The T-block from Tetris
• Pac-Man, Mrs. Pac Man, and one of the ghosts...Inky?
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• The crew from Gears of War
• Ryu Hayabusa?
• Lucas from Mother 3
• Raz
• Neo
• A guy from one of the Modern Warfare games?
• Astro Boy
• Sims
• A chess piece (the black king). Any further significance?
• Altair
• Maxwell
• Indiana Jones
• A Big Daddy and a Little Sister
• Batman
• Amaterasu
• The guy from Hitman?
• Doomguy

^That's not Jet Li, it might be Tequila from John Woo's Stranglehold.

I identified a shedload of them. Only ones I could barely identify:

• The modern-day soldiers (barring the guy who's on the cover for Medal Of Honor 2010 and the Mantel Corp Soldier).
• The MMO women (barring the WOW Blood Elf).
• Some of the sprites.

edited 13th Jul '11 6:00:24 PM by RocketDude

First row(left to right): Optimus Prime(Transformers), a SVER soldier(MAG), Rochelle and Coach(L 4 D 2),The Vic Viper(Gradius), GSG 9(Counter Strike),Navy Seal(Socom:Confrontation),Cole(Infamous),Drake(Uncharted)

Second row: Nomad(Crysis),Jak and Daxter, Homer Simpson,Cloud Strife(FFVII),Naked Snake(MGS 3), The Medic(TF 2), The Soldier (TF 2),The Heavy (TF 2), The Spy (TF 2), The Sniper (TF 2),Gordon Freeman(HL), Alyx Vance(HL 2),

Third row: Space Marine(Something 40k),Samus(Metroid),Mantle Soldier(Haze),Helghast(KZ),Fox(Starfox),Superman, R9 Arrowhead(R-Type),another 40k dude(something 40k),Gabe and Tycho(Penny Arcade),A walker from BF 2142,Iron Man,Crash Bandicoot, Phoenix Wright(AA).

Fourth Row: Old Snake(MGSIV),The Hulk, Sackboy(LBP),Ratchet and Clank, Kratos(GOW),Link(LOZ),Mario,Luigo, Yoshi, Sonic, Bomberman,Altair(AC),Alex Mercer(Prototype).

Fifth: A bunch of Spartans from Halo including the Master Chief, those guys from Gears of War, Marco(Metal Slug), BAD DUDES,Faith(Mirrors Edge),Either an Enclave or BOS(Fallout),Neo(The Matrix),Indiana Jones, that weird thing from Bioshock, The Goddamn Batman, and another Spartan from Halo.

EDIT: Just noticed Duke Nukem, Serious Sam, and Zangief on the third row.

edited 13th Jul '11 6:00:22 PM by uberdude