History Main / AwesomenessMeter

* A ''HalfLife'' mod known as ''The Opera'' based it's entire score system on awesome. As it was emulating Hong Kong HeroicBloodshed films, the score that players received for a kill was based on how difficult it was to pull off and how awesome it looked.

* ''ViewtifulJoe'' also grades you on "missions". from '''D'''('oh!) to '''C'''(rappy!) to '''B'''(aaaad!) to '''A'''(wesome!), all the way to '''V'''(iewtiful!). Your grades on time (how fast you win), defense (how well you avoid getting hit) and V points(how many V points you got by doing combos and collecting medals). Top scores require you to be really stylish by evading attacks, pulling off insane slomo multipliers for your base combos, and doing it all fast. Getting all Vs earns you a Rainbow V ranking for the mission. Getting Rainbow V for all missions the chapter will get you Rainbow V for the Chapter, and getting Rainbow V for every chapter will unlock infinite VFX mode. [[hottip:*:For those keeping score, you have to get top ranks for ''every mission in the entire game'' to get that. Truly a BraggingRightsReward, because you just proved you don't need it!]]

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' gives its letter grades extended names: '''D'''(ull/eadly, etc.), '''C'''(ool/arnage, etc.), and so on, up to [[RankInflation SSStylish]]. You build them up by continuously switching your tactics during battle. In the third game a well-placed [[BringIt taunt]] raises the meter (and changes depending on what rank is displayed).

* ''{{Bayonetta}}'' ranks you from Stone, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum to Pure Platinum depending on combo score, how much damage taken, if items were used, if you fought every verse (basically KillEmAll on the angels), and the number of halos obtained at the end of each chapter.

* ''BatmanArkhamAsylum'' has the Freeform Combat that lets you seamlessly maim and knock down mooks in one free-flowing motion. By the time you're done demolishing 20 mooks in one continuous combo, you'll feel like the Goddamn Batman indeed.

* Using a Demolition Shot in ''{{Gungrave}: Overdose'' to take out enemies gives your character the "Jackpot" bonus, which not only affects how many skulls you'll get at the end of the stage/act, but will also refill the Shield and Vitality meters depending on how much Jackpot damage you caused (Ranging from "Cool!" to "Wicked!" to "Awesome!" and so on). Chaining normal attacks ("beats") in both games in rapid succession fills your Demolition Shot Gauge which in turn allows your character to launch an over-the-top, often screen-clearing special attack (which is, the aforementioned Demolition Shot).

* ''SoldierOfFortune'', according to some.
* In ''MetroidPrime 3'', you get [[ScrappyMechanic friendship vouchers]] for killing certain enemies in a certain way, like making aerial Space Pirates have a crash landing.

* The game ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'' award you with a background voice giving you various titles acording the number of players you have killed before being killed o the number of kills you have done in streak.

* ''HouseOfTheDeadOverkill'' has a "Goregasm" mode unlocked by making enough hits in a row without missing, which gives you bonus points and is accompanied by a waving American flag in the background.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManX 8'' would reward you with a better score and a flashier attack sequence if you killed a boss with a tag-team attack.

* ''TotalOverdose''
* ''Videogame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine'' gives you more ExperiencePoints for headshots, long-ranged kills, revenge kills etc.

* ''Split/Second'' rewards your awesome driving (drifting, drafting, jumping, and getting way too close to explosions and surviving) with the ability to blow stuff up.

* ''BatmanArkhamAsylum'' has the Freeform Combat that lets you seamlessly maim and knock down mooks in one free-flowing motion. By the time you're done demolishing 20 mooks in one continuous combo, you'll feel like the Goddamn Batman indeed.

* ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'' (from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'') does this to the title. Getting MAXIMUM AWESOMENESS makes you want to say {{Guide Dang It}}.

* ''VideoGame/RyuGaGotoku''. Oh man.

* ''{{Carmageddon}}'' gave an 'Extra Style Bonus!' for spattering a pedestrian with a handbrake turn.

* ''{{Shadow of Rome}}'' (for which there's an awesome Let's Play [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/ShadowRome/ here]]), has a meter representing crowd satisfaction in Gladiator matches. The higher it is, the better the weaponry the crowd will throw in for you. It goes up if you pull off impressive stunts and provide gory deaths for your foes.

* ''Cabal Online'' focuses on its combo system and rewards chaining special attacks with extra experience points. Mooks of the recommended level are usually little more than punching bags to be gathered in vast numbers for longer combos.

* ''VideoGame/TheGodfather: The Game'' has more than 40 different ways to "execute" enemies, including garroting people from behind, faking a traffic accident, and burning people alive in ovens. You get a bonus for completing every single execution and most hit contracts give you extra money for assassinating the target in the specified manner.

* The original ''GrandTheftAuto'' gave multiplied your points for killing someone with their own car, killing someone with a flamethrower or if you manipulate a cop into shooting someone. If you killed enough people at once you got a 'Psycho Bastard Bonus!'.

* ''SaintsRow 2'' pretty much scores every degenerate act that you can commit with bronze, silver then gold stars appearing next to the name of whatever it is that you were doing. Roof surfing, streaking, flashing, headshots, vehicle stunts, base jumping... the list goes on.

* Each ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' game has a meter that fills up by killing enemies (or, more rarely, collecting gold orbs) and briefly grants Kratos invulnerability when used - Rage of the Gods (''God of War''), Rage of the Titans (''God of War II') and Rage of Sparta (''God of War III'').

* ''ProjectGothamRacing'' doles out "Kudos" points, in a manner similar to the ''Burnout'' example above.

* ''VideoGame/VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'' (from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'') does this to the title. Getting MAXIMUM AWESOMENESS makes you want to say {{Guide Dang It}}.

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''.
* Using a Demolition Shot in ''{{Gungrave}}: Overdose'' to take out enemies gives your character the "Jackpot" bonus, which not only affects how many skulls you'll get at the end of the stage/act, but will also refill the Shield and Vitality meters depending on how much Jackpot damage you caused (Ranging from "Cool!" to "Wicked!" to "Awesome!" and so on). Chaining normal attacks ("beats") in both games in rapid succession fills your Demolition Shot Gauge which in turn allows your character to launch an over-the-top, often screen-clearing special attack (which is, the aforementioned Demolition Shot).

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* ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'' (from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'') does this to the title. Getting MAXIMUM AWESOMENESS makes you want to say {{Guide Dang It}}.

* ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'' (from ''WebOriginal/{{Homestar Runner}}'') does this to the title. Getting MAXIMUM AWESOMENESS makes you want to say {{Guide Dang It}}.

* In ''NBAJam'', getting three baskets in a row will cause the announcer to call out "He's on fire!" - to which [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome your character literally catches on fire]] and moves faster for a time.

* ''GodOfWar''.

* ''MegaManX 8'' would reward you with a better score and a flashier attack sequence if you killed a boss with a tag-team attack.

* ''Left4Dead'' and ''Left4Dead2'' have "credits" at the end of a campaign, listing off all the various statistics (accuracies, headshot percentage, fewest times revived, etc.) Although you're not outright GRADED, it can be fun to compare and/or trash talk with friends over who did the best. And of course the final line, "X zombies were killed in the making of this film."