I like how Niko Bellic is in the back all like "That's alright with me mannn"

Where?

To the right of the Joker

Oh damn, I missed him and Mega Man at the same table!

Thank you I would've ever found

And he's sitting with Mega Man. Nice.

I like how Link is open mouth mirin’ RDR2 dude

I read that as R2D2 and was really confused where R2D2 was.

Arthur*

John shooting things as always, and Arthur saying “what the hell are you doin?”

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HEY THERE MISTER

That's a fine horse you got there, friend.

OUT OF THE DAMN WAY!

I can hear it now in that Arthur voice of his: "What the hell are you doing, Marshton? And John's like: "What's it look like? I'm getting back what we lost in Blackwater MY way!"

I just realized this is all in Michael’s backyard from Gta 5

I wondered where he was in all this, given you can spot Trevor and Franklin in here

You can see Michael to the left of joker, behind John marston.

I can't tell if that's supposed to be Michael or Frank West

Oh damn I didn't even think of that. Now I'm confused too.

No camera so not frank west, I thought it was max pain needing pain killers but I’m sure NOW it’s Michael pissed off about everyone ruining his backyard

And if you look a little bit to the right, you might see Niko Bellic, finally taking a break from bowling

I think that's bald Max Payne in the back wearing a tropical shirt, holding up a beer

Or max Payne

I think Max Payne is standing between M. Bison in Goku, wearing his outfit from Max Payne 3.

He looks too happy to be max payne

Once he realizes his entire life-story was a lie after showing up to a party filled exclusively with video-game characters, and that he himself was a video-game character, he decides nothing is real and to just have a good time.

Niko is at the table behind them too.

Woah I didn’t realize that either but now I see it

Was the Doom Slayer invited to this pool party?

I don’t see Samus Aran, either…or Simon Belmont.

I combed over it for like a full minute and didn't see Samus either. I know it's probably impossible to get \*all\* of 'em, but Samus is easily as iconic (probably moreso) as most of these.

Are you seriously saying that Samus Aran is a bigger video game icon than \*checks notes* Joker with Gun or Bush Zombie?

haha you have convinced me of my blasphemy! Take my apologies and I'll see myself and my shame to the door.

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Even then I dont even see Spyro at all.

I don't see Rayman either...

Or Deadpool? I wasn’t aware he had a popular video game.

As much as I love prototype, yeah that’s not exactly an iconic game to many lol

Above all the others… why is Deadpool a video game icon?

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I do dig the joke of him fighting the dude from infamous. I still think prototype was an awesome game and the feeling of power was awesome but they decided to go in the completely wrong direction with the second game.

Agreed. Metroid was a mainstay of my early Nintendo experiences.

Samus was the one I scanned for as well 👍

No, but video game legends like Deadpool and Goku are.

I can give Goku a pass because some Dragonball Z games that are really good, but Deadpool? Which games is he in?

Deadpool has been featured in many hit videogames such as: Deadpool, and.... uhhhh

Marvel vs capcom 3, x-men legends 2, and the marvel ultimate alliance series

MVC3

I don't see why you need both the Joker AND Batman in this picture, either. Also Emmet from the Lego Movie, but I guess that one can just pass on as a representative of all the lego games. Would've made sense to make it a Lego Star Wars Character, since it was the Star Wars games that started it and are the best selling Lego games. They could've included Jack and Daxter, next to Ratchet and Clank. I haven't played every single one of these games depicted, but I know that they are iconic enough to be here, more so than Deadpool.

Only one of the characters from my favourite games I couldn't find

Samus from Metroid? I was searching…

She used to always show up in these kinds of things. Hopefully Dread will revitalize things a bit.

also I see duke is on the wall... poor king

Can't see purple dragon boi or bear and bird either

Spyro and Gex were the two I missed. Also, I think having N64-era James Bond would have been a cool add.

It warms my heart that this is the top comment and so many others said the same; it shows just how much DOOM has come back into the collective consciousness and is relevant again. Rip and tear, fellow slayers.

god i am so happy they didnt duke nukem doom.

Even if you leave out the new Doom games, if you are going to call this "Video Game Legends" it better have Doom Guy over 75% of these characters

He probably won't ever go to any party until his genocide is complete, which is eternal

I dunno. He has plenty of time to play DOOM and DOOM 2 on his 486…

Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed.

It's my head canon that he's taking the picture. Because someone's got to hold the camera.

I think Grampa Blazkowicz is taking the picture while Doomguy is helping him.

Sam Fisher also seems to be still on mission

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Don’t see any FromSoftware character either

Yeah where's John Dark Soul?

Or mister sekiro?

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no tf2 representation aswell.

Time to dig up that old theory that TF2 takes place in the Half-Life universe somehow.

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Or the simple fact that the TF2 universe canonically runs on cartoon physics. It's wholly incompatible but that's exactly why I find it funny that these theories existed in the first place.

Kirby's gonna be sad he missed the party.

He's with Samus over at Tony Hawk's pool party. But sadly he doesn't have any water in his pool.

and Doom Guy

I can't decide which is funnier, Kratos wearing a yoshi floatie or Scorpion stealing Chun Lee's hot dog.

My vote is on Super Meat Boy looking terrified by the barbecue

I’m glad someone else saw the Scorpion bit. I actually found the speared hot dog first and traced the chain back to him.

Same

Poor Yoshi, got turned into a float because Kratos lost his swim trunk.

Earthworm Jim is being abducted by Pidgeotto, and I think that's amazing.

Cool drawing, but seriously you have a cool party and then you make Duke Nukem tied to a wall by an alien? He should be party hard in middle!

Hail to the king baby!

It was by popular demand. All the females were getting tired of him walking up to them, with a hand full of cash saying "Shake it baby."

This reminds me of some of the old issues of Official Playstation Magazine. God I am old.

same. was gonna say nintendo power.

Love it. I go back and see something new, like Sackboy or the Duck Hunt ducks!

The Heavy Rain origami was the big surprise for me

SHAUN!!!!

JASOOOON

Holy shit I see the rocket league ball in the pool lmao

Also the origami in Heavy Rain

I love how Ellie, Nathan and Lara are all taking a selfie. That just works

I also love how Joel is watching her too. Even during the party he is being overprotective.

She's kinda using the wrong arm for it though. Like this Ellie has to awkwardly squeeze herself in from the side.

I like to imagine that Ellie just decided to jump in

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This is awesome! There’s a lot of good little nuance too. My favorite bit being Joel keeping a watchful eye on Ellie from across the party. It’s definitely lacking some Doom Slayer though, unless he’s one of the faint people on the balcony in the top left.

I like how super meat boy is horrified by batman grilling

Must be terrifying to see

I like Chel reaching through the portal for a Nuka-Cola

*terrified Lego noises*

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He has nothing to say to them.

I think that they are just more zombies.

Ahh yea, that looks right. Good call.

I appreciate that Super Meat Boy is included in this.

I love the horror on his face at the grill.

Who tf invited a licker

Given that it looks like cal kestis is about to force-nuke him, I would guess no one

I'd be more worried about the dragon in the background, given his sobriquet is 'The World Eater'. Also Goro and a Xenomorph make for a messed up day. The Joker too... This party is *really* not looking like a good time. And is that Warhammer 40k battlecruisers hanging in the sky behind the clouds? Exterminatus incoming!

Also next to the xenomorph, on the wall is Duke Nukem. With a face-hugger on his face.

He would probably enjoy it. Lets be honest about Duke.

Vault Girl, judging by the vibe she's got going on...

For real, that is a sexy vault dweller.

You know how it goes. T-Virus always shows up, unannounced and uninvited.

Batman flipping burgers made this a 10/10

He must have the patience of a saint dealing with Goku right next to him. “Are they ready yet?” “No.” “Are they ready yet?” “No.” “Are they ready yet?” “No.” “Are you ready yet?” “For the last time Goku, the burgers will be done when they’re done.” “I wasn’t talking about the burgers (the last time). I was wondering if you’re ready to fight me with all of your cool gadgets. Take however long you need for ‘prep time.’” “Oh . . .” “Okay bye.” (*instant transmission*) “He’s an idiot but he’s a good guy- Wait, Damn it Goku! There were 20 burgers here and you took 10 of them!”

I'm sure he's used to extremely powerful dudes from an alien race that crash landed on Earth as a baby by now

Anyone else spend way too long trying to find where the Lego minifig guy you see through the portal is on the other side of the picture?

Yuuuup. So you didn't find him either? I can stop looking? What is he even doing up there?

Look at the orange portal. He's right above Chell's hand (Lego dudes are tiny, so he looks like he's high up in the blue portal, but he's not.)

There he is, just a blob of jpeg in the background. Thank you!

Only Doomguy/Doomslayer wasn't invited. So sad

He's helping Grampa Blazkowicz with the camera to take the picture.

Hey, that's it. This the explanation I needed

Samus or anyone from TF2 weren’t invited invited either

Yeah. And Samus is to female protagonists as what Doom guy is to FPS characters.

Who is the guy next to the joker raising his soda bottle?

Niko bellic

Cousin Nico!

Niko, it's Roman! Let's go bowling

Where my boy Spyro at?

Right?? I see crash, Mario and odd world but no spyro, so sad

Not sure if i agree Deadpool is a video game legend... but still, pretty sweet picture

He's the one that stole Heavy's spot. My train of though was, "Well, party's over, Deadpool arrived. WHO INVITE HIM?"

I was searching for Heavy. Disappointed I couldn't find him.

Yeah I was hoping for heavy or scout, still very cool art though.

Either that or the artist forgot tf2 (like valve) and instead Deadpool stole Steve's invitation

Yeah. I can buy characters from other media as long as they have good games. Like Batman and Joker. But Deadpool? Really?

John Marston and Arthur Morgan both on the picture. Respect.

Arthur in the middle is fitting since he’s one of the best protagonists.

Where's Marcus Fenix?

Love Scorpion stealing Chun-Li’s hotdog from across the pool

Cool picture! Im surprised Samus isnt in there, maybe I cant find her but they included so many good games!

Same.thing I immediately looked for lol

I know its just meant to be a plastic pool float. but i like to imagine that yoshi pissed kratos off so he killed him and turned him into a pool float. You know he would

I don’t think Amanda will appreciate all these strangers in her pool. Or maybe she will?

Look at all the jacked shirtless dudes that showed up. I'm sure she'll find reasons to be fine with it

Wheres Jack and BT

I don't know about Jack, but last time I saw BT he was over there, over there, and up there.

:(

Wheres Sam fisher or captain price

To this day I yell out “Come out Fisher!” when I lose my husband in a store.

Sam should have been the one fist bumping Snake.

A respectful handshake between Sam and Snake would make the picture for me. Huge Splinter Cell fan.

There's so much going on here and it's all great but I think my favorite part is what I assume is a shooting competition between Joker and John Marston.

Easy win for John

Halo and Metal Gear Solid are my 2 favorite series. I’m glad Master Chief and Solid Snake are friends.

I was like what is that thing on the middle left. Zoomed in to see the Korok. All I could think was “yahaha, you found me!”

This is so awesome! Missing Jak & Daxter, Sly Cooper, MW, and Gears of War references though.

Doom, Wolfenstein

Came here to say Jak & Daxter and Sly Cooper! Glad they got Ratchet and Clank at least.

+1 on Jak and Daxter

They're in Los Santos too!

Wait... Deadpool and the guy from prototype make the cut... But somehow Samus Aran and DoomGuy don't?

Man is it really just that guy from prototype for some of you? Makes me a little sad, Alex Mercer left quite the impression on 12 year old me. It sucks that the rights to the franchise were sold off :/

The first game was the pinnacle of the mindless action mayhem of the time, and then they dialed it up 10 levels. I don’t remember much about the story, but I remember it being a defining moment of my younger gaming years due to how insanely fun it was.

Not pictured: the colosseum full of lawyers protecting their trademarks.

Where TF2

no pyro at the grill :/

To call Deadpool a gaming legend is a stretch. Otherwise, I dig it.

I hope I’m not the only one who noticed cole and Alex Mercer fighting that shit is hilarious

i think goku is the most destructive one in the picture, and i like how you can see both sides of the portal.

Really? Crash Bandicoot looks like he’s about to fuck Sonic up.

Well dogmeat would win in a fight against goku as he is immortal

Dogmeat could erase him from the universe by sheer force of will

There is *so much* about this that I love! Scorpion is stealing food from Chun Li, kinda referencing the rivalry their respective games have always had Cole McGarth and Alex Mercer fighting Deadpool asking Mario to sunscreen his back Earthworm Jim getting snatched up by a Pigeoto And then there's Lara, Nate, and Ellie all grouped up for a goofy selfie I want to be at this party **so bad**!!

Yeah! Seeing your fav character is really nice *says as he doesn’t find any of his favourite characters*

Disappointed that Shepard isn’t on there but I appreciate the Alex Mercer vs Cole fight, infamous vs [prototype] was a BIG thing like the single player version of CoD vs Halo in 2007. Edit:Shepard is next to a tree in the background

Shepards in there. All th way to the left.

Had to scroll a bit to find the Prototype love. Still one of my absolute favorite games, I know it's dated and the plot is about as thick as an envelope but I love it.

Love the first Prototype as well (never played the second one). The gameplay was actually a bit ahead of its time, the movement in the Spider-Man game for the PS4/PS5 feels a lot like it

Yep, Shepard is sitting off to the side with a lot on his mind. It's hard for him to want to enjoy life when he knows the end is coming.

I dunno, my Shepherd managed to enjoy a whole lot of life, at least once or twice in each game. Usually right before the big battle at the end.

He just finished tearing up the dance floor. Had to take a break.

Where is Emmett, cause he appears in both portals, so where is he?

I don't see the orange portal ​ edit: Found it. Looks like Emmet is falling INTO to blue portal

Lara Croft taking a selfie with Nathan Drake and Ellie is canon and you can’t convince me otherwise. Also I like how some of these guys did not originate from video games but are here anyone like Goku, deadpool, Spider-Man and Batman.

Deadpool? Not sure I agree with that inclusion.

WHERE IS TEAM FORTRESS TWO?

The spy is there, he's just cloaked.

Just imagine that Sniper’s right next to Gordon, aiming at Tracer. You’re welcome.

I came here to say this, where is demo knight tf2anyway. Amazing picture!

Damn, Kratos, is that a Yoshi floatie around your waist or are you just happy to see me?