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Lara Croft Crowned Most Iconic Video Games Character of All Time, According to BAFTA Poll (www.bafta.org)
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What an.... interesting list. What are we thinking?

Personally I'm stunned Lara Croft made the top five and Agent 47 seems like an odd choice. Small sample size?

**The full list: **

  1. Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

  2. Mario, Super Mario

  3. Agent 47, Hitman

  4. Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog

  5. Sackboy, LittleBigPlanet

  6. Pac-Man, Pac-Man

  7. Link, The Legend of Zelda

  8. Master Chief, Halo

  9. Kratos, God of War

  10. Shadowheart, Baldur’s Gate 3

  11. Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2

  12. Pikachu, Pokémon

  13. Steve, Minecraft

  14. Solid Snake, Metal Gear Solid

15.Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot

  1. Cloud Strife, Final Fantasy VII

  2. Astarion, Baldur’s Gate 3

  3. Kazuma Kiryu, Yakuza

  4. Ellie Williams, The Last of Us

  5. Nathan Drake, Uncharted

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[–] Lukewarm_Tea@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Being a gamer is maybe what lead to this list. I would say a character is the most recognizable if it can be named by the most people. Mario/Sonic/ Pikachu/pacman very recognizable shadowheart/asterian probably not as much.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Not just Gamers though. Dishonest or misguided gamers it must be.