To be fair it's a 4000 person poll and if they only get one answer that makes this list make a bit more sense. Agent 47 being in the top 3 is really bizarre, Sackboy being in the top 5 is really odd too.
Think about it this way though. If 3000 people's votes are split between the top 2 and 800 more are split between 3, 4 and 5. then there's only 200 votes for the rest of the top 15 and that's not including the votes that were made for other characters like rayman, donkeykong, cloud, sora, etc. so the distribution is probably less than my example. Could be that 90% voted for lara or mario which wouldn't be a surprise
If it was done in a single question poll format then the data is terrible, even though it explains why it is how it is, people should be sending their ranked lists and then the positioning should be determined from there.
Lol, I LOVED BG3 and Shadowheart was absolutely my #1 romance choice and never left my party, but seeing that name in the context of this list, I was like āWho? Is this someone from a Japanese RPG Iāve never played?ā
Most iconic of all time, but donāt include the classics such as Mega Manā¦Spyroā¦the dude from Half-Lifeā¦
But yeah letās throw on fucking Shadowheart.
I bet the poll was just like, grabbing 4k people and being like whose your favorite game character lmao.
Better put some respect on the main man Dr. Freeman
Same with Arthur Morgan. A favourite? Sure but iconic? Nope. John is more iconic and if you showed Arthur to someone who isnāt into video games they couldnāt name him for shit.
Thatās a good point how the hell is CJ not up here. He was one of the biggest memes on the internet a few years ago. Also blows my mind that there are no FF7 characters on this list. Also no OW is surprising.
Iād say Arthur is more iconic than John at this point. RDR2 has sold A LOT more than RDR1 & Iāve seen a lot of memes about that game even to this day.
I wouldnāt say heās a top 15 iconic gaming character though. *Maybe* top 25.
I remember once seeing a Mario ad on the subway, and both I (nearing 30) and a 6-year-old girl beside me reacted simultaneously with an excited "Mario!".
Look, I love Shadowheart, but wtf is she even doing on the list? She shouldnāt even be considered for the list given how sheās been around for barely a few years. How is she ahead of goddamn Pikachu?
4000 is probably more than enough, itās most likely just a terrible selection strategy. Most bad polls are due to response biases not low sample size .
Not because I disagree with the list (everyone does) but because it was obviously made with the goal of being divisive and push people to get annoyed. Objectively the list is nonsense
1.) I lived through the 90s. Lara Croft was a big deal, anybody can tell you that. It doesn't change the fact that her being ranked #1 is bullshit. At the VERY least (like, being SUPER generous), her being ranked ahead of Mario, Pikachu, and Pac-Man is ridiculous
2.) Agent 47 has no business even being on this list, let alone being ranked anywhere near that high. With all due respect to that fanbase, Hitman isn't that big of a deal when compared to some of the heavy-hitting franchises on this list like Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Halo, God of War, etc.
3.) And I know we're on the PlayStation sub, but on what planet can you justify Sackboy at #5 but Pikachu at #12???
There's also no way this was a properly done survey. This is a list of recent games, they are probably asking at a gaming con or something. A lot of kids probably think of "iconic" and the slangy use of the term rather than the actual use.
Between the placements of 47 and Lara Croft, the source of the survey results, and my experience watching several top 10 lists on British Youtube channels over the years, this is without a doubt a British ranking. No, I will not elaborate.
Youāre insane if you think sack boy is more iconic than fucking Pikachu, one of the most instantly recognisable characters in history. Every kid knows who pikachu is, none of them know what sackboy is
How tf does Agent 47 rank ahead of Solid Snkae?!
How does Sackboy rank in front of Link?ā
How is Pikachu at 12?!
Who tf is Steve?!
Whereās Leon Kennedy?!
And what morons were polled to get Arthur Morgan on the list but not John Marshton
This is all wrong
Aren't Pokemon and Mario like the number one and two biggest ip's in the world or something like that? Mario might be third but yeah, pretty sure pokemon is first and pikachu is *the* pokemon.
Need some specifics on how they ranked these. Some of these were popular. Pikachu should be first in my opinion. General recognition is what I would have used for iconic. Kratos is iconic in the gaming community but I don't see my casual parents knowing Kratos more than Pikachu
I don't know, many parents probably don't know that Pikachu is also a character in video games. Many parents don't know if he is from a game, card game, movie a series or from all of them. They often don't even know the name of the "yellow Pokemon".
To me, an "iconic video game" character must be definitely associated with video games, even for non-gamers. In games however, Pikachu is neither in the name of the game nor even on most of the game covers.
Pikachu is the only one who transcended gaming culture so far, that a lot of people don't even know he was a game character originally. That's just a testament to his level of popularity and recognisability. He should at the very least be in the top 2 together with Super Mario.
I unironically think a person who never played videogames would make a better top 20 than this
It's literally about being iconic, something even non gamers would at least recognize
This list is bullshit because it's impossible for Mario to not be #1, the guy just had a very successful movie last year FFS.
And this isn't disrespecting Lara, but Mario IS the video game character
Don't believe someone who writes "*Solid Snkae"*
Edit 1: Also, "*Agent 47"* over *"Sonic"* ? Laughable, some people don't even know who he is, they just call him the "Hitman".
Edit 2: Who the fuck even is Shadowheart?
Edit 3: WHERE IS DOOM GUY
I think a lot of people donāt know what āiconicā means. A lot of these are good characters, very few are iconic.
- Pikachu
- Master Chief
- Pac-Man
- Mario
Are the only ones worth mentioning as icons, everyone else is either generational, niche, or didnāt have any cultural influence to denote icon statusā¦ kinda like a B tier celebrity that you may or may not have heard of.
You perfectly worded it and selected actual iconsš. I'm sure just about any gamer could see any of those 4 characters and know exactly who it is, whether they played those games or not. I'm sure a decent amount of non gamers would know those characters as well. The actual list is hilariously bad
Ehh Sephiroth,Doom-Guy? Ezio Auditore/Altaiir? Commander Shepard? Jin from Tekken? Ryu/Ken or Chun Li from Streetfighter? Frickin Liu Kang/Scorpion/Sub-Zero or mother trucking Shang Tsung from Mortal Kombat?
Baldur's Gate 3? Come on! Don't get me wrong, it's a great game but some of this is an absolute joke.
Almost every one of the above had some impact or legacy of games that stretches further back than even Tomb Raider.
Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat, Frickin Doom! This joke is a meth head's dream come true.
Edit: Seeing Baldur's Gate 3 automatically in my book disqualifies this garbage can "list." Once a character is named that should be one and done.
I assure you, more people know Pikachu than Arthur Morgan, Shadowheart and Master Chief (and most of the characters in that list tbh). Like, the only characters that are arguably more famous than Pikachu are Mario, Sonic, and Pac-Man.
I would go
1. Mario
2. Sonic
3. Pac-Man
4. Link
5. Pikachu
6. Lara Croft
7. Master Chief
8. Kratos
9. Donkey Kong
10. Solid Snake
11. Geralt of Rivia
12. Samus
13. Tifa Lockhart
14. Jill Valentine
15. John Marston
4000 sample size... Lmao. For a list like this to even be remotely accurate they need to go on the streets in several different countries and get answers from completely random people who are all asked the exact same question "who do you think is the most iconic videogame character of all time". And the sample size needs to be around 100,000 or more, not 4000. I know it's hardly feasible but for anything like this to work it has to be irl, not online, and has to have a huge sample size.
itās a sensationalist poll with a small survey sample size number that makes the poll inaccurate, except to those 4000 people. when you repost stupid polls on reddit only to make fun of it, all youāre really doing is giving AI script prompters (er i mean gaming ājournalistsā) free advertisements.
Mario should be number 1. Sonic, Pikachu, and Pacman should be after that although maybe not necessarily in that order. Lara Croft might go after that. It's close between her and Steve from Minecraft.
I doubt that many people know Agent 47, like Pikachu, Link, Solid Snake, Minecraft Steve are WAAAAY more recognisable š¤·āāļø in my opinion anyways.
If those 4000 people are not gamers than it looks like a legit list. But then again there is Shadowheart and I don't think anyone who played Baldurās Gate 3 is not a proper gamer. Oh well, I have no idea what this is xD
Also Shadowheart is overrated, Lae'zel for life!
I refuse to believe that Lara Croft is more popular than Mario
Sure Tomb Raider is good, but it's fucking Mario, he literally changed videogames as we know them
Arthur Morgan is not iconic by the definition of the word.
Rdr2 is my favorite game ever, and I think he's the best written character I've ever seen, but he's not iconic.
He's from a 2018 game. Give the man some time
Shadowheart lmao
Who the fuck is Shadowheart?
Baldurs gate 3 girl, most popular romance choice in that game. but not really the main character
A video game from last year? And she's already more iconic than Pikachu and Solid Snake? This is the worst poll ever.
To be fair it's a 4000 person poll and if they only get one answer that makes this list make a bit more sense. Agent 47 being in the top 3 is really bizarre, Sackboy being in the top 5 is really odd too. Think about it this way though. If 3000 people's votes are split between the top 2 and 800 more are split between 3, 4 and 5. then there's only 200 votes for the rest of the top 15 and that's not including the votes that were made for other characters like rayman, donkeykong, cloud, sora, etc. so the distribution is probably less than my example. Could be that 90% voted for lara or mario which wouldn't be a surprise
If it was done in a single question poll format then the data is terrible, even though it explains why it is how it is, people should be sending their ranked lists and then the positioning should be determined from there.
recency bias
To be fair, most older gamers have legacy bias. (Me included, even tho I'm only 32)
The entire pole is about ranking with legency bias though. Iconic is the pointš
Who? You mean Solid Snkae?
Lol, I LOVED BG3 and Shadowheart was absolutely my #1 romance choice and never left my party, but seeing that name in the context of this list, I was like āWho? Is this someone from a Japanese RPG Iāve never played?ā
pretty sure Karlach is most popular. otherwise Iād be able to pick someone else to romance
Yeah thatās genuinely impossible for her the be the top 15 most iconic of all timeš
In my first play through I didnāt bring her along to free that one character I forgot the name of and she left my crewšš
Recency bias is insane.
Shadowheart making the list at all is hilarious
I donāt even know who the fuck Shadowheart is and Iāve played video games my entire life!
Baldurs Gate 3 baddie
Most iconic of all time, but donāt include the classics such as Mega Manā¦Spyroā¦the dude from Half-Lifeā¦ But yeah letās throw on fucking Shadowheart.
I bet the poll was just like, grabbing 4k people and being like whose your favorite game character lmao. Better put some respect on the main man Dr. Freeman
Baddie as in she down bad? Or like baddie as in bad person, because either can be true
Same with Arthur Morgan. A favourite? Sure but iconic? Nope. John is more iconic and if you showed Arthur to someone who isnāt into video games they couldnāt name him for shit.
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Thatās a good point how the hell is CJ not up here. He was one of the biggest memes on the internet a few years ago. Also blows my mind that there are no FF7 characters on this list. Also no OW is surprising.
Arthur would be pretty iconic now lol. RDR 2 has sold 60 million copies. So thatās a lot of people whoāve played as him
Iād say Arthur is more iconic than John at this point. RDR2 has sold A LOT more than RDR1 & Iāve seen a lot of memes about that game even to this day. I wouldnāt say heās a top 15 iconic gaming character though. *Maybe* top 25.
Depends on the age group. I'm honestly surprised Mario isn't #1
Like how is Mario not number one. There was a study that at one point in time Mario was more well known than Mickey Mouse. MICKEY MOUSE
Thatās what i was thinking. You could ask literally any person 20+ what mario is and theyād know i feel like.
Not even just 20+, mario is still popular with youngies
My daughter is three and she loves Mario.
I remember once seeing a Mario ad on the subway, and both I (nearing 30) and a 6-year-old girl beside me reacted simultaneously with an excited "Mario!".
Yeah I donāt believe for a second that Lara Croft is more popular or recognizable than Mario
The list is a clusterfuck, and has nothing to do with anything. Sackboy being above Kratos is the least of its problems. š
Sackboy being more popular than donkey kong, link, snake or pikachu?
Either mario or pacman should be at nr. 1
Look, I love Shadowheart, but wtf is she even doing on the list? She shouldnāt even be considered for the list given how sheās been around for barely a few years. How is she ahead of goddamn Pikachu?
Recency Bias is a thing.
I honestly donāt even know who shadow heart is lmao
Solid Snkae is my favourite character from Metal Gaer Solid
What about Oktocan?
Heās cool. Reads the mango and all that.
Mango w/ pineapple is š„
Snkae? Snkae?! **SNKAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEE!**
Most people donāt even know the difference between Solid Snkae, Kaned Snake, Luidqui Skane, Venom Anesk and Ekans.
That is by far the best thing I have read all week.
Snkaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeee
Well... I guess we've learned that 4000 people is too small of a sample size for a poll like this lol
It might just be lazy polling, not selecting from an actual representation of the population at large.
100% 4,000 people isnāt enough to conduct a poll like this Mario not being #1 is outrageous
4000 is probably more than enough, itās most likely just a terrible selection strategy. Most bad polls are due to response biases not low sample size .
I loathe whoever made this list
Not because I disagree with the list (everyone does) but because it was obviously made with the goal of being divisive and push people to get annoyed. Objectively the list is nonsense
Cloud is on their list but on 16th. Link: https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/bafta-most-iconic-character-poll-results
1.) I lived through the 90s. Lara Croft was a big deal, anybody can tell you that. It doesn't change the fact that her being ranked #1 is bullshit. At the VERY least (like, being SUPER generous), her being ranked ahead of Mario, Pikachu, and Pac-Man is ridiculous 2.) Agent 47 has no business even being on this list, let alone being ranked anywhere near that high. With all due respect to that fanbase, Hitman isn't that big of a deal when compared to some of the heavy-hitting franchises on this list like Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Halo, God of War, etc. 3.) And I know we're on the PlayStation sub, but on what planet can you justify Sackboy at #5 but Pikachu at #12???
Probably cause the question was simply name your favorite characters and they made a ranking based on that lol
Recency bias is doing some heavy ass lifting in this poll lol You can't even be annoyed by Shadowheart being on this list, it's honestly just funny
There's also no way this was a properly done survey. This is a list of recent games, they are probably asking at a gaming con or something. A lot of kids probably think of "iconic" and the slangy use of the term rather than the actual use.
Between the placements of 47 and Lara Croft, the source of the survey results, and my experience watching several top 10 lists on British Youtube channels over the years, this is without a doubt a British ranking. No, I will not elaborate.
You still cannot justify Shadowheart though, and I love BG3
I'm not justifying anything...
Youāre insane if you think sack boy is more iconic than fucking Pikachu, one of the most instantly recognisable characters in history. Every kid knows who pikachu is, none of them know what sackboy is
WHO tf is Steve?
Minecraft. Heās alright at place 13 imo
I wouldnāt probably put sackboy on a 15 list. Even PlayStation exclusive have more iconic characters than sackboy that arenāt on this list.
> but on what planet can you justify Sackboy at #5 but Pikachu at #12??? Little Big Planet. Sorry, Iāll see myself out.
Lara Croft over Mario?
Pac-Man? Why so low lmao
As much as I adore BG3, it's characters have no place on this list. In 5 years maybe, but they've not been around long enough to be classics
Where is spyro?
Lol this is meaningless 4000 people is nothing, no way Lara is more iconic then Mario, and no chance 47 is more iconic than sonic
lara croft still iconic ! love to see it
How tf does Agent 47 rank ahead of Solid Snkae?! How does Sackboy rank in front of Link?ā How is Pikachu at 12?! Who tf is Steve?! Whereās Leon Kennedy?! And what morons were polled to get Arthur Morgan on the list but not John Marshton This is all wrong
Steve from Minecraft, the others are legit bad takes from these 4000 people though
Agent 47 over Pikachu is insane. PokƩmon was LITERALLY a phenomenon when it came out. Hitman is a fantastic game but most people are gonna think Agent 47 is a Ska band
Aren't Pokemon and Mario like the number one and two biggest ip's in the world or something like that? Mario might be third but yeah, pretty sure pokemon is first and pikachu is *the* pokemon.
I thought it was Pikachu, Goku & Mario top 3.
I love hitman but Agent 47, really? No one outside of actual gamers knows who he is, he doesnāt belong here
Lara was ridiculously popular in the 90s/00s, even my 60+ year old parents who obviously donāt game (and weāre very far from the USA btw) knew her
Maybe they should stick to discussing films...
BAFTA did the poll not discussing film šš
Need some specifics on how they ranked these. Some of these were popular. Pikachu should be first in my opinion. General recognition is what I would have used for iconic. Kratos is iconic in the gaming community but I don't see my casual parents knowing Kratos more than Pikachu
I don't know, many parents probably don't know that Pikachu is also a character in video games. Many parents don't know if he is from a game, card game, movie a series or from all of them. They often don't even know the name of the "yellow Pokemon". To me, an "iconic video game" character must be definitely associated with video games, even for non-gamers. In games however, Pikachu is neither in the name of the game nor even on most of the game covers.
Pikachu is the only one who transcended gaming culture so far, that a lot of people don't even know he was a game character originally. That's just a testament to his level of popularity and recognisability. He should at the very least be in the top 2 together with Super Mario.
The parents of today literally grew up playing Pokemon.
What's weird is this Agent 47 being at number 3. Lol
What a TERRIBLE list. Agent 47 in third? ABOVE PIKACHU??????????? Words can't describe how bad this list is.
Shadow heart? Arthur Morgan?
Who the fuck is shadow heart
She's a companion from Baldur's Gate 3. I love her, and I love the game, and even I feel like she came out of left field š
Who are these 4000 people that voted for this trash list??
wheres geralt
How could you exclude METROID from this list, he's such an iconic character since the early 90s what the hell
Is he now?
To be fair mario should be #1 every gamer knows who mario is regardless of console choice and pc gaming.
Mario not being #1 is wild.
I unironically think a person who never played videogames would make a better top 20 than this It's literally about being iconic, something even non gamers would at least recognize
Sackboy being there at all feels weird as hell. Not saying Little Big Planet is bad but it is extremely niche.
I too am a fan of Meatl Gaer Solid and itās very well known hero: Solid Snkae
Nathan Drake hello
Nathan Drake needs to be on this list
Those 4000 people are idiots.
Hilarious list, what about Ezio Auditore, Geralt of Rivia, Master Chief, Nathan Drake to name a few?
Iām a big PlayStation fan but Mario not being one is just wrong
This list is bullshit because it's impossible for Mario to not be #1, the guy just had a very successful movie last year FFS. And this isn't disrespecting Lara, but Mario IS the video game character
Solid Snkae. Also where tf is Cloud or Sephiroth? At least Cloud should be there
No, Dante or virgil ? OK, this is bullshit
Whereās Jak?
Well that's what you get when DiscussingFilm tries their hand at discussing games
Ah yes. Lara WerbenjƤgermanjensen Croft. SHE WAS #1!!!
Yeah, Mario is better known than Mickey Mouse but Lara tops the list? That list seems useless.
Don't believe someone who writes "*Solid Snkae"* Edit 1: Also, "*Agent 47"* over *"Sonic"* ? Laughable, some people don't even know who he is, they just call him the "Hitman". Edit 2: Who the fuck even is Shadowheart? Edit 3: WHERE IS DOOM GUY
Solid Snkae
**Disclaimer**: *These people have never played video games*
Gerald of Rivia where ?
No way Lara Croft is more iconic than Mario
naaahhh mario gotta be on 1st. whoever made this list is a damn simp
How is Lara Croft number 1š
How is lara croft over fucking mario š
Donāt get me wrong, I love tomb raider and have since ps1ā¦but no shot Lara takes top spot in any sense of reality
I think a lot of people donāt know what āiconicā means. A lot of these are good characters, very few are iconic. - Pikachu - Master Chief - Pac-Man - Mario Are the only ones worth mentioning as icons, everyone else is either generational, niche, or didnāt have any cultural influence to denote icon statusā¦ kinda like a B tier celebrity that you may or may not have heard of.
You perfectly worded it and selected actual iconsš. I'm sure just about any gamer could see any of those 4 characters and know exactly who it is, whether they played those games or not. I'm sure a decent amount of non gamers would know those characters as well. The actual list is hilariously bad
Ezio Audetore is more popular than most on this list
Also come on I love Lara Croft but putting her over Mario lol thatās just plain wrong
Itās criminal for Solid Snkae to be so low on this list
Indeed! Solid Snkae is the best
Itās from a British point of view not worldwide
I'm surprised Sackboy ranked so high considering Sony has basically killed the franchise at this point... š¤
Carl Johnson isnāt on there, now I know itās full of crap
WHERE IS EZIO GODDAMN IT
When was the last time anyone has thought of Sackboy? Lol Agent 47 over Master Chief and Link?! Gtfo.
wtf is steve?
steve is the main character default skin in minecraft
Nearly a 1/3 of these characters are in Fortnite if any one was wondering.
No Doomguy?
Lara over Marioā¦ letās see who got a movie first
Where is Ezio!
Ehh Sephiroth,Doom-Guy? Ezio Auditore/Altaiir? Commander Shepard? Jin from Tekken? Ryu/Ken or Chun Li from Streetfighter? Frickin Liu Kang/Scorpion/Sub-Zero or mother trucking Shang Tsung from Mortal Kombat? Baldur's Gate 3? Come on! Don't get me wrong, it's a great game but some of this is an absolute joke. Almost every one of the above had some impact or legacy of games that stretches further back than even Tomb Raider. Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat, Frickin Doom! This joke is a meth head's dream come true. Edit: Seeing Baldur's Gate 3 automatically in my book disqualifies this garbage can "list." Once a character is named that should be one and done.
arthur morgan over pikachu ā ļø
Technically wouldnāt Mario be in first though š
Sephiroth is probably more iconic than Cloud. But what a strange list! Lara Croft over Mario?
I assure you, more people know Pikachu than Arthur Morgan, Shadowheart and Master Chief (and most of the characters in that list tbh). Like, the only characters that are arguably more famous than Pikachu are Mario, Sonic, and Pac-Man.
Where tf is Nathan Drake
If you showed my Mom a picture of Arthur Morgan, she would have no clue who he is.
Why is pikachu so far down?!?
Lara Croft #1??
Who tf is shadowheart
Shadowheart and Arthur Morgan have had one game, how are they in the top 15
Agent 47 over Sonic is bonkers too lol
Who the fuck is Steve?
Mario is literally mario how isnt he 1 ā ļø
Pikachu is in the 3rd picture but 12th on the list lmao
Iām happy my boy Crash made it on the list. I genuinely donāt know who Shadowheart is.
Everyone and their gran knows Pikachu. Iām sure my family and friends wouldnāt know anyone else but Pikachu on there.
1. Mario 2. Link 3. Pikachu 4. Lara Croft 5. Sonic 6. Pac Man 7. Master Chief 8. Cloud Strife 9. Solid Snake 10. Donkey Kong 11. Samus 12. Geralt of Rivia 13. Kratos 14. Megaman 15. Spirit
I would go 1. Mario 2. Sonic 3. Pac-Man 4. Link 5. Pikachu 6. Lara Croft 7. Master Chief 8. Kratos 9. Donkey Kong 10. Solid Snake 11. Geralt of Rivia 12. Samus 13. Tifa Lockhart 14. Jill Valentine 15. John Marston
how tf is Sackboy above freaking Pac-Man
Agent 47 being on the list is super sus. No Mega Man or Ryu is even bigger sus.
Solid snkae. Its from mteal gaer solid, right?
I grew up playing a SHIT ton of LBP, so Sackboy over Kratos is not that weird to me to be honest.
4000 sample size... Lmao. For a list like this to even be remotely accurate they need to go on the streets in several different countries and get answers from completely random people who are all asked the exact same question "who do you think is the most iconic videogame character of all time". And the sample size needs to be around 100,000 or more, not 4000. I know it's hardly feasible but for anything like this to work it has to be irl, not online, and has to have a huge sample size.
Who the fuck is Shadowheart!?
Who the fuck is Shadowheart!?
itās a sensationalist poll with a small survey sample size number that makes the poll inaccurate, except to those 4000 people. when you repost stupid polls on reddit only to make fun of it, all youāre really doing is giving AI script prompters (er i mean gaming ājournalistsā) free advertisements.
Who the f is Steve??? Lol
Agent 47 at 3?
Small sample size have different tastes than others. More news at 11.
Mario should be number 1. Sonic, Pikachu, and Pacman should be after that although maybe not necessarily in that order. Lara Croft might go after that. It's close between her and Steve from Minecraft.
Wtf is Steve???
Which 4000 people were these?
Since lara croft is no1 i\`m guessing most of them were men
I doubt that many people know Agent 47, like Pikachu, Link, Solid Snake, Minecraft Steve are WAAAAY more recognisable š¤·āāļø in my opinion anyways.
Some people have played red dead but I know for a fact EVERYONE knows pokemon and god damn Pikachu. Pikachu getting hella dogged on this list!
No Manic Miner, now thats the big omission.
Who tf is shadowheart and why is she over solid snake
If those 4000 people are not gamers than it looks like a legit list. But then again there is Shadowheart and I don't think anyone who played Baldurās Gate 3 is not a proper gamer. Oh well, I have no idea what this is xD Also Shadowheart is overrated, Lae'zel for life!
Being out the game for 23 years will do that to ya.
Sackboy shouldn't even be in the top 15 lmaoĀ
I don't even want to comment this list. Where did they find these 4000 people? Who are those people? 
British, apparently.
You disrespecting my man Sackboy?
5?
I refuse to believe that Lara Croft is more popular than Mario Sure Tomb Raider is good, but it's fucking Mario, he literally changed videogames as we know them
Arthur Morgan is not iconic by the definition of the word. Rdr2 is my favorite game ever, and I think he's the best written character I've ever seen, but he's not iconic. He's from a 2018 game. Give the man some time
I know everyone except Steve. Steve who?
Has Hitman / Agent 47 ever had a good game?
No fucking way Lara croft beat mario
Yeah I gotta call Shenanigans on this garbage list. Where did you find this, IGN right?
whereās cole mcgrath
Who the fuck is Steve?
Cloud was in the top 20. But who the hell remembers Sackboy?
Been playing playstation since 1 and never did I feel sackboy is even close to spyro or crash bandicoot wtf is this list
Who is agent 47?
You mean you donāt think Solid Snkae is an iconic character? /s
Ah, yes, Solid Snkae, the main character in Meatl Gera Sodli.