Lara Croft beats Mario to become most iconic video game character, according to BAFTA poll

In the top twenty there are two characters from Baldur`s Gate 3

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has published the results of its survey of players on the topic of the most iconic gaming character. 

More than 4,000 gamers from all over the world took part in the survey, which is not very many. In any case, the tomb raider Lara Croft won, who was able to bypass even the iconic mustachioed plumber Mario. 

20 leaders look like this:  

1. Lara Croft.
2. Mario.
3. Agent 47 (Hitman).
4. Sonic.
5. Sackboy (LittleBigPlanet).
6. Pacman.
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.
13. Steve (Minecraft).
14. Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid).
15. Crash Bandicoot.
16. Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII).
17. Astarion (Baldur`s Gate 3).
18. Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza/Like a Dragon).
19. Ellie (The Last of Us).
20. Nathan Drake (Uncharted).

As you can see, most of the characters were invented quite a long time ago, but there is only one game on the list, the characters from which appear twice, and this is Baldur`s Gate 3, which was released only last summer.