Who is the most recent game protagonist to achieve iconic status?
From Mario to Sonic, Lara Croft to Master Chief, many characters have become iconic over the years. But who are the standout protagonists from the mid to late 2010s and 2020s? Let’s dive in and discover the rising stars of the gaming world.
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## Recent Gaming Icons
1. Which protagonists have captured players’ hearts in recent years?
2. Who are the rising stars of the gaming industry?
3. Explore the latest iconic characters in video games.
4. Discover the new faces of gaming legends.
### Unveiling the New Icons
– Who is the latest character to join the ranks of gaming legends?
– Which protagonists have become iconic in the digital age?
– Learn about the new heroes shaping the future of gaming.
– Find out who the most recent game protagonist to achieve iconic status is.
– Dive into the world of gaming icons from the 2010s and 2020s.
Let Me Solo Her
Joel and Ellie
Commander Shepard is the most recent character that I can think of that could be considered iconic.
Arthur Morgan
Definitely Nathan Drake on the list.
Amogus
Steve (Minecraft)
I don’t think there has been one to be honest. How I personally gauge that is by people who don’t play games. They have never played a video game but know Mario, Lara Croft etc.
And absolutely none come to mind. Like two huge games from the past 2 years being Elden Ring and BG3. I know some non-gamers who know these games but both are self created protagonists. Same with Fallout, with the rise of the show a lot of people know about Fallout but again it’s a series without an iconic protagonist.
The skyrim guy
Idk, Geralt has become pretty iconic
Geralt of Rivia is absolutely legendary, but he’s likely not the most recent.
IMO, to be an iconic protagonist, you have to be recognizable to most people in the hobby, and a large number outside of it as well. And by that admittedly strict criteria, I don’t think there has been one since master chief or kratos.
Part of this might be just that gaming has become an incredibly broad hobby. Back in the day if you had a snes but didn’t play Mario, or if you had an xbox but didn’t play halo, you were nuts. Nowadays the presence of a console or a pc wouldn’t allow you to make any reliable assumptions besides from cod or madden, and I don’t think Tom Brady or nicki minaj counts as video game icons.
Geralt or old Kratos I guess? I’ve played all the games but older kratos is the image I have for him now
Helldivers 2 Cinematic guy
Astarion, game’s not even a year old and he was included in a Jeopardy question.
Edit: He was not. The clue was about BG3 and answer was “Dungeons and Dragons.” Still, he’s turned into the face of that game.
2B
Kratos (new version) is known a lot even by non GoW players because he’s been used as a meme quite a bit. A lot of people ik that know kratos don’t even know what GoW is, hell they pro don’t even know his name but just recognise his look
Ezio maybe? Someone might not know his name, but they’ll more than likely recognize he’s from Assassins Creed
Why is everyone listing protagonists from 2007 games when OP is asking for mid-late 2010s and 2020s 🤦🏻♀️
Aloy
If the criteria is known broadly by peopke that regularly play and engage with games as well as recognition outside of games I think it has shifted a bit due to games being so big. We don’t have well defined protagonists but we still have mascots or identifiable characters. Fortnites default skin male and female, the Minecraft and Roblox avatars, among us, and certainly the five nights at Freddy’s characters are easily identifiable and recognized as game characters even for people that do not play or follow games.
This is still probably a shift, but I do also remember a time where Mario or sonic were still recognizable as game characters but largely unknown by name from adults or people that did not play games around me in the 90s. I think they had more character and identity of their own rather than the game but possibly time will tell on that as well.
John Helldiver
Joker from Persona 5
Hmm maybe D.va?
I wanted to say Aloy but I had to google to remember her name
Kiryu and Majima are pretty iconic now, although they started getting popular because of memes
I’m going to define iconic through a combination of not only the protagonist being almost instantly recognizable, but also being relatively easy to determine the game they are from.
With that in mind, my three picks for modern iconic protagonists are Steve (*Minecraft*, 2011) the Helldivers (*Helldivers*, 2015) Aloy (*Horizon Zero Dawn*, 2017), and Among Us astronaut (*Among Us*, 2018)
2B.
The astronauts from Among Us
Aloy and Johnny Silverhand/V
The blonde dude that’s seen as the John Doe of Fortnite, Jonesy or whatever his name was
Arthur Morgan
The Witcher – 2007
Last of Us – 2013
Hollow Knight – 2017
Aloy is pretty iconic I think
Arthur Morgan from RDR or Aloy from the Horizon series probably.
I’m surprised at how old the protagonists people are listing are. Ezio? Geralt? Those dudes were popular a over decade ago already.
Zagreus from Hades may not have super wide cultural recognition, but he is recognizable and distinctive.
Arthur and John, even though John came a while earlier.
Joel and Ellie from The Last Of Us. They don’t come from any outside media or rebooted franchises; and now that the show has come out there’s tons of people who don’t even play video games who’d recognize them.
Cast of BG3
LetMeSoloHer
handsome jack or claptrap?
Arthur Morgan
Senua from Hellblade
Aloy from Horizon is one that comes to mind
Arthur Morgan
John Marston and Arthur Morgan.
It’s Arthur Morgan for sure
Arthur Morgan
Arthur Morgan
Arthur Morgan for sure