Replying to Dialga #god_of_time
Polu and I were discussing this (and numerous other best of all time lists) last night
games
Friday, April 5, 2024
I can conceed that Lara croft (classic design, not modern hyper realistic one) should be at least somewhere near the top 20
but not number 1, no that is insane
that list is more crazy because obviously no Baluder's Gate 3 character should be anywhere close to that list, and that is entirely recency bias
I think the actual condenders who should be near the top are mario, sonic, pikachu, pacman (original arcade design). Fundamentally, things that are the most iconic need to be instantly recognizable regardless of art style just based on character design alone
that rules out any hyper realistic game (last of us, modern laura croft, red dead 2 guy, nathan drake)
Master cheif is tought, he is a similar tier to doom guy in my mind
I think I could see him in the top 20 maybe, top 100 for sure
Agent 47 is not even the most recognizable bald man in gaming
ignore the rock
Link is kind of iconic, but I do not think even he breaks the top 20
You really need your basic designs that can be represented with just colour outlines
Sackboy could be argued on the list, if this list came out 10 years ago
LBP is not culturally relevant at all now
I think its a better choice than most of the list
Here are my full thoughts
? are maybles, but leaning towards no
X obviously should not be on the list
yeah, but you have to remember who is not on the list who could be
Kirby is instantly recognizable, did not make the cut
Yeah, as I said, purely recency bias
I think your character cannot be considered iconic if it has not been at least a year since it came out
I think the most modern character who could be called Iconic is Sans
Beyond that, Its steve, most other iconic characters are legacy 90s and earlier
https://www.gamesradar.com/best-game-characters/ Here is a funnier list because the cite teh Z shaped tetris block as number 11
specifically the Z shape
literally just a fucking dog
literally just a fucking dog
Did you know, 2008 is the first time a Dog has appeared in a game
Yeah, if you ask a 70 year old woman about video games, she might know mario
and pikachu (but she'd refer to pikachu as a pokeman)
no way in hell she knows who etzio is from assassins creed
It would be interesting to crowdsource a real list from the server in VC some night
I think we could do a much better job
Now that max is gone we non max simps can go back to using VC so it is possible
That is easy, you just say "no deaddog, we do not want to play the new activities"
Dialga, listen
if they released a non spinoff
I'd accept an arguement
Kappaa
I am so fucking far behind
These are just the ones I own
I have not beaten shooter yet, I started RPG and Noire but I have to replay from the start at this point
VIIR I will do at some point when I replay all of them
Top Nep and Virtual stars I bought on sale for cheap, have not touched
I have to buy and play the senran kagura crossover game at some point
And idea factory is already advertising their next fucking spinoff https://twitter.com/IdeaFactoryIntl/status/1775996918792868047
Dialga, being a neptunia fan is actually just pure suffering at this point
For what its worth, the ones I have played to completion, are all 100% completion
my 100% completion achivement showcase for just Neptunia games