Iconic Characters: Nathan Drake

Nathan "Nate" Drake (born as Nathan Morgan) is a professional treasure hunter who has traveled all over the world in search of adventure and great riches. Nathan is considered the best treasure hunter in the world, and this is not strange considering the achievements he has made, among which include finding El Dorado, Shambhala, the Cintamani stone, among others.

He is a peculiar man, being someone curious, cheerful and fun, and although it might seem silly, the truth is that he is very intelligent. Nathan has also proven to be someone temperamental, although he is almost always smiling, even in the most dangerous circumstances, where he usually lets out a few sarcastic comments to make fun of the situation in which he finds himself.

Nathan is certainly someone brave, but as everyone has a weakness; his family and friends, whom he considers the greatest treasure, showing himself to be protective and compassionate with all of them. However he shows no compassion whatsoever to those who threaten what he wants, and this is so much so that "The treasure hunter" will not hesitate to kill, although when he does it is in self-defense and of his loved ones, and is that Nathan thinks that being killed in cold blood is something that nobody deserves. Drake's belief that all lives have value is carried by him to the point that he has even come to show compassion for those who have tried to kill him.

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Nathan Drake unquestionably has had a very hard and dangerous life since he was very young, was an orphan at age five, was subjected to the worst tortures, lost loved ones, was betrayed by those he once called friends...but despite all this, he remains someone noble and maintains that cheerful attitude that characterizes him for excellence.

"The treasure hunter" is undoubtedly a great character, which I think is due to the human nature of the character. And is that Nathan seems a real person, is not at all a flat character, he expresses himself; laughs, cries, screams, feels afraid...In the end with this what he tried to say, or rather what I want to highlight is how incredibly well the character is designed.

Amy Henning, one of the creative minds behind the franchise comments that from the beginning it was planned that "The treasure hunter" was a character anyone could identify with, thus making Nathan "a normal man in difficult situations", which I think a success since it ends up differentiating it from the typical protagonist of the action-adventure genre.

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Perhaps the fact that Nathan is like that is the reason why so many seem so nice to us. And is that Nathan Drake is a man with his life, has his interests and his own problems, is like any of us, but of course the difference is that he knows parkour and the way he manages a weapon, in addition to living fleeing of danger, but all this does it in a credible way. And of course, Nathan knows how to handle himself with weapons, but not at the same level as someone like Agent 47(Hitman) and yes, he knows how to move, but not in the way what would a murderer like Ezio Auditore(Assassin's Creed) , because you can get stumbled while running, you need to rely on a ledge to climb a moderately large structure, slides, etc...Anyway, what I want to say with all this is that Nathan is a great character because he is real.

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Nathan Drake is undoubtedly a great character and this made him the emblematic figure of PlayStation 3. It is a nice and unlikely character, being one of the most expressive video game characters ever created, for this and much more I consider Nathan Drake "The Treasure Hunter" a Iconic Character.

Well I wish I could say more about this great character, but here comes this edition of Iconic Characters. Do not forget to vote and comment what you think is delivery of Iconic Characters, do not forget that this column is published every Saturday, so do not miss it. Without more to say, I say goodbye for now.

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