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Why Aren't There More Black Protagonists?

Just some food for thought on Black characters in games...

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timmyp534368d ago

oh god. looks at source. damn you ubisoft.

KingKelloggTheWH4368d ago

Why aren't there more Hispanic? why arent there more middle eastern?

There are tons of things that attribute to this really, such as people who play want to play as their Race( not all people) and the most people who buys these games are well white.With White dudes making games chances are you're going to get white characters, with asian dudes making them chances are youll get asian characters and it continues with other races as well. It is just how people are.

"And when a black male (or female) is a main protagonist, them being black serves a purpose: Adewale in Assassin’s Creed IV: Freedom Cry is black so of course he has to free slaves."

Did you just discount them because the plot goes around their history? So by your logic we should discount anything that revolves around people or families histories as well, so there goes 9/10 of characters.

JohnathanACE4368d ago (Edited 4368d ago )

Why aren't there more midget protagonists in games? Or Eskimos? Seriously if you try to force games to have a black protagonist we're just gonna end up with forced half ass characters. Writers make characters that they feel fit the story so if having a black main character helps benefit a games writing and story then I say go for it. Look at Lee from the Walking Dead game. He's one of the best black characters in gaming to date and his character and personality fit perfectly with the story and tone of the game.

brich2334367d ago (Edited 4367d ago )

No, thier isnt many black protagonist because most game developers are white!

If the most game developers were black than there would obviously be a lack of white protagonist in games.

Look at rap music. Why Aren't There More white rappers?

sdozzo4367d ago

Meh, this kind of makes sense.

Bundi4367d ago

Your argument makes no sense. Lee could have easily been any other race and still be fitting in the story. The same can be said about thousands of game protagonists.
How would it be detrimental to the game's story if say Aiden from WD were black or any other race? What about Agent 47? Sam Fisher? Master Chief? Nathan Drake? None of these characters and thoudands more are white for any story related reason.

Also, thank you very much for equating putting more black protagonists with putting in half added characters! /s

JohnathanACE4367d ago (Edited 4367d ago )

My point was that writers shouldn't add black characters for the sake of adding black characters and add ones they think will fit.Black people in media are usually portrayed slightly different than whites so race does have a certain effect on the character. Obviously you just want more black characters for the sake of political correctness. If it bothers you so much then why don't you do something about it?

Bundi4367d ago (Edited 4367d ago )

If by political correctness you mean wanting my race represented more, then yeah, guitly.
So white protagonists should just be the default template and other races shouldn't be the good guy unless it is for story purposes?
That's pretty much what you are saying here, that the black protagonist should only be considered "when it fits'" but the white protagonist pretty much fits the rest of the time!

"Black people in media are usually portrayed slightly different than whites so race does have a certain effect on the character."
You are right, Master Chief would have to walk with a swagger and wear baggy jeans to fit the media's portrayal of black people for him to be believable. /s
I mean everybody knows that Nathan Drake is exactly what we all expect of every white guy right? No way that character could be black, not enough baby mamas, amarite?!

It is all good and well to have white protagonists on just about every game but as soon as other races are introduced it must be justified by the narrative? Gimme a break!

*Mind you I have no problem with white protagonists, most of my protagonists are white (hehehe) I'm just put off by your assertion that white protagonists do not need to be justified but black ones do.

voodoochild3464367d ago

Because there are a lot of white game designers and few black ones by comparison. Damn that wasn't too difficult. Know to make my own site and troll for clicks...

brich2334367d ago

That's what I said and got disagrees.

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Hideo Kojima put Low Roar in Death Stranding because gamers need more culture in their lives

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Yakuza Live-Action Miniseries Debuts March 17 Exclusively on IGN

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CrimsonWing6955d ago (Edited 55d ago )

I hope it’s better than that Prime series… woof.

shinXseijuro54d ago

Haven’t watched it . Is it not good ?

Seth_hun54d ago

Looks like everyone is a miscast :)