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Gameindustry.com: "30 years of black video game characters"
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Remember when Nomura still designed normal characters?
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Parasite Eve is so underrated.
Fun fact: In the Japanese version of Punch-Out, Doc Louis is referred to as Little Mac's "trainner", a typo that was corrected when the game was released in English speaking countries.
Might have played it with the typo I think it looks familiar. All games back then are filled with them though. Even English western made games. With the less time quality control testing.Fun fact: In the Japanese version of Punch-Out, Doc Louis is referred to as Little Mac's "trainner", a typo that was corrected when the game was released in English speaking countries.
There are many, many reasons why the PoC design and even the context of them being present in Jet Set Radio is kinda questionable, but I really have to give them credit on one character:
Piranha was a PoC woman that was both actually playable and had natural hair that wasn't one of the "stock PoC hairdos." And aside from the boob stars and severity of the cleavage window, I actually kinda like the outfit.
Piranha was a PoC woman that was both actually playable and had natural hair that wasn't one of the "stock PoC hairdos." And aside from the boob stars and severity of the cleavage window, I actually kinda like the outfit.
Will not disagree there, Bayek is an amazing character. Very well designed
What cliches did he have? I'd like to to expand on this
Were there bad dark skinned people in this game I forgot? I'm confused by this post.
Some of my Favs:
Marcus, Adewale, and now Bayek (yeah I love Ubisoft games so sue me)
Lincoln clay was also great as well too bad I didn't much like the game.
Unfav: Cole Train, I didn't even realize how bad he was till I was playing with my brother... yeah less than Ideal
I think such errors add a human quality to older titles, it can certainly give an insight into game development during the 80's and early 90's.
Yep. One thing I miss however is the awesome Easter eggs of the earlier days.
What about him did you feel was stereotypical? I must have a bad memory of the game.
So that's what he's from.I did not play enough to know the background story, but I loved the design.
Emmett Graves from Starhawk made by LightBox Interactive (and Santa Monica) for PS3:
He fights Kat from Gravity Rush in PlayStation All-Stars.
Also shout outs to Namco and the Raven/Master Raven characters. Giving us black characters that aren't stereotyped into being boxers/kick boxers and actual bad ass ninjas is a breath of fresh air
Speaking of Namco:
As much as I actually loved SCV, losing my man Zas was my biggest problem with the game.
If we ever do get another SC, he needs to come back.
I bet it's Oil man from Mega Man Powered Up. What were the designers thinking when they conceptualized this guy? It was so bad they had to change his design for the international release and the archie comics.
Andoras Gaffryn from Tactics Ogre, which first released in 1995. He is a bit of a minor character, and is not explored in detail.
However, reading between the lines, he has an interesting story.
He is a dark knight of the Lodissian Empire, the main enemy faction in the game. His backstory is that he was a Prince in Nildahme, a country conquered by the Empire before the start of the game. After the country fell, it was enslaved by the Lodissians. Rather than resist Lodis, he joined their ranks as a dark knight. At the end of the game, his motivation finally becomes clear. He joins Barbas and Martym in a splinter faction of the Dark Knights. Lodis invaded Valeria (the main setting of the game) because they wanted access to demonic powers accessible through the Chaos Gate at the Hanging Gardens, where the Dynast King of Valeria (Valeria's Titos equivalent) died. At the end of the game, the Lodis splinter group (Andoras, Barbas and Martym) tries to take this power for themselves. It is never spelled out, but in my mind, Andoras joined the dark knights of Lodis in order to wait for a moment like this, where he could seize power for himself in order to avenge his people. I find him to be an interesting character, even if his role is minor.
lol
It's weird for me, as a Brazilian, to laugh like that. I'm used to "OUHAUHAUOHAU" or at least "hahaha".
Depends on who you ask. It's more a multiplayer game with a single player mode. Around the release, it reviewed in the low 80's. It's a good game(IMO) and these days you can get it for cheap. A lot of people begged Sony for a sequel but I don't think it sold very well.
I bet it's Oil man from Mega Man Powered Up. What were the designers thinking when they conceptualized this guy? It was so bad they had to change his design for the international release and the archie comics.
Lol, that word bubble.
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Also, D'arci Stern from Urban Chaos, released in 1999. She was even on the cover.
Not many people remember this I think but I loved the game as a kid and thinking back it was quite a rarity to have a black female cop as a protagonist in a game.
I bought it recently from Steam and it didn't work. Same with GOG but GOG helped me troubleshoot it into working. Unfortunately the game felt like complete crap to control so I haven't started it up again.
I have my PSone disc and fired it up one day and damn it does NOT hold up, no matter how good it was in 1999 x'D
Also, D'arci Stern from Urban Chaos, released in 1999. She was even on the cover.
Yuup, pretty awesome game.
It's getting better, but sheesh with the lack of hair options already lol.
It's like corn rolls and a fro, or dreads...that's it!
It's like corn rolls and a fro, or dreads...that's it!
How could they forget the best?
Because ricardo velasquez is dominican, who typically don't call themselves black.
It's why I said I actually love his PS1 era designs. Not all of them are hits, but at least for Parasite Eve he could design normal looking outfits and hairstylesRemember when Nomura still designed normal characters?
Big Bo - Binary Domain
Like every other character in the game, Big Bo seems like a cliche at first glance but by the end they manage to surprise you and last in your memory longer than you'd have thought. Underrated game, underrated characters.
Rodin - Bayonetta
I don't know what this guys deal is but I get the sense that is he ever got serious you better back the fuck up as far away as you can. The brief moments he shows up in the game are welcomed, I love the way the VA plays him. He also has a touch of the RE4 trader about him.
Killing Floor - Trader
OG Trader. The one they have now in KF2 is terrible. Its not even a real person, its just a voice.
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Off the top of my head, I don't remember any egregious black cliches from Marcus.
Yes? I'm Puerto Rican and the majority of us are from White Spanish descent? Rico is absoultely a black afrolatino.
