I wouldn't dare argue that women aren't subject to more scrutiny or that they have equal billing and representation yet, but in at least Rey and Aloy's example, I think there's a decent case to be made that a lot of the criticism and dislike is just due to them being either poorly written or uncharismatic protagonists. And even with those two examples you provided - the sequel trilogy still made a billion a pop off a female protagonist, and Horizon has been perhaps the most successful exclusive new IP this decade. A vocal minority can't take away from the fact that the normal majority have more than accepted capable women in leading roles.
Good points. And in 2011 when GTA V was first revealed, I agree that would have been a real moment. Though in the decade plus since then we've had TLOU 1 sweeping the 2013 awards with a female co-star and its subsequently lauded sequel starring two female protagonists; Blizzard's Overwatch being headlined by a female mascot; the historically mega-machismo Gears of War getting a female lead; a 60-year-old Malaysian-born Chinese woman leading perhaps the most awarded film in history (Everything Everywhere All At Once); and a smattering of other award-winning female-led titles (e.g. Returnal, Nier Automata, Celeste, Control, Edith Finch, etc.).
Hey now, that's not fair to shure.
Also, the protags in GTA are violent criminals. That's unfortunately how bigots already view minorities, i.e. "they're sending murderers, build the wall, etc." We need more positive representation in games, not the kind of protags in GTA.
Just refreshing people's memories on how racist gamers were when San Andreas was revealed. And these posts were from GAF, not Gamefaqs.
GTA protagonists are genocidal freaks regardless of whatever sob stories they have. Add in Rockstar's continued effort to depict (American) violence in some sort of realistic fashion, it's....yeah.
Wouldn't writing be finished now anyway? Pretty certain GTAVI was written by Dan again.
They look like younger Gen Zs, that could be the type of story they want to tell. Younger adults are generally more attractive or cuter. Some of the main characters in older GTAs would look more attractive if they weren't done in a cartoony art style.
This is just fanart. I don't think they've revealed official character art.
I don't think it will be Last of Us 2 because Abby is very muscular, which is treated as more intimidating and 'woke' to the critics. I believe the commentary of having a female protagonist in a modern GTA will be more microaggressive.
You underestimate how important the culture war is for these people. It's their whole personality.
Plot twist: it "only" sells 150M units and validates the "go woke, go broke" crowd :v
No because Saint Row 2 has a custom main character, and you can go earlier, and the original GTA beat it because there was a playable female character. But anyway I think OP is probably talking modern GTAs which have scripted cut scenes with pre-established backstories.
He's made mine.
This was an eye-opening post.
This post should be in the hall of fame.Just refreshing people's memories on how racist gamers were when San Andreas was revealed. And these posts were from GAF, not Gamefaqs.
A couple of black posters pointing out the racism.
There is no chance Joe Rogan is in the game. A parody of Joe Rogan? Sure, maybe. But not the actual guy.
I disagree. I don't think it'll soften the blow. This isn't some small game it's GTA6. Seeing a POC woman as one of the main characters will set them off like crazy.
The actual footage was very beta looking and the image in the OP is a fan render, so nothing is final.
I believe you, you were in that thread and witnessed all that racism.
Look at how popular Trevor became when he was supposed to be a commentary on them…
American Hispanics are often white, and how that interacts with identification as "POC" depends a lot on the individual, community, location, it's Complicated.
