Wouldn't a thread like this be much easier to do looking back at the past year since we already know what all games actually released in 2018?
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This is the state of diversity in 2019 gaming (Every AAA protagonist’s image, and why diversity matters)
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Tbf, you pick a character. They are backing Terry Crews pretty hard though in the marketing as the guy/gal to pick.
I love DMC but damn if that DMCV cover isn't priceless: three playable characters, and not only are all three white men, but two of them have white hair. Whitest cover ever, tied with DMC4 that had two white men with white hair. :D
and the other guy's super move is his hair turns white (supremacy) and he becomes BIG powerful
Gotta wonder what kind of message that sends 🤔
OP:
You are missing on a bunch of stuff:
What is the third game? Is that maybe from Daemon x Machina?
I mean, Dragon Ball has been sending the same message for decades: power up by becoming blonde and blue-eyed. :D
Miles in Spiderman is half :PWhat was the last great Mexican/Latino character in a videogame?
James Vega? That was 7 years ago.
And say wathever you want but if you are Mexican and you hate James Vega then you hate yourself or a friend.
I say Loco even to my dog and of course i love to mix english and spanish when i'm with my friends, and i fucking love Los huevos rancheros que hace mi abuela.
I'm not the only one, i'm pretty sure of that, we all have a bit of Vega inside of us.
God i love this character, he Is the best character that we have, well, maybe Ramón Rodríguez Is better because he's been here since KOF 98 but thats up to discussion
I just wanted to say that my last name is Vega, thanks Bioware.
This is awesome and quite revolutionary! Two black females instead of one! :-PMy favorite cover of 2019 so far:
AND twins too!
Wait, what? This isn't CJ is it?!Can we get some love for the best black protagonist ever to be created ?
Carl "CJ" Johnson
There's still a ways to go, but it's still nice to reflect on the sizable progress from just even last gen.
Must also give a shout out to one of my favourite games of 2018:
Religion is a subject rarely touched upon in videogames.
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Can we get some love for the best black protagonist ever to be created ?
Carl "CJ" Johnson
CJ was a great protagonist.
That's kinda twisting and reaching for the stars.
White hair is the symbol of demonic power, at least for this series.
SSJ is green eyes
Also their hair is white because white hair in the series represents demonic power as Dante's half demon, Nero's some percent of demon(25%?), and V I have no idea
I think, when I type it in on Google that image popped up
Here's a better one
Let's be real, Japanese people representation has never been a problem in gaming. It's as common as white.
What we need is other Asian representations, like Chinese (they're more common than others), Indian, Arabian, Malayan, etc. They're even more rare than black and Spanish representation.
What we need is other Asian representations, like Chinese (they're more common than others), Indian, Arabian, Malayan, etc. They're even more rare than black and Spanish representation.
Yeah not to bash representation because it's absolutely needed but there's a fairly logical reason why a lot of these are the way they are
Lots of people seem to be thinking that OP is trying to make "a point" with the pictures. It looks to me like he's just noting what's out there and leaving it open for discussion. He's not saying any of it is "good" or "bad," but just saying "here it all is in case you wanted to see it." And I appreciate that.
I feel fighting games never have this problem nowadays barring anime fighters. They're pretty diverse with a lot of cool characters.
I feel people are waiting for the release date since it's been some time when the demo got released. Indivisible has a lot of representation and that was the main intent by Peter I think, so it's great to see that studios like Labzero already moving forward.Friendly reminder that if you're looking for a racially and ethnically diverse cast in a game coming out this year, look no further than Indivisible.
Though it's in a fictional world, the parallels are clear. There's like all of two, maybe three (I'm not sure if Vasco is meant to be Latino or a Spaniard) white people. The rest are all PoC.
Main character, Ajna, is a brown girl herself.
(Special shoutout to last second addition Ren, the lack of feminine guys in games feels sad to me so always glad to see more!)
It's really a shame no one is really talking about it. I feel like part of it might be that it's from Lab Zero Games, and I feel like the Skullgirls and Indivisible audiences might not overlap so neatly.
My favorite cover of 2019 so far:
Yep! Me, too. Can't wait to play this.
I really like what I see here, just totally from a standpoint of games actually looking diverse. Like, each image here tells a different story. 5 years ago every single thing was some white gruff looking dude with a gun walking towards the camera in some style of military gear.
Here's the character model, from last year's build.
That's not really the point though, they haven't changed Terry Crew's ethnicity between the CGI and in-game character model believe it or not.
I believe so. Ever since FarCry 3 the villain has been on the cover.
What was the last great Mexican/Latino character in a videogame?
James Vega? That was 7 years ago.
And say wathever you want but if you are Mexican and you hate James Vega then you hate yourself or a friend.
I say Loco even to my dog and of course i love to mix english and spanish when i'm with my friends, and i fucking love Los huevos rancheros que hace mi abuela.
I'm not the only one, i'm pretty sure of that, we all have a bit of Vega inside of us.
God i love this character, he Is the best character that we have, well, maybe Ramón Rodríguez Is better because he's been here since KOF 98 but thats up to discussion
I just wanted to say that my last name is Vega, thanks Bioware.
First thing that came to mind was Dominic "Dom" Santiago from Gears of War 1-3. I would say he is good in my books since he wanted to be with his wife and family, even when he made the ultimate sacrifice.
It certainly seems as though games have taken a step in the right direction when it comes to diversity. That is the discussion has shifted from getting any diversity ('Women, POC, LBGTQ, anything other than white men') to now poking holes in that diversity ('Wow, so many women protagonists, why not more POC women?). Still much progress to be made but considering the long development times associated with modern games there was always going to be a lengthy lag between demand change and realising it.
I'm glad Metro exists. There's really very few Eastern European/Russian protagonists in games so it's good to see the representation there. Russians are often painfully underrepresented, usually appearing only as antagonists, often enemy spies or enemy armies (which definitely doesn't help with the pervasive Russophobic attitudes prevalent in many areas of the press and society at large). Only other "recent" example of a Russian protagonist is Dimitri in CoD:WaW, and that was 11 years ago
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It looks like for the next few years, the industry will be more white female positive for protagonists. Non whites will still be eating scraps off the table for a while to come insofar as western development is concerned.
Overall it is a net positive and I think there is a flexibility of portraying a white characters in whatever light and circumstance that POC characters, due to issues ranging from developer lack of knowledge to social media reception to accidentally stepping on toes, may not be, limiting their scope of being featured.
Nope. Does not qualify. AFAIK neither one is the protagonist.
Overall it is a net positive and I think there is a flexibility of portraying a white characters in whatever light and circumstance that POC characters, due to issues ranging from developer lack of knowledge to social media reception to accidentally stepping on toes, may not be, limiting their scope of being featured.
My favorite cover of 2019 so far:
Nope. Does not qualify. AFAIK neither one is the protagonist.
Friendly reminder that if you're looking for a racially and ethnically diverse cast in a game coming out this year, look no further than Indivisible.
Though it's in a fictional world, the parallels are clear. There's like all of two, maybe three (I'm not sure if Vasco is meant to be Latino or a Spaniard) white people. The rest are all PoC.
Main character, Ajna, is a brown girl herself.
(Special shoutout to last second addition Ren, the lack of feminine guys in games feels sad to me so always glad to see more!)
It's really a shame no one is really talking about it. I feel like part of it might be that it's from Lab Zero Games, and I feel like the Skullgirls and Indivisible audiences might not overlap so neatly.
First time seeing this game in a while. Loved Skullgirls great fighting game. I love RPG's so this look dope as fuck. The art style is sexy as hell.
Can we get some love for the best black protagonist ever to be created ?
Carl "CJ" Johnson
That ain't CJ
I know, lol.
Thanks for the image. I just wanted to know if it was in-game/real time cutscene, guess it's CG after all.
FWIW, in keeping with franchise, here is FC 4's protagonist:
Ajay Ghale
They'll give black characters the spin off and sidekick role all day.My favorite cover of 2019 so far: