Are we sick of American white heroes?

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Poll Are we sick of American white heroes? (52 votes)

Yes 44%
No 54%

Far Cry 4 looks wonderful. However, it's perturbing to see, yet again, a young 20 something caucasian with an American accent mowing down tons of ethnic people from an eastern land.

Far Cry 3 also had a young American, who was on holiday, being incredibly rude and disrespectful, shooting black people and using many racist and offense traits (such as magic negro) to lead the way.

Personally, I would have liked to play as one of the natives in both games. But it seems for marketing purposes, much like how John Wayne played Genghis Khan with an American accent, except this isn't 30 years ago.

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#1  Edited By jun_aka_pekto
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If it's racist, bring it up with the NAACP and see what they say.

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#2  Edited By Bigboi500
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I want to play a game with J.J. Evans as the lead character.

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#3 SolidGame_basic
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Delsin is native american if it makes you happy

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#4 trasherhead
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Yes, and also sick of the fact that it is perfectly ok to go through a game and kill tons of dudes with no impact on the story or character.

Point to Bethesda who gives you the option to be a man or woman and kill both men and women alike at least.

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#5 mikhail
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The Far Cry 4 protagonist is not white. Ubisoft stated this multiple times.

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#7 uninspiredcup
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@trasherhead said:

Yes, and also sick of the fact that it is perfectly ok to go through a game and kill tons of dudes with no impact on the story or character.

Point to Bethesda who gives you the option to be a man or woman and kill both men and women alike at least.

Not enough.

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#8 Bigboi500
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@getyeryayasout said:

@Bigboi500: *Walker

Edit: Apologies, Evans is the show's character name.

You don't say? :P

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#9 uninspiredcup
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@SolidGame_basic said:

Delsin is native american if it makes you happy

It doesn't my friend. They have made him as white and American as humanly possible.

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#10  Edited By mikhail
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@uninspiredcup said:
@SolidGame_basic said:

Delsin is native american if it makes you happy

It doesn't my friend. They have made him as white and American as humanly possible.

Again...the protagonist of FarCry 4 is not white and neither is the main villain.

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#11 FoxbatAlpha
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Lol Delsin? He is more emo and hipster than anything. It is ok to hate that.

Oh and kill whitey!

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#12 Lulu_Lulu
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Theres barely even any Female Playable Protagonists.....

This industry is a total racist sausage fest.

I wana play as a Teenager or as a piece of Fruit for a change...

I mean come on.... How can a Character who is nothing more than a Piece of Meat get so much love and still developers think we like playing as white guy with big gun..... Come On !

More Meat ! ! !

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#13  Edited By thehig1
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Nope not sick of them at all, a good character and hero is just a good hero regardless of race or gender.

Basically what your saying is your sick of heros in games....because you shouldn't make the race separation in the first place a hero is a hero they can be good and bad.

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#14 uninspiredcup
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@mikhail said:

@uninspiredcup said:
@SolidGame_basic said:

Delsin is native american if it makes you happy

It doesn't my friend. They have made him as white and American as humanly possible.

Again...the protagonist of FarCry 4 is not white and neither is the main villain.

Is this an eastern person?

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#15 mikhail
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@uninspiredcup: What are you talking about? You're not tracking or something. Try responding in direct, clear sentences to what I'm saying.

For the third time, Ubisoft has stated that neither the protagonist or villain of FarCry 4 are white. That's it. End of topic.

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#16  Edited By Bigboi500
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@mikhail said:

@uninspiredcup: What are you talking about? You're not tracking or something. Try responding in direct, clear sentences to what I'm saying.

For the third time, Ubisoft has stated that neither the protagonist or villain of FarCry 4 are white. That's it. End of topic.

Bu but John Wayne's worst movie.... derp!

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#17 uninspiredcup
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@mikhail said:

@uninspiredcup: What are you talking about? You're not tracking or something. Try responding in direct, clear sentences to what I'm saying.

For the third time, Ubisoft has stated that neither the protagonist or villain of FarCry 4 are white. That's it. End of topic.

Irrelevant. Presented as a white American. Not even the gamespot team could tell while watching the stream.

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#18 deactivated-5acbb9993d0bd
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Another billy bulls*it uninspired thread.

I'l say the same thing to the "colour" arguement as I do for the femanist arguement. if you don't want male white leads... make games instead of complaining about games made by white males...

That simple.

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#19  Edited By TheEroica  Moderator
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I'm not sick of lead characters. .. I'm sick of this topic. Who effin cares what the lead looks like when delivering shitty video game dialogue?

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#20  Edited By mikhail
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@uninspiredcup said:

@mikhail said:

@uninspiredcup: What are you talking about? You're not tracking or something. Try responding in direct, clear sentences to what I'm saying.

For the third time, Ubisoft has stated that neither the protagonist or villain of FarCry 4 are white. That's it. End of topic.

Irrelevant. Presented as a white American. Not even the gamespot team could tell while watching the stream.

Because of the protagonist's perceived skin color? There are plenty of light-skinned people in the world who do not identify as white. Ever been to South America? Probably not.

Try to expand your cultural awareness and stop being so closed-minded about ethnicity.

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#21 Bigboi500
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Good Times.
Any time you meet a payment. - Good Times.
Any time you need a friend. - Good Times.
Any time you're out from under.
Not getting hassled, not getting hustled.
Keepin' your head above water,
Making a wave when you can.

Temporary lay offs. - Good Times.
Easy credit rip offs. - Good Times.
Scratchin' and surviving. - Good Times.
Hangin in a chow line - Good Times.
Ain't we lucky we got 'em - Good Times.

Mmmmmm
Just lookin' out of the window.
Watchin' the asphalt grow.
Thinkin' how it all looks hand-me-down.
Good Times, yeah, yeah Good Times

Keepin' your head above water
Makin' a wave when you can

Temporary lay offs. - Good Times.
Easy credit rip offs. - Good Times.
Ain't we lucky we got 'em - Good Times.

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#22 Syn_Valence
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I would like to see more African american playable hero's in games, BUT THAT WONT HAPPEN IN AMERICA

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#25 deactivated-57ad0e5285d73
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@Syn_Valence said:

I would like to see more African american playable hero's in games, BUT THAT WONT HAPPEN IN AMERICA

Part of it is the designers. A lot of times an artist creates their work in the image of themselves. Filling "race" spots is "racist." This thread is backwards.

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#26 Sollet
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Well it'd be cool with some diversity that's for sure.

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#27 edwardecl
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Wasn't there a black dude in Prototype 2? wasn't there black dude in GTAV? wasn't there a black dude in GTA:SA? wasn't the dude in Sleeping Dogs Chinese?

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#28  Edited By Muffin2020
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@geniobastardo said:

I'm actually sick of your trolls @uninspiredcup

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#29 MonsieurX
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No,but we're sick of your threads

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#30  Edited By uninspiredcup
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@Syn_Valence said:

I would like to see more African american playable hero's in games, BUT THAT WONT HAPPEN IN AMERICA

Naughty Dog should be praised for having a black person DLC.
As a side character.

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#31  Edited By kuu2
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The Al Sharpton of SW creates another topic that shows who he is. How does anyone think about stuff like this when they are playing with make believe characters?

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#32  Edited By uninspiredcup
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@kuu2 said:

The Al Sharpton of SW creates another topic that shows who he is.

A Birmingham Hotel?

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#33  Edited By PS4hasNOgames
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oh shut the hell up. you don't like it?? leave this country. don't buy the game. quit crying over every little thing. i hate when people make EVERYTHING a race issue.

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#34 Bread_or_Decide
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@FoxbatAlpha said:

Lol Delsin? He is more emo and hipster than anything. It is ok to hate that.

Oh and kill whitey!

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#35  Edited By jhonMalcovich
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Where is the option I am sick of you ?

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#36  Edited By foxhound_fox
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Go play a RPG or sports game if skin colour means so much to you.

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#37  Edited By uninspiredcup
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@ps4hasnogames said:

oh shut the hell up. you don't like it?? leave this country. don't buy the game. quit crying over every little thing. i hate when people make EVERYTHING a race issue.

What country?

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#38  Edited By lamprey263
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I'd much prefer that character creation becomes a norm in gaming, so people can tailor their heroes to their liking. Hell, maybe they can give similar customization options to supporting characters just to make the experience a little more unique. Make them a man, make them a woman, make their skin tone whatever shade they want, customize sex, give them sexual orientation options, sometimes choose a voice if possible, customize appearance features (hair, eyes, nose, mouth, body type, etc). This way people need only be offended by their lack of imagination.

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#39 littlestreakier
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I'm sick of people complaining about dumb shit...

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#40 SecretPolice
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I'm soooo sick of racist like yourself. GTF outta here.

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#41  Edited By Lulu_Lulu
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I think white people should be the most offended since they're the ones who are always potrayed in these games..... Killing and conquering everything.... All the blood and Violence......

Video Games have never done right by any race or gender..... That includes whitey...... We should be more concerned by the piss poor portrayal of any character in gaming.....

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#42 Lulu_Lulu
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However if we're going to go down this route then Bring back the Meat ! ! !

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#43 hehe101
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well it's co-op so can't you choose your character

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#44 ithilgore2006
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The protagonist of Far Cry 4 is neither white nor American.

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#45 pelvist
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TBH, I am a bit fed up of playing as an American.

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#46 osirisx3
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i am tired of movies and games being set in the USA. Even movies that have nothing to do with USA are remade in USA or will star an American cast. Why the hell is Akira movie going to be in NY wtf.....

I have seen america the setting of so many games i am just tired of it.

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#47 AmazonAngry
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No lol! What a silly thing to insinuate.

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#48 uninspiredcup
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@pelvist said:

TBH, I am a bit fed up of playing as an American.

Totally agree. This can probably easily be traced back to American movies, which most games basically attempt to mimic.

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#49 AmazonAngry
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@uninspiredcup: should they have given him a headdress, have him own a casino, and say "how?"

would that have satisfied your cultural needs?

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#50  Edited By uninspiredcup
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@uninspiredcup said:

@pelvist said:

TBH, I am a bit fed up of playing as an American.

Totally agree. This can probably easily be traced back to American movies, which most games basically attempt to mimic.

Actually, this is another point of contention with Ubisoft. The original Rainbow 6 titles has multi ethnic characters with clearly definable multi region voices, predominantly European.

Then... Rainbow 6: Vegas essentially turned the series into Gears Of War with Terrorists in which you play America man.

The new Rainbow 6 title seems to suggest yet again, America power.