Caipirinha
Member
I just find it excruciatingly boring playing as an American white male in every single game, I'd be more than happy to play as an African woman or a Russian WW2 soldier etc. etc. etc.
That said I don't think that every game needs to have optional skin tones for the sake of immersion. For better or worse, Batman is a white male, Lara Croft is a white female. I don't need Persona 5 to give me the option of making the protagonist Caucasian in appearance etc. but yeah it's a generic character that can be customised, I agree there should be as many options for black appearances as any other.
And in terms of new franchises, yes, I would very much like to see more diversity, not just racially but also culturally/nationally/sexually etc. It's one of the many embarrassing aspects of the gaming industry; people complain about lack of diversity in Hollywood but if you look at international cinema in general the diversity is immense. Gaming? Not at all. Even European studies make games starring American characters.. Why?!?! Why can't Far Cry feature a French Canadian protagonist? It's a French Canadian game ffs.
That said I don't think that every game needs to have optional skin tones for the sake of immersion. For better or worse, Batman is a white male, Lara Croft is a white female. I don't need Persona 5 to give me the option of making the protagonist Caucasian in appearance etc. but yeah it's a generic character that can be customised, I agree there should be as many options for black appearances as any other.
And in terms of new franchises, yes, I would very much like to see more diversity, not just racially but also culturally/nationally/sexually etc. It's one of the many embarrassing aspects of the gaming industry; people complain about lack of diversity in Hollywood but if you look at international cinema in general the diversity is immense. Gaming? Not at all. Even European studies make games starring American characters.. Why?!?! Why can't Far Cry feature a French Canadian protagonist? It's a French Canadian game ffs.