I miss the days when black characters could be written to be just as interesting as white characters without the fear of receiving backlash if you do something "wrong"
Think of how distinctive a character Max Payne was, think of the struggles he went through and the moments of self doubt and weakness he had, a black character now can only be "strong, competent", any moments of weakness are interpreted as somehow a slam against all black people, but that makes for a boring character, compare it to Luke Skywalker and his moment of devastation when he learned Vader was his father, he showed weakness, vulnerability, a character needs those moments to offer contrast for when they do triumph, that's good storytelling.
But as is usual, mental midgets just say "it's because they're black isn't it?" when you offer criticism of a black character, which is why they're written to be as bland and boring as they are.
So far this is all speculation on my part, maybe the character will turn out to have surprising depth, but we've been through this song and dance so many times before it's hard not to assume it's going to happen again.
Epic's a Woke company, this was almost assuredly a caveat to help get the game funded, not because Sam Lake organically thought it would be interesting, will he be able to make it work nevertheless? Well, here's hoping.