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Alex Hutchinson on Farcry 4: Guy on box is not white, not the playable character
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Should have been first post! Why? I'm not sure but I reacted positively to this image.
Manic Mouse
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Eyemus Lutt
Member
I always thought the villain looked Mongolian/Burmese/Nepalese more than anything else.
lol
A few days ago on GAF: "omg teh racist"
Today on GAF: "yeah man, any idiot can see he isn't a white guy"
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
To be fair, many people there said that they thought it looked more like asian.
Nealand Liquor
Member
I thought the blonde guy was some sort of flamboyant badass Dutch dude based on his fivehead, eyes and cheekbones. I don't however see the racism, like at all?
Are people angry that the villain is white and arguing that white people are always the badguys and it is racist to believe that only white people are evil?
Or are people just mad that he is white, as if to say white people simply existing are offensive?
Are people angry that the villain is white and arguing that white people are always the badguys and it is racist to believe that only white people are evil?
Or are people just mad that he is white, as if to say white people simply existing are offensive?
Neuromancer
Member
Yeah you said as much in the other thread. Who cares?
Who in their right mind would think he was the player character.
Seriously, people will just jump at anything that can give them material for a scandal article.
I'm not.
Seriously, people will just jump at anything that can give them material for a scandal article.
I'm not.
I like that part.
Your life must be great if that's what gets you to blow a gasket in this day and age.
Xenon
Member
Hey, I was in that thread saying the guy looked asian too.
I'm guessing the "Video games causes violence" bandwagon has ran out of steam
Now we move onto the "Video games cause racism" bandwagon.
ALL ABOARD!!!
Time for me to get my racism card drawn. Why are all white people in video games, white? and all the black people, black? Racist man, i tell ya
Now we move onto the "Video games cause racism" bandwagon.
ALL ABOARD!!!
Time for me to get my racism card drawn. Why are all white people in video games, white? and all the black people, black? Racist man, i tell ya
Nealand Liquor
Member
I am so tired of the blatant racism in the videogame industry towing the white privilege line, I would support an initiative to ban white characters in games completely. The only way we can truly fight racism and support real positive change would be to get rid of all white characters.
Manic Mouse
Banned
Make all *villians* white and straight. All hero characters shall be black and gay. Problems solved!
Personally I'd prefer more queer main/playable characters over queer villains. If the villain actually is queer, I hope it's done well.
The "evil gay guy" who threatens the hero with his sexuality is actually a trope, and a bit unflattering I guess.
Nealand Liquor
Member
No but then you still have to see offensive white people. I am tired of "the white bad guys lording over minorities" agenda in videogames. The only real way to fight true racism would be to eliminate white people.
Cave Johnson
Member
Need a timer to come with that? Saying that feature won't appear at Ubisoft's open world games is like saying there won't be selling fries at McDonald's.
War Raichu
Member
it's hilarious how the people crying "racism" about this just saw skin color and not the finer details
sounds pretty racist to me, guys
sounds pretty racist to me, guys
Honey Bunny
Member
The only way to save video games is to ban them altogether. Then this problem will go away.
I always loved that gif. Takes me back to my first E3 with GAF.
I never understood the racism controversy, though. I assumed he was white, not the playable character, and villains never always struck me as the type to be compassionate people regardless of race/gender. Though I guess I was in the minority for that one.
striferser
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BananaSprinkles
Banned
I can only think of one time where that may have happened (Skyfall) so I don't see how it's common or overused.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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MackAttack
Banned
The politically correct police have really lost me. At this point can I move on and just assume that everything is homophobic/racist/sexist/xenophobic/transphobic and some privileged/racist/sexist/homophobic white man is to blame?
Looks pretty white to me.
haha skin bleached like sammy sosa! also anal bleach... just had to say that for no reason.
Raven77
Member
You're exactly right. Racism goes both ways. I don't understand why this is even an issue? What exactly does it matter if the guy in the throne was "white"? Are games not allowed to show someone of one race oppressing someone else, who just so happens to be of another race?
How do you know that the guy in the throne is "evil" or the bad guy? Maybe the guy kneeling in front of him killed the guy in the thrones family, so he found the killer and captured him and is waiting to turn him in to the authorities.
You literally have no context whatsoever to judge anyone in that image.
Perfect.
He wasn't arguing that it was original, just that it's not common. Tv tropes job is to catalog, so a list doesn't inform its frequency.
ComputerBlue
Member
So it's confirmed then? Hutchinson is working on the game. That sucks.
I wear a purple shirt and I'm gay.
Confirmation enough that the villain, who wears purple clothing, is actually gay.
mullet2000
Member
What kills me is we had a thread a few months ago where people were calling people out as racially stereotyping/being extremely ignorant for thinking Clementine from the Walking Dead looks Asian/had Asian looking features.
Now the reverse has happened, and Alex Hutchinson had to call people out for thinking this box-art was racist imagery of a white guy lording over an Asian guy when they're both actually Asian. Not to mention last week's GAF thread about it that I won't get into.
I don't blame anyone who only took a 3 second glance at the boxart for assuming the guy is white - I made that assumption too before giving it a second look - but hopefully this makes some of those people who were wrong think twice before calling other people ignorant/stupid when it comes to similar situations in the future.
Now the reverse has happened, and Alex Hutchinson had to call people out for thinking this box-art was racist imagery of a white guy lording over an Asian guy when they're both actually Asian. Not to mention last week's GAF thread about it that I won't get into.
I don't blame anyone who only took a 3 second glance at the boxart for assuming the guy is white - I made that assumption too before giving it a second look - but hopefully this makes some of those people who were wrong think twice before calling other people ignorant/stupid when it comes to similar situations in the future.
block tower
Member
who was looking at the cover of Far Cry 4 and thinking it was racist and homophobic? it is keeping in them with Far Cry 3's cover art. ill admit that Far Cry 3 had a very cringe worthy plot and used terrible tropes but nonetheless Far Cry 4 is it's own game so it should be evaluated on what it is doing, not what Far Cry 3 did.
both games have the exact same theme on the cover. why was there no outrage with Far Cry 3's cover art?
He said he can only think of one example, so I provided some more. Of course is it going to be a bit hard to find a definitive statistic to determine when something is common and when it isn't
King Gilga
Member
Be still my heart.
Be fucking still.
I will cry if that story blurb thing is not true.
People jumping to conclusions based on the character's appearance.
Also, I'll bet some people didn't even notice the head in the sand in Far Cry 3's box art.
I know I didn't until just then.
psychotron
Member
Holy shit, you're right! lol, I never noticed.