I noticed that myself. Horizon girl aside, they're all white (not Faith - I missed the edit!) 20 something athletic brunettes.
Well, there's a white thirty-something space-marine protagonist trope too. Video games need more diversity in general.
I noticed that myself. Horizon girl aside, they're all white (not Faith - I missed the edit!) 20 something athletic brunettes.
Neither Fallout 4 or Mass Effect Andromeda really count, since while they're both Create-A-Character games they both saw fit to push the male main character (and in Fallout's case the blandest version of a male main character) in their marketing.
I know this is probably a multiple finisher or whatever it's called (if it'll even be in gameplay) but damn it this is so much cooler than a stupid gang brawl.
Baby steps. And Faith is very obviously Asian.
I noticed that myself. Horizon girl aside, they're all white (not Faith - I missed the edit!) 20 something athletic brunettes.
Don't forget the female spartans
Honestly, I'm trying to convice myself that Horizon girl is super mixed considering this is 1000 years after the Apocalypse... she doesn't necessarily have all white phenotype.
This as well.A surprising lack of redheads...
I believe Gears 4 also had a female companion. I was also going to make this thread but it's good to see many people noticed. I was extremely just excited to see all the female characters, all lead roles, BA breaking rules. Even better, was more... Ugh... Just overwhelming emotion to see two black women on stage. That was huge for me. It could have been a marketing trick, idc... The fact that black women was actually there and included just meant a lot so yeah
Hahaha yeah, I thought like okay calm down people, isn't this supposed to be a thing that exists already. It's not that revolutionary to have a female character in fallout. Though I did feel disappointed that they chose to show the male character for the demo and only showed the female character for like a second.This one made me laugh when people started cheering that you could play as a female character in a Fallout game. You could do this in all the other Fallout games too, including the originals.
There was also the female companion in Gears of War IV, but we've no idea how big (or little) of a part she plays in the game.
But no black People except Halo
Hahaha yeah, I thought like okay calm down people, isn't this supposed to be a thing that exists already. It's not that revolutionary to have a female character in fallout. Though I did feel disappointed that they chose to show the male character for the demo and only showed the female character for like a second.
I was thinking the same time, shit went to hell and everyone got down with the swirl. And you will see mixture of people and cultures. the main character's people seemed to be Native American influenced, but they showed a another faction that was a bit more industrial.
Hm, yes good point! I do feel hyped about the voice acting part, I hope it'll be good for the female character too.I feel the reaction was mostly due to the introduction of player character voice acting. Voice acting isn't cheap, and hasn't been done in a Fallout before (for the player character), so there was worry you would be locked into a predefined protagonist.
The hell is this? Now Asians aren't "POC enough" or something?I would say many, many of the NE asians (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Northern China) are incredibly white (IE Pale skin complexion)
Thanks, Anita!Which of course raises the question: can anyone argue that this is just some natural trend that picked up critical mass this year or is it explicitly a product of all of the criticism around this very thing the last few years?
I disagree. Progress is progress.Hate to be "that guy" but all of this progress means nothing if the characters aren't written well.
Fuck that.
They'd have to do something abhorrently bad. If they're just not well written they fit to all the thousands of badly written male characters.Hate to be "that guy" but all of this progress means nothing if the characters aren't written well.
And you will see mixture of people and cultures. the main character's people seemed to be Native American influenced, but they showed a another faction that was a bit more industrial.
I was surprised how little buzz the female character models in Black Ops 3 is generating. Was this previously known or something? I'm pretty far out of the loop on CoD news.
I disagree. Progress is progress.
They'd have to do something abhorrently bad. If they're just not well written they fit to all the thousands of badly written male characters.
Hate to be "that guy" but all of this progress means nothing if the characters aren't written well.
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It was known previously and Call of duty had female characters since Cod ghost. Though this time you can also play as one in the co-op campaignI was surprised how little buzz the female character models in Black Ops 3 is generating. Was this previously known or something? I'm pretty far out of the loop on CoD news.
Nintendo just unleashed all the waifus so time to update that list.
Right..because majority o male game characters are such wonderfully written complex characters..lmao.
Writer from Fallout New Vegas. Quest designer from Witcher teamthis is a very exciting aspect and I'm hopping they go all out with the lore and writing for this universe. I heard they hired a writer from the witcher 3 team, so the expectations are high.
The point is that progress means that female characters are equal to male characters. The quality of writing doesn't really factor into that because most male characters are badly written as wellNever said they were, not sure where this tone is coming from.
Aloy surprises me the most because she's... kinda ugly actually. Also has a stocky body type that actually fits to the physically demanding stuff she has to do.
Red hair + bow + powerful female protagonist reminds me of Brave
AC female character is their safe bet. Apparently you only play as her in some missions (and maybe even optionally) so she's not actually the main character and her impact on the plot remains to be seen.
Lol I got some bad newsYou missed Samus. I'm counting on you for an update in a few hours.
Hate to be "that guy" but all of this progress means nothing if the characters aren't written well.
Fuck that.
I think my favorite part of these designs is how... normal they look. They just look like people. It's pretty great.
I was thinking the same time, shit went to hell and everyone got down with the swirl. And you will see mixture of people and cultures. the main character's people seemed to be Native American influenced, but they showed a another faction that was a bit more industrial.
Never said they were, not sure where this tone is coming from.
The point is that progress means that female characters are equal to male characters. The quality of writing doesn't really factor into that because most male characters are badly written as well
I guess I can see what they mean if, by "badly written" they mean those characters just end up being tired cliché sexist tropes. That would impede the progress. But, I don't think that's likely to be the case for the ladies posted in the OP.The point is that progress means that female characters are equal to male characters. The quality of writing doesn't really factor into that because most male characters are badly written as well
I noticed that myself. Horizon girl aside, they're all white (not Faith - I missed the edit!) 20 something athletic brunettes.