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Upon release the studio is disbanded because they get accused of digital black face on Twitter and it's made clear by their repeated excuses that they are indeed racist bigots.
Wow? You asked why its mentioned... I'd argue you'd need to provide some logical reason on why it bothers you that its mentioned bud....
If you care, Neil Druckmann said Nadine was not written with any race. Just a woman from South Africa.
Then they cast Laura Bailey to play her.
Later, a character concept artist showed their drawing of Nadine as black.
They liked the look and went for it, despite already casting Bailey.
Hence the white chick playing the black chick.
we all know ND is doing it to check boxes. thats the problen
That game looks amazing...makes me look forward to the Remaster early 2022"First black lead" ahem.....
Definitely check out Luther. The first season is one of the best seasons of any TV show ever made.Never watched that one. Thanks for the TV tip.
It comes down to a pandering + PR game for companies + the sales demographic.The issue is, most game creators are white. And creators typically create people that look like them. Black artists from all genres do it all the time. Go bitch about white representation and see where it gets you. Tell American black rappers you want to see more representation in their videos considering whites buy the majority of their music. It won't happen, yet the reverse is forced. It stems from a group of people that live a life of hypocrisy.
Yep. Good point.The issue is, most game creators are white. And creators typically create people that look like them. Black artists from all genres do it all the time. Go bitch about white representation and see where it gets you. Tell American black rappers you want to see more representation in their videos considering whites buy the majority of their music. It won't happen, yet the reverse is forced. It stems from a group of people that live a life of hypocrisy.
Dunno, I thought John was good in Tenet; Robert was too but what really hurt the film were the COVID lockdowns if we're being honest.Eh. Admirable as it maybe, Nolan did this and completely miscast Danzel Washington’s son John David Washington. He would’ve been great as Neil. He’s good but not ready to be the male lead. The movie likely suffered as a result. Robert Pattinson should’ve been the male lead.
I don’t have any proof but I think Abby also started as a ‘wouldn’t it be cool to have a butch female lead’ character. Her character suffered as a result IMO. She looked too cartoony and weird to be relatable.
Let’s hope they have a good actor like Isaac’s actor Jeffry Wright lined up to play the lead. He needs to have screen presence and gravitas first and foremost.
This is what worries me, wanting to collect virtua signaling woke medals representing underepresented groups they'd end having as lead a fat, ugly, pink haired black non-binary aceflux trans lesbian disabled granny with the body and voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger that I assume wouldn't appeal most of their fans or the average AAA game customer.it wouldnt surprise me if ND started design discussions with “we already know that X gender of Y race will be the lead, how do we make a story around that?”
when it should be natural, the story you want to tell may lend itself to a certain race or lead
It is pandering. You look at the game reveals lately and 50% of them seem to be black females. What percentage of the population is that? Why are we having to force that demographic so much into games rather than letting it be more natural? It’s just a way to virtue signal and it’s pretty embarrassing how forced it all is
Idris Elba would be great for a narrative focused ND game. If it's action Blade, call Wesley Snipes and a Blade game. But I think now it's time for ND and SSM to make their own new IPs.Hire Idris Elba and make it an action game
This dude makes an awesome work as Kratos.Please, not another marvel IP! Why not give the voice of Kratos a chance? Voice + actor (face, persona) = done!
I hope it's a they/themPlot twist: It's set in WWII and the black lead is Hitler. By Act III you really understand him and come to love him as the anti hero of the story
In big companies I think they traditionally design their products (so characters too) thinking on the tastes of their target user. So they offer what they think that type of customer demographics prefers to buy, what they think it's going to sell more between the main kind of people who traditionally or potentially could buy this product.The issue is, most game creators are white. And creators typically create people that look like them. Black artists from all genres do it all the time. Go bitch about white representation and see where it gets you. Tell American black rappers you want to see more representation in their videos considering whites buy the majority of their music. It won't happen, yet the reverse is forced. It stems from a group of people that live a life of hypocrisy.
Good lord, listen to yourself.we all know ND is doing it to check boxes. thats the problen
How would you know if they weren't?we all know ND is doing it to check boxes. thats the problen
DeathloopBecause there hasnt been a real AAA game with a black lead since like... GTA San Andreas? It was news with Ghosts of Tsushima too except Asian lead. Its good to see.
A quick google search would eliminate your ignorance. Rap/Hip hops biggest consumer base is college aged white people. Like 70 plus percent of the consumers are white...just like the american population actually. Hip hop is also a world famous genre and superstar artists tour around the world. I mean drake dominated the billboards for over a month he had his whole album in the top ten lol...So in a market like rap, not sure about its market but I'd bet it sells a majority of its copies in USA and the majority of their customers I assume are black, so it makes sense to have mostly black artists.
Don't be sarcastic. Black lead doesn't mean it will be a bald black transgender she-hulk hating men. I mean it could be, but we don't know yet.i'll be waiting for naughty dog to make another game with a straight white male protagonist again
Uhhh....Who honestly gives a shit about the colour of a video game character?
i'll be waiting for naughty dog to make another game with a straight white male protagonist again
These dudes have more in common with a certain other forum than they think.Uhhh....
She was not a lead character
Uhhh....
It's not really a problem.we all know ND is doing it to check boxes. thats the problen
I mean, I get where your coming from. I think going against the artistic vision of creatives to force a fake image of inclusion and diverse thinking is not genuine and pretty lame. But on both sides of the argument for and against representation from other demographics, there are crazy extreme people on both sides. But I would rather be on the side that doesn't have people that legit hate that people that don't look exactly like them are the main alpha leads in a game they want to play.that was more of a joke post, my favourite game protags have always been female and i don't care about race at all
i honestly believe that naughty dog won't make another game with a straight white male lead for the next 20 years though (aside from the TLOU remake). lots of the more woke studios nowadays think making a straight white male the lead is standing on the wrong side of history.