IGN takes issue with white male lead in Days Gone.

[Mr Puggsly]

ArchangelMadzz said:

Mr Puggsly said:

"While I’ll admit that I initially rolled my eyes at yet another Gruff White Male Protagonist™ in a grim world - especially one with such a Gruff White Male Protagonist™-ey name as Deacon St. John."

I'm calling bullshit. He's flat out saying he saw a generic scruffy breaded white guy and assumed he would be like many other generic scruffy bearded protagonists and was pleasantly surprised that they added depth to his character. Why even mention race and gender? Its not something that would have even crossed my mind.

On a side note, Crackdown 3 should get praise from IGN for having a gruff black guy as the lead. But I guess we only attack games for not doing that.

Fixed for you. 

You're missing the point. He could have said he thought the character was generic cookie cutter bullshit that resembles the lead of many other games. That wouldn't have bothered anybody. Instead the character was mocked for being a white male... that's ridiculous.

Let me put it this way, as a normal non-woke person. When I see a female or a non-white as a lead, I don't really put much thought into the race or gender. My primary concern is the character interesting, relatable, has a good voice actor, or whatever else that makes them compelling.

I like Prophet from Crysis and Locke from Halo 5 because I just think they're good characters. I didn't start with a negative feelings of these characters because they were black or anything like that. Hence, if I was annoyed they chose black guys but was ultimately won over by performance. It still begs the question what's my problem with black guys?

We don't care that this IGN person ultimately liked the protagonist. That doesn't excuse the anti-white sentiment.