IGN takes issue with white male lead in Days Gone.

[ArchangelMadzz]

Mr Puggsly said:

ArchangelMadzz said:

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.

If he said 'Oh great another white male protagonist' That would be an anti-white sentiment. 

He statement DID say that he thought the character was generic cookie cutter bullshit. You're getting so caught up on one word you're failing to actually understand what he said. I'm starting to think you don't want to.

StriderKiwi said:
Let's have a little thought experiment shall we?

Which of the following is racist?
A) Not another gruff white male.
B) Not another thuggish black male.
C) Not another curvy white woman.
D) Not another sassy Black woman.
E) All of the above.

Answer: Adding a precursor adjective does not excuse racism.

My thoughts on the game in general are "it looks boring and generic" and the the character was an extension of that. And that's all the description the game and protagonist needs from me! "Boring and generic." The sex and ethnicity doesn't factor into it at all. There's no reason to even mention either.

My favorite bit was the part about the "Gruff White Male Protagonist™-ey name as Deacon St. John." Yeah, not racist at all! And if he had instead said not another "sassy Black Woman-ey name like Shaniqua Williams," that wouldn't have been racist either right!?

ABCD are not racist. They're good criticisms to lack of character imagination. 

I saw the trailer for the Ghostbusters (female version) and was not surprised but still annoyed that even though the women in the movie are smart scientists they had to have the black one be ghetto and dumb. Because dumb ghetto black girl is just over used and not imaginative. Does that make me racist? I hope not seeing as I'm black myself. 

It's like watching a TV and going oh great another nerdy, glasses wearing Asian character. Does that make me racist? Or not like Asians? No. It means I'm tired of tropes and want character with a more interesting canvas.