IGN takes issue with white male lead in Days Gone.

[Mr Puggsly]

SpokenTruth said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Angry black woman is an overused trope and so is being white?

Maybe you mean a gruff person in a post apocalyptic zombie infested world is over used? I guess you'd like to see more jovial people in that setting? Preferably not white of course.

Maybe jovial black non-binary character in a zombie survival thriller!

Being white isn't a trope.  Crikey man.  Really?  And of course you take the opposite direction of the gruff white male protagonist approach to suggest that's what he wants.

Why not an everyday man in a post apocalyptic zombie infested world?  Why not a nerdy, white male protagonist?  Doesn't have to be a woman, non-binary, jovial or whatever opposite you want to add in.  Just why not something aside from basically a carbon copy of the same tired old cliche characters?  Why is that too much to ask for?  Why is something just a little bit different asking too much?

I think what you're trying to say is "white" + "gruff" = "bad"." However, "non-white" + "gruff" = "great." Seems like the original point stands, his whiteness is upsetting people. Because simply changing that would make this character fresh.

An every day man in a post apocalyptic world? Maybe that works when the infestation of zombies starts, like the first season of Telltale's The Walking Dead. But was that character interesting because he was black? Not really, but he had a cool gruff black guy voice.