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Scisca on 12 June 2016
Teeqoz said:
Scisca said:
On one hand I agree that an Asian dude would probably be more fitting as a San Francisco hacker and would be cool to see. This guy isn't awesome, but isn't bad either, I think he looks cooler than WD1 protagonist. I hope that this choice is actually reflected in the plot and setting of the game, has its consequences and impact (like in San Andreas) and isn't just a random choice of race.

How much would his race impact the story really? How do you "reflect" the choice of race in the story?

Seems like a pretty minor detail to me really...

Have you played San Andreas?



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hershel_layton on 12 June 2016

Can we all just shut up? How about they simply put a white and black dude? Is that better?

Oh wait, the brown people may start a riot...and the greens....and the pale people.


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hershel_layton on 12 June 2016
sabvre42 said:
REDZONE said:

Well you're as wrong as a ball because I did read the OP.He said he doesn't mind playing as a black character but he does want to go the the road of BLM,to which I said (don't care if the op thinks it's a perfect background)the game isn't about BLM,so he doesn't have to worry.And I know it's the OP's opinion that it would fit perfectly.

AND to add I think the article is full of shit and clearly pushing an agenda.

In some parts of the country BLM has a VERY REAL purpose. Then you have the ones like we have in Minneapolis that purposefully cause traffic jams for no reason.

Last year they purposefully walled off the state fair gates to protest the number of white vendors. The thing is, that the licensing committee stamps approvals without any form if demographics. The fair committee even went as far as offering them multiple free booths so that they could get get their word out.... but they literally replied that they wanted to impeed the fair.

 

Point is, while BLM may serve some valid purpose... I'm sick of dealing with it (specifically the morons in Minnesota where racism is comparably low). I don't want this shit in my video game.

Nice to see a fellow minnesotan.

 

Anyways, I agree with you. Minnesota is basically one of the most equal states in all of the US. In fact, it may be the #1

 

People here are idiots. And unfortunately, the far left is very common here. I used to be part of protests until I realized they were the same thing...on and on and on. Protests involve such little effort that I felt like I was wasting my time. Why not read and learn more about what I want to fight for? That's 1000x better than any protest.

 

 



 

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JRPGfan on 12 June 2016

Black? isnt the guy like latin american or something? Hardly think its fair to call that protaganist black.



chapset on 12 June 2016

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DoctorHorrible on 12 June 2016
Mr_No said:
We now have a Watch Dogs protagonist which is much more deep and with more personality than Aiden Pierce, yet people bash him because of his race? Why is this such a big deal? Who makes this such a big deal?

Why do you say he's much more deep?



bunchanumbers on 12 June 2016

The race of the character didn't even cross my mind. I don't get why people get hung up on race all the time.



vivster on 12 June 2016

People forget so easily. They should be outraged that it's not a female protagonist.



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MikeRox on 12 June 2016

Won't make a blind bit of difference to the game. I really don't get why anyone gives a crap what race, gender, etc. their game character is.



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MikeRox on 12 June 2016
Mr_No said:
We now have a Watch Dogs protagonist which is much more deep and with more personality than Aiden Pierce, yet people bash him because of his race? Why is this such a big deal? Who makes this such a big deal?

Your guess is as good as mine. I think we really are hitting the point where no matter what you do, there'll be someone will try to cause an outcry over it.



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