Black people in games

I never really though about this actually, but there is seriously a small amount of games with black playable characters, it's not rascist but still, when do you guys think there will be a breakthrough black playable character, meaning that they aren't a gang member, or a basketball player, or a voodoo guy(and if there is, than post)Black people in games
superheroe cop agent in crackdown was black.everyones favourite, Cole Trainand...Jax?Black people in games
Reality is that black people are a minority in America and Europe, so it is not reasonable to expect to see a lot of main characters being a certain minority. Especially when taking into consideration that the game industry is notorious for being comprised mainly of young white men. If the game industry keeps exploring new themes (particularly real-world themes like Rockstar does), we will surely see more diversity in that area.
Barret Wallace from FF VII is black, and he's kind-of a playable character.
The Redguard was arguably one of the better classes in Oblivion and Morrowind.Most fighting games these days feature at least one black character that isn't stereotypical as well.
We have already had a break through black playable character - Augustus the ''Cole'' train.
Crackdown guy was black, Cole train was black, axle from Twisted Metal was black, 90% of football players in Madden are black lol
[QUOTE=''ThePhantomGamer'']Barret Wallace from FF VII is black, and he's kind-of a playable character.[/QUOTE]Wasn't he the guy with a gun for one of his arms? Excluding sports games I can't think of anything prior to FF7 that had a black playable character.
[QUOTE=''UpInFlames'']Reality is that black people are a minority in America and Europe, so it is not reasonable to expect to see a lot of main characters being a certain minority. Especially when taking into consideration that the game industry is notorious for being comprised mainly of young white men. If the game industry keeps exploring new themes (particularly real-world themes like Rockstar does), we will surely see more diversity in that area.[/QUOTE]What you said is totally true.In the future though I would love to see more diversity when it comes to video game characters. Until that time comes when I want some diversity in video games I'll stick to the Rockstar games.
[QUOTE=''UpInFlames''] Reality is that black people are a minority in America and Europe, so it is not reasonable to expect to see a lot of main characters being a certain minority. [/QUOTE]And why should race matter? When I play a game I don't care if I relate to the race of the character I am playing. But at the same time, do you realize how completely under-represented black people are in literature? It is insane.
I think in reality minorities are the majority in America. It's just that maybe like someone said earlier that the game industry is dominated by white males and asian males. So most of the characters reflect that i guess. Its the whole people wanting to put themselves in games thing. It'd be interesting to see more diverse characters in games.
[QUOTE=''aspro73''][QUOTE=''UpInFlames''] Reality is that black people are a minority in America and Europe, so it is not reasonable to expect to see a lot of main characters being a certain minority. [/QUOTE]And why should race matter? When I play a game I don't care if I relate to the race of the character I am playing. But at the same time, do you realize how completely under-represented black people are in literature? It is insane.[/QUOTE] It shouldn't, and I'm glad you pointed that out. People go on and on about how games and movies and literature are escapism, and in general this is true. Playing as a hedgehog, alien or robot is something we do in games and think nothing of. But the minute you use a race, other than white, as a main character, people say they can't relate????!!!! Suddenly it becomes a black thing and people make it an issue.The 'minority' thing is a copout. I personally would like to hear game designers directly say WHY they don't cast the main character in their game as black. Mass Effect (as well as previous games like KOTOR) prove that it shouldn't make any different what race the character is.
Yea, its a bit odd, but then again, a large majority of video game characters aren't even human. But its hard to blame this on American racism when most games are developed in Japan. Anyone know the problem's source? All I know is that the only non-gangster black character in video games I can remember was Barret, and he swore like hell.
if you do co-op in Resistance:Fall of Man, the 2nd player will be black
I know there's one, but I can think of him...Well, if s/he were breakthrough-worthy, I'd already have thought of them, right?Besides the 'mentioned, I haven't had any come to mind that are of that stature.Strange, but understanable when I think of the state of people's affairs throughout earth.