Polygon apparently had an interesting take. They're offended that more isn't made of the protagonist's blackness and that she doesn't endure racism in the colorblind alternative reality she finds herself in. And on its face, that's a retarded take on an action game. But considering these games crawl up their own asses and force players to spend as much time watching cinematics as they do actually playing the game, is as valid a complaint as any. It's still retarded. I'm sure if Frey got called nigger in the fantasy world they'd then bitch about it perpetuating verbal violence against players of color in what was supposed to be escapism.
They would. If a story depicts racism against nonwhites for the sake of period accuracy or worldbuilding, then it's racist because depicting it means it obviously condones it. And if a story does not depict racism against nonwhites, then it's racist because it whitewashes what nonwhites have historically gone through and erases their lived experience and with it, their identity.
Polygon apparently had an interesting take. They're offended that more isn't made of the protagonist's blackness and that she doesn't endure racism in the colorblind alternative reality she finds herself in. And on its face, that's a retarded take on an action game. But considering these games crawl up their own asses and force players to spend as much time watching cinematics as they do actually playing the game, is as valid a complaint as any. It's still retarded. I'm sure if Frey got called nigger in the fantasy world they'd then bitch about it perpetuating verbal violence against players of color in what was supposed to be escapism.
They would. If a story depicts racism against nonwhites for the sake of period accuracy or worldbuilding, then it's racist because depicting it means it obviously condones it. And if a story does not depict racism against nonwhites, then it's racist because it whitewashes what nonwhites have historically gone through and erases their lived experience and with it, their identity.