KwaggaDan said:
Mike-O said:
KwaggaDan said:
[Edit] I've renamed the Subject because the last title didn't really depict the content.
My issue here is how Africa is being depicted in gaming. I'm not taking potshots at CoD. Far Cry 2 and RE5 made the same mistakes.
No hate, just give us some examples of other games that absolutely and completely correctly depict some other culture/continent/country without resorting to any sort of stereotyping.
I think this thread established that everyone, everywhere has been stereotyped in gaming. Russians are always villains, Africans are backwater, Americans are crime capitals and the Japanese are weird.
Honestly I can't really think of a successful game that didn't take liberties with the source material. It's kinda sad, but that's just the nature of entertainment, I guess?-
True, but stereotypes are there because many people play them off naturally, they aren't simple jokes, but more like half-truths.
I don't think many people of the world would even first think about the majorly non-black countries or people of Africa when asked about it. I know it's hard sometimes, but what is the answer to rid oneself from such stereotypes? I don't think there are many answers to that question.
Some stereotypes are fun and true. Being a Finn, I know that the joke "How do you ruin a Finn's day? - Sit next to him/her on the bus even if there are many free seats." ..rings true, because we as a collective people care about personal space. Even when getting kisses on the cheek from hot Spanish girls I always feel it's damn awkward, and I'm not the only Finn in that pot. Same probably goes with many black African pirates/crims/gangsters who want a badass killer Hyena as their domesticated attack pet.