Poll: What is Chell's race?

[Lilani]

Shes proberly paler in portal 2 having spent 230 or so years in suspension in a dim room

but look at her face it,s entirely different in Portal 2

The second picture is concept art and has a different angle/lighting.

It would be a lot easier to compare if somebody had some similar screenshots from both games.

Fixed that.

 

[pakker]

... Does this even matter? I mean it's all great she is not just another whiteie (yes, I'm fed up with white protagonists). But race should never be a defining characteristic, (White guy: Tabula Rasa, everyone else, racial stereotype).

But to answer the question at hand, I really like what Valve did, she looks like a mix of everything to me (in those pics atleast).

I must say I really really like this idea, that whatever the race of the character, it doesn't matter at all. Nothing, whatsoever would change the experience of portal if Chell was 100% African, Arabic, Caucasian, Asian or even, well, male. Chell could be anyone and no one really. Only there for the occasional "i looked at myself with portals"

Edit: Forgot all about her crazy eyes

 

[Ympulse]

Hispanic/Latino and Asian mix.

As can be obviously inferred by her concept model.

 

[almostgold]

Why does it matter?

 

[theriddlen]

Wookiee

 

[hypovolemia]

What is Chell's race?

Human.

Technically, her species is human.

Her race is pretty much irrelevant. Hey, just like mine!

 

[The Cookie Cruncher]

I always thought that she was a mix of Caucasian and Hispanic. Certainly not black.

 

[ZeroDotZero]

I've always thought of her being hispanic or latina. I still think that equals race diversity, not all that many hispanic protagonists.

 

[Pearwood]

Probably marathon, she never seems to get tired. But I'd figure she'd be more suited for high jump with those fancy high heels.

 

[Gigatoast]

Well let's see, her face model is half hispanic and half japanese. So I'm going to go with that.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I'd say she was hispanic.

 

[hypovolemia]

Dude, why you pullin the race card?!?!

Because I believe in plot armor the Heart of Cards?

 

[faefrost]

Isn't the actual human model that they used as a reference Brazilian/Japanese? And the in game character does look pretty much exactly like the human model.

 

[AetherWolf]

It seems to vary depending on the artist.

But yeah, I'll just go with the Alésia Glidewell thing.
I personally thought she was just a huge mix of stuff.



Edit:
Her concept outfit looks more white than anything:

Spoiler

 

[jowo96]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C3%A9sia_Glidewell

that is all

 

[El_Chubba_Chubba]

Racially ambiguous to allow as many people to
identify with her as possible.

I think I remember valve saying the exact same thing about Alyx in Half Life 2.

 

[Andothul]

Man Black and White and Japanese and White make the most beautiful combinations.

 

[ImperialSunlight]

White, Black, Eskimo and Asian (Asian not so much) are all offensive terms. I am very offended.
OT: I have no idea.

 

[CarlMin]

I still kinda thing that there is no such thing as a human race. I don't even think that two human beings can differ enough genetically to fall under the definition race. There are dogs races, for example, simply because they differ more genetically.