Op Ed [Feb 27, 2022, 1:45 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
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The Verge - Elden Ring’s character creator fails Black players.
Thanks Max.
"This isn’t just an Elden Ring problem; it’s a video game problem. For many years, players of color have had to mod in things like kinky hairstyles and better, more authentic-looking skin tones in order to have the kind of representation that white players get by default. Games with a customizable protagonist are nearly always represented with a white-passing avatar. And when games do include Black hairstyles, it’s almost always only a fade and an afro, which are the go-to styles whenever a character creator wants to give the appearance of inclusivity while not actually being all that inclusive. (Looking at you, Mass Effect.)"
Razumen wrote on Feb 27, 2022, 21:10:It's sad you think this is a logical comment to make.
Doesn't matter, like I said, it's made for the Japanese market first.
And It HAS diversity, it's just not diverse enough, and never will be for some people.
When you say Japanese and white is "diversity", you're the problem.
And it makes no sense to say that the problem is simply caused by the game coming from Japan. If that was true then there'd be no character creation options to create white characters either.
This comment was edited on Feb 28, 2022, 02:16.
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