There's not enough enough of a certain minority (or in some cases majority) group in video games so some developers just cram in more and more content to appese these groups and in doing so lose the original vision and feel of their game franchises.
The fans at times cheer when a ethnically diverse or different character is added to a game. Marina, Twintelle and human Tyrael three recent examples of this. A portion of the fanbase cheered because of what the characters were and looked like, not because of how well they would integrate into the game franchise and improve it overall.
That's the arguement some are using to push video games into accomodading more diverse characters from around the world. Do you agree with this?
I don't agree with it - to a point. I'll explain below.
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My personal opinion is the above 3 mentioned characters Marina, Twintelle and human Tyrael are great inclusions into their respective games. I'd glad they exist. Because they really improve what the game is all about and the game's story. What gets me is how the fambase cheers over characters based on certain nationalities or races but not others. Take ARMS as an example. The fans cheered over Twintelle being added to the game but they didn't cheer for Minmin who is linked to Asian culture. It's almost if they don't care for overall diversity, only if their perfered group is represented in the game.
I agree we can't forget any racial or other group and ignore them in gaming. They all deserve their place. But any character should not be put into a game just to pander to a specific group. The chatacter should totally benefit the game and help define the core concepts the game already has established.
Diversity in gaming is inportant, as long as people push for all groups to be represented in some way, not just their own perferred group. This si not equality of outcome, it's more like equality of opportunity. The developers put all options on the table, all different diversity options and the best ones make it into the game.
The fans at times cheer when a ethnically diverse or different character is added to a game. Marina, Twintelle and human Tyrael three recent examples of this. A portion of the fanbase cheered because of what the characters were and looked like, not because of how well they would integrate into the game franchise and improve it overall.
That's the arguement some are using to push video games into accomodading more diverse characters from around the world. Do you agree with this?
I don't agree with it - to a point. I'll explain below.
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My personal opinion is the above 3 mentioned characters Marina, Twintelle and human Tyrael are great inclusions into their respective games. I'd glad they exist. Because they really improve what the game is all about and the game's story. What gets me is how the fambase cheers over characters based on certain nationalities or races but not others. Take ARMS as an example. The fans cheered over Twintelle being added to the game but they didn't cheer for Minmin who is linked to Asian culture. It's almost if they don't care for overall diversity, only if their perfered group is represented in the game.
I agree we can't forget any racial or other group and ignore them in gaming. They all deserve their place. But any character should not be put into a game just to pander to a specific group. The chatacter should totally benefit the game and help define the core concepts the game already has established.
Diversity in gaming is inportant, as long as people push for all groups to be represented in some way, not just their own perferred group. This si not equality of outcome, it's more like equality of opportunity. The developers put all options on the table, all different diversity options and the best ones make it into the game.