Games with black protagonists?
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Plenty. I mean since most D&D let you customize your avatar.. you can play a black protag there. Left 4 dead also. So you can add 'Any RPG that allows you to customize your character's skin tone.
Shadowman was a great action/adventure game at the time, very mystical and forboding. Quite easy to get lost though and I am pretty sure a lot of the places I found myself in, were not meant to be found yet. They were difficult. Should have had wikis at the time.
Is fantasy okay? The Suikoden series has a few (though they are often fairly light-haired, cuz fantasy). Hugo [http://suikoden.wikia.com/wiki/Hugo_%28Suikoden_III%29] is one of the main characters from Suikoden III, and Aila [http://suikoden.wikia.com/wiki/Aila], from the same tribe, is also a playable character.
Wait, I think I might have something better. Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=386449558] isn't exactly high profile, but you don't see African fantasy worlds every day.
Wait, I think I might have something better. Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=386449558] isn't exactly high profile, but you don't see African fantasy worlds every day.
Not sure whether we are including games with large rosters? (It's not excluded in the OP, but maybe I missed something?)
Karma, Lucian, and Ekko in League of Legends.
Fortune in Metal Gear Solid 2.
Zack and Lisa in the DOA series.
Brad in Dead Rising.
Wikipedia proves useful as ever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_video_game_characters
Karma, Lucian, and Ekko in League of Legends.
Fortune in Metal Gear Solid 2.
Zack and Lisa in the DOA series.
Brad in Dead Rising.
Wikipedia proves useful as ever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_video_game_characters
Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone has a black lead.
Most of the other names I'd mention have been mentioned.
Most of the other names I'd mention have been mentioned.
The OP specifically precluded character customisation.MonsterCrit said:
Oh, someone already mentioned Redguard.
Hm...
A lot of examples are really just "not white" which I don't think is what the OP is after but there are some good examples here. OP, I'm assuming you'd prefer playable characters but will settle for non-playable protagonist as well, right?
There's Urban Chaos for the PS1 which features a dark-skinned lady as the playable protagonist but I've heard it's not that good. (I've never played it, I just remember seeing it in a promo leaflet inside a Tomb Raider game when I was a kid and thinking she looked really cool.)
Valerie Blaylock from Trauma Centre:New Blood for the Wii is a playable black lady doctor. She's pretty badass to boot.
There's Nilin from Remember Me, of course.
Shinobu is a side-character assassin from No More Heroes 2 and there's Vivienne from Dragon Age Inquisition, also as a side character. Possibly Fran from Final Fantasy XII but since she's a rabbit...person...thing I don't know if she'd count.
I'm trying to name playable characters but sadly I don't think I can name any more and ironically I don't know any playable male black protagonists. I think, Gear of War maybe? (These types of shooters aren't my thing so I don't pay attention).
Hm...
A lot of examples are really just "not white" which I don't think is what the OP is after but there are some good examples here. OP, I'm assuming you'd prefer playable characters but will settle for non-playable protagonist as well, right?
There's Urban Chaos for the PS1 which features a dark-skinned lady as the playable protagonist but I've heard it's not that good. (I've never played it, I just remember seeing it in a promo leaflet inside a Tomb Raider game when I was a kid and thinking she looked really cool.)
Valerie Blaylock from Trauma Centre:New Blood for the Wii is a playable black lady doctor. She's pretty badass to boot.
There's Nilin from Remember Me, of course.
Shinobu is a side-character assassin from No More Heroes 2 and there's Vivienne from Dragon Age Inquisition, also as a side character. Possibly Fran from Final Fantasy XII but since she's a rabbit...person...thing I don't know if she'd count.
I'm trying to name playable characters but sadly I don't think I can name any more and ironically I don't know any playable male black protagonists. I think, Gear of War maybe? (These types of shooters aren't my thing so I don't pay attention).
Unreal II has a black protagonist.
In Halo: ODST, one of the troopers, his name is Romeo, becomes playable during a flashback segment.
In Halo: ODST, one of the troopers, his name is Romeo, becomes playable during a flashback segment.
Every black protagonist that comes to my mind has been mentioned already.
Unfortunately, about half of them listed are not black characters, so much as they are black caricatures.
Unfortunately, about half of them listed are not black characters, so much as they are black caricatures.
You beat me to it, atleast I'm not the only one who remembers this fun game!Asclepion said:There is the SiN series, a cyberpunk FPS about a woman trying to become a goddess using biotechnology and the only one who can stop her is a dreadlocked heavily armed badass, and is a game that almost no one remembers.
Since SiN is taken, I'd say Roland from Borderlands (the first one), he's one of the 4 protagonists but certainely fits the bill.
People have said The Walking Dead S1 and 2 referring to Clem and Lee, but you also play two black characters in 400 Days. Russell [http://imagenes.es.sftcdn.net/blog/es/2013/07/Russell-Header-664x374.png] was one of the main characters, and then Tavia [http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140513184836/walkingdead/images/6/6d/IHW_Tavia_Morning.png] briefly for the epilogue.
Valiant Hearts had Freddie [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/steamtradingcards/images/e/e4/Valiant_Hearts_The_Great_War_Artwork_3.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20141104074508], an American soldier living in France.
Valiant Hearts had Freddie [http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/steamtradingcards/images/e/e4/Valiant_Hearts_The_Great_War_Artwork_3.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20141104074508], an American soldier living in France.