Exactly. The writing would be influenced by the diversity. While individuals are not completely defined by their race, sexuality, or gender, there are times where those factors could completely change the story being told. Just as in your example. Or even if a story was told from the viewpoint of someone who wasn't from a Western culture at all. If done authentically it could add something very unique to the story because different cultures have different values.KazeAizen said:Actually you'd be wrong on that. I'm not sure about you but as it stands when I go out just to hang out or run errands I run into people of various ethnic backgrounds as well as both genders. For the games that like to tout "realism" having both genders and multiple races beyond the token black guy is as real as it comes.Genocidicles said:Well surely that's a matter of writing, not diversity?I admit, diversity is going to do nothing for the CoD Twitch Lord. But for people who give two shits about immersion, characterization, and storyline, diversification of characters opens up gaming to something beyond 'Bro shoots other bros for country/place to put penis.'
Seriously though if you can't see the net positives of diversification then I think you actually need to rethink your priorities in life. You want to know how it can be a positive? Different styles of stories. Especially if those stories are set in the "real world". Like for instance a shooter during the civil war but from the perspective of a black man. That's going to be a totally different game than if it were from the perspective of just another white dude. It also could be very meaningful.
A character's race could possibly matter little in a futuristic setting. It's just odd when humans aren't diverse because the current population of the earth. Unless we assume that everyone who wasn't White were killed in some way, statistically it just doesn't make sense to have the majority of humans in a far off future to be White. At the very least there would be a larger concentration of Asians, and at best a lot of people would be biracial (and not necessary half White either).