I'd like to see more diversity in protagonists, games or otherwise. I don't think it's an emergency but I don't see why it's all that difficult to do. As for the argument that most gamers are white males,so? Sonic was a blue hedgehog and he sold like crazy, pacman was a yellow circle with a mouth, no one had trouble identifying with him. Hell I bet more guys played Mrs. Pacman than women did. More importantly the games those characters were in were fun to play, that is what sells games.
Most first person shooter characters are just hands, like they're not even a whole person just hands that hold a weapon, so why can't those hands be brown? There are people who want it and it's unlikely to really alienate people who don't even think about it,(the majority) so why not do it? The worst that happens is we have a generic protagonist who's only difference from the herd is their skin colour, at best we get something new and interesting.
I mean I'm guilty of it too, I'm writing a story and the protagonist is a young white male I'm not sure why. It's just what popped in my head when I thought of the character, but honestly it doesn't really change anything about his character so maybe he'll be south american just for the hell of it.
Most first person shooter characters are just hands, like they're not even a whole person just hands that hold a weapon, so why can't those hands be brown? There are people who want it and it's unlikely to really alienate people who don't even think about it,(the majority) so why not do it? The worst that happens is we have a generic protagonist who's only difference from the herd is their skin colour, at best we get something new and interesting.
I mean I'm guilty of it too, I'm writing a story and the protagonist is a young white male I'm not sure why. It's just what popped in my head when I thought of the character, but honestly it doesn't really change anything about his character so maybe he'll be south american just for the hell of it.