Should I be offended?

[Vault101]

[b/]I think my point has kind of been misunderstood[/b]


so I've been playing Sleeping Dogs and I gotta say I'm really loving it. a crime themed GTA style game that actually rewards you for NOT being a psychopath, its great fun

now in this context "offended" is too stronger word, more like "annoyed"

[b/]*minor early spoilers that aren't really spoilers*[/b]

I've come across a mission where I meet a character called Amanda (or Amy for short...since when is Amy short for Amanda?)

so anyway..she is American..blonde a tourist pretty much...basically you take her to the martial arts school where you do a training exercise whatever, anyway I certainly got "love interest" vibes from her

now I know this is waaaaaaaaay to early in game to really say anything...but again it occurd [small/](seriously Google chrome spell checker.. that's a word!)[/small] to me that this "friend" for our main protagonist is whiter than white..and American (I'm assuming even though she was dressed like a chav)

as in (of coarse) often it seems that in this kind of thing love interests and main characters are American...or white at the least. obviously to appeal to westerners blah blah you get the Idea

and its not like I actually AM bothered...I like the game too much to be bothered (and as I said.. early days) its just I feel that these things are alot more noticeable for me these days because of all the analysis we do on games and popular media.....it definitely feels like something Yahtzee would point out.....

so I guess what I'm really asking is

[b/]do you ever come across something and think to yourself "should I have a problem with this?" but then just shrug and go "meh"[/b]

 

[White Lightning]

I can't figure out what you're trying to say here... you're mad because you like an American? Can I get a translator in here?

As for the question I have seen a few things I have been... disturbed by but not offended, if that makes any sense.

 

[Kragg]

No, never, it seems pretty common here though. People having some kind of need to conform to a stereotype of what to like/not like how to feel/not feel about anything ... never understood it, be your own person, like what you like feel what you feel. if you don't have a problem with it, good? If you do ... good as well !

 

[BlindTom]

You should be offended whenever you get the opportunity. It will make you feel powerful and morally superior to others.

 

[kurupt87]

Occurred.

Of course.

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Umm, your problem is that the love interest is a white female? The dev can make the character whichever sex, race or orientation they like; that isn't the part that risks being offensive. The part that does risk it is how that character acts, how many stereotypes it conforms to, the activity that character gets up to etc. But that isn't what you were complaining about, you were just complaining that she was white in a game populated by East Asians.

The fact that the love interest is supposed to appeal more to the player than the character the player inhabits is a problem games have; one that has more to do with the player character than the support characters (in other words, player characters tend not to have any character to appeal to in the first place).

It isn't something to be offended by though, not unless you are offended by game scripts being sub-par compared to films or books anyway.

 

[Flunk]

The spell checker is right it's occurred not "occurd"

 

[Vault101]

I can't figure out what you're trying to say here... you're mad because you like an American? Can I get a translator in here?

As for the question I have seen a few things I have been... disturbed by but not offended, if that makes any sense.

yeah...its kind of hard to explain

like say you're playing uncharted and you notice that Drake only kills "forengers" and the Americans get away....when you think about it its kind of "one of those thingdz' that people point out but should you really care?

 

[Hagi]

Eh...

Do whatever you want I'd say. If you think it's worth being offended over then by all means, be offended. Don't expect anyone else to care though.

If you don't think it's worth being offended over then don't be offended. Don't expect anyone else to take it like you do though.

 

[Erja_Perttu]

Occurd? Sounds like cheese with a cough.

I can't see why that's annoying. There's a demographic, it's being pandered to, welcome to life, etc, etc, and besides that, what a pathetically pointless grievance. Why on earth is it worth getting yourself wound up about that in any way, shape or form?

 

[krazykidd]

The Asian, Latin-American and white European love interests are day one DLC packages.

This made me lol .

Also occurd? More like Oh turd! Amirite? ... Why is everyone walking away?

OT: No you shouldn't be offended . Although it would have been halarious if your love interest was a black chick from the south. But seriously , are you annoyed that she's white and not asian? What if she was black? Or latino? Or a frog? I think this is a good thing actually , to portray interacial relationships . It's all the rage nowadays ( except maybe in texas ) . But to answer your question no .

Now one game i do find offensive ( now as opposed to when i was 16 i thougt it was awsome ) is gta san adreas , they portray black people in the worst possible way . But i can't say it's not a great game though .

 

[Albino Boo]

now I know this is waaaaaaaaay to early in game to really say anything...but again it occurd (seriously Google chrome spell checker.. that's a word!)

Its clear evidence that google have invented a time machine and moved their operation back to the 18th century for tax reasons. The 18th century was the last time the spelling was used. The time machine is the only explanation fits or perhaps Google have deliberately misspelled words so they can do anyone for copyright that copies the dictionary.


So your argument is that you should be annoyed because an east Asian man might find a western girl attractive? I think its a fair pay back for all those tiger lilly stereotypes of East Asian woman that have been around for the last 60 years. Let the Chinese guy get the cheer leader.

 

[Vhite]

How come no one posted this yet?

Captcha is making us hack:
'; drop table users;

 

[Signa]

I can't exactly tell what you're thinking the problem might be, but my first response to the thread title was "no. never"

Seeing that the thread has something to do with stereotypes, I can't stress that initial reaction enough. If you feel insulted by a stereotype, just remember that either you're insulted because it's true and you're embarrassed about it, or it's completely not true, and then there shouldn't be anything personal about it by that point, because it doesn't apply to you. Everyone is different, but there are going to be some commonalities that stick in peoples' minds. Stereotypes exist for a reason, and depending on which one, you should be proud that it doesn't apply to you.

The better question at this point should be "do people really act like that? I don't see it."

PS: occurred.

 

[Luftwaffles]

Im offended that theres spoken english in the game. Should be spoken canton, hokkien and mandarin with broken english subtitles.

Only thing thats holding me back from a purchase really.