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[Valt7786]

I wish some folks were able to see that *most* people aren't upset that she's black. Like, it literally doesn't matter what her skin colour is. It's more the reason as to WHY she's black, which is 99% gonna be SJW Pandering.
It wouldn't surprise me if they'd gone through the cast, looked at them all and gone "Shit, no black people. Best not to outrage the twiter mobs" and added/changed her.

Besides all that, she's a giant right? From a completely different REALM. Who's to say a whole realm out of 9 different ones wouldn't have black people in it?
Whole thing is pretty ridiculous tbh.

 

[skit_data]

Own spin…spin…spinoff!

Angerboda ”Legs” Morales incoming!

 

[Rudius]

In the 2018 game egyptian mythology is referenced. I thought the justification would be that she is a foreigner, like Kratos.

 

[martino]

This is the kind i can't get behind....
It feel forced....if color of the character is not use in any plot then there is no reasons.
And if it's the case isn't Marvel blue fine for it ? it feel more coherent and less breaking suspension of disbelief especially when the character is a ice giant...
Also couldn't you tell your difference speech only by her being a giant ?
I don't think they can convince me this was a good choice here

 

[ReBurn]

Imagine being upset because there's a black person in your video game.

 

[DonJorginho]

Imagine being upset because there's a black person in your video game.

This seems to be a good 50/55% of all gaming forums these days....

 

[Bernd Lauert]

At least have the balls and admit that you're simply pandering. This kind of gaslighting just makes it worse.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

I knew she would trigger people on this board. Y'all nearly as fragile as Era people sometimes.

 

[Lanrutcon]

Besides all that, she's a giant right? From a completely different REALM. Who's to say a whole realm out of 9 different ones wouldn't have black people in it?

The realm of G'he Tto is indeed a mystical place. What adventures await our heroes there?

 

[Spukc]

OMFG who the fuck cares??? This is pathetic. Wai is this even questioned

 

[JimmyRustler]

I have no real problem with this but the devs should really refrain from commenting. We all know she's only black because they needed a token black character. End of story.

 

[ReBurn]

At least have the balls and admit that you're simply pandering. This kind of gaslighting just makes it worse.

Why does it matter that this character is black? Why is that offensive in the slightest?

 

[DonJorginho]

In the past few days on NeoGAF I have seen people say Deathloop only got good reviews as they "bent the knee" and made their two main characters black, and now this mess.

The developers can NEVER win, really they should stay quiet as either way they'll piss off one corner of the crowd anyways, I don't think this is tokenism and I can't wait to see how they handle this interpretation of Angrboda.

I think it's time that those opposed to this started thinking about why seeing black people in forms of media pisses them off so much, and then maybe we'll get somewhere....

 

[Ryu Kaiba]

The only problem I have with this is that it feels weird when race/agenda is used as a selling point. That's how it always feels positioned in these trailers, instead of treating it like its normal.

 

[Topher]

At least have the balls and admit that you're simply pandering. This kind of gaslighting just makes it worse.

More "pandering"?

 

[DonJorginho]

More "pandering"?

Tarantino you pandering bastard!!!!!!!

 

[CurtBizzy]

If the voice actor is white would that make you guys feel better? Lmao

 

[Gonpachiro Kamaboko]

I don’t care who the actor is, I just want a good game. But when the last shot of the trailer is “oh btw there’s a black person now” I feel like I can see right through that.

 

[deriks]

Hey, remember when Matt Damon was at a chinese movie? That was dumb. Same thing there, bruh

 

[martino]

Why does it matter that this character is black? Why is that offensive in the slightest?

I will only talk for me
it's not a real problem and will not prevent me to play and love (or not) the game but is criticism allowed about this choice ?
I think the one i made earlier is not because i'm racist or intolerant and hate difference....Again here i don't really see the motivation behind the choice of black skin for an ice giant outside free advertising through social media controversy.
Her being a giant and the others Asgardian, Olympian, humans or a mix of all of them is already enought if you have any difference speech or story to tell.

 

[Topher]

If the voice actor is white would that make you guys feel better? Lmao

uh oh

 

[DonJorginho]

uh oh

Incoming petitions to kill Kratos with a Golfclub in GOW Ragnarok.

 

[OsirisBlack]

Not allowed to share my opinions

 

[ZywyPL]

As a writer, your job is to tell stories that are compelling & relatable. You bring pieces of yourself to stories and your opinions shine through. So writing is *always* political—it's just usually only called that if the politics aren't agreed with

No it isn't. As a write your job is to tell an engaging story, create interesting worlds and character the audience cares about, that's really it. But in modern world it's way too much to ask for all the energy and focus goes into politics and driving agendas.

That being said, I really feel the girl will be used to transition the action from Norse to Egyptian mythology.

 

[VanEs]

In my experience the people who say "but it's fantasy so anything goes" are usually the same people who screamed "whitewashing" the loudest in other fantasy/fictional entertainment when the roles were reversed. The inconsistency at display is always staggering, but never unexpected.

Anyways, I've kinda had enough of all these (white) activist industry people who think they're bravely breaking barriers. Just own up to your limp dick activism and call it a day. We all know what it is.

 

[David Ricardo]

Angrboda is called the bringer of grief, mother of monsters who bring chaos to the world of humans, a hellish creature, a witch...

Maybe the spin is the writer who made her black is actually a white supremacist

 

[martino]

uh oh

only a black voice can be the voice of a god of war !
Teal'c is also the nearest thing to a god of war (we just are not really aware of it)
this is only a cover.

 

[Captain Toad]

This is not the same as Assassin's Creed or other games based in real historical events. There are thousands of stories set with Greek, Roman or Norse gods and all of them add their own twists and new characters.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Why does it matter that this character is black? Why is that offensive in the slightest?

It's coastal elites pandering to minorities and virtue signalling among their fellow coastal elites. And that's totally fine, they should just stop gaslighting everyone and admit what they're doing.

More "pandering"?

I'm not into capeshit so idk. It's a similar constellation of "Norse god being black" though so it's at least sus.

Tarantino you pandering bastard!!!!!!!

How is this comparable?

 

[GustavoLT]

Poor Kratos! all he needed was a Hot Coffee with Freya!

 

[Aion002]

Some people are weird.

Game has a big booty Korean waifu main character: there's complains.

Game has a black kid: there's complains.

Game has a generic bald dude as mc: there's complains.

Game has a fat Thor..... Guess what?

Don't like it, don't buy... No one is making you buy the game. Also, if a fictional character can make you outrage... Well... Get help.

 

[arvfab]

If "gamers" (the whiney, loud minority of them) keep going on with this useless bitching about stuff like this, we will end up with character models like this:



and you know what? I fucking hate tofu!

 

[MMaRsu]

So you'd guys be cool with a flamboyant gay in there as well to fulfil some role?

I mean if it's a fictional character why outrage right?

 

[killatopak]

I have no problems with it honestly.

Though they've obviously done their research on Nordic culture, God of War at it's very core is already a spin considering a Greek god living in Norse Mythology.

 

[Topher]

So let's sum up, a PlayStation game based on Greek mythology is inserted into Norse mythology and everything is ok.

Insert a black girl into a PlayStation game based on Greek mythology that was inserted into Norse mythology though......

 

[strange headache]

Adding different ethnicities to Norse mythology is just fantasy bro.

Adding white people to foreign cultural canon is whitewashing, cultural appropriation and colonialism.

 

[DonJorginho]

So you'd guys be cool with a flamboyant gay in there as well to fulfil some role?

I mean if it's a fictional character why outrage right?

Daddy Kratos Dating Sim could actually be a banger, maybe send that to Jimbo when you have a free minute!

 

[CurtBizzy]

So you'd guys be cool with a flamboyant gay in there as well to fulfil some role?

I mean if it's a fictional character why outrage right?

Huh ? Lmao

 

[Kuranghi]

Poor Atreus, imagine the state of her fanny after shes given birth to a giant wolf and a fucking serpent the size of the world:

 

[Salz01]

I wish they would have just ditched Norse, and went to Egypt/ Africa. It’s more interesting, different stories to be told, and I could buy that Kratos went to Egypt after Greece.

 

[MMaRsu]

Huh ? Lmao

Well this guy said

Don't like it, don't buy... No one is making you buy the game. Also, if a fictional character can make you outrage... Well... Get help.

So ya know, what if they had a flamboyant gay character that was lgtbq or whatever and did some gay stuff. I guess it's a fictional character in a fictional story so we cant be upset?

 

[Amiga]

It's fiction based on fiction based on mythology.

relax people.

 

[Topher]

Well this guy said



So ya know, what if they had a flamboyant gay character that was lgtbq or whatever and did some gay stuff. I guess it's a fictional character in a fictional story so we cant be upset?

Would that upset you?

 

[Duchess]

Do we know why Thor is fat in this game?

Is it because he, too, blames himself for everything and should've gone for the head..?

 

[Slicker than your average]

I'm at an age where I play games because I find them fun and their stories remotely interesting.

Couldn't care less about the characters colours or how attractive they are.

You'll find a strong correlation between posters (on any forum) who cry about females who aren't models and ugly in games and the same ones crying that every time a game has a non white character shouting WOKE and sjw pandering trash.

I see the narrative has changed from it's not because she's black, but why is this black person here in this Norseland. Its a ridiculous shift just to complain about the same thing.

 

[skneogaf]

Isn't the blue dwarf (Brok) blue because he doesn't use gloves, that's what Sindri says.

He has held steel for too long.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I mean, he's not wrong in what he said, it's their take, they can do whatever they want with it in that sense.

Besides it was never meant to be historically accurate in any sense.

Watch her become blue at some point and suddenly those folks won't care, lol.

It's funny to me that aside from this, I've seen people be up in arms about "fat" Thor, lmao. Fat, strong, grizzly bear Thor.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I couldnt give a fuck.....

....Chick is gonna be strong, shes going to give birth to a wolf, a world serpent and the witch of hell?

Thats some serious child bearing hips

 

[Ultra Donny]

As a person from Sweden I feel attacked and violated by this design decision. My ancestors is turning in their graves.

Just kidding, no I didn't care about the choice to make one of the characters black. If it becomes more reliable and bring joy to some gamers, good.

 

[darth.shrimp]

Angrboða - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So a black woman is the root of all evil? I can't see what you're all complaining about lol