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[KarishBHR]

I can't think of a single game (or major game) that has a black person as the main character. This could be a big step for the industry, or it could be a drawback if SA offends african americans.

 

[Wario64]

That's interesting

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

You just realized this? :lol

 

[Mr_Furious]

Spawn's black

 

[DMczaf]

 

[Kon Tiki]

Halo.

DMczaf, I am disappointed

 

[Razoric]

D.J. Combo pwns you all.

 

[DopeyFish]

master chief is black

 

[pilonv1]

Sanity - Aikens Artifact

 

[Wario64]

How do you know Master Chief is black? Is it revealed in the novels or did I just miss it when they mentioned it in Halo?

 

[fennec fox]

Among other games, Ultima VII let you play as a black character, a female character, or a black female character.

 

[DopeyFish]

How do you know Master Chief is black? Is it revealed in the novels or did I just miss it when they mentioned it in Halo?

well how else do you explain the fact that he's the most badass person in the universe with such a powerful voice? =p

 

[DMczaf]

How do you know Master Chief is black? Is it revealed in the novels or did I just miss it when they mentioned it in Halo?

Because only a Black dude is a bad enough dude to save the universe!

 

[belgurdo]

Urban Chaos...but it sucks

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Shadowman, that's about it. This would be the biggest step though, Black main character in what will most likely be the best selling game this generation.

I'm not offended by anything in San Andreas, or at least what I've seen so far in videos and promos. CJ seems to be a great main character, nothing that offensive about him. Rockstar couldn't possibly say or do anything that hasn't been done in a movie or on tv.

So now you have one African-American GTA:SA endorsement.

 

[cvxfreak]

I can't think of a single game (or major game) that has a black person as the main character.

 

[Sho Nuff]

Redguard by Bethesda.

 

[Blackace]

Final Fantasy VII - 2 (Barrett)

 

[impirius]

Game & Watch

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Barret was not the main character. And most other games suggested here are not considered "major" games. So, yes, GTA:SA is going to be somewhat revolutionary in the sense that it's a AAA title that features a black male as the main protagonist.

 

[siamesedreamer]

DUH

 

[The Shadow]

Sin from Ritual


Oh how I'd love to see a sequel to that game.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Barret was not the main character. And most other games suggested here are not considered "major" games. So, yes, GTA:SA is going to be somewhat revolutionary in the sense that it's a AAA title that features a black male as the main protagonist.

Final Fantasy VII 2 TWO TOO TO

 

[Razoric]

Barret was not the main character. And most other games suggested here are not considered "major" games. So, yes, GTA:SA is going to be somewhat revolutionary in the sense that it's a AAA title that features a black male as the main protagonist.

Dude I said D.J. Combo.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Dude I said D.J. Combo.

You might as well say Balrog or Jax. :lol

 

[Razoric]

You might as well say Balrog or Jax. :lol

"WTF did you call me?"

 

[MattKeil]

You might as well say Balrog or Jax. :lol

Or T.J. Combo. Since that's his name and all.

 

[LinesInTheSand]

Vin Diesel's kind of black, so Riddick is as well.

 

[Razoric]

Or T.J. Combo. Since that's his name and all.

:lol

 

[bjork]

Game & Watch

iawtp

 

[belgurdo]

I think the black chick from Hunter: The reckoning was supposed to be the leader of that little group (or at least the one with the most battle experience, as she was a cop and everyone else didn't fight on a regular basis)

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Vin Diesel's kind of black, so Riddick is as well.

Throw that in the "Kinda Pile..." along with Halle Berry and Tiger Woods.

 

[Gek54]

They all were not really black

 

[kasavin]

There's Men of Valor, which just shipped last week.

 

[Dujour]

What was that voodoo-themed game for the dreamcast? Also, Moonwalker and that Windy City game. :/

 

[Gek54]

VooDooDoo game was shadow man.

 

[Razoric]

Wasn't there a black guy in KOTOR?

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

"WTF did you call me?"

 

[Razoric]

:lol :lol

You win my friend...

Fatality.

 

[belgurdo]

Wasn't there a black guy in KOTOR?

Jolee, and yourself if you chose

 

[Gek54]

Black on black violence disgusts me.

 

[Mr_Furious]

 

[impirius]

It still bugs me that they didn't put the names INSIDE of the life meters in the SNES version.

 

[Traumahound]

How can you forget Square's Tom Sawyer game on the nes???

 

[OG_Original Gamer]

Its gonna get ignored by the haters, I don't believe its going to change anything. I just hope that white kids don't start bangin, saying shit like "what up cuz" or "what up blood".

I live around the gangs imulated in the game and drivebys are not the worst of it.

 

[Gek54]

How can you forget Square's Tom Sawyer game on the nes???

Jesus!, they even hit on the dry cracked lips.

 

[Tut]

The Suffering.

 

[Razoric]

Its gonna get ignored by the haters, I don't believe its going to change anything. I just hope that white kids don't start bangin, saying shit like "what up cuz" or "what up blood".

I live around the gangs imulated in the game and drivebys are not the worst of it.

Uh if anything is going to cause white kids to start talking like that I think one needs to look at Eminem, not GTA:SA.

 

[Socreges]

Shadowman

 

[Fatalah]