I'm back
with another batch of games in which you can take on the role of a
black character with a story and a personality. I'm really sorry I
couldn't include Sheva Alomar from Resident Evil 5 or
Isaac Brigs from Splinter Cell: Blacklist, even if they
are playable characters, have cool personalities and change the game
completely in co-op, they can't be selected as the main character in
single player, nor can you play as them in at least one mission. At the same
time, no matter how I tried to twist the “fictional races” thing,
I still couldn't bring myself to include Star Wars: Republic
Commando. Delta Squad are all clones of Jango Fett, who's
portrayed by a talented Maori actor, Temuera Morrison, the
canonical face, and he is Polynesian, not black. Also sad to not
include games like LEGO Marvel Super Heroes or its sequel because the
stories mainly focus on the usual protagonists, which are all either
white or... green. Another debate I had with myself was if strategy
games like Civilization V or VI count when you play as the ruler of a
country or empire, but is there really a plot and do you really play
as that character or are you playing as their secretary? And lastly,
still bothered I picked story protagonists only because I can't
include any of the awesome Overwatch characters since they don't lead
any plot. I did mention that in the first article, the rule about
half-backed stories for an online-only game without an actual plot,
but I do feel bad about it.
