Top 5 Black Video Game Characters

iGG: In our own special way of celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.Day, we’ve thrown together a list of our favorite black video game characters.

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Honorable Mention: Doc Louis.

[Oh_Yeah]

Three Dog from fallout 3 and Emmett Graves from star hawk.

[whoyouwit04]

What bout the Cole train from gears how the hell is not on this list?

[iXenon]

I wanted to add Shadow the Hedgehog to the list, but I was told he's not the same sort of "black"...

[versusALL]

We need more black characters in video games.

[Quiescent]

*that one disagree* RACISM! (superman annoucers voice)

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

Rico is an honorable mention?

[Mainsqueeze]

I hate that guy lol

[whoyouwit04]

Rico seemed racist towards the hellghast him self he just purely hated them. I mean I know they were there enemy, but they were suppose to take the leader from 2 alive he was like fuck that. He hated them because they were different RACISM.

[ApolloTheBoss]

1. Augustus "The Coal Train" Cole, "WOOOOO!" - Gears of War
2. CJ - GTA SA
3. Little Jacob - GTA IV
4. Sargeant Johnson - Halo
5. Barret Wallace - Final Fantasy VII

[Gazondaily]

Omg Little Jacob. What a G. The character I cared about most in GTAIV. Thanks for reminding me :-)

[ApolloTheBoss]

^^^ Honorable Mention: Jade from Beyond Good & Evil. She was considered black.

[Oh_Yeah]

Seemed Hispanic to me.

[Perjoss]

"Wa gwan, Nico!?"

[animegamingnerd]

can't argue with that

[mattdillahunty]

i was hoping to see Eli Vance on there.

[Simon_Brezhnev]

Sazh should not been on the list. I beat AC3 Liberation last week. I like Aveline a lot she pretty cool she got more sense than Connor in all ways.

CJ is my number 1. Lance should had been on there too.

[iXenon]

I didn't want to put anyone who promoted criminal activities (like CJ) on the list.

[ApolloTheBoss]

Don't think about what he did, but why he did it.

[Pozzle]

Sazh was the only character I really liked in FFXIII. I'd play the sequels if he was the protagonist, tbh.

[Capt-FuzzyPants]

Sazh was awesome. Easily the best character in FF13. He could have been a complete as**ole and I still would've liked him because he had a chocobo in his afro.

[animegamingnerd]

he was the only character i liked in ff13

[-Gespenst-]

I'm not sure the Japanese are the best at portraying black dudes, and so Barrett and Sazh are pretty exploitative and occasionally steroetypical as characters, Sazh a lot less so though.

All the same, they're pretty great.

Oh and what about this guy: http://finalfantasy.wikia.c...

[Hicken]

Barrett IS pretty stereotypical. Can't say I ever liked him much, honestly.

Sazh, though... he had a somewhat stereotypical LOOK, but of the FF's I've BEATEN(I've played nearly every one, but don't include characters from games I haven't completed yet), he's second only to Rikku in terms of my favorites.

Reddas was pretty cool, too. I wanna say the Vierra, as a whole, but mostly because of how sexy they were.

[Xklaw]

Jaxx. He´s been around 4 a long time.

[pbasson]

What no Drebin?

[SonyStyled]

sometimes i dont understand why some articles get approved on this site. yes its about games, but does something regarding a race/ethnicity of vidya game characters even relevant?

[dlpg585]

well with that type of thinking, why is anything but release announcements or rumors on the site? I believe that this is news for gamers, not gaming news. besides, even the greatest publications have opinion pieces.

[jeeves86]

It's in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day....so...yeah.

[Pozzle]

If it was a negative article, I could see your point. But what's wrong with celebrating the few well-written black characters in gaming? Especially on Martin Luther King day.

[SonyStyled]

i had forgotten it was MLK day. the real workforce doesnt have MLK day off thus it went unnoticed to me

[Nexgensensation]

can white developers make a good black character without stereotype?

[th3n00bg4m3r]

Probably not. LOLZ

[r21]

Yay, more recognition for vita's lil Aveline :) Glad to see she isnt being forgotten.

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

Garcian Smith, Shinobu, La Mariposa and Dingo Egret deserves some honor as well.

[Perjoss]

Shadow the Hedgehog :D
Team Fortress 2 Demoman.
I think the Left 4 Dead series has had a couple of black characters.
Balrog (or M.Bison depending on where you're from)
Zasalamel from Soul Calibur series is also quite a cool design.

[htownrocket87]

Can't wait for "Top 5 White VIdeo Game characters!"

[BanBrother]

To be fair, we can have a top 5 female characters, top 5 gay characters, top 5 animal characters, top 5 characters over 55 etc.

I know this article is good, but in general this is just an example of why humans and racism go hand-in-hand. Your mind is picking and dividing into groups. Again, good article, just saying that racism will never go away, whether positively or negatively shining light on a 'group' of people.

[htownrocket87]

You're preaching to the choir buddy. Just thought I'd make a funny remark.

[jeeves86]

That's adorable, you don't understand MLK.

[BanBrother]

No I understood it, and I am in agreeance with the title, as it promotes healthy thought.

Just thought I'd be 'that' guy and point out the obvious hypocrisy when negative light is shown to a minority, as any light is what is singling out a group and creating said 'minority'. Preaching to the choir I was. Good article though. I'd have Sergeant Johnson from Halo as he was ripped straight out of Aliens lol.

EDIT: FU&%$#G spelling mistakes.

[AmkOwns]

Armor King

[bryam1982]

donkey kong?

[black911]

Shadow Man!!!!!!

Very Underrated Gamep

[Hydralysk]

Jesus Christ that's sad...

Sahz is a walking black stereotype, and Jacob is pretty much the most unpopular Mass Effect character.

The only decent one on this list is Lee, and I can't tell if it's the fault of the article creator or the games industry in general. Probably both...