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Remember Me trailer white Protogonist replaces mixed race heroine

Remember Me's lead character Nilin changes colour in the Live Action trailer. How weird.

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-Gespenst-3972d ago

Money hungry. Take no chances. If she's dark of skin people might be less inclined to buy the game.

Despicable.

TheBossMan3972d ago (Edited 3972d ago )

To be fair, she was originally white.

http://fast1.onesite.com/ca...

And is still voiced by a white actress.

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

And still looks pretty damn white, with light eyes, light skin, Caucasian bone structure, etc.

It's not much of a stretch is what I'm getting at here, I guess. If anything they made her not white later in the production cycle to say, "Hey! Look at how against the norm we are!"

cleft53972d ago

Not surprising. Be it male or female, white characters still are the ones that get predominantly shown. Ultimately, all I care about is a good character, but if you are going to use a minority character as the star of your game than your marketing material should reflect that. If they wanted her to be white than they just should have went in that direct and boom problem solved.

SpideySpeakz3972d ago

Maybe they couldn't find anyone of mixed race/black to play the part. You know the lack of minority actors, and how that's related to their low population.

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BabyTownFrolics3972d ago

http://www.listal.com/list/...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/dav...

there are plenty of mixed race actors and actresses to choose from

-Gespenst-3972d ago

No way. Their "minority" status is relative. There's still millions of them, and hundreds of thousands of them are likely talented actors or thespians / aspiring actors or thespians who have bright futures ahead of them.

DeadlyFire3971d ago (Edited 3971d ago )

bah humbug.

White + black = carmal + white = Nilan's color.

I still don't understand mixed races calling themselves black when they clearly are showing a mixture of colors.

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MoveTheGlow3972d ago

No, no, no, it's a Protogonist. A mixture of a proton and a... gonist. Protoman, maybe.

BLKxSEPTEMBER3972d ago

its a shame when even white people know how racist other white people can be.

kreate3972d ago

All races can be a racist. Wth man.

BLKxSEPTEMBER3972d ago

That's true but I can guarantee that the people making the decisions to change to race were mostly white people. And they know that a lot a percentage of whites are racist or don't relate to "mixed race" characters. Need further proof? Google the recent cheerios cereal commercial with the mixed race family and read some of the nasty comments on youtube. I agree that ever race has racist but most minorities are not in a position to be effective racist.

TheBossMan3972d ago

"most minorities are not in a position to be effective racist."

Dumbest thing I've ever heard.

-Gespenst-3972d ago (Edited 3972d ago )

@TheBossMan: Are you serious?? Surely ethnic minorities can say "racist" things about white people, but it's the white person's racism- them being a cultural and racial dominant in that society- whose racism rises to the level of a cultural fact. Think about it, black racism towards white people barely has a cultural presence- it's not a "thing".

The white anglo-saxon male established dominance through empire and 100% false racial discourse to justify slavery. That's just a fact. We're only just beginning to enter a world of post-imperial values, but there's a hell of a lot of resistance. Probably from people like yourselves, even if you don't realise it. Time to read some books.

Hufandpuf3972d ago

As long as she remains mixed in the game I don't care but it is pretty messed up when marketing decides to change the race so that the game can sell. However I don't think the game will sell much because so little has been seen or marketed.

aliengmr3972d ago

Sorry, I actually didn't read there was an actual decision to change her appearance for marketing reasons. All I read was the author noticed the trailer had Caucasian woman.

GreenRanger3972d ago

These marketing people are full of crap.

What makes them so sure that people won't buy their game if it has a non-white character.

It's 2013, ffs.

Hufandpuf3972d ago

Did you see the new Cheerios commercial? The youtube video had to block commenting because people were making racist comments over the fact that there was an interracial couple being shown.

Pozzle3971d ago (Edited 3971d ago )

And a few months ago TIME magazine featured an interracial couple, and hundreds of people wrote letters and emails expressing their disgust at "promoting" mixed couples. TIME even published some of them! :O

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aliengmr3972d ago

Which marketing people are you referring to?

This article is just speculating and at no time provides any evidence at all.

Your comment is based on the assumption that someone decided to use a white woman to boost sales.

Where did you get that idea? It wasn't from the article.

Listen I get that racism exists and that in marketing its always best to play it safe and have no agenda verses picking a side.

But in this case most here are automatically assuming racism played a role. That whomever was in charged made a calculated decision to use a white actress.

I'm asking why? Why is no other possibility being considered? Surely you wouldn't like it if something you did is labeled racist purely on someone's speculation?

This article is one paragraph long and provides ZERO evidence to back up its claims. I can't believe one idiot's speculation is taken as gospel.

What ever happened to critical thinking?

bunt-custardly3972d ago

The article isn't making any claims other than the observation that a white actress has been used versus the game character being mixed race - with supporting evidence. The article does not cast any aspersions at all. It doesn't even use the term "racism".

Stop being rude to people (calling them idiots) just because you disagree.

Pozzle3971d ago

The company behind this ad might not have been intentionally racist, but it does suck that a mixed-race actor missed out on a chance of getting this role in favor of a white actor. Minority actors have a hard enough time getting non-stereotypical roles in film and tv, so it's sad to see they can't even get cast in smaller roles like video game ads.

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Remember Me - A Forgotten Gem

A Capcom classic, Remember Me, has ironically been forgotten in the 10 years since its release on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

SimpleSlave315d ago

Sadly, Remember Me is not a forgotten Gem but a case of wasted potential. The best idea the game had was the Mind Remix Segments and the New Paris World setting, neither of which where really exploited or used well. Instead everything comes down to this just being pretty Beat'em Up and nothing more.

It does deserves a re-imagining though. Make it in first person and use something like the current Sherlock Holmes like gamedesign. Use some of that Deus Ex/Hitman mechanics and go all the way with the Memory Remix as the center piece.

Each case takes place in the mind of a victim, either dead, dying, or alive, and each level should be design like a Hitman level. Contained but chock-full of details. Investigating in the real world give you hints and clues as to how you can help or mess up a person's memory. Make this a player's choice. You can add combat but make it tasteful and short IF combat is required. Make the combat fit the narrative and the setting. Like a Boss fight taking place in the Mind of a CEO that's hiding a dark secret. Or a victim injected with some nasty Nano Machines trying to erase her memories so she can't be scanned by the Memory Remix Agent. Stuff like that. Again, make these short, sweet and to the point.

The potential for a classic is there but the original wasn't even close to being it.

blackblades315d ago

I liked the game, couldve been better but you can say that for every game or movie.

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Looking Back at the Best Beat'em Ups on the PS3

Carve your burning fist through this list featuring the best beat'em ups you can experience on the PlayStation 3.

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jznrpg396d ago

I loved Asura’s Wrath . It’s my avatar still to this day

Abnor_Mal396d ago

I remember Remember Me, I haven’t forgotten that it was actually a good game.

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Bring it Back | Remember Me

Some may not remember Capcom and Dontnod Entertainment's Remember Me, but GotGame does, making it a part of another Bring it Back retrospective.

IamTylerDurden11109d ago (Edited 1109d ago )

I agree. Personally, Remember Me, imo, was quite underrated. The game was linear and beautiful Neo Paris wasn't available to be explored as much as I would've liked, but as a whole, it was enjoyable.

Graphics were excellent, the art style was terrific and Nillin was a tremendous character that was voiced beautifully. It even had a solid story. Combat was attacked, but going back recently, I rather enjoyed it. The pressen system was genius and the basic flow to action worked. Platforming was terrible, but the overall package was one that i loved and I'd rather DontNod make more titles like this then become complacent making knockoff Tell Tale games. They are going down the same road as TT, using old tech and pumping out inferior products consistently. I know they had interest in a sequel and had already written the script. Capcom just doesn't want it, but I do.

Magog1109d ago

Yeah their walking simulators do nothing for me. Funny that Quantic Dream seem to be going in the other direction. I wouldn't be surprised to see some actual gameplay in their next game.

Relientk771109d ago

I will always see Remember Me as one of the most underrated games of the PS3/Xbox 360 generation. I had a blast with the game. I would love a sequel.

PersonX1109d ago

No point, nothing but a mediocre game.