All Of The Bias Going Into My 'Red Dead Redemption 2' Review

The 'Red Dead Redemption 2' review embargo lifts tomorrow, and when it does I'll tell you my opinion about the game. Here are some of the biases that will inform that opinion.

[sampsonon]

"I am a white man, and most of the main characters in this game are white men. It's easier to identify with people that look like you."

I respect this comment more than any other in the list. I just wish people were as honest with themselves and we would have less "There shouldn't be a woman in Battlefield 5 because women didn't fight in ww2." or "Black Stormtrooper? Damn SJW's."

People like games, when possible, with characters that they can identify with. Doesn't mean anyone's shoving it down people's throats, it just means we can all be represented. It's adding, not subtracting.

peace

[rainslacker]

I identify with personalities more than I do with races or sexes. i now plenty of white people, or characters, I really don't connect with because they're either shallow, stupid, or just plain not worth connecting with.

I may not always be able to 100% understand what someone else might have to go through for whatever reason, but for the most part, I'm able to empathize with them due to commonalities that exist throughout all humanity.

Its how I recognize people as equals, regardless of their race or gender or any other thing used to divide people nowadays.

[sampsonon]

100%

[sampsonon]

I can play any character when a story is built around them. My problem is when you have a MP game where you can choose 6 characters and all are of the same race, or you can create a character but none of the sliders change colour or gender. If the story is in a specific region or time, it's understandable they make a game that depicts it accurately. I wouldn't have it any other way. Facts are Women did fight in WW2, so people complaining that women shouldn't be apart of the game are either ignorant, women haters, or they need to read history to open theirs minds.