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Option 2:Ā
Iām a huge Transformers fan but I have never been able to get my hands on the Transformers: Fall of Cybertron by High Moon Studios. Itās probably the most highly rated Transformers game ever made so it really wasnāt easy to find. The game is a third-person based shooter with very cool added mechanics to fit the Transformers universe (Like you can transform pretty much whenever you want I love it). Even if you arenāt interested in Transformers, this game sets you in a beautifully crafted Cybertron like Iāve never seen. The beginning of course has a tutorial mode like any other game in the world, but itās unique and fun. Instead of simply telling you how to execute moves, the Autobot Medic Ratchet is testing you since youād just blown up.
The game itself makes me feel like I really stepped into the environment it was attempting to create. Many games put the player in a world but few really craft every detail to make you feel like you are really there. Plus, each transition to the different chapters flows by seamlessly, I didnāt even realize I was in a different chapter until I was in chapter 4. Being able to make a game with the environmental feel as this game is a real must for me. That doesnāt mean amazing graphics though, it means exceptional story telling and dialogue that doesnāt really break the fourth wall(though that CAN be fun sometimes).Ā
Option 3:
I donāt like the phrasing ofĀ āwhat is an antiracist game?ā because it sort of implies that antiracism is some political movement. In reality being antiracist is just being a decent human being. Racism runs rampant in every country and every person who is racist is genuinely a prick 100%. Back to the question though, anĀ āantiracistā game I believe would be best made by a person of color. I would consider developers that take a step back, allow POC to take the reigns on a topic they personally are affected by every single day of their lives. The best way for someone to understand another personās POV is to be in that personās shoes. I donāt believe I could accurate make a game representing a black character without having a black person helping me or just making it themselves.
An idea I could use for an āantiracistā game would be the housing market. Iāve grown up poor and Iāve seen how black people are treated in these neighborhoods as well as richer neighborhoods. But there is also a society issue with housing and POC people. After the Civil War racism did not just disappear and it didnāt even become more hidden. When white people were given homes and neighborhoods they could choose their neighbors and many did not choose black people. Plus, those white people got to have nice schools in their towns which increased the value of homes and market blew up. While places that black people had did the exact opposite, because racism still controlled(and still does control) our society. A game based on this would be anĀ āunfairā game but an accurate one. If you started in the poor neighborhood and you wanted to get to the nicer neighborhood well... too bad. If people were to experience such unfairness in a little game they would hopefully open their eyes to the reality of the game. That this is and is still happening to people all over.Ā
