Consider the ridiculous argument that Battlefield 1 is “blackwashing World War I.” The creators of Remember Me likewise had a hard time selling their game with a black female lead until Capcom picked it up. That’s all too rare in gaming for many players.
There are characters I could identify with, and who spoke to my experiences. The hero of the game is Marcus Holloway, a sympathetic young black hacker, and my favorite scene includes Horatio Carlin, the other black hacker we get to know in DedSec.
Considering the way the first game served up an unlikeable stereotype of a misanthropic hacker, the sequel is a breath of fresh air. Watch Dogs 2 surprised me with how it handled the microaggressions that black folks in the tech sector often encounter.
