12 Video Games Who Went Above And Beyond With Their Black Characters' Hair, And 5 Who Missed The Mark Completely
Hey y'all! So my name is Amatullah, and I'm an avid gamer. I've seen many (and I mean many) Black characters who, for lack of a better term, looked busted. Awful. Thrown together. And frankly, I'm tired.
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So here are 12 that I personally think look amazing and represent what Black hair should look like (plus five that are, frankly, terrible).
1.Miles Morales in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
2.Bangalore in Apex Legends
3.Amanda in Detroit: Become Human
4.Luther in Detroit: Become Human
5.Nadine Ross in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
6.Sazh Katzroy in Final Fantasy XIII
7.Lola in Afterparty
8.Grace Walker in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
9.Jules and Colt in Deathloop
10.Mickey and Lou in Far Cry New Dawn
11.Literally everyone in Horizon Forbidden West
I could literally cry looking at these characters!
12.Honorable mentions: Lee, Clementine, and Alvin Jr. in Telltale's The Walking Dead
Because of Telltale’s style, the graphics aren’t that detailed, so I wasn’t expecting a whole lot — but I’m including these three anyway because I love them with my entire heart.
And here are the few that just did not deliver...at all:
13.Sims 3
I love Sims 3. I really do. But none of their natural hairstyles look good (except for the locs that come with the University Life and Island Paradise expansion packs). Like, can someone explain to me why his braids look like paper?
14.Far Cry 5 (and, by default, Far Cry New Dawn because they have the same exact hairstyles)
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This is my character, who had to settle for a shorter cut because that was the only natural hair option they had.
15.Dragon Age: Origins
Why do his cornrows look glued on??
16.Lúcio in Overwatch
Lúcio's locs bother me A LOT. I get it. It's a video game. It's not supposed to be realistic. But I wish they added more detail to his locs because they look like one of those waving inflatable things that are usually outside of car dealerships.
17.And finally, Lenny Summers in Red Dead Redemption 2
It just looks so matted. I know y'all could've done better, Rockstar.
Did I miss anything? Let me know in the comments below what other characters you think had some amazing hair and others that didn't hit the mark.
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