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#1 Deserteagle138
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With all the immense amount of games being created and released worldwide, I have come to realise that most gaming of the gaming characters in the games we have today and the games of yesteryear were all from different ethnicity's not to get into specifics but some would be (American, Japanese, Persian, European) but never arab, if at all the only time i to my knowledge Arabs have been portrayed in games are as basically the bad guys.

Now im not mad in anyway at all, in fact on exception i saw was when assassins creed came out having an arab well lets say Anti-Hero is better than nothing.

I just want to know everyone elses opinion on the matter.

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#2 sa10kun
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I think it's just that it has kinda become a standard in games like it is in films and tv. People have gotten so used to it that no one really wants to do anything to change it. If you want to see an arabic hero,you should make a game with an arabic hero. It would be interesting to see new types of characters but then again it may be hard for some people to accept it.
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#3 Infinite-Zr0
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Because the companies who makes games can identify more with the races we've been seeing a lot more than with the Arabs.
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#4 K1LLR3175
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Hmm we don't see to many games with Arabic characters do we....and if we do they are always on the bad side.I think it would be nice if there was more out there.The most important part would be creating a good back story to go along with the character.
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#5 americahellyeah
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So... have you ever seen a Canadian hero/anti-hero???
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#6 sa10kun
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So... have you ever seen a Canadian hero/anti-hero???americahellyeah

Oh man, he/she'd be really sexy.=)

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#7 americahellyeah
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[QUOTE="americahellyeah"]So... have you ever seen a Canadian hero/anti-hero???sa10kun

Oh man, he/she'd be really sexy.=)

Yeah eh... nothing says sexy like a toque.. :P lol.. seriously.. maybe i'm just kinda stupid tonight or something but i can't think of a Canadian main character in any game...
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#8 sa10kun
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[QUOTE="sa10kun"]

[QUOTE="americahellyeah"]So... have you ever seen a Canadian hero/anti-hero???americahellyeah

Oh man, he/she'd be really sexy.=)

Yeah eh... nothing says sexy like a toque.. :P lol.. seriously.. maybe i'm just kinda stupid tonight or something but i can't think of a Canadian main character in any game...

Is david hasselhoff canadian? He's in pain.

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#9 americahellyeah
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[QUOTE="americahellyeah"][QUOTE="sa10kun"]

Oh man, he/she'd be really sexy.=)

sa10kun

Yeah eh... nothing says sexy like a toque.. :P lol.. seriously.. maybe i'm just kinda stupid tonight or something but i can't think of a Canadian main character in any game...

Is david hasselhoff canadian? He's in pain.

Nope.. he's another american...
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#10 EXO-grey-fox
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there is an arabic guy getting killed in RE5 0-o
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#11 K1LLR3175
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Yep the Hoff was born in Baltimore Maryland.I live in Maryland aswell....just not Baltimore.Kitt however was born in Japan lol.
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#12 americahellyeah
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Yep the Hoff was born in Baltimore Maryland.I live in Maryland aswell....just not Baltimore.Kitt however was born in Japan lol.K1LLR3175
Why.. what kind of car was kitt?
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#13 K1LLR3175
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[QUOTE="K1LLR3175"]Yep the Hoff was born in Baltimore Maryland.I live in Maryland aswell....just not Baltimore.Kitt however was born in Japan lol.americahellyeah
Why.. what kind of car was kitt?

LOL it was a joke.You know advance technology.Kitt was a....firebird I think.I have no idea where they are made.
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#14 americahellyeah
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[QUOTE="americahellyeah"][QUOTE="K1LLR3175"]Yep the Hoff was born in Baltimore Maryland.I live in Maryland aswell....just not Baltimore.Kitt however was born in Japan lol.K1LLR3175
Why.. what kind of car was kitt?

LOL it was a joke.You know advance technology.Kitt was a....firebird I think.I have no idea where they are made.

oops.. guess i kinda missed that one :P yeah.. wiki says Kitt was a "1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am"
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#15 sa10kun
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[QUOTE="sa10kun"][QUOTE="americahellyeah"] Yeah eh... nothing says sexy like a toque.. :P lol.. seriously.. maybe i'm just kinda stupid tonight or something but i can't think of a Canadian main character in any game...americahellyeah

Is david hasselhoff canadian? He's in pain.

Nope.. he's another american...

Sarah michelle gellar is canadian isn't she? Wasn't there a buffy game?

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#16 americahellyeah
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[QUOTE="americahellyeah"][QUOTE="sa10kun"]

Is david hasselhoff canadian? He's in pain.

sa10kun

Nope.. he's another american...

Sarah michelle gellar is canadian isn't she? Wasn't there a buffy game?

Nope.. she was born in New York...
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#17 K1LLR3175
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[QUOTE="americahellyeah"][QUOTE="sa10kun"]

Is david hasselhoff canadian? He's in pain.

sa10kun

Nope.. he's another american...

Sarah michelle gellar is canadian isn't she? Wasn't there a buffy game?

Nope,she was born in New York.Damn you beat me to it.Ah well.
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#18 americahellyeah
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[QUOTE="sa10kun"][QUOTE="americahellyeah"] Nope.. he's another american... K1LLR3175

Sarah michelle gellar is canadian isn't she? Wasn't there a buffy game?

Nope,she was born in New York.Damn you beat me to it.Ah well.

lol.. I R 2 Fast 4 U!
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#19 sa10kun
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Damn we DO need some sexy canadians in games.
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#20 K1LLR3175
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Damn we DO need some sexy canadians in games.sa10kun
Yeah.Maybe a sexy moose from canada,us wolves love us some moose.......OMG that would be awesome......but I would probably be the only one to buy that one.Humans for the rest of you.
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#21 americahellyeah
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Damn we DO need some sexy canadians in games.sa10kun
I think one of the DOA chicks is Canadian... i guess that kind of counts... I think theres a big lack of redhead lead characters too... no one wants to play as a ginger i guess :(
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#22 sa10kun
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[QUOTE="sa10kun"]Damn we DO need some sexy canadians in games.K1LLR3175
Yeah.Maybe a sexy moose from canada,us wolves love us some moose.......OMG that would be awesome......but I would probably be the only one to buy that one.Humans for the rest of you.

Maybe both humans and animals so everyone is pleased.

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#23 americahellyeah
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[QUOTE="K1LLR3175"][QUOTE="sa10kun"]Damn we DO need some sexy canadians in games.sa10kun

Yeah.Maybe a sexy moose from canada,us wolves love us some moose.......OMG that would be awesome......but I would probably be the only one to buy that one.Humans for the rest of you.

Maybe both humans and animals so everyone is pleased.

:lol: i could see it now.. Bestiality: The Official Game! "only on Nintendo Wii!" ;)
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#24 K1LLR3175
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[QUOTE="K1LLR3175"][QUOTE="sa10kun"]Damn we DO need some sexy canadians in games.sa10kun

Yeah.Maybe a sexy moose from canada,us wolves love us some moose.......OMG that would be awesome......but I would probably be the only one to buy that one.Humans for the rest of you.

Maybe both humans and animals so everyone is pleased.

That might not be the best idea for the story I had in mind......
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#25 K1LLR3175
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[QUOTE="americahellyeah"][QUOTE="sa10kun"]

Yeah.Maybe a sexy moose from canada,us wolves love us some moose.......OMG that would be awesome......but I would probably be the only one to buy that one.Humans for the rest of you.K1LLR3175

Maybe both humans and animals so everyone is pleased.

:lol: i could see it now.. Bestiality: The Official Game! "only on Nintendo Wii!" ;)

I would be first in line.I am into that stuff....don't judge....AND DON"T MOD lol.
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#26 americahellyeah
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[QUOTE="americahellyeah"][QUOTE="sa10kun"]

Maybe both humans and animals so everyone is pleased.

K1LLR3175
:lol: i could see it now.. Bestiality: The Official Game! "only on Nintendo Wii!" ;)

I would be first in line.I am into that stuff....don't judge....AND DON"T MOD lol.

Really? (not judging)
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#27 K1LLR3175
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[QUOTE="K1LLR3175"][QUOTE="americahellyeah"] :lol: i could see it now.. Bestiality: The Official Game! "only on Nintendo Wii!" ;)americahellyeah
I would be first in line.I am into that stuff....don't judge....AND DON"T MOD lol.

Really? (not judging)

Yeah I can admit that.It if funny,and different.I don't do it,but I watch it sometimes.Yeah Odd I know.So yeah I would love to play a game like that.
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#28 americahellyeah
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[QUOTE="americahellyeah"][QUOTE="K1LLR3175"]I would be first in line.I am into that stuff....don't judge....AND DON"T MOD lol.K1LLR3175
Really? (not judging)

Yeah I can admit that.It if funny,and different.I don't do it,but I watch it sometimes.Yeah Odd I know.So yeah I would love to play a game like that.

Not at all odd... I watch that stuff too sometimes..
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[QUOTE="K1LLR3175"][QUOTE="americahellyeah"] Really? (not judging)americahellyeah
Yeah I can admit that.It if funny,and different.I don't do it,but I watch it sometimes.Yeah Odd I know.So yeah I would love to play a game like that.

Not at all odd... I watch that stuff too sometimes..

YAY we are the Beasty Boyz lol.
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#30 americahellyeah
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[QUOTE="americahellyeah"][QUOTE="K1LLR3175"]Yeah I can admit that.It if funny,and different.I don't do it,but I watch it sometimes.Yeah Odd I know.So yeah I would love to play a game like that.K1LLR3175
Not at all odd... I watch that stuff too sometimes..

YAY we are the Beasty Boyz lol.

:lol: Thats messed up.. but i lol'd...
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#31 K1LLR3175
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I think it is safe to say that this topic is waaaay off topic.So in conclusion.No there are not many Aribic gaming characters,Yes I would like to see more of them and Canadian characters.
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#32 americahellyeah
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I think it is safe to say that this topic is waaaay off topic.So in conclusion.No there are not many Aribic gaming characters,Yes I would like to see more of them and Canadian characters.K1LLR3175
lol.. our OT abilities know no bounds! :P Isn't Prince of PoP kinda... "arabic" doesn't that count
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#33 Tobey
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So... have you ever seen a Canadian hero/anti-hero???americahellyeah

Wolverine is Canadian.

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#34 americahellyeah
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[QUOTE="americahellyeah"]So... have you ever seen a Canadian hero/anti-hero???Tobey

Wolverine is Canadian.

AHA! totally forgot about that one... He's pretty damn epic too.. so i guess we're doing okay...
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#35 Tobey
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[QUOTE="Tobey"]

[QUOTE="americahellyeah"]So... have you ever seen a Canadian hero/anti-hero???americahellyeah

Wolverine is Canadian.

AHA! totally forgot about that one... He's pretty damn epic too.. so i guess we're doing okay...

You see. ^^ Actually we germans are one of the most unattended nationalities, too. And we are used as the enemys quite often, too (WW2, but we were the bad guys there, so no problem with that :D ). Even we germans make games without german heroes in it (Ankh - egyptian hero, Crysis - american hero). Patriotism is definitely not one of our strong sides.
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#36 americahellyeah
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[QUOTE="americahellyeah"][QUOTE="Tobey"]

Wolverine is Canadian.

Tobey
AHA! totally forgot about that one... He's pretty damn epic too.. so i guess we're doing okay...

You see. ^^ Actually we germans are one of the most unattended nationalities, too. And we are used as the enemys quite often, too (WW2, but we were the bad guys there, so no problem with that :D ). Even we germans make games without german heroes in it (Ankh - egyptian hero, Crysis - american hero). Patriotism is definitely not one of our strong sides.

Well Canada is pretty passive as a nation.. so I understand why we don't see many hero's in games.. but yeah.. 90% of game hero's seem to be american...
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#37 Moshin07
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isn't one of the new Tekken characters Arab? I'm sure she's Middle Eastern not sure if she's Arab
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#38 Tobey
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[QUOTE="Tobey"][QUOTE="americahellyeah"] AHA! totally forgot about that one... He's pretty damn epic too.. so i guess we're doing okay...americahellyeah
You see. ^^ Actually we germans are one of the most unattended nationalities, too. And we are used as the enemys quite often, too (WW2, but we were the bad guys there, so no problem with that :D ). Even we germans make games without german heroes in it (Ankh - egyptian hero, Crysis - american hero). Patriotism is definitely not one of our strong sides.

Well Canada is pretty passive as a nation.. so I understand why we don't see many hero's in games.. but yeah.. 90% of game hero's seem to be american...

I guess discussing about the reasons is pretty redundant. It's like that in every media. Books, games, movies... There have to be countless books about the reasons for that. I guess the reason for a non-american game company to choose an american hero is the fear for low sales internationally. American heroes are common and established. But I think the trend is going to more exotic heroes (Nico Bellic, Nariko, Wolverine ;) ) and I think it's nice. Other cultures will open the door to different stories.
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#39 aijou_
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So... have you ever seen a Canadian hero/anti-hero???americahellyeah

Marvels Wolverine Hails from Canada! How's That for a Hero/Anti-hero!

Can't think of any other arabic game-heroes

Oh, just noticed that wolvie had already been mentioned, sorry.

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[QUOTE="americahellyeah"]So... have you ever seen a Canadian hero/anti-hero???aijou_

Marvels Wolverine Hails from Canada! How's That for a Hero/Anti-hero!

Can't think of any other arabic game-heroes

yeah.. someone said that already..
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#41 Kashiwaba
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Assasins creed the main character was arabic no?

prince of persia = persian hero :P

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#42 rogerjak
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As far as I know Persia is now IRAN...so the Prince of Persia is in fact Arab.
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#43 daveydag
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not arabs make games, kinda like god, create them in their own image :P i would make my hero fat and spotty like me. so yeh, thats why.....
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#44 ZimpanX
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Damn we DO need some sexy canadians in games.sa10kun


Yeah like Elisha Cuthbert...hehe.

Then again wasn't she in the 24 game, though she was probably badly rendered there lol.
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#45 lil_speedy_rvd
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wasnt Keifer Sunderland the voice of one the main guy in Call of duty 5 : World at war? cause hes canadian. :)
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#46 adam_53
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So... have you ever seen a Canadian hero/anti-hero???americahellyeah

wolverine, maybe?

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#49 ggod43
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As far as I know Persia is now IRAN...so the Prince of Persia is in fact Arab.rogerjak
No, Iranians are not Arabs. They are mainly Persians. Different language and everything.
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#50 Dark_MetalSonic
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will in Dubai their making an action/adventurevideo game for PC, PS3, Xbox360 called 'Timeless: Chronicles of Atlantis' which the hero is an Arab