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INVINCIBLE_1F's avatar
5 years ago

Cultural Reference Bias..Why does Rampart have to be a half british-half indian?

I really did not understand the logic of Rampart being half British, Half Indian. Look at other characters, they are from west, america, europe, northern parts of world, africa..Nowhere we found a (Half this, Half that)situation like Rampart. Do you guys even realized, India was a colony of British for 200 years, and that period is a dark phase in our history. Was it really necessary to have an Indian character, but halve her origins and mix it up with colonizers. When Gibby can be a perfect Maori, Bloodhound can be Perfect Norse, What was the reason behind this amalgation?

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I do feel she was introduced in so much hurry..with her introduction trailer no where in depth near crypto or Loba. The Community wants to know.

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You have given reference to Indian Gods and Dress up style in The character skin(the tattoo at forehead which looks like 3rd eye of shiva), but why not directly refer? We are not that intorelant.

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Please do some research before introducing the characters and giving them a background story. India is the country with most efficient and economic rocket launch system, and this is a sweet coincidence. But, on the whole, Rampart lacks the cultural depth which other legends have..If you were thinking Indian community will be able to connect with it, like others did.

Sorry not sorry, 

Devs failed here.

Peace out!

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  • Yeah, it is simply how the world worked back then. X invading Y was at the order of the day. It was wrong btw.

    But this looks like an unnecessary complaint to me. And coming off from people that were colonized by the Ottoman Empire, I absolutely won’t mind if they add a charachter which has turkish origins. Or if he/she is half turkish half that. I am here to play the game and just wanna to chill out.

  • BBY_YOD4's avatar
    BBY_YOD4
    New Veteran
    5 years ago
    @INVINCIBLE_1F First your saying that you want rampart you be one race, now your saying it’s good for her to be 2 races. Stop trying to make other people look bad.
  • I never said I want rampart to be one race.. But, about how this experiment of A British-Indian mix was not that perfect as they deemed it to be, due to the history between the two societies. I wanted to know the take of community as well as make people realize how important cultural research aspect of characterisation is.. whether of game, story or novel. Any medium.

  • @BBY_YOD4Bro, not making you look in bad light. When you said she is "just" a modder, you actually thought through the lens by which the character is represented, and it is not your fault..This is how she is represented. She could have been an engineer too like Wattson, but guess that slot was full lol.. There is something called ordinance engineer in armed forces. Do check!