Fuck Japan: look what they did to Crackdown

[Himu]

He's not even black!

[BlueTsunami]

You probably would have been more offended if they Japafied the main Black dude. I mean...you've seen how they portray black people in animes

[tiesto]

I do think Riot Act is a better name for the game than Crackdown, personally...

I guess this is getting back at us for making one of the Persona 1 characters black?

[Christopher]

You probably would have been more offended if they Japafied the main Black dude. I mean...you've seen how they portray black people in animes

don't they turn them into like "hip slang one liner" people who always play basketball? 

[Himu]

Yes. And people with big lips.

[Disposable White Guy]

WTFEVER THAT IS COOLER THAN THE GODDAMN X-MEN ANIME

[Beezy]

The Japanese are on a roll.

[The Sceneman]

That cover is better than the Crackdown one and Riot Act is a better title. Himurowned

[Himu]

Shut up. They made the main character WHITE.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

more like CRACKERDOWN am I rite

[Disposable White Guy]

I don't quite understand your meaning, there.

[Shuri]

The black guy isnt even the main character, since you can choose who you want to be. Also Riot Act sounds like a better name.

[Mr. Gundam]

I think it's actually pretty cool that Microsoft got Monkey Punch (creator of Lupin The 3rd) to create the artwork for the Japanese version...

[Ichirou]

Shut up. They made the main character ASIAN.

Fixed.

[Yeti]

You get to choose your race in this game? Are there any differences?

[bork]

You get to choose your race in this game? Are there any differences?

No, it's just a skin.  And you get prompted to download some more skins when you boot up the game for the first time.  There's no "main character" in Crackdown.  I wouldn't be surprised to see more skin types added, maybe less-human looking guys and some females.

It was already stated quite a while ago that Rockstar was going to use the black guy for Western releases and an Asian guy for the Japanese release.  What's funny is that the black guy IS on the back of the box.  The Riot Act artwork is quite a contrast to the game art...

BTW you get "Riot Act" on the title screen when you play the game, but your XBox Live status and achievements will be listed under "Crackdown" instead.   

[hyp]

You get to choose your race in this game? Are there any differences?

yea, the black character maxes out agility at level 5.

[ferrarimanf355]

You get to choose your race in this game? Are there any differences?

yea, the black character maxes out agility at level 5.

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I LOL'ed when I shouldn't have.