Mafia III (2016) Demo Review

Within minutes of starting the demo, the African-American protagonist "Lincoln Clay" goes off about his 'Nam experiences, and how he had to deal with "Charlies." His white accomplice "Giorgi" talks about how he wanted to hear stories about "gooks" getting their "dick[s] blown off" (emasculation). Way later in the demo, Giorgi once more talks about how the "gooks" must have been "shitting themselves" when Clay arrived at Vietnam; Clay and Giorgi laugh about it.

You find out that Clay chose to go to Vietnam, and that his friends are very proud of him for it. He even bonds over a random white man who served in the Pacific (basically killed Asians). This white-black unity against Asian men is disgusting. This is some Platoon (1986) shit (they even show actual footage of Vietcong members being restrained and marched for whatever reason).

In the beginning of the demo, there's a disclaimer saying how racism in the game is used to build the world, and that the developers are very against racism. This game is on the whole very pro-Black and anti-white-racism (great!). Racism against African-Americans is used to create sympathy for the protagonist, while the anti-Asian-male racism just floats there, used to bring the Black protagonist and the whites together...