The Saints Row franchise is known for its brilliantly crafted character creation; you can make your character any shape, size, gender and race. However, when we get into creating our character we immediately see a Caucasian male and that is the template we are supposed to build upon. Also, on the advertisements for the game and on the box art for the games, the main protagonist (the Boss) is always a Caucasian male.
We see Saints Row as a franchise where you get to create your own character but rather it is just editing a character that has been placed for us on the cover art and advertising campaigns. The trouble is with gaming today, we always seem to be playing as that same white man with a different name in every game.
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