No Changes for Resident Evil 5 After Racial Criticism

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white zombies its ok, but no black zombies ?
The confusion surrounding Resident Evil 5 and the allegations of racism date back to August last year. Some have deemed the game racially offensive, after witnessing the initial trailer for the game. Capcom repeatedly denied that the new Resident Evil game has anything whatsoever to do with any type of political statement. They continue to speak more on the matter.

Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi says the controversy didn't have any effect on the design process of RE 5 and the team hasn't made any change in the game's content on account of these accusations.

Newer media from the game has shown a new ally-character for Chris Redfield (the central character). This new female sidekick was described as "ethnically ambiguous." To this Takeuchi said "We wanted Chris to have a partner who was familiar with the environment. She's been in there since pretty much the beginning."

He added: "In terms of the reaction, we're in the business of entertainment. We didn't set out to make a racist game or a political statement. We did feel there was a misunderstanding about the initial trailer," explains Takeuchi.

Racial accusations aside, the game is looking fantastic at this stage. You can look at the latest round of screenshots right here and check out the new trailer, which we've posted on Saturday.

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...new trailer
 
one could argue whether its correct to have male zombies instead of female, hec what about aliens ?
 
What a crock that it's being labelled rascist ...... have they nothing better to do.
 
i can only guess that this will have issues here in rsa too with some groups.
 
this is bs, I mean, how many games have we played where you shoot to kill white people??? I mean seriously, catch a wake up! it's region specific fools, I mean, if there was a bunch of white zombies in africa wouldn't that be a little bit strange???

Most games nowadays focus on the European area's.
 
scotty777 said:
this is bs, I mean, how many games have we played where you shoot to kill white people??? I mean seriously, catch a wake up! it's region specific fools, I mean, if there was a bunch of white zombies in africa wouldn't that be a little bit strange???

Most games nowadays focus on the European area's.
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Then they could b*tch that's rascist too coz where are all the african people ! :D
 
Really! some people must get a life, they really have such a low belief in themselves and sits with a everlasting mental complex. I agree they must get a bl00dy life.

Wonder what the Muslims will do if the next version shoots at "Al Queda's"
 
omw how pathetic. Just watched the old trailer. good trailer but cannot see how it is racist.

some people just ahve too much time on their hands and i am glad capcom are not changing a thing.

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never played any of the resident evil games, what kind of gameplay is it? like fps or adventure questy?
 
its a zombie shooter, it has quite a cult following.
 
halicon said:
omw how pathetic. Just watched the old trailer. good trailer but cannot see how it is racist.
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As a South African I'm surprised.

The problem with the perception of the game is not that it's overtly racist but
a. It's subversively racists in that all the baddies are black, even the non Zombie ones
b. The game can be interpreted as "Mr White" mows down rabid black women and children, even hough that's not the intent.
 
i wonder if ANCYL going to go bananas over this...
 
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