Heh... They would if they could!dathwampeer said:To be fair. That's more of aesthetical choice than racism.Stein Inge said:
I mean look at that. I don't think they're trying to tell anyone that executioners use one of those.
Capcom Says No to Another Resident Evil 5 Controversy
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I'd say it's racist only because they became super zombies. Driving motorcyles, turning into the love child of Shrek and the Hulk.... ninjaing around, shooting guns and missile launchers... Like Blackula a vampire jiving with none of the drawbacks of the undead...archvile93 said:
Where is the equality for the white zombies... saying all white zombies are lazy?! WTF!
Now if we had the address of said offended people and someone accidentally put the T-Virus in a letter to said address, I wonder how offended they'd be then?
Well everybody is strange in there own way. If someone is by definition normal, compared to everybody else, they are not normal. It is a vicious cycle I rather not get into.Carlston said:
On the whole racist thing, some people just can't see that the game is set in Africa. I would find it strange to have a game set as such and not see a single black person. And if the game is a survival game where the people are going nuts because of something, of course in Africa you would be shooting blacks, though I would find it strange(I haven't played the game so I don't know)if every single crazed person you fight is black, because there are obviously people born in Africa that aren't black.
The whole problem with this whole racist thing is that it is just thrown around way too much. It is like how I have argued on other forums about how the US really needs to get its act together and deal with the illegal problem, I say build a fence(built properly, I don't want to describe it would take too long.) But back to the matter, I make an argument that is well thought out and all I say is "illegals". Then usually I get the response that I am racist and I hate Mexicans. The problem with that is that not once in my argument did I say Mexicans. What they don't understand is the problem and not every illegal that crosses the Mexican border is Mexican. I don't have a problem with the person's race, I have a problem with them coming into the illegally and using up resources and getting funding under government programs that they should not receive because it is the money of the citizens of the US, and if they are illegal, they are of course not citizens.
I don't care what their sob story is, come in the front door as and become a citizen or don't come at all. I got to stop now because I have went off track. I didn't intend to make it political, but it relates to the whole racist label as a problem.
Now I can get back to my Italian blue-raspberry lemon ice before it melts.
RE 5 is the Resident Evil Game I don't want to think about.
I'll even acknowledge the stupid rail shooter RE's on the Wii before RE5.
It's just that bad.
That aside? Stop being stupid Capcom. It had nothing to do with the fact that there were black people. It was more the part where you had them running around with giant masks on waving spears at people.
I'll even acknowledge the stupid rail shooter RE's on the Wii before RE5.
It's just that bad.
That aside? Stop being stupid Capcom. It had nothing to do with the fact that there were black people. It was more the part where you had them running around with giant masks on waving spears at people.
Hmmm... I appear to be the only one who thought the overall message in the game was "White people fucking over African people and suffocating them into poverty"
Maybe I'm just odd.
As well to the people upset over the sounds the tribes made in combat... I guess the Discovery Channel is full of KKK members and racists staging the most racist documentaries ever. While not lu lu lu lu most battle cries they made were of the same style. Not to mention they hunted with spears and fought with giant wooden sticks.
Now it just seems odd that the solution to not be racist is to just pretend that no other ethnicity exists. Or make them superior to other races.
Would RE5 not have been racist if they depicted Africa as a metropolis of enlightenment beyond any other civilization on earth, where hover car technology was the norm and the streets were paved and clean and everyone were in business suits and speaking fluent English?
Yes some of the city images were brutal, but that shit actually happens. To me that was to show how brutal the situation is in that specific town. It didn't make me think "Wow that must be all of Africa" any more then GTA made me think "Wow that must be all of America"
I have to ask would it have been less racist if they had just changed everyone's skin color to white?
"BUT KAGIM! THAT'S NOT THE POINT!"
Well, answer my question then. Would it have been alright to portray white people in that fashion? yes or no. Would it have been alright if they simply swapped the color and ethnic look of everyone over to white? No PC answers of "Well its wrong no matter the color of peoples skin!" my question is do you think people would have screamed its racist to white people if the shoes were on the other foot?
Do we expect the upcoming movie Machete to be protested and called racist since the main villains are white Americans? Why is it okay to stereotype white Americans in this way?
What about the movie Fanboys? Was it racist towards white people? Its basically one huge stereotype after another. All aimed at geeky white Americans. Why is that not racist? Why is that not protested?
Everyone is laughing at the Italian American groups pissed off about the Mafia 2 game showing Italian Americans as mobsters. Why are they in the wrong?
"Because Kagim! That actually happened!"
Well, the images that the non infected African people are portrayed doing happen. Some of the brutal things are hard to look at but they are real things that have happened and do happen. Not to mention as others have said the T-Virus makes people regress to primitive states, thus what happened when fighting the tribal groups. As much as you might want to scream "RACIST" tribal wars were very brutal and they did wear masks and scream war calls and fight with spears. Hell, they still do, unless once again the Discovery Channel really is a KKK front.
Why are people not decrying the game "The Settlers" by Ubisoft for that matter. I mean i know its an old game but low and behold the DS version still has the native tribes wearing masks and fighting with spears. Why did nobody lose there shit over that game? Its rated E so kids are seeing that.
Finally. To the people calling the south incredibly racist.... Well.. Isn't that Racist? Or at least prejudice? To say everyone is racist in the southern states? Even if there is MORE racism down south is it really fair to stereotype the entire region?
In the end i don't think any race should be treated with kids gloves. Were all part of one race. Human. Our differences and past are all subject to investigation and artistic license.
Yes, if RE5 had Chris walking around calling the African people dirty Niggers and talking about how he wished he could purify the world of black filth, i would understand where your coming from. That is no where near the case however, as Chris is there to help these people.
While some images might be graphic, or violent, the fact remains these sorts of things do happen. While you might think the tribal view of the African people was racist there are still tribes nowadays and they still use spears to hunt and they still shout battle cries that are little more then lu lu lu lu lu. They are not savages, its just how they live.
I mean, look at RE4. Isn't it racist that at a time where people could use advanced firearms Leon was facing people with chainsaws and bags over there heads? Crossbows? Maces? Why is that not considered racist? Are you trying to say Spaniards are so primitive the majority only use pitchforks and rusted knives as weapons? That they are so ass backwards that they murder women by nailing them to a wall using a pitchfork to the face? That they have no idea how to make advanced explosives that they have to use tripwire and dynamite?
If you don't agree with me, that's fine. You have the right to. This is just how i feel. I'm sorry if this offends you.
Maybe I'm just odd.
As well to the people upset over the sounds the tribes made in combat... I guess the Discovery Channel is full of KKK members and racists staging the most racist documentaries ever. While not lu lu lu lu most battle cries they made were of the same style. Not to mention they hunted with spears and fought with giant wooden sticks.
Now it just seems odd that the solution to not be racist is to just pretend that no other ethnicity exists. Or make them superior to other races.
Would RE5 not have been racist if they depicted Africa as a metropolis of enlightenment beyond any other civilization on earth, where hover car technology was the norm and the streets were paved and clean and everyone were in business suits and speaking fluent English?
Yes some of the city images were brutal, but that shit actually happens. To me that was to show how brutal the situation is in that specific town. It didn't make me think "Wow that must be all of Africa" any more then GTA made me think "Wow that must be all of America"
I have to ask would it have been less racist if they had just changed everyone's skin color to white?
"BUT KAGIM! THAT'S NOT THE POINT!"
Well, answer my question then. Would it have been alright to portray white people in that fashion? yes or no. Would it have been alright if they simply swapped the color and ethnic look of everyone over to white? No PC answers of "Well its wrong no matter the color of peoples skin!" my question is do you think people would have screamed its racist to white people if the shoes were on the other foot?
Do we expect the upcoming movie Machete to be protested and called racist since the main villains are white Americans? Why is it okay to stereotype white Americans in this way?
What about the movie Fanboys? Was it racist towards white people? Its basically one huge stereotype after another. All aimed at geeky white Americans. Why is that not racist? Why is that not protested?
Everyone is laughing at the Italian American groups pissed off about the Mafia 2 game showing Italian Americans as mobsters. Why are they in the wrong?
"Because Kagim! That actually happened!"
Well, the images that the non infected African people are portrayed doing happen. Some of the brutal things are hard to look at but they are real things that have happened and do happen. Not to mention as others have said the T-Virus makes people regress to primitive states, thus what happened when fighting the tribal groups. As much as you might want to scream "RACIST" tribal wars were very brutal and they did wear masks and scream war calls and fight with spears. Hell, they still do, unless once again the Discovery Channel really is a KKK front.
Why are people not decrying the game "The Settlers" by Ubisoft for that matter. I mean i know its an old game but low and behold the DS version still has the native tribes wearing masks and fighting with spears. Why did nobody lose there shit over that game? Its rated E so kids are seeing that.
Finally. To the people calling the south incredibly racist.... Well.. Isn't that Racist? Or at least prejudice? To say everyone is racist in the southern states? Even if there is MORE racism down south is it really fair to stereotype the entire region?
In the end i don't think any race should be treated with kids gloves. Were all part of one race. Human. Our differences and past are all subject to investigation and artistic license.
Yes, if RE5 had Chris walking around calling the African people dirty Niggers and talking about how he wished he could purify the world of black filth, i would understand where your coming from. That is no where near the case however, as Chris is there to help these people.
While some images might be graphic, or violent, the fact remains these sorts of things do happen. While you might think the tribal view of the African people was racist there are still tribes nowadays and they still use spears to hunt and they still shout battle cries that are little more then lu lu lu lu lu. They are not savages, its just how they live.
I mean, look at RE4. Isn't it racist that at a time where people could use advanced firearms Leon was facing people with chainsaws and bags over there heads? Crossbows? Maces? Why is that not considered racist? Are you trying to say Spaniards are so primitive the majority only use pitchforks and rusted knives as weapons? That they are so ass backwards that they murder women by nailing them to a wall using a pitchfork to the face? That they have no idea how to make advanced explosives that they have to use tripwire and dynamite?
If you don't agree with me, that's fine. You have the right to. This is just how i feel. I'm sorry if this offends you.
It is controversy like this that is keeping racism alive! If we want global acceptance of all people on all levels we need to stop catering to the methods of political correctness that maintain the racial tensions while still holding onto the goals that it had set in the first place. By keeping racial slurs vulgur, by maintaining the image of racial distrimination universal reguardless of contex, ie. Being indifferent to dissimilarities of a cop beating on a black person in New York because of their colour compared to shooting down black zombies on a continent that is mainly comprised of, you guessed it black people. We are giving power to the tools of racism. What need be down is accept that racism exists but at the same time be more smart when we approach it. The more controversy we generate the more we keep racial tension alive because it adds that many more toes to step on reguardless of whether we did it on purpose or not.
Resident Evil 5 is a shitty game. Not a single scary moment in the entire game. But people complaining about killing black people in Africa is retarded. I hope their next RE game is like Resident Evil 4. That was the best RE game IMO.