Square Enix Sued Over Kane and Lynch 2

[Rigs83]

Its the Resident Evil 5 effect all over again...

(Calling Capcom racist because the game took place in Africa)

It wasn't that it took place in Africa.

It's that the Zombies were black.

Because that's super racist, we all know that the only Zombies are White Zombies.

Boils down to the same thing in the end

I was hoping you'd find humor in people getting upset that it was in Africa and the Africans were black.

But I suppose I emphasized the wrong thing with that picture .

I would have been confused if I had been in Africa and 100% of the people I met were white.

Unless it was South Africa, and even then I imagine its not the majority but I could be wrong.

At the rate people keep getting offended by everything... every game will have to take place in america

Does that mean Americans are the new Nazi?

 

[Kouen]

Its the Resident Evil 5 effect all over again...

(Calling Capcom racist because the game took place in Africa)

It wasn't that it took place in Africa.

It's that the Zombies were black.

Because that's super racist, we all know that the only Zombies are White Zombies.

Boils down to the same thing in the end

I was hoping you'd find humor in people getting upset that it was in Africa and the Africans were black.

But I suppose I emphasized the wrong thing with that picture .

I would have been confused if I had been in Africa and 100% of the people I met were white.

Unless it was South Africa, and even then I imagine its not the majority but I could be wrong.

At the rate people keep getting offended by everything... every game will have to take place in america

Does that mean Americans are the new Nazi?

American Nazi Zombies? Hell I better get to the copyright office now before Activision steals that idea!

 

[Monsterfurby]

Imagine this happening in Hollywood. Man, the money the Germans, British, Russians, Chinese, Japanese - well, EVERY NATIONALITY ON EARTH could make from that...

 

[ace_of_something]

All this will do is make companies not want to release games in China.

Why isn't he upset about dynasty warriors? I kill thousands of Chinese in a single level of that game.

 

[jFr[e]ak93]

Geez, wonder how many people plan to sue Activsion or Rockstar for the slaughter of russians.

My thoughts exactly. This could really screw the industry over, if it wins. And for it to do so it would have to be in the states, not China. But, even if it's in China, it could cause problems down the road.

 

[Lovely Mixture]

I'm not surprised. Chinese Nationalism is the most overly angry and absurd things in the world. In Highschool I met an angry youth who noticed my Japanese dictionary and said (with a totally straight face) "Chinese is better."

I'm not sure why they didn't just ban it, like they do for every other thing that has some "insult" to China.

The amount of China bashing going on here...

The lawsuit is stupid and China does have flaws, but it is a wonderful country.

I was going to post, but then Therumancer [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.374729-Square-Enix-Sued-Over-Kane-and-Lynch-2?page=2#14528772] made his post and I am eager to see your response.

 

[Tharwen]

Even if he wins, surely he's not the one entitled to the money...?

I think it should be divided between every single chinese person in the world. It's only fair.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

The amount of China bashing going on here...

The lawsuit is stupid and China does have flaws, but it is a wonderful country.

I think you mean a wonderful culture/history/cuisine. I can't really see whats so great about the PRC.

 

[Poster1234]

Ok, I only took one info from this : the in-game murder of chinese people may soon be outlawed.
The Dynasty Warrior franchise is SO screwed if that happens.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

You guys this is serious, he needs that $1600 to afford the operation to get that stick removed from his ass! It's pretty far up there.

Maybe he just wants to make a career out of this. He figures he'll be be more likely to win a small lawsuit that's so small that the company wont care about it, and then as he states "it will establish a precedent allowing us to sue others - we will be able to strike a great blow against foreign companies who think they can insult China" if that holds true he'll be able to then go after a different company for more money and theoretically use presidency to win the case.

 

[CoL0sS]

It would make more sense if he tried to sue them because the game was so atrocious. Now that I'd call setting a precedent

 

[SpaceBat]

Sueing game companies for offending your race? Haha, good luck with that.

Sankaku Complex - which I'm not going to link to due to the site suffering from a severe porn infestation

Checked it out after you mentioned this. Found out the hard way that you weren't exaggerating. How does a porn site suffer from a severe porn infestation though?

 

[6SteW6]

'According to a news article on Japanese news site, NariNari, translated by the scholars over at Sankaku Complex - which I'm not going to link to due to the site suffering from a severe porn infestation'

*Fap, fap, fap, fap*

'Hey John, what are you doing?'

'Uhhh, *Cough* Ummm, just, uhh researching my next article! Yeah, oh look Chinese are suing square enix!'

Nice save John, Nice save

 

[gyroscopeboy]

Im sure companies outside of China will take as much notice of this legal threat as China do with international IP laws!

 

[tehweave]

While this is a dumb lawsuit, I'm all for making sure KaL2 never sees the light of day again. Therefore, I'm all for the lawsuit!

 

[mireko]

Are there even any charges? If this is true, then it is so stupid that I can't come up with any kind of metaphor to accurately convey how stupid I think it is. Dear god. This is much worse than the Resident Evil 5 controversy. That was completely legitimate compared to this.

Seriously. At least there we have a historical context of Africans being depicted as animalistic savages by European and American writers over the last couple of centuries. At least there you can look at screenshots of the game and say "gee, this reminds me of the horrible racist shit people were making two hundred years ago" without it being completely absurd.

Even if you disagree with that assessment (and for the record, I do), there is a valid argument to be made for it. You can weigh the sides, listen to the people involved, compare it to other works, etc. This is just dumb. China has their Jack Thompsons too, I guess.

 

[TheDarkestDerp]

NOBODY INSULT GRORIOUS CHINA OR WE BUILT SHITTY WARR AROONED YOU
SHAMEFUR DISPRAY
END OF RINE

It's doez GODDAMN MONGORIANS AGIN!! SHTOP TEARING DOWN MY SHITTY WAH MONGORIANS!! SHTOP PRAYIN" KANE AN" RYNCH 2!!

 

[putowtin]

Hey can the rest of us sue cause the game sucked?

 

[Tadd]

China is pretty much the most backwards, tyrannically ruled bomb of a first world country. Poverty is common place, the rich rape the people for all their worth and the "government" goes to great lengths to murder silence and arrest anyone who speaks up. They have the highest ratio of executions of any country on Earth and an utter joke of a criminal justice system, all but ensuring innocent people and anyone the government doesn't like go missing or have their head blown off on a daily basis. They give new meaning to the term political prisoner. Nothing that comes from that country surprises me.

And and I'd well bet China is one of the more racist and xenophobic nations of people on Earth as well--irony.

Hey there. Have you lived in China? I'm guessing your opinions have been harvested from years of travelling experience, am I right?

If not, you're just regurgitating what you've seen/heard from media outlets or forums. Fun fact: replace every word that says "China" in your post with "America" and you'd have billions of people agree with you.

One thing I agree with in your post... the racist part. Been living here in China for 7 years now... and yes, they are racist, but not in the red-neck, KKK, NF kind of way. More-or-a them vs us way.

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

I'm guessing your opinions have been harvested from years of travelling experience, am I right?

If by traveling you mean staying in China, yes, you are right. Their "government" is a joke and it's no myth that people "go missing" or see themselves thrown in prison, even being executed, for speaking out against the horrendous political system. No small wonder their execution ratios are gob-smackingly shocking, with some five thousand citizen's executed last year, a ratio higher than any other country on Earth, bar one--a third world country in Africa. China puts to death in the order of thirteen people a day, a whopping thirty seven people per ten million citizens. For some perspective, the U.S. executes about one person per ten million.

The country is a travesty.