i played the demo, and one of the first things i noticed was that the game takes place in Africa, of course, but only like half the people here are African, and the rest look like they're mexican or something. I mean, at most HALF look African. Its not racist man, these devs should have grown a pair and just said fuck you, this game takes place in Africa and there is a bunch of African zombies. Everytime i shoot one of these middle eastern indian mexican whatever zombies I'm just like, wow what the hell were you doing here?! The majority of these zombies look out of place and clearly put in there to please the critics. Its not racist at all, because we all know, in the last game we went on a murder spree of thousands of Spanish zombies and nobody cared. 

Jesus Christ, man. This could be of larger detriment to the game than they imagined. Survival Horror has always been edgy. This game has bowed to some retarded columnists.

yeah i mean, it seems like nothing, and i honestly wasn't even thinking about it. But I noticed these random people who clearly aren't from Africa, or at least the place in Africa where this game takes place, and I'm like wow, this poor guy came here and got turned into a zombie. 

Your in Africa, you shoot Africans big deal. I didnt see what the trouble was to begin with. Its sad to see someone bend over just because of some dickheads blogs. Where is the ling going to stop? What will be the next thign someone deems wrong that will get changed in a game.

That said if we were in Switzerland and you shot nothing but black people then the red flag of bullshit goes flying.

one of the guys who made the biggest deal was Adam Sessler, he started blabbing on about how it just didn't look politically correct. seems like a bunch of bleeding hearts made a big fuss, when nobody actually gave a shit. 

Theres too many black dudes, its racist. They put a mixed race in, its not racist enough. What do you people want?!

"Theres too many black dudes, its racist. They put a mixed race in, its not racist enough. What do you people want?!"

"Theres too many black dudes, its racist. They put a mixed race in, its not racist enough. What do you people want?!"

I actually never noticed until it was pointed out.

"HazBazz said:

"Theres too many black dudes, its racist. They put a mixed race in, its not racist enough. What do you people want?!"

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Nobody wants Resident Evil 5 to be racist. But just because the zombies are black doesn't mean it's racist. I mean... it just don't make any sense! Does that mean whenever you kill a black person in a video game, it's a hate crime against black people? I've killed tons of white people, middle eastern people, Japanese people, and SCORES of Germans in video games, and nobody cares about them. Where's their Rev. Jackson?"

So black people aren't good enough for a zombie game, is that it?! Fucking racists.

"So black people aren't good enough for a zombie game, is that it?! Fucking racists."

The latter doesn't make much sense, does it? :P

"You're in Africa, you shoot Africans. Big deal."

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My mum says theres a lot of black people in Africa. But I am lead to believe there are actually people of a variety of other appearances in Africa too so I guess its not that unusual. In the end they all look the same when you put a bullet in their zombie (or whatever they are) heads so whatever.

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I blame the aussies.

I don't think it's THAT much of an issue. There ARE some cases of places in Africa where blacks don't have a huge majority. Take Sudan for example. Blacks take up 52% of the population while Arabs take up a surprising 39%.

I agree that people did make a big deal because of the whole "shooting Africans in Africa" bit but I don't see why shootin' dudes "who look mexican" or have a lighter skin tone is really such a problem. Capcom can't appease everybody's sensitivity to race. Honestly, the main thing I'm worried about from this game is how much it'll actually be different from RE4.

I agree that this whole issue is pretty stupid.
But I don't see why the skin color of the zombies really matter.

Who cares?

"Who cares?"

It's just a company trying to avoid a potential PR nightmare. It's easy to say they should ignore negative press and make most of the characters African, but it's not your job to deal with the mess if the media decides to scapegoat the game. There's no good reason to take any risks if it doesn't affect gameplay.

"It's just a company trying to avoid a potential PR nightmare. It's easy to say they should ignore negative press and make most of the characters African, but it's not your job to deal with the mess if the media decides to scapegoat the game. There's no good reason to take any risks if it doesn't affect gameplay."

"Theres too many black dudes, its racist. They put a mixed race in, its not racist enough. What do you people want?!"

Yeah I really wish Capcom would of just said "If you think we're being racist here, you're a fucking idiot, so go end your life. We're keeping it the way it is", I mean the quality of the game isn't changing because of this or anything, but yeah, this shit got blown way out of proportion since the beginning and is pretty ridiculous.

"Yeah I really wish Capcom would of just said "If you think we're being racist here, you're a fucking idiot, so go end your life. We're keeping it the way it is", I mean the quality of the game isn't changing because of this or anything, but yeah, this shit got blown way out of proportion since the beginning and is pretty ridiculous."

"I totally agree with OP, but its a little too late now isn't it. If you don't support the developer's choice, then don't buy the game."

"Yeah I really wish Capcom would of just said "If you think we're being racist here, you're a fucking idiot, so go end your life. We're keeping it the way it is", I mean the quality of the game isn't changing because of this or anything, but yeah, this shit got blown way out of proportion since the beginning and is pretty ridiculous."

"pause422 said:

"Yeah I really wish Capcom would of just said "If you think we're being racist here, you're a fucking idiot, so go end your life. We're keeping it the way it is", I mean the quality of the game isn't changing because of this or anything, but yeah, this shit got blown way out of proportion since the beginning and is pretty ridiculous."

I say we all take a picture of our own nuts and send them to Capcom.  Then they'll have PLENTY of balls to be able to stand up to a bunch of retarded media jerkoffs for scapegoating their stupid asses.

*EDIT*  SEPARATELY take pictures of our own nuts...don't want your junk anywhere near me!!!

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"HazBazz said:

"Theres too many black dudes, its racist. They put a mixed race in, its not racist enough. What do you people want?!"

If this game took place in the Antarctic, I'd expect there to be inuits but that doesn't mean I'm prejudice towards eskimo's. (well, they might say I am for merely using the term eskimo, but fuck 'em...I mean...oshi~)

Point is, consistency goes a long way."

"Who cares?"

Seems like somebody has never actually handled a PR situation before. Like the guys at capcom say, it has never crossed their mind, so it wouldn't make one difference to them if half the population was changed to non black people. But if that change could stop all this foolish madness why wouldn't they do it.

It wasn't like they were adamant that all the bad guys are black, and changing it would somehow mean they sold out because it would change an integral part of the game. You as a person would make the choice of fuck you i'm sticking it in, but a true professional would deal with it professionally like change it since the devs didn't give a fuck about it in the first place.


PS: Kinda glad they mixed it up since it would mean more than the simple 3 or 4 zombie skins all games eventually boil down to.

"HazBazz said:

"Theres too many black dudes, its racist. They put a mixed race in, its not racist enough. What do you people want?!"

If this game took place in the Antarctic, I'd expect there to be inuits but that doesn't mean I'm prejudice towards eskimo's. (well, they might say I am for merely using the term eskimo, but fuck 'em...I mean...oshi~)

Point is, consistency goes a long way."

No one can stand against Fox news, expecially retailers. if i was there, i would remove all of Black skinned fellas from the game.

"HazBazz said:

"Theres too many black dudes, its racist. They put a mixed race in, its not racist enough. What do you people want?!"

If this game took place in the Antarctic, I'd expect there to be inuits but that doesn't mean I'm prejudice towards eskimo's. (well, they might say I am for merely using the term eskimo, but fuck 'em...I mean...oshi~)

Point is, consistency goes a long way."

Um, Antartica is down in the South where the penguins are. Eskimos or inuits live in the north, like by Alaska or Canada. Antartica truly is uninhabited by human beings other than researchers down there. There truly never has been any form of functioning society down there that can sustain on thier own. So if you want consistency, Code-V should of had nothing but killer zombie Penguins."

"No one can stand against Fox news, expecially retailers. if i was there, i would remove all of Black skinned fellas from the game."

I know people from Africa who heard about the changes they made and even they thought it was stupid. The most common skin colour in Africa is black, so why do you have to pretend it's not.

Racism sort of reversed itself, albeit to a considerably lesser degree. Now whites have to be all apologetic and treat black people with the same respect they would give a priest, and if there's any hint of treating them, you know, as if they were just another normal human being, they blow the "racist" whistle. Perceived racism is like the new Red Scare.