“Resident Evil 5 can’t be remade” they say.
Source: https://www.ign.com/videos/the-resident-evil-game-that-cant-be-remade
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African zombies can't be in Africa. Shame on Capcom for using such brain dead logic. How did they reach that conclusion? Smh.- some IGN intern.
RE5 is not something I'd play alone but when I played it co op it was super fun
i love Resident Evil 5
fuck IGN bro how bout dat
So black people can't be zombies, villians, or cannon fodder? That sounds pretty racist to me.
I actually disagree. Although set in Africa, depicting everyone as primitive is not a good look. Ye some of Africa is, but probably not the majority and when there is little representation of Africa as it is, to depict it this way is harmful. Also he completely ignored the IGN guy’s comment that the people were violent even before being zombies, and yeah… that’s not great
Beginning of the IGN video? Makes sense, decent argument.
2nd half of the IGN video? What the fuck?
Classic IGN with classic bad takes.
I enjoyed RE5 even as a hardcore RE fan. I loved the co-op and merc mode. He did fail to mention that Chris's partner "Sheva" is black and from the African branch of the BSAA. Not to mention other NPC heros like Josh who is also black. He helps you through the whole game. You'd think they would praise this game, a squad of African Americans take down the evil white dude.
im black and african and currently living in africa and i have never once even remotely thought this game was racist i just thought it was trash lol
The article itself was very poorly constructed in its justifications. I played Resident Evil 5 in 2009 where this issue was not relevant and went unnoticed, which by the way I had a lot of fun with. It's important to understand that there is indeed a racist structure in society that has long placed black people in marginalized stereotypes. That said, it's important to affirm that there is no more toxic and prejudiced community than the gaming community, and reinforcing stereotypes is reinforcing prejudiced behavior. Perhaps the purpose of the article is a critique of the community itself, which simply does not understand historical processes, and which normalizes certain situations and patterns within games. Having the game set in a country in the African continent is perfectly okay, but having the entire game where you only kill black people (SOUTH AFRICA is a country where there are white and mixed-race people) is not okay. Having only white and intelligent bosses in the game is a red alert. The problem is not in portraying or representing, it's in reinforcing historical stereotypes, reinforcing racial structures! Resident Evil 5 is a cool game, but it indeed needs to review some structures because despite being a remake, it is not being released in 2009 but in 2024, and a lot has evolved in these discussions since then, and that's normal…
Remake Code V instead.
If they do a RE5 they should rewrite the story they can keep it in Africa etc if they want same characters but more darker and realistic not punching a boulder
If you look at the World Scale; Caucasian is the Minority.
I don't know that Resident Evil 5 was a good game, but the co-op was fantastic. The cheesy dialogue was comic relief for the gruesome horror stuff. Perfect combo.
…so its racist for a bad guy to exploit a poor and weak community to test a bio-weapon ?
no because that's absolutely some fuck shit wesker would do and i don't think wesker gives a shit about people's skin color at this point lmfao.
The problem is gunning down whole villages. That’s what happened in genocides. Maybe if the setting was in a town it will be okay. But villages it strikes a nerve because of real massacres
So basically it’s just IGN calling Resident Evil racist. Well that’s hypocritical of them
Resident Evil 5 is an amazing game, i really loved that a lot. i actually bought it on steam again like 2 years ago and had a blast again. by today's standards graphics is dogshit ofc, but most of those missions are very good and unique. it also has quite a bit of replayability, it's even more fun when you open the hardest-hitting revolver and a rocket launcher.
it also annoys me about all this racist nonsense, it's a damn game and not a documentary about some tribe in africa. super mario must also be racist, as 2 italian guys are white and there's no black or asian characters there at all?
RE5 was a great time. The opinion that re5 lost its way ignores the fact that most RE games were not as good as they claim before these remakes. Re2 was the shining example, except for that camera. 3&4 were plagued with awful controls. 5 was one of the best co-op experiences of my life and the notion that RE5 is wrong for having that play style is absurd.
jfc not this again….
RE5 already HAS a black protagonist. Gaming journos exposing themselves… AGAIN. They haven't even played this game.
Damn he hasn't looked at AC games in a long time.
AC Origins, AC Odyssey, AC Valhalla, Have nothing to do with stealth, The newest one when back to it though.
Brazil mentioned
Hi, Black man here. Lost my shit the moment he dropped he said racism. Like come on bro…what a fucking stretch.
It's the same thing as witcher 3. Ya'll remember that? Games set in sweden or some other predominantly white race place and everyone was calling it racist cuz the cast of the game was predominantly white lol.
far cry 2. "super racist" 😂😂 what a joke of journalism. re5 was amaizing for it's time
Ofc it’s all the white people saying it’s not racist lol. Still loved this game
I mean…Lara Croft though.🤔
"A Resident Evil game set in Africa where you shoot Africans that are infected with an imaginary virus that makes them completely unreasonable is racist because I said so." – IGN.
I just want to fight wesker again man and hear that iconic line “ Seven minutes, seven minutes is all I can spare to play with you” in that new wesker voice actor voice.