20th February 2009, 2:48 PM
No it doesn't matter. At all. If the infestation took place in Vietnam and you played as Chris and killed Vietnamese i'm sure someone would point out the implied racism but it would be equally as retarded.
Anyone who thinks any video game is 'racist' is a canker blossom. Racism is when someone hates a race, the only hate for any race in video games is anything evil (or good, depending on the game) and the ultimate answer lies in the story telling. To free the people in (insert region thats supposed to be like Haiti) of the infestation and return peace back to the people after removing X dictator who is controlling the whole show, who will include X African super villains and Wesker.
If Chris had lines like "God damn, I hate black people." or there's a cut scene where he shoves a bucket of chicken up a zombie's ass and yells 'NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER" then yeah, there's a problem. Hell, even the ads and movies released so far has Chris showing sympathy and his sidekick giving clues in to organizations who want to help free them of the oppression (from government and the infection). Also, Zombies on dirt bikes.
It is beyond retarded to think any RE game is racist. There's even fucking Mexicans in STARS! ugh. People who start this shit need to suck things. Someone just reminded me, Shadowman you play as a black man (who is every sense of the word badass and voiced by fucking Redd Pepper who's a voice actor heard in movie trailers) has a mission to hunt down and kill white serial killers. Would the same people who say RE5 is racist say that Shadowman is racist against whites?
Anyone who thinks any video game is 'racist' is a canker blossom. Racism is when someone hates a race, the only hate for any race in video games is anything evil (or good, depending on the game) and the ultimate answer lies in the story telling. To free the people in (insert region thats supposed to be like Haiti) of the infestation and return peace back to the people after removing X dictator who is controlling the whole show, who will include X African super villains and Wesker.
If Chris had lines like "God damn, I hate black people." or there's a cut scene where he shoves a bucket of chicken up a zombie's ass and yells 'NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER" then yeah, there's a problem. Hell, even the ads and movies released so far has Chris showing sympathy and his sidekick giving clues in to organizations who want to help free them of the oppression (from government and the infection). Also, Zombies on dirt bikes.
It is beyond retarded to think any RE game is racist. There's even fucking Mexicans in STARS! ugh. People who start this shit need to suck things. Someone just reminded me, Shadowman you play as a black man (who is every sense of the word badass and voiced by fucking Redd Pepper who's a voice actor heard in movie trailers) has a mission to hunt down and kill white serial killers. Would the same people who say RE5 is racist say that Shadowman is racist against whites?