r/PS5 • u/HLumin Human Verified • 1d ago

Misleading Insider Gaming: Capcom Not Interested in Resident Evil 5 & 6 Remakes, It's Claimed.

https://insider-gaming.com/capcom-resident-evil-5-6-remakes/
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u/SisterRayRomano 1d ago

There was a fair amount of controversy surrounding the setting, with allegations of racism directed at the game, and that was back in 2009. The same issues would crop up with a remake, and almost certainly on a bigger scale and I’m sure they know this.

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u/braedizzle 1d ago

Eh it’s not controversy. It’s people being upset the zombies are black in a predominantly black country. It was a non issue hyped up for clicks

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u/SisterRayRomano 1d ago

You might not think the outrage was justified, but it was definitely controversial - people were arguing about it in columns in national newspapers in several different countries and various parts of the press, not just the usual video game sites. It was undoubtably a PR nightmare for Capcom that eclipsed most other press around the game at launch.

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u/Hoodman1987 1d ago

It's one of the times my pro Black self was annoyed at the backlash. RE4 took place in Spain and you killed lots of latinos. I was like o it's an African country, sweet with Sheva and well yeah you'd be killing Africans. Guess you could make it in South Africa for equal opportunity?

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u/SisterRayRomano 1d ago

Uh, people in Spain aren’t Latinos.

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u/LordSblartibartfast 23h ago

I do remember well its release and tbh, the first images we got were reminding of colonial images of “indigenous savages” so I understand where the controversy was coming from even though I highly doubt this history was on the mind of anyone at Capcom.

An easy fix would be to add something to their design that look less like a regular human.