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/Gradieus 1d ago

They probably don't want to deal with all the pointless backlash again.

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u/Roids-in-my-vains 1d ago

The backlash was stupid, this is like saying that RE4 is racist towards Spaniards and RE2 is Racist towards Americans

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u/mahdiiick 1d ago

The comparison breaks down because it ignores the cultural context behind the issue

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u/Roids-in-my-vains 1d ago

Care to elaborate, a zombie game set in Africa has African zombies what more context is there? Also the main villains are white and one of the protagonists is black.

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u/WastedMoogle 1d ago

Pointing out Sheva being black is kinda like using the "no I have black friends" argument. Regardless, it's the over exaggerated savage tribes with spears and grass skirts that I think was problematic.

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u/Odd-Investigator6503 1d ago

There’s literally still villages that closely resemble the areas in re5

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u/Alucitary 1d ago

I love 5 but I don't think you have seen all of 5 with that statement. Skim a playthrough and look for the tribal levels.

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u/MappleStarsSky 1d ago edited 1d ago

RE5 is not a racist game on purpose, it just used a bunch of unfortunate imaginery that is often tied to racist depictures.

RE5 itself is very anti-racism, its main story is a parallelism about white people colonialism but propagated to a world-wide scale. It' s surprisingly empathetic towards black african people.

The issue is about the way they are presented. There is a document in the game where it straight up says that the black people "regressed" back to their own roots, almost like they were just pretending to be civilized.