there are many idiots in this world

[That Mugen Guy]

I cant believe people that see things so racial...I dont even notice the race of the zombies Im shooting  

yea I agree with u,
 fo real fo real I didn't even consider zombies to have races
 I looked at them like a whole nother being, just  zombies

[Violent Ken Masters]

well the thing is only few people survived the t-virus from new york
leon, chris redfield, rebecca chambers, jill valentine, that dude that was helping rebecca
and i think what the concept is they left new york to africa
because they probably thought they could get away from the t-virus and zombies by going to a new country
but they were wrong making it where they have to deal with even more zombies
but this is what i think the concept of this is so idk if this is what truly happens =\

The survivors didn't flee to other countries. They just became a part of a bigger branch of the government because they survived the T-Virus. So Leon, Chris, Claire, etc were hired to deal with bio-terrorism. In RE4 what happened was the leader of the parasites kidnapped the presidents daughter, so the president trusted the fate of his daughter in Leon's hands, probably because he knew these aren't your average terrorists. I'm guessing some sort of Bio-terrorism activity has been traced to Africa so the government put Chris to work.

When it comes to bio-terrorism, they government in RE try to keep it secret so nobody in the USA freaks out. It wouldn't matter if they moved to other countries because as in RE4 and 5 show us, nowhere is safe from bio-terrorism.

[Nutty-Da-Kid]

Exaactly.

The more I think about it, the more stupid it seems to me, make Leon from in RE4 black, make him kill a bunch of spanish people, no problem, the other way around, racism. It's the way of thinking of a racist IMHO.

Well not to sound like a @sshole but ppl think its racist because whites have been known in the past to hate every race but themselves even some of them now still do it. Im not saying im not going the get the game or anything and i might even make the main character act racist sometimes but its just weird thats all no african main character , i mean RE has never had a black main characer and they have the perfect opportunity with this game but they keep using the same characters. And im a fan of the old style of resident evil, like resident Evil 1-Resident Evil outbreak File 2 but these new RE dont feel like resident evil at all it feels like some new type of game.

[George Costanza]

Well not to sound like a bunghole but ppl think its racist because whites have been known in the past to hate every race but themselves even some of them now still do it. Im not saying im not going the get the game or anything and i might even make the main character act racist sometimes but its just weird thats all no african main character , i mean RE has never had a black main characer and they have the perfect opportunity with this game but they keep using the same characters. And im a fan of the old style of resident evil, like resident Evil 1-Resident Evil outbreak File 2 but these new RE dont feel like resident evil at all it feels like some new type of game.

actually there was two black characters in RE

[Nutty-Da-Kid]

actually there was two black characters in RE

not main characters though.

[I_Burner]

Well not to sound like a @sshole but ppl think its racist because whites have been known in the past to hate every race but themselves even some of them now still do it. Im not saying im not going the get the game or anything and i might even make the main character act racist sometimes but its just weird thats all no african main character , i mean RE has never had a black main characer and they have the perfect opportunity with this game but they keep using the same characters. And im a fan of the old style of resident evil, like resident Evil 1-Resident Evil outbreak File 2 but these new RE dont feel like resident evil at all it feels like some new type of game.

I think one thing to keep in mind is that RE is from Japan, and while I'm sure many Japanese people know that racial tensions exist here in the US, most probably don't really understand just how sensitive an issue it is. It just wouldn't be something that's likely to be in the front of a Japanese game designer's mind, you know?

As for not using an African main character, I'm willing to bet that Capcom thought about it, but decided to go with a familiar character since the rest of the game is a departure from the standard RE formula. Just something to help tie it into the older games. Let's face it, there haven't been too many game series that manage to pull off giving you completely new setting, story, gameplay, AND characters. Unless it's Final Fantasy, most fans will get pissed if they can't recognize it as having something in common with the rest of the series.

And finally, like some others have already said, they're just freakin' zombies! They're not really even human....

[Nutty-Da-Kid]

I think one thing to keep in mind is that RE is from Japan, and while I'm sure many Japanese people know that racial tensions exist here in the US, most probably don't really understand just how sensitive an issue it is. It just wouldn't be something that's likely to be in the front of a Japanese game designer's mind, you know?

As for not using an African main character, I'm willing to bet that Capcom thought about it, but decided to go with a familiar character since the rest of the game is a departure from the standard RE formula. Just something to help tie it into the older games. Let's face it, there haven't been too many game series that manage to pull off giving you completely new setting, story, gameplay, AND characters. Unless it's Final Fantasy, most fans will get pissed if they can't recognize it as having something in common with the rest of the series.

And finally, like some others have already said, they're just freakin' zombies! They're not really even human....

yea i feel you but seneyu told me that they found out that the core of the virus was in africa i thought it was symbolism of hiv in africa but im still goin to get the game.

[George Costanza]

yea i feel you but seneyu told me that they found out that the core of the virus was in africa i thought it was symbolism of hiv in africa but im still goin to get the game.

The plaga virus or the T virus?

[Violent Ken Masters]

Well not to sound like a @sshole but ppl think its racist because whites have been known in the past to hate every race but themselves even some of them now still do it. Im not saying im not going the get the game or anything and i might even make the main character act racist sometimes but its just weird thats all no african main character , i mean RE has never had a black main characer and they have the perfect opportunity with this game but they keep using the same characters. And im a fan of the old style of resident evil, like resident Evil 1-Resident Evil outbreak File 2 but these new RE dont feel like resident evil at all it feels like some new type of game.

Actually every race has a bit of racism.
I remember in Red Steel, you play as a mute white guy and all the Japanese guys kept calling you Gaijin (which is an offensive way of saying foreigner).

Spanish have a similar word, which is gringo.

It's just the way the cookie crumbles. Sad, but true.

[George Costanza]

Spanish have a similar word, which is gringo.

yea i remeber back in 8th grade we called our social studies teacher mr.curry gringo

[Hioushi]

Well, calling foreigners names isn't exactly racist, its more a way of xenophobe. It's meaning its more of a "despicable outsider".

In most cases it doenst mean a certain race has no rights or is less than the other, just that they dont belong there.

[b.easy]

As for not using an African main character

but its just weird thats all no african main character

There is a black main character in RE5. The whole campaign can be played as this chick.

There were also like 2 or 3 black main characters in RE:Outbreak. And the setting was chosen because the guys who made RE5 believe all life originated from there and that's also where the virus came from.

[George Costanza]

 


B easy ur 2 funny

[SPOOKY77]

There is a black main character in RE5. The whole campaign can be played as this chick.

There were also like 2 or 3 black main characters in RE:Outbreak. And the setting was chosen because the guys who made RE5 believe all life originated from there and that's also where the virus came from.

  everybody knows Africa or at least parts of it are where we all came from millions of years ago....people are so retarted to get offended so easily I wouldnt care if a black main character was killing of white ZOMBIES

[GaryCXJk]

What a load of crap, switch Leon for an African guy and make him kill a bunch of caucasian zombiesvampires in New York, then nobody says a word.

Fixed, so it reflects a true story.

But alas, people who pull the "racist" card should be shot on sight in the foot and die of tetanus.

[Nutty-Da-Kid]

There is a black main character in RE5. The whole campaign can be played as this chick.

There were also like 2 or 3 black main characters in RE:Outbreak. And the setting was chosen because the guys who made RE5 believe all life originated from there and that's also where the virus came from.

yea i already know about the guy on outbreak he was a weenie and he wasnt the real main character so i really dont count him. And Chris is the main character on RE5 I never said i was offended it just seems weird..

[b.easy]

there was the weenie with the coin and play dead trick and there was the bald cop. so both of them together gotta count as something.

And that chick is the a main character. Nearly every RE besides 4 and 3 (0,1,2,CR, etc.) have 2 main characters with basically the same story.

In short, nothing about this game seems weird to me. There was a Game Overthinker episode about this very subject. check it out in the video games section if any of you have the time.

[Cyclysm]

In RE: Outbreak there was two Black guys

one was Jim,...he sucked and was all wimpy and stuff

The other was Mark...who was he old security guard....reminded me of Ving Rhames
he was awesome

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[Nutty-Da-Kid]

In RE: Outbreak there was two Black guys

one was Jim,...he sucked and was all wimpy and stuff

The other was Mark...who was he old security guard....reminded me of Ving Rhames
he was awesome

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yea he was alright....

[C.R.O.M. jodafro619]

In RE: Outbreak there was two Black guys

one was Jim,...he sucked and was all wimpy and stuff

The other was Mark...who was he old security guard....reminded me of Ving Rhames
he was awesome

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Ving Rhames !! I enjoyed 4, but my most favorite games of the series was 3 cuz it gave me a very tough opponent (Until I found the pattern to beat him with just the handgun ) who hunts you down. My only beef with re3 was that the nemesis was not truly random. I did not want a scripted event to unfold. I wanted a sadistic kool-aid man to jump out when I least expected it !! But and 4 for took away the shuffling undead and made way for a more intelligent, deadlier breed of adversary. I still miss the zombie bashing, but I like in life welcome change. Let's see if this works people. From what I saw, it looks like every place you visit will be like that nightmare villiage from 4. I can't wait!! But I wish they make an outbreak file 3 on the next gen systems with actual voice chat. Plus leave that guy from kenan and kell out of it!!