Oh Lord Capcom accused of Racism for RE5

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@ Demotruk: You have a decent point about the fact that the military should have been able to intervene, but I think the point would be equally valid probably anywhere in the contiguous USA, and certainly the eastern half & west coast. Basically this flaw could be found in any number of similar video games, not just RE4 that happens to be set in an unusual country.

@ foont: No, please don't apologize for a big first post. Any new voice that makes such a thoughtful contribution is welcome.

Having said that, I don't have the experience that your quote source does but I would be surprised if that wasn't a very unfair way to put it. AIDS may be less well controlled there than elsewhere, but that is IMO more due to the sheer amount (and kind) of problems facing that area of the world, and cultural problems (affecting prevention), and possibly the fact that it originated there, than it is due to racism.

Secondly, I hope you would agree that your holocaust-analogous example would be a much more extreme case, due both to the severity of the compared situations, and the contrivance required to create that situation in the hypothetical game (i.e. killing them in that particular way).

The history is very real, and must be considered, but I think it's very debatable whether it is "on point" to what RE5 does to the extent that the game needs to avoid the setting entirely or only have black characters go there.

IMO, the way the storytelling is handled will greatly affect how this issue is perceived in the game, and that is not available in the demo.