Resident Evil 5: Africa Is the Dark Continent

Here is the trailer for Resident Evil 5, which is not yet on the market:




The player is the sole white person in a dismal, threatening city, apparently in Africa. The locals engage in torture (which we see in some detail) and gleefully cheer at a hanging. At one point the hero is accosted by an angry mob, all of whom just make gutteral, animal-like sounds. In a beleagured voice he tells us he just doesn't know "if it's all worth fighting for. Who knows?" Oh, the white man's burden, indeed!

Thanks once again, Patrick C.!

5 comments:

  thechrisproject

April 11, 2008 at 11:04 AM

As a fan of this series (of which this is, I think, the 13th game), I want to rush to its defense. But this topic has been covered already in some depth at the racialicious blog:

http://www.racialicious.com/2007/10/12/moving-gaming-forward-having-meaningful-conversations-about-social-issues/

I'd check that out.

  Anonymous

April 11, 2008 at 12:52 PM

pretty sure it's set in haiti

  Anonymous

April 11, 2008 at 2:46 PM

This made me a little uncomfortable, but given the game title all the violence is most likely related to a bad case of the ZOMBIES.

Resident Evil zombies have always come in all races, creeds, and colours.

  Anonymous

April 19, 2008 at 1:26 PM

They're zombies. It's not an angry mob.

  Anonymous

April 26, 2008 at 3:12 PM

I wonder if there was such an outcry from Hispanics over Resident Evil 4.

I, for one, would like to hear from all of the objectified zombies.