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I agree, there's nothing wrong with hiring the best person for the job, if she nailed it she nailed it and deserved the part.
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What's the most racist thing you've encountered in a video game itself (not real ppl)
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I agree, there's nothing wrong with hiring the best person for the job, if she nailed it she nailed it and deserved the part.
GurgleBot20
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Maybe so, although I don't think anything in Resident Evil 4 is as terrible as the tribal parts in 5. Resident Evil 5 also stands out more because of how racism against African Americans is ingrained in our culture.
Golden_Pigeon
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Postal 2 by far.
Lol.
Nah this post is fucking garbage, haha
GurgleBot20
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Black stereotypes aren't racism? Please elaborate.
Team Andromeda
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Or RE 7
rodrigolfp
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what is the problem here? can't a native be a zombie?
Shifty1897
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Agreed, Sazh and his relationship with his son is the only redeeming quality of the plot in FFXIII.
Bengus's Balrog art in SF5 was racist, like 80% of the time
The character already plays into the scary black man stereotype, but my God Bengus way to exaggerate racial features. His art in SF5's story mode is already weak, but whenever Balrog shows up onscreen expect him to have impossibly huge lips.
Go over these 2 questions and you'll have your answer:
1) What year does RE5 take place in?
2) What is the % of indigenous people in Africa?
The character already plays into the scary black man stereotype, but my God Bengus way to exaggerate racial features. His art in SF5's story mode is already weak, but whenever Balrog shows up onscreen expect him to have impossibly huge lips.
Go over these 2 questions and you'll have your answer:
1) What year does RE5 take place in?
2) What is the % of indigenous people in Africa?
capitalCORN
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Is that your idea of a 'native'?
dugdug
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People have already mentioned her, but, Letitia from Deus Ex Human Revolution is definitely the most racist thing I've seen in a game, in a long, long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He09JaBVZdE
So many questions here. Why does this person speak like a slave? How did that script get approved? How did the actor get away with that in studio? How did it pass testing, all the way into the final product?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He09JaBVZdE
So many questions here. Why does this person speak like a slave? How did that script get approved? How did the actor get away with that in studio? How did it pass testing, all the way into the final product?
Spring-Loaded
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where was that former person native to?
does that design accurately depict native people from that area
Well, there's actually one file blurb in the game that said that those "natives" were actually modernized, but the parasite virus made them don tribal paint and gear and become literal spear-chuckers.
Shifty
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Not sure if it's the most racist thing or not, but this guy in FFXIII always made me go "rrrrreeeeeeally?" whenever he showed up in promotional material. Never played the game though.
Sazh is a pretty great character, probably my favourite of the original XIII cast, but there are definitely shades of Token Black Dude with the party composition.
The chocobo in his afro is the best character Squeenix have put out since the PS2 era.
Leticia the trash lady from Deus EX HR was the first thing that came to my mind.
You're going to have to explain this one, as its depiction of natives has been praised across the board.
They hired native consultants and it's considered a "breakthrough" for native representation in games.
not the case. The game outright tells you they were modernized people and the virus made them "regress into their tribal ways". It's pretty terrible.
I know people love these games, but I genuinely can't get over the fact that the magician characters are straight up old time stereotypes of African Shamans and Native Americans. The fact they speak in broken english and the music that plays in both their areas don't help much either.
At least in Nuts and Bolts they sort of redesigned them a little bit and dropped the magic angle to make them SLIGHTLY less problematic.
Klungo you could lump into the same boat by being an igor pastiche which is a pretty gross portrayal of people with disabilities.
I would say this is a problem with Batman as a character outside of just the arkham games anyways - where most of the people he fights are victims of circumstance or mentally ill people but written in the broadest of characterisations - usually drawing on the usual standbys of italian/irish americans. Makes me feel a bit ill whenever they shout "It's da bat".
But Arkham could of had the maturity to drop that, for sure.
Yeah, the character design isn't great (a bird in his afro, really??) but he is easily the best character in that game.Not sure if it's the most racist thing or not, but this guy in FFXIII always made me go "rrrrreeeeeeally?" whenever he showed up in promotional material. Never played the game though.
Jawmuncher
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Oooh nooo capcom. I didn't know about that file.
That's bad. I can only imagine if that had been a major revelation in the story mode.
There being infected tribes to me isn't racist. Bio terrorism can infect anyone. Said bio terrorism "regressing" people is a bit too much though.
Makes the whole gondola thing make a bit more sense though.
Haha, I remember that.
Good ole lore justifying the racist imagery. Totally reminds of Quiet and the lore used to justify her appearance.
Black basketball players are stronger and jump higher so they are getting paid accordingly.
Is this a stereotype, racism, capitalism, a fact, right/wrong, what is it?
Shifty
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Jawmuncher
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This still gets my vote as the top offender though
Finale Fireworker
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Remove "black" from your post. Notice it is not different. Can you explain why you felt the need to include it?
GrinningColossus
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Hitman 2's Muslims were not very good at all.
Guys ostensibly praying "jama'ah" (in congregation) all in different poses is just incorrect. Usually keeping the same animations on multiple in-engine objects out of phase is good, but I would've been happier with a lazily implemented in-sync animation on all the praying dudes.
Guys ostensibly praying "jama'ah" (in congregation) all in different poses is just incorrect. Usually keeping the same animations on multiple in-engine objects out of phase is good, but I would've been happier with a lazily implemented in-sync animation on all the praying dudes.
I'd still file a lot of that shit under racism, or ignorance which is effectively the same thing. They seemed to not even listen to the concerns about racism when the first trailers for the game were shown.
I mean, the game literally at one point goes to tribal men in a jungle LITERALLY CHUCKING SPEARS at you. It's probably more ignorant than malicious, but it's still extremely ignorant and I have to wonder what they were thinking.
Plus there was this...I mean...come on, really Capcom?
Many people consider Barret's American depiction racist. Made me feel bad for liking him.
Because it is & he needs to be changed for the remake.
Not sure if it's the most racist thing or not, but this guy in FFXIII always made me go "rrrrreeeeeeally?" whenever he showed up in promotional material. Never played the game though.
Sazh is the best character in that game and it's a crime we don't see more of him.
Banana Aeon
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Mass Effect
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Explain.
Dusk Golem
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Unfortunately, yeah, while I actually like Chapter 3 in terms of gameplay (I like the crocodile pit and the free island exploration segment/oil plant sequence), the enemies are mighty ignorant. It could be argued that it's what they did with Resident Evil 4/7, as both also clash on Rural Europe and Southern American stereotypes and fears, but it's definitely the most outlandish and coming across as racist in RE5. For better or worse it definitely feels like it comes out of a place of ignorance rather than maliciousness, but that doesn't make it okay.
The worst part of it is definitely the file:
Would Blade be considered racist nowadays? Because it looks like that's what they're going for now..
Sazh is pretty racist
kidding. Definitely the best character in that game, even if he played into a few stereotypes.
"Follow the old man's lead!"
hans_castorp
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More like stupid than racist.
The nonsense Leon spouts at the intro about Spaniards, all characters being dubbed by thick accented Mexican despite being set in Spain, and the portrayal of the northern part of Spain. All was beyond stupid.
I still dont get how Capcom got a free pass for it.
Why is it always juniors?
Many people consider Barret's American depiction racist. Made me feel bad for liking him.
This was my first thought upon reading the OP.
Chairmanchuck
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"All Germans love beer and soccer."
"All Asians are good at math."
"All Jewish people are good with money."
Notice the words "stronger" and "higher". If I take out the word black it makes no sense.If on the other hand I put the words "than white basketball players" it makes even more sense. Is it a fact? In most cases yes. Is it racist? Depends how you see it. Is it a harmless stereotype that points the superiority of black athletes? Yes. What I want to say is a stereotype isn't always a racist thing
Shifty
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Always juniors.
It's a dumb post but cmon brehs y'all are acting like regular members never say stupid bullshit.
We all know that's not true.
RE4 was somewhat tone deaf, but not nearly as bad as 5 was. 5 had a large number of it's zombies garnished in stereotypical African tribal gear throwing spears at you, and Sheva had a pretty shitty costume in the same vein. RE4's depiction of Spain isn't nearly as stereotyped and all the villagers were relatively reserved in their outfits and portrayals. Ashley was a bad damsel, but that is more sexism than racism.