Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5 is a zombie shooting survival game. The game’s view is third-person shooting. The game was developed by Capcom, the same developer of previous Resident Evil. Resident Evil 5 was released in March 2009 for PS3 and Xbox 360, and in September 2009 for Microsoft Windows. The gameplay was similar to the previous series of Resident Evil which is to survive from zombie apochalypse. The story was an investigation of Bioterrorism by Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar. Chris realized that he has to face his former partner Jill Valentine and old enemy Albert Wesker. The main goal of Resident Evil 5 is to survive from zombie mutant which resembles action shooting. [1]
Overall, Resident Evil 5 received positive feedbacks, in spite of some criticism with racism. Some community considers the game racist at the early stage of the story. Though, British Board of Film Classification did not approve it and claim the game was racist free.
Resident Evil 5 was re-released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2016. In September 2020, the original version has been sold over 7.7 million and its special edition was sold an addition 4.2 million units.
Through the third-person eye, player can select weapons like handguns, grenade launchers, shotguns, automatic rifles, sniper rifles, and melee combat form. The game is playable for two-player cooperative gameplay. Mainly, a player control Chris while Shiva is optional. In single player mode, Shiva is an automatic character with AI. While in coop mode, the split screen occurs.
Resident Evil 5 was produced by Jun Takeuchi under Keiji Inafune supervision, executive producer of Resident Evil 4. The game was set mainly at daytime, unlike Resident Evil 4 which sets mainly at night. Furthermore, the setting was in Africa.
Allegation of Racism
After the release, Resident Evil 5 received critics from being Christ, a white character, killing black African zombies in a small village. N’Gai Croal, Newsweek editor, said that it contained images of classic racist imagery. The game producers were surpriced by the complaints. Takeuchi disagreed with the complain. He said that different culture might see it differently. [2] Masachika Kawata also responded with the complain by saying, “we can’t please everyone. We’re in entertainment bussiness-we’re not here to state our political opinion or anything like that. It’s unfortunate that some people felt that way.” [3]
In 2009, Dan Whitehead stated a respond about the issue. He mentioned that the game was not about the white killing dark people as the game further advances. Goldstein, IGN, believed that the game was not designed for racist purpose, he also felt that the game was not offensive. Chris Hudak rebuked any claim of racism as stupid. [4]
The dispute among the pros and cons continued. Andre Brock, Game and Culture, said that the game contained images of gender and well-established racial stereotype, arguing African people were on images of savage, even before changing into zombie. But Geyser and Tshabalala disagreed with the issue by stating that racial stereotype had never been intended purposefully by Capcom.
References
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_5 Resident Evil 5. Retrieved on Jan 25, 2021.
- ↑ https://archive.is/20120717115014/http://www.actiontrip.com/news/resident-evil-5-racism-talk-surprises-capcom/072408_3 Ure, Paul. Resident Evil 5 Racism Talk Surprises Capcom. Action. Trip. Archieved from original on Jul 17, 2012. Retrieved on Jan 25, 2021.
- ↑ Gapper, Michael. Capcom's Masachika Kawata on co-op, controls, Shinji Mikami and BioShock. Computer and Video Games. Archieved form original on Feb 7, 2015. Retrieved on Jan 25, 2021
- ↑ https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/43124-resident-evil-5-review Hudak, Christ. Resident Evil 5 Review. Game Revolution. Archieved from original on Oct 12, 2015. Retrieved on Jan 25, 2021.