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[March Climber]

Nah I think you know what it means. People are just losing it a little. I agree half the forum screams woke any time they see a female.

I like how you told him nah but then regurgitated the point of his post right back to him in your own way lol.

 

[violence]

I thought DmC was pretty good and beat it a few times. Really cool presentation. The reboot changes never bothered me because I was only a mild fan of the series to begin with.

 

[SHA]

The colors looked broken before the patch and even after the patch and thought this is it, screw this game.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

Okay, guess I'll just post this again...

Art does not exist in a vacuum. RE5's tribal imagery is problematic because there is a rich racist history of Africans being depicted as backwards cannibals. Like in this Disney produced nonsense below.



Look, now that I've told you that it is a thing, it's on you whether or not you want to acknowledge the history of these types of images. And before you say that the RE5 designs meant no harm, I agree with you. I quite enjoy RE5 and I can accept the horror tropes that it utilizes; including the cannibal trope. At the same time, though, it's important to recognize such images as problematic lest we forget that they can leave lasting negative impressions on society as a whole. Heck, just last year, Hatian immigrants were being accused of being cannibals. Like, what the hell. In 2024 that racist garbage was still being peddled.

tribes and cannibalism are still both a thing in africa.
and some tribes are 100% backwards/retarded, spears and all--like one who insists they must drink from an obviously disease-ridden water source because they believe their ancestors live there.

problems arise when it becomes a prevalent stereotype, is used to generalize the continent as whole, and individuals arent properly evaluated/given a chance.

but man, a decent amount of africa is retarded (by western standards). like retarded-retarded.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Not really woke, but it seems bred from a similar mindset for sure.