Current Events > Remember when this reviewer said the Resident Evil 2 Remake was racist for

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At first, I oddly felt a little weird taking things. The station was designated as a shelter during the zombie outbreak. There are cots and bloody sheets, IV stands, boxes of food and medical supplies everywhere. Early on, protagonists Claire and Leon hear a radio message instructing all citizens to head for the station.

That notion is wild, the police station as fortress/safe haven is laughably naive (particularly for people of color). It certainly was in the 90s as well, and really, when has policing in America ever actually been about keeping neighborhoods safe as opposed to keeping a racist status quo up and running?

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59xgqz/resident-evil-2-survivor-compassion

Like, how exactly did she want them to address this anyway?

Wait just a minute, Claire, youre not black are you? Because if you are we should probably avoid this pl
*gets eaten by zombies*

or

Hey Claire, we should be safe here because we are white.

I agree that American law enforcement has many systemic problems, including racism, but what a weird tangent to go on in this remake of a game where you spend most of your time in a police station, with a (good, might I mention) police officer. Lol
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The first guy you can kill is....
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Vice is trash.
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I feel like those kinda game journalists hate being game journalists and wish they could be covering "real" stories, so they bring up unrelated stuff like that to feel important.
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"I'm sorry mam, I'm aware there are zombies everywhere but you can't come into the station because you're Mexican." ~ Elliot Edward
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the real problem with REmake2 was that they only adapted the A stories for claire and leon which dont fit together and creates plot holes
they should have either just adapted claire A and leon B or actually adapted all 4 campaigns

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Ivynn posted...

I feel like those kinda game journalists hate being game journalists and wish they could be covering "real" stories, so they bring up unrelated stuff like that to feel important.

lol, could be

yusiko posted...

the real problem with REmake2 was that they only adapted the A stories for claire and leon which dont fit together and creates plot holes
they should have either just adapted claire A and leon B or actually adapted all 4 campaigns

Yeah, its a damn shame. Still a phenomenal game, though.
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RE5 started the trend of racism money grabbing in the media

Capcom is still fighting WW2
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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qv7b5w/ronda-rousey-mortal-kombat-11-transphobia?

By the same woman
She's clearly bitter in life
Fucking bitch has no place ever writing any fucking articles

I'm angry
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Whatever.
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Nope, because I don't remember random reviews.
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RIP Marvin
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RdVEHfJqAvUPIbk posted...

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qv7b5w/ronda-rousey-mortal-kombat-11-transphobia?

By the same woman
She's clearly bitter in life
Fucking bitch has no place ever writing any fucking articles

I'm angry

Half that article is her talking about her own MMA experience in a self aggrandizing way.
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she didn't call the game racist. Stop inventing things to get offended by, you'll be happier
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bevan306 posted...

she didn't call the game racist. Stop inventing things to get offended by, you'll be happier

It was the easiest way to fit the 80 character limit. The OP explains why it was a weird point to make in a review.
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Okay but the game itself establishes that the police station isn't a safe place for people to go, not just for the zombies but because of the psycho police chief. All this writer did was explore the real-world implications of that. They didn't call the game racist
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What a stupid bitch

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yusiko posted...

the real problem with REmake2 was that they only adapted the A stories for claire and leon which dont fit together and creates plot holes
they should have either just adapted claire A and leon B or actually adapted all 4 campaigns

And this is why it not a ten out of ten game for me.
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eston posted...

Okay but the game itself establishes that the police station isn't a safe place for people to go, not just for the zombies but because of the psycho police chief. All this writer did was explore the real-world implications of that. They didn't call the game racist

In a silly way. She does mention later in the article about Irons, though.

Did you read my OP? How exactly were they supposed to fit a cohesive discussion about race and police brutality into a Resident Evil 2 remake?

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EzeDoesIt posted...

eston posted...

Okay but the game itself establishes that the police station isn't a safe place for people to go, not just for the zombies but because of the psycho police chief. All this writer did was explore the real-world implications of that. They didn't call the game racist

In a silly way. She does mention later in the article about Irons, though.

Did you read my OP? How exactly were they supposed to fit a cohesive discussion about race and police brutality into a Resident Evil 2 remake?

The writer doesn't appear to be asking the game to fit a cohesive discussion of it in. This is just a person analyzing a piece of media from their personal perspective. It's part of getting immersed in a fictional world, relating it to your own real-life experiences and such.

I mean the article also goes on to say

Ive stopped playing this game like an EMT, the way I started: concerned about medical supplies and survivors, and more like a lone commando. The asshole who lives to fight another day. Me vs. the world.

The character design supports this too. Im playing as Claire right now, a white chick in a leather jacket who open-carries a sidearm everywhere she goes. Just, on an average day, not for a special occasion like the day hell broke loose on Raccoon City. Claire probably brings her trusty handgun to get her hair cut. Its just who she is. And as she remarks to Marvin early on, I can take care of myself. She can. Claire has obvious combat training and handles herself well. Shes a leather- wearing, motorcycle-driving, oh-so-90s badass woman character, the kind I, frankly, often enjoy playing as.

People hated this article when it was published too, but it's mostly because they didn't actually pay attention to what it's saying.
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Claire is indeed a great character. I had fun playing as her as well.
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Lonestar2000 posted...

Vice is trash.

Vice and Vox are the absolute worst of SJW shit posting.

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eston posted...

The writer doesn't appear to be asking the game to fit a cohesive discussion of it in. This is just a person analyzing a piece of media from their personal perspective. It's part of getting immersed in a fictional world, relating it to your own real-life experiences and such.

eston posted...

People hated this article when it was published too, but it's mostly because they didn't actually pay attention to what it's saying.

I read the whole thing and it was fucking stupid.

And of the two articles I've read from her, she was promoting herself super fucking hard. In the Mortal Kombat one, she talks about how tough her preferred MMA style is and oh yeah she broke up an assault one time. In the RE2 one, she talks about how she's an EMT and she makes sure to always carry around a little kit and oh yeah she used the gauze and those gloves one time to help someone who was assaulted. Both articles just scream "look at how good I am!"
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Vice gets really hung up on how police are represented in games. I tried out the Waypoint podcast and they talked about a police skin in Overwatch and its implications. They also didn't seem like to like that you play as police in Astral Chain. It was a bit much for me.
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when did vice get so weird?
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What were Marvins thoughts on Black People

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*Injured white person, possibly infected, comes to the doors*

Police: Hurry! Get inside!

*Injured black person, possibly infected, comes to the doors*

Police: Hold up, swole up...too risky.
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pegusus123456 posted...

I read the whole thing and it was fucking stupid.

And of the two articles I've read from her, she was promoting herself super fucking hard. In the Mortal Kombat one, she talks about how tough her preferred MMA style is and oh yeah she broke up an assault one time. In the RE2 one, she talks about how she's an EMT and she makes sure to always carry around a little kit and oh yeah she used the gauze and those gloves one time to help someone who was assaulted. Both articles just scream "look at how good I am!"

lol damn

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pegusus123456 posted...

Both articles just scream "look at how good I am!"

Is her name Mary-Sue? I bet her name is Mary-Sue.
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I miss when reviewers didn't act like a dime store Hunter Thompson. No one cares about your daddy issues when you play a vidya game.
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Why can't they make a video game with a strong, independent, badass, FEMALE character as the protagonist??!

Ima go play Metroid.
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