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Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi presented the newest trailer for his upcoming survival horror adventure, a game partially set in the shanty towns of an unnamed African locale, at Capcom’s recent Captivate 08 media event. Following the trailer, one that reveals protagonist Chris Redfield’s newest partner, a mysterious woman who we’re going to refer to as Sheva, just for kicks, Takeuchi fired up our first look at a playable Resident Evil 5. Set in the village showcased in the game’s original trailer, Capcom’s Masachika Kawata—producer of Resident Evil 4 Wii and Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles—guided us through a quick gameplay demonstration.
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When Capcom first showed Resident Evil 5 at E3 2007, there was a collective sense that what we’d just seen was going to stir the pot, as a big brawny white guy had just done his share of laying waste to an angry mob of Africans. Sure enough, Capcom of Japan received more than its share of criticism from those inside and outside of the gaming press. The first to lobby a notable complaint was blog Black Looks, writing that RE5 was “problematic on so many levels, including the depiction of Black people as inhuman savages.”
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