You can’t spell Ignorant without IGN. 🤦🏻‍♂️

IGN: "I'm going to find a problem that doesn't exist and then scream for it to be fixed!"

I want a RE5 remake now. I want Chris to punch a boulder again

A white dude from the UK wrote that stupid article. Nuff said.

IGN is a joke and they deserve to be shut down bro

Also IGN: rates it 9.3/10

Calling me racist for liking RE5? Goes to show you, even IGN can be right sometimes.

Glad you mentioned how Josh is also a playable protagonist. He's the reason why I played countless hours of mercenaries reunion and desperate escape. Josh moves and finisher is straight up WWE it's awesome

I guess I’m racist because I love RE 5 it’s one of my fav games of all time

Thanks for sharing thoughts on this, Brian Resident Evil is my all time favorite video game franchise and I've always thought that Resident Evil 5 was a superb video game. I never felt that it was a racist video game. But I do hope that Capcom chooses to remake Resident Evil: Code Veronica, next.

I’m glad to see people from all walks of life and backgrounds coming together to dog on IGN for this statement lmao

Them haters are just jelly cause they can’t punch a boulder like a boss like Chris lol😂

It's the closested racism for me. That's the only reason I can think of that would make someone uncomfortable killing an enemy who has a different skin color than them.

Yes, RE itself is a powerful tale about humanity finding the root 🌹 of conflict. You do a good job of explaining that it’s not as surface level as it seems. With enjoying video games and art, we get to process another day and get back to the drawing board with intelligence and creativity. ✌🏻🧟‍♂️✌🏻

Josh was one of my fav support characters. You have no idea how mad it made me... When they wasted that actor to play Wesker on that god awful Netflix show. When they could've done a good spin-off, and have him as the perfect Josh. Or that Jill Valentine actress on the raccoon city movie. Tell me she was not the perfect Sheva... Re5 is also in my top fav games of all time, and you have no idea how much I would've loved for them to give a Sheva/Josh backstory spinoff...

They have to dig this one up. The alternative is discuss all the stuff with Suicide Squad and Sweet Baby Inc, and that one doesn't help the narrative 😂

I don't want a remake of RE5 because they'll definitely change one of the best line in the game Chris: i can't believe wasker is serious about destroying the planet. Which is the funniest line ever

Preaching facts. Just been livestreaming this with a bud. We both love this game. Had a ball last Sat. For 5+ Hours. Excellent Entry.

Resident Evil 5 is one of the greatest games of all time, and my second favorite RE game behind RE4. And for their information, RE4 is just as "racist" as RE5 ( btw did you reupload this video?? )

RE5 is a favorite of mine and was my first RE game the only thing that should change in RE5R is to make it Scary and have Jill and Chris kill Wesker at the end or have all three kill him and put it in the beginning of the game you can pick to play as Chris or Sheva

If being obsessed with RE5 makes someone a racist. Im a big one.

I just want to say thank you for covering this and for mentioning the “co-op” aspects to the game.hands down one of the most fun co-op gaming experiences I ever had was RE5. I too hope the eventual remake doesn’t lose that aspect.

As a fellow RE fan even since I played RE 4 as my first ever RE game and as a fellow Gamer, I truly FEEL your annoyance and frustration with IGN trying to call us racists for liking to play RE 5. While I personally believe RE 2 Remake is my favorite so far, with RE 4 Remake a close second, I would love to see a remake of RE 5 to see if they can improve the AI functions for story mode to make it not as annoying to deal with my AI partner in game. RE five is a great place to end the story of the one and only ultimate villain of all villains in the RE verse that is Albert Wesker. I admit it sucked to lose him, but this fight was going to have to end sooner or later and I admit they sure made sure Wesker did NOT go down easily. A shame no one could quite reach his level of influence, planning, combat ability, or presence as a true end game boss enemy that many dread to face. This guy is truly an iconic villain like few others who I compared to those like Darth Vader, Sephiroth, Makima, Esdeath, Yami Marik(Battle City Arc was truly something amazing as a Yu-Gi-Oh! fan), and even Salem from RWBY because all of them left their marks on the stories they was involved in that you couldn't overlook them. They carried a presence that demanded attention, fear, and in some cases respect for their prowess and powers.

Yeah man that's crazy I thought we are already past that bull crap.

well put together my brotha.... glad one of my ppl finally finally made a post and came out the gate wit the killshot points 👉🏿 and yes RE5 is a great goat of a game 🎮 and still is one of the biggest one sold so lets not forget

I could agree with you vice versa of the remakes for the fact I never played the original nemesis so the remake worked for me. I never played the original resident evil 4 so the remake worked for me. I think the remakes are really for people that either missed out on the originals or people who played the originals & R looking for nuance.

Just started replaying on my switch, took me back to playing on Xbox live with my cousin.

Man, these "reaction" videos all hit the algorithm time.

Lol didn’t think about it this way, they hate on me too D:

7:30 it blows my mind that other people especially complete strangers care so much about what other people do or do not play. Personally Re4 Remake is my favorite Resident Evil with Re1 remake a very close second. But I totally respect your take and it doesn't affect my enjoyment of the game whatsoever.

I told my friend that this controversy was a thing and he said “Yeah… it’s almost as if anyone with any skin color can become a zombie… weird.” Also I’m so glad you mentioned RE4 and RE6 and how nobody bitched about it then I really hope Capcom doesn’t change this game because of this shit

This game is special to me. Me and my brother would play co-op and beat it multiple times. So much good memories.

This reminds me when Max Payne 3 was set on São Paulo, Brazil and some people tried to claim that game has any prejudice BCS showed favelas and crime, like, man it's just a fk game 😂😂

One last thing I didn’t find resident evil 4 racist I am Latino lol 😂

I just find it funny how the guy who did the video was a White British guy telling people what is ok to like.

You know I thought we was over this years ago as well

Let's hope the writer of that misinformed and provocative IGN article gets to see your video Brian. The guy seriously needs a Reality Check. 👍

With all these remakes steadily coming out what's stopping them from releasing the original resident evil trilogy for modern consoles? Is there a reason they can't remaster them or are they just not willing to?

your shirt is killer

The game is screaming "Partnership" which is the opposite of Racism. The civilians in RE 5 are not only Black African, but also Arabic, East--Asian, and Caucasian / European. Some people can't tell because of the color tone / dusty filter of the game. Btw, Kijuju (finctional place) probably based on Kenya. Sheva is of course a protagonist. We can even play the entire game as her. Josh is also African. Again, this is just a game, and moral values are there. With all of that, this game should be fine.

IGN isn’t capcom worry what capcom has to say I didn’t know capcom told IGN anything that anyone should have to worry what IGN said

I'm with you bro, I just wrnt through RE5 recently and I can safely say it holds up. Of course it's not perfect but no need for a remake. Good take man, keep it up 👍

I am surprised that to my knowledge RE4 wasn't called sexist, back in the days, because how Leon talked to/about women. And then RE5 came with a badass female character Sheva ❤ and they called it racist smh

I really enjoyed resident evil 5 really enjoyed the CO op as will. And the unlockables

I kinda want them to remake 5, I absolutely loved it but after playing RE4 remake it feels very clunky.

IGN be like "YOU MUST BE OFFENDED"

IGN’s opinions are as relevant as a VHS player

Prefer them to remake Code Veronica or even Resident Evil Zero, but if they had to remake 5, I wish they'd give you a different perspective in first person like 7 and 8 as at the very least an option, and maybe try to make it more survival horror orientated, but keeping the same co-op. Something 4 remake should have done is a first person mode, or else it's the same perspective as the original.

As someone from Africa I can definitely say that no African person would find RE5 recist or offensive... Its been there for years, only suddenly now it's a problem for the "woke America"???

Are we even surprised anymore that IGN are dummies? I still remember the guy complaining about "they ACTUALLY THROW SPEARS I AM NOT MAKING DAT UP!"

‘Madea Goes To Raccoon City’ is the only black RE game that IGN would approve of.

When i saw that video that dude said "RACISM" like he won over the crowd when all he was about to feel the power of 2009 gamers, and re fans like bro ign needs to just go out of business how are they still open i swear.

Its not something i even considered at the time. I love Sheva, cant wait for them to remake this game and have it ascend to top tier coop

I'm Black n I don't see nothing racists about RE5

You sir have no right to be not offended. So as a white guy that has no idea about true black culture, I will be offended for you. I need to get back to figuring out how Panera bread can be more inclusive before I try to cancel them too

My only problem with re5 is that you can't move while shooting

True that men, this is a great video game but I have mine own problems why I don’t want the video game to be remake but to be honest my own problems are mine own problems and I understand those problems of mine are not to amazing just to not remake the game but In conclusion this video game can be remake and it does not have a problem at all

Hard agree dude.

RE4 remake is a masterpiece I have both original and remake as equal games I’ve been playing re4 since it came out

IGN: "Resident Evil 5 is Racist" also IGN: Gives Resident Evil 5 a 9/10

RE5 remake is definitely on my must buy list

Nope, we were not past this 15 years ago, cause Capcom hired a team to oversee their future projects and make sure they wouldn't "trigger" anyone again, so the bad guys won before the game even came out. And thank you for acknowledging that Chris AI is worse then Sheva AI

Anyone calling Re5 racist, are beyond human comprehension. If you’re calling re5 racist, then I’m sure they havent played the game nor read the lore of resident evil. Including the events that took shape before RE0. If you really look at it, it showed how valuable and vulnerable the people were when companies are exploiting their resources for personal gains. I mean hell. The voice actors for sheva and Josh told them to relax lmao

Like this guy, I'm black and have RE5 on multiple consoles... IGN IS STUPID. May Capcom ignore stupid people and take my money

say it louder for the people in the back!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I'm black guy to play resident evil 5

I can never stand for IGN.

RE4: White Guy gun down Spaniards RE5: White Guy guns down African Americans RE6: White Guy guns down Chinese people RE5 is a racist game but the other games they’re ok. Too Bad RE5 is getting Remade/Reimagined because it sold more than Original RE4 so this guy wasted his time.

RE5 clearly isn't racist by anyone who played the game, knows the lore, understood the mechanics. IGN is only concerned with RE5 appearing racist at a surface level because that is where they need to defend their medium against others like film and TV. They aren't interested in creating a piece about the deeper story of RE5 and how the creators wanted to show the birthplace of the virus in the birthplace of humanity; Africa. But they are only interested in perpetuating their own shallow world view. IGN are now the enemies of gamers and people who enjoy them.

This dude wrote that people in RE5, of course, infected by OUROBOROS VIRUS, but it's not excuse. So 100% article author DIDN'T played RE5, or played only introduction. Because otherwise he would knew they are infected by Las Plagas. And that why city depicted unsanitary and disease ridden. Because it's exactly what Las Plagas did to people in RE4, it's made them into demented drones.

They really dug up the most milktoast braindead critique of all time, truly IGNorant

I don’t know what’s a dumber take from IGN… RE5 or Days gone 🤦🏻‍♂️🙄🤡

I remember the lead up to the release of RE5. The issue was the game reveal trailer, rather than the game itself. A black gaming journalist/blogger received a lot of backlash for pointing out that the trailer was problematic (He didn't accuse the game of being intentionally racist) but "intentional or not", the imagery in the trailer played into negative stereotypes of Africa of primitive savagery & disease that had been propagated for ages by western colonial powers (i.e. white supremacists). So yes, the imagery at face value appeared to be a lone, muscled up gigachad white dude (Sheva hadn't been introduced yet) mowing down hordes of third world African savages made some people uncomfortable. Spain never had to deal with these types of marginalizing stereotypes so "What about RE4" was a popular but still bad rebuttal, even back then. The good thing though was once the game actually came out it was widely well received, with most of the problematic elements of the trailer significantly scaled back in final game, giving us a more balanced and nuanced depiction of the outbreak & the heroes fighting it. My guess is that if someone is currently saying the game itself was racist, they probably never played it.

Damn brother you just get me... Subed

Before watching your video. I did watch an IGN video about saying how racist resident evil 5 was. I know I enjoyed that game too. The fact that it took place in Africa was just a setting and nothing else. Would it have been any better or worse to place and say some country in Asia? Or the Middle East?

As another black guy, I wasn't offended either, the game was fun. More fun than RE4 imo. It's just the story and where it goes. I do wish Sheva and Billy got more love in the series.

I'm with you bro I love Re5 so much it's one of my favorite games ever, the game is not even racist and im so with you on that it's just a game and the whole point it is set in Africa so of course there will be black people 😂, but yeah im with you on this I love this game to death and I love chris redfield and this gave made me love him even more 👍, this will always be one of my favorite re games and games of all time I love it and its not racist and i hope the remake does happen with the same plot story and doesn't change and it's even better than the og

Agreed with your points but I am wondering how the hell you didn't like RE4 Remake? The game was improved in every way. I loved the original since Gamecube and thought they did a fantastic job. Is it because it wasn't a 1:1 remake and they changed a few things? They still kept the best things about it to me and added nice things to the exploration aspect.

Why did you decide to not bring up resident evil 6?

Remaking RE5 is gonna be a LOT easier than remaking RE6 lol.

Thank you for calling them out. I don't think anyone worried about all those white zombies getting killed in the previous games.

I love Resident Evil 5. I'll never understand this new generation being offended by everything.

People did complain about RE4 calling it racist. But RE5 took the main focus after taking place in Africa, and mostly everyone forgot about that moronic controversy to move on to the new one.

It's a totally dumb game.. If they're gonna remake it, they need to take out the dumbness.. Remake Code Veronica. That's a thing that really should happen.

I remember when the game first came out and there was a lot of talk about racism … I thought it was a good game I didn’t see anything racist about it

The only issues with RE5 are the kinds of things that a remaster could really improve on. These “journalists” are just trying to virtue signal for views. Really pathetic stuff.

If anything it's the exact opposite of racist with the fact that they cared to go all the way to Africa and have a couple of good black characters alongside Chris. It could have easily just been another fictional American city or something with another 2 white characters. Even arguments of sexism I have seen before. The vast majority of resident evil games have 2 separate campaigns with a male and female character as the main. Going back to re3 and code Veronica you even primarily play as women. It's even a good example of that female representation because it has nothing to do with the toxic side of shoving that down people's throats they are all fantastic female characters.

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My black dad is a Spanish Speaking person,.... . This is 1 thing He never Complained about & he " Vents about Everything" !

This is the RE game that I introduced to my wifey and she LOVED IT! We finished it like 5 times already and still she wants more. Also, the enemies aren't just black. I noticed some white and asian people in there but the majority is black since they're in this fictional Africa. That game journalist just wants some publicity even though it's bad publicity. RE5 REMAKE LETS GO!!!!

Re5 is capcom best seller when it first came out

I agree with u

Maybe they spoke with Dr.umma 😂😂😂

Once a hack, always a hack IGN is.

Hey, Brian! I'm a black man myself like you, and I also agree that this discourse about liking Resident Evil 5 making you racist to be stupid. Like, who fucking cares?

If their getting mad at black characters being in a game i think they need to re-evaluate who the real racists are

I hope Re 5 Remake reach its full potential and Capcom doesnt hold back. I know Capcom knows this news and what people want. They wont make the same mistakes like in 2007.

All this hate for RE5 is just making me want to play the game again!

Resident Evil 5 is one of the best RE games, of course we love it! Calling that racist is just ass. Whoever actually thinks that must have a brick for a brain.

the setting is in AFRICA....what should we face it there? Asian people????? the writer never play resident evil period!! the opening explains.