Today while watching G4TV's Attack of the Show, it was revealed that setting/location of Capcom's Resident Evil 5 will be everyone's favorite forgotten Caribbean island: Haiti.
Now being Haitian myself (well my parents are from there, I'm really from New Jersey). I don't know if I should feel a bit elated that the tiny nation is being mentioned at all [beside the whole Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]. Or if I should feel a bit worried that this great game that deals with zombies and death, will shine a poor light on the Caribbean nation.
There's already that stigma that Haiti is all about voodoo (which I am wondering if that will play a part in the game as well). Or that the country is extremely violent. Which is not entirely true, but I won't sit here and paint the country as a paradise resort either.
What I will do is hold off judgment and wait until the game comes out. No rushing to prejudge a game that hasn't been played or seen beyond the trailers shown at this years E3. Will I play when it comes out? Sure why not. It's a video game and nothing more. If someone who plays a video game is unable to separate fantasy from reality has no business playing a video game. To those who had no problem playing Medal of Honor games, Call of Duty games, or the Grand Theft Auto series. However, they start to all of a sudden have a heart because the game hits a little bit close to home, tell me how the people of color in those games listed above felt when they had to point the fictional gun at their countrymen, and how come you weren't there to raise your voice when it was. I do hope that the game setting is done tastefully. And that even though it is a poor island nation, they show that there is some good amidst all that evil.
Provided below is the trailer for the game [which is slated for a 2009 release] that was shown at E3 2007.
Also another news site talking about the game Resident Evil 5 [source: E3 - Preview of Resident Evil 5]
Now being Haitian myself (well my parents are from there, I'm really from New Jersey). I don't know if I should feel a bit elated that the tiny nation is being mentioned at all [beside the whole Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]. Or if I should feel a bit worried that this great game that deals with zombies and death, will shine a poor light on the Caribbean nation.
There's already that stigma that Haiti is all about voodoo (which I am wondering if that will play a part in the game as well). Or that the country is extremely violent. Which is not entirely true, but I won't sit here and paint the country as a paradise resort either.
What I will do is hold off judgment and wait until the game comes out. No rushing to prejudge a game that hasn't been played or seen beyond the trailers shown at this years E3. Will I play when it comes out? Sure why not. It's a video game and nothing more. If someone who plays a video game is unable to separate fantasy from reality has no business playing a video game. To those who had no problem playing Medal of Honor games, Call of Duty games, or the Grand Theft Auto series. However, they start to all of a sudden have a heart because the game hits a little bit close to home, tell me how the people of color in those games listed above felt when they had to point the fictional gun at their countrymen, and how come you weren't there to raise your voice when it was. I do hope that the game setting is done tastefully. And that even though it is a poor island nation, they show that there is some good amidst all that evil.
Provided below is the trailer for the game [which is slated for a 2009 release] that was shown at E3 2007.
Also another news site talking about the game Resident Evil 5 [source: E3 - Preview of Resident Evil 5]
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