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Unless you are a member of either of the groups complaining, and who feel the game is racist, STFU. You aren't in a position to decide if a race feels insulted, or if they they have the right to. (This is a general statement, not directed at any individual.)
True... Tom Clancy's "Sum of All Fears" book used Middle Eastern terrorists, but it was changed to suave cool Neo-Nazis in the movie... its fucking ridiculous...Quote:
Originally posted by MechDeus
I'm telling you, it's getting to the point where the only thing anyone is allowed to hate are Nazis.
As for this thing... nobody is inciting hate. Hitman 2 is a work of fiction, and these Sikhs should realize this. It is plainly evident from the fact that you play as a genetically enhanced hitman with a barcode in his back.
I understand Sikhs can be in a sticky situation (they are from India but they wear turbans, so some bigoted ignorant people may think they are Middle Eastern and single them out for acts of hate, but that's those ignorant people's problems, not Eidos'.
Hitman 2 is a damn good game, if I may say so myself.
I feel the portrayal of whites in How High was derogatory, and think I shall petition for its banishment from stores. Why? Because it's stupid of me to care.
Maybe I was a little wrong about the robot thing. Thinking about it, if we only make games and movies that utilize people solely from a single religion, race, or culture (as in: an all Native American cast, or an all Indian cast, or an all Chinese cast) designed and made only by people from said area, others won't get their panties in a bunch.
I reckon Turok Evolution is pretty racist. The white redneck boss guy keeps calling Turok a Savage, making the white guys look bad and evil to native americans. It says that all white guys are evil. I'm going to make a petition to ban this game now! :D
That is racist....
And what about when capcom always makes white american guys have blonde hair(guile, ken, alex, etc), or how in the intro to street Fighter world warrior, they have the white guy beating up the black guy? See, Capcom and acclaim are just as guilty man. But nobody complained then.
See, that is up to these peticular races to decide. If they are offended, Capcom should be forced to remove it.
How about those offended when certain races take offense? Does that count?
Hitman 2 is racist against all bald men!
They portray them all as souless killers!
And every Italian is in the mafia!
And every Russian is in the KGB!
And this is very silly!
"Capcom should be forced to remove it."
Why? If the offended party doesn't like it, no one is forcing them to buy it. I don't think my gaming experience should be tampered with because a few people are a little too sensitive. I am offended that others want to ban games I enjoy because they are taking it too seriously. Do I not matter? I understand some people may get offended, but they should just get over it. I don't complain when movies have white people act "uncool" and portray them as "bad dancers" or something. Everyone needs to lighten up. It's not like the object of the game is to go around and kill one certain race of people. The game doesn't start out saying "Eradicate the *Insert slang for various races here*". I don't see how this game is racist at all. If the terrorists were white, would anyone complain? No matter the race/ethnicity/what have you, there are always evil people out there. There is no one "evil" race. Until there is, game developers will use the races avalible. This does not mean the entire race are terrorists, only those fictional characters that you have to kill in the game.
Bottom line is, if you search hard enough, everything could be considered racist and everything out there offends someone. The moment game companies try to walk on egg shells to mak sure no one is offended is the moment the game industry dies.