Resident Evil 5 Allegation of Racism 2

In Eurogamer‍‍ '​‍s February 2009 preview of Resident Evil 5, Dan Whitehead expressed concern about controversy the game might generate: "It plays so blatantly into the old clichés of the dangerous 'dark continent' and the primitive lust of its inhabitants that you'd swear the game was written in the 1920s", and "there are even more outrageous and outdated images to be found later in the game, stuff that I was honestly surprised to see in 2009." The article also said that the addition of the "light-skinned" Sheva "compounds the problem rather than easing it."^[76] Chris Hudak called the racism allegations "stupid": "If you are aware from the outset that the game takes place in Africa and yet you are still troubled by any skin-tone-related aspects ... there exists the possibility of simple, congenital retardation on your own part."^[59]