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@mdoubleok: What I would like to know is what about the trailer made you "slightly off-put at the setting of the game"? Was it b/c the main character is Chris Redfield? Or was it b/c this is one of the first games to be set in a realistic Africa (ignore the zombies, look at the setting)? Let's face it - nobody cares about Africa. I mean it's either poor, war-torn, desert or any combination of the three. It's uncomfortable to be faced with this realization, even in a game. It's why millions of people change the channel when those "Save the children" commercials come on TV: it's makes us feel guilty for living the lifestyles we do when we can see that little Kwame (Capt'n Planet yo!) on the TV is going to die of starvation. Also, the rest of the world doesn't have the historical hangups with people of African lineage as the US does. Ever think that the nationalistic Japanese developers (its not demeaning, its been stated several times that Japanese developers develop for Japan 1st) never even thought about the history/tension of a minority in a foreign country that also inhabit the majority of an entire continent? The game is made in Japan and set in Africa which is mostly impoverished, hot, and uneducated. Take it as it is, and stop divining American racial tensions out of this beautiful game.