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Valve Responds To Left 4 Dead Racism Charges

Randomly yelling "that's racist!' out of your car window is a fulfilling and provocative hobby, but when you post racism accusations in a public forum like the internetwebz, you have to expect a response and backlash. The latest that's-so-racist video game: Valve's upcoming Left 4 Dead 2.

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Pandamobile5435d ago

Holy crap!

I think I saw a black zombie in that mob of mixed ethnic minorities!

RAAAAACISSSST.

Chubear5434d ago

Nobody claims this game is racist. This is just crap people start up to bring attention to their causes, websites or up coming games and people just follow like sheep.

Please, show me this up roar with calling L4D 2 racist. Pure fabricated crap to help spur attention to a game.

RememberThe3575434d ago (Edited 5434d ago )

I am all for racial equality. But this is going to turn into a boy-who-cried-wolf thing.

It would be more racist if they left black zombies out of the game. Apparently, having every race represented equally is racist... Oh DR. King, where did we go wrong?

@Chubear: "Nobody claims this game is racist." ummm ===> http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-...

IdleLeeSiuLung5434d ago

Soon we can't star any races in a game or any location because it would be racist. Even when you put in an non-human or even a fictional race it would be considered racist since you didn't include other races.

The end of the world is coming soon and there will be no more creative work!!!

zagibu5434d ago

What? The first time black people are correctly represented in a game (brainless, ugly, running in mobs, hunting for human flesh), and someone shouts racism?

Just kidding, btw., I'm black myself.

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crystallakekiller5435d ago

this game is racist...i'm white and i've seen white zombies getting shot in the game.....valve are just a bunch a racist!! seen how dumb its sound when a white guy say this...well it sound exactly as dumb the other way around!! racist goes both ways!!! and this game is not racist at all!

Nitrowolf25434d ago

this isn't even racist, i'm sorry but if your playing a game with zombies wouldn't you expect all types of zombies?

Defectiv3_Detectiv35434d ago

This is all in response to one person's opinion, who was obviously misguided. People are overreacting and pretending like this one person's opinion is the general consensus.

In a way, these overreacting people are just as guilty, for blowing this topic out of proportion.

Yeah, the world might be too sensitive, and when thousands of people respond so emotionally, that only reinforces the fact.

Natsu X FairyTail5434d ago

sometime i think to myself ; Is it really African Americans/blacks who claim these games are racist?

because when I look @ the character cast two of the main Characters are black in this one so why would they be angry?

people who claim games are racist arent even aware of the story and background of the game etc etc.

im black by the way.

pixelsword5434d ago (Edited 5434d ago )

I agree with the writer (of the G4 article); although I myself consider Valve the LEAST RACIST and best of characterization, valve could have chosen a better scenario given recent events.

I wonder if they would get the same supporters if they made the scenario ground zero on 9/11/01, and the four people you play would all be Muslims? Two would be Americans, of course.

And for those who think that the 9/11 scenario isn't the best scenario either, I wonder if everyone would support the following scenarios equally?

What if they were border patrol guards and the zombies were Mexicans, although two were Latino-Americans?

Or two of four Brits killing Irish zombies? Or fifty percent of your group of gypsies killing Russian zombies?

Would making a time-warp version of L4D where it took place in a Jewish concentration camp in WWII Germany be considered racist, even if two of the characters were Jewish-Germans and the other two were White Germans? Of course the White Germans would have to be Nazis, because logically Nazis would be at the camps. Maybe the Nazis could order the two Jewish players around for the more dangerous parts, in keeping with logic.

Or how about WWII where you are American troops killing Japanese zombies? Or Japanese Troops killing Chinese and Corean zombies? (yes, I don't spell Corea with a 'K' because of my Corean friends).

Or how about if we go back even further and were in colonial days in India, and two of the four were Indians, and the other two British soldiers?

Or how about a little further back where the cast are settlers in the New World and the zombies were all Native Americans or Aztecs?

None of these are "bad" in terms of they are legitimate scenarios, but you kind of have to use common sense in dealing with the history behind the scenarios.

glennc5434d ago

these comments are usually made by non-gamers who have been fed inaccurate or partial (one-sided) info and then just run with it. just like the hookers and cops fiasco in GTA. they think the main premise for the game is to kill all the hookers and cops. killing cops is actually annoying to me because of the consequences of killing them can be a hassle, yet the media will ignore this point.

it's the media, what do you expect, completely out of control. journalism is not such a respectable job these days. journalists ignore anything that will counter their argument and produce one-sided BS that the public actually takes as gospel.

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15 Xbox Games That Should Make the Multiplatform Jump

While there’s likely already a list behind closed doors, one can still speculate and offer logical suggestions for titles new and old that should find their way into the PlayStation and Switch libraries.

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GamerRN92d ago

Single A games and live service games. Those make sense

S2Killinit92d ago

None of it makes sense. But its happening.

Ps5conehead91d ago

That’s up to Microsoft they want return on there investment. From buying up those publishers. That’s what there in business for. And they made a mistake putting day one exclusive on game pass. So now Microsoft wants to profit any way they can.its called buisness . Just like Sony putting games on pc a year are two after ps5 launch.
So if they can make money off PlayStation and Nintendo. They will do that. And I bet soon real soon they will release some aaa exclusives .and I bet one day it will be same day release

TheEroica91d ago

Sony gamers begging for Xbox games.... Who would've thunk it?

BISHOP-BRASIL91d ago

Yeah, because random site off the internet represents all Sony gamers, they have the letter of attorney and all...

S2Killinit91d ago

Lol what a spin. You dizzy?

AsunaYuukiTheFlash91d ago (Edited 91d ago )

We don’t care about shovelwares. Get that junk out of PS5

StormSnooper91d ago

More like MS begging to put their games on PlayStation.

TheEroica89d ago

Keep begging Sony gamers!

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Friendlygamer92d ago

Some of these seem to be exclusive for lack of enthusiasm of the publisher rather than because of deals. A lot of cool indies skip ps for some reason like katana zero, el paso, elsewhere and gunbrela

S2Killinit92d ago

Even more indies skip xbox. We know that right?

Friendlygamer92d ago

Quality over quantity, Microsoft got some really interesting and curated niche games on their machines, maybe in part because of gamepass

S2Killinit91d ago

Quality and MS are not things you bring up in same sentence.

shinoff218391d ago (Edited 91d ago )

Alot of indies skip xbox to. It goes round and round. Personally I think your off base on that but no need to have the argument.

Friendlygamer91d ago

Between katana zero, valheim, Battletech, el passo... I don't feel off base. maybe ps got a million of light novel games that will never release on Xbox but like I've said, I'm talking about niche games highlights, the 10%.

  Heck, it's probably thanks to Microsoft that the s.t.a.l.k.e.r games came to console ps included, meanwhile Sony backwards compatibility continues to be extremely anemic.

And I'm sure most ps5 users are happy to ignore these games and just play wathever new 3rd person action game is trending but it's cool that Microsoft gives some love to smaller audiences and software preservation

shinoff218391d ago

Again your off base just to be snide. All it's showing though is your ignorance.

One light novels wtf is that even. Ps has plenty of pretty damn good indies.

Speaking of indies and ms being responsible. You know F.I.S.T. of course you do alot of you guys just support gamepass. Well here's a history of Sony being responsible for helping indies. Look up the China project from Sony.

Lastly lol your ignorance showing again. Sony has plenty of games. Personally third person is better then first anyway but that's besides the point. Sony gets so many games that xbox doesn't get because yall don't support the games. Jrpgs being a great example. I personally am not into every Sony first party game. Alot of us aren't. On the other side you don't get to eat often so you gobble up everything. Me personally God of War not my cup, etc. For me I'm into jrpgs and ms just can't touch Sony on those. Again because the Xbox base doesn't support it. Devs dont wanna waste their time or money. Hit me up when falcom develops a game over there.

Speaking of third person narrative games. Aren't yall drooling over hellblade 2. The first one was Sony exclusive at one point. Another not my cup game. Showing we don't have to fall in line and agree we love everything Sony puts out. The facts are they sell though unlike elsewhere(not nintendo)

StormSnooper91d ago

You are same person as GamerRN, yes?

Abnor_Mal92d ago

They really think PlayStation fans would want to play Redfall? Pfft.

Personally nothing on that list would be any game I’d want to play.

TwoPicklesGood91d ago

I’d absolutely love Hellblade 2, Palworld, and Quantum Break on ps5 as I’m sure tons of others would too. There’s nothing wrong with wanting games from another console and its sad that people try to act like they aren’t interested in them.

shinoff218391d ago

While indont agree with the games. I agree with the point. Your not wrong.

DarXyde91d ago

Sunset Overdrive makes very good sense. Palworld might.

Don't know about the others. Hellblade II does make sense given the original launched on PS4 first. Quantum Break was a massive letdown for me. I absolutely hated the whole TV show thing and I don't think anyone should have to relive that on modern hardware.

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Valve Made Left 4 Dead 2 Because The First Game Was A Broken Mess

Left 4 Dead lead Chet Faliszek describes the original Left 4 Dead game as "such a broken thing that nobody wanted to touch it."

Number1TailzFan203d ago

And then couldn't be arsed to make a third game.

If they can add a lot more stuff to a 2nd game in just 1 year why didn't they make a third game a few years later with tons of stuff extra? Because that shows they could've.

I know Source 2 was kind of broken and was a reason they cancelled L4D3 but it seems wasteful to just toss it away.

Don't know what Valve were thinking.. it's like nobody wanted to fix the issues to get going. They certainly aren't the Valve of 2004 that released fun games with pretty cutting edge graphics.

cthulhucultist202d ago

Valve is allergic to number 3 it seems. It would be easier for them to release a Left 4 Dead 2.5 enhanced version instead of releasing a game with "3" slapped on its title.

rakentaja201d ago

They stopped making games a long time ago. Steam brings in so much money that it's really not worth the effort. Nowadays, people only look for faults in games, and spend more time whining on Twitter/X than playing the game anyway. Valve says a big fat no-no.

anast202d ago

Value is the Blockbuster of video games. They have no need to invest in deving a game, when they can make handfuls of cash renting them.

-Foxtrot203d ago

What are they talking about? Seemed pretty alright to me at launch it just wasn't supported the way Valve promised us

They should have just worked on a revamp / massive update to the game but they didn't they jumped straight to a sequel with brand new characters despite having some sort, if small, story about where the original survivors were heading.

I didn't care for the direction they took the sequel, the original games tone and atmosphere was missing in the second game and is still unmatched. Daytime levels, more whackiness, melee weapons where you could attack a Tank with a frying pan...just wasn't the same to be honest and the new survivors just didn't hold up the originals.

Here's my speculation. I think they did a sequel because they didn't want to update a game co-developed by Turtle Rock, they wanted the franchise to be known as a Valve game only and knew if they updated the first one Turtle Rocks name would still linger on it.

shaenoide202d ago

I want broken games like L4D all day long...

GhostScholar202d ago

Well the first game was by far the best

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The Best Co-Op Horror Games You've Missed in Halloween

Try to cope with your friend through terror with this list featuring the best horror Co-Op games you can play today.

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