Midway through the game, you'll get a notification for a "psycho" battle, which are Dead Rising's trademark sidequest boss fights. This one tells you to go investigate the yoga studio. Enter and you'll see this sequence: [video embedded in the review]



Where to even begin with this? While Jherii's gender identy is never stated outright, the whole thing sure feels mean-spirited, underlined by the "Prideful" achievement awarded after killing her. Click to expand...

For those who don't care to watch the video, Nick enters the studio to find a buff, deep-voiced person lifting arm weights with his/her back turned. He refers to this person as "mister" at which point she turns around and reveals that she has breasts and wears makeup. Nick tries to get her to evacuate but she's obsessed with winning a bodybuilding contest and refuses. During the conversation he refers to her as "sir" at which point she flips out and tries to murder him with a barbell.Her name is "Jherii" pronounced "Jerry" which is a jab at the way that many transwomen adopt the feminine version of their birth name when transitioning, and when you've killed her you earn the "Prideful" achievement.I think it's pretty obvious why this is offensive and disgusting "humor" so I'll just take a minute to address some inevitable counterpoints:Even if this is Capcom Vancouver's intention, the name pun and misgendering are things that will definitely have a negative impact on trans people. If it's not deliberately offensive it's certainly a monstrously insensitive accident.I don't claim to be an absolute authority here but I do know several transpeople, and I like to think I have some understanding of the awful shit they go through at the hands of the cisgendered majority most days. Frankly I don't think it's really possible to be overly sensitive to their issues. Jokes like this are basically on the level of making fun of paraplegics for not being able to walk.Fuck you.Addendum: this is not a thread about the Kotaku review so please do not focus the discussion on them. I'm using them as a convenient source because it's briefly brought up in their review and a video link is provided. It's a short snippet out of a long review, so any "loltaku social justice warrior clickbait strikes again!" bullshit is way off the mark.