But it's not everyday we encounter major bugs that span the entire game. Or bugs that not many people have discovered, including the gamers and developers themselves. But there is one such bug that many have never realized.
Resident Evil 5 takes place in a region called Kijuju. According to numerous official sources, Kijuju is a region within West Africa. It is depicted as surrounded by coastline; savannah and wetlands. The issue that when playing the game, it looks as though it takes place in East Africa and not West Africa as mentioned by numerous official sources. Here are sources that claim that the game takes place in West Africa.
- On the game's official website.
- On the official book, Resident Evil Archives I and II Bundle.
- On wikia (though not strictly official)
- On some versions of Wikipedia (again not strictly official)
- The fact that Sheva Alomar, one of the main protagonists, works with the BSAA West African Branch.
So while official reports say that the game takes place in West Africa, there are very strong reasons to believe that this is not the case and that the game takes place in East Africa.
- The biggest starting point is the fact that the natives in the game speak Swahili. The thing is, Swahili language is mainly spoken in Eastern Africa, and is official language in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and DRC.
- The names of things in the game are of swahili etymology. E.g.
- Kijuju (the name of the main location in the game) - is from swahili word kijiji which means village.
- Pepo karimu (one of the enemies) - means caring bat in swahili.
- majini (the main bad guys) - derived from swahili meaning wicked people or to describe supernatural creatures.
- Some game items are clearly East Africa e.g. matatus with yellow lines.
So this may perhaps be the biggest flaw in a game that spans the whole game and not known by many (including the game developers). Pretty neat.
