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Masachika Kawata, the Producer on Resident Evil 5, defends Capcom's game over racism allegations...
Resident Evil 5 has attracted quite a bit of criticism since its first trailer at E3 2007. Even members of the gaming press have voiced their concern over the game's visual imagery, suggesting that there are racist overtones to the original trailer. Now Resi 5's Producer, Masachika Kawata, has defended the title from these accusations.
Speaking to CVG, Kawata defended the game on the grounds that its storyline and setting draw from plot threads within previous Resident Evil games:
"We chose Africa because we're extending the storyline logically," he said. "Following the tradition of the Resident Evil franchise, you'll remember from Code Veronica - the Progenitor virus comes from Africa so we wanted to go back to the root of where the virus originated. For the people who think it's racist... well, we can't please everyone. We're in the entertainment business - we're not here to state our political opinion or anything like that. It's unfortunate that some people felt that way.
"We've gone where the story has taken us," he continued. "There isn't any particular storyline that we have to conclude upon, but in the franchise there are still a few mysteries hanging, and we're going to give you a conclusion to some of them. With Resident Evil 4 we didn't really talk about the storyline before the game's release, and we'll be keeping secrets now too..."
As more of Resident Evil 5 has been revealed, its appearance and characters have become much more diverse than they may have appeared in the E3 2007 trailer. Chris Redfield's AI partner, Sheva, is African while many enemy NPCs look more Middle-Eastern or North African in descent than was apparent in the original trailer.
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| Capcom Japan | 18+ |
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Added:Sat 01st Jan 2011 23:51, Post No: 536
vgcharts constantly make mistakes it switches from 4 million to 5 and least they corrected it, but in the future you really should not use vg charts as a source
Added:Sat 01st Jan 2011 04:25, Post No: 535
stop making the same comment over and over again!
Added:Fri 31st Dec 2010 11:38, Post No: 534
Whoever said this "this is without a doubt the lamest piece of crap i have ever seen in my entire life.....no other game has dissapointed and failed just as horribly as this one.....and to be quite honest...im still in shock....god damn piece of [#@!?]!! game companies that produce this garbage should go bankrupt NOW!!!DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMPSTANCES BUY THIS GAME!!" SHUT THE [#@!?] UP (y)
Added:Thu 17th Dec 2009 22:32, Post No: 533
My only problem with RE5 was how short it was, so I hope this expansion comes out on PC.
Also, the people who are INTERNET ANGRY about this game require too much to be happy and will probably be miserable with everything in life.
Added:Sun 06th Dec 2009 05:31, Post No: 532
Epic Fail. That was the lamest piece of sh*t I've ever read in my entire life ! Do not any under circumstances listen to this sh*thead ! This one's going to feature a lot of puzzles, and it's confirmed that it's a survival horror. Spoiler ***** You have to actually use puzzles to kill a certain "boss." Oh and you'll see what happens later about your weapons later. "Shanking" the enemy to death is probably impossible, but hey, I gave you a hint.
Just don't take that dumbass's word for itThis is going to be great. Try it, buy it, play it, enjoy it.
Added:Sun 06th Dec 2009 05:24, Post No: 531
@ "this is without a doubt the lamest piece of crap i have ever seen in my entire life.....no other game has dissapointed and failed just as horribly as this one.....and to be quite honest...im still in shock....god damn piece of [#@!?]!! game companies that produce this garbage should go bankrupt NOW!!!
DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMPSTANCES BUY THIS GAME!!"
For god sake, cry me a [#@!?] river. You sound like the most snobbiest brat ever.
Added:Fri 09th Oct 2009 13:14, Post No: 530
With the emphasis on action in Resident Evil 5, clunky controls are a bit of a problem. I'll agree they are a trademark charatceristic of the series, but if Resident Evil is headed further down a Gears of War route, then it needs to be looked at.
Personally I'd rather they kept the controls and toned down the action in place of some added significance on the puzzle count...
Added:Fri 09th Oct 2009 01:03, Post No: 529
What a load of abject [#@!?]e, "the clunky controls can be excused" theyre supposed to be clunky genius its how the resident evil games are meant to feel. As are the menus. I for one as a die hard fan would be seriously pissed off if the controls and menus were changed. fair point about the puzzles tho, im guessing they were removed to allow for coop play.
Added:Thu 17th Sep 2009 22:09, Post No: 528
Care to elaborate on why?
Added:Thu 17th Sep 2009 21:15, Post No: 527
this is without a doubt the lamest piece of crap i have ever seen in my entire life.....no other game has dissapointed and failed just as horribly as this one.....and to be quite honest...im still in shock....god damn piece of [#@!?]!! game companies that produce this garbage should go bankrupt NOW!!!
DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMPSTANCES BUY THIS GAME!!