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Resi 5 Producer Defends Allegedly Racist Game News
Masachika Kawata, the Producer on Resident Evil 5, defends Capcom's game over racism allegations...
By Gwynne DixonPosted: 27/10/2008
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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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!!
Added:Fri 03rd Jul 2009 15:01, Post No: 526
Try the demo - see if you like it or not...
Added:Fri 03rd Jul 2009 14:47, Post No: 525
I tried a new resident evil 1, 2 and 3.
I want to try resident 5. good or not?
seem more sinister and tense. I do want to try this game.
Added:Thu 16th Apr 2009 15:45, Post No: 524
But surely a good story is like the icing on a cake? I enjoyed RE4 more than 5, because I felt the intrigue of the series heading into new territory. By comparison RE5 felt completely generic.
Added:Thu 16th Apr 2009 14:32, Post No: 523
if you want to play space invaders you can but im not going to whinge about a story line when i buy a game to play.
Added:Sat 11th Apr 2009 06:30, Post No: 522
"if no-one likes this game because of the story line get a book" then by your logic..we should just play space invaders!
Added:Tue 07th Apr 2009 21:17, Post No: 521
Storyline - Good, Horror / Suspense - Good, Graphics - Awesome, Enjoyment - Ace