Takeuchi divulges Resident Evil 5 plot details
- Posted June 11th, 2008 at 07:45 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Resident Evil 5 producer Jun Takeuchi has revealed that he had “no choice” but to set the upcoming survival horror title in Africa due to the game’s story revolving around the origins of the Progenitor Virus.
Speaking with Game Videos, Takeuchi stated, "The main reason that we chose Africa as the setting for Resident Evil 5 is actually from a clue that came up in Resident Evil: Code Veronica, where it was revealed that Africa was the original of the Progenitor Virus, which is the origin of all the viruses that appear in the series.”
Elsewhere, he also divulged a few tidbits on main protagonist, Chris Redfield, confirming that he is no longer part of the Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S) team from the original Resident Evil title, and now belongs to a new organisation, currently identified as ‘BSAA.’
“It's been ten years since the events of Resident Evil 1. One little hint we can give you is that Chris is no longer a member of S.T.A.R.S. and S.T.A.R.S. itself as an organisation is defunct,” added Takeuchi.
“You might see a little mark on his arm that talks about the new organisation that he's a member of. Who that organisation is and what they're up to, that's going to be another important element of the story."
Check out the interview in the video below.
More information on the game is expected to show up at E3 in July.
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scoutsniper1231 |
scoutsniper1231- 7:49am BST - June 11th, 2008
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It's a great series, the setting really does go with the plot.
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XtremeCoaster |
XtremeCoaster- 7:51am BST - June 11th, 2008
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PSN ID:Xtremecoaster
This is very interesting because I did not play through all of Code Veronica and I was wondering what made them choose Africa. People also need to stop with all the racial acquisations about this game, its just ridiculous. This game is gonna rock the house!
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richkaos |
richkaos- 8:15am BST - June 11th, 2008
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why is there a big issue about this poxy game being set in africa??? so what, big deal, who cares? Or are we brushing with the racist issue again, just give it a rest, bl00dy PC brigade, set it in england and kill all white english people, who cares??
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Staticneuron |
Staticneuron- 8:52am BST - June 11th, 2008
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I am looking forward to the game. I thought code veronica was amazing.
Why are people making a big deal about africa in the comments? If the man wants to explain the origins then let him... dont start something when there is nothing there. The people who originally levied the complain have long been silenced after a wave of gamers (regaurdless of race corrected them about their uninformed opinions. Don't let the media make you think that it is still an issue. It isn't. But it willbe if people continue to be beligerant and beat their drum about because it starts to mark deepseated personal issues. This is just like that supposed racist PSP commercial. It is all in the eyes of the beholder.
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gingo |
gingo- 9:19am BST - June 11th, 2008
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psn id: gingo.... i think africa is a great setting for the game and its nonsense that people think it was set there with racist intentions, its where the virus was first discovered and hopefully it reveals a lot of the questions that have yet to be answered
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richkaos |
richkaos- 10:35am BST - June 11th, 2008
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@Staticneuron, if its not an issue then why does he have to explain the reasoning behind the location???? I have never heard of any other Game developer having to justify a games geographical location. He quotes comments like "no choice" and "the main reason" ............Go figure! sounds like its still an issue to some!
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chilledbreeze7
- 11:48am BST - June 11th, 2008
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Hummm I'm a little unsure about the Africa setting also. I prefer my horror games set in the eerie western towns, villages and castles. If some of the game was set in the dark jungle mountainous regions of Africa I could see that working well. I'll still be keeping an eye on this title to see how well it fairs when its released.
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psycho_mantis |
makaveli_71- 12:53pm BST - June 11th, 2008
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they never announce the damn release date
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Staticneuron |
Staticneuron- 3:28pm BST - June 11th, 2008
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@richkaos
Chances are he explained because he was asked. Like I said above this situation arose and was dropped last year and many people even well known game reviewers such as N'gai spoke about the issue in a productive way.
Example of old issue
http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/runninscared/archives/2007/07/zombies_in_afri.php (july 07)
Follow up
http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/runninscared/archives/2007/09/revisiting_the.php (sept. 07)
If a reporter or reviewer ask's it doesn't mean that it is still an issue.. it means that the reporter asked. Many journalist ask what they think their readership wants to hear and it may not be entirely so.
But I am glad that they did because I forgot that tidbit about the Progenitor Virus (shame on me) and I am sure people were interested about hearing about that info...... not because of any race issues but for a reason why chris seems to be in africa. The thought in my mind was if it was a side story like RE4 (the goal was to save presidents daughter) or was there a more familiar reason for explaining the setting.
I know for a fact that questions about a games setting are asked all the time. Such as army of two and MGS4 but this only seems to stick out for you because it was a hot button issue in the past. And thats where it should stay..... in the past. Because it was proven that disscusion couldn't be attained revolving such an issue.
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Uncool |
Admodistrator- 3:43pm BST - June 11th, 2008
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Hopefully if the AI is as interesting as it was in RE4, others will follow in focusing on a robust AI system considering its something often not talked about when it comes to next gen games. Besides looking good, the focus has to be on having a solid gameplay and with that it involves an AI that is competent enough to really deliver a challenge to players.
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hvnlyswrd08
- 8:36pm BST - June 11th, 2008
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this game sounds and looks amazin cant wait till da release
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BlueDragoon0 |
Lionheart0- 3:26am BST - June 12th, 2008
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All I can say to that is gimmie gimmie GIMMIE!!!!!!
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