As is typical with games of its caliber, there is much about Resident Evil 5 that is shrouded in mysteries and questions. At Capcom’s Las Vegas media event, CAPTIVATE 08, co-producers Jun Takeuchi and Masachicka Kawata aren’t exactly forthcoming with the answers you might have wanted. Speaking via a translator to a room full of weary gaming journalists (tired from a long night of drinking and Rock Band, of all things), the Japanese-speaking Takeuchi present to us most of the things we already knew.
Resident Evil 5 sees the return of series-regular Chris Redfield, who has joined a new organization and is sent on assignment to Africa, where a virus is transforming its people and animals into mindless, blood-thirsty creatures. Takeuchi introduces us to the trailer you’ve no doubt already seen by now, dimming the lights and politely asking us to resist our own animal urges to take notes. Not surprisingly, the trailer reinforces much of what we already knew, and manages introduces a new unknown — a mysterious female that appears to fight side-by-side with Chris. But Takeuchi’s lips are sealed.
“As much as we would really love to tell you all about her right now,” Takeuchi laments, “we can’t reveal any information about her just right at the moment.”
It’s easy to understand why they might be hesitant to reveal too much. The team is only 60% through development of a game that will offer over 20 hours of gameplay; with E3 right around the corner, they’re sure to reveal more soon. And with that, Takeuchi thanks us for coming, and says he looks forward to showing us more in the near future. The angry groans and pathetic sighs of the room were audible.
“Everybody’s like ‘What? What the hell is that?’” jokes Takeuchi. “You want some more information? Do you want to see some more?”
“OK, as a special gift to you guys, we’re going to show you a little bit more, and we have brought the world’s first playable ROM that we’re going to show you guys today at CAPTIVATE,” he told us as the lights went dim, and I got excited fanboy chills down by spine.
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