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Resident Evil 6 To Be Set In London? Maybe...

February 07, 2009 in Interview comments 9

In a recent light-hearted interview with The Guardian, Resident Evil 5 producer Masachika Kawata discussed the future of the RE series. When asked what location he wanted Resident Evil 6 to be be set in, Kawata joked "Why not London?". Which brings up the question, what type of location would fans like to see in the next RE game?

Kawata also believes that Resident Evil 4 was a deviation from the RE series, and that fans might not have been happy with that. As a result, he was eager to get back to the series' core story with RE5, which is why Chris Redfield and Wesker have made a return. (It also sounds like the boss battle between the two will be epic!) Go to the source for the full interview.

[Discuss in the Resident Evil 5 forum]

Driving through the slushy streets of the capital seems to have had a profound effect on Kawata - when I asked him if he had any locations in mind for the next Resi title, he replied 'Why not London?'. Apparently he enjoyed the contrast of the ornate neo-classical buildings with the many dark alleys and shadowy side streets. It is perfect Resi stuff really. Perhaps he wasn't joking.

With RE5, there was also a concern to get back to the core story of Resident Evil, after Resi 4's Las Plagas diversions. Hence the return of Chris Redfield and of Wesker. It sounds like the climatic fight between these two will be the mother of all boss battles.

Oh and finally, just for the Gamesblog community, I asked Kawata-san what his weapon of choice will be when the zombie apocalypse comes. "Shuriken" is his almost instantaneous reply.
Miss Razz via guardian.co.uk »
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  • 0
    Hunskelper Feb 7, 09
    I WANT IT TO BE WHERE I'M FROM OBVIOUSLY!!

    AND THE NEXT GRAND THEFT AUTO TOO!!
  • 1
    Smiffers Feb 7, 09
    Resident Evil 6 aka Chav Killing.
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    Chris717 Feb 7, 09
    But there maybe too many English people which will be racist, so they will have to put some people of different nationalities in their to.
    • 0
      Gamesta100 Feb 7, 09
      Nope because it would only be racist if we were killing black people.Killing any other coloured race is fine.
  • 0
    Cruxis Mana Feb 7, 09
    28 Days Later, anyone?
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    Celes Leonhart Feb 7, 09
    Considering how awesome 28 Days Later is and how varied and atmospheric London could be, I'd love to see the next one in London. We need to see another actual zombie outbreak like Raccoon City kinda stuff, rather than fruity villagers and random raging locals in the middle of nowhere.
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    Seeker X Feb 7, 09
    It's pretty hard to remake 28 Days/Weeks Later when the "zombies" from Resident Evil are nothing like the infected. It'd be nice...but Resident Evil is not the franchise to do it.
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    Miss Razz Feb 7, 09
    As long as RE6 isn't set in another old village, I'm happy with any location.
    (Oh, except for a castle. RE4's castle was the most generic and dull castle I've seen in a game for a long time. XP)

    Multiple locations would also be nice. I don't want the whole game to be set in one place. The same applies for RE5... I hope we don't spend the entire game in just the one run-down village.
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    VampireZombie Feb 7, 09
    If they wanna put it to good use,...use it as frisbee for all I care.

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