A "Pair of Walking Tits" Brings Resident Evil’s Direction Into Question

Kotaku's Speak-Up: Has anyone seen that Resident Evil Revelations trailer introducing a minor character, Rachel?

Is it me or is Capcom getting lazier with its creation of minor characters in its Resident Evil franchise? I got absolutely no sense of Rachel's character, only discovering that she has a pert ass, a fine pair of norks and an impractical haircut.

I think the fact that her hair covers roughly three quarters of her face speaks volumes about Capcom's intentions for her purpose in the game: namely the presentation of some tittie-action to the audience.

Perhaps Capcom have given up entirely on trying scaring its audience. Perhaps they have finally decided to give up the ghost (if you'll excuse the pun) and drop the "horror" element of their survival horror games entirely.

More guns, more girls, less effort, less atmosphere.

[zeal0us]

I think capcom could of done a better job on the character design.

is it me capcom is just worse as time goes on.
-ridiculous price dlc
-half-a** sequels
-sequels that probably should been dlc

[Quagmire]

"I think capcom could HAVE done a better job..."

and whats wrong with a pair of walking tits?

[rezzah]

they don't do so well in games that try to create atmosphere, and belong in immature games for immature minds.

[guitarded77]

Maybe next time they'll learn from their mistake and put a fat retarded chick with acne and little hands as the supporting character.

[rezzah]

^
How would that improve the games atmosphere of dread and horror?

Think before you let you childish emotions get the better of you, its obvious to see what you tried to do.

They need something more reasonable and realistic, not fan service. Give her less revealing clothes that will also make her look like an actual special force agent. Let her be able to see 5 feet in front her face, unless if shes blind then the 3/4 face cover might make sense.

[vickers500]

@rezzah

Agreed. I don't want an unrealistically dressed and groomed woman in my game full of zombies. It's just not believable.

[darx]

Cause Zombie games are so beleivable

[jeseth]

I think we are over analysing this whole thing.

Guitarted said something funny to lighten up the conversation and play Devil's Advocate and just got ridiculed for it.

Then after all this "boob" talk and it not being realistic or believable enough we forget we are talking about. . .

#1 : A Video Game.
#2 : A Zombie/Undead/Las Plagas Game.

Stop being sutch video game snobs and have fun for a change.

[morganfell]

"Maybe next time they'll learn from their mistake and put a fat retarded chick with acne and little hands as the supporting character."

A good example would be to look at Capelli's wife in Resistance 3. That is the direction they should have taken a supporting character. She is supposed to add to rather than distract from the story.

"I think we are over analysing this whole thing."

No we are not. It isn't JUST a video game. RE titles were, and it seems that is the operative word - were, originally designed to build tension. For that immersion is required. Immersion is trampled and thrown out the window when a character's incongruity pulls the gamer out of the moment.

In this case any attempt to build that gripping, gut wrenching suspense is evaporated by sophomoric ideas of style over substance.

There are places in video games where the display of an over-stylized woman works - Catwoman in Arkham City - and places where such artificial allure does not - RE titles.

[jeseth]

@ Morgan,

I usually agree with you on most every article thread I see you in but in this case I think people are making a mountian out of a mole hill.

If these people can't get past the size of this chicks boobs and her bangs in her face then it says more about their mental scope and less about how bad this character actually is for the game.

Everyone cries tolerance then the first thing they do is start stereotyping this character because she has big boobs and her hair isn't tied back. Hypocritical if you as me.

[Peaceful_Jelly]

@jeseth, Rachel looks like another generic character taken out of a Matrix movie with extravagant outfit, retarded hairstyle and big boobs in a world full of Zombies. This is seriously something that doesn't goes along with the theme of the series... I mean, even the Resident Evil movies that were pure horse (can't say the word or people take my bubbles away) had a more congruent style than this garbage.

How come you can't see that? How old are you? Because that's clearly bad/lazy character design.

[jeseth]

@ PeacefulJelly

You ask how old I am?

So you are trying to come off as more mature and intelligent yet come at me personally and question my age/maturity?

I've played this franchise since its inception and love Resident Evil. Ada Wong runs around RE4 with a freaking Red Dress with a slit up to her crotch, high heels, and a garter belt gun holster and this is not an issue for you? Shiva's clothes in RE5 are PAINTED ON tight and it seems like every camera shot of her has her sticking out her a$$. Now we get a character with Big Boobs and it doesn't fit into the Zombie/Special Forces believability of this franchise? Are you kidding me? How old are you? Can you not separate video games from reality? Is it OK in your opinion to have oversexualized females in other RE games (Ada Wong RE4, Shiva Alomar RE5, and Jill Valentine RE5) OK as long as they don't have big boobs?

Do I think RE needs this character at this juncture? No. But this franchise has been spiralling out of control since RE4 (even though its a good game on its own) when it went from Zombie styled infections in Raccoon City to "Las Plagas" in a rural European locale being implemented by a crazy Napoleon midget in a g-damn castle!

And you are complaining about this chicks boobs. Check your head and think about what you are getting so opinionated abotu concerning this franchise when the outfit and size of a new characters breasts are the leats of Resident Evils problems.

....How old am I...LMAO. Thats the best you can do?

[snipes101]

I can see both sides to the argument. On one hand, why do video game developers have to over sexualize about 90 percent of female video game characters? Do all gamers come off as perverts?

On the other hand, what's wrong with having a beautiful woman in the game as some eye candy? Were they going to put an ugly chick in there? Hollywood doesn't even do that.

I do think that this character design is utterly unfeasible though. They went a little overboard on her sexualization and even if there was a woman as sexy as her walking around blasting zombies in some other plane of existence, she'd be getting chomped on in an instant given that she couldn't see an inch in front of her with that beautiful hair covering her face. Hopefully she has some personality.

All in all though, it's not so much about making the GAME believable (zombies are a ridiculous prospect), but making the ATMOSPHERE believable. It's hard to be scared of anything in a video game when there's a gorgeous, scantily clad woman standing directly in front of you.

[AKS]

I would expect most of the female characters to be shapely and attractive (also, Chris in RE5 looked like he lives in the gym and has a side of steroids with each meal; the male character have also had quite exaggerated features), but the woman in this trailer looks downright ridiculous. Also, the hair covering her eyes completely bothers me more than the outfit or her figure.

[Leviathan]

@vickers500 and other "realist" :

Since when were zombie games considered actual representations of reality? I've seen busty chicks before (in REAL life) with hair in their faces even! However, I have yet to see a zombie in "real" life.

I've never NOT bought a game before because *gasp* ...a character in the game has tits. I understand the point of people who say it cheapens the quality of the game, however, I disagree that tits in videogames make said game any less real. There's tits here on earth people. Lots of em... And whats up with all the anti boob talk on this thread? Even my wife likes other womens' boobs.

[SilentNegotiator]

@ "Zombies realistic lololololol"

The (at least older titles of) Resident Evil series has believable and engaging atmospheres - "realistic" in the sense that it's a believable world. Throwing in characters that look perfect and are fighting off the zombie apocalypse create imbalance in the atmosphere of a survival horror. Like so many cheap "horror" flicks of today and yesteryear that throw in a nudie or sex scene.

It's out of place.

[CameronL99]

It's all in the eye of the beholder. She's only a pair of walking tits if that's what YOU see. That is, YOU'RE the one objectifying her, and staring at her tits like she's just an object. There's nothing wrong with a girl with big boobs, the problem is YOU if that's all you see.

[Dee_91]

what is today overanalyze day or something

[DaTruth]

You know, if somebody was running from zombies and fighting them, I would expect them to be fairly physically fit! Does anyone believe an obese, out of shape woman would last very long under these conditions?

When I watch CSI and lab nerds are all super-hot, then I see a problem!

Why do super-heroines where those trashy outfits? Does anyone believe Wonder Woman could do what she does if she was 300lbs? Do you think she would have a comic very long if she was 300lbs? Who cares???

[DARK WITNESS]

she looks like the perfect meal for a zombie. I mean all that raw flesh in all the right places !!!

[bangoskank]

@quagmire
Thank you for correcting him. That grammatical error is one of my biggest pet peeves an is rampant on this site. I would of played grammar police myself but didn't want to make myself seem like I was more superior then him.

[zag]

YEAH! Who knew having chicks in a game was wrong

[zag]

@bangoskank

Complains but doesn't use any punctuation in the written piece.

The "peeves an is" should be "peeves and is"
The "would of played" should be "would have played"
The "but didn't" should be "but I didn't"
The "superior then him." should be "superior than him."

If you are going to be this anal, then make sure... what you write is 100% correct.

[bangoskank]

@zag

write over you're head.

[zeeshan]

I fu***g hate her f***g hair!!

[Dowie]

@Quagmire

Nothing when there walking down the street and you steal a quick peak. But when you want a game that contains characters with depth and you want to get attached to them, just being a pair of walking tits makes this very difficult. Just imagined if she died "nooooooooo....the big cans gal died...oh well, there's 5 other characters with big enough tits"

@guitarded77

Right. Because the choice is between a whore and a tramp? We can't have some decent looking woman with realistic breast and a real attitude that people can respect or relate too. No no, that would be too difficult to pull off...We need to pick from your abomination or capcoms "masterpiece"

[Heartnet]

Tbh if thats all you see then that speaks to you as a person and not the in game character :)

And if they want there girls to be stereotypically attractive to the male audience then so let em ! they can look like that and still have a decent character... jeez so quick to judge

[AWBrawler]

I'm glad I'm too much of a gamer to be a nitpicker like the people on this thread. The game looks amazing if you ask me, and I think I'll enjoy it.

[delicia]

I think that Faith, from Mirror's Edge, is a nice example on how to make a female character (and a protagonist) and still create immersion. She fits, and she doesn't need big breast to do it.

[Saladfax]

@takashima

Not to mention that her clothing and presentation fit both the world and her place in it.

The costume design is simple pandering to the sweaty teenage demographic. No wetsuit is designed to show massive cleavage. There is not even the slightest hint of practicality towards how an individual faced with a survival horror situation would act.

This type of character design fits with the theme about as well as a fat man in a clown suit would, but the reason people complain is two-fold:

First, fans of RE find the absurdity of design to not be keeping with a style of survival horror. It's all about immersion, and every piece of visual design can make things eerie... or not.

Second, there have been far too many well-designed, well-crafted female characters in games. Not holding up to a basic standard is just plain lazy.

[caperjim]

If there was a muscled guy shown with his shirt off no one would say anything about it being unrealistic. Its safe to say that most hardcore gamers never picked up a weight in real life so why is a fit male any more realistic then a woman with a perfect body killing zombies.

Its an insult to woman to think that an extremely attractive woman will ruin your video game while an overly muscled man is acceptable.

Why not put a scrawny or overweight guy in our video games . Now that would be believable.

[TheFirstClassic]

Well for one thing, it isn't that unbelievable that the main character is ripped, he would need to be to survive. Having an obese dude doing some of the stuff you do in video games would be laughable and unrealistic. Besides, being muscular helps in those situations, having boobs larger than your head would slow you down. That's just rediculous.

[AWBrawler]

Capcom did that before. Remember Viewtiful Joe? He was scrawny, short and had a big head. and Captain Blue had a potbelly

[Darkfocus]

uh lots of people complained about chris in RE5 and people frequently make fun of the walking tanks that epic makes...

also there a ton of games with "scrawny" main characters....overweight though I'll give you...can't really think of many games with fat main characters, pretty much wario is the only thing that comes to mind..

[OdinFallen]

You don't really have a clue on game demographics, I'd go look them up.

[tigertron]

"Will she be able to prolong her survival?" well, not with that hair cut she won't.

[MagicAccent]

I would call the people working at Capcom "Boobs!", but Im afraid they'd just take it as a compliment.

[AEtherbane]

1) Make a game
2) Add slutty female character
3) ???
4) Profit

[Leviathan]

Such is the business of selling things to men. You know what the worlds oldest profession is, right?

[zerocrossing]

Believe me its not just you.

Lets just cut the crap shall we? Capcom knows sex sells, so instead of improving the franchise with this new game, they just sold out knowing more people will by their progressively worsening (yes worsening is a word) new instalment to the RE franchise if they just throw in a over sexualised character that would be better placed in "No more Heroes" at least the characters in that game are supposed to be outrageous.

Capcom would be better handing over the RE franchise to a 3rd party dev, how much more proof to we need that they've lost touch with the fans?, at least that way their mite be some hope for a decent RE a game happening.

[Micro_Sony]

I thought this was obvious in RE5.

I really dont know whats happening to CAPCOM but if they think they can sell me on sex then they have another thing coming.

Now excuse while I go look for some lube while I look at the attached image :)

[zeddy]

i loved re5, i dont give a shit.

[pain777pas]

People are mad about this. Really? Really?.... Really? Look, I like good games like the rest of us and will not play a bad game to see great female character models. BUT, if the game is good, having great female character models is a bonus. Look at Bayonetta. We have to admit that it is very provocative however, there is a very good mechanical game behind that exterior. All the beauty is a bonus in a great game. I love God of War, DOA, Soul Calibur, UC2 Chloe, ME2 Miranda ... the list goes on where the female characters were proportioned in a way where the nether regions could get happy. However, that was a bonus to an amazing experience. Don't judge because at the end of the day you just might like it and I can say that I like the trailer a lot myself. It's a video game. If you don't like it, then don't buy it.

[Solid_Snake-]

@rezzah

you really are up your own backside.

games are a form of toy and you calling people immature makes you look like the kinda guy who doesnt like to have fun.

you sir are a grumpy T**T

[TopherZero]

This is what a business has to do to make money. No harm done at all and what the hell is wrong with making a video game character that looks sexy. Blowing people up left and right is fine. Big breasts - NO WAY!

[SactoGamer]

Truth be told, I don't mind walking pairs of tits (figuratively speaking).

[OmegaSlayer]

LOL at the hypocrisy.
Most of the girl that have those kind of boobs in real life, actually wants to show them.
You can argue about the point that they would do porn instead of joining special forces.
But I just feel that gamers only want to complain and nitpick about everything.
Today PacMan or Tetris would need a backstory or people will start to whine...

[The_Quiet_Man]

@ OmegaSlayer

I agree with your Pacman statement, heh,heh. People would say hes just a 1 dimensional character even though hes 2D.

On topic:
What does it matter if Capcom puts a character with a big pair in the game, this game wasn't made for the fans anyway. Thats why its getting the Cod treatment prevalent in some games these days in order to achieve massive sales & appeal to the casual crowd. Sex sells or so Capcom is hoping for this game it helps.

Look at what they're doing to all their once great titles this gen, just be thankful it isn't as bad as the DmC make-under. Fans should be careful when asking Capcom for a sequel, you might just get the opposite of what your looking for. I'm glad they haven't announced a new Onimusha game so far (keep your fingers & toes crossed).

[Legion]

It is a Japan made game. What do you expect? Just seems like Japan has always leaned towards this type of media when they can get away with it.

It sales in Japan and it doesn't do badly outside of Japan. They are just giving the customers something they are drawn to like any other franchise.

And as for American media: I love me some Carl's Jr. commercials!!!!!

[Pozzle]

Like i said in the other article... Remember when Capcom didn't need to resort to sex appeal to try to interest RE fans? Remember when the RE characters all dressed like proper special forces and police officers? Even though Jill's RE3 outfit was skimpy, it still made sense because it was her casual wear.

But Rachel's outfit...it just looks like pointless sex appeal for the sake of pointless sex appeal. It doesn't even make sense. What sort of special forces officer dresses like THAT? Or has their hair covering their eyes like THAT? It looks just as silly as Excella's "business dress" from RE5. I know the Resident Evil series isn't exactly known for their realism, but at least the special forces looked like special forces.

[Heartnet]

Dude i think ull find that no special forces agent dresses like anythiung u might see in a RE Game tbh... Tahts like saying doesnt every character in a shooter / sci fi / anything with guns where a hard helmet and a bullet proof vest wearing apporpriate camo? Cause whats the point in that?

[Pozzle]

True, but the point is that their outfits are based on enough realism to make them believable for the person playing. The STARS (and Raccoon City police force) wear a sort of modified police uniform and the BSAA wear modified army fatigues, so it's easy to believe they are either a police force (in STARS case) or special force (in the BSAA's case) of some kind. It's not TOO much of a stretch of the imagination that these characters have such a job.

Meanwhile Rachel is wearing a bizarro chest-revealing wetsuit made of leather(?) and a hairdo that ensures she can't see anything about that. How is that a "special forces" uniform of any kind?

[jeseth]

Pozzle . . .

Dude, did you even play RE4 or 5?

Look up Shiva and Jill's attire for RE5 (tight clothes for Shiva and what looks like a skin tight fetish outfit for Jill) and Ada Wong in RE4 (Insanely rediculous red dress, high heels, and garter belt).

The reaction to this new character shows no one plays RE anymore. They have been doing this for a while now.

PS. Good to see so many people interested in RE again and the trailer was actually pretty good.

[CrimsonEngage]

Who cares. Do breasts offend you? Grow up. Second, If you think this is bad play Dantes Inferno.

[chadachada123]

The mere act of showing breasts is not anything to be concerned over, if it makes sense in context. It makes sense for Medusa to be naked, or for Beatrice's ghost to be naked, and I applaud game studios for showing things like this naturally, for the most part.

To throw huge boobs and an unrealistic outfit into a series that used to be ground in comparative realism without cheap sexual tricks is a mockery to Resident Evil fans, and serves no purpose except to make the games less scary and more about cheap thrills.

[AWBrawler]

speak for yourself, I have no problem with the character and I am a Hardcore RE fan. I even played Gaiden and 0

[AKS]

It's interesting that the people calling for others to "grow up" seem to have the most puerile and unsophisticated arguments.

Breasts offend us? Good grief. Did you spend a great deal of time developing this stunning hypothesis?

Having shapely, attractive characters in a video game (or movie) is expected, but what was seen in this trailer looked ridiculous. She looks like she can't see anything and might tip over at any moment. Sure, characters tend to be sexualized, but it is taken to such an extreme here that it just looks silly. It doesn't even fit into the context of the type of game, such as Bayonetta, which was much lighter in tone and was deliberately going for campy sexiness.

[KNero]

Bring back Jill Valentine...

[Pozzle]

IIRC, Jill's the main character.

[KNero]

Exactly

[Buuhan1]

Hey, people, do you know what women have?

Breasts.

Seriously, I'm seeing more and more articles picking at a character having larger than "standard" breasts and displaying cleavage. Last time I checked, women came in all shapes and sizes and many tend to display cleavage. Really, the people who get bent out of shape over things like this needs to get out of the '50s.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

It has nothing to do with that. It has everything to do with it not making sense. If she is suppose to be special forces, there is a uniform attire for that, in addition, a haircut that covers your vision would probably not be acceptable in the slightest.

Just stop and think.

[Heartnet]

Dude no1 in most games wheres the EXACT attire for a special forces agent.. jeez get over it.. if every1 was wearing the correct unifrom everyone would look the same and then Ud be moaning about that :)

Maybe she wsants to dress like that?

[jeseth]

"Just stop and think."

Its a Video Game.

Plus, Sheva didn't look very "Special Forces" in RE5. She was a slammin' slender chick with clothes (not a uniform) painted on to show her insanely shapely backside. Ada Wong is known for her trademark Red Dress with a slit on the side of to her Hoo-Ha which also shows her over sexified Garter Belt Gun Holster.

So you obviously don't mind oversexed females, you are just intimidated by large breasts....

Maybe you are just a jealous chick with small boobs sick of hot chicks with awesome boobs getting all the attention!

HATER!

Hahahaha.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

Honestly I only liked RE up to RE3. I'm only of the few who thought 4 was ok and I thought re5 sucked.

What kind of survival horror game gives you a partner? That's just stupid.

[sasuke99]

capcom's characters are always DETAILED and i find Rachel to be super hot and sexy...the game is looking incredible can't wait for it LOVE YOU CAPCOM!!

oh and...dear whiners, STOP COMPLAINING!

[stevenhiggster]

I can't believe any man with a functioning set of testicles would complain about this!
Like someone said above, a game about frickin zombies is hardly striving for realism is it!

[ShiftyLookingCow]

At the rate things are going, I won't be surprised if there is a World War because of tits.

Seriously give it a rest people.

[Inception]

emmm tits...yummy <3

ups, on topic
i agree on having a hair that covers her vision is ridicilous
i mean, i never saw any main RE characters, specially the girls like Jill, Rebecca, Claire, Ada (my most fav RE girls), or even Sheva that have ridicilous design like Rachel...

[Inception]

@disagree
LOL, so you don't like tits?
than why are you defending this Rachel who had large tits?

[solidboss]

to sum up everything here is a quote from the kotaku article which i believe sums up the craziness of this new character.

"You can't even see her eyes, further suggesting that she's not meant to be engaging or interesting as a character, merely a light distraction.

I think it's pretty laughable that in a game that's supposed to feature horror as a core dynamic, a new character has the vast majority of her face hidden. The face. You know? That little area that expresses emotion? The area that registers reactions to things that might be considered terrifying or, at the very least, a little bit spooky?"

[LANC3R]

I know right! Needs more Chinese.

[AriesSiren]

forget that problem, that has to be the STUPIDEST design in video gaming. her hair is AWFUL. how can she even see? i didnt even notice the breast. i was like wtf? horrible design, the lead designer should be fired. this is clearly not a western developer. we would have said, get that hair out of her face or stop doing acid on the job. just awful and quit possibly the worst design in history of gaming.

[Heartnet]

Erm SlantSix Games is developing this title if im not mistaken and they are actually in fact a Western Developer!!!

[WhiteLightning]

You know what p*sses me off, why can't Capcom do a game WITHOUT bringing in useless new characters.

Is it so hard to make a game with just Chris and Jill, if they wanted to add characters they could of used Barry and Rebbeca.

I mean Sheva had the privilege in RE5 to kill Wesker instead if it being Chris, Jill, Barry etc

[Pozzle]

"I mean Sheva had the privilege in RE5 to kill Wesker instead if it being Chris, Jill, Barry etc"

OMG that really annoyed me too! Wesker has pretty much destroyed Jill's life. He tried to kill them in the mansion during RE1, Umbrella tried to kill her in RE3, and Wesker then ruined heer life by experimenting and enslaving her before RE5.

If I was Jill, I wouldn't have handed Sheva a rocket launcher at the end of the game. I would have been like "Get out of the way Sheva. This bastard needs payback!"

[Ocean]

Tits? who cares as long as the game is good. A pair of tits and a pert arse is just visual eye candy

[Lord_Sloth]

And an immature teenage sell tactic!

Not very mature for a supposedly mature game!

[nyobzoo]

I don't see a big problem with this, it's a video game

[Tanir]

people love complaining, thats all, i mean yeah she has huge tits but who cares? the cosplayers will be crazy hot lol.

the game looks good so i dont know why they r complaining, the game looks scary again (though i thought they were never scary since i dont get scared by games or movies)

and the gameplay and story look good.

but haters gon hate and find anything to hate on.

i would love to see them design a better character. there has been fanservice in RE since 2 with claires big ass, same thing with jills short skirt and tube top in nemesis, ashley with her bounciness and panty shots in re4, excella in re5 along with jill tits, ass, and sheva;s ass

so now it happened again and they forget about the old games. freakin dummies

[ConstipatedGorilla]

Capcom is done with Survival Horror. Dead Space is the best one now. Did anyone play Eternal Darkness on Game Cube? Why the hell hasn't a sequel to that been made??

[Tanir]

dead space isnt scary gorilla lol. tons of the same enemies, and while DS2 had better weapons the regular plasma cutter was still the best and only useful weapon.

i beat the game on hard without barely dying, its too easy to be survival for me atleast

[ConstipatedGorilla]

Well I didn't say it was scary. It has suspenseful moments similar to those of the first Resident Evils.

Maybe you know of a better one then?

[Tanir]

i see what you mean, yeah like the old RE games with the zombie arms poppin through windows and stuff.

those things are cool, hopefully they get that back, i mean lost in nightmares RE5 dlc proved they still knew horror, and they goin back to horror in this game too, just brought bigger tits around this time lol

[Reaper9937]

Absolutely nothing wrong with a pair of walking tits, finally Capcom does something right for a change. That's it, those walking tits persuaded me to pick up a copy when it gets released.

[Kee]

I don't know... Walking tits do sell games.

[Leonesaurus]

Resident Evil causing controversy again... what a surprise...

I can't really find a reasonable opening here to state an opinion, so...

Fishsticks!

[bobrea]

I love tits. I have no issue with this. Having smaller tits wouldn't make her character any better or worse, she just happens to have gigantic cans.

[maniacmayhem]

Isn't Revelations more on the action, gun play side? I don't think it has anything to do with horror.

Anyways has anyone seen the other female characters? They're all bikini bodies with high c cups. What else would a gamer want to stare at while playing a game for hours?

[GoldenPheasant]

Wow, another day on n4g, another general comment section filled with idiots. How do u people wipe your ass? I likes the article and as a close to 30 gamer, completely agree with it, along with morgenfel. As for re, its the same as ff: hasnt grown with me, dont get my grown up money,easy.

[TheGameFoxJTV]

Dude, you need to work on your english. I can't even tell what the fuck you just wrote there. It's incomprehensible.

[pcz]

capcom are cunts this generation

[MrRipper]

She's probably going to get infected and become a boss of some sort. Meh.

[Katana Yamato]

Weird how people keep saying "It's just a video game" but the the gaming community wants games to be taken seriously and not be stereotyped as only aiming at nerdy teen boys who haven't touched a woman at all. Good luck with that happening if characters like these are the norm.

Anyway, yes its a video game, but the design of this character is atrocious. Resident Evil's character design has gone down hill. Chris looks like a stupid steroid freak and Jill doesn't even look like herself from the PS1 days. The new girls in Revelations (Vanessa and Rachel) look like a bunch of Playboy models. Its ridiculous. The whole point of RE was to bring in tension and have characters that looked like everyday folks. This just looks like a stupid softcore porn/slasher movie you see on Cinemax or something. Its dumb and the RE franchise died with RE 4.

Man, Capcom just sucks this generation. I really wish creators would own the rights to there creation ( Shinji Mikami with Resident Evil, Hideki Kamiya for Devil May Cry). Obviously, Capcom by themselves can't make good games without providing crap fanservice aim at boys only (RE: Revelations and DMC 4). They absolutely suck.

[wolfofashes]

Bro look at Chris's character model from Code Veronica and them play Resident Evil 5...steroids abuse at it's finest baby! lol

[wolfofashes]

Sex sells...they had to do that to keep people's interest on a series that lost it's creator two titles after denying it's own design core and falling in mediocrity.

[HappyWithOneBubble]

I don't have a problem with the tits. What game doesn't have a female with big tits. I just don't get the hair over the eyes thing.

Anyway her tits must be rocks because they didn't bounce at all when she was running.

[wolfofashes]

I don't have problems with them either in fact I LOVE boobs however it's sad to see a series with the background that Resident Evil have trusting in boobs to keep fans interested since they never needed that in the first titles...

[insomnium2]

OMG I lolled at that chick. I mean come on it's supposed to be a RE game for crying out loud. I know RE has changed it's style with the last few games but this is just laughable character design. I thought Capcom wanted people to take this franchise as "serious" entertainment not fan service.

[Fringe]

I dont give a shit about the breast but wow those bangs are retarded how can she even see?

[DK_Kithuni_71]

could I please get to walk/run AND shoot in Resident Evil!?

[hatchimatchi]

you can walk and shoot in revelations. It's really awkward though, it goes into first person mode when you aim and then you have to hold L and it lets you move around. Not exactly used friendly within the demo but maybe it'll get changed completely or polished up for the full release.

[DK_Kithuni_71]

Weird..! I guess you can only kill them nasty zombies if you stand completely still :-D

Wonder what Call of Duty, Killzone, Resistance or Halo would feel like if you had to stand still to shoot.. They would.. yep! they would suck!

[MeatAbstract]

Geez, calm down people.

I'm seeing really insightful comments of people saying this isn't the real portrayal of a woman, that she's just eye candy and her being there ruins the atmosphere and experience of the game because she has no real character.

Then I remember we're talking Resident Evil here, a series that is famous for it's not so stellar voice acting and many of the games have had women in short skirts running around cities invested with zombies.

For people still arguing that "She won't be a beleivable character!" Here's a few choice quotes for you...

"Wait................... don't open that door"

"Oh...sorry about that babe, I thought you were one of them"

"I told you, I'm not LEAVING...just get away from me"

Anyone who knows them quotes (and you'll know atleast one) and the way they were said, you'll know you were probably in a roflcopter when you heard them.

I honestly dunno when gameers seemed to curl up on the floor and begin crawling up their own asses but just chill out, yeah?

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

The bad voice acting gave the series a memorable charm back in the day because it used to give a break between the fear the atmosphere usually generated from great monster designs, lack of ammo and haunting soundtrack.

Seeing that all of the core elements are almost gone for the standard Resident Evil game nowadays it looks Capcom is going in all directions of making each title less and less of a horror through cheap tactics like the one listed above.

And you forgot, "Whew, you were almost a Jill Sandwich..."

[zerocrossing]

What I wouldn't give for Jill Sandwich right about now...

Seriously though you make a good point, the old games where great even with the cheesy VO. Hell, even Leons special brand of cheesiness in RE4 really went a long way to add to the game "Your right hand comes off?"

It's just a shame the series has been going down hill from there. :/

[mastemikegee]

Aaah... that's why they called it 'Revelations'!

[Michael-Jackson]

Someone else mentioned it, I think she's blind when I first saw the trailer.

The game isn't out yet so stop complaining, we know little about it,

I'm looking forward to this game.

[MachineGunTalk]

RE fell off already....
Stay tuned for Silent Hill

[Tzuno]

What to expect from Asians designers do you know what hairstyles they have in Asia? They look in the mirror and do the character. LOL.

[Shojin1]

I get the point but she still looks hot to me. Not a influence on sale but hot asian chicks help the environ lol!

Capcom has really failed to impress with style recently...

[Karum]

Saying that Capcom should have done a better job has been a bit of a recurring theme this generation.

[Mike_Tha_Hero]

Kotaku will jump on/for whatever side they see bringing in the most people. Who even cares? She died in the same scene she was introduced, why does her appearance as a character matter.

[smashcrashbash]

Don't mind a 'pair of tits' as long as it is done in good taste and it doesn't define her personality. There are women in the world with big breasts you know but they all don't wear skimpy clothing, act like lusty whores or are dumb bimbos. Don't care the bust size lf a game character as long as that is not what defines her personality or character

[TXIDarkAvenger]

The design looks good imo. But the fact that the hair covers her eyes just makes her seem like a lazy developed character with no expression or anything. Which pretty much makes her boring imo.

Regardless this looks like a good game and I hope Capcom has an explanation for her hair covering her face or just fix that part.

[hatchimatchi]

That girls haircut is so ridiculous. Maybe they're coverning her face for a reason but god damn does it look stupid.

Either way, I can't wait to play the game.

[Qrphe]

Regardless of Rachel's ridiculous hair (I don't mind the breasts),Revelations doesn't spark up interest in me, bleh

[fr00ty-wizenhymer]

News Flash ladies and gentlemen: SEX SELLS. Nothing new there.

[Haipa Sonikku]

Anyone who has a problem with the character is just gay. Plain and simple. How bad have men fallen to the point when we question a females' attire design, yet repeatedly use terms like "rape" and "butthurt" towards other men. Step that bullshit out.

[Tigerfist]

It took you guys this long to see that Resident Evil is going down the hill? Welcome to 2005 folks.

[MeNoRasta]

I don't see whats wrong with a pair of walking tits :/ unless their not big enuff.

[Mike_Tha_Hero]

Honestly, characterizing her as a 'walking pair of tits' is more offensive than what they're calling Capcom out for.

[Drano]

Survival Whorror.

[Buff1044]

This all began with Ada Wong, but come on. It's not like the Japanese have a great handle on images of women in video games. Hence, the DoA girls, the chick from Bayonetta, etc. I'm not saying the West is innocent. Far from it, but this article misses the bigger issue.

[shawnsl65]

and.. what's wrong with her exactly?

[GTRrocker]

I like how all of a sudden tits have become a bad thing in gaming, freaking feminist nerds, I swear.

I like how nowadays it is trendy for girls to play video games and now everything has to be PC so not to offend anyone. These video game critics like Morgan Webb and the writer of this article are really starting to irk me.

PS

Where and the hell were all these gamer girls when I was in high school btw.

[typeN8]

ResE is boring to me now...i use to love it back in the day..but i cant believe they havent done something better then all of this.....res5 included..this game needs a major change...i want it to be fun to me again...my opinion

And also res has always had hot chicks....just sayin

[MonopolyRSV]

At least she's not black.

[Kingx2]

"A "Pair of Walking Tits" Brings Resident Evil’s Direction Into Question"

what is wrong with you people who write this crap? go out and get a real woman if you can instead of drooling over computer generated shit like this you losers.

[Bolts]

L4D and Dead Island are both better than anything Capcom have done for years. Let's face it, these guys suck at making zombie games.

[Snowii]

put a revealing picture for article write "tits"in the headline instantly hottest article

sad really

[hippiedestroyer]

Damn. Wish I had read your comment before posting mine.

[lizard81288]

As for the series, It does have me concerned. The 1st Re game was grounded. Even if it wasn't real, you could put your shoes into Chris or Jill. Jill didn't run around half naked or anything. However, as of late, the RE series has been going down hill (as most of Crapcom's games are these days). In this, we see a hot special ops chick. Its just not grounded. Would you go to work as a special ops in a suit not zipped, all the way to the crotch, I think not. I just don't know. I was looking great, but i'll keep my eye on this.

[MasterCornholio]

Nothing wrong with a little boob. Now if they could really make a pair of boobs a monster in this game then i am sold.

[hippiedestroyer]

I can guarantee that the reason this article is number one on n4g right now is not because it is about RE. I just have and inkling that its popularity has more to do with the word tits accompanied by a photo of big boobs. Thank you, that is all.

[Treyb3yond]

Now these liberal types are complaint about titties?

But, boobs are awesome!

[GamerPS360]

gay cheap tactics. I hate when game do this.

[hyabusha]

I might just buy a 3DS for "walking tits". ;)

[Mario4life]

IN 3D!!!!!!!!!

[Drithe]

Ok. First off, most of the guys at Kotaku are gay. It is why they hate breasts. Second of all, anyone that actually reads or believes anything from Kotaku should just stick their heads in a comode and flush their stupidity away.

Kotaku has been an anti-Sony machine and has been caught in many out right lies.

They should ban everything that comes from Kotaku from even being posted here.

End of Line.

[Tigerfist]

First off, this is a 3DS title. Secondly, it's not a matter of belief for the video is out already, you can check it out here:

[Mario4life]

So slow news day i guess

[TopherZero]

What's with the hang-ups in this country with portraying an aesthetically beautiful woman in a video game???? Is this really an important question raised by video game journalists? Think of something better to criticize or just save some virtual space with these ridiculous arguments.

[bangoskank]

Ada was running around a decimated city full of zombies while wearing a red dress in re 2. Yeah, capcom is totally straying from their realistic roots. How could anyone take a game derived from b horror movies so seriously? This article is absurd.

[Tigerfist]

That was hardly a cocktail dress (check image)... It was quite banal clothing actually.

Now having a woman with hair that totally covers her eyes and a huge spotlighted rack is perfectly aceptable... It's a zombie game after all eh? Oh the logic...

[xTHRASHx]

Could be worse, could be a pair of walking balls.

[LordZ]

Sex sells.

[mastershredder]

Kotaku sounds more and more like a whiney N4G blogger page every day.
I'm not sure how so much bitching can come out of such a small crumb of an in-progress title.

If you want walking tits, play Stretch Panic.

[felonycarclub]

so whats wrong with this again, this new generation what wrong with them? I guess they just want some guy wearing skinny jeans and a mohawk lmao

[EdwardS087]

I like boobs. But this game looks like hell (Is it really multiplatform??). She doesn't even have ONE eye available--both are obscured by that caramelized mess I deduce is hair. I enjoyed Res-5, and look forward to the hd-remake of res-4. But this, sucks.

[J86blum]

Resident Evil is just done, they need to hang it up.. this is just sad, and maybe I am alone but RE6 just for some reason I feel isnt going to anything special, REOR is taking a step back story wise so we can go SOCOM on zombies. I feel the series has lost its way, and the creators, writers, and idea planners all need to step down. and give the series to Santa Monica Studios, or Viseral, people say Naughty Dog but I don't feel its there type of game and may just turn it into uncharted with zombies. same goes with Insomniac or SuckerPunch.

Also the whole RE4HD and CVHD you cannot even play them offline, u have to be online to play them, and if u think of buying the hard disc its the censored version.. capcom and Resident evil bring another disapointment to a home near you.

[memphis2]

THIS IS PATHETIC! come on capcom really??!!

[skyblue14213]

Title of article:
"A "Pair of Walking Tits" Brings Resident Evil’s Direction Into Question"

All of a sudden people are now questioning the direction the resident evil series is now taking? I questioned the direction the series was taking when I got a chance to play some years ago the non-resident evil game called resident evil 4. I guess it is better late than never though, so I am thankful for at least that.

I do hope that capcom gets their head out of you know where and brings the series back to its roots but with welcome improvements that does not mess with the original core elements of the series. I hope capcom goes back to being the great developer/publisher that it once was before it is too late.

[ATi_Elite]

Ok anytime any article has the word "Tits" in it I'm gonna click it. I was breast fed as a child so I have a natural connection to Tits!

P.S. how can this chick see with all that hair in her face A La The Ring? Oh wait let me guess her nipples are her eyes.....thank you thank you I'll be here all week!

[Anti-Fanboyer]

What a shame. They ran out of ideas, so they resort to using sexual image.

[chadboban]

I'm sorry but one short trailer showcasing a girl with stupid hair and big boobs and everyone is up in arms about it. From all the other trailers I've seen, this game looks fantastic. From the gameplay I've seen, it really does look like a return to form for the series. I ain't gonna let ONE stupid trailer full of big tits ruin or change my perception of a game.

[mamotte]

is, as always, top new in N4G

[Tilian]

Funny this coming from Kotaku, which itself often uses pictures of "walking tits" to get hits (cosplay, models, etc.).

Why that site is so popular, and even syndicated, is beyond me.

[ichimaru]

I'm glad the Dev's of Tomb raider "woke up" so to speak. Hope other devs follow suit

[DOOMZ]

Works for me!

[Human Analog]

Being a resident evil game, I figured your title about 'walking tits' to actually be literal. I could just picture a pair of boobs on a set of legs, and trying to be scary. Little did I realize you were just being funny.

[Tres21]

Ya personally I think the zombies was just tryin 2 get on.lol...it looked lik he wanted 2 make lol zombie babies I don't think he was tryin 2 eat her brains.lol

[Tsar4ever01]

I don't know what the deal with capcom with this big titted new character in RE, but I'm sure it's just eye candy for the horny teen/aged gamers.

Well, being a 3Ds game, I'm not really concerned with this title, but I'm a little worried about where the series is going in terms of leaving the "horror survival" style and replacing it with this post RE4 "syfy/action thriller" style gameplay. I don't hate the new element, but Capcom need to find a better way blend both old & new and somehow make it work.

I think I saw an good attempt with RE5/Alt edition where Jill/Chris ventured through the spencer mansion looking for wesker, The mansion was straight outta RE1, great shading and lighting, very RE1 like, see how every time jill/chris opened a door? the camera panned toward the door and opened ala RE 1-3? I though THAT was great. All they needed was the RE 1-3 atmospheric music and I guess limit the amount of ammo so players are forced to use their weapons with more "tactical" care against zombie/monsters. Try allot of surprise ambushes towards the player's "blind" angles on 3rd person/over the shoulder.

Or maybe try to return to the gameplay style capcom started with making RE4, just look up "RE4 beta" leon vs hookman demo on youtube and check it out. It reminded me of a upgrade play style of "Silent Hill" 1 for the ps1. But it was great, pretty damn SPOOKY!!

[Fadetoblack69]

I question the author that would question a "Pair of Walking Tits".....

Quote: "I got absolutely no sense of Rachel's character, only discovering that she has a pert ass, a fine pair of norks and an impractical haircut."

What exactly IS your point (other than your overly obvious sexual preference)?

[GSpartan777]

Honestly I think the trailer was just badly made. Was the trailer much better - showed her personality better, hair not covering her face and actually gave you a sense of that classic Resident Evil feel - this would not have been so bad or even a big issue. Unfortunately, the trailer did at terrible job at introducing the character, which makes her (Rachel) just come off as a stereotypical big titted Japanese female character that was placed in a action horror survival game to appeal to whoever they are trying to appeal to, instead of introducing her in a proper way.

Personally, I have no problem with female gaming characters looking like this, as long they are given a proper place in the story and not just put in a sex doll and if the game is actually good ofcourse. But I can understand why some people, especially Resident Evil fans, would be upset about this.

[mshope10]

its funny that everyone is arguing over a fake video game character.oh no the girl in my zombie game has big boobs now i can't play it cause i will be staring at boobs on a fake video game girl.really?! does anybody even think before the start crying on this site.

and it's funny before this came out every other site was saying how this game was a return to form.and the demos everyone played was all about a scary atmosphere slowing the action down so your worried about whats around the next corner.and now a fake made up character in a video game is going to take that away?!

it's sad the lengths people will go to hate on something but this has got to be one of the most lame attempts i have ever seen.and whats crazy people agreed this would distract from the game!!

[mshope10]

it's funny everyone else you play this game said it a return to form and it brought back the old school scary atmosphere back.and they decided that instead of talking about that or the great graphics,or how its a new original game in a great series they want to hate on a fake video game character with big boobs.and what crazy people agree with them.but i guess if there's really not alot to hate on you got to make up something.

oh-no a fake girl in a video game has way to big breast how will i play this game.its not going to be scary anymore.because every scary movie that had a girl with big boobs in it was way less scary because of it.so the same should apply here.yes this is really what this article was about wow just wow!!

[Muffins1223]

If i was a a zombie,i would ht that :D

[Kahvipannu]

I really hope this gets release to current consoles, this looks amazing RE title (tought it has character with big boobs so it may not be good/sarcasm^^). Just like Peacewalker, I'm damn happy that I didn't buy PSP for that. I might have to get 3ds at some point if this doesn't tought..