- Resident Evil Requiem is censored in Japan to comply with the region’s restrictions.
- Japanese fans have called this out, saying it breaks the overall immersion.
- The game displays black, shader-like textures over gore, mutilated body parts, and more.
Resident Evil Requiem has been an absolute blast so far, garnering great reviews and becoming the game with the highest user score on Metacritic. However, in Japan, it is being criticized for removing a key aspect.
Capcom has censored all gore in Resident Evil Requiem in Japan, and players are criticizing it as a break in immersion. Black textures have censored dismemberment, exploding heads, and general gore.
Why it matters: The game has been censored in Japan to comply with the region’s guidelines that restrict the display of extreme violence; however, doing so removes the immersion of the gameplay.
In the Japanese version of Resident Evil Requiem, if there’s any gore or mutilated body parts, the game puts a black shader-like texture over them. So, taking out zombies isn’t as satisfying or immersive as it normally is.
Now, fans are calling this out, saying it detracts from the overall game experience. However, given that the regulations strictly prohibit the display of gore, Capcom might not change much.
This has been the case with previous Resident Evil games in Japan as well. While they also use the black shaders, they mostly feature toned-down violence and cut extreme parts of the game altogether, again breaking immersion.
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