RE5 producer outlines the 10 Capcom-mandments

i dont know how to feel abou is. i love the games capcom puts out. will this make them better? or make them worse? im scared that this will change what they have been doing right with my games. dam

I believe they are mistaken, shadow of rome ruled

"thank you for playing", what a legend, cheers for making some of my all time bestest games ever pal :)

lathan94 you are a joke.

I like western games much more than Japanese games. Capcoms attempts at attracting a western audience are honorable and i respect them for it. In my opinion Capcom is the best Japanese developer by far. Resident Evil 4 was their masterpiece in my opinion. I dont really care for Street fighter games that much (gasp!!) but its just my opinion. Currently my favorite developers are Bethesda, Bioware, Infinity Ward, Epic and Creative Assembly.

Um, Muniara, a lot of people know about Elfen Lied. It just sucks.

Thank you Capcom for continuing to make quality games.

@InfectX you rock for being one of the 30 other people who know about Elfen Lied.

This is pretty interesting... Capcom is great, I've loved them since my Arcade/SNES days.

res5 will be awesome

I was looking forward to RE5 for years literally, i played it and was so horrified and upset over the horrible camera angle, the sloppy stand still controls(move move we need to run and shoot already) and the overall pain in the butt partner who gets in the way and gets you killed. I like the lone ranger REvils, just like ashley got annoying in 4(my favorite) this girl helps some but becomes a pain. The inventory is horrible because you can't stop the game to change your weapons and then BAM your dead or fighting off a umm(zombie, infected human) whatever. So now i'm looking forward to Bionic Commando instead which looks more promising. Capcom rocks but i think they ruined RE5, we'll see.

Guess I'd better try the demo then. I really hope RE5 isn't dumbed down and really easy like Gears 2. RE4 really was awesome.

I disagree, Skull-Fire. Achievable goals that are, eventually, met boosts motivation which, subsequently, turns out an end product with more effort put into it. Also, setting goals that aren't too easy or even impossible may provide a challenge, but when you don't meet them it may have a hindering effect or word may reach the customer which may disappoint or change their views of the company.

Skull-fire it is a good a idea not to make unachivable goals. If a cavemen wanted to fly could he? no he would just get depressed and commit suicide

the 10th one is just stupid. Sometiems you need to set goals that arent so easy to accomplish and maybe even seem impossible, thats what truly motivates you.

joeythemachine, unlike you, I don't like regurgitation of press releases (that this and the EA one was) and would rather see independent editorial coverage and hard-hitting interviews.

Some interesting advice. Sort of goes along with the article yesterday about the EA rep's recession pep talk. I like these articles, but they're always so concise. If Gamespot redirected their linkable subjects more, I'd spend much more time here.

Jp gamers haven't massively adapted yet to the dual analog system, that's why western games don't do well in Jp. Whenever Square Enix makes a popular game with such features, things will change.

i like Capcom , it has many great games like DMC

i really liked lost planet, its certainly better then most games published in the last 2 years

Lost Planet and Dead Rising were largely unremarkable -- probably my least favorite Capcom games. No wonder RE5 is getting poor initial reviews relative to RE4. If they want to make good games, they should just make games the Japanese want to play. We Americans mostly don't know what good game are anyway. Bring back Mikami-san!

Imo, there some uniquely quirky Japanese things about games that should stay that way. They're part of the experience and really help a game develop it's identity. The biggest difference (to me) between Japanese and American games is that, excluding RPGs, Japanese games are more concerned with achievements (scores, rankings, etc.) and American games place a heavier emphasis on the narrative (plot, story arc) as part of the action. Japanese gamers play to be tested, American gamers play to be entertained. Capcom has improved in this area if you compare the depth of RE4 to earlier RE's. Above all, fun is still the most important feature a game should offer,but remember that 'fun' is subjective.

I love Capcom and most of it's games, but I have to disagree with Mr. Takeuchi. The way they handle DLC for their games is anything but fun.

"Resident Evil 5 is an add-on to Resident Evil 4. Nothing new." That would make sense, if you were stoned. I feel like i should add a little more to that, but the whole damn sentence is stupid.

I always liked the "Thank you for playing"catchphase,always hate games were you complete the game and it says "GAME OVER"makes you look rubbish when you in arcades

There are pits falls in releasing complete new games based on the original game; i.e. Lost Planet Colonies should have been released as an add-in like Fable 2 Knothole Island or The lost & The Damm for GTA 4, which took the original games formant into consideration, and allowed the original multi players to continue to play together without switching games to do so. I understand the need for profit, but to promote the games viability other factors need to be considered. Shame on CAP COM for screwing with a great game. CAP COM could redeem themselves by offering a downloadable add in to Colonies, which could be considered Lost Planet 2; new maps, new game play, new abilities; for a price of course?

"get our some of our people to dye their hair blond"... lmao if i cared, i would be offended.. thats like, if you wanna be thug, paint your skin black.

If Capcom actually advertised Shadow of Rome better so that people actually knew about it it would've been far more sucessful than what it is.

Capcom is a funny old company. They develop some of the greatest franchises in the industry, problem is they milk it to death. Problem is we love them for it lol.

Resident Evil 5 is an add-on to Resident Evil 4. Nothing new.

Is capcom doing something good now?

I'd be excited if Capcom actually invested in new IPs, they seem to recycle a lot of their games though, I'm glad they'll be releasing Dead Rising 2 and multiple consoles at the same time, I think they should do that with all their games, it really sucks when I'm waiting for them to release something else and they're just remaking RE4 or Dead Rising or Okami or Lost Planet or SFII and I already own them, I'm glad though they've broken from doing timed exclusives, even though I favor my X360 they're not going to make sequels for those games 'til they've already ported them elsewhere, if they get all the ports done at once they can just keep making new games

thank capcom for all these years, (currently waiting for devil may cry 5)

fun is nice and all but trying to please everyone will just end up please about 10% of them and thats not a good number for the gaming industry, just make the games for the intended audiences and itll all be ok in the end

Capcom: Like McDonald's, I'm "lovin' it".

Capcom is one of the most respected devs/pubs in my opinion. They know quality.

Dreski83: business is "war" in Japan. After WWII, that mindset was more or less sublimated into business, and it still holds today, to some degree.

Goals and objectives must be adaptable? If so, then why haven't you brought RE5 to Wii or any other cool games.

No, thank you dude. Capcom FTW.

Ummm... I appreciate the honesty, I really do. But referring to the foreign gaming audience as an enemy, proverb or not, just seems a bit strange :?

wow! This is sound advice from (what is in my mind) one of the greatest gaming publishers around. Capcom usually means quality to me. Its rare when I re-think about buying a capcom game. Thats not to say they don't make bad ones too... because they have before.... but for the most part I really like thier games alot.... This is one of those companies I don't mind showing my support with my hard earned dollar.

Capcom is cranking out great games. Good company, benefits us. ^^

It's so true BlueFlameBat, I don't want to hear about how great Capcom think they are, why don't they explain to us why they are ripping off gamers for things that should've been included in the final game, especially when they are releasing the DLC a week after the game is out. At least wait a couple months to try and hide your true intentions, Capcom.

kgb1234, I was coming here to post almost the exact same thing.

11. Take things that could have been included in the final game and make lots of money on it by selling it as DLC. (Street Fighter 4 alternate costumes come to mind...)

Just another good reason why Capcom and Konami are the greatest third party Videogame companies in the world.

"Not all cultural boundaries can be overcome, Takeuchi said, but fun knows no borders. " that says it all. thanks for making fun games, capcom.

Good article, also very nice hoodie Takeuchi has on.

Very interesting article. I enjoyed it. Very informative.