I was so busy reading all the comments today about N'Gai Croal's reaction to the "Resident Evil 5" trailer that I didn't get a chance to pass on the info that the game is now confirmed as taking place in Africa.
Joystiq and Kotaku have done the work for me, here and here, respectively. Both point to the Capcom blog entry that includes the announcement.
Here's the how game's producer Jun Takeuchi put it:
When we first started out to make ["Resident Evil 5,"] we had a lot of discussions within the team as to where we should set the game. Some felt that we should create something with the traditional dark, foreboding atmosphere we are used to.
As a next-gen game, others felt we needed to do something completely new. So we had these two completely opposing opinions. And on top of that, there was the story to follow.
We settled on the fact that we really wanted to show the origins of the virus. So for the setting we thought how about using the place where humankind was born?
Well, I'm not a scientist, so I don't know how things might change in the future, but we thought we should use Africa, which is now called the birthplace of humanity, as the model.
Takeuchi then explains how themes and use of light and darkness should set this "RE" game apart from the others.
So, no, the game is not set in Haiti. It's in Africa. Just like the first "Metal Gear," the next "Far Cry" and the beginning of "Halo 2."
I do believe I said months ago that this game looks like it was set in Africa. That's back when people were yelling at me on the Internet, instead of yelling at N'Gai.
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