{"id":1819872,"date":"2026-03-11T12:09:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1819872"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:09:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:09:01","slug":"capcom-veteran-hideki-kamiya-is-so-scared-by-resident-evil-requiem-he-is-losing-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1819872","title":{"rendered":"Capcom veteran Hideki Kamiya is so scared by Resident Evil Requiem, he is losing sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/resident-evil-9-revenant-shadows\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Resident Evil Requiem<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Capcom veteran Hideki Kamiya is so scared by Resident Evil Requiem, he is losing sleep<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Suggests a &#8220;non-scary mode&#8221;, where &#8220;blood splatters turn into cherry blossom petals&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/20260221152833_1.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A horrifying monster emerging from a cupboard in Resident Evil Requiem\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"20260221152833_1.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Capcom\/Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-11T12:09:01+00:00\">March 11, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/capcom-veteran-hideki-kamiya-is-so-scared-by-resident-evil-requiem-he-is-losing-sleep?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          7 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"50f32f00-4134-42c6-8d2a-21e4b9383601\" data-name=\"Resident Evil Requiem\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Resident Evil Requiem\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Resident Evil Requiem\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" title=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\"><br \/>\n  Follow Resident Evil Requiem<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/resident-evil-2\">Resident Evil 2<\/a> director Hideki Kamiya has suggested Capcom makes a &#8220;non-scary mode&#8221; for games in its iconic horror series.<\/p>\n<p>Kamiya &#8211; who &#8220;hates horror games&#8221; &#8211; was enjoying some Resident Evil Requiem fun times with members from his own studio Clovers, when he remarked that Capcom should include a mode for those among us who aren&#8217;t so keen on getting scared by zombie mutants.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>When another one of his team piped up that a non-scary mode would kind of defeat the purpose of the games, Kamiya joked: &#8220;Look, I just want to enjoy the puzzles&#8230; the puzzles and the combat. I don&#8217;t need the scary stuff.&#8221; He also commented on Leon Kennedy&#8217;s more mature look in Requiem, noting he isn&#8217;t a &#8220;spring chicken anymore&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It is a pretty endearing little snippet into life at Clovers, and amusing to see the man that gave us Resident Evil 2 admit he is a bit of a scaredy cat. Not that this is the first time Kamiya has shared his aversion to horror. Just yesterday, the Capcom vet also asked Resident Evil Requiem&#8217;s team to add a &#8220;not scary mode&#8221; for the game, &#8220;where the zombies get all cute, the blood splatters turn into cherry blossom petals, the music becomes this upbeat, feel-good kind of tune, and you can just purely enjoy the puzzles and battles in a fun mood\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Resharing a post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-is-getting-a-story-expansion-a-new-minigame-and-a-photo-mode\">announcing a new story expansion for Resident Evil Requiem<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HidekiKamiya_X\/status\/2031351268476887320\">Kamiya said<\/a>: &#8220;I wanna play it, but it&#8217;s so scary that I can&#8217;t sleep alone at night anymore, so I just can&#8217;t bring myself to play&#8230; Think about how people like that feel\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t lie, this idea has made me smile. While I am personally fine with Resident Evil Requiem as it is, I would also kind of love to see cherry blossom petals burst forth from a zombie&#8217;s head after a spot of chainsaw action.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re all playing Resident Evil Requiem!<br \/>Kamiya\u2014who hates horror games\u2014is doing his usual grumbling \ud83e\udd2d\ud83c\udf40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ocbW8tsnDR\">pic.twitter.com\/ocbW8tsnDR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CLOVERS Inc. (@CLOVERS_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CLOVERS_en\/status\/2031275913812521339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this month, Capcom revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-has-surpassed-5m-copies-sold-in-less-than-a-week\">Resident Evil Requiem had surpassed 5m sales in less than a week<\/a>, and this success is well deserved. We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-review\">recently awarded Resident Evil Requiem five stars<\/a>, with our Matt calling it &#8220;both a masterful bit of suffocating horror and a nostalgic, fan-thrilling victory lap for the legendary series&#8221;. Soon after its debut, Requiem saw the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiems-steam-concurrent-peak-is-the-biggest-in-franchise-history\">biggest concurrent Steam player count<\/a> in Resident Evil history.<\/p>\n<p>As for Kamiya and Clovers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/okami-sequel-in-the-works-with-capcom-and-hideki-kamiyas-new-studio-clovers\">the team is currently working on a sequel to Okami<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/resident-evil-2\">Resident Evil 2<\/a> director Hideki Kamiya has suggested Capcom makes a &#8220;non-scary mode&#8221; for games in its iconic horror series.<\/p>\n<p>Kamiya &#8211; who &#8220;hates horror games&#8221; &#8211; was enjoying some Resident Evil Requiem fun times with members from his own studio Clovers, when he remarked that Capcom should include a mode for those among us who aren&#8217;t so keen on getting scared by zombie mutants.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>When another one of his team piped up that a non-scary mode would kind of defeat the purpose of the games, Kamiya joked: &#8220;Look, I just want to enjoy the puzzles&#8230; the puzzles and the combat. I don&#8217;t need the scary stuff.&#8221; He also commented on Leon Kennedy&#8217;s more mature look in Requiem, noting he isn&#8217;t a &#8220;spring chicken anymore&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It is a pretty endearing little snippet into life at Clovers, and amusing to see the man that gave us Resident Evil 2 admit he is a bit of a scaredy cat. Not that this is the first time Kamiya has shared his aversion to horror. Just yesterday, the Capcom vet also asked Resident Evil Requiem&#8217;s team to add a &#8220;not scary mode&#8221; for the game, &#8220;where the zombies get all cute, the blood splatters turn into cherry blossom petals, the music becomes this upbeat, feel-good kind of tune, and you can just purely enjoy the puzzles and battles in a fun mood\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Resharing a post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-is-getting-a-story-expansion-a-new-minigame-and-a-photo-mode\">announcing a new story expansion for Resident Evil Requiem<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HidekiKamiya_X\/status\/2031351268476887320\">Kamiya said<\/a>: &#8220;I wanna play it, but it&#8217;s so scary that I can&#8217;t sleep alone at night anymore, so I just can&#8217;t bring myself to play&#8230; Think about how people like that feel\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t lie, this idea has made me smile. While I am personally fine with Resident Evil Requiem as it is, I would also kind of love to see cherry blossom petals burst forth from a zombie&#8217;s head after a spot of chainsaw action.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re all playing Resident Evil Requiem!<br \/>Kamiya\u2014who hates horror games\u2014is doing his usual grumbling \ud83e\udd2d\ud83c\udf40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ocbW8tsnDR\">pic.twitter.com\/ocbW8tsnDR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CLOVERS Inc. (@CLOVERS_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CLOVERS_en\/status\/2031275913812521339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this month, Capcom revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-has-surpassed-5m-copies-sold-in-less-than-a-week\">Resident Evil Requiem had surpassed 5m sales in less than a week<\/a>, and this success is well deserved. We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/resident-evil-requiem-review\">recently awarded Resident Evil Requiem five stars<\/a>, with our Matt calling it &#8220;both a masterful bit of suffocating horror and a nostalgic, fan-thrilling victory lap for the legendary series&#8221;. 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