Analysis of Resident Evil 6 Preview cover

The magazine cover that will be analyzed is the cover to Game Informer's Resident Evil 6 preview cover. This Game had been released at the video game expo, E3. This Game is to follow up on Capcom's Resident Evil 5. The cover for Resident Evil 6 shows the characters Leon Kennedy who is wearing shoulder holsters and magazine clip holders and the new character Jake. They are fighting a large deformed zombie/monster that has no shirt no face and metal contraptions on it's arms. This is to show the characters who are playable and the enemies that you will have to fight. The background is mostly in fire at what seems like a shipping yard location. This is to show the high octane action that will be part of the game. This game is supposed to be a high tension survival/ horror game. This cover is to draw the attention of the fans of the Resident Evil series. The series has been around since 1998 on the early PlayStation one and other systems. Game Informer is marketing this to release one of the years highly anticipated game through action and horror. So what this seems violent, who is the audience? As stated before, the audience is aimed at the fans of video games but that is a range of 5 of 56 for example. The Game has been given the rating of "M" for mature audiences buy the E.S.R.B, the entertainment software rating board. The game is rated M for  blood and gore, intense violence, nudity, strong language, and suggestive themes, clearly this is a long list. The M rating is to aim at 17 or older. What have come a long way at what we put in to games. We now see detailed examples of gore shown and the language put came a long way as well in this game the "f-bomb" is used. This is probably because we as a society have become desensitized to violence and suggestive themes. Killing things either zombies or humans does not phase some people, this might be because they are not physically doing the act of killing that zombie, demon, or human another person is doing it by just pressing a button. That is why there is a rating board I do not think that it is a good idea to have a 4 year old playing Resident Evil that may have psychological effects on a child.  Children are seeing violence and are not phased and are reacting to it by pretending to react what was seen. That is why it is a good idea to follow the E.S.R.B.

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