Resident Evil Pioneer Hideki Kamiya Admits Modern Horror Games Have Become “Too Scary”
Hideki Kamiya, the legendary director behind the original Resident Evil 2, has offered a candid and somewhat surprising perspective on the franchise he helped build: modern survival horror games have simply become too terrifying to play.
In a recent interview, the renowned developer—who transitioned from Capcom to PlatinumGames and eventually founded his own studio, Clover—admitted that despite his pivotal role in defining the genre in the 90s, he has never actually enjoyed horror.
“I don’t like horror, and I don’t like scary things,” Kamiya told VGC. “I’m not able to make it through scary movies, and that was even the case back in the day.”
For many, this revelation provides a fascinating context to the evolution of the Resident Evil series. While the original titles
