Richard Rafost, director of the 2013 film "Frankenstein's Army," claimed that the boss of the Resident Evil village, Sturm (essentially a radial airplane engine with legs), took the monster's design from his film, which was the subject of a May The two were controversial in the He said it was almost identical to the way he died.

"It's the same scene as in my movie, but in my movie you have to detach the fuel tube. That's the only thing missing," he told Eurogamer. But the whole thing is all the same, the flames, the explosions, the spinning through the camera. The environment, the whole color palette. It's like an animated version of my movie."

There are certainly similarities:

Since the original Sturm model is still in the game, a modder named Pumpkinhook created an alternative model called Copyright Free Sturm. The mod takes a very simple and effective approach to address Raaphorst's complaints by turning the character into the world's most dangerous pedestal fan.

Courtesy of IGN, you can see the new beast in action below:

While a fan sold at Wal-Mart would not be as bad as a real-life 1,900-horsepower BMW 801, the modified Sturm has a safety cage around its blades, legs Despite the lack of a "leg," the Sturm functions just as well as he did in his original form. That said, I can't help but feel that this new look might reduce the tension of the encounter. However, being chased around by the $39.99 Home Hardware Special seems like it would be best accompanied by Yakety Sax.

As for the original Sturm design, Capcom has not commented on Raaphorst's complaint, but Raaphorst stated in an email that he has not contacted the studio since his complaint. The lack of response is "more proof than anything else that what they did was wrong," he added, but declined to comment on whether further action would be taken.

Thanks, GamesRadar.