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[[File:MediEvil2-WhitechapelPrayingAngel-Screenshot.png|thumb|right|250px|Angel statue and chapel in Whitechapel.]] | [[File:MediEvil2-WhitechapelPrayingAngel-Screenshot.png|thumb|right|250px|Angel statue and chapel in Whitechapel.]] | ||
The people of 19th century [[London]] still practiced Christianity. This was most evident in the [[Whitechapel]] graveyard which featured a chapel and a statue of a praying angel. The coffins of the (un)dead there also bore crosses on their front. | The people of 19th century [[London]] still practiced Christianity. This was most evident in the [[Whitechapel]] graveyard which featured a chapel and a statue of a praying angel. The coffins of the (un)dead there also bore crosses on their front. | ||
==Behind the scenes== | |||
===Development=== | |||
====''MediEvil'' (1998 original)==== | |||
[[File:MediEvilECTSPreAlpha-MadMonk.png|left|thumb|100px|Pre-release Mad Monk.]]The original game was set to have more religious references. [[The Hilltop Mausoleum]] level was originally called [[The Desecrated Church]],{{Gameref|Rolling-Demo}} and the Mad Monks in The Asylum Grounds were previously human and clasped their hands in prayer.{{Gameref|ECTSPreAlpha}} According to the game's designer [[Jason Wilson]], such elements had to be removed from the game due to the deep religious views of some of the United States.{{TwitterRef|Wilson|1181476171231498241|October 8, 2019|November 1, 2024|quote=We might speak the same language but there are cultural differences between the UK and the US. We had to make a number of concessions to the US due to the deep religious views of some States.}}{{TwitterRef|Wilson|1194167329170640898|quote=I do remember that we even had to rename things - I remember that anything involving religion was an issue.|November 12, 2019|May 15, 2021}}{{TwitterRef|Wilson|1049640526503399431|August 9, 2018|quote=They were opposed to the violence and destruction going on in places like a church. It was simply a case or{{sic}} renaming everything so it wasn’t deemed too holy.|May 15, 2021}}{{TwitterRef|Wilson|1380269421852254216|April 8, 2021|quote=...So ‘Church’ became ‘Hilltop Mausoleum’ and so on.|url=https://twitter.com/gunncomics/status/|site=Twitter|May 16, 2021}} | |||
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====''MediEvil'' (1999 Japanese original)==== | |||
The original name of The Hilltop Mausoleum level was partially restored in the Japanese version where it is called {{nihongo|Church|教会|Kyōkai}}. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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