Resident Evil - Code: Veronica (Kinda) Sucked...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มิ.ย. 2024
- I had said that Resident Evil - Code: Veronica was a game people were mixed on. Turns out, the game has a lot of fans, so I was curious to play it to finally get an opinion for myself. As the title of the video says, I didn't enjoy it much, and today we shall explore the fundamental issues that made me not enjoy RE's first next generation installment.
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Chapters:
00:00 How Do People Feel About Code Veronica?
03:16 An Overly Long Breakdown of Ports And Other Things...
07:51 The Fundamental Flaws Of Code Veronica
11:30 "What An Idiot I Am For My Inability to Predict That."
15:55 Nothing Else Really Matters...
18:56 The Story Was Pretty Neat
22:49 But I Don't Like The Game
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Claire’s look on here still remains as one of my favorite character designs throughout the franchise. It’s top 3 for me.
Claire is my fav RE character because of CV. Love her look here, her voice and of course, her sheer badassery
The best after REmake Jill and RE2 remake Ada.
@@Walamonga1313 Alyson Court is the one true Claire Redfield. Wish they'd bring her back.
@@Keullo-eFIN RE1 Remake Jill is my favorite.
@@Keullo-eFIN According to who? No, you got it twisted. REmake Claire is best and first, then those other two irrelevant ho's you mentioned.
Good things:
1. The knife has been greatly improved
2. The camera work style from Dino Crisis 1 was used and improved upon here.
Bad things:
1. How they presented the second half of the game was just baaad, its just basically Chris redoing what Claire went through.
2. The gore has been drastically dumbed down , sure there are blood splattering, but I believe there are no head popping, head decapitating or torsos being blown out
I do like how the game uses something similar to zapping where taking stuff/ not taking stuff as claire does effect chris like getting the lighter and the magnum
Chris's portion of the game definitely isn't as good as Claire's, but I still enjoyed it.
@@joshuanelson6795 tbh i feel it should have been done like re2 with a claire campain and a chris campain, like you have no choice but to start claires story and you beat it, encountering chris in it. Then you play chris story and you see where he was and what he was doing. Would have been perfect if claires final boss was monster steve for that emotional part (tho a full fight instead of a chase scene) and chris story would carry on longer but end with the alexia fight
@@AquaFan1998 That certainly would have been interesting, but I was still satisfied with what we got.
RE3 original did better improvements:
- free walk stairs.
- gun powder.
- RNG.
- dodge mechanics.
- Time live action.
P.S. : the knife in CV is too OP.
I would like to see a remake of Code: Veronica, instead of RE4.
Sentiments echoed by a large majority of the fanbase. RE4 is fine as is, it doesn't need a remake and there's very little they could change or add to make it relevant. Code Veronica is in desperate need of an overhaul because of how fundamentally flawed it is. It could benefit from being streamlined the way the other two games were, eliminating a large bulk of the unnecessary backtracking as a lot of it felt superfluous. This seems to be an inherent issue with the industry (as well as Hollywood) as they constantly focus on remaking already successful and well received games when the bad ones could use the update more to make them more appealing and potentially improve their status among fans.
@@PsychoWerekitsune I agree, I would like to see a Sonic Adventure remake.
Agreed. CV is an amazing game, a lot of people don’t like it because it is probably the hardest in the series.
We just don’t really need an RE4 remake, at least not yet. The VR version definitely can fill that void and CV needs a lot more love. I was underwhelmed by the original and would love a remake.
But you are going to buy it like a hypocrite.
God how salty I am they're just, at this point, ignoring Code Veronica's existence. In how it's got the short end with ports, and no consideration for remaking. When this game, next to the OG RE1, is an RE game that stands most to benefit from the full remake treatment! Cuz this game, its enemies, characters, voice acting, locations, and unique ideas have SOOO much potential!! All the pieces are present in this game for a top-tier Resident Evil experience, it just needs that retweaking to help it all reach its fullest potential. (and not just cuz I wanna see my fav character Claire star in another modern RE game >.>)
CVX is the only RE that I couldn't finish, because it basically softlocked me when changing characters without announcing. I got basically all items on Claire's inventory and then it changed.
They sharing item box without warning you sucks.
Happened to me but I adapted and conquered.
As somebody who loves CV, I have to admit that the character swapping points are the game's greatest flaws for sure. While this issue is greatly mitigated on repeat playthroughs, it really can sour one's initial experience of the product.
That part really soured the game for me as well. I've been replaying it the past few days.
When I was playing as Chris I had no way of saving that guy from the worm creature because I quite simply didn't have enough ammo to kill it. So I was unable to get the lighter as Chris.
Had I known I had to dump all the weapons in the item locker I'd obviously have done it. But with all that being said I do still like the game.
It’s a story, the characters going to change at some point. Even in the original re 2 and 3 characters change. As Claire you play as the lil girl, as Leon you play as Ada for a bit of time. It’s the unique story the originals bring that keeps it interesting. I’m curious to what wesker meant when he said he could bring Steve back to life with the sample inside of him.
@@TheWalt19 We get that and in theory it works well and has been done well in earlier RE games. I think it's the item sharing and item boxes that the previous people are complaining about.
Wesker's voice-actor did a narration of the text of Wesker's Report 2 you can find online. It expands so much on Wesker and the RE setting as a whole that I recommend it as required reading for anyone interested in the early RE lore.
This maybe the weirdest, hardest, and longest game in the series, but tbh it's a Survival Horror Franchise, it's suppose to test you to see well you're good at the game even replaying it over and over time again
Cv is more annoying than hard
0 and 3 are hard
As someone going back and playing the games decades later, this one is ruff. I’ve tried 3 times to finish it, but kept losing interest
Also whomever did the lighting should get punched in the face
@@prouddegenerates9056 strongly agree I missed so much ammo and health because I couldn't see it
@@RobertEdwinHouse9 I found 0 more annoying than CV (though I still enjoyed it).
My only Major complaint about this game is the fact that it DOESN'T TELL YOU that Chris and Clare will share items. if you knew this from the start then it would be much easier. ON multiple play through Knowning this bit fact this game is much easier than people give it credit for.
Yeah I love this game mainly for its storyline but that is a massive flaw not to mention oversight on Capcom’s part.
I played this game on the Dreamcast way back in the day and absolutely loved it, i like the exploration of CV and never felt like a chore to me. I still rate it my second favorite resident evil only behind the REmake... This is pure old school survival horror. I also felt the story of CV was much better than an average resident evil game(most are cheesy).
this game is cheesy too. Still for me is the last true Resident Evil (with RE1 remake exception), everything else after from RE0, 4 to Village is just awful and overexagerated in every way, even the last RE 2 and 3 remakes. and Re3 remake was the worst of all of them for me.
@@marcraider why u dont like 4?
Press x to doubt
These games are supossed to be cheesy, they are inspired in gore zombie b-side movies, people don't seem to get that
CV was just as if not more cheesy then the other RE's LMAO
16:55 Dino Crisis 2 did that first and better in the ps1
Regina has dual sub machinegun weapons that will individually target and track enemies with a lot more range and precision than the dual handguns of cvx
That games overall design also makes better use of them, being more action focused and actually having situations where the dual targetting really comes in hand.
I honestly cant recall any time in CVX where the dual handguns were actively useful outside of being a fun gimmick (specially since they have super limited ammo and you never pick up more)
Hell, something else people praise CVX for are its 3d areas and dynamic camera anglea... which dino crisis 1 has done already on the ps1... and again, did arguably better, by actively using its camera angles to simulate something watching or following you through windows and overall bulding tension, which is something I honestly dont remember CVX doing outside 9ne or two rooms.
Might have been better, but Code V came out before. And all this talk about Dino Crisis. what about the 3ed one. the one that Fonzied the series.
@@enrkm85 pretty sure dino crisis came out before code v
@@enrkm85 and what does dino 3 have to do with this?
@@Maioly code v feb of 2000 while Dino 2 is sep. and just making a joke about Dino 3. It was to point out how they jumped the shark by going to space.
@@enrkm85 dude
They both came out the same year
That literally means they had been in dev at the same time (I was thinking of cvx release date)
I may have been wrong about it coming out first, but it still did ots own dual aiming gun independant of code V and did ot better
Veronica is the only game in the series that gives the same horror feel as the first. A negative is that it can be difficult if you don't manage your herbs & ammo. And outside of RE6 it's easily one of the longest titles.
I feel like the devs knew this which is why they made the knife very strong but I don't remember if they pointed this out because if they didn't they should have. I only realized how strong the knife was doing the battle mode when I beat the game and some of the characters made you just use the knife and there you realized you could kill hunters without taking a hit sometimes using the knife.
@@MartyMacFry no the knife was never pointed out. In fact, it can be missed altogether. I personally never noticed any damage difference, and only used it against a few zombies in certain spots to save ammo. The only knife related thing I personally ever noticed/used was the animation skip in RE1
nope it wasn't that long
@@daegnaxqelil2733 depends on what you mean. The story is short, I agree 100%. But the damn backtracking.... I guarantee that if you haven't played in awhile you'll miss something that easily ate up 15-20 min. Definitely not new player friendly
@@b.msabol8551 you just impose your op, it was never thazt long
For some reason I really like the game even though I totally understand its problems.
I'm kinda glad you weren't shitting so much on Steve like 90% of global population does lol I think he has a really traumatic backstory and actual changes to his character during the game, like, most RE games the protagonists barely change their atitudes during their games, Steve was pretty much the first to have full development which I appreciate.
The only thing that I can say to help is that half of the backtracking can be avoided in later playthroughs if you plan exactly were to go, for exemple instead of going back to the prison to give the hemostatic to Rodrigo and then coming back again to use the indigo plate, you can do both at once and aliviate that.
There are some door transitions that are veeeryyy slow and has a heart beating, in that moment the controle vibrates to give tension, so without that feature it becomes super boring, since the game use more resources, naturally the loading times had to be longer, BUT there is a code for Dolphin that makes it possible to skip door transitions, it really improves the passing as expected.
Yeah it's one of those games where I acknowledge all the flaws that people mention. However the strengths are soo good that I'm willing to forgive them. The game has a unique vibe that's different from the trilogy, that I can't quite describe. Alexia's private residence has a really creepy feel, the game isn't focusing about the T-virus soo much and more about the weird Ashford twins and I think makes this game one of the scariest ones. Yet, the game is still cheesy and light hearted. I think that's RE's core identity.
Plus I love the big ambitious scale of this game, fighting Tyrant on a flying plane, how cool is that! And the soundtrack is the best in the series as well, has my favourite save room music.
Steve is one of my favorites because he's much deeper of a character than most. So nice to see someone mentioning it. However Code Veronica issues aren't issues. Every game had issues. 3 was short and barely different than 2 cosmetically. 1 was bad voice acting and terrible graphics which unlike the rest, haven't aged well. 2 no puzzles, easier than the rest. Mr X got annoying. All games have issues. Code Veronica isn't held back cause it is kinda tedious. It's the deepest story, most challenging puzzles and survival. Some of the best locations.
That's one thing I hate whenever I watch CV reviews, unnecessary Steve bashing. I honestly don't know what is problem with him? I only agree his voice acting is problematic other than he acts at his age. The same guys somehow gave free pass Ashley and Sheva. I don't know how many times I died because of Ashley or how annoying shauting "LEON HELP!" is. And I don't wanna start with how horrible Sheva's AI is. It was bane of my existence.
@@I_Am_The_Social_Reject RE3 is longer than RE2. RE2 just feels longer because it has two playable characters and four playable scenarios, but the actual length of each campaign is shorter than RE3's campaign.
I liked to make fun of Steve when playing but I like his character. He made me laugh a lot and he kind of gave me an annoying little brother vibe which was interesting because I haven’t seen many main(ish) male characters with that sort of personality.
I absolutely adore this game. Without a doubt my favorite of the classic games
Same. Top 5 material for me 😁
Agreed. For me its 2, c.v., 3 then 1. I dont hate the more modern ones 4,5,6 etc...but those first 4 for me are pure gold.
@@CelicAWD Nice. For me it’s REmake,CVX,RE3,RE4, and-controversial I know-RE2R. Even though I love OG RE2 and it does a million things better, I love the action and boss battles in the remake.
I hate playing it but I like it. It has a certain charm.
@@HiBuddyyyyyy it’s the music c and aesthetics tbh
I would love a remake of this game similar to the re2 remake! That would be amazing
too bad capcom likes to halfass its RE entries and launch their games at about 70% of the content. re7, re2make, re3make, re8. all like 70% content, lol. but they want full price, mmk.
I hope to God not, RE2 sucks. Now remaking it like RE1 is much preferable.
Resident Evil 2 remake was not 70 percent content. It improved and added a lot of content. People love ignoring everything. Especially with 3 remake. People act like it's shorter than Og cause it didn't have the clock tower lol.
I would love a remake as well. Screw 4. It's not needed as much. I can wait. Plus I'm playing VR version. I do want old school to come back more. I don't want every game to be a shooter. I don't play RE for shooting. I play it for exploration, survival horror, puzzles. But I do love the 2 and 3 remake a lot. So just give me more Code Veronica
@@splash_067 re2 remake is amazing you’re on crack
No, leave it alone. For the love of God, leave it alone. Remake RE4 and sell that to the dummies, but Code Veronica is fine the way it is. They'll gut most of the environments and turn it into a streamlined series of set-pieces like they did with RE3.
For me at least this and nemesis were probably my favorites. I like all the games for the most part though. Like I hope as much as I like this it gets a remake treatment and they add a section where you play as Wesker and follow his attack on the island and can use his powers and stuff. And then add in more weapons and also more survivors like there's supposed to be a garrison I wish we saw more survivors and like have them hostile so it makes it more challenging you have to contend with the zombies and monsters but also umbrella employees. I'd also maybe add a small section for Rodrigo he seemed like a cool guy as brief as he was.
Guy born in '88 here. I remember playing this back in '02-'03, and I *loooved* it. Maybe that's because I was unsophisticated and young, and maybe I'd think differently as an adult, but nevertheless I have fond memories of this game.
I watched your video all the way to the end. I respect your valid criticisms, but it is one of my favorites. My issues with this game are the lack of decapitation's, ps1 re2 audio with gun sounds(even re3 sounds upgraded) and the long load times. But you got to admit the soundtrack is amazing.
It's definitely the hardest out of the tank control/fixed camera angle era of the RE games. The character change half way through did screw people over but you can adapt by not killing everything and harvest ammo in the prison segment with Chris. You could just restart and you'll be better equipped when the story changes characters.
It's actually pretty easy on future playthroughs once you become familiar with everything you learn how OP the knife is. I consider REmake and RE0 to be harder games.
@@the757general2 True but when you know what's coming it's not too hard but the plane tyrant and the purple hunters can give me fits when I'm going for the A rank. Give that a try, talk about nerve wrecking. I was never any good with the knife tbh. I always found myself getting grabbed when trying to knife multiple zombies. I'm aware of going for the legs but I get bit too much and I start burning through herbs. I just stick to the tried and true RE formula of dodging and only downing enemies in corridors that I know I'll have to return to multiple times.
lol i remember me and my brother had to start over halfway through the game because of the tyrant plane boss fight , fun times 😅
@@MrKrewie lol, yep. Don't entirely remember my own first playthrough -- very long time ago -- but distinctly remember my friend/neighbor asking me to help him with that Tyrant boss fight, and he simply did not have enough ammo to get it done. It was actually impossible, and we _had_ to restart the game. Don't know if it's impossible to knife him as it is with Alexia, but if it was possible, we weren't that good. He didn't have squat for healing, either. Item management in CV is more paramount than probably any other RE game.
I think RE0 is the most difficult of the classic/vintage RE games, and also the most tedious, because of the way they ditched the item boxes. They should have kept the item boxes _and_ allowed you to drop items when needed. Zero is by far my least-favorite.
It's strange that Capcom was so hesitant to do a Code Veronica remake because of all the classic RE games that's the one that probably needs one the most. I like Code Veronica but there's A LOT wrong with it.
I think they will eventually it’s been 13 years since they released the HD Version for 360 and ps3 but I feel like they are prioritising on what will sell.
Chris coming back to save his sister was one of the most epic moments of RE history!! It made RE1 and RE2 finally come full circle. Jill already had her turn again in RE3, so this was Chris' time to shine. Code Veronica already had our beloved Claire from the masterpiece of RE2, and now Chris is more badass than ever. And of course the franchise didn't forget about Leon, because he came in the next installment! Excellent storytelling.
As much as I love the story and characters in this game on paper, I think you hit the nail on the head with the gameplay: 9 times out of 10 I want to play it, but 5 minutes into it I just go “Ehhhh, I wanna play something else.” I think Alfred’s a really underrated and almost tragic villain, and even Steve’s a good character on paper, but I REALLY hope the fan-remake heavily reworks the layout and gameplay, because it can be a slog to play.
re4 is easily 4-5 more hours longer then code veronica, in fact every game since re4 is way longer and drawn out then Code veronica even if you play super casually.
@@jackd6881 I don't believe 5 is. That game felt short as hell. 7 did too.
I'll never understand how a Resident Evil fan can be bored with Code Veronica. It's slower paced. It's harder. You going to be stuck longer. Idk it's everything I love about RE amped up so I'll never get it
@@jackd6881 code Veronica just feels much longer because it's not fun
@@jackd6881 That’s actually one reason why I’m not a big fan of RE4: Its pacing isn’t really best, and I think the castle and island sections particularly drag on.
The final boss doesn't get enough hate. As if poison wasn't enough, she also has to shoot out little bugs at you that swarm at you while you're dodging tentacles and spewing venom. I wish I had the magnum in my first run
To each their own. I actually loved playing this when i was younger and played it quite a bit. I can agree with it's shortcomings, but it didn't really stop me from enjoying it.
It just proves how much I enjoy your content that this is one of my favourite games of all time and yet this didn't wind me up 😊 I'm sad when someone doesn't love it as much as me but we'd all be boring if we had the exact same tastes!
Dude I'm already subscribed, you don't need to clickbait me me by insulting one of my all time top 5 games.
Also you gotta talk about how much campy charm this game has. Wesker realizing Chris was in the room while he was fighting Alexia and telling him "since you're one of my best men, I'll let you handle this" and just... walking out the door is fantastic.
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For me it's my favourite resident evil and one of my favourite games ever. The Christmas I got this I also got a Dreamcast and several other games,it was my favourite childhood Christmas. I remember it being hard when I first played it but in a good way, I loved the characters & story and it really felt like resident evil taking the next step of evolution with its moving camera. The soundtrack was absolutely incredible & I still think it's the best soundtrack of the series along with OG RE1. I never suffered from the character swap halfway through on my first playthrough, but did on my second completely forgetting about it so it kind of felt like my fault. Code Veronica recaptured the atmosphere of the first RE & some of the segments were absolute nightmare fuel. Evil Doctor part,bandasnatcher part, iron maiden part & doctors basement in general, the fact that Alfred used to go down there drink wine and watch people be tortured. ANATOMIST'S NOTE is up there with itchy tasty as the best file in resident evil imo.
I got CV back when it first released on the DreamCast all those years ago. At the time, I thought it was a fantastic game, and I had a great time with it. I've replayed it several times over the years on various platforms, and, while I still think it's a great game, it's hard to deny that it has some huge design flaws that can easily cause someone who is playing it for the first time to not be able to finish the game, at no fault of their own. Having played it before I'm aware of these flaws and can easily work around them, but I can definitely see how someone playing CV for the first time could end up having a bad time with it.
Which design flaws?
@@mich722 Well, a big one that stands out to me, is how easy it is for the fire extinguisher (or other items too for that matter) to get left behind in the security box that's in the first part of the game. If that happens then it's not possible to get the Magnum later in the game.
I believe there may also be a little bit of weirdness involving parts with character switching, where, if you don't know how things are going to play out in advance, it's pretty easy to get into a situation where the character you're currently playing as may struggle to progress if the other character happens to be carrying certain weapons and items instead of having left them in an item box.
There's also the boss fight near the end where you're supposed to just run away while taking damage and healing. If you don't have enough healing items there I believe it could stop you from being able to finish the game. I know it's theoretically possible to get past that part without taking any damage, but, in order to do that you've got to play in a pretty strange way that I don't think would be fair to expect players to figure out.
@@mich722
If you pick up all the ammo you see while playing as Claire (something that you would absolutely be doing first time round because of how hard the game is), then Chris cannot pick them up in his run through, meaning you’d have to play through the first half of the game with very little/no ammo. The game does not tell you about this so you would have no way of knowing.
As the other guy said, you can permanently lock yourself out of getting the magnum if you don’t remember some random item that has no apparent purpose for the 90% of the game.
You have to take forced damage during the Steve chase scene. He can kill you in two hits and you have to constantly heal to get past him. If you do not have any herbs or First Aid spray, you can get permanently stuck here. You can get around him but you need to either do some bizarre movement that isn’t obvious at all or abuse a pause glitch. Neither of these are intended by the devs
You can become permanently stuck in the game’s final stretch if you don’t forget to use the item box as Claire to leave weapons for Chris. The game does not warn you about this so you can have all your best weapons and ammo stuck with Claire and leave nothing for Chris, making the final boss unbeatable.
Code V is freaking awesome!
I want to say that you're wrong about the "convoluted" way about the key items. Makes the puzzles feel larger. Backtracking is always fun, it's half the point in metroidvanias.
I really didn't get that criticism either.
You have to backtrack in an RE game---Yeah? Duh, lmao
@@hop-skipthechewtoys1836 I know, it meant you were paying attention. You saw a key hole and when you eventually find the key you should know where it goes.
@@sandmaker47 compare that to something like RE5 where backtracking wasn't even a concept---I *adore* games that reward backtracking with new weapons or ammo/health
Backtracking is only fun if the reward compensates for the time but it can be tedious and disappointing if the game is not well designed which is what his point was
@@jamalwalker I dont think that's the case at all, he didn't mention specifically the reward for backtracking to the very first area of the game (which is a pair of submachine guns for Chris). I think the video was entertaining, but not very well informed
Thank you for the review.
I have the exact same feelings about Code Veronica.
Lackluster background design, gameplay that didn't improve on RE3, and the extremely annoying character-switching system that forced me to restart the game about two times because I didn't know I had to leave my items for Chris. Boggles my mind that people call this the "REAL RE3" when it's inferior in just about every way.
If I can make a recommendation, try playing Resident Evil Outbreak on the online servers, it's loads of fun.
@Por Qué? me ?
The "gameplay that didn't improve on RE3" is an incorrect statement. It doesn't have some RE3 stuff like auto stair climbing, dodging, and ammo creation because both games were being developed at the same time by different teams, but it did have some new features such as retries, first person aiming (with specific weapons), dual wielding, being able to use healing items without adding them to the inventory (useful when your inventory is full), and a knife that's actually useful. I consider RE3 to be the better game (mostly due to some odd design choices for RECV), but RECV is still pretty damn good.
I’ve been saying that Code: Veronica was kinda sucky for decades now. Resident Evil’s gameplay loop of “find key or crest, place in lock” was starting to get stale by that point. The game just didn’t do anything to add to the formula.
For reasons that are completely unfathomable to me, people just love to relentlessly dickride a mediocre at best game.
A moving camera, first person mode (with certain weapons) and better graphics but you claim it didn't add anything to the formula?
You are either lying or just not very bright.
I came here to see what part sucked? Its a Masterpiece and my Favorite.
I don't really leave comments as often as I should (despite making my own videos on here, so I know how great it is to get them and how validating it is to see people engage with a product you put hard work into), but I will say that I really enjoy your content and your reviews are top-notch. You always have intricate and understandable reasons for why you feel the way you do. Based off the title, I was ready to be defensive of Resident Evil Code: Veronica, but I think you articulated your points very well and even though I still fiercely love this game (AND Steve, whom I know the fandom hates with a vengeance), I don't think I can disagree with a lot of the points you raised. I agree with a lot of them. The fact that you managed to make me understand your viewpoint while still ultimately disagreeing with your verdict is a testament to how well-crafted and reasoned your videos are. Well done, absolutely well done, and I look forward to more of your videos in the future. :)
A fantastic and refreshing point of view, honestly. You've explained far better than a lot of reviewers why this game can be so dull and frustrating to play on a first playthrough, and you're showing far more respect to the game than you were given back. A lot of fans who've played it at the time have a skewed perspective because they don't have to re-experience the shitty parts they've only ever felt once. It's like Mad Space from SA2; you might eventually enjoy it, but that 1st time (arguably many more times after), man, those 15-20 minutes wasted due to terrible conveyance... Even on a second playthrough CV is just marginally better, it's decent at best and plodding at worst.
You've earned my sub. And don't let the crybabies get to you, if they can't handle the opinion of a random person on the internet over a 20 year old game, maybe they should've grown up instead of being stuck in the year 2000. Makes you wonder how some of them are passed their 30s, they have to be extremely sensitive to feel defensive over this fair review.
CV is the best RE game IMHO.
Someone is def a sensitive cry baby, and it's not the fans of this game
why is it a "fantastic" point of view?
@@ResidentRaccoon Yes, it is, pal.
I think it does mention the item swapping between characters in the instruction manual, but without any context, I remember getting to that worm boss and struggling, then having to start it over once I found out you can kill that worm with 3 fire crossbow shots.
Even though there is thousands of RE videos on youtube, they will never get old to me and I appreciate you playing and telling us all your experience with them. I agree CV is a little bit down on the list along with RE:0, but there is a little fun to be had, and even though I completely agree with you it shouldn't be the players fault for not knowing when the game was going to switch characters for you to know when to save items or weapons in the item box, but I found that little bit to be at least a little fresh compared to the other games, and the increase in challenge was somewhat enjoyable. Keep up the good work and looking forward to the next one!
It’s not a game for everyone, but for its time it was amazing. The more it was re-released the more broken it became. This is still my first and favorite. Flaws and all
I really like this game but I agree with you on the character switching stuff. That almost made me give up on the game completely because it comes out of nowhere. Plus it's really easy to screw yourself over if you don't know it's coming. It's a very poorly designed feature. There's no way to sugar coat it.
I have to agree. I tried getting into Code Veronica several times before, and it just didn't do it for me. The atmosphere felt like at odds with itself; how much the tone shifts between being a thrill-ride and trying to be scary, and the environment design outside of some euro-inspired ones just looked so sterile and flat. It's easily the most bored I felt playing an old-school Resident Evil game, and I don't like that since I enjoy Claire as a character as well as consider the Dreamcast next to the PlayStation 1 as my favourite gaming system, but it is what it is.
No disrespect to those who enjoy it. I'd rather feel like I'm missing something as opposed to coming to a disappointing conclusion. I feel the same way for other games like Tomb Raider 2, and I am in desperation for a positive perspective that can change my mind at the snap of a finger. But in general, I don't enjoy these kinds of games.
I respect your reviewing what you want to review, but im honestly waiting for you to return to the Sonic Franchise. Any update on when the Lost world review will be here?
This was my first ever Resident Evil game. Introduced me to the vibe of the series at a young age. I remember just hearing my footsteps as I walked around with the lighter, not knowing what was in the next room and feeling genuinely afraid of the zombies. I loved it.
same, I was 7 yo and I shited my pants at night after I first played this game x)
Can't wait for you to play re1 remake, it's the best game in the series In my opinion and the best survival horror game ever made. Also I agree about CV and CVX, played it for the first time during quarantine a couple years ago despite being a huge re fan and I felt the same way. The game throwing bullshit at you that you have no way to predict , that can also soft lock your playthrough if you don't have a earlier recent file (which, if you're a RE veteran you should know to rotate save files) takes too much of the enjoyment of the game out. Also I was always wondering why the exploration felt so weird in this game and thank you, it's because it's over too wide an area unlike the condensed raccoon city streets or Spencer mansion. All that said , with it being the last of the original fixed camera angle survival horror re games it down still holds some merit with me and that keeps it mostly middle of the pack in terms of my series rankings. Keep up the good work 👍🏽
I'm going to be completely honest. I played CV for the first time around August of last year. I tried, tried, and tried to play that thing, but as the first RE game I'd ever played that used the tank controls, I wasn't having any fun with it. I wanna say it took me about a month before I finally made it past the first prison section. Every other time I'd just give up if I died and called it a day. And so I tried and tried and tried some more until I finished the game. I didn't hate it, but it wasn't a game I enjoyed fully. The final battle with Alexia had me stumped for a bit as well, with her 15 billion simulatanious attacks, I just grew tired of it after awhile and had to resort to stashing my inventory with flame rounds and herbs just to kill her.
Now's the funny part. I thought about it. Why on earth did I keep coming back? I know I was frustrated with how it functioned, and the many pitfalls of the game were terribly annoying, so why didn't I hate it? I didn't even feel board by it. I actually liked it. Not in the same way I did as RE2R or 3R, but in the same way I enjoy darksouls. I enjoyed the challenge that I eventually overcame. And it made me feel weird inside. I can't really explain it other than that.
I put it down for a while and only occasionally returned to it, but I'd usually stop before I got to the ending and just started over the next time I replayed it. Until this last Christmas. I heard about the tradition of playing CV on Christmas, since it takes place around that time, while not exactly on it, it's an easy enough mark to use, and it's a reason to replay an RE game.
So I start it up, and I play it, and I'm actually enjoying myself, now in the same way I recalled feeling when I played through RE2R. I wasn't dying very often, I had enough ammo to last awhile, and I knew I probably wouldn't have the time to pick it up again if I dropped it then and there. So for the next 5ish hours,. I just sat there, playing the game from start to finish, having a blast. and I really didn't understand it. i thought the game was tough, so why wasn't it as challenging. Yeah, I knew the locations and what went where by now... but surely that couldn't have made the game feel all that different. i have a pretty good memory so I usually knew what went where anyway, so it's not like immediatly knowing where something went was all that much different from me remembering where I saw that one door with that one engraving in it.
I guess maybe it's more of me knowing the item placement than the paths and doors well. That's really the closest thing I could compare it to.
So yeah. CV, I enjoy it.
I finished this game 15~20 times on different consoles and am willing to do it again in the future ❤️
Wow man get a life. It was boring the second time for me lol
@@darrenlucas7362
Am a big fan of resident evil series that why I never get bored of it
@@hishamhani3497 lmao your obsessed. Code Veronica is not that good and I can find a lot better things to do than play that crap 20 times over and over.
@@darrenlucas7362 What's your favorite RE game then? If you gonna say Re4 please leave now
@@sthepcorms6747 I love re4 but it’s not my favorite. Probably the re 1 remake cause of its style and I enjoy the fixed camera
Aw, God, here we go again...
I really like this game, despite the backtracking.
I will say I do enjoy J's take more than TheGamingBritShow's.
@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 TheGamingBritShow's video was just awful.
-It pains to look at (bright surroundings and dark footage).
-It's in-name only (no real mention of the rocket launcher), it's clearly a disguised rant.
-He used the original Dreamcast version and ignore ANYTHING from X just so he coud shit and joke about the OG version' credits.
-He compares it to Silent Hill 1, despite how CV came a year later (wouldn't RE3 make more sense to compare it to, since they came the same year??).
-He doesn't try to understand the story. It's not Shakespeare, but COME ON!
-Even the gameplay portions in the video feels like he was barely trying.
And yet, you see an echo chamber on that video that mocks you if you DARE to like/defend the game.
I just don't agree with J's take, but at least, his video doesn't make me cringe or blind me.
I even lost any interest in Brit's stuff after that garbage dump of a video.
I do (In retrospect) respect code veronica for trying to take the series into more storydriven narrative with ungoing plot concerning Claire looking for her brother chris who at this point have been mysteriously vanished since first game which I can feel how at the time can build up into exciting climax
saldy in execution CV just fails me both in tone and making cohesive sense which I will never claim previous games weren't somewhat riddiculas in their own way (First game's B-horror tier acting) but they tonely remained somewhar consistent, CV just keeps jumping between incredibly serious and over the top nonsense specially with the twin villains and wesker apearance while suprising is also baffling considering he was barely of not outside first game but I guess to tie RE1 more they needed not only chris but wesker back too with them having more of a showdown
I liked this game the only downside is how spongy even the most basic zombie is while also putting so many in small areas making item management a pain
The only main line re game that I could never bring myself to finish pretty much the only thing I liked was the save room theme
I agree, the save room theme for Code Veronica is great. Might be the best one of the franchise.
Everything else, especially the story? Feel a like RE jumped the shark here.
@@Gruntvc re4 is when it jumped the shark
@@Perrier_enjoyer re 4 is top 10 games ever material
Let's admit code veronica has great soundtrack
@@RobertEdwinHouse9 RE 4 is overrated and you have your own opinion which isn't a fact.
No it didn't
I really like CVX. It's my second favorite after REmake. I completely understand why people don't like it though. That first Tyrant boss fight is BS and the linear launcher is stupid. I'm really looking forward to your review of 0.
I remember really enjoying Code Veronica back in the day, it felt like a natural sequel to Re 2 which is the ultimate best Re game - well now it’s the remake !
Really hoping for a Code Veronica remake too !
Yeah, Claire the errand girl, going back and forth to distant places AND DONT FORGET a door animation for every fcking room, what a poorly designed game
11:39 I like how RZ's line is almost starting to become some sort of catchphrase.
Lmao I thought that was the next great meme mystery and I got busted before the video is even out.
@@JsReviews the bottom line is you weren't good at the game and needed a guide & it's not linear with obvious "from A to B" stuff for kids and that's why CV "sucked". pretty embarrasing.
also the difficulty and the swap system from claire to chris isn't that big of a deal. the game gives you enough ammo and healing items to finish it without chris picking up claire's stuff. otherwise just load your last save stat. you kids are spoiled by games with unlimited lifes/continues and supply
Id say this is one of of my favs. The puzzles got more inventive I really enjoyed the bosses and combat encounters. Except the final boss.
Also the knife was amazing and op best in the classic games. Not as good as remake 2's tho
Final boss sucked for sure lol. It felt like luck
@@Walamonga1313 that's cause it was
In the PS1 Resident Evil games, if you shoot a zombie until it falls, bullets hit the zombie behind it. In this shitty game, bullets just disappear when this happens, wasting ammo.
On the PS1, pressing L1 switches to the nearest enemy. After killing one, it auto-aims to the next closest. In this crap, the auto-aim sometimes targets the farthest enemy, leading to being caught by closer enemies due to bad mechanics. How did they manage to make the Dreamcast and PS2 versions have worse mechanics than the PS1 classics? It's beyond comprehension.
i remember playing this back as a child, i like this game but my first playthrough i was stuck on a save room as chris and im in danger status without any ammo and there are hunters that can cut my head and i remember i forgot to get the empty fire extinguisher container on the metal box that you need to put all metals you have to progress
I love the RE classics after RE 4, things just sort of spiraled downward, being old school that’s just my opinion 😊
2 years later: “how I learned to love RE: Code Veronica”
Hey, it will be at least five!
I agree with his views albeit mine are harsher. The Tyrant’s boss fight is fucking bricked. I literally cannot dodge that fucker. I know how to beat him, but I keep dying.
I replayed CVX for the first time in over 10 years. I beat it a few days ago. At the beginning of the game, Claire meets up with Steve in a room with a computer that's connected to the internet. She then emails Leon to have him warn Chris about what's going on. That confused me, as I thought Claire went to Umbrella Europe to continue her search for Chris. Why would she email Leon to contact Chris (whom she's searching for) to warn him about Umbrella (which Chris went to Europe to further uncover what was going on)?
Why when I watch 5 different CV retrospecs. You drop this morning J. Is always on time 👍🏾
I always hear so much praise online from fans of Code Veronica but man, I played it when it first came out on Dreamcast and recently did a play through and I have to say I agree with you 100%. I got frustrated and bored with the game. It just wasn’t fun like the previous 3. The level design is a mess and the story is just laughable (looking at you Steve).
On the other hand I’m all for a remake to see what Capcom could currently do. I know RE4 is next up but I’d be hyped to see how they could tighten up the level design and add new exciting gameplay elements. Also bring back the Claire actress/model from RE2 and now we’re really talking.
The level design becomes much better in future playthroughs and the story isn't laughable. Sorry, but Steve being a bad character has no bearing on the full story. REV explored more of Umbrella's origins and wrapped up the events from the original trilogy. Also, Alyson Court is never coming back. She's a union VA now who Capcom doesn't work with. That's why she was replaced in Revelations 2.
My personal favorite RE and I found it to be way more enjoyable than 3. The last segment of the game in the mansion lab and Chris facing Alexia alone was so badass.
Maybe this game is hard to go back to but playing it on initial release for the Dreamcast was an experience I’ll never forget
I feel the same way.
I'm surprised you never mentioned the ever-infamous fire extinguisher. With how you've talked about these games, I'm not surprised it was never an issue for you, but since you talked about how you failed to properly address the game's reception I feel like it's a bit odd to not address that part of the game. On my first playthrough I had to restart at the plane fight, and I just quit my second playthrough when I realized I needed the empty fire extinguisher which I ditched in the metal detector box to unlock the magnum. Never gone back to it since, so I haven't even had a chance to restart because of the large Steve fight.
My always unpopular opinion of this franchise: I love RE 3: Nemesis so much more than CV
I don't care if CV was "the real sequel to RE2" in the mind of Shinji Mikami, Nemesis owns that title in the end and is a true sequel
how is that an unpopular opinion people have been shitting on RECV for decades now
@@jackd6881 lmao
I don't think anyone thinks that's unpopular lol it's straight up the opposite
I liked code veronica but it isn't my favorite either. OG RE1 and 2 are my all time favorites. For me RE0 is the weakest link as far as the old school style RE games go.
@@jackd6881 This is true. Nowadays I see so many people praising 3 and shitting on CV. Sad for me cuz I like CV a lot more but it's whatever it is what it is I guess.
This is one of those games where there are great moments in it, but the fundamental design of the game is so flawed that those positives are lost in the overall experience. I want to love this game but I just can't quite manage it
This was a fair review of the game, personally I love it but the game does have issues & you basically nailed it down. I remember one guy who review the game said "he felt like it was way too easy" & im like "really!? the first playthrough without a guide is challenging".
Code Veronica in my opinion is only for the people who likes orginal play style of old style RE games & want more of that. Good video man!
I am really curious what your thoughts on Resident Evil 0 would be cause that game is another story for another day lol.
Funfact: Code Veronica X got a Dreamcast version in Japan where it's known as Code Veronica Kanzenban, which translates to Code Veronica Complete Edition, implying the version sold before was incomplete. Good shit there Capcom.
Capcom being Crapcom. Every time they something right, they feel the need to then mess it all up.
CVX barely has anything that the original CV doesn't have. The only real differences is Steve's hair, new cutscenes (ex: Chris vs Wesker in the ending), and some cutscene changes (Wesker no longer getting humiliated by Alexia). It's mostly the same game.
I had this game for my ps2 or it might have been my dreamcast.... i absolutely loved it.
Going from OG RE3 to code veronica feels like a step backwards in almost every respect.
I'm one of the few people that didn't like Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. I prefer Code Veronica X over that one.
@@tomahilaire3921 though I have plenty of objections to cvx, I still think there's plenty to like. Did you play cvx first?
@@gorrack10281987 I'm pretty sure that I did.
That's a ridiculous statement and you know it. RE3 leaned heavily on RE2 and even re-used whole assets and environments like the police station. At least CV actually brought something new to the franchise besides just recycling the B story of RE2 about some super tyrant chasing you around. I like RE3 just fine but it essentially feels like a retread of RE2 with some incredibly stiff and occasionally painful dodge mechanics thrown in. Even the active time events where you're offered different choices don't end up being that significant or interesting on repeat playthroughs. CV has better environments, better atmosphere, a better story, a better soundtrack, deeper interactions between the characters (the whole subplot with Rodrigo, Claire' jailer, is absolutely beautiful and one of the small things that tends to get overlooked in this game) and actually gives us some interesting backstory about Umbrella as a company.
@@silversnail1413 I would strongly disagree with nearly everything you said. The police station was literally the only environment it reused. The assets themselves being reused is fine as long as it's not lazy and is transformative. I believe that re3 did this and then some.
Re1 is about escaping a mansion. Re2 is about escaping a police station. Re3 is about escaping a city. Code veronica is about escaping a bunch of military bases. Everyone but the first one is a retread.
Nemesis is the best enemy throughout the franchise before RE4, period.
I don't mind the dodge mechanic but am sympathetic to your dislike.
Depending on your strategy of play the cutscenes choices can make a big difference on the tactics used. It adds good flavor but you are right in that only nicoli's fate changes and you get to see Barry.
The writing is pretty bad in code veronica and so is code veronicas voice acting. The battle music is trash. The ambient music is fantastic. It's so good it almost makes the cvx soundtrack as good as re3s. Rodrigo and Claire's interaction is short and sweet just like Jill's and brads.
The notes in the game are all really good.
Code Vernoica was supposed to be RE3, and RE3 was supposed to be a spin off, expansion type game to RE2.
I'm enjoying hearing your thoughts on the re series.
I hope you consider doing the resident evil chronicles rail shooters games.🙂
This was the first RE I actually owned and beat
Otherwise I had just rented the first 3 or played at friends houses
I loved it and it turned me into a pretty hardcore RE fan at the time. Beat it over and over and finally bought and beat the originals too
Got a GameCube just for the remake later (still my absolute favorite RE game)
I was like 12-13 though. I didn't really get game design on a level I do now. Really 3D gaming was still in it's beginning stages overall
I replayed it later in college
And hated it. It's bland and uninspired in level design throughout the majority of the game. The enemies aren't very scary, or anything else really.
There's a lot of obtuse things that artificially increase difficulty and can soft lock you out of progression. Like I know the game well because I played it so much, but I don't blame people who get totally roadblocked by the time they hit the tyrant fight on the plane
And the story.... It's where the series strayed away from conspiracy Sci Fi horror and instead started to play out like a bad anime with cheesy ass villains
And
Steve....
😂 I had the EXACT same experience. It was great when I was a kid. Replayed it in my late 20's and was repulsed.
@@I-own-your-feelings it will hold a special place in my heart for getting me into the franchise, but I can't see myself ever picking it back up for a replay
The praise that I'll give it is Alyson Court was giving a much better performance as Claire this time around
@EGR18 I'm in a big fan group on FB for it and see the same shit.
I love the classics and grew up playing them. There's a couple of bonafide masterpieces among them
Code Veronica just isn't one of them
Really these days the only classic style one that I really enjoy revisiting is the original remake. Which is still my favorite one to this day
@EGR18 big agree
CV I find downright bad
0 is like... Painfully mediocre. It's another one that I don't think I'm ever going to play again, but I would choose that one overcovered Veronica if I had to.
The original 2 and 3 are both still amazing games. I'm just spoiled by the remakes. Just wish they did 3 a little better overall
I don't see how the series strayed away from conspiracy sci fi horror here. And you're bitching about a bad anime cheesy ass villain when that shit also in the first 3 RE games? lmao
You've expressed my feelings about CV:X perfectly - some good concepts and interesting series moments, but un-fun gameplay and...well... STEVE make me never want to play it again. Meanwhile I've lost count of how many times I've played RE4 and I just started a new playthrough of the REmake version of RE1, and I'm actually looking forward to it!
Same thing i can say about Ashley. Most terrible and irritating re character ever made. Hell,one of the worst characters ever
I have played this game on PS2, for some reason 1st part in the jail was incredibly dark even with all brightness up (both in game and tv screen) and had 2 find a key somehow, a few times i accidentally stepped over it at least i saw the press button 2 pick up key popping up, but so quickly gone that i had no time 2 react and had 2 research the moment again. I did not have the brightness problem with other games. This is either the only Resi game that i have played (well at least tried), not counting a Resi demo.
The shared inventory could of been a really awesome addition if they’d give ya some warnings before the swaps , I didn’t realize you go back to playing as Chris a second time and I emptied his inventory , didn’t realize I was f’d until getting through the falling ceiling and Steve parts 😅
I like Code Veronica. It was more difficult to figure out, and it puts you in dire combat situations without warning, but I like the unique graphic style and story. I played this on GameCube when I was a kid and I still think its pretty good. I can even do a good Alfred Ashford laugh impression.
I'm glad you mentioned the controls of the HD version. They are terrible. This a problem Capcom seems to have a lot when rereleasing their older games. Many of the Resident Evil HD remasters have the menu, action, and run buttons swapped around, and the Mega Man collections usually don't allow you to use the triggers, which sucks because I prefer using the left shoulder button for dashing.
Yea, the best classic RE button layout is Square(or X) to run, X(or A) for action, circle (or B) for menu, and triangle (or Y) for the map. I hate that Code: Veronica and RE0 uses circle to run and square for menu. I like to rest my thumb on the square button to run and then use the lower part of my thumb to press X for opening doors and such. That way you never even have to lift your thumb. Also, this is the layout for the first 3 games and REmake, why would they change that all of a sudden for those 2 specific games when that's what everyone is used to?
This was my favorite for some reason. Maybe I just really loved my Dreamcast
I would like a remake of this game, only if it was done by the RE2 team and they were given 3-4 years like they were with RE2. Although I think a lot of the goofier parts of the story will need a rewrite, the twins especially have a lot of potential if written more seriously (especially if by being repeatedly defeated Alfred eventually cracks and becomes his CV classic character). Also have Chris go to different areas than Claire, like some hidden areas that the self destruct accidentally revealed so it doesn't feel like padding.
Agreed, ditch the goofy cross dressing thing and flesh it out more like RE2 and the rail shooter games did for birkin and what not, the voice work in this game is the worst of the series and it ruins the story for me, you can’t take any character serious it feels so far removed from the tension the gameplay creates for you
CVX is a okay game but i consider it a "guilty pleasure" for myself. I think that Matt from SGB said it best. He says, "CVX is basically a RE game that tries to keep the old style from the PS1 games but also add some moderations to it." In addition, i pick this game every here and there because the one thing that holds it back is the replayability. I hate that this game uses the RE2 grading system and if you want that A rank, you can only save in one place and that's it. Another reason is how the game makes you use the knife to save ammo so if you don't try to master it, you're not getting far in the game.
Despite this, it's still a fun experience overall
I hope this game gets remade one day
It has potential to be a very scary game.
Hopefully after RE7 Remake
If it wasn't for Code Veronica, we wouldn't have gotten the final awesome confrontation battle between Chris & Wesker.
We wouldn't have gotten swole chris the best chris💪
Wasn't really an awesome "battle". Very one sided
CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSS!!!
I played this game once. I got to the part you're on a plane with the boss but I had like no bullet left so I got stuck and couldn't continue.
It's the only game in the series that would massively benefit from a proper remake and it's the only game not getting one. So sad.
Yeh I loved this game, im in the minority and really didn't like re4
I didn’t like RECV, but I’ve also never liked RE4
Loved CV probably in my top 3 RE games
@EGR18 what’s your top 3 then? I’d say for me it goes
RE4
RE2/re2make
RE1 remake
RECV X
So yeah probably my fourth but sometimes above re1make
I didn't get to play Code Veronica until the HD remaster came out on Xbox 360. It's the only RE game I never finished. I got soft locked after getting control of Chris on the island because the game didn't set ypu up to prepare to item manage for him and I didn't want to waste hours just to get back there with the correct item management.
RE0 felt more fair than Code Veronica did in that regard.
Playing CV now for the first time since it came out - and I can't put my finger on what is it but it just kinda sucks. People wanting CV remake... Re1 is the next remake and I'm happy to take it
Dude no matter what you or anyone else believes, Code Veronica will always be one of the BEST RE Games in the mainline series.
Lmao that’s a good joke.
@@Resoulute77 I was actually being honest IMO of the game.
most of the people that dont like the old games are people who were introduced to RE through RE2R and complain about mundane stuff.
This game definitely was hyped when it came out which scored it a lot of points. Being on a next gen console, update graphics, the camera was different here so it wasn't full tank controls (I don't think you talked about this but imo a big change), Chris coming back, the dual guns gimmick they advertised a lot. There was enough there to make it seem like we were getting a major next gen update.
One thing that sticks with me when it comes to this game is the music. They definitely did something different here and I enjoyed it. More orchestral sounding.
I honestly think we won't see an update to the game because they are afraid of touching the boss in modern times who could be seen as a cross dresser or trans and it's a touchy subject they rather would not do and it's kinda important to just change and write off. Hope they find a way and do it, Chris coming back to the series and climbing that cliff is def in my top 3 moments of Resident Evil.
was a little confused by your comment about this game not being very accessible - then listing off how its on the most recent mainstream consoles - compared to the original PS trilogy, 1, 2 & Nemesis, this game is very accessible.
Otherwise great review - Ive been enjoying keeping up with your journey through RE.
Ive only played CV once myself and for the most part I enjoyed it, or at least I found it more enjoyable than I expected after hearing so many mixed and conflicting takes on the game - I definitely thought it was overall longer than it perhaps needed to be, and I remember getting a bit lost on what I should be doing more than a couple of times, which is more than a couple of times than I did in the other classic RE titles.
The plane boss, you're supposed to use the b.o.w gas rounds. They half the health of anything they hit making him extremely easy.
This is actually one of the better stories and environments of the series
Ehhh lets be honest the best parts of the story was wesker and chris
I swear, people who claim Code Veronica is hard just plain suck at the game. I played it for the first time a couple of years ago, and yeah, it has some bullshit in it, but it wasn't hard. I feel like Resident Evil 0 and Code Veronica are the types of games only veterans of the series will really enjoy, but not newcomers because of how they're designed and all the new crap it does to change the formula up.
I played it originally on the Dreamcast but got stuck pretty early in the game and never returned to it until recently. I’m playing it now and similar to you, I’m finding the sprawl of it overwhelming. Trying and failing to remember what I’ve left to do in the Prison, Palace, Training Facility and the under water area, and which item goes where, is frustrating me. I’m considering dropping it. I’m getting the same negative feelings towards it that I did in Zero when I realised I had about 20 minutes of moving items around to do.
Imo the game just has the misfortune of being in that awkward stage in between the 5th and 6th gen. Code Veronica was an ambitious game, and in 2000 when the game first came out on Dreamcast it was pretty spectacular. But it hasn’t aged well. And when you add in some questionable design choices (like the mid game switch without warning) you get a mixed bag nowadays.
First off this game does not suck. Code Veronica is better than those action re games they have out now.
No it isn't lmao re5 sold 13 million🤡
This game kinda sucked lol
@@schemar17 it’s the first multiplayer re game. Of course it’ll sell that much. Kids play it mostly
@@robertkeane9393 Old school re fans love this game. I am one of them.
@@TheWalt19 yet code veronica barely sold 2 million
Resident Evil Code Veronica to me is A Masterpiece. I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy it.
It had great survival horror settings, gothic atmosphere and that save room theme is perfect!
As someone who's seen "code Veronica should have been RE 3" for a couple years now, the fact that I've found someone else who doesn't find it too special makes me pretty happy