This video is doing really well for my channel lately, thank you all for watching! Let me know which resi you want next; I'm working through Revelations 2 currently but after that I'm open to suggestions? A look back at my favourite title in the series (RE1 remake) or something else?
I'll be honest, I think it wasn't so much voice acting that was to blame here. Alison Court did a great job (especially during the scene were Steve dies) and Chris had some good delivery. I think the real culprit is the writing.........and Steve's voice actor.
This is one of my most favorite re game, besides original re2 and the gamecube remake, i liked the diversity of places visiting, even when playing with Chris later on, personally i think the story compared to other re games was quite good, ofc its personal preference but this is in my top 3 re game list from old school re game series.
The variety is great, it's helped by the run time which is the longest out of any of the RE titles I've played and it never gets stale running through the environment
The gamecube's remake (including every remaster and port of it) is balls out the BEST RE game in my opinion. Survival horror at its finest, really hope they VR the shit out of it one day... Preferably soon
I'm almost done with my first playthrough, and all in all I was heavily enjoying it until I switched to Chris for the first time and wasn't prepared whatsoever. Then later the game switches again, and then for the first encounter with the final boss my Chris only had a pistol. How was I supposed to prepare myself for any of that without a guide? I'm about to be at the final boss but man I hate how much my enjoyment of the game went down because I was constantly worried I wasn't leavign the right weapons for the other character. The first half with Claire is honestly my favorite part of the game. Almost zero problems with it. It's just the character switching that turned me off super hard.
You and me both! You're so right, it gives literally no warning, good luck fighting alexia with nothing but bad language 🥴 The only positive is the next playthrough you do it won't happen again 👍
6:10 The game looks far better on the Dreamcast than on PS2,PS3 HD. And the graphics were sort of amazing for a time when others were still on the PS1. I bought this on release date for thw Dreamcast and even then when the game was new and impressive for the time it was clear that pre-rendered backgrounds would have been even better. But this did give the game unique character of it's own and it still an awesome game to play as long as it's the Dreamcast version.
The frame rate issues on PAL make the game run 16% slower, getting A-Rank on the battle missions almost impossible because of this. If you're someone who wants the platinum trophy, you need to make a US account and download the US version of the game to get that sweet 60FPS... pretty ridiculous Capcom!
I learned that the hard way 😂😂. I got the Platinum eventually after grinding the Battle Game for four whole days. Honestly would've preferred them to release the NTSC version or the HD remaster from PS3
I consider item management most compelling element of CV and RE1. You collect items with no apparent usage, drop them in item box and then while exploring you figure out what to do with them. And yeah, you can really screw yourself up with character switching. You need to know when this happens. If you deposit all of your weapons before first Nosferatu fight you'll have Chris armed to the teeth during his part and have no problems at all dealing with all the enemies.
RE1 does a better job of steering you with its items than CV does imo, there's occasions where you grab an item and have 0 idea what it's for (wolf and Eagle medallion for instance) but generally most items are telegraphed earlier. The more time that's gone on since I wrote this review the more fond of CV I'm becoming. After I have reviews for all the mainline series done (on the run up to 8) I'll get to a tier list at some point... it'll be hard placing CV
How are you meant to know during the first playthrough? Its such an odd design choice in the first place. Could absolutely ruin a playthrough and those happens numerous times, most notably the tyrant fight.
Playing it for halloween and im loving it. although the voice acting is cringe worthy, there is very few jokes that come off as complete cheese. As for gamplay and graphics (minus a few gripes) this is the resident evil most folks should have jumped to after three. Happy halloween folks!
This was my first classic RE and I loved it. Overall its my favorite out of the games, now I am playing the 1 remake and I love Jill so it might change
I agree, amazing game! I literally just beat my code Veronica a few minutes ago. And I can tell you, I wouldn't mind playing through it again someday. Especially since sometimes all you want is to re-experience that classics nostalgia. They rule!!
Re3 Nemesis was my 1st back in the late 90s...downloaded it on my PS3 from the PS store in 2019 & beat it last year. MAN wat a fun, intense, complicated & addicting experience. Im now abt to play the mercenaries mode I unlocked to get better weapons to beat the game again on HARD mode
Will contain spoilers... (in case anyone cares). A very interesting game. But for me it has some pretty big problems. The first being what you touched upon regarding item management, puzzles and switching characters. I think this problem extends further through the game. When me and a friend played it (very much not veterans of the series), it felt like we were punished for simply visiting locations out of order and taking too much damage as a result (this also in a game where sections have respawning enemies). I think this was greatly exacerbated by the lack of an "easy" option on the PAL version. I agree with your general points about planning as a crucial gameplay element. As a result, the difficulty simply feels unfair if you feel like you're punished for blamelessly making the wrong decision. We always kept multiple saves and had to go back on hours of progress on a few occasions. This ties into a point that I believe Josh Strife Hayes made when discussing Amnesia, horror becomes less effective when dread is replaced by frustration. Code Veronica has a bad tendency to drift into the latter category. Though as a positive... I thought the metal detector section was an excellent mechanic for creating dread in the player. Just knowing that at some point it would make you defenseless in the presence of enemies. The storytelling is also just a bit iffy. The locations were good but the plane to the Antarctic felt a little contrived, and I thought it slightly hindered what could've been a more claustrophobic feel. The Matrix-esque scenes with Claire really jar with her controlling like a tank in gameplay (not exactly ludonarrative dissonance but the effect is something adjacent to it). And the cutscene with Wesker at the end of the game just felt odd and anticlimactic. It didn't feel much like an ending scene. Comical and dragged on a little too long.
Thats totally fair criticism, I can see why it would become punishing/frustrating especially if someone is newer to the series - CV is the one entry I see the most complaints with its difficulty and I can see why
@@SSJdavey Some pretty brutal enemy designs too (mainly thinking the bandersnatches). Again, on the point of frustration, new encounters began to induce more sighs of frustration than any sort of fright. I've heard that (counterintuitively) the knife is actually a good option as a weapon in CV. We never really made use of it, though. I've heard a fair amount of frustration expressed towards unfair difficulty in Zero, mainly pertaining to the eliminators. To expand a little on the point of item placement (in terms of getting puzzle items before you have idea what they're for), I can't help thinking there is also something quite immersion breaking about this. Almost as if it breaks the illusion that the player is in control, since you watch your character pick up items that you see no real reason to pick up. For the criticism, I actually enjoyed CV a lot more than RE4. I just don't think RE4 feels as refined as people make out. The occasional horror and (incredibly easy) item puzzles almost feel as of they're there to pay homage to the older games rather than serving any real purpose.
That part where Steve had to shoot his zombified dad to save Claire is something that really bothers me. How in the world did a single bullet from a fully-automatic firearm NOT hit Claire? She was clearly in Steve’s line of sight and a single bullet did not even tear through the zombie flesh and pierce Claire when she’s clearly in the line of fire. BRUH. I guess this is one of those games where you have to turn your brain off to even somewhat enjoy it.
Watched and listened after you got put in my recommended. Didn't pay any attention to the actual channel till afterwards. Didn't think anything of it. Production quality and everything pointed towards another high end well subbed to channel. Then I saw your subs and views, and I was like... HOW? This dude deserves WAY more.
As someone who only played through Code Veronica’s campaign once and did a few rounds of its Battle Game mode, I remember my opinion being very similar to The Sphere Hunter’s… Gameplay-wise, it provided a lot of what I enjoyed about classic Resident Evil, packaged in a noticeably higher difficulty. Some of the puzzles and enemy encounters gave me a harder time, in a good way. I also appreciate some of the attempts to introduce new elements, such as the fully 3D environments, dynamic camera movement, and how scoped weapons are aimed. Incidentally, those elements felt like a precursor to RE4’s camera/movement/aiming system, and I found it surreal to play the Battle Game in first-person. However, my two most notable drawbacks were the boss fights and how item availability works, in ways that can screw players over through no fault of their own. A large chunk of the bosses encounters felt lackluster or derivative, with the Gulp Worm and giant black widow feeling like repeats of the Gravedigger(s) and Black Tiger, the Adult Albinoid being such an easy/skippable boss, the mutated Steve’s encounter being one quick run, plus Alexia’s second form being awkward to fight. Besides the issues of inventory sharing between Chris/Claire, that box in front of the metal detector felt so “one-off” and out-of-place that I forgot it existed, until I realized I permanently left behind anti-B.O.W. gas rounds and the fire extinguisher needed to get the magnum. Not to mention, I heard Wesker’s level in the Battle Game can randomly give players a joke file, in place of the magnum, despite the fact that Wesker otherwise has no guns at all for him to even hurt his final opponent. Story-wise, I mostly liked Code Veronica for a lot of the same reasons that others do, particularly Chris/Claire being together, the Ashford twins, the overall atmosphere, and Albert Wesker’s return. However, I agree about the general voice-acting and Steve Burnside’s portrayal, until Darkside Chronicles managed to fix him. The way Claire was able to learn Chris’ location on Umbrella’s island and even have Leon contact him, so he is now looking for her after she was looking for him, felt a bit too convenient. But the story element I have the most to say about is the seemingly arbitrary nature of the Veronica Virus, at various points. Namely, they never seemed to explain why the Veronica Virus needs years of hibernation or a slowed infection rate to properly mutated its host, how Alexia Ashford knew that was the solution, plus why some of the Veronica mutants can bleed napalm. As far as I recall, the Veronica Virus was simply a combination of the Progenitor Virus, an ancient ant virus, and additional plant/arthropod genes. How did any of this require a unique period of hibernation or enable flammable blood? If not for how much I legitimately enjoyed the climax of Darkside Chronicles, with Manuela Hidalgo helping you with her own fire blood, I would have put Alexia’s blood attacks in a similar category as T-Rex Simmons from RE6, Morpheus Duvall having electromagnetic force field powers, Heisenberg controlling metal like Magneto, etc. On a more minor note, I think it might have been neater if the Bandersnatch enemies were products of the Veronica Virus.
I have this game currently and if you use knife early on ALL the way up to where you encounter the hunters and SAVE ALL EXPLOSIVE ARROWS you are stocked pretty early on and can stockpile. I currently have 2 stacks of handgun ammo roughly 250 to 300 each just by rocking the knife. In this game knife is crazy broken
@@SSJdavey I'm serious just the knife you will be amazed when the airplane fight comes of you don't use grenades or arrows shotgun at qll stockpile your handgun on the hunters I recommend or normal arrows since they bountiful just save 90 tp 120 for explosives. Practice the first couple times by time you get the extinguisher you will have hang of it
@@SSJdavey the knife in this game has multi cut ability. So you get 2 to 4 swings in 1 hit and some are tougher in lined up hordes its easy to use long run and like me have way overstock at final boss lol
I have played all RE1,2,3,Veronica,Remake, Zero games 20-40 times each and i never found Veronica difficult. And i've just played 1,2,3,Veronica, Remake on the last three weeks so they are fresh in my memory. It has a million bullets, health and ink ribbons. You can just walk and shoot everything and the bosses aren't hard at all. It is harder than usual Normal difficulties but doesn't compare at all to games that have Hard modes. (The difficulty on Veronica is called Normal because in the Japanese version you could choose easier ones and the standard difficulty is called Normal) What makes an RE game hard is when you don't have enough bullets or health and are in constant danger and with hard bosses. The hardest RE games in my experience (top down) Dreamcast/PC Resident Evil 2 on Nightmare difficulty: This is 2-3 times more difficult than RE1 with Chris. One zombie takes 18-23 bullets to kill and most of them they don't fall down when you shoot them so they just walk up to you and eat you. And you don't have enough bullets so you have to think of creative ways to clear sections and leave as many zombies alive that you can. I would say the difficulty is 10/10 RE Zero on Hard: Really makes you think about where you use bullets and it's easily possible to not have enough bullets at the end. (Compared to RE2 Nightmare 5/10) RE Remake on the hardest difficulty without transferring item boxes: Is somewhat difficult that sometimes i kill the snakes with the knife only because it's possible to run out of ammo. (4/10 difficulty) RE1 with Chris (original, not directors cut or dual shock): Gives some challenge and especially for people who are new to the series it can be really hard but not really because you are still left with a ton of bullets after the game finishes (3/10) RE3 on Hard: There is sooo much ammo and herbs that you can play rambo and just kill everything so it isn't really that hard but the clocktower Nemesis and a few other moments give the illusion that it's hard but still you are pretty much a terminator in the game (2/10) Code Veronica: You have endless ammunition, health and saves. Bosses are a walk in the park if you try out what weapon/ammo works on them. Zombies fall down really easily. Compared to like Re2 on Normal difficulty Veronica is much harder but compared to al other harder RE games and especially the RE2 on Nightmare as reference i would still rate this as 1/10 What makes people say Veronica is hard/the hardest is most likely that they normally don't choose Hard/Nightmare on other classic RE games and since Veronica doesn't offer a difficulty selections and it's Normal difficulty is higher than other Normal difficulties it makes it feel difficult but if we are talking about the hard modes RE titles Veronica is actually the easiest because it doesn't even have a Hard mode. Just a bit more difficult Normal.
@@epicon6 theres still that really terrible part towards the end where you have to run from steve and if you only had the one save file after that cut scene in the fake mansion main hall and you didn’t think to stock up on health before that point then youre pretty screwed and have to start over.
@@Kain5th Yes. i agree. I was mainly talking about from a replaying point of view difficulty. Any title can offer a high difficulty depening on the person and the circumstances.
No it's set at the same time as 2&3. Story wise it's throwaway really but gameplay it's classic through and through. I've got a review of outbreak on the channel (working on the 2nd one now)
Things I don’t like: 1. Tank controls 2. Door animation times as long as 15 seconds in spots you may need to replay several times 3. Saving a game in a position that makes it impossible to pass an area. I had to start over completely in the middle because I hadn’t managed resources correctly and it was impossible to pass the section with what I had. In some other similar situations I had to try repeatedly and get extremely lucky to get past a spot, usually having to wait for cutscenes to play or skip when retrying. 4. Not realizing to share resources just prior to the final boss like you mentioned in the video 5. Some of the voice acting Things I like: 1. The story and characters 2. The overall connection to the series I’d love a remake and I think this game deserved to be a numbered entry.
Claire's voice is timeless and the best Alfred's voice is perfect,this guys is a bipolar psychopath,the voice actor needed to sound strange,funny yet completely crazy
If you’re a diehard fan of RE, then yes it’s definitely worth checking out if you’ve never played it. But in all honesty, in comparison with the original trilogy, this game has aged the worst, and that’s comparing a 6th gen title over 5th gen games. One problem is that both Alexander Ashford & Steve Burnside are together the worst sidekick and villains that have EVER been in a RE title. They’re both beyond embarrassing. The other problem I have is the backtracking. Unlike the previous games, backtracking in RE: CV is a genuine chore and feels more for padding than genuine game progression. I actually played this game last year for the first time in 19 YEARS since 2001. I have no intention of playing it again, not even for nostalgia
I totally agree with you for the villains and Steve. The backtracking does feel more like a chore but I didn't think it was that bad. I do prefer the original trilogy especially now as I've just played RE1(remake) for the first time in 18 years and it's still absolutely incredible
Loved this game, and definitely anticipate a remake with the RE Engine. I first got intro'd to RE when RE2 came out for PS1. Absolutely loved it, played it over and over. I got RE3 and thought it was cool, but the story seemed shorter and overall less creepy so I was a bit disappointed. The indestructible Nemesis seemed like a cheap gimmick... Then I bought a SEGA Dreamcast and got RE: CV - absolutely thought is was real successor to RE2 in story and also in spirit. I kinda fell of the map with RE after 4 came out, because it was here that the story pivoted away from survival horror, and started to get the action-crnetric gameplay. Also, the lore that was being built with Birken, Wesker, the Ashfords and umbrella kinda got lost. I think I really like the idea of following along in adventures with Chris, Claire, Leon, Ada and even Sherry in unravelling the dark conspiracies of the Umbrella corporation. and how its internal competing factions did various nasty things in the pursuit of controlling the recipes of the virus strains. I tried the demo of RE7, and was not really interested. Didnt like the FP camera angle, and the silent levels made for a somewhat boring experience. It underscored how much a good soundtrack carries tension in these types of games. I guess I just wasnt that interested in Ethan finding his wife.. honestly the whole story seemed NOT resident evil had it not been for an appearance by Chris at the end. I really wanna keep tracking Leon, CLaire, Chris, Jill, Sherry and Ada. After seeing the clips of what RE8 is gonna be, I'll probably pass on that one too... Anyways, a bit of a ramble. I got RE2 remake, and thought it was perfect. Id definitely love to see CV given an RE2Remake style makeover.
youa re totally right on that I felt exactly the same way after code Veronica I was soo inmersed in those character Chris, Claire, young Leon, Jill etc when the 4th came was like soo different and ddidnt feel the same to me, it lost everything that I liked for a resident evil game, maybe the 6th was the most interesting because of some characters arc but thats all that magic of the originals resident evils are totally gone these new games maybe are pretty good games and all but doesnt have that magic and mix that I really liked so definitely not for me. The 2 was my favourite ever the 3rd was sooo scary for me i never finished i couldnt jsut play it because of that Nemesis soo scaryy but still i liked the whole atmosphere though and Code Veronica wa slike rpettys cary as well i just got until the private ashford residence and that house was sooo scary i never played again until i was older just recently and I loved it, I lvoed the characters, the atmosphere, the places, the story was pretty nice too, i prefer way better this kind of voices than the soo dull and repetetive and simialr ones in the newer games at least these voices get some perosnality and passion even if for many soun ridiclous or exagerated i dont care i like them and the twin brothers were scar as hell specially Aldred dressing and speaking as his sister sooo psychoo anyways the magicof the PS1 never will come back again at leats some PS4 games are starting to be nice but I miss that huge creativity and memorable scenes and characters and stories and colorful things from the 90s was sooo perfect for my childhood reallyy :)
Such an idiotic comment. A fully fleshed soundtrack was omitted from the re1remake yet it doesnt hurt the expierence in any way. Re7 is a sensational game.
I can imagine as I kid I would have been straight onto game faqs or down the newsagent for a guide! It's a tough game now as an adult let alone as a child
Always felt this was an odd entry in the series, I cant quite put my finger on it but it doesn't have the same feel as the previous games and I haven't had the urge to replay it since 2002.
I only beat Code:V in September 2020 after I made my first ever playthrough of every RE game. I've now finished them all and I can safely say that this game is a MASTERPIECE and is definitely worth picking up and playing! The story is rich, the environments and atmosphere is amazing and the soundtrack is just top-notch. That being said, if you want to buy Code Veronica for PS4 , make sure you buy it off the US store instead of the EU store. Long story short, PAL is slower, making Battle game a nightmare due to the timer remaining at the same speed as the faster NTSC version. :)
Its a great game, it could certainly use a fresh lick of paint with some cast performance changes (Steve) but the gameplay is incredible to this day! I unfortunately got the version off the UK store 😕
@@SSJdavey I made the mistake of doing that as well. But I don't think we were both aware of it at first, since most games nowadays are the same regardless of region. It isn't *impossible* to beat the Battle Games, just *REALLY REALLY REALLY HARD*! Claire A requires you to be EXTREMELY precise with every move and Chris required you to use a glitch which got Alexia stuck so you can kill her without her moving. Claire B and Steve wasn't bad since both required around 8 and 9 minutes respectively to finish, while Wesker was the easiest since you got an A just by completing it. I left guides on my channel on how to complete them with tips in the subtitles if anyone needed help since I know how difficult they are and I didn't want anyone to yeet their controller like I did a couple times. Feel free to have a look if you ever want to get back into them 😂😂😊😊
I've just played and reviewed resi 0, I'm looking to tick off revelations and revelations 2 from the backlog and then I'll have played every resi game (outside of handhelds)
The game being outsourced really is the main reason as to why the game turned out the way it did. The sheer number of writers present ( 5 in total ) also ruined much of the script/dialogue. It's a 5/10 at best for me. It's difficult to gloss over the horrible level design.
@@SSJdavey Several terrible design choices with softlock a real possibility, awful puzzles and overbearing backtracking really dilute expierence as a whole.
You got trolled my man 😂😂 same happened to me first time fighting the final boss but fortunately my mother always taught me to have multiple saves just incase you get your self and a pickle that’s difficult to fix
@@SSJdavey It isn't. As I say, the version you played is the PS2 port emulated by the PS4. It has been cleaned up slightly so looks better, but the gameplay has a very low framerate. It probably won't change your experience as a reviewer - the overall game is the same, it just runs much worse. Great review by the way, really enjoyed.
I just finished the game for the first time. I found the first half to be okay, but the backtracking between buildings was lame. The second half was incredibly frustrating. I couldn’t use my 45 Grenades on the final boss because the grenade launcher was in Clair’s inventory, and because of the multiple switches at one point with no access to a box for Chris, I got to fight stage one Alicia with a knife and 7 handgun rounds. I would have reverted a save, but I had done that two other times in the game already. There’s good stuff in this game, but a blind play through is just irritating and it’s one of my least favorite games in the series that I’ve played. I’d say it’s on par with re5, not anywhere near as bad as re6 though
This game was very fun and awesome both on dreamcast and ps2 version those versions i owned havnt owned any other platforms let's start off at the cut scene playing will Clair runs and gets shot at for that time that was realistic and kinda like how the re engine is today where we go whoa looks realistic except this was capcom's next engine moving from ps1 and moving to Sega temporarily till it failed and went with Nintendo for 4 years for main entrys this game is fun and amazing I dont find anything wrong with it or annoying but Steve yeah that's about it but it doesnt ruin gameplay honestly this game I remember dived deep down with some origins befor 0 came out and how the twins pulled off being the main evil character the fact that this takes place on a prison island in the artics is nice I love games taking place at the artics what I really loved is you go deeper in with Clair and chris and find out theres a ice tunnel that leads to the hive labs in the artics now I do got a blurry memorie a bit I havnt played or beat this game since 02 but all I remember twords the end is clair and chris escape and to this day I do feel bad for steve but I couldn't help but laugh at that time how annoying they did voice acting even in 2000 so does this game need a remake I say why not would I be ok with a remake yes will I be ok without a remake yes this game was capcom's special one it was supposed to be RE 3 while 3 was supposed to be add on for 2 like how gta London 69 was to GTA but capcom was scared of doing that move so 3 became 3 and this questioned befor 4 came out was this a 4 but anyways if they renake this I see resident evil 9 being located in the artics to give us a idea that CV could be remade after 9 now I'm only predicting this cause 7 showed us a 2 and 3 remake village already showed 4 is being remade playing village I was them ppl coughing this is like a RE 4 direct sequel lol sorry for the long comment
Always down with more horror in the Arctic! I love The Thing so anything that even remotely capture that feeling of isolation and distrust would be a huge win
@@SSJdavey bro I agree 100% my favorite thing is the 82 version maybe it was 81 with Kurt Russell that movie is the best I hope they try to make another video game of it the 2002 one I cant remember to much except I got lost lol but yeah love to see them try to make another video game on the 80s version of the thing
The ps2 thing game was absolutely amazing, I'd love to see that be remade. So unique even today Yeah John Carpenters "The Thing" easily in my top 5 movies of all time
@@SSJdavey I so agree bro the ps2 version was amazing I cant remember why they added x to it I cant remember if anything was added it's been to long and I would re visit it but I'll be buying a title I had twice years ago and when my brain plays remakes and new versions it's hard for my brain to beable to do the old ones again for the fact of controls it would be like if I went from wwe 2k18 back to smackdown and go ok how do I do this I was so good at it and now I'm crap lol but it feels good to watch stuff from that time it reminds me gaming was so much better by being fun back then today's systems oh boy I dont get that feeling and it sucks lol
Come on, you wouldn’t have to replay the ENTIRE game… didn’t you ever save as Claire? Just load up her last save and bingo bango, you only have to replay a little bit.
I never seemed to multi save in resi, i always override the file. It was in this one that I learnt that lesson! Thankfully it didn't matter in the end but the position I was in with Chris at the end I was boned if I didn't have all those shotgun rounds
RE CVX is a do not play personally. For the time of the gamecube/ xbox / ps4 ports the resolution is very sub par. With some decisions that ignore what re1-4 has taught us as players . While, making baffling design choices that even for 2006 was awful. There was to many where the f--ks and where the f--ks situations . Even, for a re game that's really bad . Adding in the plathera of gameplay mechanics that can result in soft locks . Re CVX is a do not play. Just play the dark side chronicles version instead . Capcom really should be fixing the serious issues with re cv for a new generation instead of rehashing re4 yet again.
I still love this game so much and I think that they should do a Remake of it on PS4 by making the game look even better but have everything in it without missing anything out I know that RE3 Remake felt rushed they wasn’t many things in it not many Puzzles it felt short RE3 Remake but the original was even more longer then the RE3 Remake cause it had everything in it even all puzzles and it wasn’t rushed I hope that they don’t mess up RE Outbreak series if they make a remake of it on PS4 RE outbreak file 1 and File 2 all together with it and with the original characters in it only and it would have online option if it was on PS4 if it gotten re made for PS4
I'd argue RE3 remake streamlined the premise of the game and focused it on the escape element and that's why there's cut content so it can stay true to their new vision. If they remade Veronica I see no reason to change too much from the base game it all flows very well as is. I wish they'd re-release outbreak, I played them at the time but ps2 online wasn't great so I'd love another shot at them!
@@SSJdavey would you play RE Outbreak online if they did a remake of it but on PS4 even on ps5 even that it would have online without no online problems but it’s sad that I didn’t get the chance to play online on ps2 cause I didn’t have the Japan console of it even the network ps2 Japan plug and it has too be modded for it too work online on ps2 it’s sad I feel sorry for ones who didn’t get the chance even me that’s why I hope they do make it for PS4 and ps5 and it would make everyone happy even the fans and it would look even better 💜
@@wickedwaysmalx I'd 100% play it! I'm slowly working through the Resi games I haven't played on this channel with reviews of Resi 0 and resi 3 remake (when that launched) I'm currently working through Resi Revelations, so I'd play Outbreaks and then review them! The next remake is resi 4 but after that who knows maybe capcom are listening 🤷♂️
At the time they were working on re nemesis along with recnv x port to dreamcast then ps2 so higher standards were expected from capcoms teams for new gen tech.So this was put on ice while capcom pushed the last re game out on ps1.Then nemesis was branded re 3 nemesis.The shame is they neglected re code veronica then X.The team could have went with il say a fair few improvments.unfortunatly we will never see or play it.But dont get it twisted i love re games,from no1 endless nights of being stuck for days,then solving it.awesome bruv.i still love re3 n and veronica x.Its music gives me flashbacks of 27 yr old me marathon playing the iish out of these games.they still got game when you want old skool zombie blasting fun.nice 1 bruv.knowle west bs4 uk
Knowle west! My wife is from there, all her family live in that area so I'm constantly back and forth - small world! I'd love to see capcom go back to this style of game, CV for all its quirks is such a great game
This game even in its day was garbage. Especially when compared to any other resident evil. Even the remaster suffers greatly from wasting the players time. If you don't believe me, try playing it without hoarding ammo (skip a few ammo boxes or kill enemies that you don't know that you don't have to kill.) and see if you have enough to finish the game... you will waste that playthrough and gave to start over due to it being literally impossible to continue at certain points in the game.
Is it holds up? Certainly, if you are a fan of classic style. Is it need remake, not too necessarily but you can improve it. Like better written Steve, changing the flow, giving more depth to side characters like Rodrigo. Can they do it? I doubt about that, considering how they ruined all characters in RE2 Remake. Sorry but for that character changing part, you should blame yourself. The game obviviously hinted you are gonna play as Chris again. The game not let you save and take any key items in that part. At least you didn't left Chris completely defenceless, I saw one guy did that, infamous DSP and it is hilarious.
In replaying it since yeah 100% it does subtly hint but for a first time it could ruin a run no doubt and that is bad design. The more time that passes the more I love this game but there's certainly some decisions that they should have thought through and that's one of them!
@@SSJdavey I can argue for this part because it is actually a good game design for technical side. I recomend you to watch this clip: ruclips.net/video/ri6yAbi4pbQ/видео.html You can argue about difficulty of that part or necesserity (I personally like that for being genuinely emotional devolopment for Claire) but designers didn't screwed that for not giving you saving option. They thought every outcome and didn't make mistake. The real deadly game breaker part is actually Tyrant fight before plane. I fell for that , wasted my anti BOW rounds during first encounter and Tyrant wrecked me on plane. Luckily I had a second save point. But I can't blame the game because as a RE veteran I should have know you have second encounter against Tyrant and plane fight is hardest fight in classic series. The thing about Code Veronica is it is designed for veteran RE players. Puzzles are difficult, game is more punishing and there is no easy mode option. Before CV I beat previous games on easy mode, this game teach me how to play RE and after that I beat previous titles on hard mode.
I remember playing this game for the Dreamcast when it first came out. Even back then I thought it was overrated and outdated! First of all, it had by far the FEWEST gameplay innovations compared to the Resident Evils that came before AND after it. How can anyone rank this above the original Nemesis, a game which introduced the dodge feature, pathway choices, and using staircases without button pressing? Code Veronica's contribution was firing two guns at once, but that hardly made a difference. They also took the limited moving camera from Dino Crisis, but so what? Instead we just get more of the same switch pressing, item collecting, box pushing, and BACKTRACKING across way too many areas, rooms, floors, hallways, and corridors. And the story? A silly linear one where we get crying heartthrob Steve, cross dressing Alfred, and cartoonishly superhuman Wesker. The character lineup was a joke. I haven't played a new Resident Evil in a while, but of all the classic style games Code Veronica still remains the worst and weakest of them all. The last time I gave it a playthrough was probably 10 years ago and I have no intention of revisiting it.
After hearing all the praise for this game, I started to play it just now and turned it off after 15 minutes. This game aged horribly and definitely needs a remake. Intro cutscene is cheesy and makes no sense, voice acting is a joke, controls and movement is super dated... I don't get what people praise this game for other than nostalgia.
The voice acting is proper cheesy I'll give you that but I promise you if you stick with the game for a little longer it'll all click. Is this your first "classic" style RE?
as a huge resident evil fan (of the games), Code Veronica seems like shit. I’ll be skipping it. Btw, Third person is far above and beyond better than fixed camera. Tank controls suck too.
@@SSJdavey Veronica is to simple to do, outbreak remake would bring a whole different complexity to it. Picking a character that suits you. Who you save and who you don’t. A timeline on how slow you can take. I played it at maybe 12 yrs old so it was complex compared to others. But I think in this gaming world it would make it interesting for sure.
@@SSJdavey I missed the bowgun on the first try and had to start all over. I ran out of bullets everything last night. I don’t hate this game but the door shutting and closing off access to the bowgun is irritating
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Let me know which resi you want next;
I'm working through Revelations 2 currently but after that I'm open to suggestions?
A look back at my favourite title in the series (RE1 remake) or something else?
I'm curious about your take on Revelations 2. I played the game 4 years ago and I have fond memories of it.
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It went live earlier this week
I'll be honest, I think it wasn't so much voice acting that was to blame here. Alison Court did a great job (especially during the scene were Steve dies) and Chris had some good delivery. I think the real culprit is the writing.........and Steve's voice actor.
The writing is probably the biggest factor but the delivery from everyone is so over the top. Claire does the best job out of the bunch for sure
What Steve dies, no way I didn't see that coming lol, I just got to Chris
This is one of my most favorite re game, besides original re2 and the gamecube remake, i liked the diversity of places visiting, even when playing with Chris later on, personally i think the story compared to other re games was quite good, ofc its personal preference but this is in my top 3 re game list from old school re game series.
The variety is great, it's helped by the run time which is the longest out of any of the RE titles I've played and it never gets stale running through the environment
The gamecube's remake (including every remaster and port of it) is balls out the BEST RE game in my opinion. Survival horror at its finest, really hope they VR the shit out of it one day... Preferably soon
I'm almost done with my first playthrough, and all in all I was heavily enjoying it until I switched to Chris for the first time and wasn't prepared whatsoever. Then later the game switches again, and then for the first encounter with the final boss my Chris only had a pistol. How was I supposed to prepare myself for any of that without a guide?
I'm about to be at the final boss but man I hate how much my enjoyment of the game went down because I was constantly worried I wasn't leavign the right weapons for the other character.
The first half with Claire is honestly my favorite part of the game. Almost zero problems with it. It's just the character switching that turned me off super hard.
You and me both! You're so right, it gives literally no warning, good luck fighting alexia with nothing but bad language 🥴
The only positive is the next playthrough you do it won't happen again 👍
6:10 The game looks far better on the Dreamcast than on PS2,PS3 HD. And the graphics were sort of amazing for a time when others were still on the PS1.
I bought this on release date for thw Dreamcast and even then when the game was new and impressive for the time it was clear that pre-rendered backgrounds would have been even better. But this did give the game unique character of it's own and it still an awesome game to play as long as it's the Dreamcast version.
The frame rate issues on PAL make the game run 16% slower, getting A-Rank on the battle missions almost impossible because of this. If you're someone who wants the platinum trophy, you need to make a US account and download the US version of the game to get that sweet 60FPS... pretty ridiculous Capcom!
I gave up on going for the platinum after attempting battle mode 3 times with claire because of this exact issue. Its madness
I learned that the hard way 😂😂. I got the Platinum eventually after grinding the Battle Game for four whole days. Honestly would've preferred them to release the NTSC version or the HD remaster from PS3
I consider item management most compelling element of CV and RE1. You collect items with no apparent usage, drop them in item box and then while exploring you figure out what to do with them. And yeah, you can really screw yourself up with character switching. You need to know when this happens. If you deposit all of your weapons before first Nosferatu fight you'll have Chris armed to the teeth during his part and have no problems at all dealing with all the enemies.
RE1 does a better job of steering you with its items than CV does imo, there's occasions where you grab an item and have 0 idea what it's for (wolf and Eagle medallion for instance) but generally most items are telegraphed earlier.
The more time that's gone on since I wrote this review the more fond of CV I'm becoming. After I have reviews for all the mainline series done (on the run up to 8) I'll get to a tier list at some point... it'll be hard placing CV
How are you meant to know during the first playthrough? Its such an odd design choice in the first place. Could absolutely ruin a playthrough and those happens numerous times, most notably the tyrant fight.
Playing it for halloween and im loving it. although the voice acting is cringe worthy, there is very few jokes that come off as complete cheese. As for gamplay and graphics (minus a few gripes) this is the resident evil most folks should have jumped to after three.
Happy halloween folks!
Happy Halloween 🎃
This was my first classic RE and I loved it. Overall its my favorite out of the games, now I am playing the 1 remake and I love Jill so it might change
1 is my favourite hands down 🙌
I agree, amazing game! I literally just beat my code Veronica a few minutes ago. And I can tell you, I wouldn't mind playing through it again someday. Especially since sometimes all you want is to re-experience that classics nostalgia. They rule!!
@@SSJdavey Ah a man of culture 👍
Re3 Nemesis was my 1st back in the late 90s...downloaded it on my PS3 from the PS store in 2019 & beat it last year. MAN wat a fun, intense, complicated & addicting experience. Im now abt to play the mercenaries mode I unlocked to get better weapons to beat the game again on HARD mode
Re3 was my fav for years! Fantastic game
Will contain spoilers... (in case anyone cares).
A very interesting game. But for me it has some pretty big problems. The first being what you touched upon regarding item management, puzzles and switching characters. I think this problem extends further through the game. When me and a friend played it (very much not veterans of the series), it felt like we were punished for simply visiting locations out of order and taking too much damage as a result (this also in a game where sections have respawning enemies). I think this was greatly exacerbated by the lack of an "easy" option on the PAL version. I agree with your general points about planning as a crucial gameplay element. As a result, the difficulty simply feels unfair if you feel like you're punished for blamelessly making the wrong decision. We always kept multiple saves and had to go back on hours of progress on a few occasions.
This ties into a point that I believe Josh Strife Hayes made when discussing Amnesia, horror becomes less effective when dread is replaced by frustration. Code Veronica has a bad tendency to drift into the latter category.
Though as a positive... I thought the metal detector section was an excellent mechanic for creating dread in the player. Just knowing that at some point it would make you defenseless in the presence of enemies.
The storytelling is also just a bit iffy. The locations were good but the plane to the Antarctic felt a little contrived, and I thought it slightly hindered what could've been a more claustrophobic feel. The Matrix-esque scenes with Claire really jar with her controlling like a tank in gameplay (not exactly ludonarrative dissonance but the effect is something adjacent to it). And the cutscene with Wesker at the end of the game just felt odd and anticlimactic. It didn't feel much like an ending scene. Comical and dragged on a little too long.
Thats totally fair criticism, I can see why it would become punishing/frustrating especially if someone is newer to the series - CV is the one entry I see the most complaints with its difficulty and I can see why
@@SSJdavey Some pretty brutal enemy designs too (mainly thinking the bandersnatches). Again, on the point of frustration, new encounters began to induce more sighs of frustration than any sort of fright. I've heard that (counterintuitively) the knife is actually a good option as a weapon in CV. We never really made use of it, though.
I've heard a fair amount of frustration expressed towards unfair difficulty in Zero, mainly pertaining to the eliminators.
To expand a little on the point of item placement (in terms of getting puzzle items before you have idea what they're for), I can't help thinking there is also something quite immersion breaking about this. Almost as if it breaks the illusion that the player is in control, since you watch your character pick up items that you see no real reason to pick up.
For the criticism, I actually enjoyed CV a lot more than RE4. I just don't think RE4 feels as refined as people make out. The occasional horror and (incredibly easy) item puzzles almost feel as of they're there to pay homage to the older games rather than serving any real purpose.
Started playing this game today in 2021 on my ps2 fat lol
😂😂 surprised its still going!
That part where Steve had to shoot his zombified dad to save Claire is something that really bothers me. How in the world did a single bullet from a fully-automatic firearm NOT hit Claire? She was clearly in Steve’s line of sight and a single bullet did not even tear through the zombie flesh and pierce Claire when she’s clearly in the line of fire. BRUH.
I guess this is one of those games where you have to turn your brain off to even somewhat enjoy it.
IMO the gameplay and backtracking completely ruins it for me. And the voice acting except for Claire’s. The music is great though.
Thats fair, I enjoy the backtracks to an item box but I can see how CV pushes the limits of that (it being a long game doesn't help that either)
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As someone who only played through Code Veronica’s campaign once and did a few rounds of its Battle Game mode, I remember my opinion being very similar to The Sphere Hunter’s…
Gameplay-wise, it provided a lot of what I enjoyed about classic Resident Evil, packaged in a noticeably higher difficulty. Some of the puzzles and enemy encounters gave me a harder time, in a good way. I also appreciate some of the attempts to introduce new elements, such as the fully 3D environments, dynamic camera movement, and how scoped weapons are aimed. Incidentally, those elements felt like a precursor to RE4’s camera/movement/aiming system, and I found it surreal to play the Battle Game in first-person.
However, my two most notable drawbacks were the boss fights and how item availability works, in ways that can screw players over through no fault of their own. A large chunk of the bosses encounters felt lackluster or derivative, with the Gulp Worm and giant black widow feeling like repeats of the Gravedigger(s) and Black Tiger, the Adult Albinoid being such an easy/skippable boss, the mutated Steve’s encounter being one quick run, plus Alexia’s second form being awkward to fight. Besides the issues of inventory sharing between Chris/Claire, that box in front of the metal detector felt so “one-off” and out-of-place that I forgot it existed, until I realized I permanently left behind anti-B.O.W. gas rounds and the fire extinguisher needed to get the magnum. Not to mention, I heard Wesker’s level in the Battle Game can randomly give players a joke file, in place of the magnum, despite the fact that Wesker otherwise has no guns at all for him to even hurt his final opponent.
Story-wise, I mostly liked Code Veronica for a lot of the same reasons that others do, particularly Chris/Claire being together, the Ashford twins, the overall atmosphere, and Albert Wesker’s return. However, I agree about the general voice-acting and Steve Burnside’s portrayal, until Darkside Chronicles managed to fix him. The way Claire was able to learn Chris’ location on Umbrella’s island and even have Leon contact him, so he is now looking for her after she was looking for him, felt a bit too convenient.
But the story element I have the most to say about is the seemingly arbitrary nature of the Veronica Virus, at various points. Namely, they never seemed to explain why the Veronica Virus needs years of hibernation or a slowed infection rate to properly mutated its host, how Alexia Ashford knew that was the solution, plus why some of the Veronica mutants can bleed napalm. As far as I recall, the Veronica Virus was simply a combination of the Progenitor Virus, an ancient ant virus, and additional plant/arthropod genes. How did any of this require a unique period of hibernation or enable flammable blood? If not for how much I legitimately enjoyed the climax of Darkside Chronicles, with Manuela Hidalgo helping you with her own fire blood, I would have put Alexia’s blood attacks in a similar category as T-Rex Simmons from RE6, Morpheus Duvall having electromagnetic force field powers, Heisenberg controlling metal like Magneto, etc. On a more minor note, I think it might have been neater if the Bandersnatch enemies were products of the Veronica Virus.
The character switching without warning was a nightmare, I can see so many people getting screwed over by that
I have this game currently and if you use knife early on ALL the way up to where you encounter the hunters and SAVE ALL EXPLOSIVE ARROWS you are stocked pretty early on and can stockpile. I currently have 2 stacks of handgun ammo roughly 250 to 300 each just by rocking the knife. In this game knife is crazy broken
I've never been too great with a knife but I may give it a shot on the next run with that tip!
@@SSJdavey I'm serious just the knife you will be amazed when the airplane fight comes of you don't use grenades or arrows shotgun at qll stockpile your handgun on the hunters I recommend or normal arrows since they bountiful just save 90 tp 120 for explosives. Practice the first couple times by time you get the extinguisher you will have hang of it
@@SSJdavey the knife in this game has multi cut ability. So you get 2 to 4 swings in 1 hit and some are tougher in lined up hordes its easy to use long run and like me have way overstock at final boss lol
Playing through this again and damn this may be the hardest one in the series main titles
I found re1 way harder but the length on code Veronica certainly makes it tricky
I have played all RE1,2,3,Veronica,Remake, Zero games 20-40 times each and i never found Veronica difficult. And i've just played 1,2,3,Veronica, Remake on the last three weeks so they are fresh in my memory.
It has a million bullets, health and ink ribbons. You can just walk and shoot everything and the bosses aren't hard at all. It is harder than usual Normal difficulties but doesn't compare at all to games that have Hard modes. (The difficulty on Veronica is called Normal because in the Japanese version you could choose easier ones and the standard difficulty is called Normal)
What makes an RE game hard is when you don't have enough bullets or health and are in constant danger and with hard bosses.
The hardest RE games in my experience (top down)
Dreamcast/PC Resident Evil 2 on Nightmare difficulty:
This is 2-3 times more difficult than RE1 with Chris.
One zombie takes 18-23 bullets to kill and most of them they don't fall down when you shoot them so they just walk up to you and eat you. And you don't have enough bullets so you have to think of creative ways to clear sections and leave as many zombies alive that you can. I would say the difficulty is 10/10
RE Zero on Hard:
Really makes you think about where you use bullets and it's easily possible to not have enough bullets at the end. (Compared to RE2 Nightmare 5/10)
RE Remake on the hardest difficulty without transferring item boxes:
Is somewhat difficult that sometimes i kill the snakes with the knife only because it's possible to run out of ammo. (4/10 difficulty)
RE1 with Chris (original, not directors cut or dual shock):
Gives some challenge and especially for people who are new to the series it can be really hard but not really because you are still left with a ton of bullets after the game finishes (3/10)
RE3 on Hard:
There is sooo much ammo and herbs that you can play rambo and just kill everything so it isn't really that hard but the clocktower Nemesis and a few other moments give the illusion that it's hard but still you are pretty much a terminator in the game (2/10)
Code Veronica:
You have endless ammunition, health and saves. Bosses are a walk in the park if you try out what weapon/ammo works on them. Zombies fall down really easily. Compared to like Re2 on Normal difficulty Veronica is much harder but compared to al other harder RE games and especially the RE2 on Nightmare as reference i would still rate this as 1/10
What makes people say Veronica is hard/the hardest is most likely that they normally don't choose Hard/Nightmare on other classic RE games and since Veronica doesn't offer a difficulty selections and it's Normal difficulty is higher than other Normal difficulties it makes it feel difficult but if we are talking about the hard modes RE titles Veronica is actually the easiest because it doesn't even have a Hard mode. Just a bit more difficult Normal.
@@epicon6 theres still that really terrible part towards the end where you have to run from steve and if you only had the one save file after that cut scene in the fake mansion main hall and you didn’t think to stock up on health before that point then youre pretty screwed and have to start over.
@@Kain5th Yes. i agree. I was mainly talking about from a replaying point of view difficulty. Any title can offer a high difficulty depening on the person and the circumstances.
It’s the hardest one that I have played. I have played and beaten 0-5, 7 and both remakes of 2 and 3. Code Veronica is hard, I could never beat it.
It's £2 in a sale. I suck at the originals but I really want to try it
Do it!
Only one way to get better and that's to dive in
Code Veronica is the 4th and Final Resident Evil. 1,2,3 and CV are the true RE games.
Outbreak is classic style too, I'd count that 🤷♂️
@@SSJdavey not heard of that one, I'll look into it. Is it set after cv?
No it's set at the same time as 2&3. Story wise it's throwaway really but gameplay it's classic through and through. I've got a review of outbreak on the channel (working on the 2nd one now)
@@SSJdavey cool
Yes! Anything after that is
Bogus. I stopped playing after CVX
Things I don’t like:
1. Tank controls
2. Door animation times as long as 15 seconds in spots you may need to replay several times
3. Saving a game in a position that makes it impossible to pass an area. I had to start over completely in the middle because I hadn’t managed resources correctly and it was impossible to pass the section with what I had. In some other similar situations I had to try repeatedly and get extremely lucky to get past a spot, usually having to wait for cutscenes to play or skip when retrying.
4. Not realizing to share resources just prior to the final boss like you mentioned in the video
5. Some of the voice acting
Things I like:
1. The story and characters
2. The overall connection to the series
I’d love a remake and I think this game deserved to be a numbered entry.
All fair criticism
It's not aged very well...
So it definitely needs a remake.
All we can do is hope 🤞
Claire's voice is timeless and the best
Alfred's voice is perfect,this guys is a bipolar psychopath,the voice actor needed to sound strange,funny yet completely crazy
If you’re a diehard fan of RE, then yes it’s definitely worth checking out if you’ve never played it.
But in all honesty, in comparison with the original trilogy, this game has aged the worst, and that’s comparing a 6th gen title over 5th gen games.
One problem is that both Alexander Ashford & Steve Burnside are together the worst sidekick and villains that have EVER been in a RE title. They’re both beyond embarrassing.
The other problem I have is the backtracking. Unlike the previous games, backtracking in RE: CV is a genuine chore and feels more for padding than genuine game progression.
I actually played this game last year for the first time in 19 YEARS since 2001. I have no intention of playing it again, not even for nostalgia
I totally agree with you for the villains and Steve. The backtracking does feel more like a chore but I didn't think it was that bad. I do prefer the original trilogy especially now as I've just played RE1(remake) for the first time in 18 years and it's still absolutely incredible
I dont mind a remake but as long it was made like they did for re2 remake not re3 remake.
I think most would agree with you there! Personally I'd want the RE1 treatment but thats a pipe dream
Loved this game, and definitely anticipate a remake with the RE Engine. I first got intro'd to RE when RE2 came out for PS1. Absolutely loved it, played it over and over. I got RE3 and thought it was cool, but the story seemed shorter and overall less creepy so I was a bit disappointed. The indestructible Nemesis seemed like a cheap gimmick... Then I bought a SEGA Dreamcast and got RE: CV - absolutely thought is was real successor to RE2 in story and also in spirit.
I kinda fell of the map with RE after 4 came out, because it was here that the story pivoted away from survival horror, and started to get the action-crnetric gameplay. Also, the lore that was being built with Birken, Wesker, the Ashfords and umbrella kinda got lost. I think I really like the idea of following along in adventures with Chris, Claire, Leon, Ada and even Sherry in unravelling the dark conspiracies of the Umbrella corporation. and how its internal competing factions did various nasty things in the pursuit of controlling the recipes of the virus strains.
I tried the demo of RE7, and was not really interested. Didnt like the FP camera angle, and the silent levels made for a somewhat boring experience. It underscored how much a good soundtrack carries tension in these types of games. I guess I just wasnt that interested in Ethan finding his wife.. honestly the whole story seemed NOT resident evil had it not been for an appearance by Chris at the end. I really wanna keep tracking Leon, CLaire, Chris, Jill, Sherry and Ada. After seeing the clips of what RE8 is gonna be, I'll probably pass on that one too...
Anyways, a bit of a ramble. I got RE2 remake, and thought it was perfect. Id definitely love to see CV given an RE2Remake style makeover.
I'd really encourage you to give RE7 a full on go, its an incredible experience!
youa re totally right on that I felt exactly the same way after code Veronica I was soo inmersed in those character Chris, Claire, young Leon, Jill etc when the 4th came was like soo different and ddidnt feel the same to me, it lost everything that I liked for a resident evil game, maybe the 6th was the most interesting because of some characters arc but thats all that magic of the originals resident evils are totally gone these new games maybe are pretty good games and all but doesnt have that magic and mix that I really liked so definitely not for me. The 2 was my favourite ever the 3rd was sooo scary for me i never finished i couldnt jsut play it because of that Nemesis soo scaryy but still i liked the whole atmosphere though and Code Veronica wa slike rpettys cary as well i just got until the private ashford residence and that house was sooo scary i never played again until i was older just recently and I loved it, I lvoed the characters, the atmosphere, the places, the story was pretty nice too, i prefer way better this kind of voices than the soo dull and repetetive and simialr ones in the newer games at least these voices get some perosnality and passion even if for many soun ridiclous or exagerated i dont care i like them and the twin brothers were scar as hell specially Aldred dressing and speaking as his sister sooo psychoo anyways the magicof the PS1 never will come back again at leats some PS4 games are starting to be nice but I miss that huge creativity and memorable scenes and characters and stories and colorful things from the 90s was sooo perfect for my childhood reallyy :)
Re7 makes me want code Veronica remake actually the story of the siblings would and can be just as chilling as the family in re7 if done right
Totally agree it would be so hype to see them use everything they've learnt since CV and reapply it to CV
Such an idiotic comment. A fully fleshed soundtrack was omitted from the re1remake yet it doesnt hurt the expierence in any way. Re7 is a sensational game.
Yes it does
Plain & Simple
Great taste
i played this game when i was a kid 10 years old maybe my big brother tried more than one year to finish the game coz the hard puzzles
I can imagine as I kid I would have been straight onto game faqs or down the newsagent for a guide! It's a tough game now as an adult let alone as a child
Always felt this was an odd entry in the series, I cant quite put my finger on it but it doesn't have the same feel as the previous games and I haven't had the urge to replay it since 2002.
Do you think it's the dynamic camera rather than the true fixed ones of the og trilogy?
@@SSJdavey Yea possibly that is part of it, wasn't a huge fan of the story and characters either
I only beat Code:V in September 2020 after I made my first ever playthrough of every RE game. I've now finished them all and I can safely say that this game is a MASTERPIECE and is definitely worth picking up and playing!
The story is rich, the environments and atmosphere is amazing and the soundtrack is just top-notch.
That being said, if you want to buy Code Veronica for PS4 , make sure you buy it off the US store instead of the EU store. Long story short, PAL is slower, making Battle game a nightmare due to the timer remaining at the same speed as the faster NTSC version. :)
Its a great game, it could certainly use a fresh lick of paint with some cast performance changes (Steve) but the gameplay is incredible to this day!
I unfortunately got the version off the UK store 😕
@@SSJdavey I made the mistake of doing that as well. But I don't think we were both aware of it at first, since most games nowadays are the same regardless of region. It isn't *impossible* to beat the Battle Games, just *REALLY REALLY REALLY HARD*! Claire A requires you to be EXTREMELY precise with every move and Chris required you to use a glitch which got Alexia stuck so you can kill her without her moving. Claire B and Steve wasn't bad since both required around 8 and 9 minutes respectively to finish, while Wesker was the easiest since you got an A just by completing it.
I left guides on my channel on how to complete them with tips in the subtitles if anyone needed help since I know how difficult they are and I didn't want anyone to yeet their controller like I did a couple times. Feel free to have a look if you ever want to get back into them 😂😂😊😊
@@wesidentevil I've got a few games on the docket before ps5 launches but if I decide to go for the platinum I'll certainly use your guides! Thank you
@@SSJdavey No problem. Hopefully they'll be of use 😊😊🧡🧡
I've just played and reviewed resi 0, I'm looking to tick off revelations and revelations 2 from the backlog and then I'll have played every resi game (outside of handhelds)
remake no, remaster yes & for the love of GOD .... available on PC
I'd love a full ground up remake but keeping it more or less the same, like RE1 remake rather than RE2/3.
Is it not on PC!? They need to sort that out
The game being outsourced really is the main reason as to why the game turned out the way it did. The sheer number of writers present ( 5 in total ) also ruined much of the script/dialogue. It's a 5/10 at best for me. It's difficult to gloss over the horrible level design.
What didn't you like about the level design? It worked for me, I was on board for all of it
@@SSJdavey Several terrible design choices with softlock a real possibility, awful puzzles and overbearing backtracking really dilute expierence as a whole.
You got trolled my man 😂😂 same happened to me first time fighting the final boss but fortunately my mother always taught me to have multiple saves just incase you get your self and a pickle that’s difficult to fix
Your mother taught you well! It was a lesson learnt for me that's for sure. I'm just glad it didn't cause a unwinnable situation
1. Resident Evil Remake
2. Resident Evil 2 (Original)
3. Resident Evil Code Veronica X
4. Resident Evil 3 (Original)
5. Resident Evil Director's Cut
6. Resident Evil 2 Remake
7. Resident Evil 0
8. Resident Evil 3 Remake
9. Resident Evil 7
10. Resident Evil 4
11. Resident Evil Revelations 2
12. Resident Evil 5
Great list, I love rev 2 and 7 so we differ there, but apart from those your top 6 are all phenomenal 👌
7:26 to put it simply back then people found the style of the series stale by CVX so capcom decided to make RE4 the way it was.
The PS4 version of horrific. It’s the PS2 version emulated - the best way is to play the PS3/Xbox One HD release, which is digital only.
The version I reviewed is the HD remaster on ps4 it's exactly the same as the ps3 version as far as I know
@@SSJdavey It isn't. As I say, the version you played is the PS2 port emulated by the PS4. It has been cleaned up slightly so looks better, but the gameplay has a very low framerate. It probably won't change your experience as a reviewer - the overall game is the same, it just runs much worse. Great review by the way, really enjoyed.
Thank you 👍
On the channel there's RE0 you might like too
I hope is coming in 2022 or 2023?
I pray 🙏
CODE: Veronica desperately needs a remake.
Hopefully one day 🤞🤞
Steve is the most annoying character ever and i always skip his cutscenes. That makes a much better experience.
It should come as a warning before the game starts. He's detrimental for your health
I just finished the game for the first time. I found the first half to be okay, but the backtracking between buildings was lame. The second half was incredibly frustrating. I couldn’t use my 45 Grenades on the final boss because the grenade launcher was in Clair’s inventory, and because of the multiple switches at one point with no access to a box for Chris, I got to fight stage one Alicia with a knife and 7 handgun rounds. I would have reverted a save, but I had done that two other times in the game already. There’s good stuff in this game, but a blind play through is just irritating and it’s one of my least favorite games in the series that I’ve played. I’d say it’s on par with re5, not anywhere near as bad as re6 though
She is the slowest running character I've ever seen in a video game
This game was very fun and awesome both on dreamcast and ps2 version those versions i owned havnt owned any other platforms let's start off at the cut scene playing will Clair runs and gets shot at for that time that was realistic and kinda like how the re engine is today where we go whoa looks realistic except this was capcom's next engine moving from ps1 and moving to Sega temporarily till it failed and went with Nintendo for 4 years for main entrys this game is fun and amazing I dont find anything wrong with it or annoying but Steve yeah that's about it but it doesnt ruin gameplay honestly this game I remember dived deep down with some origins befor 0 came out and how the twins pulled off being the main evil character the fact that this takes place on a prison island in the artics is nice I love games taking place at the artics what I really loved is you go deeper in with Clair and chris and find out theres a ice tunnel that leads to the hive labs in the artics now I do got a blurry memorie a bit I havnt played or beat this game since 02 but all I remember twords the end is clair and chris escape and to this day I do feel bad for steve but I couldn't help but laugh at that time how annoying they did voice acting even in 2000 so does this game need a remake I say why not would I be ok with a remake yes will I be ok without a remake yes this game was capcom's special one it was supposed to be RE 3 while 3 was supposed to be add on for 2 like how gta London 69 was to GTA but capcom was scared of doing that move so 3 became 3 and this questioned befor 4 came out was this a 4 but anyways if they renake this I see resident evil 9 being located in the artics to give us a idea that CV could be remade after 9 now I'm only predicting this cause 7 showed us a 2 and 3 remake village already showed 4 is being remade playing village I was them ppl coughing this is like a RE 4 direct sequel lol sorry for the long comment
Always down with more horror in the Arctic! I love The Thing so anything that even remotely capture that feeling of isolation and distrust would be a huge win
@@SSJdavey bro I agree 100% my favorite thing is the 82 version maybe it was 81 with Kurt Russell that movie is the best I hope they try to make another video game of it the 2002 one I cant remember to much except I got lost lol but yeah love to see them try to make another video game on the 80s version of the thing
The ps2 thing game was absolutely amazing, I'd love to see that be remade. So unique even today
Yeah John Carpenters "The Thing" easily in my top 5 movies of all time
@@SSJdavey I so agree bro the ps2 version was amazing I cant remember why they added x to it I cant remember if anything was added it's been to long and I would re visit it but I'll be buying a title I had twice years ago and when my brain plays remakes and new versions it's hard for my brain to beable to do the old ones again for the fact of controls it would be like if I went from wwe 2k18 back to smackdown and go ok how do I do this I was so good at it and now I'm crap lol but it feels good to watch stuff from that time it reminds me gaming was so much better by being fun back then today's systems oh boy I dont get that feeling and it sucks lol
And the thing is a must have on blu ray or 4k lol
Get ready for the remake
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Best knife in the series
Come on, you wouldn’t have to replay the ENTIRE game… didn’t you ever save as Claire? Just load up her last save and bingo bango, you only have to replay a little bit.
I never seemed to multi save in resi, i always override the file. It was in this one that I learnt that lesson! Thankfully it didn't matter in the end but the position I was in with Chris at the end I was boned if I didn't have all those shotgun rounds
@@SSJdavey Yes, sir! It sounds like you learned a valuable lesson.
RE CVX is a do not play personally.
For the time of the gamecube/ xbox / ps4 ports the resolution is very sub par. With some decisions that ignore what re1-4 has taught us as players . While, making baffling design choices that even for 2006 was awful. There was to many where the f--ks and where the f--ks situations . Even, for a re game that's really bad . Adding in the plathera of gameplay mechanics that can result in soft locks . Re CVX is a do not play. Just play the dark side chronicles version instead .
Capcom really should be fixing the serious issues with re cv for a new generation instead of rehashing re4 yet again.
A remake would be a dream come true
I still love this game so much and I think that they should do a Remake of it on PS4 by making the game look even better but have everything in it without missing anything out I know that RE3 Remake felt rushed they wasn’t many things in it not many Puzzles it felt short RE3 Remake but the original was even more longer then the RE3 Remake cause it had everything in it even all puzzles and it wasn’t rushed I hope that they don’t mess up RE Outbreak series if they make a remake of it on PS4 RE outbreak file 1 and File 2 all together with it and with the original characters in it only and it would have online option if it was on PS4 if it gotten re made for PS4
I'd argue RE3 remake streamlined the premise of the game and focused it on the escape element and that's why there's cut content so it can stay true to their new vision.
If they remade Veronica I see no reason to change too much from the base game it all flows very well as is.
I wish they'd re-release outbreak, I played them at the time but ps2 online wasn't great so I'd love another shot at them!
@@SSJdavey would you play RE Outbreak online if they did a remake of it but on PS4 even on ps5 even that it would have online without no online problems but it’s sad that I didn’t get the chance to play online on ps2 cause I didn’t have the Japan console of it even the network ps2 Japan plug and it has too be modded for it too work online on ps2 it’s sad I feel sorry for ones who didn’t get the chance even me that’s why I hope they do make it for PS4 and ps5 and it would make everyone happy even the fans and it would look even better 💜
@@wickedwaysmalx I'd 100% play it!
I'm slowly working through the Resi games I haven't played on this channel with reviews of Resi 0 and resi 3 remake (when that launched) I'm currently working through Resi Revelations, so I'd play Outbreaks and then review them!
The next remake is resi 4 but after that who knows maybe capcom are listening 🤷♂️
Best game in the entire series. The last real resident evil game.
You would probably love Tormented Souls. It is awesome.
11:18 you sure it's okay for me to check out your "twittah"?
Of course 👍👍
Jesus Christ. The gameplay looks fun. But some of the voice acting unintentionally just reminds me of “hey Arnold”. Lmao
No shrines made out of bubblegum here I'm afraid 😅
That frame rate is horrendous
At the time they were working on re nemesis along with recnv x port to dreamcast then ps2 so higher standards were expected from capcoms teams for new gen tech.So this was put on ice while capcom pushed the last re game out on ps1.Then nemesis was branded re 3 nemesis.The shame is they neglected re code veronica then X.The team could have went with il say a fair few improvments.unfortunatly we will never see or play it.But dont get it twisted i love re games,from no1 endless nights of being stuck for days,then solving it.awesome bruv.i still love re3 n and veronica x.Its music gives me flashbacks of 27 yr old me marathon playing the iish out of these games.they still got game when you want old skool zombie blasting fun.nice 1 bruv.knowle west bs4 uk
Knowle west! My wife is from there, all her family live in that area so I'm constantly back and forth - small world!
I'd love to see capcom go back to this style of game, CV for all its quirks is such a great game
Out of the classic style RE games either Code Veronica or zero are the worst.
Zero is the low point for me but I really enjoyed cv, what was it that didn't connect with you?
This game even in its day was garbage. Especially when compared to any other resident evil. Even the remaster suffers greatly from wasting the players time. If you don't believe me, try playing it without hoarding ammo (skip a few ammo boxes or kill enemies that you don't know that you don't have to kill.) and see if you have enough to finish the game... you will waste that playthrough and gave to start over due to it being literally impossible to continue at certain points in the game.
I've heard a few people mention how they ran out of ammo and couldn't beat tyrant on the plane, is that what you mean?
Is it holds up? Certainly, if you are a fan of classic style. Is it need remake, not too necessarily but you can improve it. Like better written Steve, changing the flow, giving more depth to side characters like Rodrigo. Can they do it? I doubt about that, considering how they ruined all characters in RE2 Remake.
Sorry but for that character changing part, you should blame yourself. The game obviviously hinted you are gonna play as Chris again. The game not let you save and take any key items in that part. At least you didn't left Chris completely defenceless, I saw one guy did that, infamous DSP and it is hilarious.
In replaying it since yeah 100% it does subtly hint but for a first time it could ruin a run no doubt and that is bad design.
The more time that passes the more I love this game but there's certainly some decisions that they should have thought through and that's one of them!
@@SSJdavey I can argue for this part because it is actually a good game design for technical side. I recomend you to watch this clip: ruclips.net/video/ri6yAbi4pbQ/видео.html
You can argue about difficulty of that part or necesserity (I personally like that for being genuinely emotional devolopment for Claire) but designers didn't screwed that for not giving you saving option. They thought every outcome and didn't make mistake.
The real deadly game breaker part is actually Tyrant fight before plane. I fell for that , wasted my anti BOW rounds during first encounter and Tyrant wrecked me on plane. Luckily I had a second save point. But I can't blame the game because as a RE veteran I should have know you have second encounter against Tyrant and plane fight is hardest fight in classic series. The thing about Code Veronica is it is designed for veteran RE players. Puzzles are difficult, game is more punishing and there is no easy mode option. Before CV I beat previous games on easy mode, this game teach me how to play RE and after that I beat previous titles on hard mode.
Absolutely! There saved everyone from having to watch this video
Could still watch it....🤷♂️
I remember playing this game for the Dreamcast when it first came out. Even back then I thought it was overrated and outdated! First of all, it had by far the FEWEST gameplay innovations compared to the Resident Evils that came before AND after it. How can anyone rank this above the original Nemesis, a game which introduced the dodge feature, pathway choices, and using staircases without button pressing? Code Veronica's contribution was firing two guns at once, but that hardly made a difference. They also took the limited moving camera from Dino Crisis, but so what? Instead we just get more of the same switch pressing, item collecting, box pushing, and BACKTRACKING across way too many areas, rooms, floors, hallways, and corridors. And the story? A silly linear one where we get crying heartthrob Steve, cross dressing Alfred, and cartoonishly superhuman Wesker. The character lineup was a joke. I haven't played a new Resident Evil in a while, but of all the classic style games Code Veronica still remains the worst and weakest of them all. The last time I gave it a playthrough was probably 10 years ago and I have no intention of revisiting it.
I can't argue with any of this tbh, I personally really enjoyed it but all that criticism is valid. I'd easily rank 3 above CV too. I adore 3
Yes it needs a remake, but guess which one doesn't! 4!!! It's a masterpiece leave it alone
Arnt you interested to see what they'll do?
We always have the original to fall back on; just like with RE3 if it's not up to par
4 its trash
After hearing all the praise for this game, I started to play it just now and turned it off after 15 minutes. This game aged horribly and definitely needs a remake.
Intro cutscene is cheesy and makes no sense, voice acting is a joke, controls and movement is super dated... I don't get what people praise this game for other than nostalgia.
The voice acting is proper cheesy I'll give you that but I promise you if you stick with the game for a little longer it'll all click. Is this your first "classic" style RE?
You payed by far the worst version of CV
I've heard the pal version of cv x is a shocker, which one is the best?
@@SSJdavey it's not even the fact it's the PAL version the ps4 and xbox one versions are terrible in them selves way to dark
Oh ok, so on my next playthrough go for the ps3 version?
as a huge resident evil fan (of the games), Code Veronica seems like shit. I’ll be skipping it.
Btw, Third person is far above and beyond better than fixed camera. Tank controls suck too.
As you don't enjoy tank controls and fixed cameras it sounds like CV wouldn't be your cup of tea, at least now you won't waste your money 👍
I’ve have been a RE fan since young. This game is trash, remake outbreak
Out of the two I'd prefer an outbreak remake too
@@SSJdavey Veronica is to simple to do, outbreak remake would bring a whole different complexity to it. Picking a character that suits you. Who you save and who you don’t. A timeline on how slow you can take. I played it at maybe 12 yrs old so it was complex compared to others. But I think in this gaming world it would make it interesting for sure.
I played it through for review super recently, its amazing now. I'd love to see what they could do with it these days!
No
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I hate this game
Anything in particular you don't like?
@@SSJdavey I missed the bowgun on the first try and had to start all over. I ran out of bullets everything last night. I don’t hate this game but the door shutting and closing off access to the bowgun is irritating
Oh no that's a nightmare! It's pretty unforgiving with locking access to things, I can understand the frustration