@@soulstice18 wasn't that the on rails shooter? That's whack, that's more like a good version of gun survivor, or a sequel to dead aim. This one missed my scope, I knew it existed, but my buddy had the dreamcast. I'm finally back to it. And it's becoming a tossup between re2 and Code veronica of which is the best RE game for me. It's so good. It's funny the stories are a continuation from re 2 for claire and re1 for chris. This is definitely a boss ass game. The last of the classic style RE games. It could definitely use a Re:make. The third one isn't that good and thus, the remake wasn't either. In re2 the intertwining stories make you play it twice. In CV they just make the game really long. With the choices you make in one part affecting the player in the second part. So very similar to re2. Foreal, this and re2 are the best resident evil games. I'd buy a remake of this day 1 if they don't change the line about Alexandria being a crossdressing freak. HAHA. Day 1, as long as they don't sanitize it. I bet they change too much in re4 remake for people to love it. That would be the longest of the remakes yet though, so idk, they better just make tasteful adjustments and not remove iconic parts. Im afraid they are going to sanitize it too since they removed parts in the VR. Capcom, man. Idk what they are thinking sometimes.
I loved Code Veronica. I played it first on the Dreamcast first and then later on the Ps2. I think it was the prettiest Claire we've gotten. Still sad we never got a true Barry Burton game.
@@Avrelivs_Gold ...really? lol. In real life people would be swearing in such a shocking and dangerous situation. And remake Claire great too, and is tiny bit younger (which is about right given the time lines).
@@Dagoth_Ur_1 it's trash compared to the original RE2. And 1998 Claire also was much more feminine and realistic, you could see that if you played that game. While the remake one is just another cliche movie whaman that talks and looks like Jennifer Lawrence.
Data leak from Capcom revealed that they have a politically correct business strategy now, so you know what that would mean if Code Veronica got a modern remake.
I played this game on the Dreamcast, and it was amazing. The Dreamcast was hampered by Sega's reputation for churning out inferior hardware--that started during the Genesis (which was an unfair comparison to the newer SNES) and was reinforced with the lackluster Saturn. The Dreamcast was a monster, could do it all, and it didnt have the Playstation's nagging problem of going thermal. The unique memory inserts in the controller's allowed you to see your health at a glance. It was an amazing experience--I still have it 20 years later.
@Paul Bell Sony's early hardware, specifically the SCPH 100x, was known for overheating and honestly general problems until around the SCPH-5000+ models or so. Obviously best model to have is the last one (SCPH-900x) as far as reliability, but the other, earlier models have certain features like IO ports users may want. I knew many individuals who had experienced problems related to this and the general solution was to use the unit upside down (at least regarding the laser issues). Yes, this works! Not a great, long term, or permanent solution, but it'll get you through the last disc of whatever RPG until you replace that bad unit. :p
Dreamcast also had anti-aliasing. With or without AA games often looked and played slightly better on Dreamcast than PS2. Code Veronica, Soul Calibur, Quake 3 Arena immediately come to mind. The Genesis also kicked the SNES butt in many versions of the same game for both systems. The sound chip was an acquired taste though.
The genesis came out to compete with the NES. Nintendo dropped the SNES 2-3 years later to compete with the genesis. You could almost say the sega cd was the SNES competitor
I liked this one. I liked the idea of mostly fixed camera angles that also moved a bit with the player from time to time. Way better than the OTS cameras of the newer games. I have this for gamecube and still play through it every few years
yeah i loved the panning fixed camera angles in code veronica. i feel like i'm the only person who was disappointed with re2 remake, i would have loved to see it in code veronica style with modern graphics. it's too bad we'll never get to see a fixed camera re eith modern graphics, remake and re0 is the closest we have and both of those games and code veronica are all way better than re2r imo.
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Really enjoying these RE retrospectives (and the rest of your channels content). I recently played through this game on PS4 and highly enjoyed it. However despite the creepy setting, the monsters, the controls (which were so clunky) and the infuriating Steve boss battle - the scariest thing of all was Claires reunion with Chris. I'm not sure what image they wanted to portray there but there were several scenes where I half expected them to lean in and kiss each other. It was... creepy. Not to mention Claire constantly saying "please promise me you'll never leave me again" and even the end ranking screen has her linking arms with Chris as they walk down a street. It was all just a bit... weird! Great game though. Really solid survival horror game.
And FYI the Dreamcast version was far superior than yeh PS2 version xD I owned both well I own both of them open every Port from the Dreamcast to the PS2 that was made from them. Like code Veronica, grandia 2, and ecco the dolphin ....which where garbage on the PS2 and you could tell by the glitches and bad porting Sony did for them so I always hold my Dreamcast close to my heart as one of my favorite consoles from that generation with tons of hidden gems that hold up amazingly even today.....code Veronica for PS2 is more of a directors cut
yeah i had both versions too and never liked the look of the ps2 version nearly as much as the dreamcast version. now i only have the ps3 version and i like it, it definitely looks better than the ps2 version to me.
@@midoribookstore soul calibur on dreamcast looked better than the arcade version. there's an interesting video about called soul calibur beyond arcade perfect or something like that.
I totally loved the Dreamcast, hell I still have it and play it it all the time. I loved the cool "minigame" memory inserts that would flash information on the screen--only problem with those they used watch batteries which went dead fast.
sword of the berserk was one of my favorite dc games. i still kick myself for getting rid of my dc and that game is one of the main reasons. also soul calibur, i had so much fun with the first sc on dc but found all the later entries boring and inferior to the first game.
@@toddsleezer3580 lol same even on my gaming pc knowing i can run Valhalla or cyberpunk lol all i play is blood,duke Nukem 3D Doom 1993 with a bunch of wads shadow warrior redux lol and Ion fury
i just played through it again recently and had way more fun with it than the re2 remake. and i like claire's look a lot more in cv, she looks completely different in re2 remake, and not in a good way imo.
It does, but the whole section involving the tyrant before going to Alaska, the crushing puzzle, the hallway battle against the axe guy (no spoilers) and the final boss fight are all infuriatingly bad.
I missed this game until Code Veronica X and played this after RE4....so at first, I didn't care for it. Looking back, it's one of the greatest RE games in the franchise, imo.
i like code veronica more than re4. 4 is s great game but i'll always prefer the fixed cameras, tank controls, and puzzles of the older re games. too bad we'll never see any like that with modern graphics, cv, remake, and re0 are the best looking fixed re games we'll ever have. luckily all 3 of those games have been rereleased on modern consoles.
CV is great. I was super excited when I found out it was coming to the PS2, I didn’t have a Dreamcast either. It’s one of the longer RE games which it makes it a lot more fun .
It's interesting seeing these older videos of your's. For me, personally, I never got into any of the early Resident Evil games. My friends owned a few of them, between them, but time spent at your buddies house was limited, even if you got to spend the time on the weekends back in the day. And they had other games to play. For me, my personal survival horror games were Parasite Eve, 1 and 2. And Dino Crisis, 1 and 2. Those were my babies. I played a bit of the RE games but they just didn't have a spot in the limited room and time of my younger heart. However, it was Resident Evil 4 that got my interest, and my exposure to it on the gamecube was enough for me to eventually buy it for myself on the ps2. A friend later got RE5 for XBOX, and it was "okay" but didn't impress me. For me personally RE4 was my Goldielocks zone. It's nice to get a perspective on the RE games I never saw or played.
Interesting video, I love the Critical Drinker character for movies and can see that you were softer on video games but no less informative, kudos for mentioning that Code Veronica X made it to the Dreamcast too, but in actual fact when it came to sales, both the Dreamcast and PS2 managed to notch up over a million sales each. I think Code Veronica being ported to the PS2 once the Dreamcast was dying out was just good business sense rather than it failing to reach it's potential.
As a hardcore RE fan what can I say? Excellent retrospective Drinker. It's a shame you didn't play the original on DC as I was blown away on release day, pre-PS2. However at least you didn't miss one of the most vital REs in history. I've still got my original DC copy in my cupboard, no doubt collecting dust as I've got all the latest HD updates of course. Resident Evil was the ONLY reason I bought a GameCube, to which Capcom had entered exclusive rights with Nintendo with in the early 00s (RE remake, RE0, RE4 etc). But that's another story... Just for the record, I prefer the original C:Veronica 'Alexia vs Wesker' fight scene than the C:VeronicaX version. In the latter Wesker is more of a match for Alexia. In the former however he clearly shows fear, is injured more easily and runs away once distracted. I guess it's all just a matter of taste though.
Shooting the Tyrant out the back of that plane is one of the hardest boss battles in the history of video games. It's a fucker. Unless I'm doing something wrong... 🤔
I had a way easier time doing that battle that I did just in normal confrontation with Bandersnatches. I believe the BOW gas rounds made a huge difference in the Tyrant battle on the cargo plane.
This game was hands-down the best game on the Sega Dreamcast. It was goofy as hell, but still fantastic. I have Code Veronica X on my Series X, but I’m trying to get through a back-log of other games first.
yeah the dc version looks more clear, ps2 version had a blurry look and more jagged edges, i didn't like it. i only have the ps3 version now and it looks good.
I loved the atmosphere of this game, and I was so happy to see Chris back. I also loved Alexia's revelation of her monster self and hoped she would get rid of Albert. I also felt sorry for Alexander Ashford, who was experimented on by his own children and locked away after turning into Nosferatu.
@@marinejcksn1 too many people love the boring new style unfortunately. remake is so much better than remake2 imo, i would love to see a new re with fixed moving cameras and tank controls like code veronica with modern graphics, but sadly that'll never happen. cv, remake, and re0 are the best looking fixed camera re games we'll ever have. i have and frequently play the original re2, re3, code veronica, remake, and re0 and never get bored with them, after 2 playthroughs of re2r i was si bored i never wanted to look at it again, sold it shortly after buying it, and never even had the desire to play re3r.
@@Jack_80 I considered buying a PS4 or Xbox One X just for the RE2 remake (tight finances have me still on Xbox 360 lol) but after watching some playthroughs I'm unimpressed. It looks so dark you can barely see anything. For me, RE4 was the one game with the new camera that I feel like they did perfectly and I've replayed that on my old PS2 like 50 times. Hell, the Resident Evil 1 remake and RE4 were the only reasons I passed on PS2 when it came out and bought a Gamecube!
Ooooh, I had to pause at the middle. You didn't play Code Veronica on a Dreamcast? WHAT THE F..??? The sweet feel of the DC controller, the graphics, the light effects still outshined the shitty PS2 graphics. At least in the Gamecube the experience was just as good as in the DC. Remember this was the BEST looking game of its time so the facial features and sliding movements while outdated now, they were the state of the art back then. Code Veronica remains at the top 3 RE games of all times. Though and extremely rewarding game to beat.
To this day , Code Veronica is probably my favorite of the entire franchise when it comes to feeling invested in the plot. This game was just awesome to play (PS2). Unless of course some as*hole "friend', wastes ALL your freaking ammo trying to kill a giant spider that cant even be hit because its on the underside of the floor. Right before he saves.
I remember playing it when I was ten years old. I of course shot all my ammo at the things that cant be killed. I revisited the game about 2 years ago when I'm in my 30's I found alot of joy
@@michael-h8153 I was almost 30 when it came out, and I felt like I was ten years old playing it lol. Pushing 50 now, and would still buy it in a heart beat if they updated it like they have some of the others. Really was a great game even with its flaws.
@@michaelwilson8461 I agree, but they never do the good ones. My daughters are both ten years old now and finding quality gameplay for them is getting harder and harder. Not saying they will get it when I didnt either but It gave me a lasting memory of what games where supposed to be
The nostalgia hurts. Playing code Veronica x inspired me to write a game script when I was 11 and send it in to capcom. I named it resident evil underground, and I believe that elements ended up in survival
That's weird...I forgot this game existed. I played it through four or five times on the Dreamcast; but, don't remember much of it. The one thing I do remember is that Claire looked good...I mean REALLY good (for that time).
Code Veronica has that effect on people. It's a pretty forgettable game in terms of story and characters, and the gameplay is an awkward half-way house between the slow pacing and static cameras of the original trilogy, and the over the shoulder action of 4, 5 and 6. Not one of my favourites to be honest.
Looking back I don't think I ever completed this. I specifically remember getting to the arctic base and then being stuck because I left the fire estinguisher in the metal detector locker back on the base and I guess I just cbf to restart. Going to have to correct that soon!
there's just something about playing games on certain consoles that makes them more fun. my favorite version of re2 was the n64 version. it was amazing to see them cram that whole game on a cartridge, and aside from the fmv scenes, i thought it was the best looking version.
i've been replaying those same games as well. code veronica and re0 are my favorites because they are the most challenging and have the most complex level designs, making them more difficult to memorize than the others, which makes them more replayable for me. i know 0 gets a lot of hate but there are a lot of great things about it, i especially like how the partner swapping works in that game, it was so unique and perfectly done. it would have been nice if they had added a side pack to make the inventory management slightly less tedious but once you beat it a few times and know what you need and when, it's not that bad.
I can't believe they're remaking RE4 and completely skipping this one, it definitely deserves it. This game had easily the best save room music of any RE game, and that bloody moth corridor actually gave me a phobia of moths.
re6 did that for me. i actually found the gameplay to be pretty fun, but the story and enemy and boss designs were so terrible it was hard to enjoy. grasshopper zombies, those goofy looking spider zombies, butterfly zombies, and simmons who is basically a t-1000 zombie that turns into a centaur with a machine gun, a giant fly, and a t-rex. it just got so beyond silly it ruined it for me.
@@TheCriticalDrinker the first one was my favorite game as a kid cause of the puzzles and how it was more strategy based and made you think I actually kept a journal to write down all the puzzles and information that I found in the game
isnt Jill the master of unlocking? not Barry, he was the weapons expert.. Cjris was leader/tactician and jill was second in command/ expert at unlocking.
Have this on the Dreamcast, great RE game (bit of an underrated one). Steve is painful, but other than that would like this remade. The antagonists are creepy and interesting.
Hold on a minute, the reason Resident Evil 2 was scrapped for the Sega Saturn wasn't due to hardware issues. It was halted because the Saturn had poor sales and was largely discontinued in all regions but Japan. The Sega Saturn was actually a much stronger machine than the PlayStation but given its complex design made it very difficult for developers to get the full potential out of it in a typical development cycle. This is also why it took almost 20 years for proper emulation to show up. Sega's hardware designers were forward thinkers that pushed the envelope way to far. It wouldn't be for another 9 years before developers began tinkering with multiple processors in games.
@@itadapeeza8559 The reason for this is down to cost versus profits. The cost to port RE2 to the Sega Saturn would have been astronomical. Most developers back then simply did not know how to program a game that utilized multiple processors. Had Capcom decided to run with RE2 for the Saturn they would have lost millions of dollars in the process... Once Sega shuttered all Sega Saturn development in the US big games like RE2 were dead in the water. Without the US market a game like RE2 becomes unsustainable. Lastly, it didn't help matters that the Resident Evil series is bigger in the West than it is in Japan.
I never managed to beat Code Veronica X. Why? Two reasons. First, Bandernatchs. Those things sucked so much ammo and their mobilty made it impossible to avoid them. I finally gave up when playing as Chris, I ended up caught in a death loop. I was in caution status, I went through a door, and as soon as the game loaded, a Hunter took my head. After a couple dozen deaths, I gave up. I came back years later and tried to get out of the death loop. And shockingly, I did! Unfortunately, I hadnt played in so long i completely forgot where I was supposed to go and what I was supposed to do. So I gave up again and never picked it up again. But i still want a remaster! I just want them to decrease the danger of the Bandersnatch, and maybe give a little bit more ammo.
Loved the video, but did want to make mention of your point regarding CVX. Code Veronica X most definitely did NOT have sharper graphics. The best looking version of the game is on Dreamcast. The PS2 was just not as capable a machine as the DC and ended up looking fuzzy (Dreamcast CV was progressive, PS2 interlaced; RIP Dreamcast) CV was the game that first dipped my toes into the RE universe, and the idea of horror in a video game being a mix as good as peanut butter mixed with chocolate. I do hope they do a remake. CVX was upsetting and it was the code base that all subsequent ports/remasters were built on.
@@Marc_Araujo that's not really what I was getting at. Each CV:X had to be built for the respective consoles, so resolution might give a sharper picture, but at the cost of things like fog rendering look. I mean the overall look/mood /atmosphere. I have read that the ps3 release of X is best because it is most faithful, plus at a much higher resolution. Fun fact: Dreamcast could actually do 480i output on the VGA cable.
@@Marc_Araujo Turns out the PS3 version isn't very good either in that they changed some effects which ruined the color of the game (and thus mood) AND was actually built from the Gamecube version. The only upside of the PS3 version is the higher res and widescreen. Additionally, the Dreamcast supports 480p and this was one of the games that could output 480p. Gamecube one supposedly looks like the PS2 in terms of mood (too dark). Lastly, the "X" versions of Code Veronica insert stupid, unnecessary cutscenes that make the overall game worse. I will go back to my "Dreamcast is definitively the best Code Veronica release" position.
Code: Veronica was the point when RE began to lose its way for me. It began that slide into absurdity and the ridiculous, not to say RE was hyper-realistic before but even from the opening cutscene it's a sign of things to come. The game itself just never clicked with me and I was a huge fan of the series up to that point. I especially didn't connect with the characters, Claire didn't even feel like the same person from RE2 to me, Steve is obviously obnoxious and the antagonists are kind of silly (Wesker included). It's always felt like the black sheep to me, lost between classic RE and the revolutionary RE4. A remake might be interesting though.
man, I usually hate RE retrospective videos, this one is pretty good! It does seem like you're reading a little too fast, slow down a little bit, take a breath here and there.
Steve was meant to be annoying. He balances this perfect Claire out. The same trick many movies and anime are using. They make you hate characters and then drive your emotions. I am highly critical of the whole "goddess Alexia" plot, so Steve's realistic story is one of the best part about this game for me.
PS2 version actually has way worse graphics and only displays in smeary 480i even with the PS2 component cable. Dreamcast absolutely destroys it in 480p
Sega Saturn is thr beast when it comes to 2D graphics, can do a lot of multi layers of scrolling. However, Sony PlayStation was vastly superior in the 3D dept.
weak entry? at the time of it's release it was by far the largest and most challenging re game there was and it had some of the best graphics of any game at the time. not sure how it qualifies as a weak entry to you.
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This deserved a remake in line with RE2
RE4 doesn't need one
They probably feel it doesn't need a remake thanks to "the dark side chronicles" that re did the main parts of the game.
@@soulstice18 wasn't that the on rails shooter? That's whack, that's more like a good version of gun survivor, or a sequel to dead aim. This one missed my scope, I knew it existed, but my buddy had the dreamcast. I'm finally back to it. And it's becoming a tossup between re2 and Code veronica of which is the best RE game for me. It's so good. It's funny the stories are a continuation from re 2 for claire and re1 for chris.
This is definitely a boss ass game. The last of the classic style RE games. It could definitely use a Re:make. The third one isn't that good and thus, the remake wasn't either.
In re2 the intertwining stories make you play it twice. In CV they just make the game really long. With the choices you make in one part affecting the player in the second part. So very similar to re2. Foreal, this and re2 are the best resident evil games. I'd buy a remake of this day 1 if they don't change the line about Alexandria being a crossdressing freak. HAHA. Day 1, as long as they don't sanitize it.
I bet they change too much in re4 remake for people to love it. That would be the longest of the remakes yet though, so idk, they better just make tasteful adjustments and not remove iconic parts. Im afraid they are going to sanitize it too since they removed parts in the VR. Capcom, man. Idk what they are thinking sometimes.
Remakes are done.
No hopes left.
Only option is fan-made HD remasters.
They should just use the same character model from re2 remake.
@@Avrelivs_Goldno they aren't they had a pole asking wether they wanted to remake this game. So they very well could
I loved Code Veronica. I played it first on the Dreamcast first and then later on the Ps2. I think it was the prettiest Claire we've gotten. Still sad we never got a true Barry Burton game.
"the prettiest Claire" indeed...
so much better than dirty-mouth in Remake...
Claire looked the best in Degeneration.
@@Avrelivs_Gold oh no... not swears
@@Avrelivs_Gold ...really? lol. In real life people would be swearing in such a shocking and dangerous situation. And remake Claire great too, and is tiny bit younger (which is about right given the time lines).
@@Dagoth_Ur_1 it's trash compared to the original RE2. And 1998 Claire also was much more feminine and realistic, you could see that if you played that game.
While the remake one is just another cliche movie whaman that talks and looks like Jennifer Lawrence.
I wonder if this game would be released today, would Clair call Alfred "stunning and brave" instead of "cross dressing freak" ;)
Oh god don't give them any ideas for the remake
*Alfred pees standing*
Claire: "YAS QUEEN! SLAY!!!"
*Alfred dabs*
Good thing me and you will probably never work at Capcom SemperSky!
@@AleatoricSatan 😭😂😂😂
Sarcastically Id hope
Data leak from Capcom revealed that they have a politically correct business strategy now,
so you know what that would mean if Code Veronica got a modern remake.
I was searching for retrospective videos on RE and i found this one and i have to say, nice! Keep the good work sir!
Greetings from Chile.
This is my third favorite RE game. I hope it gets the ReMake treatment, not the Nemesis treatment!
I will buy top dollar for it
I just got resident evil two remake and I think I have to start over again there’s barely any bullets
@@ericmanso7355 lmao
@@ericmanso7355 I quit from frustration. I gotta try it again.
@@ericmanso7355lmao based re5 player
So annoyed that they seem to be skipping this game to remake 4. I would have rather seen a CV remake than the 3 remake we got tbh
I played this game on the Dreamcast, and it was amazing. The Dreamcast was hampered by Sega's reputation for churning out inferior hardware--that started during the Genesis (which was an unfair comparison to the newer SNES) and was reinforced with the lackluster Saturn. The Dreamcast was a monster, could do it all, and it didnt have the Playstation's nagging problem of going thermal. The unique memory inserts in the controller's allowed you to see your health at a glance. It was an amazing experience--I still have it 20 years later.
@Paul Bell Sony's early hardware, specifically the SCPH 100x, was known for overheating and honestly general problems until around the SCPH-5000+ models or so. Obviously best model to have is the last one (SCPH-900x) as far as reliability, but the other, earlier models have certain features like IO ports users may want.
I knew many individuals who had experienced problems related to this and the general solution was to use the unit upside down (at least regarding the laser issues). Yes, this works! Not a great, long term, or permanent solution, but it'll get you through the last disc of whatever RPG until you replace that bad unit. :p
Dreamcast also had anti-aliasing. With or without AA games often looked and played slightly better on Dreamcast than PS2. Code Veronica, Soul Calibur, Quake 3 Arena immediately come to mind.
The Genesis also kicked the SNES butt in many versions of the same game for both systems. The sound chip was an acquired taste though.
The genesis came out to compete with the NES. Nintendo dropped the SNES 2-3 years later to compete with the genesis. You could almost say the sega cd was the SNES competitor
I liked this one. I liked the idea of mostly fixed camera angles that also moved a bit with the player from time to time. Way better than the OTS cameras of the newer games. I have this for gamecube and still play through it every few years
yeah i loved the panning fixed camera angles in code veronica. i feel like i'm the only person who was disappointed with re2 remake, i would have loved to see it in code veronica style with modern graphics. it's too bad we'll never get to see a fixed camera re eith modern graphics, remake and re0 is the closest we have and both of those games and code veronica are all way better than re2r imo.
Chris looks Japanese in this and the story is bonkers, it is a guilty pleasure.
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This is still my 2nd favourite RE game, after RE2. I loved the plot in this and still remember how sad I was over what they did to Steve lol.
Really enjoying these RE retrospectives (and the rest of your channels content). I recently played through this game on PS4 and highly enjoyed it. However despite the creepy setting, the monsters, the controls (which were so clunky) and the infuriating Steve boss battle - the scariest thing of all was Claires reunion with Chris. I'm not sure what image they wanted to portray there but there were several scenes where I half expected them to lean in and kiss each other. It was... creepy. Not to mention Claire constantly saying "please promise me you'll never leave me again" and even the end ranking screen has her linking arms with Chris as they walk down a street. It was all just a bit... weird!
Great game though. Really solid survival horror game.
And FYI the Dreamcast version was far superior than yeh PS2 version xD I owned both well I own both of them open every Port from the Dreamcast to the PS2 that was made from them. Like code Veronica, grandia 2, and ecco the dolphin ....which where garbage on the PS2 and you could tell by the glitches and bad porting Sony did for them so I always hold my Dreamcast close to my heart as one of my favorite consoles from that generation with tons of hidden gems that hold up amazingly even today.....code Veronica for PS2 is more of a directors cut
yeah i had both versions too and never liked the look of the ps2 version nearly as much as the dreamcast version. now i only have the ps3 version and i like it, it definitely looks better than the ps2 version to me.
@@midoribookstore soul calibur on dreamcast looked better than the arcade version. there's an interesting video about called soul calibur beyond arcade perfect or something like that.
I totally loved the Dreamcast, hell I still have it and play it it all the time. I loved the cool "minigame" memory inserts that would flash information on the screen--only problem with those they used watch batteries which went dead fast.
sword of the berserk was one of my favorite dc games. i still kick myself for getting rid of my dc and that game is one of the main reasons. also soul calibur, i had so much fun with the first sc on dc but found all the later entries boring and inferior to the first game.
@@toddsleezer3580 lol same even on my gaming pc knowing i can run Valhalla or cyberpunk lol all i play is blood,duke Nukem 3D Doom 1993 with a bunch of wads shadow warrior redux lol and Ion fury
I appreciate your love for RE franchise.
Game still holds up today :D
i just played through it again recently and had way more fun with it than the re2 remake. and i like claire's look a lot more in cv, she looks completely different in re2 remake, and not in a good way imo.
@@Jack_80 indeed
It does, but the whole section involving the tyrant before going to Alaska, the crushing puzzle, the hallway battle against the axe guy (no spoilers) and the final boss fight are all infuriatingly bad.
I missed this game until Code Veronica X and played this after RE4....so at first, I didn't care for it. Looking back, it's one of the greatest RE games in the franchise, imo.
i like code veronica more than re4. 4 is s great game but i'll always prefer the fixed cameras, tank controls, and puzzles of the older re games. too bad we'll never see any like that with modern graphics, cv, remake, and re0 are the best looking fixed re games we'll ever have. luckily all 3 of those games have been rereleased on modern consoles.
CV is great. I was super excited when I found out it was coming to the PS2, I didn’t have a Dreamcast either. It’s one of the longer RE games which it makes it a lot more fun .
i was the only one of my friends with s dreamcast and it was worth it just for this game and soul calibur.
It's interesting seeing these older videos of your's.
For me, personally, I never got into any of the early Resident Evil games. My friends owned a few of them, between them, but time spent at your buddies house was limited, even if you got to spend the time on the weekends back in the day. And they had other games to play.
For me, my personal survival horror games were Parasite Eve, 1 and 2. And Dino Crisis, 1 and 2. Those were my babies. I played a bit of the RE games but they just didn't have a spot in the limited room and time of my younger heart.
However, it was Resident Evil 4 that got my interest, and my exposure to it on the gamecube was enough for me to eventually buy it for myself on the ps2. A friend later got RE5 for XBOX, and it was "okay" but didn't impress me. For me personally RE4 was my Goldielocks zone.
It's nice to get a perspective on the RE games I never saw or played.
Interesting video, I love the Critical Drinker character for movies and can see that you were softer on video games but no less informative, kudos for mentioning that Code Veronica X made it to the Dreamcast too, but in actual fact when it came to sales, both the Dreamcast and PS2 managed to notch up over a million sales each. I think Code Veronica being ported to the PS2 once the Dreamcast was dying out was just good business sense rather than it failing to reach it's potential.
I still remember getting the game at launch for the Dreamcast, it was a amazing time =)
As a hardcore RE fan what can I say? Excellent retrospective Drinker. It's a shame you didn't play the original on DC as I was blown away on release day, pre-PS2. However at least you didn't miss one of the most vital REs in history. I've still got my original DC copy in my cupboard, no doubt collecting dust as I've got all the latest HD updates of course. Resident Evil was the ONLY reason I bought a GameCube, to which Capcom had entered exclusive rights with Nintendo with in the early 00s (RE remake, RE0, RE4 etc). But that's another story...
Just for the record, I prefer the original C:Veronica 'Alexia vs Wesker' fight scene than the C:VeronicaX version. In the latter Wesker is more of a match for Alexia. In the former however he clearly shows fear, is injured more easily and runs away once distracted. I guess it's all just a matter of taste though.
My favorite RE game of all time, played this religiously when I was a kid, on Dreamcast and then PS2.
Crazy how much you've grown over the years. Comparing you now to this is so different! Good on ya~
When I was younger beating this game made me feel great. Especially after a lot of my friends were having problems with it. Great game.
Shooting the Tyrant out the back of that plane is one of the hardest boss battles in the history of video games.
It's a fucker.
Unless I'm doing something wrong...
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I had a way easier time doing that battle that I did just in normal confrontation with Bandersnatches. I believe the BOW gas rounds made a huge difference in the Tyrant battle on the cargo plane.
This game was hands-down the best game on the Sega Dreamcast. It was goofy as hell, but still fantastic. I have Code Veronica X on my Series X, but I’m trying to get through a back-log of other games first.
I love your movie reviews, but I think your game critiques are just as compelling. Keep it up!
I love how innocent you sound in these early videos
Never played the Dreamcast version. That console deserved more love than it got.
This is my favorite RE of the series. This is the remake we need!
I owned DC version and totally loved it. Later on i saw it on my brother PS2 and I think DC version slightly superior, more smooth shall we say.
yeah the dc version looks more clear, ps2 version had a blurry look and more jagged edges, i didn't like it. i only have the ps3 version now and it looks good.
I loved this game for dreamcast and got very skilled with the knife
I loved the atmosphere of this game, and I was so happy to see Chris back. I also loved Alexia's revelation of her monster self and hoped she would get rid of Albert. I also felt sorry for Alexander Ashford, who was experimented on by his own children and locked away after turning into Nosferatu.
Man, look how far the graphics came from this in 2000, to Resi 4 in 2004!
Too bad you didn't play it on the Dreamcast...
Nice to hears your normal voice before you fell into the deep abyss that is acoholism
This game needs a remake
Capcom should remake this, RE3 and RE2 with amazing new graphics but the old control scheme and fixed cameras. I'd buy that for a dollar!
@sniperhat1
Of course!
@@marinejcksn1 i often think about remaking RE 2's remake with classic camera but it's seems impossible
@@marinejcksn1 too many people love the boring new style unfortunately. remake is so much better than remake2 imo, i would love to see a new re with fixed moving cameras and tank controls like code veronica with modern graphics, but sadly that'll never happen. cv, remake, and re0 are the best looking fixed camera re games we'll ever have. i have and frequently play the original re2, re3, code veronica, remake, and re0 and never get bored with them, after 2 playthroughs of re2r i was si bored i never wanted to look at it again, sold it shortly after buying it, and never even had the desire to play re3r.
@@Jack_80
I considered buying a PS4 or Xbox One X just for the RE2 remake (tight finances have me still on Xbox 360 lol) but after watching some playthroughs I'm unimpressed. It looks so dark you can barely see anything. For me, RE4 was the one game with the new camera that I feel like they did perfectly and I've replayed that on my old PS2 like 50 times. Hell, the Resident Evil 1 remake and RE4 were the only reasons I passed on PS2 when it came out and bought a Gamecube!
Ooooh, I had to pause at the middle. You didn't play Code Veronica on a Dreamcast?
WHAT THE F..???
The sweet feel of the DC controller, the graphics, the light effects still outshined the shitty PS2 graphics. At least in the Gamecube the experience was just as good as in the DC.
Remember this was the BEST looking game of its time so the facial features and sliding movements while outdated now, they were the state of the art back then.
Code Veronica remains at the top 3 RE games of all times.
Though and extremely rewarding game to beat.
To this day , Code Veronica is probably my favorite of the entire franchise when it comes to feeling invested in the plot. This game was just awesome to play (PS2).
Unless of course some as*hole "friend', wastes ALL your freaking ammo trying to kill a giant spider that cant even be hit because its on the underside of the floor. Right before he saves.
I remember playing it when I was ten years old. I of course shot all my ammo at the things that cant be killed. I revisited the game about 2 years ago when I'm in my 30's I found alot of joy
@@michael-h8153 I was almost 30 when it came out, and I felt like I was ten years old playing it lol.
Pushing 50 now, and would still buy it in a heart beat if they updated it like they have some of the others. Really was a great game even with its flaws.
@@michaelwilson8461 I agree, but they never do the good ones. My daughters are both ten years old now and finding quality gameplay for them is getting harder and harder. Not saying they will get it when I didnt either but It gave me a lasting memory of what games where supposed to be
The nostalgia hurts. Playing code Veronica x inspired me to write a game script when I was 11 and send it in to capcom. I named it resident evil underground, and I believe that elements ended up in survival
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That's weird...I forgot this game existed. I played it through four or five times on the Dreamcast; but, don't remember much of it. The one thing I do remember is that Claire looked good...I mean REALLY good (for that time).
Code Veronica has that effect on people. It's a pretty forgettable game in terms of story and characters, and the gameplay is an awkward half-way house between the slow pacing and static cameras of the original trilogy, and the over the shoulder action of 4, 5 and 6. Not one of my favourites to be honest.
@@TheCriticalDrinker You sounded more positive towards the game in the video than this comment.
Tbh the BEST about Veronica was Alfred Ashford, Commander of a WHOLE Base!!
Great game and highly under rated in the series. The book was a great read too btw.
This is ripe for a remake.
Had one of the best soundtracks of the whole series, IMO.
Wish they would remake this one
Looking back I don't think I ever completed this.
I specifically remember getting to the arctic base and then being stuck because I left the fire estinguisher in the metal detector locker back on the base and I guess I just cbf to restart.
Going to have to correct that soon!
I honestly preferred the Dreamcast version to the PS2 one might have been that controller found it just so comfortable.
there's just something about playing games on certain consoles that makes them more fun. my favorite version of re2 was the n64 version. it was amazing to see them cram that whole game on a cartridge, and aside from the fmv scenes, i thought it was the best looking version.
I just replayed REmake, RE0 and RE CVX, RE2+3. CVX is the best for me
i've been replaying those same games as well. code veronica and re0 are my favorites because they are the most challenging and have the most complex level designs, making them more difficult to memorize than the others, which makes them more replayable for me. i know 0 gets a lot of hate but there are a lot of great things about it, i especially like how the partner swapping works in that game, it was so unique and perfectly done. it would have been nice if they had added a side pack to make the inventory management slightly less tedious but once you beat it a few times and know what you need and when, it's not that bad.
I can't believe they're remaking RE4 and completely skipping this one, it definitely deserves it. This game had easily the best save room music of any RE game, and that bloody moth corridor actually gave me a phobia of moths.
I had no idea this game existed until I played the dark side chronicles that re did portions of it.
This Games DESPERATELY needs a REMAKE!
i still wonder how would it look with fixed backgrounds...
CV was released way too early
@@Avrelivs_Gold yes it was
One game you thankfully avoided was RE Survivor. That game pretty much killed my love of the entire series.
re6 did that for me. i actually found the gameplay to be pretty fun, but the story and enemy and boss designs were so terrible it was hard to enjoy. grasshopper zombies, those goofy looking spider zombies, butterfly zombies, and simmons who is basically a t-1000 zombie that turns into a centaur with a machine gun, a giant fly, and a t-rex. it just got so beyond silly it ruined it for me.
@@Jack_80 it was the biggest budget RE with the biggest team and Capcom totally mismanaged it...
I just started playing this game, and now this video pops up in my recommended. Lol
Drinker please do a Silent Hill retrospective...... Love your narrative bro!
It's on the list.
@@TheCriticalDrinker Dino Crisis was another blast from the PS Survival Horror days. If you've played it I'd love to hear your commentary on it. 😃
@@TheCriticalDrinker the first one was my favorite game as a kid cause of the puzzles and how it was more strategy based and made you think I actually kept a journal to write down all the puzzles and information that I found in the game
And this was the game that I finally got stuck on...
It's that catchy?
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@@haillobster7154 Na I just tired of it as well as my nerves... LOL
isnt Jill the master of unlocking? not Barry, he was the weapons expert.. Cjris was leader/tactician and jill was second in command/ expert at unlocking.
And here we are at my favorite installment of the series with one of the most epic Intros in the series ! The real resident evil 3
Claire Redfield Night Kings the Umbrella Guards in the intro...
Fuck me I knew Id seen that move before...
my fav. no. 1!!!
I miss the spiders. I hope they bring them back.
Have this on the Dreamcast, great RE game (bit of an underrated one). Steve is painful, but other than that would like this remade. The antagonists are creepy and interesting.
Still the best soundtrack in the franchise
My first RE game.
Imho, the best resident evil of the pre-hd era.
Hold on a minute, the reason Resident Evil 2 was scrapped for the Sega Saturn wasn't due to hardware issues. It was halted because the Saturn had poor sales and was largely discontinued in all regions but Japan. The Sega Saturn was actually a much stronger machine than the PlayStation but given its complex design made it very difficult for developers to get the full potential out of it in a typical development cycle. This is also why it took almost 20 years for proper emulation to show up. Sega's hardware designers were forward thinkers that pushed the envelope way to far. It wouldn't be for another 9 years before developers began tinkering with multiple processors in games.
But its a Japanese game and the saturn was huge in japan...
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The reason for this is down to cost versus profits. The cost to port RE2 to the Sega Saturn would have been astronomical. Most developers back then simply did not know how to program a game that utilized multiple processors. Had Capcom decided to run with RE2 for the Saturn they would have lost millions of dollars in the process...
Once Sega shuttered all Sega Saturn development in the US big games like RE2 were dead in the water. Without the US market a game like RE2 becomes unsustainable. Lastly, it didn't help matters that the Resident Evil series is bigger in the West than it is in Japan.
To the dipshit scammer that's telling me to "DM him..." blow me.
You had to play it when it first came out to appreciate it. Remember; this came out before the PS2 did
It deserves a remake!!
I never managed to beat Code Veronica X. Why? Two reasons. First, Bandernatchs. Those things sucked so much ammo and their mobilty made it impossible to avoid them. I finally gave up when playing as Chris, I ended up caught in a death loop. I was in caution status, I went through a door, and as soon as the game loaded, a Hunter took my head. After a couple dozen deaths, I gave up. I came back years later and tried to get out of the death loop. And shockingly, I did! Unfortunately, I hadnt played in so long i completely forgot where I was supposed to go and what I was supposed to do. So I gave up again and never picked it up again. But i still want a remaster! I just want them to decrease the danger of the Bandersnatch, and maybe give a little bit more ammo.
Ya know, regardless of how the Dreamcast performed overall, I don't think Sega got the love it deserved.
Resident Evil Code Veronica is my second favorite game after RE2, The Dreamcast version as always been my favorite.
Go away now.
Loved the video, but did want to make mention of your point regarding CVX. Code Veronica X most definitely did NOT have sharper graphics. The best looking version of the game is on Dreamcast. The PS2 was just not as capable a machine as the DC and ended up looking fuzzy (Dreamcast CV was progressive, PS2 interlaced; RIP Dreamcast)
CV was the game that first dipped my toes into the RE universe, and the idea of horror in a video game being a mix as good as peanut butter mixed with chocolate. I do hope they do a remake. CVX was upsetting and it was the code base that all subsequent ports/remasters were built on.
Actually, the best looking version was the port of Code Veronica X on the Gamecube until the HD remaster came out digitally on PS3.
@@Marc_Araujo really? I'm surprised. Is it faithful visually to the dream cast original?
@@BlacklistBill The Gamecube outputs at 480p. So if you connect it to a tv with component cables, you'll get the best picture possible.
@@Marc_Araujo that's not really what I was getting at. Each CV:X had to be built for the respective consoles, so resolution might give a sharper picture, but at the cost of things like fog rendering look. I mean the overall look/mood /atmosphere. I have read that the ps3 release of X is best because it is most faithful, plus at a much higher resolution. Fun fact: Dreamcast could actually do 480i output on the VGA cable.
@@Marc_Araujo Turns out the PS3 version isn't very good either in that they changed some effects which ruined the color of the game (and thus mood) AND was actually built from the Gamecube version. The only upside of the PS3 version is the higher res and widescreen. Additionally, the Dreamcast supports 480p and this was one of the games that could output 480p. Gamecube one supposedly looks like the PS2 in terms of mood (too dark). Lastly, the "X" versions of Code Veronica insert stupid, unnecessary cutscenes that make the overall game worse. I will go back to my "Dreamcast is definitively the best Code Veronica release" position.
If any RE game severely needs a remake its CV. This game has not aged well IMO.
Code: Veronica was the point when RE began to lose its way for me. It began that slide into absurdity and the ridiculous, not to say RE was hyper-realistic before but even from the opening cutscene it's a sign of things to come. The game itself just never clicked with me and I was a huge fan of the series up to that point. I especially didn't connect with the characters, Claire didn't even feel like the same person from RE2 to me, Steve is obviously obnoxious and the antagonists are kind of silly (Wesker included).
It's always felt like the black sheep to me, lost between classic RE and the revolutionary RE4. A remake might be interesting though.
Thanks
Excuse me sir. Jill is the Master of Unlocking, not Bazza Burton.
God forbid this sees a remake, this should be buried and forgotten
Gotta shoot better than that, to drop Nosferatu with the rifle
man, I usually hate RE retrospective videos, this one is pretty good! It does seem like you're reading a little too fast, slow down a little bit, take a breath here and there.
Fahri Akalin Lol! It's mostly just the editing. May have got a little overzealous cutting out the pauses
When will it be on steam :(
So code Veronica took place at Christmas?
I have to say I think CV os he hardest Resident evil game
Steve was meant to be annoying.
He balances this perfect Claire out. The same trick many movies and anime are using. They make you hate characters and then drive your emotions.
I am highly critical of the whole "goddess Alexia" plot, so Steve's realistic story is one of the best part about this game for me.
I hated Steve and cheered when he died. Not sure if that's what they were going for, but I laughed my ass off at his death scene.
How come Japanese games rarely ever take place in Japan?
PS2 version actually has way worse graphics and only displays in smeary 480i even with the PS2 component cable. Dreamcast absolutely destroys it in 480p
Sega Saturn is thr beast when it comes to 2D graphics, can do a lot of multi layers of scrolling. However, Sony PlayStation was vastly superior in the 3D dept.
Do MGS.
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I like the other dudes voice better
Very hard to see _ the brightness of your game capture is too dark.
It was barry.
Go away now!!
I beat this game in like three days..
Weak entry, awesome final boss.
weak entry? at the time of it's release it was by far the largest and most challenging re game there was and it had some of the best graphics of any game at the time. not sure how it qualifies as a weak entry to you.
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Idk what kinda fun you like to have buuuuuut you might not wanna pick up the soap in prison. 🤷🏻♂️
I like Steve but WTF was that voice XD
Drinker I love you but please respect 4/3 AR when due.
This was the beginning of the end for Resident Evil
No
It was RE1R + RE0
Full-scale Silent Hill envy with zero music and black worms as enemies.
This entry has by far the cringiest dialog in all RE series. And that’s saying a lot… 😆
Oh god those dogs sucked
Didn't like this one.
Dull snoozefest for an atmosphere and uninteresting enemies and characters.
Still haven't decided which is worse, this, or RE0.
This, zero is at least consistent, and doesn't have obnoxious character swaps every 5 minutes during the last 20 locking you out of good weapons
I hated this game from the intro sequence onwards