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[randomwab]

It's a side-story

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and one that kinda fucked the rest of the series

, play it whenever. But it's not as good as the others in the sereies, yes: Even 4.

(In before Code Veronica Defense Force. It sucks and has a shitty antagonist. dealwithit.gif)

Can we be friends?

 

[Mafro]

Haven't played this in years. My sister and I always used to laugh at the injured cop that looked like Will Smith.

 

[The Praiseworthy]

It's a side-story

Spoiler

and one that kinda fucked the rest of the series

, play it whenever. But it's not as good as the others in the sereies, yes: Even 4.

(In before Code Veronica Defense Force. It sucks and has a shitty antagonist. dealwithit.gif)

CV is awesome and one of the best in the series... a "must" play chapter.

 

[Jaxter09]

Can anyone explain why the

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RE1 Mansion

is randomly in CV?

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(in fucking Antarctica, no less)

 

[CoachKevin]

Finished RE2 a few minutes ago. OK, time to go on to RE3: Nemesis, then I will do the B stories for Claire and Leon.

Poor Ada

Not so good, ranking wise...

 

[NIN90]

Can anyone explain why the

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RE1 Mansion

is randomly in CV?

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(in fucking Antarctica, no less)

Umbrella has a thing for reusing that layout for every base they have.

 

[Chinner]

E on easy? woah.

 

[hertog]

I want this game on PSN so I can play it mon my PSP. Final Fantasy IX looks godlike on my psp

 

[randomwab]

Not so good, ranking wise...

I believe ranking is based on time, amount of saves and how many first aid sprays you use. If you use any sprays, you automatically get a B. When you know what you're doing, you can run through either scenario in around two hours with plenty of ammo and no need to save.

 

[Asparagus]

Any good 3rd party controllers I can get for my dreamcast so I can play this? Playing through JSR reminded me how much the 1st party controller hurt my hands.

You're probably just better off using a DC>PSX converter.

I've been meaning to do a run through of the series myself, starting with Directors Cut on PSX and then moving over to the DC versions (although I'm curious about RE2 N64, that always impressed me).

 

[randomwab]

You're probably just better off using a DC>PSX converter.

I've been meaning to do a run through of the series myself, starting with Directors Cut on PSX and then moving over to the DC versions (although I'm curious about RE2 N64, that always impressed me).

Make sure to play Directors Cut, not Directors Cut Dual Shock. The Dual Shock edition replaced the original music with an awful soundtrack. The version of Resident Evil on the US PSN store is sadly the Dual Shock version.

 

[ArjanN]

Finished RE2 a few minutes ago. OK, time to go on to RE3: Nemesis, then I will do the B stories for Claire and Leon.

You really need to beat both scenarios before you can say you've beaten the game IMO. It's like Castlevania SOTN upside-down castle.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Ah... Resident Evil 2. After the original RE my most favourite. I#m proud of saying that I still own a PSX and a Gamecube copy of it. Good ol times it were back then....

 

[ResidentDante]

I totally forgot to mention two things.

1. I am playing it on Easy, I figure 1998's easy is today's normal.

2. The music is fantastic.

1. Sigh. Todays gamers T_T Auto-save, infinitive ammo whores!

2. Indeed it is!

 

[badcrumble]

It's a side-story

Spoiler

and one that kinda fucked the rest of the series

, play it whenever. But it's not as good as the others in the sereies, yes: Even 4.

(In before Code Veronica Defense Force. It sucks and has a shitty antagonist. dealwithit.gif)

<3 So true.

 

[TheSeks]

CV is awesome

No, it isn't.

and one of the best in the series... a "must" play chapter.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. NO. It's only a must play if you want to see how bad-ass

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Wesker is

, which then completely fucks over the series because HEY WE HAVE A BADASS HERE. WE CAN'T EXACTLY TOP OUR NEW MARY-SUE CHARACTER NOW!

Along with

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Alfred Ashford

being a pretty shitty antagonist, until

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Alexia

comes in, who is even more shitty for shitty reasons.

Can we be friends?

Do you have Biohazard 5 as much as I hate Biohazard: Code Veronica with it? If yes, then yes.

 

[TheBanditKing]

Enjoy the game its easily the best in the series. Oh Dreamcast how I miss you!

 

[badcrumble]

CV and 5 are predicated on the false premises that (a) games don't need to be fun to play, and (b) it's more interesting to have a hammy megalomaniacal 'villain' character than to have an unethical faceless corporation that starts massive apocalyptic shitstorms out of sheer disregard for people's safety.

 

[HCgamer]

Code veronica is fun the twists in the story

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alfred cross dressing as alexia early in the game lol and steve's end

kept me on the edge of my seat second best RE after part 2.

 

[TheSeks]

CV and 5 are predicated on the false premises that (a) games don't need to be fun to play, and (b) it's more interesting to have a hammy megalomaniacal 'villain' character than to have an unethical faceless corporation that starts massive apocalyptic shitstorms out of sheer disregard for people's safety.

CV and 5 are kinda fun to play. And story-wise, they're fun as "popcorn entertainment." But "canon-wise" they screwed the series and show that CV fucked the series up in terms of some characters. :|

 

[KPunk]

Hmmm after reading this thread I think I may need to pick up my dreamcast at my parents house and play this again.

Where am I able to find vga cables?

 

[AlkalineSolo]

I believe ranking is based on time, amount of saves and how many first aid sprays you use. If you use any sprays, you automatically get a B. When you know what you're doing, you can run through either scenario in around two hours with plenty of ammo and no need to save.

my all-time favorite game. I used to own the dreamcast version and would run through a play through every day when i got home from school. ...yeah, i didn't really have much going on.

 

[Mr_Zombie]

Can anyone explain why the

Spoiler

RE1 Mansion

is randomly in CV?

Spoiler

(in fucking Antarctica, no less)

From Alexander's memo:

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Within the facility, I'll have a room built. It will be similar to the design of my mansion, the legacy of the late Trevor. I will be able to cherish my sweet memories there...

I still don't understand it, though, because

Spoiler

Alexander says here that Arkley Mansion was his, and not Spencer's.

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But "canon-wise" they screwed the series and show that CV fucked the series up in terms of some characters. :|

To be honest, I think that RE5 actually undo CV screw-ups and saves the series canon-wise; instead of taking RE4 route and doing another Bond-esque side-story, it tries to end all loose ends, explains a lot of unanswered things (a shame that most of them you can only find in the library and not in the game) and actually moves the plot forward. It also establishes new corporations (both the evil ones and the good ones), says that Umbrella's stuff is running on black market and

Spoiler

kills Wesker!

.

 

[badcrumble]

From Alexander's memo:

I still don't understand it, though, because

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Alexander says here that Arkley Mansion was his, and not Spencer's.

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To be honest, I think that RE5 actually undo CV screw-ups and saves the series canon-wise; instead of taking RE4 route and doing another Bond-esque side-story, it tries to end all loose ends, explains a lot of unanswered things (a shame that most of them you can only find in the library and not in the game) and actually moves the plot forward. It also establishes new corporations (both the evil ones and the good ones), says that Umbrella's stuff is running on black market and

Spoiler

kills Wesker!

.

I'd say it's a good thing that RE5

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kills Wesker and nudges things back toward the unethical-corporation route with Tricell

; however, it's looking increasingly likely (based on documents from RE5 and Lost in Nightmares) that everything in RE5 was

Spoiler

ALL PART OF SPENCER'S BIG PLAN and that we're also going to have an army of Wesker clones or something like that

which is, somehow, even worse.

 

[params7]

I really loved CV's story. Its deeper than any other RE because of the Ashford's

Spoiler

most f'd up videogame family?

plus I loved the themes (including Friendly but naive King). Its not my fav RE but its in top 3 for me. Plus Chris and Wesker in CV > Chris and Wesker in Re5.

To be honest, I think that RE5 actually undo CV screw-ups and saves the series canon-wise; instead of taking RE4 route and doing another Bond-esque side-story, it tries to end all loose ends, explains a lot of unanswered things (a shame that most of them you can only find in the library and not in the game) and actually moves the plot forward. It also establishes new corporations (both the evil ones and the good ones), says that Umbrella's stuff is running on black market and

Spoiler

kills Wesker!

.

There's still a lot of lose ends in RE which I hope Capcom will answer eventually

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Where's Nicholai? He was last scene working for Wesker. Did Wesker get anything out of Steve?

.

I didn't like RE5 story wise,

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when Chris says its time to destroy Umbrella in the end of CV, I was really waiting for Re4/5 or even a big budget non-numbered RE to deliver on that.

.

 

[Mr_Zombie]

however, it's looking increasingly likely (based on documents from RE5 and Lost in Nightmares) that everything in RE5 was

Spoiler

ALL PART OF SPENCER'S BIG PLAN and that we're also going to have an army of Wesker clones or something like that

which is, somehow, even worse.

Not true.

Spoiler

There were no clones in RE5. Sure, there were more Weskers, but all of them were just normal kids born in intelligent and/or aristocratic families, taken by Spencer to be risen, trained and educated in a controlled environment. Spencer did this because he believed that because of the birth and treatment, those kids would end up being superior human and thus would be able to survive being injected with the virus made from the Stairway to the Sun flowers.
Wasn't Albert the only one that survived the injection, though?

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Did Wesker get anything out of Steve?

.

Spoiler

I think it is implied that Javier from Darkside Chronicles get the T-Veronica virus from Wesker. So yes, it seems Wesker did get something (the virus) out of Steve's body.

 

[badcrumble]

Not true.

Spoiler

There were no clones in RE5. Sure, there were more Weskers, but all of them were just normal kids born in intelligent and/or aristocratic families, taken by Spencer to be risen, trained and educated in a controlled environment. Spencer did this because he believed that because of the birth and treatment, those kids would end up being superior human and thus would be able to survive being injected with the virus made from the Stairway to the Sun flowers.
Wasn't Albert the only one that survived the injection, though?

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IIRC there's one other kid who survived, and it's implied that he's working behind the scenes on Spencer's behalf.

 

[pikablu]

Funny that you would make a thread like this. I just recently started my playthrough of this game on Dreamcast. Gave it a short break but I might have to pick it back up now.