mikefrails
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It's what took RE's story into the wackiness it later became known for.
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Why is Resident Evil Code Veronica so underrated?
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SolVanderlyn
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NinjamicWZ
Banned
There's really not much wrong with it that isn't also wrong with 1/2/3 and real-time polygonal backgrounds was a good technological step up. It's not the greatest RE, but it was really impressive to see on Dreamcast when it came out and it was also the point where that exact formula had been done quite a few times in a few years already, after RE2 had set a really high bar. Not many people played it in it's initial time and instead played it later on PS2, where it wasn't a cool new RE and Dreamcast game anymore, but instead just a then standard RE on PS2 that wasn't cutting edge. A lot of people probably played it around the same time as RE:Make and RE4, and those two are already pitted against each other in the "there can be only one" RE argument as it is.
Silent Chief
Member
I think it's the game with dual-wielding that tries to be an action game.
JonnyKtyler
Member
Even if a lot of people think its not the best, I never understood how so many RE fans say this game is trash. I love all the RE games and CV is my favorite, I don't get what actually makes it bad instead of just not as great as *insert favorite*.
NHarmonic.
Member
Chris redfield before the roids.
IdreamofHIME
Member
It was on the underselling Dreamcast, it was much longer than the others, it contains a few sections where you can fuck up everything with a bad save, the OG story was ok, the expanded canon version while on PS2 it looked below par to games coming out around it's release (MGS2, FFX, GTA3).
It's a great game and was my favourite until REmake and RE4, but it's still in the higher tier of the series for me.
It's a great game and was my favourite until REmake and RE4, but it's still in the higher tier of the series for me.
Jack Remington
Banned
I remember thinking how amazing the graphics looked back when the game launched. Felt like I was living in the future.
badcrumble
Member
I love how Steve is constantly creeping on Claire the entire game.
Claire: Let me send a message to my brother. * bends over*
And he nearly creams himself when Claire falls on him after the plane crash.
This is why I don'the hate Steve the man has great taste!
MrPressStart
Member
Loved Code Veronica!
ArkkAngel007
Member
I really liked the serious tones, especially in regards to the Trevor family, that were prevalent in REmake. Still some cheesiness, but nothing like the bad VAs of the original or the plot/narrative elements in Veronica-onward.
Hopefully they do something similar in REmake2. There's a lot to be done with Birkin, the internal conflicts within Umbrella and the city, and Claire's concern for Chris and her realization on what he went through.
Probably too much to expect from Capcom after their past decade + of output.
I disliked actually playing CV pretty intensely, but I value it's existence because it gave me and my friends good comedy material from when it first came out even up to this day.
Wesker getting punked by Alexia was the stuff of legends.
"Fatherr... father... boo-hoo-hoo-hoo *sobs*"
*Screen Fades to Black*
"UH-HOO-HOO-HOO *continues to sob*"
Wesker getting punked by Alexia was the stuff of legends.
"Fatherr... father... boo-hoo-hoo-hoo *sobs*"
*Screen Fades to Black*
"UH-HOO-HOO-HOO *continues to sob*"
badcrumble
Member
If you're primarily interested in advances in the game design and general atmosphere of the series? Very.
If you're primarily interested in the Resident Evil series lore? Lmao you're interested in the Resident Evil series lore
It's one of my favorites. I remember the game giving nightmares after renting the game for Dreamcast when I was 10. Had no fucking business playing it. Even Carrier was fucking scary to me then lol. Code Veronica fucked me up, but the desire to play the game never abated. The game floored me with it's pesentation at the time. Really memorable game, for me at least.
Chie Satonaka
Member
Second favorite classic RE after 2. I had so much fun with this one.
Theme of Alexia Type 1 is still amazing.
Theme of Alexia Type 1 is still amazing.
Jack Remington
Banned
CV > 3, real talk.
Magicpaint
Member
I don't know why either. It's really great and an improvement over RE1/2. The story was super cheesy but enjoyable because of how much it fully embraced those B-movie roots. RE stories shouldn't be taken that seriously IMO. The exploration was turned up a notch, as was the scope of the game. The soundtrack is fantastic, and it was nice to be out of Raccoon City and in a cold and desolate location. I had a great time with Code Veronica. Shame the gun sound effects are so horrible.
I wouldn't go that far, only because CV took a few step backs from the gameplay improvements introduced in 3.
Cyborg
Member
This
KiteGr
Member
It's worse than RE2.
Also it falls much deeper in the uncanny valley than the others. Sometimes attempting to improve the graphics and stuff, but not enough to make them photorealistic, and have voice-acting that's not up to the quality, then you should had rather stayed on the old style.
Just take the look at the Prototype of REzero, the old style somehow looks more appealing than the new one.
Also, CV wasn't that well directed. Waking up in on a prison in an island full of Zombies should have been a much scarier concept. That action FMV at the start should have been removed to build some mystery.
Also it falls much deeper in the uncanny valley than the others. Sometimes attempting to improve the graphics and stuff, but not enough to make them photorealistic, and have voice-acting that's not up to the quality, then you should had rather stayed on the old style.
Just take the look at the Prototype of REzero, the old style somehow looks more appealing than the new one.
Also, CV wasn't that well directed. Waking up in on a prison in an island full of Zombies should have been a much scarier concept. That action FMV at the start should have been removed to build some mystery.
MetalSlug
Member
I'm always surprised when somebody says that Code Veronica is difficult.
- The game gives you way too much weapons/ammo and healing items, that you sometimes don't even get the chance to use, unless you shoot at a wall.
- Zombies have almost no chance of causing damage to you. Whenever a zombie grabs you, you can push them off before they get a bite in. Probably the reason you have stockpiles of health items by the end of the game.
- The knife! Best weapon in Code Veronica. Probably the reason you end up having too much weapons/ammo unused by the end of the game.
Anyway it's my favourite Resident Evil. Bought it for the Dreamcast, PS2 and Gamecube. I wish that Capcom would at some point release it on Steam.
MikeBreezy92
Member
Nemesis ruins 3 for me so....bleh...he goes on the bottom rung of RE games.
Englebert3rd
Unconfirmed Member
Love how OP'd the knife is. Makes me want to do a knife-only run, when I really hate the knife on any REs (apart from 4 and RE2).
Miles Quaritch
Member
Yeah, I remember having to start my game over because of this boss battle.
Pissed me off something fierce.
Neff
Member
Nah, the game was just high on a bunch of very hip cinematic influences at the time (John Woo, Titanic, The Matrix). It's Code Veronica which tries harder to evoke a horror atmosphere, at least with its story and locales.
KiteGr
Member
I love how Steve is constantly creeping on Claire the entire game.
Claire: Let me send a message to my brother. * bends over*
And he nearly creams himself when Claire falls on him after the plane crash.
This being a Japanese game I expected
Steeve's monster form to have much more Tentacles.
SkylineRKR
Member
Code Veronica is a good game, its from the era when RE was still going strong. I didn't see CV as a weak entry back then, but some things baffled me. Such as not aiming while on stairs, no decapitations, no evasive movement. It was also a tad slow. RE3 Nemesis for all the flak it gets really nailed the tank controls imo, and CV felt clunkier as a result.
But CV was the biggest and most cinematic RE, I liked that though this one has some really nasty backtracking going on.
They should've handled the Nosferatu fight differently, like just placing everything Claire took in the chest anyway. Or like, not being able to bring anything. Because really, you can perfectly win this battle by taking nothing with you. The Sniper will smoke him. But we didn't know and thus we took all our huge ass firepower.
As for Nemesis, its RE 2.5. Or RE2: Jill Chapter. It takes place during 2, same situation. CV is true RE3. Everyone knows but I think Sony had a hand in it. Regarding Nemesis' difficulty, its wtf. Easy is a joke, and Hard is Hard. But Hard ultimately gets easier because of exclusive items, Desert Eagle pretty much breaks the early game (but you do need the wit to beat Nemesis directly).
But CV was the biggest and most cinematic RE, I liked that though this one has some really nasty backtracking going on.
They should've handled the Nosferatu fight differently, like just placing everything Claire took in the chest anyway. Or like, not being able to bring anything. Because really, you can perfectly win this battle by taking nothing with you. The Sniper will smoke him. But we didn't know and thus we took all our huge ass firepower.
As for Nemesis, its RE 2.5. Or RE2: Jill Chapter. It takes place during 2, same situation. CV is true RE3. Everyone knows but I think Sony had a hand in it. Regarding Nemesis' difficulty, its wtf. Easy is a joke, and Hard is Hard. But Hard ultimately gets easier because of exclusive items, Desert Eagle pretty much breaks the early game (but you do need the wit to beat Nemesis directly).
Alexia already filled the required quota of tentacles for the game.
Theanine3D
Member
It's my favorite RE after 2 and REmake. I remember being blown away when I first played it on the Dreamcast. Is it a perfect game? Of course not, but none of the RE games are. RE:CV felt like a proper continuation and evolution of RE2, whereas RE3 felt more like an sidestory experiment.
Steve was definitely annoying (though I'll admit that playing it as a kid, his death scene did make me sad.). But I thought the Ashfords were brilliant as villains. They had just the right level of creepiness. I liked that Alfred's motivations as a villain were different than past RE villains - he just wanted to be with his sister again. He wasn't just evil for the sake of being evil, or just blindly hungry for power, like Wesker. His descent into psychosis was a really interesting turn for the series to explore.
I also loved the private Ashford residence on Rockfort, with its creepy dolls. One of the most memorable areas in the whole series. And the game's soundtrack is really great, as usual.
Steve was definitely annoying (though I'll admit that playing it as a kid, his death scene did make me sad.). But I thought the Ashfords were brilliant as villains. They had just the right level of creepiness. I liked that Alfred's motivations as a villain were different than past RE villains - he just wanted to be with his sister again. He wasn't just evil for the sake of being evil, or just blindly hungry for power, like Wesker. His descent into psychosis was a really interesting turn for the series to explore.
I also loved the private Ashford residence on Rockfort, with its creepy dolls. One of the most memorable areas in the whole series. And the game's soundtrack is really great, as usual.
duck_sauce
Member
It was pretty popular with me and my friends. Loved the game, the story, the characters and the music. One of the best RE imho.
Woody Invincible
Banned
It totes justified my Dreamcast purchase. I constantly checked my in-game clock. I just couldn't believe that a Resident Evil game was clocking over 20+ hours. Amazing story with amazing villain.
That's because going full 3D made backgrounds less detailed and more clean. Also, CODE: Veronica has much more pastel (cartoonish) color palette, is much more colorful than previous RE games.
Although I have to say that when I first saw the game, I was blown away by the graphics and cut-scenes. Imagine, a RE game where during cut-scenes characters actually talk, show their emotions and have a proper body language instead of constantly waving their hands. :O
JimmyRustler
Member
I loved it back in the days and I was so glad when Capcom announced that it was coming to the PS2 as well.
In retrospect I have to say though that it took the series into a way to wacky direction. Wesker coming back was just stupid as he clearly wasn't supposed to for a long time.
In retrospect I have to say though that it took the series into a way to wacky direction. Wesker coming back was just stupid as he clearly wasn't supposed to for a long time.
ChackanKun
Member
Underated? Best RE in the series lol
Ahhhh I fuckin love you. RE3's goodness is so good.
I'm still very interested in the story of raccoon city.
God damit capcom, remaster outbreak and give us file 3.
yurinka
Member
Because even if it was a great game, was originally released as a Dreamcast exclusive so only a few of us cared about this game.
MiamiWesker
Member
Masterpiece of a game, behind RE2 as the best of old RE. It's a huge game with a great RE story, has some of the best locations, monsters and boss battles of the series. RE3 was a strange action hybrid, kind of went away from what made the first two so great and this game goes right back to what made Old RE so much fun. It's the real RE3, RE3 is actually the side game.
Most importantly it was the return of Wesker, the best game villain of all time.
Most importantly it was the return of Wesker, the best game villain of all time.
This thread is all over the place with responses.
I played through it on Dreamcast and remember loving it. If I remember right this was supposed to be the real RE3 and Nemesis was supposed to be the spinoff, but their was some confusion and conflict over what system and the timeframe of releases so they stuck the 3 on Nemesis at the time.
I played through it on Dreamcast and remember loving it. If I remember right this was supposed to be the real RE3 and Nemesis was supposed to be the spinoff, but their was some confusion and conflict over what system and the timeframe of releases so they stuck the 3 on Nemesis at the time.