Resident Evil: Code Veronica X
by Capcom
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Video Game Reviews of Resident Evil: Code Veronica X
Customer Review: Resident Evil continues to shape the way for survival horror
Summary: 5 Stars
Resident Evil Code Veronica is the fifth addition to the series (RE1, RE2, RE3, RE:Survivor) breezing from the Dreamcast to Playstation2. What ties survival horror fans to the Resident Evil games is the characters and familiarity with characters. Code Veronica features Claire Redfield, who attempts to track down her brother , Chris, after the events of the previous installments. Along her action-adventure packed journey from Rockfort Island to Antarctica, Claire joins forces with the headstrong Steve Burnside and is confronted with a series of relentless foes, including good ol' zombies. New enemies include the skull crushing Bandersnatch, the Albanoid creature, and some of the most panic-inducing bosses you'll ever have to face.
Code Veronica steps up drastcially in terms of graphics. There's amazing face polygon structure and detail to all of the characters and enemies. The entire game is in 3D real time. You won't find any pre-rendered backgrounds here. Although some of the character animation is a bit stiff, there are a variety of good effects going from lighting to the physics of the water to weather effects. The camera is more mobile than static and produces some cool, if not, terrifying shots. Voice acting is definitely better than most titles in this genre and so are the accompanying cut scenes, of which there are many rendered FMV sequences. All these assets work together to produce an immersive, interactive, gut wrenching slice of entertainment that many future survival horror games will continue to compete with. Code Veronica sort of stands alone in its entirety, but it has certainly paved the way for survival horror, a genre that Capcom continues to reinvent with every new game.
Customer Review: Good, solid, Resident Evil
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a huge Resident Evil fan, and I saw this game beat on my friend's Dreamcast years ago when it first came out. I guess this satisfied my appetite for it, because I never played again it until recently, and this time it was the PSX2 version. But even though I knew what was going to happen, I found myself really enjoying this game. It has a dark, creepy atmosphere, and the storyline is one of the richest in the Resident Evil series to date.
I don't really see much of a difference between the graphics of this version and what I remember from the one on Dreamcast. Some people say that they have been tweaked a little, but if that's true, it's a very little. There are several additonal cut scenes such as Claire meeting Wesker in her own quest. In the Dreamcast version, he didn't appear until Chris entered the picture. And the ending in this one is way better and longer than on Dreamcast, featuring a hand to hand fight between Chris and Wesker that wasn't there before.
It is kind of too bad that this game made it out for the Dreamcast before the PSX2, because this game really doesn't use the full power of the PSX2's graphics capabilities. It is mainly a Dreamcast port with a few extras. Overall the graphics are very well done, they're just a little dated by today's standards, which seems funny because we're still playing on the same system. The new Resident Evil 4 is supposed to leave this game in the dust, and it will be making its PSX2 debut in a few months. So we'll see just what the PSX2 can do with this series then.
Another problem I had with this game is that we can no longer blow the zombies heads off like in previous versions. What's up with that? That was always my favorite part of Resident Evil. Capcom, there's no need to tone this series down. It's made for adults and we're all mature enough to handle it. Supposedly from what I've read, this little issue has been fixed in RE4, so maybe they got the message.
I found this to be the easiest RE to date in terms of enemies but hardest in terms of strategy. Yes, I was one of those chumps that had to restart the game over from the middle because I didn't plan out Chris's game clearly in advance. Kind of annoying. A word of advice, take the fire extinguisher with you and stash it in an item chest. That is all. It seems like you're always running around trying to figure out where to get some key or place some object that you found. It can be quite challenging at times, especially if you don't use a hintbook, which I didn't until the very end of the game.
Overall though, a very solid entry into the Resident Evil genre. I'm really looking forward to RE4, which many are saying is the greatest in the series yet.
Customer Review: EVERY BODY TOLD ME NOT PLAY THIS GAME !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
But instead i bought it, i some how had to have this game , yes it's an old game and the story is little tired but some of the puzzles made me actually think duuuuhhhh,i love challanges even if doged silent hill, i will say this !!!!!!!! i found balance in this game , as for the bosses i like the fact that you had to run from some or simply throw some off a plane ect...........
resident evil has limited movement so the battles are lacking in that respect, it would have been torture to run around and kill all the bosses, so it was creative to change that aspect of the game , the camera angles can fustrate you at times but!! we have grow to accept these set backs a trade mark from capcom all in all this game is not so bad, actually it's easy it took me 7 hours to complete..............
or i get all my game late i am not as fortunate an USA gamer it cost me $500.00tt for a game where i live......... so when i buy!!! it must worth it!!!!! so people your reviews means a lot to me laterzzzzzzz.......................
Customer Review: horrible game
Summary: 1 Stars
Capcom doesn't seem to realize that people play video games for entertainment, not torture. The first boss battle is so hard I just took out the disk and threw it into the trash bin. This is not my idea of fun! Don't waste your money on this crap. All you do is run around looking for things to help you move on. You get pathetic weapons with very limited ammo, then you fight enemies that are very hard to kill (you unload almost your entire clip just to kill one lousy zombie). RE3 is alot better than this one - at least Jill knows how to dodge. If you still wanna try this game, don't pay more than 5 bucks! Customer Review: Fun game but too much running around and not enough ammo
Summary: 2 Stars
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X has a great story plot. Fun action and many things to do. But there is a constant running around, and you are always in need of the guide to play the game. You continue through the game, only to remember you have forgotten a certain item in the deposit box and it gets very annoying becuase you can only carry like 5 things at a time. Your saves are limited, and you have extremely low ammo. The directional buttons are extremely strange and you spend the first hours of the game learning how to move your character. Since you can't move right you are constantly getting bit by zombies and losing health which you can't recover because there are barely any green herbs.
This is a great game for people who like to have challenge. But if you like fun/scary zombie kicking butt games with somewhat some challenge and action this is not the game for you at all