Item: Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
Rating: 7
Author: Craig Desmond

Playing code Veronica gave me a new appreciation for the classic RE formula and makes me want to give Remake another go. The story follows Claire and Chris and their clashes with the Ashford family. The story gives of typical RE vibes with mystery around the Ashford family and it's experiments. The voice acting is laughably bad most of time particularly with Steve a character that gets a bad rep but he's totally harmless. Alfred is an extremely crazy villain that had me laughing a few times with his antics. The gameplay is pure tank controls that I struggled with at the start but once you adjust I found the game was designed well with the limitations in mind. The 2 areas you explore are rich in depth, atmosphere and I appreciate how they evolve over the course of the game, making treckking through them again less egregious. The boss fights are laughable even compared to other RE games with one boss in particular in midpoint being my highlight. Managing equipment through 2 characters is important but since you don't know when you will switch it can lead to being stuck with no weapons as they are on the other character which I feel is an oversight. Overall I enjoyed my time with the game and am now in the camp that believe this should be the next game to get the remake treatment. Recommended for any fan of classic resident evil and fans of survival horror in general.

Playing code Veronica gave me a new appreciation for the classic RE formula and makes me want to give Remake another go. The story follows Claire and Chris and their clashes with the Ashford family. The story gives of typical RE vibes with mystery around the Ashford family and it's experiments. The voice acting is laughably bad most of time particularly with Steve a character that gets a bad rep but he's totally harmless.  Alfred is an extremely crazy villain that had me laughing a few times with his antics. The gameplay is pure tank controls that I struggled with at the start but once you adjust I found the game was designed well with the limitations in mind. The 2 areas you explore are rich in depth, atmosphere and I appreciate how they evolve over the course of the game, making treckking through them again less egregious. The boss fights are laughable even compared to other RE games with one boss in particular in midpoint being my highlight. Managing equipment through 2 characters is important but since you don't know when  you will switch it can lead to being stuck with no weapons as they are on the other character which I feel is an oversight. Overall I enjoyed my time with the  game and am now in the camp that believe this should be the next game to get the remake treatment. Recommended for any fan of classic resident evil and fans of survival horror in general.

Resident Evil Code: Veronica X

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Craig Desmond