Resident Evil Code: Veronica X

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  1. flussfuchs
    Aug 4, 2023
    10
    best RE there ever was. fantastic story, settings and characters (except steve burnside). kids these days just cry because of limited ammo and saves while wanting super easy games.
    the skill issue is real these days...
  2. Yojimbo2015
    Jul 15, 2023
    8
    The original survival horror game's first foray into the next generation, the visuals are obviously much improved with some nicely cinematic cut scenes. The format is looking a little dated by PS2 standards however and some of the acting and dialogue a little corny and over-ripe, but it's still a solid entry in the series that will please fans of the first three games.
  3. JPKarma
    Mar 3, 2023
    8
    Bom jogo. Ate onde sei, foi o primeiro com uma câmera que se mexe acompanhando um pouco o movimento do personagem, mesmo ainda sendo uma câmera fixa. É o clássico jogo de administrar seus recursos, onde você tem de pesar gastar munição matando um inimigo ou correr o risco de tomar dano tentando desviar.

    A história não é nada demais por boa parte do tempo, mas trata-se de algo de 2001, e    Bom jogo. Ate onde sei, foi o primeiro com uma câmera que se mexe acompanhando um pouco o movimento do personagem, mesmo ainda sendo uma câmera fixa. É o clássico jogo de administrar seus recursos, onde você tem de pesar gastar munição matando um inimigo ou correr o risco de tomar dano tentando desviar.

    A história não é nada demais por boa parte do tempo, mas trata-se de algo de 2001, e mesmo data não sendo desculpa para roteiro, ainda é de se considerar que a franquia não tinha lá grandes histórias até então. É o clássico "deu ruim aqui, temos que sobreviver, descobriremos o que está acontecendo no caminho e iremos embora", mas ainda assim e interessante. Alfred é um bom vilão, e mesmo algumas coisas sendo estranhas, as reviravoltas acerca dele e da irmã são bem interessantes.

    No fim, é um jogo muito bon para sua época, com trilhas sonoras memoráveis, uma boa variedade de cenários, boa gameplay, um elenco que em sua maior parte mantém interesse e um bom balanceamento na maior parte do tempo.    … Expand
  4. Maddogg_PS
    Oct 23, 2022
    10
    Top 3 favorite game of all time. This game will always to me be considered a masterpiece and i remember beating this game over and over. The story was so good and the characters Claire and Chris are my favorite characters of all time. The puzzles, the gameplay, the suspense and the monsters are a ten out of ten. I really hope this game gets the RE2 remake treatment someday i can only dream. 10/10
  5. Gerianep744
    May 22, 2022
    10
    É um Jogo Muito Bom Recomendo É um Jogo Fantástico Recomendo demais os zumbis super feitos e as armas muito boas Recomendo
  6. leofravoline
    May 10, 2022
    9
    Ele é o meu resident evil do estilo clássico preferido, é um alívio os cenários não serem pré-renderizados o que diminuiu a sensação de falsidade que tinha na trilogia de ps1, de um personagem 3d em um cenário de um CG congelado.
  7. nowells5
    Feb 23, 2022
    9
    A pesar de ser canónico y de tener hechos muy importantes en la historia de Resident Evil, es uno de los juegos de la saga más infravalorados solo por el hecho de no tener un número en el título. Sin embargo, se trata de un juego de muy alta calidad que está a la altura de los Resident Evil clásicos. Cámaras fijas, terror (aunque menos que los clásicos), pocos recursos, puzzles,A pesar de ser canónico y de tener hechos muy importantes en la historia de Resident Evil, es uno de los juegos de la saga más infravalorados solo por el hecho de no tener un número en el título. Sin embargo, se trata de un juego de muy alta calidad que está a la altura de los Resident Evil clásicos. Cámaras fijas, terror (aunque menos que los clásicos), pocos recursos, puzzles, backtracking, variedad de enemigos, es decir, un survival horror con todos los ingredientes esenciales. La duración de la campaña (12-15 horas) es perfecta y el hecho de hacer una mitad del juego con Claire y la otra mitad con Chris le da mucha variedad de situaciones jugables. Muy recomendado.… Expand
  8. Magnetroll
    Feb 21, 2022
    8
    An excellent and difficult game, kind of hard in the beginning to adapt to the controls and camera, but allows the desperation to be more pure. Just hate the plane Tyrant boss, but still very enjoyable game,
  9. CloudStrife05
    Aug 20, 2021
    8
    A port from the Dreamcast with add-ons. Just as good except the graphics didn't seemed as polished as it was on the Dreamcast version.
  10. SebbyPlaysMusic
    Jul 27, 2021
    8
    So I'm gonna be real, I never beat this game. I think I only did the first half (as there are two halves to this game). But that experience was so memorable that I'm positive of my rating.

    Graphics, sound, and controls are ok. Voice acting borders on B movie (just like any RE game, especially the first). However, the environments, gameplay flow, difficulty and different scenarios    So I'm gonna be real, I never beat this game. I think I only did the first half (as there are two halves to this game). But that experience was so memorable that I'm positive of my rating.

    Graphics, sound, and controls are ok.
    Voice acting borders on B movie (just like any RE game, especially the first).
    However, the environments, gameplay flow, difficulty and different scenarios overall are so very memorable. The graveyard, the giant worm, the bats in the tower on the hill, the moving body bag, the trapped researcher... Every room is worth remembering. A prison island is truly a terrifying place for a zombie outbreak. There's a little bit of backtracking, but that's always been part of these games, avoiding zombies you couldn't previously handle. You can very easily run out of ammo, especially at the beginning, and you do need to save it for later boss fights; I think this works great in the survival horror setting, and adds a sort of pressure to make sure you handle things properly which I personally find very engaging, as you shouldn't be reckless in these kinds of games.

    If you like classic Resident Evil, this game easily fits in as a sequel to the originals. I really wish they'd remake this one!    … Expand
  11. Sergiopcv
    Apr 18, 2021
    10
    Todavía estamos esperando fervientemente el remake de esta obra maestra subvalorada.
  12. Spartan_Rus
    Jan 8, 2021
    9
    The best classic Resident Evil game, that contains powerful storytelling and improved gameplay.
  13. Silent_evil
    Oct 4, 2020
    10
    Resident Evil - Code: Veronica is undoubtedly the best among the old, classic style RE games.

    Very complete game: with many different locations to explore, e.g. the very atmospheric castle, Antarctica etc., it leaves you with a sense of satisfaction after beating it.

    Interesting storyline, plenty of puzzles and inspired, intimidating villains like the Tyrant or the Nosferatu.
  14. Atomtc
    Jul 2, 2020
    10
    surely this game is in my top 3 of the franchise, it provides an incredible experience and a challenging gameplay. I look forward to capcom making a remake of this game
  15. Alex_Pilgrim008
    Jun 30, 2020
    9
    When "Code Veronica" was released on the Dreamcast, several critics felt it was the series' best. The game had evolved the formula more than RE 3 did. This PS2 port includes slightly enhanced graphics and some new cutscenes. While the game hasn't aged very well, it's still good. Using 2001 standards, I would rate this version with a 9 out of 10 .
  16. FrothyMo93
    May 10, 2020
    10
    Personally, my favourite classic RE game. Admittedly, it starts off pretty slow, but give it enough time you'll be hooked till the end credits, which will leave you breathless. Fingers crossed that Capcom does a remake/reimagining after RE8 and RE4 remake.
  17. M300
    Jun 28, 2019
    10
    Possibly the best of the older style RE games. This one has a crazy plot, a crazy good plot. A psychotic blonde haired man named Alexander Ashford pretending to be his sister whilst she is contained in a test tube being incubated by the T-Veronica virus. Literally a horror plot that is worthy of attention.
    Plus the cheesy yet touching thing between Claire & Steve. It did things no other    Possibly the best of the older style RE games. This one has a crazy plot, a crazy good plot. A psychotic blonde haired man named Alexander Ashford pretending to be his sister whilst she is contained in a test tube being incubated by the T-Veronica virus. Literally a horror plot that is worthy of attention.
    Plus the cheesy yet touching thing between Claire & Steve. It did things no other RE did back then and did it very well.

    For 2001, let me tell you, nothing looked as good as this game, the Playstation 2 was rife with poor graphical game on launch due to the complexity of the hardware for developers, but they someone how made the original Dreamcast release run and look great on the PS2 whilst even adding a bit more content.

    Sound track is excellent. The game requires you to use your brain for some puzzles and of course fosters a true survival of the fittest mentality because if you mess up prior to the second part of the game, you are in for a rough ride that could inconveniently have you starting all over again.

    10/10    … Expand
  18. juanmartins
    Jan 19, 2019
    8
    Ótimo game da franquia que inovou trazendo novos elementos gráficos e mais algumas diferenças dos seus antecessores.
  19. TheoneTrueKing
    Nov 6, 2017
    10
    This game and Resident Evil 2 are the best. This game continues Claires journey to help save her brother Chris. The character Steve is a great addition and this game has Wesker at his peak. The enemies are a very impressive myriad. The way enemies have clashing goals is also very impressive.
  20. SkeletonBones
    Aug 9, 2017
    8
    A good part of the series is the resident Evil with a good storyline and protagonists. The game was scored on a variety of platforms from Dreamcast to Xbox 360. Personally, I advise you to go through this game to all fans of the series
  21. vgm
    Jul 17, 2017
    8
    One of the last Resident Evil with the classic gameplay and following the main storyline. Like the previous games of this franchise, it is quite hard to beat due to the limited number of save points and ammo. For this reason I had to repeat many times a few parts of the game due to being killed by a boss or having to control more wisely the ammo I spend. Overall it is a very good game.
  22. RuslanDZE
    May 16, 2017
    8
    Hello from 2017. Just finished this game on my PS4.
    I loved it. This is a classic Resident Evil. This game I think less scary than first trilogy tho. A story is fine. I was really curious about what happened with Chris before RE5 and sure my favorite Wesker in this game. Gameplay is classic RE but I felt it was the hardest game in series, SAVE BULLETS because If you don't have enough    Hello from 2017. Just finished this game on my PS4.
    I loved it. This is a classic Resident Evil. This game I think less scary than first trilogy tho. A story is fine. I was really curious about what happened with Chris before RE5 and sure my favorite Wesker in this game. Gameplay is classic RE but I felt it was the hardest game in series, SAVE BULLETS because If you don't have enough bullets for bosses it is almost impossible to beat the game( you can consider it as advantage and disadvantage from another stand point) Only fun thing that found is a character that named Steve. He is so adorable and silly. And he is voiced by a child, looks like.
    Overall, worth get it if you are a fan of classic Residents. If not, you will have some troubles to beat this game.    … Expand
  23. kwame
    Apr 7, 2017
    10
    resident evil along side ratchet and clank are my favourite franchises of all time. And as a die hard fan I can say that code veronica is on of the best resident evil games.
  24. ChrisMuller1992
    Jun 29, 2016
    8
    After the destruction of Raccoon City in Resident Evil 3:Nemesis everyone thought that the the zombies and monsters infected by the T-virus are gone. Three months later Claire Redfield was caught by soldiers for infiltrated in a Umbrella base in Paris searching for her brother Chris Redfield,she was taken to a military base island where she was kept as prisoner....later she regainAfter the destruction of Raccoon City in Resident Evil 3:Nemesis everyone thought that the the zombies and monsters infected by the T-virus are gone. Three months later Claire Redfield was caught by soldiers for infiltrated in a Umbrella base in Paris searching for her brother Chris Redfield,she was taken to a military base island where she was kept as prisoner....later she regain conciousness and heard a huge earthquake....the lights are gone,strange noises are heard outside...what is going on here? There she knows that her nightmares are back to hunt her...Something much bigger is happening here...

    Resident Evil Code Veronica X is a sequel of Resident Evil 2 which is played almost the same way as its predecesors,not much has changed here except now you can equip a lighter in dark places,you can use many weapons in here,the dual weapons can be use to aim two enemies at the same time which is also cool but they took away the dodge move which could be of use to this game....Enemies are the same, zombies,dogs,giant worm,bandersnatch,bats,alphinoid,the deadly Tyrant Etc.

    The graphics are good,keep in mind that the graphica are the same as the dreamcast,i'm reviewing the ps2 version...i can say its good but not the best,i mean the scenarios are now in 3D,unlike the first three games which use pre rendered graphics,they look more real,the camara also follows you,the character models are so so but the cutscenes they look better,especially the Redfield siblings and the main antogonist the Ashford siblings. Graphics are good,but there were games with better graphics in 2001like Dead Or Alive 2, Tekken Tag Tournament and the classic Final Fantasy X.

    Voice acting in here are believable,Claires voice actress is the same from RE2 which has improved alot,Steve sounds like a dumb 12 year old,the worst voice acting ever in a videogame,Chris sounds better than RE1 which he sounds more tougher more disciplined,but i guess Alfred and Alexia Ashford has the best acting outta all of them,they sound so unique,elegant and evil at the same time.

    The music and sounds are one of the best in this game,you hear alot of zombies moaning,flames,flys flying near the lights,lighting here are present in this game,i remember the part where i went pass the secret passage way about to run up the stairs where suddenly you hear a sadistic laugh with lighting...thats one scare here...but nevertheless this game is less scarier than the previous one...you may jump 4 times in this game but its nots scary,its fun to play though.

    Resident Evil Code Veronica X although not the most innovative and scariest of the Resident Evil games,its the first one with long story length,introducing the 3D scenario graphics for the first time with great gameplay and voice acting if not all most of them did well...this game is fun to play and if you loved the previous games you will like this one...just don't expect the same scare factors of RE2.    … Expand
  25. Joker92
    Oct 7, 2015
    8
    Gave it an 8 because I'd been a fan since day one and this game just seemed a little off base for me. Still love it though and it's very worth a play through.
  26. GrandMasterD
    Sep 25, 2015
    9
    This is my favorite old school RE title. The antagonists are weird, like questionably incest weird. That adds to the creepiness of this entry though. Wesker made his first appearance since RE1, and you could play as him(in the battle game). The ps2 version had a lot of fog though, but in a survival horror game that's not really a detractor. I've beaten this game 100% and I enjoyed it, theThis is my favorite old school RE title. The antagonists are weird, like questionably incest weird. That adds to the creepiness of this entry though. Wesker made his first appearance since RE1, and you could play as him(in the battle game). The ps2 version had a lot of fog though, but in a survival horror game that's not really a detractor. I've beaten this game 100% and I enjoyed it, the worst part of completing was Wesker in the Battle game, you just get a knife, and have to kill hunters, and a boss, (try it in first person). In the end I really like this entry, a remake would be a good idea for this one, after they remake RE2.… Expand
  27. Reginafan1995
    Jul 29, 2015
    10
    Resident Evil Code: Veronica X is a great game. I love the fact it has both Claire and Chris Redfield in the game but I don't like Wesker I really cannot stand Wesker. I rather play this game over Resident Evil 4 just like I rather play 5 and 6 over 4. I love Claire to death because she has been one of my favorite characters since Resident Evil 2. I only played as Claire in Resident Evil 2Resident Evil Code: Veronica X is a great game. I love the fact it has both Claire and Chris Redfield in the game but I don't like Wesker I really cannot stand Wesker. I rather play this game over Resident Evil 4 just like I rather play 5 and 6 over 4. I love Claire to death because she has been one of my favorite characters since Resident Evil 2. I only played as Claire in Resident Evil 2 when I was younger and never tried Leon until years later. I was 3 when Resident Evil 2 came out. Anyway I love Code: Veronica a lot and I will always play through it so many times.… Expand
  28. Darko84
    Feb 3, 2015
    8
    RE: Code Veronica X is a good game, it manages to deliver what a survival horror game is supposed to do.
    The story is interesting with a dark and creepy atmosphere in most of the times.
    Clair's as always an interesting character together with Alfred and Alexia, however Chris is as usual a big disappointment. The other flaw on this game is the graphics level, even when this was the first    RE: Code Veronica X is a good game, it manages to deliver what a survival horror game is supposed to do.
    The story is interesting with a dark and creepy atmosphere in most of the times.
    Clair's as always an interesting character together with Alfred and Alexia, however Chris is as usual a big disappointment.
    The other flaw on this game is the graphics level, even when this was the first game on this franchise to be able to move 360 it is not at the level of the PS2 capacity.
    This is a game you must play if you are either a RE or survival horror fan.    … Expand
  29. SiAScORCH
    Nov 5, 2014
    10
    I don't think I can rate any Resident Evil game from the PS1/PS2 era lower than a 10 with the exception of the FPS ones. Those were just simply a waste of the Resident Evil title. I will say that CVX is interesting and challenging at the same time. You'll love playing it, and even after beating it you'll still want to play it again because it's just that good of a game. With as long asI don't think I can rate any Resident Evil game from the PS1/PS2 era lower than a 10 with the exception of the FPS ones. Those were just simply a waste of the Resident Evil title. I will say that CVX is interesting and challenging at the same time. You'll love playing it, and even after beating it you'll still want to play it again because it's just that good of a game. With as long as some systems have been out, as long as you get a Resident Evil game then you know it'll be a classic game for that system. This game is simply amazing and you'll be on the edge of your seat as well as scratching your head for some puzzles. It's definitely worth playing.… Expand
  30. br_1245
    Sep 14, 2014
    8
    Code Veronica é mais um excelente game da franquia Resident Evil, um ponto negativo talvez seja o pouco apelo no quesito replay. Mas todos os elementos que o tornaram uma grande franquia estao presentes neste game.
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#31 Best PS2 Game of 2001
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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. GameSpot
    90
    Clearly the best game yet produced for the survival-horror subgenre of adventure gaming, in spite of its flaws.
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  2. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    90
    A necessary part of any adventure gamer’s balanced breakfast…Masterful storytelling and superb graphics. [Sept 2001, p.144]
  3. GameShark
    100
    This is, for all intents and purposes the same game that was released for the DC over a year ago. It was great then, it's still great now.
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