The Case For a Code Veronica Remake

From GameWatcher: "It's almost traditional now. When a Resident Evil remake comes out, there's an almost instant clamor for another.

Resident Evil 2 finally got the remake treatment 17 years after its predecessor had its own rebirth. A divisive remake of Resident Evil 3 quickly followed, barely allowing fans time to demand it in the first place.

We had to wait a little longer for the Resident Evil 4 Remake, and now the cycle of demand and waiting has started once again. In fact, people didn't even wait for Resident Evil 4 to launch before debating what should be the next game in the series."

[on_line_forever]

If there is CV remake I hope it will be only on current hardware generation and developed by updated RE engine for current generation and of course with out series s copy if possible

[umair_s51]

I think they should drop ps5 too and focus on high end pc gaming and series x. Why struggle with checkerboard 4k.

[Andrew336]

Boom GOT Em

[on_line_forever]

If they drop ps5 how the game sells well ?!
I don't care about console war I just want this game have great remake and I want to know what they will do with Steve story (we are talking about remake here ) ?

[LucasRuinedChildhood]

The Series X version of RE4 has:
- a significantly worse framerate: https://youtu.be/x88molgdmc...
- deadzone issues (poor controls): https://youtu.be/x88molgdmc...

In terms of gameplay, the Xbox version is currently the worst way to play the game.

But saying "I think they should drop Series X. Why struggle with poor framerates and controls?" would be dumb.

Just like the PS5 version, the problems with the port are not the fault of the hardware. The game has released a bit premature and needs some fixes.

[ocelot07]

So focus on the 8 people with a 4090 and a couple mill series x owners lol. Why not just put it on gamepass while your at it haha.

[anast]

Series X is nothing close to a high end PC.

[TheEnigma313]

Lol too bad. Their bread and butter is on PS.

[Exvalos]

You sir win dumb comment of the month award congrats on your prize.

[RedDevils]

Dropping Series X is a better idea, those losers doesn't buy games.

[Army_of_Darkness]

@umair

Most of the resident evil fans/ sales are on playstation, so unless you actually want Capcom to go under, I would re-evaluate that concept.

@andrew

Got who exactly? Series X and ps5 versions are nearly identical bro. 😏 Hell, ps5 versions sometimes even outperforms the series X.

On topic, code Veronica would be awesome if it was well remade like the current RE4.

[GAMEnjoy_]

Yes of course! Because everyone can afford a highend PC with RTX4090.. Move on

[BlaqMagiq1]

Funny Series X struggled with checkerboard 4k on RE4 Remake. Guess they should drop Series X too.

[EvertonFC]

Funny how 99% of gamers cant tell the difference between 4k and CB 4k.
CB 4k looks fantastic and frees up resources for other tasks, hence the awesome AAA 1st party playstation games.

[umair_s51]

Of course the truth hurts. PS5 can do checkerboard rendering just fine.

[P_Bomb]

They gotta do it. For posterity. There’s some crucial Chris Redfield vs Albert Wesker in there.

[goldwyncq]

They need to remake this, then do RE5 afterwards which ties up the conflict against Wesker.

[P_Bomb]

It’d be nice to have the whole Wesker storyline front to back. Counting the RE1 remake we already have.

[neutralgamer1992]

Code Veronica Remake is given with how thing have went but it also requires the most amount of work to be remade not only gameplay but story too

P_Bomb

don't be surprised if there is a complete RE1 remake (again)

[purple101]

This 1st released on Dreamcast. Some say it was the best or joint best resi ever.

[kingnick]

Code Veronica is a different experience from other classic fixed camera angle Resident Evils. I enjoyed the game and it's sometimes nonsensical characters and settings but I can see while some people do not and consider it an inferior RE side story and not a mainline title.

I don't think the game would translate well to a third person over the should camera without majors changes and then it wouldn't be the same game.

[babadivad]

Code Veronica is the actual mainline continuation of the RE story and drives the plot forward. RE3 is literally a side story created for contractual obligations.

[kingnick]

I'm well aware that CV was meant to be RE3 but it wasn't perceived as such by the wider RE community in part because it was not on the PS1 while what became RE3 was. It didn't help that the game was released for the short lived Dreamcast and was exclusive for a time which annoyed me and many other RE fans.

[TricksterArrow]

@babadivad Common misconception. It was already stated that RE3 was always supposed to be RE3 and CODE: Veronica a new project, hence why it's so different narratively. A lot of it was outsourced from Capcom. You might be confusing this because RE3 actually used a lot of ideas from scratched spin-offs. But yeah, the follow-up to 2 was always inteded to be the fall and bombing of Raccoon City.

[Ninver]

Played it on ps2. So many great memories. This is one of my favorite RE games to ever grace the medium.

[BandarHub]

Deserves a remake. The real resident evil 3

[Unknown_Gamer5794]

Actually, you’re not far off. CV was actually in development first iirc, and was originally going to be RE3, with the 3 we got originally going to have a subtitle name. As we all know, that’s not actually how things worked out, but I do believe CV was originally intended to be RE3.

[Pyrofire95]

Yeah. I'm pretty sure that's what BandarHub was referring to.

[Becuzisaid]

Yes bc Sony had Capcom on contract to have RE1,2,3 on the PlayStation, so Capcom had to pump out RE3 when they originally planned for CV to be the true RE3.

[kingnick]

If the do a VC remake I hope they don't cut the game down like they did with RE3 Remake.

[Pyrofire95]

It has been in the back of my mind too. I don't know much about it but heard it's essentially the real RE3 but promises were made and names were changed. I hope they do. I'm not sure if they really want to revisit RE5 or 6 so I think it's likely enough.

[KicksnSnares]

Fingers crossed for a Code Veronica & RE5 Remake. RE4 Remake is a masterpiece.

[ghostrider32]

Since they're remaking everything, they should remake Code Veronica as well. I hope they remake the Outbreak games too.

[CrimsonWing69]

You know I’m glad it didn’t get done just yet because I don’t want Capcom to cut content with this one. If they made it back with the RE2 Remake and RE3 Remake I have that bad feeling they might’ve cut a lot, but seeing what they did to RE4 Remake makes me think they wouldn’t cut content now.

This is my favorite of all the entries and I think a Remake would be beyond epic. All the scenes with Wesker, the music, the enemies, and the bosses. You basically get the equivalent of 2 campaigns with Claire and Chris.

Capcom, please!!!

[hiawa23]

CV deserves to be re-made next and put on all platforms except last Gen. This console war PS vs Xbox many on this site as always goes to is sad. Dropping any of the current platforms is just bad for Capcom, the industry, and gamers.

[jznrpg]

Capcom wants to make money . That’s what they will go for before anything else

[Knightofelemia]

Knowing Capcom they most likely have this game cooking in the remake pot. I would not be surprised if they drop it next year. Since RE is getting all this love Capcom should also throw Dino Crisis into the remake pot as well. Dino Crisis is still one of my favorite games.

[kingnick]

I'd rather a Dino Crisis remake then more RE remakes but that might just be me and said remake might not sell well considering Dino Crisis has been dormant forever in gaming terms.

[shinoff2183]

The first Dino crisis was fing amazing. Part 2 was a big eh. Seemed they went arcade for the 2nd one

[S2Killinit]

Best RE for me.

[cammers1995]

It needs to be done. Other than RE4, code Veronica had the best atmosphere and locations. Its story is actually significant for the series unlike RE3 since it furthers Claire and Chris and weskers established stories. It needs to be done.

[Nacho_Z]

I'd love a CV remake. I remember playing and finishing it but it was ages ago and I remember virtually nothing about it, other than I liked it, so it'd be like playing a brand new game from the classic Resi era.

[TheEroica]

There is no circle of demand... There are only creatively absent developers and money hungry suits pushing remakes we don't need on us.

[kingnick]

I don't think Capcom have any interest in returning to classic survival horror and inventory management when focusing on action results in much higher sales.

While I can appreciate Capcom clearly put a lot of effort into RE4 Remake hopefully we see some new titles in the RE series soon.

[D1SC0K1NGZ]

This (Code Veronica) is by far my favourite RE when choosing between 3 and CV. They can call it RE:2 the second chapter or Resident Evil 3.5 if they want to give it more appeal. It just really needs to be done. Played this on Nintendo GameCube & SEGA Dreamcast. Amazing, stunning game. Loved the story, monsters & the Wesker story details being tied together.

[Binarycode]

I never got to play that one. My friend had it on the dreamcast.

I'd be happy with a remake of that.

[gangsta_red]

This needs to be done as CV is an underrated classic. That and it needs a modern update. I remember throwing my Dreamcast controller through the wall because of that boss fight on the cargo plane. That fixed camera made it impossible to press that button on the plane at the right time.

[svTobiasZen]

Yeah it absolutely deserves one. Im confident they'll end up doing it cuz after all , it is considered one of the goats. Capcom has been hitting high notes with these remakes, so why not? lol they should also tackle RE5 soon after.

[shinoff2183]

I honestly would of proffered code Veronica over re4. Cv still felt like a resident evil game. Again not trying to hate to much on 4 cause I felt it was a good game just not as a re game

[MountainFountain777]

They should do it