Resident Evil Code: Veronica X

About Resident Evil Code: Veronica X

Resident Evil Code: Veronica first came out on the Dreamcast in 2000, and the expanded Code: Veronica X followed on PlayStation 2 in 2001. Capcom sells it today on the PlayStation Store for PS4, where the PS2 version runs in emulation and also plays on PS5, and on the Xbox store, where the 2011 HD version plays on Xbox One and Series X|S. It picks up three months after the destruction of Raccoon City, as Claire Redfield travels to Europe in search of her brother Chris.

Claire is caught at an Umbrella laboratory in Paris and sent to Rockfort Island, a prison island run by Umbrella, just as an attack sets its zombies loose. She teams up with Steve Burnside, another inmate trying to escape. The store sums up the rest: scavenge for weapons and precious ammunition to battle undead dogs, a gigantic subterranean worm and other terrors in the shadows, and explore Rockfort Island and the freezing Antarctic base for clues to Umbrella's goals and the truth about the unsettling Ashford twins.

It plays as the classic games do: a third-person view from set camera angles, a small inventory with storage boxes for the rest, herbs you mix to heal more, files that hold the clues to puzzles, and careful choices about which enemies to fight. Some weapons suit some enemies better, and a few creatures are weak to fire or acid. Half the game is played as Claire and the other half as Chris.

What changed against Resident Evil 2 and 3 is the scenery: the rooms are real-time 3D instead of painted backgrounds, so the camera follows, pans and zooms as you walk instead of only cutting. The story is told in CG films and in-game scenes. Finishing it once unlocks a Battle Mode with unlimited ammunition, where you can also play Steve and Albert Wesker.

It is the main-series chapter between Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil 4, and suits players who have finished the remakes and want the story they skip, played the old way. It is a long one for its kind: players on GameFAQs put a run at around 20 hours.

How to play Resident Evil Code: Veronica X

1. Buy it on the PlayStation Store for PS4 (it also plays on PS5) or on the Xbox store for Xbox One and Series X|S.
2. Explore Rockfort Island as Claire, collecting weapons, ammunition, herbs and key items.
3. Read the files you find: they hold the clues to the puzzles that open new areas.
4. Store spare items in the storage boxes and keep room in your inventory for what you will need next.
5. Avoid fights you do not need; ammunition is scarce.

Tips

• Save ammunition for the stronger creatures; you can often walk around slow zombies.
• Combine herbs before you use them: mixed herbs heal more.
• Try the right weapon on the right enemy; some creatures are weak to fire or acid.
• Plan what you carry: the inventory is small, and the rest waits in the storage boxes.
• Save often: a game over, which a partner's death also brings, sends you back to your last save.

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