Rockfort Island. After the events in Raccoon City, the Redfield siblings continued their search for each other. Claire, whom we meet in Resident Evil 2, continues to search for her brother, Chris. We know this story inside and out. Like everyone else in the iconic Capcom series. Still, we don’t mind when a publisher offers such beautiful, almost real-time revamps, thanks to the RE Engine. When we returned to the lobby of the police station, our senses were flooded with memories mixed with modern gameplay. Nobody expected such a powerful combination. Now, we’re looking forward to this story continuing, even though we’ve known its end for a long time. Exactly since 2000, when Resident Evil Code: Veronica was born.
Prior to the new millennium, fans of the original PSX trilogy were used to the pre-rendered environment. Location stills provided a fairly high level of detail, especially in the second and third installments of the popular series. The commercial triumph of Resident Evil 2 (1998) caused a strong stir not only among gamers, but also among other developers. Imitators soon followed. A lot also happened in Capcom’s hulls. The development period of Resident Evil 2 turned out to be very stressful for many, although little has been written about the phenomenon of crisis in the gaming industry. In the second half of 1998, several major investments were made, most of them geared towards the next generation of consoles. It was a special time for Sega, too. After losing to Saturn, the company of a certain blue hedgehog fought the last battle on the console battlefield. Dreamcast defended the fight.
It’s time to plan
Resident Evil Code: Veronica has been in the making for two years. Pre-production began in 1998, after work on Leon and Claire’s cult adventure closed. Before we get to the technical issues, it’s worth taking a look at the narrative. A friendly company co-wrote the script, Main. Founded by then-Capcom supervisor Yoshiki Okamoto and scenario writer Noboru Sugimura, the company has supported the creation of stories for groundbreaking productions. Hence the name of the group. The entity disbanded in 2007, while Sugimura was brought in to operate Resident Evil 2, he himself passed away at the end of 2004, a few months before his death. He died on February 25, 2005. He left behind a legendary legacy. Thanks to him, we were able to straighten out RE2, which we know and respect to this day. We will tell this story on another occasion.
In order to get the best content, people who previously wrote scripts for Japanese TV stations worked under the direction of Sugimura. Among them are names like Hirohisa Soda, Junichi Miyashita, and Akira Asaka. Since work began shortly after the sequel came out, the story plan looked different from the full version. Jill Valentine was supposed to play the lead role. At the time, no concept was planned Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, As this person literally produced ‘five to twelve’. The former STARS Alpha team member goes to Europe to find the remaining members of the team. Sugimura changed this decision due to the ending of Resident Evil 2, as Claire Redfield’s story did not end. The girl was still looking for her brother. The concept of the text also contained something from the later period Resident Evil Zero. Flagship suggested that the core of the plot should go back to the beginnings of the Umbrella Corporation, addressing the founding fathers and the genesis of the Progrenitor virus. These attractions were left to RE Zero and Resident Evil 5.
Resident Evil Code: Veronica dates back to the Sega Saturn era. It’s all because of the technical barriers involved in porting Resident Evil 2 to this system. Shinji Mikami explained to the bosses that the loss of quality would be too glaring for the eyes. Since classic port vampire It barely worked, what would happen to a more advanced sequel mode? In response, the company’s management asked Mikami to prepare something for Sega fans. This is what remains two years after Resident Evil: Code Veronica. Sega helped a lot in the development of the game. At Capcom Studios, work was underway on Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, which went on sale at the end of 1999. Veronica at that time was about 70% complete. Capcom mainly uses outsourcing. Plenty of Sega developers were sitting on the project, including Nextech studio. Sega’s support focused on writing code to make the game run as well as possible in the Dreamcast environment.
it’s a long story
Resident Evil Code: Veronica wasn’t so much a revolution as it was an evolution. Threshold changes did not affect the brand image, as in the case of Resident Evil 4. The hand-drawn backgrounds have been replaced by the third dimension. Technically speaking, we’re talking about the first batch to use fully 3D structures. In the conceptual field, everything is lost in the details. Hence the decision to use the more powerful Dreamcast. However, the camera did not stay still, often following the character. Zombies will drop projectiles more naturally, sometimes even hitting a wall. PlayStation fans could forget such milestones. In accordance with the change of art class, the action was located outside the United States. A mansion in dense forests or a city at the foot of the Arklay Mountains, Raccoon City, is no longer considered the main design of the group. The creators decided on gothic horror and arctic cold. Resident Evil Code: Veronica no longer maintains the Locations Unit.
More than twenty years after its premiere, the script is still a mainstay of the game. Brothers Redfield and Ashford confront each other. In the midst of this dispute, Albert Wesker appears. The game is rich in cinema. Filmmaking has been attempted on the game engine and in the rendered sequences. The intro leans slightly towards John Woo’s movie library. Add in heaps of seductively edited documents and we have strong traditions found in one part of the cult world. This is a story that has been calling for its second edition in years. It is actually the third. The topic was covered in Resident Evil: Chronicles of the Dark Sidewhich was a bridge between RE2, Veronica, and Resident Evil 4. Only she hasn’t been renewed. Publisher now has a much easier job than before. The RE engine still works great, as evidenced by the recent iteration of the “Four” released a month ago. And since it takes place just three months after the Raccoon City drama, Miss Redfield’s model isn’t something to be particularly concerned about.
Resident Evil Code: Veronica will be renewed, that’s for sure. Since the publisher wants to maintain numerical continuity, we’ll have to hold out a little longer. The text is the highlight of this trip. I don’t really care about the rest. Zombies are back again, so get ready for some gothic and arctic horror. More importantly, we’ll play a younger Chris Redfield before he starts the intense gym training we saw in Resident Evil 5. The title deserves another youngster. This is one of the main installments, but it sold out in far fewer numbers than its predecessors. Hence Capcom released it a year later Resident Evil Code: Veronica X For PlayStation 2. Do you see a particular clash in a new arrangement? At the earliest in 2025. I am of the opinion that next year is reserved for the number nine.
