[0:00] Hello, Simon Cardi from IGN here at
[0:02] Summer GameFest with Michael Hy and we
[0:04] have seen a little sneak peek at
[0:07] Resident Evil Veronica. I say a sneak
[0:09] peek. We've not seen anything anyone
[0:11] else hasn't seen in the world apart from
[0:13] that trailer. Are you a big Code
[0:15] Veronica fan? I am on record saying that
[0:18] Code Veronica was my favorite classic
[0:20] Resident Evil. Uh but my opinion has
[0:23] changed as I re have revisited them and
[0:24] all that, but I do think that this is
[0:26] the one that needs the most revisiting.
[0:29] I guess you could say from that classic
[0:31] Resident Evil pantheon, I suppose. And
[0:34] the fact that Code Veronica ties into
[0:36] the Raccoon City saga is going to help
[0:38] connect what we do have for the more
[0:41] modern remakes right now. So, I do think
[0:43] it's an interesting project and I think
[0:45] this is something that is needed. And uh
[0:47] we had a Q&A with the producer and
[0:50] nothing else was shown behind closed
[0:52] doors. Like you said, the trailer that
[0:54] was shown at the Summer GameFest
[0:56] showcase is what all the all we saw.
[0:59] It's all what you have saw saw back
[1:01] there, but we did get some questions in.
[1:03] And so we have a lot of new information
[1:05] about Veronica, even though it hasn't
[1:07] been like physically shown to us.
[1:09] >> Yeah, I think one of maybe the biggest
[1:10] headlines is that tease we were shown
[1:12] was very modern Resident Evil in as much
[1:15] as it was first person. I was like, "Oh,
[1:17] are they doing Veronica in third
[1:18] person?" But no, had it confirmed this
[1:20] is a completely third person game like
[1:23] the original. And it's interesting that
[1:26] the teaser is in first person, but we're
[1:27] going to play the game in third person,
[1:29] but it makes sense because Veronica is
[1:32] quite actionheavy at times. And you kind
[1:33] of want that perspective, I think.
[1:35] >> Yeah, absolutely. And I think, yeah,
[1:37] there was a perception like when I first
[1:39] saw the trailer, I was thinking, "Oh,
[1:41] this is going to be like Resident Evil 7
[1:43] or it's going to be be like um Grace's
[1:45] sections in Reququum and they're going
[1:47] to do more of the horror elements." And
[1:49] I was like, "That's not really what Code
[1:51] Veronica was originally about." And then
[1:53] so we asked the producer straight up
[1:55] like, "Is this a first person or a third
[1:57] person game?" He said, "It's a third
[1:58] person game. It's action focused. It's
[2:00] from the team that worked on Resident
[2:02] Evil 2 remake and Resident Evil 4
[2:04] remake." So, there is a bit of a I think
[2:06] there might have been a misunderstanding
[2:08] there if you haven't uh gotten this
[2:10] information, which is what we're here to
[2:11] give y'all. But he did say that, you
[2:14] know, think of this closer to Resident
[2:16] Evil 2 remake. This does star Claire
[2:18] Redfield and she was playable in
[2:20] Resident Evil 2 remake. So, he said
[2:23] think of that, but there are going to be
[2:25] new gameplay elements on top of that. Of
[2:26] course, he wasn't at liberty to talk
[2:28] about them quite yet cuz it's still very
[2:29] early on, but we should expect that kind
[2:31] of game. Yeah, I didn't have it
[2:33] confirmed if dual wielding is back, but
[2:35] it sounds like they're going to kind of
[2:37] they're going to evolve the Resident
[2:38] Evil formula again. You know, like in
[2:40] Reququum, Leon can do things he couldn't
[2:42] do in four. So, they're going to take
[2:44] that with these characters as well.
[2:46] Obviously, might not be as proficient in
[2:48] combat as Leon because who is?
[2:50] >> Yeah.
[2:50] >> But, you know, I'm I'm intrigued to see
[2:52] what they're going to do with this one.
[2:53] And the producer did say in my session
[2:55] as well, he very much treats Code Vernon
[2:58] like one of the mainline games. It's
[2:59] essentially part of the main story
[3:01] despite not having a number. So, it's
[3:03] good to see that this is getting like
[3:04] the full remake treatment that we've
[3:07] seen in the past. And it all looks very
[3:09] exciting to me.
[3:11] >> Yeah. I mean, like to me, it's exciting
[3:13] because again, I've I I remember playing
[3:15] this game on the original Dreamcast and
[3:18] uh there are a lot of things that I
[3:19] don't necessarily remember about it
[3:21] because I played it when I was much too
[3:23] young to be playing Resident Evil games
[3:24] for sure. But you had mentioned to me
[3:26] that uh there are some pretty
[3:28] questionable elements with the story and
[3:29] characters in Code Veronica. And
[3:31] obviously in the modern day, you
[3:33] probably want to revisit those things
[3:34] and your group was able to get a
[3:36] question about that, right?
[3:37] >> Yes. Obviously, I don't want to spoil it
[3:39] cuz for some people, you know, this will
[3:42] be the first time they see this story,
[3:43] but there are elements of, you know,
[3:46] there's gender politics at play in the
[3:47] original and we obviously live in a
[3:49] different time now, so they may have to
[3:51] adjust how they approach that story.
[3:52] They did say they're still obviously in
[3:54] development on this game. So, they
[3:55] haven't actually locked in what they're
[3:58] doing with these topics yet. So, they
[4:00] want to go deeper, they said, into, you
[4:02] know, the mindset of some of the
[4:04] characters. Maybe explain what's going
[4:06] on with them a bit more rather than just
[4:09] present some characters as,
[4:12] for lack of a better word, something to
[4:14] fear, if you know what I mean. So, I'd
[4:16] be interested to see how they handle
[4:17] that. they kind of have to approach it
[4:19] in a different way, I think, for it to
[4:21] be viable in 2027 when this game is
[4:24] supposedly coming out. So, we'll be
[4:25] interested to see what they do with
[4:27] that. At least they very much sounded
[4:30] like they're taking that feedback on
[4:32] board and looking into what they can do
[4:34] with the story.
[4:35] >> But that makes sense because Resident
[4:37] Evil Veronica dropping the code
[4:39] Veronica. If if you're wondering why
[4:41] they dropped code, uh the producer said
[4:43] that they're trying to get in line with
[4:44] the naming conventions of all the
[4:46] previous Resident Evils in the modern
[4:48] sense where you have like Resident Evil
[4:50] 7 was Biohazard, Resident Evil 8 was
[4:52] village, Resident Evil 9 was Reququum.
[4:54] So, uh they're following that logic
[4:56] right there. Uh so, but it is an
[4:57] adaptation of Code Veronica. It's like a
[5:00] reimagining of it. I I'm getting the
[5:02] impression that, you know, when you play
[5:04] RE2 remake, RE4 remake, they're pretty
[5:07] close to what those original games were
[5:09] about when it comes to story. Of course,
[5:11] there's some tweaking there. Um, not
[5:13] necessarily retconing, but just like a
[5:15] more modern vision of what those uh
[5:16] stories are and tying them closer
[5:18] together, but I think that I'm under the
[5:21] impression that Veronica is going to
[5:23] have a little bit more creative freedom
[5:24] or creative liberties with what that
[5:26] story was and how it's going to tie into
[5:27] everything else.
[5:28] >> Yeah. I also wonder if they're going to
[5:30] play into a bit more what they did with
[5:31] recre as well cuz the original Keronica
[5:34] very much a game of two halves as one
[5:36] character then you play as another. Will
[5:37] they kind of switch between characters
[5:39] more in this one and kind of tell it in
[5:41] a bit more of an interesting like way to
[5:44] do of how it's maybe not so linear this
[5:47] time around. Be interesting to see. But
[5:49] like we say at this point we really are
[5:51] just guessing.
[5:51] >> Yeah. We're we're we're kind of uh going
[5:54] off of just what we what we had in a
[5:56] brief conversation with the producer and
[5:58] from what we've seen in the trailer. But
[6:00] um yeah, I mean my thought was that they
[6:03] would do a sort of recu thing where you
[6:05] have first person horror style and then
[6:07] you have third person action style, but
[6:09] that's that that is not the choice.
[6:11] >> No, no, you were wrong.
[6:12] >> Yeah, I was completely wrong about that.
[6:15] Um, one thing that was funny when we,
[6:17] someone in our group also asked the
[6:18] producer about the rev, you know, being
[6:21] Veronica, does that mean this is the
[6:24] actual Resident Evil 5? He mentioned
[6:26] that everybody in every session asked
[6:27] the same question. But that's
[6:29] interesting because of the continuation
[6:31] of the Raccoon City saga like like we
[6:34] had mentioned earlier. Um, and the way
[6:36] they tuck in the Roman numeral into
[6:39] Resident Evil, like the title itself
[6:41] with the V I I and whatever with Village
[6:44] as well. Uh, they're trying to be clever
[6:46] with it. They're kind of being cheeky
[6:47] with this as well, but the producer did
[6:49] say that that is not the case. There's
[6:51] there's being playful.
[6:52] >> So, there is still a chance of a
[6:54] Resident Evil 5 remake on the table, I
[6:56] think. Tough one to tough one to go
[6:58] with, but hey, we're going Code Veronica
[7:00] first, which to be honest, I think a lot
[7:01] of people would prefer.
[7:03] >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And like with the
[7:05] direction that they're taking Resident
[7:07] Evil, whether it's a new game or a
[7:09] remake, I think all of these kind of
[7:10] fall in line. When you got to Resident
[7:12] Evil 5, it became a very different
[7:13] thing. And so maybe some point they
[7:16] should revisit it. Um, but for now, I'm
[7:18] really excited that we're getting Code
[7:20] Veronica, aka Resident Evil Veronica, in
[7:23] some form. So, uh, yeah,
[7:26] >> hopefully we see more soon. They said
[7:27] 2027. We don't really know when next
[7:29] year we're going to play this game, but
[7:31] yeah, that's kind of all we really know
[7:32] about Resident Evil Veronica here at
[7:34] Summer GameFest. Keep a lot to IGN where
[7:37] we'll probably be talking about Resident
[7:38] Evil for the rest of time.
[8:17] Don't move,
[8:19] Claire Redfield.