Everything We've Learned About Resident Evil Veronica

[00:00] Hello, Simon Cardi from IGN here at

[00:02] Summer GameFest with Michael Hy and we

[00:04] have seen a little sneak peek at

[00:07] Resident Evil Veronica. I say a sneak

[00:09] peek. We've not seen anything anyone

[00:11] else hasn't seen in the world apart from

[00:13] that trailer. Are you a big Code

[00:15] Veronica fan? I am on record saying that

[00:18] Code Veronica was my favorite classic

[00:20] Resident Evil. Uh but my opinion has

[00:23] changed as I re have revisited them and

[00:24] all that, but I do think that this is

[00:26] the one that needs the most revisiting.

[00:29] I guess you could say from that classic

[00:31] Resident Evil pantheon, I suppose. And

[00:34] the fact that Code Veronica ties into

[00:36] the Raccoon City saga is going to help

[00:38] connect what we do have for the more

[00:41] modern remakes right now. So, I do think

[00:43] it's an interesting project and I think

[00:45] this is something that is needed. And uh

[00:47] we had a Q&A with the producer and

[00:50] nothing else was shown behind closed

[00:52] doors. Like you said, the trailer that

[00:54] was shown at the Summer GameFest

[00:56] showcase is what all the all we saw.

[00:59] It's all what you have saw saw back

[01:01] there, but we did get some questions in.

[01:03] And so we have a lot of new information

[01:05] about Veronica, even though it hasn't

[01:07] been like physically shown to us.

[01:09] >> Yeah, I think one of maybe the biggest

[01:10] headlines is that tease we were shown

[01:12] was very modern Resident Evil in as much

[01:15] as it was first person. I was like, "Oh,

[01:17] are they doing Veronica in third

[01:18] person?" But no, had it confirmed this

[01:20] is a completely third person game like

[01:23] the original. And it's interesting that

[01:26] the teaser is in first person, but we're

[01:27] going to play the game in third person,

[01:29] but it makes sense because Veronica is

[01:32] quite actionheavy at times. And you kind

[01:33] of want that perspective, I think.

[01:35] >> Yeah, absolutely. And I think, yeah,

[01:37] there was a perception like when I first

[01:39] saw the trailer, I was thinking, "Oh,

[01:41] this is going to be like Resident Evil 7

[01:43] or it's going to be be like um Grace's

[01:45] sections in Reququum and they're going

[01:47] to do more of the horror elements." And

[01:49] I was like, "That's not really what Code

[01:51] Veronica was originally about." And then

[01:53] so we asked the producer straight up

[01:55] like, "Is this a first person or a third

[01:57] person game?" He said, "It's a third

[01:58] person game. It's action focused. It's

[02:00] from the team that worked on Resident

[02:02] Evil 2 remake and Resident Evil 4

[02:04] remake." So, there is a bit of a I think

[02:06] there might have been a misunderstanding

[02:08] there if you haven't uh gotten this

[02:10] information, which is what we're here to

[02:11] give y'all. But he did say that, you

[02:14] know, think of this closer to Resident

[02:16] Evil 2 remake. This does star Claire

[02:18] Redfield and she was playable in

[02:20] Resident Evil 2 remake. So, he said

[02:23] think of that, but there are going to be

[02:25] new gameplay elements on top of that. Of

[02:26] course, he wasn't at liberty to talk

[02:28] about them quite yet cuz it's still very

[02:29] early on, but we should expect that kind

[02:31] of game. Yeah, I didn't have it

[02:33] confirmed if dual wielding is back, but

[02:35] it sounds like they're going to kind of

[02:37] they're going to evolve the Resident

[02:38] Evil formula again. You know, like in

[02:40] Reququum, Leon can do things he couldn't

[02:42] do in four. So, they're going to take

[02:44] that with these characters as well.

[02:46] Obviously, might not be as proficient in

[02:48] combat as Leon because who is?

[02:50] >> Yeah.

[02:50] >> But, you know, I'm I'm intrigued to see

[02:52] what they're going to do with this one.

[02:53] And the producer did say in my session

[02:55] as well, he very much treats Code Vernon

[02:58] like one of the mainline games. It's

[02:59] essentially part of the main story

[03:01] despite not having a number. So, it's

[03:03] good to see that this is getting like

[03:04] the full remake treatment that we've

[03:07] seen in the past. And it all looks very

[03:09] exciting to me.

[03:11] >> Yeah. I mean, like to me, it's exciting

[03:13] because again, I've I I remember playing

[03:15] this game on the original Dreamcast and

[03:18] uh there are a lot of things that I

[03:19] don't necessarily remember about it

[03:21] because I played it when I was much too

[03:23] young to be playing Resident Evil games

[03:24] for sure. But you had mentioned to me

[03:26] that uh there are some pretty

[03:28] questionable elements with the story and

[03:29] characters in Code Veronica. And

[03:31] obviously in the modern day, you

[03:33] probably want to revisit those things

[03:34] and your group was able to get a

[03:36] question about that, right?

[03:37] >> Yes. Obviously, I don't want to spoil it

[03:39] cuz for some people, you know, this will

[03:42] be the first time they see this story,

[03:43] but there are elements of, you know,

[03:46] there's gender politics at play in the

[03:47] original and we obviously live in a

[03:49] different time now, so they may have to

[03:51] adjust how they approach that story.

[03:52] They did say they're still obviously in

[03:54] development on this game. So, they

[03:55] haven't actually locked in what they're

[03:58] doing with these topics yet. So, they

[04:00] want to go deeper, they said, into, you

[04:02] know, the mindset of some of the

[04:04] characters. Maybe explain what's going

[04:06] on with them a bit more rather than just

[04:09] present some characters as,

[04:12] for lack of a better word, something to

[04:14] fear, if you know what I mean. So, I'd

[04:16] be interested to see how they handle

[04:17] that. they kind of have to approach it

[04:19] in a different way, I think, for it to

[04:21] be viable in 2027 when this game is

[04:24] supposedly coming out. So, we'll be

[04:25] interested to see what they do with

[04:27] that. At least they very much sounded

[04:30] like they're taking that feedback on

[04:32] board and looking into what they can do

[04:34] with the story.

[04:35] >> But that makes sense because Resident

[04:37] Evil Veronica dropping the code

[04:39] Veronica. If if you're wondering why

[04:41] they dropped code, uh the producer said

[04:43] that they're trying to get in line with

[04:44] the naming conventions of all the

[04:46] previous Resident Evils in the modern

[04:48] sense where you have like Resident Evil

[04:50] 7 was Biohazard, Resident Evil 8 was

[04:52] village, Resident Evil 9 was Reququum.

[04:54] So, uh they're following that logic

[04:56] right there. Uh so, but it is an

[04:57] adaptation of Code Veronica. It's like a

[05:00] reimagining of it. I I'm getting the

[05:02] impression that, you know, when you play

[05:04] RE2 remake, RE4 remake, they're pretty

[05:07] close to what those original games were

[05:09] about when it comes to story. Of course,

[05:11] there's some tweaking there. Um, not

[05:13] necessarily retconing, but just like a

[05:15] more modern vision of what those uh

[05:16] stories are and tying them closer

[05:18] together, but I think that I'm under the

[05:21] impression that Veronica is going to

[05:23] have a little bit more creative freedom

[05:24] or creative liberties with what that

[05:26] story was and how it's going to tie into

[05:27] everything else.

[05:28] >> Yeah. I also wonder if they're going to

[05:30] play into a bit more what they did with

[05:31] recre as well cuz the original Keronica

[05:34] very much a game of two halves as one

[05:36] character then you play as another. Will

[05:37] they kind of switch between characters

[05:39] more in this one and kind of tell it in

[05:41] a bit more of an interesting like way to

[05:44] do of how it's maybe not so linear this

[05:47] time around. Be interesting to see. But

[05:49] like we say at this point we really are

[05:51] just guessing.

[05:51] >> Yeah. We're we're we're kind of uh going

[05:54] off of just what we what we had in a

[05:56] brief conversation with the producer and

[05:58] from what we've seen in the trailer. But

[06:00] um yeah, I mean my thought was that they

[06:03] would do a sort of recu thing where you

[06:05] have first person horror style and then

[06:07] you have third person action style, but

[06:09] that's that that is not the choice.

[06:11] >> No, no, you were wrong.

[06:12] >> Yeah, I was completely wrong about that.

[06:15] Um, one thing that was funny when we,

[06:17] someone in our group also asked the

[06:18] producer about the rev, you know, being

[06:21] Veronica, does that mean this is the

[06:24] actual Resident Evil 5? He mentioned

[06:26] that everybody in every session asked

[06:27] the same question. But that's

[06:29] interesting because of the continuation

[06:31] of the Raccoon City saga like like we

[06:34] had mentioned earlier. Um, and the way

[06:36] they tuck in the Roman numeral into

[06:39] Resident Evil, like the title itself

[06:41] with the V I I and whatever with Village

[06:44] as well. Uh, they're trying to be clever

[06:46] with it. They're kind of being cheeky

[06:47] with this as well, but the producer did

[06:49] say that that is not the case. There's

[06:51] there's being playful.

[06:52] >> So, there is still a chance of a

[06:54] Resident Evil 5 remake on the table, I

[06:56] think. Tough one to tough one to go

[06:58] with, but hey, we're going Code Veronica

[07:00] first, which to be honest, I think a lot

[07:01] of people would prefer.

[07:03] >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And like with the

[07:05] direction that they're taking Resident

[07:07] Evil, whether it's a new game or a

[07:09] remake, I think all of these kind of

[07:10] fall in line. When you got to Resident

[07:12] Evil 5, it became a very different

[07:13] thing. And so maybe some point they

[07:16] should revisit it. Um, but for now, I'm

[07:18] really excited that we're getting Code

[07:20] Veronica, aka Resident Evil Veronica, in

[07:23] some form. So, uh, yeah,

[07:26] >> hopefully we see more soon. They said

[07:27] 2027. We don't really know when next

[07:29] year we're going to play this game, but

[07:31] yeah, that's kind of all we really know

[07:32] about Resident Evil Veronica here at

[07:34] Summer GameFest. Keep a lot to IGN where

[07:37] we'll probably be talking about Resident

[07:38] Evil for the rest of time.

[08:17] Don't move,

[08:19] Claire Redfield.