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Garioshi
01/16/22 12:23:23 PM
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It was never Resident Evil 3 at any point in its development. After Resident Evil 2 was released, Capcom started developing several Resident Evil games: Resident Evil 3 (starring HUNK on a cruise ship) a light gun game, Resident Evil 1.9 (about a group of survivors trying to escape Raccoon City), a prequel on the N64, and a Saturn port of RE2. When development on RE3 stalled, 1.9 was retooled into the RE3 we know today, and the RE3 project became the RE4 project, which eventually gave us Haunting Ground, Devil May Cry, and the RE4 we know today. The light gun game became Survivor, and the N64 prequel became Zero. The Saturn port was abandoned after it was deemed unfeasible, but the developers wanted to give something to Sega fans, so they started developing an original game for the Dreamcast, eventually becoming Code Veronica. At the time, it was intended to stay on the Dreamcast, because it was a spinoff. If you want proof, here it is, straight form the horse's mouth: https://youtu.be/ID3tBEDfeeo?t=740

It has almost no relevance to the rest of the series; the only impact it has is showing that Wesker is alive and has superpowers (which would have been a great reveal in a game where he's actually the villain) and since the C-virus is partially composed of the T-Veronica virus, J'avo have little flame effects when they turn into cocoons in 6. The game ends with Chris and Claire going to take on Umbrella, but that's discarded with 4's opening.

If you're saying it's the real Resident Evil 3 because it continues Claire's story and 3 doesn't, that logic could be applied in a million different ways. Why isn't RE3 the real RE2? It continues Jill's story, and RE2 barely touches on what Chris is doing. Why isn't RE4 the real RE3? It continues on Leon's story, and it has far more relevance to the later games. Hell, you could say Code Veronica is the real RE2 because it continues Chris's story from 1.

I could go on forever, but no matter what way you slice it, it simply has no claim to being the real RE3.

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K181
01/16/22 12:35:51 PM
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Were there people claiming otherwise?

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Garioshi
01/16/22 12:46:17 PM
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K181 posted...
Were there people claiming otherwise?
Everywhere I go

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Doe
01/16/22 12:48:32 PM
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How have I never heard of Haunting Ground?

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Slayer_22
01/16/22 12:49:03 PM
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That's nothing. I heard somewhere that RE4 was a reskin of another game...like, dude, RE4 is the godfather of most third person shooter games. Don't talk shit about that glorious piece of media.

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Billyionaire
01/16/22 12:51:50 PM
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Slayer_22 posted...
That's nothing. I heard somewhere that RE4 was a reskin of another game...like, dude, RE4 is the godfather of most third person shooter games. Don't talk shit about that glorious piece of media.
Are you sure you aren't conflating that with Devil May Cry beginning production as an RE game? Because that's actually true.

Or are you talking about the WinBack thing.

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Lairen
01/16/22 12:53:50 PM
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They just were not going to make a numbered sequel on DC. But it was the next game chronologically.

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Slayer_22
01/16/22 12:58:38 PM
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Billyionaire posted...

Are you sure you aren't conflating that with Devil May Cry beginning production as an RE game? Because that's actually true.

Or are you talking about the WinBack thing.

No, someone said outright RE4 is a reskin of another game. I argued with them about it, told them straight up how RE4 inspired multiple games too.

Some people aren't worth the effort though and just want to live in ignorance.

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Garioshi
01/16/22 2:38:42 PM
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Slayer_22 posted...
That's nothing. I heard somewhere that RE4 was a reskin of another game...like, dude, RE4 is the godfather of most third person shooter games. Don't talk shit about that glorious piece of media.
lmao who the fuck

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GiftedACIII
01/16/22 11:32:11 PM
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I mean, CV is still more relevant to the series than the actual RE3. We never see Carlos/whatever that Russian dude's name is again. T-Nemesis is also never relevant again. Jill doesn't do anything important in the game other than escaping.

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Ricemills
01/18/22 4:16:38 AM
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K181 posted...
Were there people claiming otherwise?

heck, there was many of them in this very board.

they logic jumped from "RE3 Nemesis is not intended to be the 3rd RE game" to "therefore, RE:CV is the real 3rd RE game."

neither of them were.
they both were side projects, but executives demanded the 3rd game on PS1 to be released before P2 launch so RE 1.9/2.1 becomes RE3.

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Guerrilla Soldier
01/18/22 4:30:07 AM
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cv is also just a giant piece of shit and it has steve
steve, for fucks sake, god damn
let's all just forget cv happened

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Punished_Blinx
01/18/22 4:37:49 AM
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K181 posted...
Were there people claiming otherwise?

It has become a very common response for the news that Capcom is skipping Code Veronica to remake RE4.

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GiftedACIII
01/18/22 5:57:02 AM
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Guerrilla Soldier posted...
cv is also just a giant piece of shit and it has steve
steve, for fucks sake, god damn
let's all just forget cv happened

Steve sucks but at least the game has a lot more bosses than just Nemesis and a giant worm. And Alexia and Wesker are the best main villains in the series. Steve also gets a big glowup boss theme in Darkside Chronicles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZttfBgLPybI

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Garioshi
01/18/22 10:05:20 AM
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GiftedACIII posted...
Alexia

GiftedACIII posted...
best main villains
Hahahahahahahaha

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WrkHrdPlayHrdr
01/18/22 10:17:52 AM
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Lore wise isn't Code Veronica the first time we see a scientific facility where they worked on the virus outside of Raccoon City?

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GiftedACIII
01/18/22 11:00:35 AM
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Garioshi posted...
Hahahahahahahaha

I mean, I haven't played 8 but out of Birkins, Nicholas, Marcus, Saddler, Simmons, and Jack, only Birkins really competes. Maybe Saddler as a runnerup though it's more because of the game he's in rather than he himself.

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