That One Time They Turned Resident Evil Into An Arcade Shooter...

Alright, so a couple weeks ago we played Resident Evil Survivor here on the channel, and you guys might remember that while I thought there were some positive aspects to it, I really didn’t enjoy the game overall. So you can imagine my excitement when after a quick one-week return to classic RE, I got to sit down at the beginning of this week to play through and review Resident Evil Survivor 2. The history behind this one is actually pretty interesting, as it wasn’t actually supposed to be a sequel to RE Survivor when it first entered development. Survivor 2 was originally a joint effort between Capcom and Namco to make an arcade game that ties into the Resident Evil series, with them choosing to base the machine off of the recently released Resident Evil Code Veronica. It was originally announced and marketed in Japan as “Biohazard: Fire Zone”, but the name would be changed to “Resident Evil Survivor 2 - Code Veronica” just a little under 2 months before its release. The arcade cabinet would eventually come out, and be incredibly successful in Japan, with it being listed as the most successful dedicated arcade game in the country back in 2001. Capcom, likely wanting to ride out this success even more, would then make a home console port for the PS2 a few months later… one that would only ever be released in Japan and Europe. For whatever reason, North America never actually got a release of Survivor 2 in any capacity. No arcade machines, no PS2 versions, nothing. But not to worry, because I’ve gone to one of my least favorite websites in the world, Ebay, and imported a European version of the game to play and talk about here today. So, does Resident Evil Survivor 2 - Code: Veronica manage to improve over its predecessor, or did it end up being another poorly made spinoff of the series? Well, let’s talk about it.
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Resident Evil Survivor 2 - Code: Veronica is a light gun shooter video game developed and published by Capcom as part of the Resident Evil series. The arcade version was developed in conjunction with Namco for the arcade machines. The game was released for Sega NAOMI and PlayStation 2. It was released on the PlayStation 2 on November 8, 2001 in Japan and in Europe on March 22, 2002. Whilst the Playstation 2 release is a light gun shooter, the NAOMI arcade release features no lightgun technology whatsoever, instead deferring control of each player entirely to a three-axis joystick in the shape of a gun. The game is the second instalment in the Gun Survivor series and the sequel to Resident Evil Survivor. The game is adapted from Resident Evil - Code: Veronica and features enemies and characters from that game, and enemies from Resident Evil 2 and 3. It was followed by Dino Stalker which is a spin-off of Dino Crisis, and has no ties to Resident Evil.
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[@Gojiro7]

I love that every time people use photos of the arcade cabinet, it's always the one from Galloping Ghost Arcade and I know that's what is is in the photo 0:54 because of the Bar glass windows and the fact it's right next to LA Machineguns, if you somehow did a 360 degree turn it would be opposite a 6 player X-men cabinet XD As someone who has played the Cabinet there, I can tell you the port did the best they could with the PS2 controller because the giant gun in the picture is in reality a giant gun shaped joystick that you swivel for turning and it's probably even more jank to use than the controller

[@hmohngcheelee7549]

I always love hearing the safe room theme play in intros. It's very smoothing.

[@joshuanelson6795]

This has to be the most positive review of Survivor 2 that I've ever seen.

[@dylanreynolds7067]

This game actually is canon. It being a dream means the events of the story aren’t important but the files in game are canon RE material

[@lukayaroslav9914]

It also shows Claire's mental state after the event of Code Veronica

[@p00pdragon]

Legit the first review on here that doesn’t just dunk on it for being a meme from the gate. Game has issues but it’s nice to hear others can find some charm in the gun survivor games.

[@agustindanielgimenez9483]

Nice review, this was my first RE game XD it was a birthday gift and it came with Code Veronica X from a pirate store. I havent completed neither of the two. This game would be really fun with a split screen mode.

[@slartimus]

The Arcade Mode challenges are giving me Ghost Babel flashbacks.

[@JohnnyJohnnyJohnnyJohnnyJohnny]

Hey I remember when you made cod zombies videos. Now you've got this RE series for me to watch. Cool

[@bones2015ify]

Def played this in US arcades

[@notcole]

Some arcades over here managed to import machines from Japan, but there weren't many. There's actually still a functional Japanese machine at an arcade in Illinois, but that's the only remaining one in the US as far as I could find. You're one of the lucky few who came across one here!

[@bones2015ify]

@@notcole I played hell out of it . The gun was stationary and you had to push it forward back left right to move around

[@ryanmallord3014]

this style of game could make a fun vr title

[@Wwheeles]

The comment about the game chosing its lane and sticking to it hits home with me. Makes a big difference

[@Sephirothwolf]

I remember seeing one of these machiens in the wild at the Needles on the Isle of Wight around 20 years back and I had no idea how to play it and wasted my credit.

[@TimedRevolver]

The doors are probably meant to let you catch your breath between rooms.

[@astrea555]

I played the hell out of CV's FPS mode as a kid :p this looks similar but arcade, and arcade game design IS good! the "bs" difficulty is meant for longevity and improves the gameplay. It's a bit sad that arcade games are still so misunderstood today.

[@staceyking8333]

Just to let you know 2 space weapons don't decrease your rank only infinite ammo weapons do that.

[@nahCyzar0520]

Time for RE Gaiden.

[@notcole]

I don't think I'm ready...

[@zombiedude101z]

Many years ago while on holiday at some seaside place (possibly Blackpool, or maybe Great Yarmouth / Bridlington) I from the UK ran into one of these arcade cabinets as a 5yo, years before I had even touched any of the RE games. I vaguely remember being a little too short to play but still getting a go for a few mins, but not getting past the first or second level. Years later (after having played RE4, 1, 2, 3 & CV), I found a pirate PS2 copy of the game in my cousin's collection and made the connection. It's a shame this wasn't as widespread in the arcades as say Time Crisis or House of the Dead, but I imagine between the unique components (eg the gun column) and board it probably was more expensive to maintain. Apparently there's only one or two still left intact in the US, and the same can probably be said for the rest of Europe.

[@notcole]

Yeah, from what I was able to find there's only one operational machine still in the US. It's in the Galloping Ghost arcade in Illinois... which just so happens to be the largest arcade in the country 😂

[@zombiedude101z]

​@notcole sounds neat. I'm from the UK and most of our arcades are usually around seaside towns like Skegness, Blackpool etc. And they're a dying breed really. A lot of the older machines (Simpsons, OG Time Crisis & HotD, Virtua Cop etc) have all but disappeared now, because they've either broken down and sold off for spare parts or because the arcades just don't see profit in them anymore

[@lan-kun-officialchannel8285]

Don’t forget that this game ditches the two player mode from the arcade version.

[@captaincommando2602]

Survivor 2 is kinda like a guilty pleasure to me. I know, the game sucks, but I had some fun with the game to be honest.

[@adamantium4797]

Nice vid

[@1android628]

what! this spin-off has it's own sequel.

[@MICHAELTUMANGDAY]

Hmmm years later they returned to this style and fleshed it out further thus the "Chronicles" series is born.

[@TasTheWatcher]

*Steve:* _Sis_ *Japan:* _Visibility limited: this game may violate rules against hateful conduct_

[@staceyking8333]

Question do you know who Jason Faunt is?

[@nicproctor4818]

Have you ever used the PS2 Codebreaker to play the main story in 1st person? Loads of fun!

[@ZekeBarzahd]

Will this series include the remakes, because it should. Also good luck with 0. I recently went back to it and forgot how hard that game is.

[@notcole]

The remakes will each be getting their own videos as we get to them :)

[@bunszheider376]

Still can't be worse than RE6....

[@Bradofosho]

RE6 is fun. Story aside which is terrible. But it is definitetly not a good RE game. Had fun playing it with my buddy but was very blah on a single player playthrough.

[@patrickrauh996]

1:12 = the reason is America