Resident Evil. It was a groundbreaking moment for video games, so...so what if the controls

生化危機》。這是電子遊戲的一個開創性時刻，所以......所以如果控制裝置

were awkward and clunky and pushing up meant walking sideways?

是笨拙和笨重的，推起來意味著橫著走？

It was the first of its kind, you know? There are always kinks to work out.

這是它的第一種，你知道嗎？總有一些糾結要解決。

That is, unless you like kinks. See, the strangest thing happened in the wake of the original

那是，除非你喜歡糾結。你看，最奇怪的事情發生在原版的之後

Resident Evil. Developers and even fans alike took the flaws of that game as traits that

生化危機》。開發者甚至是粉絲都把該遊戲的缺陷當成了特質。

were somehow vital to the genre.

在某種程度上對這個流派至關重要。

Resident Evil Code: Veronica X released in 2001, which was 18 months after the release

生化危機代碼》。《生化危機代碼： 維羅妮卡X》於2001年發佈，這比《生化危機代碼： 維羅妮卡X》的發佈晚了18個月。

of the original Code: Veronica for the Dreamcast. Given that that system was rapidly...taking

的原始代碼。維羅妮卡》的原版代碼：鑑於該系統正在迅速...

on water, so to speak, it made sense to bring Code: Veronica to more seaworthy vessels.

可以這麼說，把《代號： 維羅妮卡》帶到更適合航海的船上是很有意義的。維羅妮卡 "在更多的適航船隻上。

The game takes place in the immediate aftermath of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Claire Redfield

遊戲發生在《生化危機3：復仇女神》之後的緊要關頭。克萊爾-雷德菲爾德

is off searching for her brother Chris, and as you’d expect, this gets her in an unfortunate

是去尋找她的兄弟克里斯， 和你所期望的，這讓她在一個不幸的。

situation. She’s captured by someone and taken to this strange island...a place that,

狀況。她被某個人抓走了，被帶到了這個陌生的島上......一個地方。

while foreign and remote, also seems very familiar.

雖然陌生而遙遠，但也顯得非常熟悉。

The

該

gameplay wasn’t changed from Code: Veronica...which wasn’t changed from the games prior, either.

遊戲的玩法並沒有從《代號。維羅妮卡......也沒有改變之前的遊戲。

In fact, if anything, it takes Resident Evil controls backward. So the minor improvements

事實上，如果說有什麼改進的話，那就是把《生化危機》的控制方式給倒退了。所以小的改進

that were made in Resident Evil 3? The strafing and fast-access map? Gone in Code: Veronica

在《生化危機3》中所做出的?的掃射和快速進入地圖？在《代號》中消失了。維羅妮卡

X.

X.

Fortunately, though, there are things to like about Code: Veronica X. This is a massive

不過幸運的是，《代碼》也有喜歡的地方。《代號： 維羅妮卡-X》是一個巨大的

game. Its environments are bigger and more diverse, its cut scenes are beautifully done

遊戲。它的環境更大更多樣化，它的剪接場景做得很精美

and its graphics were top-notch for their time. There’s so much attention to detail

且其畫面在當時是一流的。有這麼多的細節關注

in Code: Veronica X.

代碼：Veronica X.

Which makes its bad choices all the more puzzling in retrospect.

這讓其糟糕的選擇在現在回想起來更加令人費解。

Nonetheless, this is still an interesting game to play, especially in the context of

儘管如此，這仍然是一個有趣的遊戲，特別是在以下情況下。

the turning point that was Resident Evil 4. It’s a retrospective reminder of why this

的轉捩點，《生化危機4》。這是一個回顧性的提醒，為什麼這個

series had to change, not only to stay relevant...but to save itself. Even the great ones can show

系列必須改變，不僅要保持相關性......而且要拯救自己。即使是偉大的人也可以顯示

their age. And despite flashes of brilliance, Resident Evil was overdue for a makeover in

他們的年齡。儘管有輝煌的閃光點，但《生化危機》還是該改頭換面了。

Code: Veronica X.

尾巴：維羅妮卡-X。