Code Violet Reviews
Code Violet is not the Dino Crisis successor you may have hoped for, and doesn't even clear the bar of being a successful clone of the various other third-person shooters it cribs most of its ideas from.
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Code Violet is a mess. Crummy combat, tedious exploration, technical problems. The sexy costumes and horny camerawork seem at odds with both Violet as a character and the tone of the writing. Even at six hours long it's tough to recommend, because in six hours you could just watch Jurassic Park three times. And if you did that, you'd never once feel the need to justify what's currently on your screen.
Code Violet was expected to be the spiritual successor to Dino Crisis, but expectations have taken their toll. Teamkill Media repeats the same mistakes it made with Quantum Error, with a shooter that borrows elements from various survival horror games without fully understanding them. Although it can be fun at times, the combination of disparate and nonsensical mechanics, technical glitches, and poor design decisions ultimately results in a product that is not worth its $50 price tag, nor even close.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
As the self-proclaimed torchbearer of one of the industry’s cult classics, Code Violet fails to meet the standards or even do a decent job of representing the action horror survival genre. Its weak gunplay, baffling art direction, rough animations, and even more confusing plot serve as a reminder that maybe some things should be left untouched.
Code Violet is a true survival horror for the brave ones who want to play it. Reaching the end credits will be a genuinely tough and demanding challenge for any player. However, the price you have to pay for such a dull, repetitive, and poorly polished game is a real horror in itself, one that angers anyone that decides to buy it. It’s astonishing that it’s just the beginning of January and we already have a strong contender for the worst game of the 2026.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Code Violet presents itself as a title with interesting ideas and multiple aspirations: a sci-fi horror plot mixed with action and survival, and technical execution geared towards exploiting the features of PS5. Elements that - at least on the surface - make it potentially appealing to fans of the genre and those looking for an experience reminiscent of classic dinosaur survival games such as Capcom's historic Dino Crisis. At the same time, when playing it, there is a clear inconsistency between ambition and execution, with obvious structural problems in the gameplay (particularly poor combat and tedious exploration) and narrative and technical choices that are far from satisfactory. The result is a disjointed experience that can only be enjoyable in a few brief moments but struggles to shine, except for its attractive protagonist, at least aesthetically speaking. In a word: Not recommended!
Review in Italian | Read full review