My problem was when you switch back to Claire, just before you confront monster Steve... Chris had all the herbs and First aid sprays, and to top it off, Claire was on danger when I began playing with her again. I was fucked. But, luckily I had enough sense to make multiple saves, so I just reverted to an earlier file... had to play like an hour over again, but atleast I didn't have to do the whole fucking game over.

Yes, I got caught up with that during my first runthrough. Had to completely restart. I like the characters and music from CV, but I hate the gameplay. In terms of gameplay, think it's easily one of the worst and least enjoyable to play. I've not replayed it in quite a long time. It's a shame, because a lot of things they improved with RE3, they took a step back with for CV.

I screwed up and forgot to get the Fire Extinguisher... so no magnum... ohh and i didnt kill the worm nor get the sniper rifle... so it was a pretty tough game for me

This is the problem I had on CVX. Had already played and beaten CV at it's original release, I forget if I fell victim to the problem on that one since it's so long ago. I just remember I did in fact beat it in a day in a half after getting it.

But, when I got the ps2 copy of CVX when it came out, I had forgotten about that aspect and got stuck with Claire in crappy health with no heals at all and having to deal with Steve. Needless to say I was pretty much fucked since I didn't have multiple saves.

I can recall my first experiences with CV. I had similiar problems as you guys had told. I remember of thinking "this game is one of those games where you make one mistake you have to start it over again".

Yeah, I remember having this problem too, being at Caution or Danger, and trying to avoid the tentacles just before coming across Steve, and having to hope that he didn't take a swing at me at all. I ended up not leaving certain things for Chris too, such as forgetting the fire extinguisher in the security box, so I couldn't get the magnum. As for ammo and health, I really got screwed during the 2nd form Alexia battle quite a few times.

First time going through with Chris I used a lot of health items due to the hunters and the poison inflicted by the spiders. Ended up running out of blue herbs and some ammo around the adult Albinoid battle, and stuck with just poking him with a knife or popping a few spare shots at the corner of the pool. So compared to a lot of the other classic Resident Evils, item conservation/management is very crucial in this game.