Code Vein

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  1. z2ocky
    Sep 26, 2019
    10
    To make up for all the other wannabe **** fakeass reviewers. This is a solid game and the best way to tell on how it plays, is by playing it yourself. It's fun and a good challenge and great with friends.
  2. ValiantCorvus
    Nov 13, 2019
    9
    It is literally "Anime Darksouls".

    Anime characters, anime story, anime armor/weapon aesthetic, with the same formula that made dark souls as beloved as it is. The combat is a tad clunkier than dark souls, but once you get past the learning curve it's very satisfying. The stat system is simplified, but they make up for it with the ability to change your class and build on the fly    It is literally "Anime Darksouls".

    Anime characters, anime story, anime armor/weapon aesthetic, with the same formula that made dark souls as beloved as it is. The combat is a tad clunkier than dark souls, but once you get past the learning curve it's very satisfying. The stat system is simplified, but they make up for it with the ability to change your class and build on the fly without having to restart the game. It's not quite as challenging as dark souls, but there's enough there to keep you on the edge.

    If you like dark souls, you will like what this game has to offer.    … Expand
  3. Mandulum
    Feb 12, 2020
    9
    This game is an absolute blast. It has just the right amount of Dark Souls heart but lightens up on the difficulty (that's a good thing). There's still a good amount of challenge to be found but, for me, it trades frustration for enjoyment. Gameplay aside, I loved the characters, art style, and really enjoyed the story. But I still hate silent protagonists.

    Date Completed: 2020-02-11    This game is an absolute blast. It has just the right amount of Dark Souls heart but lightens up on the difficulty (that's a good thing). There's still a good amount of challenge to be found but, for me, it trades frustration for enjoyment. Gameplay aside, I loved the characters, art style, and really enjoyed the story. But I still hate silent protagonists.

    Date Completed: 2020-02-11
    Playtime: 33h
    Enjoyment: 9/10
    Recommendation: I'll be first in line if there's a Code Vein 2!    … Expand
  4. A0I
    Jun 19, 2020
    8
    Waifu Souls is exactly what you would expect, and doesn't dissappoint.
    As a die'hard fan of souls games,I found this one pretty appealing, and once I started playing, it was a non-stop until 4 days later, I managed to beat the game, create a new character and start over again, at the same time I did a NG+ to find all the missing blood codes on my first run.
    PROS: - The most robust and    Waifu Souls is exactly what you would expect, and doesn't dissappoint.
    As a die'hard fan of souls games,I found this one pretty appealing, and once I started playing, it was a non-stop until 4 days later, I managed to beat the game, create a new character and start over again, at the same time I did a NG+ to find all the missing blood codes on my first run.

    PROS:
    - The most robust and friendly character creation I have encountered in a lot of time.
    - The ability to create new builds by using blood codes and blood veils. One single character can be used for several types of builds so, fun never ends.
    - Character design is great, some bosses are extremely weird but appealing (like rib cage)
    - AI is actually pretty helpful, but you can skip it if you want more challenge.

    CONS:
    - Boring characters, nothing that anime/jrpg veterans haven´t seen before
    - Low variety of low-level opponents
    - It only has 5-6 different outfits for your character!
    - Online mode is only for helping people. No PVP and no other game modes.    … Expand
  5. Miep
    Nov 13, 2019
    9
    Everyone who expects a Souls-like will be displeased! It has some references to the series and that's it. If you search for a challenge and like Anime/Manga art style its a must have. The Difficulty is not to high or to low. Its a decent game with high focus on storytelling with some more or less difficult fights. The art style is overall extremely good but lacks on enemy-variety. SorryEveryone who expects a Souls-like will be displeased! It has some references to the series and that's it. If you search for a challenge and like Anime/Manga art style its a must have. The Difficulty is not to high or to low. Its a decent game with high focus on storytelling with some more or less difficult fights. The art style is overall extremely good but lacks on enemy-variety. Sorry for some misspelling, English is not my first Language.… Expand
  6. SolidAlloy
    Jan 21, 2020
    9
    This is a decent game and if you love Dark Souls, you will most definitely like Code Vein as well. It is pretty hard without AI companion. The game boasts a good level and gameplay design. Its biggest advantage over Dark Souls is the flexibility of builds. Almost every skill you learn will not be lost should you want to switch builds. It adds to replayability because you can run ng+ with aThis is a decent game and if you love Dark Souls, you will most definitely like Code Vein as well. It is pretty hard without AI companion. The game boasts a good level and gameplay design. Its biggest advantage over Dark Souls is the flexibility of builds. Almost every skill you learn will not be lost should you want to switch builds. It adds to replayability because you can run ng+ with a completely different build on the same character. You can also try different builds throughout the game without any penalty.… Expand
  7. Asuraid
    Feb 1, 2020
    9
    I absolutely had fun with this game -- I'm always a fan of big customization in games and this definitely had it; I also do enjoy that the game is still being worked on and updates/patch notes do come out relatively steadily from what I've been seeing.

    The pros are that the combat feels really good for me, though I always have builds that are fast to get the best dodge, it does keep you    I absolutely had fun with this game -- I'm always a fan of big customization in games and this definitely had it; I also do enjoy that the game is still being worked on and updates/patch notes do come out relatively steadily from what I've been seeing.

    The pros are that the combat feels really good for me, though I always have builds that are fast to get the best dodge, it does keep you on your toes at all times regardless. As mentioned, I love the customization, and I find the blood veils to have quite nice designs, so I never feel "ugly" when donning certain ones. I personally liked having a companion with you on the trip, even if sometimes they were the lifeline I had between life or death ... if you want a true challenge, run the game without the companion, it'll really force you to 'git gud'.

    Some cons I've personally had with it are these: a couple of the maps did feel tedious to have to go through to find all the mistles (and it drove me nuts, looking at you, cathedral of sacred blood), sometimes you do feel locked into certain builds to succeed and it doesn't feel quite as customizable at moments without sacrificing efficiency, and of course, characters fall into some standard tropes, but I personally found the story to have enough of a hook to keep me engaged.

    I can't speak for multiplayer since I went in solo for the entirety of the game, but I can see the appeal of running it with friends.

    It's a game I'd recommend if you're looking for a challenge and want something that's a bit more forgiving than Dark Souls, with combat that feels good and has a good learning curve if you still want a challenge.

    Also, screw the two hedgehog Boreal Brutes you have to fight in the depth map, those were worse than any other bosses and I dread having to fight them again on new game+. Get your fire weapons ready.    … Expand
  8. PichiStyle
    Sep 26, 2019
    10
    Very good game with interesting mechanics and a extremely good twist to the "Souls" formula.
  9. DameDesuYo
    Sep 27, 2019
    10
    Exceptional souls-like. Has a great story and a lot of replayability. The combat is solid and has plenty of weight to it. Plenty of customization and variety. The people review bombing this are insane.
  10. Roy1102
    Sep 26, 2019
    9
    Excellent character creator - Smooth gameplay and the notorious difficulty from the genre overall a good experience
  11. Ettannis
    Sep 29, 2019
    9
    Just finished my first playthrough and enjoyed the game , it's systems feel more fluid and flexible then dark souls and while that add some variety it also make the game feel a little less polished also several crashes won't help that. The game only saves when resting at a checkpoint so a crash will mean lost progress but still a great game and looking forward to the DLC which is hopefullyJust finished my first playthrough and enjoyed the game , it's systems feel more fluid and flexible then dark souls and while that add some variety it also make the game feel a little less polished also several crashes won't help that. The game only saves when resting at a checkpoint so a crash will mean lost progress but still a great game and looking forward to the DLC which is hopefully story expansions.… Expand
  12. alex_dragon
    Sep 27, 2019
    10
    All the negative reviews so far are peopl saying it's trash after playing 1-2 hours and refunded it, only very few negative reviews that are worth reading are the ones after 10 hours, don't bother wasting time with 1-2 hours ones. without stating any reasons why and they all just refunded the game. The game is a 8/10 for me, the character creation is one of the very best and very detailed.All the negative reviews so far are peopl saying it's trash after playing 1-2 hours and refunded it, only very few negative reviews that are worth reading are the ones after 10 hours, don't bother wasting time with 1-2 hours ones. without stating any reasons why and they all just refunded the game. The game is a 8/10 for me, the character creation is one of the very best and very detailed. spent 2 hours on it already, the combat is fun and engaging. the only thing that is lacking is the variety of levels. but i am rating it higher since people deliberately rated it down since the game has Denuvo, which the pirates are angry for
    A lot of reviewers also seem not to be into Anime, which this game is meant to be for anime audience/ weebs. The Devs also gave out free copies for those who donated blood on twitch con and it was very nice of them doing this. most if not all the negatively are from people/ pirates complaining    … Expand
  13. ElementalSoldie
    Dec 4, 2020
    3
    Extremely overrated game! Enjoyed playing with the character customization tools more than I did actually playing this miserable game that really wants to be DMC and Souls, but just cannot find a comfortable in-between. Gets insanely boring fast. Hard pass.
  14. WhatsUpWithIt
    Oct 8, 2019
    8
    First I want to say that this is not a Dark Souls rip off rather its on the same genre, with that in mind, Code Vein achieve most of the genre's experience, except the partner system, which in my opinion kind of ruined the experience. Luckily however it seems you have the option not to do so, I'm still early in the game so I may be wrong. If you want another Dark Souls experience this is aFirst I want to say that this is not a Dark Souls rip off rather its on the same genre, with that in mind, Code Vein achieve most of the genre's experience, except the partner system, which in my opinion kind of ruined the experience. Luckily however it seems you have the option not to do so, I'm still early in the game so I may be wrong. If you want another Dark Souls experience this is a good buy, if you never have played any of the souls game I highly suggest you try this especially if you love the art style/direction… Expand
  15. Elitesune
    Nov 26, 2019
    9
    Not quite as polished as a Soulsborne game but still very very fun, cool design and much better character creation than any From soft game.
    Very satisfying.
  16. hepoport
    Sep 27, 2019
    10
    Are you looking for an easier Dark Souls? Do you like typical anime characters? Do you like wandering around msomewhat mediocre maps while looking for items and trying to progress? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you'll probably like Code Vein. The game's story itself is decent, if pretty familiar. The lore is cool too in spots, but the characters are your typical assortmentAre you looking for an easier Dark Souls? Do you like typical anime characters? Do you like wandering around msomewhat mediocre maps while looking for items and trying to progress? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you'll probably like Code Vein. The game's story itself is decent, if pretty familiar. The lore is cool too in spots, but the characters are your typical assortment of anime tropes. Their character models also have a lot of clipping problems. No matter what character you're looking at, their hair clips through everything. Thankfully you can change your hair at any time. I initially gave my character the longest hair I could, but watching it clip through my entire outfit every time I moved got old.

    So, yeah, the combat itself moves and feels just like Dark Souls. There are five weapon types and each has a light and heavy attack. You can parry too, but you have to hit the button a couple of seconds before the enemy attack hits, which is a little weird. But the main difference is that you've got a ton of abilities you can use by switching classes known as Blood Codes. There are a ton of these and they all have different stats and their own abilities. Abilities are mainly for attacking and buffs, but there are also ones that do other stuff, such as one that lets you return to your last not-bonfire.

    But this isn't a challenging game. The enemies are typically pretty easy to deal with. Most bosses are too. I almost never got into a life or death struggle where my survival was based on successfully learning boss movesets. Your partner NPC heals you if you die too. And you probably won't die much. I wasn't too upset about this, although I don't really understand why someone would transplant combat built around being patient and careful into a game that wanted to be more of an full-on action RPG. I don't know how the camera tilts up when you get closer to an enemy you're locked onto, though. Makes it hard to see what's around you.

    This is a decently-long game, for the most part. It took me about 22 hours with some wandering, mostly in the cathedral as that level is giant and confusing as hell. Definitely the worst part of the game, really. It's all the same color and every area looks practically identical. Plus there's multiple levels. The map in this game is pretty cool and you fill it in bit-by-bit by interacting with these plant things. It also shows you where you've been. But that wasn't helpful in the cathedral so much because it has multiple floors, which was plain confusing.

    Overall, I like the game, though. It's not great, but it's good. The story gets better as you go and there are multiple endings, plus a new game plus and a few optional bonus levels. If you're looking for a game to just be anime Dark Souls, you won't find it here. But if you just want a fun action RPG, you'll probably enjoy yourself. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments.    … Expand
  17. DeltaUnknown
    Sep 27, 2019
    9
    Code Vein while the combat can be quiet clunky it makes up for this in its beautiful art style which you can explore further in its in-depth character customization. Its story is quiet unique and engaging.
    However if you are looking for a SoulsBorne like game then this might be to easy for you, it might be because i enjoy doing insane challenge runs in SoulsBorne games and that thats why    Code Vein while the combat can be quiet clunky it makes up for this in its beautiful art style which you can explore further in its in-depth character customization. Its story is quiet unique and engaging.
    However if you are looking for a SoulsBorne like game then this might be to easy for you, it might be because i enjoy doing insane challenge runs in SoulsBorne games and that thats why a normal run isn't hard for me. But besides the clunky combat that i dipped on for a more agile range build and the just a lil bit challenging difficulty, Code Vein is an excellent game.    … Expand
  18. ronyuma
    Sep 27, 2019
    10
    Been waiting for this game and i am not disappointed at all. Most people who play dark souls are going to like this, best part about it is the customization of characters and your arsenal. If you see any negative scores it's probobly from people who don't play games and keep dying every second. Or those strange people that write articles about sexism in games, ignore those idiots theyBeen waiting for this game and i am not disappointed at all. Most people who play dark souls are going to like this, best part about it is the customization of characters and your arsenal. If you see any negative scores it's probobly from people who don't play games and keep dying every second. Or those strange people that write articles about sexism in games, ignore those idiots they don't play a game for the actual gameplay and mechanics. If you're a fan of anime and dark souls, there isn't a reason for you to not get this game.… Expand
  19. Nexusjob
    Oct 6, 2019
    7
    It doesn't have the pathos and overall polish of a Souls game and the level design leaves a bit to be desired, but it does have a good combat system, plenty of character customisation and, on a purely personal note considering I don't have the most powerful of rigs, it's nicely optimised.
    I'm giving it a 7 and recommending it to all who appreciate their soulslikes. Of course it's not as    It doesn't have the pathos and overall polish of a Souls game and the level design leaves a bit to be desired, but it does have a good combat system, plenty of character customisation and, on a purely personal note considering I don't have the most powerful of rigs, it's nicely optimised.
    I'm giving it a 7 and recommending it to all who appreciate their soulslikes. Of course it's not as hard as Souls but it's not easy either. Give it a shot and you might enjoy it.    … Expand
  20. joshbreviews
    Nov 20, 2019
    8
    In general, this is a good game that takes the Souls formula forward in some ways, but backward in others. If you're looking for a simple romp into another Souls-like world, Code Vein is for you.

    PROs: Excellent music. Nice, anime-styled art style and animations. Combat is a little faster than Souls (which is good). Nowhere nearly as stupid-difficult as Sekiro (which is VERY good).    In general, this is a good game that takes the Souls formula forward in some ways, but backward in others. If you're looking for a simple romp into another Souls-like world, Code Vein is for you.

    PROs: Excellent music. Nice, anime-styled art style and animations. Combat is a little faster than Souls (which is good). Nowhere nearly as stupid-difficult as Sekiro (which is VERY good). Magic system allows for rapid-fire spell casting which is super cool and new to the franchise.

    CONs: Painfully slow and self-indulgent cutscenes that are EXTREMELY boring despite the interesting story. Awkward boss balancing because of AI ally. Very awkward game pacing - the game and story constantly barrages you with unintuitive in-game terms (Ichor, Gifts, Blood Beads, Red Mist, Blood Veil, etc etc etc zzzzzzz).

    All in all, would I wish for Code Vein 2? Yes, absolutely; more so than I would wish for Sekiro 2. CV just needs to re-balance the bosses and the allies. The bosses are difficult in a cheap way with no ally; but with an ally, most of them become easy in a cheap way. Only a few bosses give a decent and balanced challenge despite your overly powerful ally. Ally needs to be weaker overall. Story delivery needs to be paced better. It's great that they're veering away from Souls' cryptic and eerie storytelling, but with a story so front-and-center, Code Vein could stand to tell it better. Cutscenes have to be wayyyy more snappy and to-the-point. They tend to meander and waste time, practically begging you to skip them. Walking-simulator memories also have to be scrapped. Waste of time. Tutorials need to be more intuitive as well. They have to be spaced out a bit more, and non-tutorial applications should be encouraged and emphasized so that you really get a feel for the in-game concepts (Gifts, Blood Veil, Ichor, Drain all could have used better tutorials).

    All in all, a good Souls game. Hope there's a second one.    … Expand
  21. vassagoraziel
    Oct 3, 2019
    10
    Great gameplay and mechanics. I like how it's not as frustrating as some other souls-like titles.
    Of course it's much harder than your average game, but at the same time it feels really fair with the player. Whenever you die you don't feel cheated by some cheap difficulty spike or something like that.
    The game runs very well too, no bugs or performance problems. I totally recommend it.
  22. DeathRosJake
    Sep 29, 2019
    9
    Dark Souls but in Anime style. If you like DS and Anime I highly recommend to buy it
    Character customization is very diverse.
    Story is good
    Characters are ok
    Only thing what will you maybe hate is Cathedral of the Sacred Blood :D
  23. SkrillSama
    Oct 3, 2019
    10
    Stands on its own two feet, great experience overall. Exploration is fun, and plenty of ways to play how you want.
  24. AlternetSkys
    Nov 30, 2019
    10
    If your a Fan of god eater or know of souls games this game is honest a mix of both to a degree. (Art style is a bit similar to GE3)

    Once you get used to the combat controls its not that hard but like a souls game it requires practice if you wish to be good at it. The environment is not overly complex enough to keep you well distracted from playing the game but you can get a feel of    If your a Fan of god eater or know of souls games this game is honest a mix of both to a degree. (Art style is a bit similar to GE3)

    Once you get used to the combat controls its not that hard but like a souls game it requires practice if you wish to be good at it.

    The environment is not overly complex enough to keep you well distracted from playing the game but you can get a feel of the location... Especially the Cathedral level as it makes everyone's worse fears of endless heights a reality.

    And for those say Mistles are Bond fires from Dark Souls... Well it is a souls like they serve similar purposes but ones a plant that purifies the air of Miasma while the other is... A big fire that lights up and area...

    Also The lore is well told through cutscenes and memory scenes to unlock new abilities. While a game like blood born.... Really doesn't tell you much and you don't have a character coming with you to break up the monotone grind.    … Expand
  25. AceAscendus
    Sep 27, 2019
    10
    Extremely fun game! Not as good as Soulsborne, but it offers unique elements of its own. The character creator and the Blood Code class systems which allows you to mix and match unique class abilities from multiple classes AFTER you have maxed and mastered a certain Blood Code is very interesting and fun. The game offers a good amount of replay value based on this alone. Runs flawlessly onExtremely fun game! Not as good as Soulsborne, but it offers unique elements of its own. The character creator and the Blood Code class systems which allows you to mix and match unique class abilities from multiple classes AFTER you have maxed and mastered a certain Blood Code is very interesting and fun. The game offers a good amount of replay value based on this alone. Runs flawlessly on the PC, upto 240fps! Great game!… Expand
  26. ShadowranRus
    Sep 27, 2019
    9
    Журнодевушки легкого поведения и невысоких моральных устоев снова ставят низкие оценки норм играм, а очередная колда или ласосин зато будут 12/10
  27. PhantomJack24
    Sep 27, 2019
    10
    Way better than some would suggest. If you like dark souls there is still plenty of good to be had here.
  28. Renari
    Sep 27, 2019
    10
    Played for about 10 hours, game has lots of customization and replayability. Takes a lot of the best systems from Dark Souls and implements them well.
  29. Pandapopo
    Oct 1, 2019
    8
    Make no mistake, this is no Dark Souls and definitely no Bloodborne. However it has it's core audience in sights and going straight for them, and I'll like to believe they have hit their mark, or close.

    Pros: Lovely customisation, absolutely gorgeous characters. The clothing department can use a little more styling as it leans more towards edgy and not enough styles. The accessories    Make no mistake, this is no Dark Souls and definitely no Bloodborne. However it has it's core audience in sights and going straight for them, and I'll like to believe they have hit their mark, or close.

    Pros:
    Lovely customisation, absolutely gorgeous characters. The clothing department can use a little more styling as it leans more towards edgy and not enough styles. The accessories section definitely makes up for it. However the best part is definitely the Hair styles. Character customisation can easily takes up a couple hours of your time if you put your soul into it. I just wish they expand it to your companions.

    Depth of combat system is definitely a plus, all the codes and skills that you can mix and match to create something you call your own, the lack of "stat point" also made sure you aren't locked in for the run and can experiment as you collect classes and skills.

    Challenge: The game is easy from the get-go and bosses will fall over like pieces of paper if you are a DS/BB veteran. That is, because you are paired with companions from the get-go. Do yourself a favour and get rid of them if you want something really similar to DS/BB. This is their normal/easy mode switch and I like that it is built into the game and something you are given the choice immediately after the tutorial level. Also remember NG is always easy, real veterans go for NG+ with difficulty increased, just don't be that guy that plays on NG and whine it's too easy. You can also tell the starting couple hours of the game is tailor for the "games journalists" difficulty with how your companion on auto-pilot can wreck the level.

    Cons:
    Combat is a little weird, the basic attacks are often lacklustre. You can feel the swing of two-handed weapons but single-handed weapons just feels off. Also range judgement in this game sort of missing the mark, I often swing just barely short and I don't have this problem in BB or DS, I will like to think this is more of a camera angle issue.

    Story wise it kind of proves the BB/DS's point. If you want to do a flesh out story, make it bloody damn good and CV is sort of just ok. Often in DS and BB we are just left with enough clues to figure out the story, and we fill in the gaps like the interaction between Maria and Gehrman with our imagination. CV does more story and cutscenes, but with more of these, there are more visible flaws. (only the very best visualised stories better than imagination) There are many good moments often marred by VA or animations.

    Monsters: Just not enough there. The repeated use of some actually made them look out of place in certain areas. It's something that will be fleshed out if the series garner enough audiences to make it to CV2, but for now it kind of sticks out.

    Overall it has it's own distinctive features and styles to call it's own. Story element also borrows heavily from Anime *coughTokyoGhoulcough* for it's intended audience. A solid 8 and a solid foundation for future series.    … Expand
  30. Dread13
    Oct 6, 2019
    9
    So, I do not understand quite well why so many reviews qualify this game so low. Maybe the story is not that super good and original, but man the gameplay feels amazing. You are bombarded with TONS of gameplay choices, and the game, if played with no NPC companion, is quite challenging in some areas. The different mechanics makes it a true "Souls" game, and the anime aesthetic with theSo, I do not understand quite well why so many reviews qualify this game so low. Maybe the story is not that super good and original, but man the gameplay feels amazing. You are bombarded with TONS of gameplay choices, and the game, if played with no NPC companion, is quite challenging in some areas. The different mechanics makes it a true "Souls" game, and the anime aesthetic with the blood theme is perfectly matched. I really like the smooth animations, but what I truly like is the gameplay. Man, it really feels soulish, with skills and choices that broaden the gameplay experience of a normal souls game. Quite honestly, a superb game in its genre, with fresh ideas and cool gaming experience.… Expand
  31. Kah974
    Oct 11, 2019
    10
    Un jeux que j'ai attendu durant plus d'un ans et l'attente en valait le coup !
    -Une histoire touchante puis immersive, c'est toujours un réel plaisir de pouvoir créer son propre avatar avec un panel de choix énorme.
    -Des musiques sublimes qui m'a procurer des frissonnement tout au long du jeux. "ça m'avait manqué depuis Nier: Automata tiens" OST à acheter !!!! -Un Dark soul like qui    Un jeux que j'ai attendu durant plus d'un ans et l'attente en valait le coup !
    -Une histoire touchante puis immersive, c'est toujours un réel plaisir de pouvoir créer son propre avatar avec un panel de choix énorme.
    -Des musiques sublimes qui m'a procurer des frissonnement tout au long du jeux. "ça m'avait manqué depuis Nier: Automata tiens" OST à acheter !!!!
    -Un Dark soul like qui explore vraiment ça plaine capacité avec un vrai challenge " ce n'est pas extrêmement dure malgrès tout"
    -Le multiplayer est vraiment moyen par contre et c'est le seul point qui ma bien fatigué... "Jouant en duo avec ma femme, c'était bien chiant ne pas s'amusée a reexplorer tout les environnements"
    Dans tout ça, Je peux que le conseiller. C'est mon jeux de 2019 et de loin !    … Expand
  32. Cyretti
    Oct 3, 2019
    9
    A very solid game. It does not provide the challenge that some other soulslike games provide, but offers a nice, very storydriven experience, with plenty of options to choose your own playstyle using the gifts & blood codes. The parry animations are *bloody* beautiful and The artstyle is pleasing, at least if you like the 'anime' style they went for. The game has a very good characterA very solid game. It does not provide the challenge that some other soulslike games provide, but offers a nice, very storydriven experience, with plenty of options to choose your own playstyle using the gifts & blood codes. The parry animations are *bloody* beautiful and The artstyle is pleasing, at least if you like the 'anime' style they went for. The game has a very good character customisation too.… Expand
  33. MaxInaba
    Oct 12, 2019
    10
    A wonderful game with a beautiful soundtrack and amazing character creator. The levels are varied in tone and the weapons feel satisfying. Where the game really shines however is the gift and blood code system. Being able to switch essentially what "class" you are on the fly is great and the great variety of gifts gives this game a lot of replay ability with what you can experiment with toA wonderful game with a beautiful soundtrack and amazing character creator. The levels are varied in tone and the weapons feel satisfying. Where the game really shines however is the gift and blood code system. Being able to switch essentially what "class" you are on the fly is great and the great variety of gifts gives this game a lot of replay ability with what you can experiment with to find a build just for you. If you are however a God Eater fan then this game gets even better with how its story integrates with the overall story. Even without knowing any God Eater knowledge the story is straightforward yet interesting enough to keep me invested. I just wish people wouldn't lump it with the Dark Souls crowd as it feels more like a mix between God Eater and Dragon's Dogma.… Expand
  34. Exzerios
    Dec 30, 2019
    5
    Short review:
    Pros: good visual design (though not detail rich), good character creation (both character creator and class system), decent combat mechanics, great optimization.
    Cons: relatively bad story, bad boss balance, overall bad balance for solo play (game forces to play with a bot), small issues here and there. Budget ended after first 30% of the game. Overall: meh. Would be    Short review:
    Pros: good visual design (though not detail rich), good character creation (both character creator and class system), decent combat mechanics, great optimization.
    Cons: relatively bad story, bad boss balance, overall bad balance for solo play (game forces to play with a bot), small issues here and there. Budget ended after first 30% of the game.
    Overall: meh. Would be somewhat better if you will play with a bot.

    More detailed:

    Pros:

    + Good visual design.
    It seems that the budget was quite small, and environment detailing is poor. But at least the visual design is quite good.

    + Good character creation (both character creator and class system)
    But why are there only six basic clothes options and only one of them looks like actual combat gear?!

    + Decent combat mechanics.
    There are some technical problems, weird movesets (for both weapons and enemies) and strange balance decisions, but in the end it is still better than in many other games. Hopefully, will become better with patches.

    + Great optimization.
    One of few major games which runs 4K 60FPS on GTX 1080 almost perfectly.

    Cons:
    The game is designed to be played in coop (with a bot or with a friend), and if you won't play solo - this won't be so crucial. The problem of playing with somebody - the game becomes easy. Moreover, playing with a mate always ruins the atmosphere, and the bot acts like it is competing in kill count, always jumping straight into the mess. Later in the game it often results in his death. The game is balanced for duos - the amount of enemies you'll have to fight simultaneously often exceeds reasonable limits for such genre (especially during invasions), and it looks like the devs didn't bother a lot about enemy movesets in hope that problems with those will be mostly unnoticed when playing duo.

    And those are bad. There are tons of 360 spin attacks, combos with multiple 360 attacks, infinispins, etceteraspin. There are a lot of attacks with irrationally long preparation stage and almost instant execution (i.e. the attacks where you have to learn timings rather than react to the actual attack), and some of the enemies use the same opener animations for different attacks or abilities. And the main problem - this all applies to bosses. That makes aggressive and close range style extremely dangerous and dependable on RNG during bossfights, while careful approach takes way too much time and requires great patience. That all also makes block builds much more easier (sometimes literally the only option) than evasive ones. In duo, however, doubled health pool and ability to attack from behind makes aggressive approach a viable option.

    Speaking of technical issues - usual stuff: enemies attack through walls and even sometimes shoot through walls. They sometimes walk into walls. Some of them have collision model accuracy problems (and at least one boss has confirmed bug when his collision model separates from the visual model and acts independently as an invisible second boss, lol). Rolls in this game are relative to character position, not camera position. Your character will roll in wrong directions quite often.

    Story is bad. Double bad is that the beginning is actually good and quite unpredictable, the lore looks interesting and relatively fresh, and everything promises an interesting game. But after first few levels the lore is being thrown away and the story focuses on main characters and their past until the very end of the game. And god, this is the most cliched and boring japanese drama about friendship and sacrifices you can imagine.

    And the budget. It was cut. Or it was poorly calculated. I don't know what happened. First third of the game is good - all levels are different, most enemies are different, cool engine movies (and the story, could it be affected as well?..). The devs were trying to make levels feel different. Everything is good. But then it begins... Super extensive asset reuse. Same level assets, same enemies with different paintings (literally alien shooter), zero level design variability (always small and cramped corridors except for very few levels) and even whole levels reuse with different routes.

    Conclusion:
    It could be great. But someone was greedy.    … Expand
  35. GameplayShinobi
    Dec 23, 2019
    6
    This game is as average as it can get. From graphics to combat the game doesn't excel at anything.

    Lack of armors and bland choice of weapons makes it a chore to progress through a game rather than provide a fun experience. Story is absolutely awful ( with some cutscenes unskippable ). SPOILERS AHEAD : Your hero is mute and most of the screen time is given to NPC's... as they push    This game is as average as it can get. From graphics to combat the game doesn't excel at anything.

    Lack of armors and bland choice of weapons makes it a chore to progress through a game rather than provide a fun experience.

    Story is absolutely awful ( with some cutscenes unskippable ). SPOILERS AHEAD :

    Your hero is mute and most of the screen time is given to NPC's... as they push the story. It made me feel like a bystander rather than a main character. This could have been ok IF THE NPC's were actually interesting. However writing is lacking and the whole story doesn't really show how dark or desperate the characters or the world is. END OF SPOILERS.

    Bosses range from way too easy to really annoying. However the biggest obstacle is the "NPC INVASIONS". You can get attacked by a group of enemies that spawn until a you kill certain amount of them. They do not get staggered the same as the player ( it takes 2-3 attacks to stagger them, yet the player will get his/hers skill or attack interrupted just by one hit... ) add to that corridor design of the levels and we have a recipe for disaster. Not all is bad however and the game can be enjoyable when you find the right skills and weapons to work in certain scenarios. Those moments however are rare as you will be constantly changing skills to test new ones or level up passive abilities...

    All in all it is a game that is mediocre but it could have been much more. Either they were afraid to create something darker and harder or they just wanted to appeal to a broader audience or perhaps they lacked artistic talent.... we will never know.    … Expand
  36. barkingdog95
    Dec 10, 2019
    9
    a really good game if you played dark souls and other souls like games it plays mostly like that just do not expect the exact same thing as those games it has its own identity.
  37. Joeuw
    Jun 24, 2023
    10
    Definitely an underrate gem, the game has many classes that you can mix and mash. The ost in the game is the best of all soulborne games
  38. Goosho
    Oct 11, 2019
    0
    I am giving Code Vein a 0 because it utterly fails in every category as an enjoyable game.

    - Gameplay: Have you ever wanted to watch your big brother play your game for you and have him trick you into thinking the 2nd controller is plugged in and that you're playing? Well then you'll love Code Vein. The entire game is designed around putting so many enemies everywhere to make sure    I am giving Code Vein a 0 because it utterly fails in every category as an enjoyable game.

    - Gameplay: Have you ever wanted to watch your big brother play your game for you and have him trick you into thinking the 2nd controller is plugged in and that you're playing? Well then you'll love Code Vein. The entire game is designed around putting so many enemies everywhere to make sure you're using a party member that it makes Dark Souls 2 of all games look like it's devoid of enemies by comparison. This would be alright if they were mainly unique, but you'll find most enemies are reskins of the ones from the first area and the tutorial area. Your companion revives you when you die, does more damage than you, always tries to draw more aggro, and there's no way to command it to stay somewhere or play defensively or anything, it just plays the game for you. But don't worry it never shuts up whether you're in english or japanese voices and constantly reminds you you're doing a good job to make you think you're the one doing the work.

    - Story (without spoiling past the tutorial area): You have a long variety of slow and long cutscenes in Code Vein, after you do the forced tutorial you have a lot of cutscenes before you play the Not Undead Asylum (tutorial area), where you meet the Not Firekeeper (Girl in White) who is an emotionless character with ripped clothes that they never bother to change later so that you can see more of her skin I guess, which is a reoccurring theme throughout this game. You get told to go into the mines to look for Not Humanities (Blood Beads) to stop the Not Undead (Revenants) from going Not Hollow (Wandering). Inside you meet Not Oscar (Oliver Collins) who breaks his gas mask to save you and then tells you to go on ahead. You fight the Not Asylum Demon (Transformed Oliver Collins) and then the other characters learn you can light Not Bonfires (Mistles) so they take you back to Not Firelink Shrine (Homebase) and the game continues the same pattern as DS1 from there.

    - Music: Since this game loves imitating Dark Souls so much it must mean it has great music and a music for each boss right? Unfortunately no, every boss except for the last one has the same boss theme which just sounds like Squidward walking into a talented orchestra and telling them to play as loudly as possible. The battle theme sounds like they just took the, "Fight Against an Armed Boss" theme from Super Mario RPG and took out the additional instruments and musical phrases. All of the music loops often and has a lack of length or musical progression and most of it won't be heard until you watch the slow cutscenes that feature them anyway.

    - Sound Design: Have you ever punched a wall and it didn't do anything? Well that's what the sounds feel like in Code Vein. You could hit a giant monster with the craziest looking, biggest weapon possible and it will just sound like you're cutting into a smoked ham. The weapons have no sound design variety and the sounds do a horrible job indicating when you've been hit until you get low on health and it fills your screen with blood and monochrome. Overall all of the sounds are just flaccid versions of sounds that are trying to sound natural rather than sticking out and leaving a positive impression.

    - Character Design: There's a clear pattern you can see the character designers were following here. All of the female characters: bosses, enemies, and allies, where almost nothing at all. All the male characters however wear huge jackets that don't fit them and have Bloodborne clothes on as if they're going to the wedding of Leonardo da Vinci. It's ok for a game to give characters hardly any clothes if they do it to both sexes equally, but maybe they wanted to give some characters clothes so that there would be more clothes than content in this game.

    - Level Design: Since they take so many pages out of Dark Souls' book the game must at least have good, open, interconnected design right? Nope. All of the areas are either extremely long, snaking tunnels or these 3D puzzles that require you to fall straight down somewhere so you can climb up a ladder to a higher point and then fall somewhere else again. Well the game gives you a map, so it's ok right? Nope. The map doesn't show you the different layers, which each area has many of, so the map will lead you astray more times than help you. Even FromSoftware's King's Field IV from 2001 has a multi-layered map in it, and that game has a lower metacritic score than this one. Why? I couldn't tell you, I'd much rather be playing anything over this.

    - Extra Content: The game does technically have infinite content, in the form of, "The Depths". These are randomly made dungeons where you fight the same enemies again and you fight normal enemies with higher stats as bosses, they are always grey, and always boring.

    Save your money and buy a game that isn't devoid of creative aspirations and fun.    … Expand
  39. ArshiaGam1ng
    Sep 27, 2019
    10
    Came to see if there's anything wrong with the pf version (as it often is) , saw people giving it 0 because for all glory the pc master race has , it sure has a lot of un skilled people playing on the platform. I already made a genuine review on the ps4 version , its an 8.5/10 , give it a 10 here to compensate for all the fake reviews here
  40. Adonteon
    Sep 29, 2019
    7
    It draws you in with a fair challenge, but once you hit the cathedral everything starts to go to hell and not in the good way. Your npc partner gets dumber, mobbed in many areas no matter how careful you are, enemies easily bypass guard, still hit you through a dodge roll, and the main counter fails 95% of the time to interrupt. Not to mention that creatures attacks go through walls evenIt draws you in with a fair challenge, but once you hit the cathedral everything starts to go to hell and not in the good way. Your npc partner gets dumber, mobbed in many areas no matter how careful you are, enemies easily bypass guard, still hit you through a dodge roll, and the main counter fails 95% of the time to interrupt. Not to mention that creatures attacks go through walls even more so and their weapon hitboxes are much larger than the animation shows.
    The game goes from enjoyable too, Imma gonna wait for the bugs to be fixed and go play something else.    … Expand
  41. smw119
    Sep 30, 2019
    9
    This game is a pure joy. After following this game closely since it's teaser trailer in 2017, one question has been nagging at the back of my mind. "Will this game be as good as it deserves to be"? Having played through all the Soulsborne games, and loving every one of them, my primary concern was if the game-play would hold up. I loved the aesthetic of this game and that was brought intoThis game is a pure joy. After following this game closely since it's teaser trailer in 2017, one question has been nagging at the back of my mind. "Will this game be as good as it deserves to be"? Having played through all the Soulsborne games, and loving every one of them, my primary concern was if the game-play would hold up. I loved the aesthetic of this game and that was brought into full tilt when the character creator was revealed to, frankly, be the new industry standard. After spending 20 hours with this game, and with no sign of the end in sight, I was able to put most of my concerns to rest.
    I'm utterly in love with this game. I love the direction, story style, personality, concepts and artistic vision of this game. And with no signs of micro-transaction intrusion, the game looks like all of it's mechanics are allowed to function as intended. And that's where I think this game will fall short of it's contemporary peers from FromSoftware. The elephant in the room is that the combat isn't Soulsborne levels of polish. And nothing out right now is, so it's in good company. But the comparisons are levied more directly at this game because it draws so heavily on the gameplay loop that Soulsborne established.
    So is the combat that is here satisfying? That's the main question. And I can confidently say that it is, despite it's flaws. The controls are snappy to the point where your character seems to have no momentum and can feel "floaty", but that lends itself to a much more frenetic style more akin to Bloodborne. And when you find yourself in large scale fights with many enemies, this ferocious agility is allowed to really shine in ways that put the large mob fights in Dark Souls to shame. Soulsborne excels far above it's peers in 1 on 1 combat encounters with extremely tight weapon mechanics but usually falls short when more than 3 enemys come barreling at you. Code vein feels like the opposite. 1 on 1 combat usually allows the wrinkles of the mechanics to be felt more acutely but, when 4 or 5 enemies come at you and your partner, strap in for a flashy, wild combat encounter.
    The weakest points of the game I've felt so far have been the boss encounters, sadly. They certainly work and are stronger than bosses in most games but pale in comparison to the show stopping memorable fights that liter the Soulsborne series. Initially a lot of the bosses felt cheap and shoddy as my character was inflicted, continually, with status ailments repeatedly. Each boss had a different status ailment that made the fight significantly more difficult. But after digging into the decently well explained character build mechanics with it's blood codes and skill sets, I came to understand that these boss fights were trying to make me build entire class load outs specifically to counter what they threw at you. The poison boss required you to invest in poison resistance skill and poison cure skill as well as a veil with elemental resistances. The water boss would slow you and then run circles around you until you removed that debuff and build tanky to take their hits, which were very difficult to dodge. This system, once understood, allowed me to build my character out to counter these bosses and make them significantly easier and much less frustrating. If customizing your character and skills for boss encounters sounds tedious to you, however, then this will likely seem less satisfying for you.
    Outside of boss fights, the mob combat, exploration and level design reach levels of care that are as close as anyone has come to the Soulsborne games outside of FromSoftware. With spidering paths that loop back on spawn points 2 and 3 times very often, the world rewards your exploration and gives you that same feeling of finding shortcuts that I became to accustomed to. Each area is riddled with hidden paths, secret items and side bosses that I can only come away that familiar feeling that I love from these sorts of games.
    There are bugs, but they have reared their ugly head only a scant few times during my play-through such that I don't think they bear dwelling on. And with multiplayer that works at launch, I can't complain.
    With my astronomical expectations of this game, after 3 years of following it closely, I thought it would be impossible for me to come away from this experience as anything other than disappointed. It's my pleasure to tell you that, while not exceeding my high expectations, it has certainly lived up to them and even surprised me a few times. I'm very excited to see where this IP goes from here with a bit of polish put on the mechanics to get it closer to that Soulsborne level of quality. If this series is able to get a bit closer to that lofty bar with the charm and aesthetic prowess that it exudes in a sequel, then we'll have something game changing on our hands. As of now, Code Vein is an absolute delight that is able to stand as a valiant and satisfying first stab at an alternative to Dark Souls.    … Expand
  42. Soulsborne
    Sep 30, 2019
    7
    This game seems to have everything a souls fan like myself would want but its just not executed that well. I like the combat ok and the freedom you get with the blood codes is awesome but level layouts can be so confusing and repetitive (cathedral) that it actually annoys me. Not a bad game though, just very average.
  43. ErDeSl
    Sep 29, 2019
    7
    Im quite shoked to see such reaction from us/un gamers. Game is good, but with flaws in fight gameplay. And yes it has a issue with unblockable frames in animation, such as DS had itself. But neverless, good game for its price.
  44. HunterAvison
    Sep 29, 2019
    8
    One of the biggest surprises for me of this year. Code vein has incredible customization not only for your appearance but also for your fighting style. I would recommend this game to people who are trying to get into souls like games as having an AI companion always with you makes things kind of easy.
  45. Sentinel82
    Sep 27, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To make up for all the other wannabe **** fakeass reviewers. This is a solid game and the best way to tell on how it plays, is by playing it yourself. It's fun and a good challenge and great with friends.… Expand
  46. Shimmeywill
    Jun 29, 2021
    6
    Solid gameplay and cute anime characters. Story is weak but the worst element is the level design and enemy placement which is pure tedium.
  47. Flutterrager
    Sep 29, 2019
    2
    Did you like Dark Souls but thought to yourself "how could I make this more clunky?". Then Code Vein has got ya covered! Combat pacing is either off or laggy and some of the bosses are such a visual mess that it's a spectacle **** show. And the ai partners either trivialize combat or purposefully kill you.
  48. Spocony
    Oct 2, 2019
    9
    Don't play with npc it ruins whole experience, the game gets really hard once you start playing solo.
  49. elpoyolocho
    Sep 26, 2019
    4
    I have requested a refund on steam after an hour. The bad controls and glitches I encountered at the start of my playthrough were more than enough for me to think that this experience was not worth a full AAA game price.
  50. AceHunt
    Sep 27, 2019
    1
    Biggest Mistake ever, High hopes and thats what we got. just a good charakter editor. fightsystem from 2002.
  51. Trev45
    Oct 2, 2019
    0
    It had a bad camera and was not that difficult but one of the levels which i am sure everyone knows ruins the experience.
  52. Virusi
    Oct 10, 2019
    0
    Pues yo no pude acabar este juego a 3 horas del final, la sensación que he tenido jugando durante todo el juego es como de aburrimiento y que jugaba como obligada, la personalización de personajes muy chula y tal, pero no podeis dar un 10 a un juego por tener una personalizacion buena, de locos... luego, los personajes están mal escritos, con la personalidad de una piedra, no tePues yo no pude acabar este juego a 3 horas del final, la sensación que he tenido jugando durante todo el juego es como de aburrimiento y que jugaba como obligada, la personalización de personajes muy chula y tal, pero no podeis dar un 10 a un juego por tener una personalizacion buena, de locos... luego, los personajes están mal escritos, con la personalidad de una piedra, no te encariñas/empatizas con nadie y hace que no te interese la historia. Las historias de los fragmentos al final acabé pasandolas en plan: a ver si se acaba esto ya...

    El diseño de niveles de algunos mapas es... sin comentarios, mira que llevo jugando desde que tengo uso de razón y me ubico en el mapa perfectamente, sé donde he ido y donde no, aquí era un caos, la zona de la catedral ha sido lo más frustrante que puedo recordar, y que hagan a algunos enemigos más fuertes que a algunos bosses y tengas que repetirlo 1 y otra vez me es muy aburrido...Hay formas más divertidas de alargar un juego, resumiendo podría haberme ahorrado unas horas preciosas no malgastando mi tiempo con este juego    … Expand
  53. ME123
    Sep 26, 2019
    2
    Dropped the game after about 5 hours. Absolute GARBAGE!!!!!!!! One of the worst games I’ve played all year. Extremely disspointed.

    Do not waste your money.
  54. bartcbem
    Nov 4, 2019
    0
    This game is bad Dark Souls wannabe for anime fanboys. Also PC version is terrible to play. Avoid at all cost.
  55. Kharnivore2099
    Apr 29, 2020
    5
    Though the first few hours with this game were quite positive, i fell off it incredibly quickly. From the get go, it feels like it's scratching all the right itches from a Dark Souls perspective. Lots of grinding, an array of weapons and armour to upgrade, lots of hidden areas and locations to explore etc. The cracks start to show once you've spent some time with it, and it really is aThough the first few hours with this game were quite positive, i fell off it incredibly quickly. From the get go, it feels like it's scratching all the right itches from a Dark Souls perspective. Lots of grinding, an array of weapons and armour to upgrade, lots of hidden areas and locations to explore etc. The cracks start to show once you've spent some time with it, and it really is a kick in the teeth after the initial high.

    The combat is definitely lacking. Lots of shoddy hit boxes, some bizarre enemy tracking, lots of animations that completely obscure the play area onscreen and attacks that visibly miss you by a mile still seem to connect. All resulting in an experience that doesn't have much weight or consistency, which is the core of experience in a Dark Souls style game. The areas are also incredibly linear and broken up with some rather dire cutscenes and a story that is poorly written.

    There are likeable characters despite the writing, scenic locations, it runs well and is easy enough to get into, but it just falls flat in it's core gameplay. It's a massive disappointment unfortunately and doesn't really measure up to similar titles in the genre.    … Expand
  56. the_sarpo
    Jan 23, 2020
    5
    Well... They tried at least... But trying too hard to be like Dark Souls may make you create overwhelmingly, absurdly unnecessarily complicated maps that tire gamers real quick because there is no need to do so...
  57. CivilizationAce
    Feb 16, 2020
    0
    So I downloaded the demo. I normally wouldn't review a game just from the demo, but I think it showed me enough.

    I created a character, got to the platform to talk to the girl, changed my movement keys to ESDF, and then I was stuck. Nothing I clicked worked. The interface is so appalling that I couldn't even imagine being able to stand playing this game, presuming that there actually is    So I downloaded the demo. I normally wouldn't review a game just from the demo, but I think it showed me enough.

    I created a character, got to the platform to talk to the girl, changed my movement keys to ESDF, and then I was stuck. Nothing I clicked worked. The interface is so appalling that I couldn't even imagine being able to stand playing this game, presuming that there actually is a way to play it. I'm just happy that I didn't spend actual money on it. I've seen some awkward unintuitive interfaces in my time, but this is by far the worst. Maybe it'll make sense to you, but I doubt it.    … Expand
  58. kiarash
    Oct 11, 2019
    9
    its not 100 percent good game but it entertains me a lot great physics great maps characters are so beautiful maybe if it has difficulties in the settings its better
  59. daiko
    Sep 30, 2019
    10
    Fun and challenging but fair, now speaking of gameplay it has really amazing mechanics that blend skills and normal attacks that allow you to make some really cool looking combos, this is a game with plenty of weapons and classes know as "blood codes" that allow anyone to use the play style they prefere without the fear of messing up your build like in Dark Souls, not having to start overFun and challenging but fair, now speaking of gameplay it has really amazing mechanics that blend skills and normal attacks that allow you to make some really cool looking combos, this is a game with plenty of weapons and classes know as "blood codes" that allow anyone to use the play style they prefere without the fear of messing up your build like in Dark Souls, not having to start over in order to change the base stats, or use some hidden covenant.… Expand
  60. oga2601
    Oct 2, 2019
    10
    its a beautiful game with good mechanics ,but camera is bad.
    engaging storyline
    Beautifull charater
    good music
  61. Xermital
    Oct 17, 2019
    9
    Completely ignore those who say this game is a Weeboo version of Dark Souls this makes it clear that they didn't understand what the game is like, because the only mechanics they have in common is the fact of resurrecting every time you die and the gain of "souls". The game relies heavily on the use of skills, known as gifts, and therefore offers a completely different approach allowingCompletely ignore those who say this game is a Weeboo version of Dark Souls this makes it clear that they didn't understand what the game is like, because the only mechanics they have in common is the fact of resurrecting every time you die and the gain of "souls". The game relies heavily on the use of skills, known as gifts, and therefore offers a completely different approach allowing you to create different builds based on your playing style.

    I have read many who have complained about the plot deeming it trivial. I personally do not agree with this statement, the game allows the player to fully understand the plot to the particular power of the main character, that allows you to relive fragments of the memory of the revenants scattered in the game map. Although there are trivial parts to the plot this doesn't necessarily have to ruin the plot, after all not all people have troubled pasts or intended to accomplish feats.

    The music is something majestic, especially the lyrics of the songs is something superb, is probably one of the games with the best soundtrack ever released, I could listen to them endlessly from how beautiful they are. The most representative in my opinion is "Human qua Human" that starts when you complete the game with the true ending, the scene of when the music starts with that lyrics is truly wonderful.

    My final score is around 8.5 / 8.7 which I would give him here anyway a 9, since I'm not being able to give the half points. If you are able to appreciate or overlook the artistic style, I would recommend you to play it, if you like this kind of a game, as it is a well developed game.    … Expand
  62. JonsGone
    Oct 23, 2019
    6
    More Dark Souls but actually less.
    Its good tho.
    Gameplay is fluid and less stilted than DS1/2 and even perhaps 3. No real difficulty spike. Level design is a big plus with convoluted and labyrinthian maps. It is very hard to actually miss anything during the game. No railroading towards multiplayer and no reason to actually use it so it just stays unused. Bland but serviceable    More Dark Souls but actually less.
    Its good tho.
    Gameplay is fluid and less stilted than DS1/2 and even perhaps 3.
    No real difficulty spike.
    Level design is a big plus with convoluted and labyrinthian maps.
    It is very hard to actually miss anything during the game.
    No railroading towards multiplayer and no reason to actually use it so it just stays unused.
    Bland but serviceable story.
    Shameless anime big ****

    If you like Dark souls and want more Dark Souls this is more Dark Souls but also not enough Dark Souls.
    Dark Souls.    … Expand
  63. MontesZC
    Sep 29, 2019
    10
    Плюсы:
    Звуковое сопровождение
    Оптимизация
    Озвучка
    Редактор персонажа

    Минусы:
    Один вариант обработки сглаживания(TXAA)
    Отсутствие фото-режима
    Главный герой молчит и кивает головой
  64. BulgarianCritic
    Oct 13, 2019
    5
    At the beginning this game was pretty fun.The story kept me intrigue and the characters seemed interesting and the gameplay was hard but rewarding.But after 8 hrs in this game just became an incredibly boring and bland chore.After awhile you get used to the so called ''hard'' combat and it becomes easy as hell.Then you find out that the characters are the same cliche one liners you seeAt the beginning this game was pretty fun.The story kept me intrigue and the characters seemed interesting and the gameplay was hard but rewarding.But after 8 hrs in this game just became an incredibly boring and bland chore.After awhile you get used to the so called ''hard'' combat and it becomes easy as hell.Then you find out that the characters are the same cliche one liners you see in every game and are dull as a door knob.The MC especially is one of the most boring unsatisfying protagonist you can ever find in a game.He has zero **** emotions and is like a dog that can do 2 tricks give paw and nod.Something tragic happens??!! MC nods.something uplifting happens??!MC nods i mean this was so discouraging and in serious moments i found myself laughing on the floor at how incredibly stupid all of this looks.The story gets a little better by the end.Music and graphics were good except in cutscenes where it took some time to load all the props.The gameplay was as people say Soul's like but thats only at the beginning after that it becomes easy and repetetive since all the enemies have almost the same exact moveset.The FINAL BOSS was nothing but a joke of a final boss and you can beat him with your eyes closed.Overall an average game which is really long and tedious to beat and not worth your time.Go play Caligula Overdose if you want something more fullfiling and with interesting characters and story.… Expand
  65. Valenten
    Oct 10, 2019
    9
    This game has a lot of great things about it. it has an awesome character customization system. Great build diversity which lends to a ton of replay-ability. Has an enjoyable story that I got almost 40 hours out of but I did almost everything that I could the first time around but missed a couple things. it also has multiple endings so that also ads to replay-ability. it is a souls typeThis game has a lot of great things about it. it has an awesome character customization system. Great build diversity which lends to a ton of replay-ability. Has an enjoyable story that I got almost 40 hours out of but I did almost everything that I could the first time around but missed a couple things. it also has multiple endings so that also ads to replay-ability. it is a souls type game but you can choose to go about it solo or you can have an AI companion if you dont want to play online like me. I assume you can have other players join you as well though in place of the ai companion. Its a much more new player friendly souls like game. Has a pretty solid tutorial and the pacing is great early on letting you get a feel for the game. If you like challenging souls like games and dont mind anime art style and tendencies you should totally grab this game its great.… Expand
  66. LucianTheKing
    Sep 29, 2019
    10
    This game is just perfect, please don't credit these **** reviews of gamer sites, they don't know absolutely nothing about gaming.
    Play the game by yourself and see, because for me, even with high expectation in mind on the launch it's a masterpiece.
  67. Ellaren
    Sep 29, 2019
    10
    Хорошпя аниме игра, мне очень понравилась
  68. SteveWillPlay
    Dec 11, 2019
    6
    This was a difficult game to review as it is very much a game that is deserving of a score above average (6) and I can see the potential for a 7-8 in due time with the upcoming expansions. However, at launch I played this day one and this was my experience during the launch of the game. To summarize I do believe there are better games in the genre and this one is a little late to theThis was a difficult game to review as it is very much a game that is deserving of a score above average (6) and I can see the potential for a 7-8 in due time with the upcoming expansions. However, at launch I played this day one and this was my experience during the launch of the game. To summarize I do believe there are better games in the genre and this one is a little late to the party. It lacks what made demon souls, dark souls, Bloodborne, and Nioh so successful and satisfying for me: combat and stat balance, leveling min-max builds, immersive environments and level design, challenging and interesting boss battles, engaging NPC quests and interactions, and mysterious and substantial lore.

    I want to start off with the positives such as the cutscenes and overall lore for the game. It reminds me of a dark souls-persona hybrid that truly has some epic scenes introducing new characters and showing off their unique fighting styles. Anime fans will love the art style and lore and without question will enjoy this more than the average player. However this does not justify a higher score do to the niche community it appeals too. A topic of controversy is definitely the customization; this game may have the best character creator and customization via the blood codes that I have seen in any of these games. It is very cool and rewarding to learn new abilities and try out new classes. To customize your character you have have a base level that you raise from gathering haze which is this games version of souls, echoes etc. Further, instead of leveling individual stats you have both blood codes and blood veils that you can customize your character with to create the build you are looking for. They come with preset stats or require preset stats from one another and also influence the weapons you are able to use effectively and movement speed. This is a very interesting idea and the best part may find is the blood code gift abilities that you may master to use when wielding any blood code.

    My biggest caveat with this system is that some are clearly better than others and you may find yourself like me playing most of the game using the same code, veil and even weapons (magic is OP) once you get the hang of it. The leveling feels superficial as you can only pool it into one base stat that boosts your overall stats adding no level of strategy or decision making into a min-max character build. I really hate to say it but the game world is bland and sultry at times; there are lots of grays, and dull colors which really made it a drag to play through. You will find yourself getting lost (and not in a fun way) countlessly followed by running into basic humanoid, beast, or bug type monsters. You will not remember most areas that you went to or bosses that you had fought as most of the game is long barren corridors with tasteless and tedious level design. The level environments feel like a house that is half finished.

    Overall, I would recommend this game to anyone who likes Anime and even Souls games however to the mass audience and even these audiences, they would be happier playing a better title such as Persona 5 or a From Soft game.    … Expand
  69. TheSandMann
    Oct 28, 2019
    5
    In my opinion this is another dark souls look a like and iam actually sick of these.
    the gameplay is fine, there is a new refreshing mechanic that you can change your class on the go which is cool.
    The soundtrack is good. Few camera bugs nothing too major, the game runs smoothly. The graphics are nothing extraordinary but are not bad. All and all, its an ok game, though i dont think    In my opinion this is another dark souls look a like and iam actually sick of these.
    the gameplay is fine, there is a new refreshing mechanic that you can change your class on the go which is cool.
    The soundtrack is good.
    Few camera bugs nothing too major, the game runs smoothly.
    The graphics are nothing extraordinary but are not bad.
    All and all, its an ok game, though i dont think its worth the 60$    … Expand
  70. CRaccoon
    Oct 15, 2019
    10
    Character is Good design. i like Great view of the world.
    I like it because it's easy to do battles.
  71. cgRiot
    Nov 6, 2019
    0
    This crap is bugged as f@ck. Constant CTDs every 10-15 mins. The worst port on pc i've ever played. Waste of money.
  72. watchm824
    Dec 6, 2019
    6
    I like Souls-like games. But I did not really like this game. I finished it, but without much pleasure. The levels are monotonous and fairly linear. History, too, was not impressive.
  73. matsuwu
    Mar 28, 2020
    8
    Honestly, there is not much I can say about this game. its just mindless fun. I have always despised Dark Souls and it's ideology that everything hard is good, like uninteresting combat and frustrating mechanics. As of the time I am writing this review I have dropped Dark Souls 3 5 times, and I have only gotten to catacombs. Code Vein tries to play exactly like Dark Souls, but there is oneHonestly, there is not much I can say about this game. its just mindless fun. I have always despised Dark Souls and it's ideology that everything hard is good, like uninteresting combat and frustrating mechanics. As of the time I am writing this review I have dropped Dark Souls 3 5 times, and I have only gotten to catacombs. Code Vein tries to play exactly like Dark Souls, but there is one huge difference. Code Vein is actually fun. Fun character creation, well written characters, pretty graphics, pretty level design, comfortable to play and most importantly; no **** around every single **** corner. If you want to play Dark Souls but you don't want to gouge out your eyeballs, go for Code Vein.… Expand
  74. 2random
    Mar 19, 2021
    0
    Graphics look so dated! Do not believe fake trailers! No hdr. No rtx. No reflections. No hair animation. No face animation. No bloom. No depth of field. There's even no shadows lmao. What is it, 2004?

    Levels are real mazes with multiple floors, Enemies spawn around you all the time. 90% of gameplay you will be walking around same corridors killing same mobs over and over while trying to    Graphics look so dated! Do not believe fake trailers! No hdr. No rtx. No reflections. No hair animation. No face animation. No bloom. No depth of field. There's even no shadows lmao. What is it, 2004?

    Levels are real mazes with multiple floors, Enemies spawn around you all the time. 90% of gameplay you will be walking around same corridors killing same mobs over and over while trying to find a checkpoint. And if you can't find it for too long, you'll eventually get killed. Oh, you've died 2 times in a row? Well, progress lost, congrats on wasting 2 hours of your life.

    Camera feels unresponsive, It is barely possible to track an enemy without locking. FOW is way too limited. You cannot cancel your attacks. Press attack, an animation starts playing, you see an enemy starting to attack as well, you press evade... and it does not work! You get hit by a bot.

    Sometimes, the game would spawn an enemy right behind my back and make it kill me with one hit. I guess the devs did realize this made the game unplayable, so they added a helpful "companion" bot that will resurrect you all the time.

    All in all, Code Vein feels like a cheap Dark Souls ripoff with way more useless enemies and **** graphics. The game lacks a good plot and is terribly short. It seems like there is about 10 hours of actual content. So, developers decided to crank up the difficulty and turn levels into mazes.

    Finally, the AI part is where the game lacks the most. Enemies always target you no matter what. So, you can just hold block and have some tea while waiting until your companion finishes everyone off. Same applies to bosses, you just shoot them once and roll around while your bot gets the job done.
    The game is not "hardcore", It's just not fun. With this amount of enemies, it should have been a slasher.    … Expand
  75. bxrxsxtx
    Sep 26, 2021
    9
    I do really like this game, from art and graphics to levels to gameplay. It follows the formula of some other games without being really like those games, so purists beware. The gameplay is hack and slash, often spamming light attack too much, but there are a wide variety of mechanics and ways to succeed. It's not too easy or too hard, actually someone reminded me here that your NPCI do really like this game, from art and graphics to levels to gameplay. It follows the formula of some other games without being really like those games, so purists beware. The gameplay is hack and slash, often spamming light attack too much, but there are a wide variety of mechanics and ways to succeed. It's not too easy or too hard, actually someone reminded me here that your NPC partner makes the early levels pretty easy, but you can usually dismiss them if you wish, or choose a different one.
    Builds and items were interesting to me but I spent more time just trying to earn as many of the "codes" as possible and their skills. Builds, stats, and leveling could be a lot better, plenty of things are too strong or just awkward. They just threw a lot of **** in there in a more is better kind of way. That's how the game is, a lot of things are just there, for better or worse. More weapons and such would be really nice, and I often felt stuck with one because it was too good.

    The reason this isn't a 10 is the messy item and build system, and that I don't feel it has a lot of replayability, even with the endgame missions, beating the game feels like that's it. Here's hoping for a sequel. Ciao gamers.    … Expand
  76. noqx2bu
    Jun 30, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A good anime soul-like game, with companions make the game easier to play compare to dark souls. The lore is pretty deep and has link with God Eater.… Expand
  77. doodlerman
    Nov 1, 2022
    6
    It took longer for this to click than most Soulslikes. Your character's movement speed drops exponentially when blocking, which was initially annoying but I eventually came to accept it as an additional layer to the challenge. I still don't like it, but it's whatever. The thing I hate is the fact dodge rolls have a start-up animation during which you're completely vulnerable. I've readIt took longer for this to click than most Soulslikes. Your character's movement speed drops exponentially when blocking, which was initially annoying but I eventually came to accept it as an additional layer to the challenge. I still don't like it, but it's whatever. The thing I hate is the fact dodge rolls have a start-up animation during which you're completely vulnerable. I've read that it's about 4 frames long, but that's enough to be a cumbersome issue. Rather than dodge in tandem with when the enemy's attack will land, you have to anticipate the attack's start-up and time your dodges accordingly. Even when you get used to it, it's still annoying to deal with. There's also an annoyingly long animation for backstabbing, which is unskippable, but you can turn it off in the options menu— so no biggie. Level layouts aren't too complicated, but the sameyness of the copy-pasted environmental assets can make navigation confusing. Throughout the game, you're required to find things hidden in these levels in order to progress, but they're not very exciting areas to explore. Furthermore, you get an exploration percentage for each area, which you would assume tells you how much of a map you've explored, but really just indicates how much of the map you've charted via these flowery checkpoints and markers. So you can have a map that's 100% charted, but still not have found everything necessary to progress. I couldn't care less about the story. I tried— I really did— to sit down and watch the cutscenes, but they're so damn overwrought with convoluted anime-isms and simple concepts presented as profundities that I just couldn't. I skipped them and honestly didn't feel like I missed out. What's worse are the "memories," which are essentially walking simulators where you get to witness dioramas of various characters' pasts. Fortunately, these are skippable, too. Even if they had riveting stories, being forced to move at 10% of your regular movement speed never feels good. But, let's talk about the good: The game's character customization is top-notch. The sheer variety of options and styles is really cool, plus you can change your character's look whenever you want. You can even change your character's height. I don't know if that affects gameplay in any way, but the option to do it is really neat. There are lots of different combat styles, abilities, and special attacks to choose from. It's initially overwhelming, but once you play around and find which style works best for you, it's a lot of fun. You can choose from a variety of NPC companions to join you— I typically went with Mia since she has a powerful gun that can one-shot some monsters— and they make the more challenging bosses easier to deal with.… Expand
  78. jesus045
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    Good adventure anime waifu, thank you developers, most the after Nier. Not without flaws...
  79. AJCk19
    Jun 27, 2022
    7
    Souls-like anime game. If you enjoy soul games, then this is 11 stars. But if you don't, then you can't see why you wouldn't just play another action rpg on hard mode, and get the exact same benefit.

    Lastly, the character customization and story, I really enjoyed. It is also one of the few games to give you a demo on the steam market.
  80. p1menta
    Nov 6, 2019
    8
    so much for the discussion asking if the blood/souls turned became a genre. there is anime-based blood/souls game right here. it's a genre.
    sometimes youll be frustrated but it doesnt ruin the experience, luckly.
    one of the most frustrating thing is how hit-spongy the enemies are. even with the heaviest sword and all buffs you can add, you'll still get hit in mid attack. it gets you    so much for the discussion asking if the blood/souls turned became a genre. there is anime-based blood/souls game right here. it's a genre.
    sometimes youll be frustrated but it doesnt ruin the experience, luckly.
    one of the most frustrating thing is how hit-spongy the enemies are. even with the heaviest sword and all buffs you can add, you'll still get hit in mid attack. it gets you feeling like you'r not good enough but its not actually the player's fault at all. another frustrating aspect is the leveling. you dont get to choose where your points go to so you cant focus on one thing. i think i finished the game at lvl 150 or something like that, and still my stamina was **** that, playing against a hundread enemies that almost absorb your attacks will make you die a lot. its almost like that's the game's porpouse. like lets make it harder but in a lazy way. like putting the freaking checkpoint half across the map, and making you go against 30 enemies before getting to a boss fight with 2 regen instead of your nomral 7.
    but hey, it's not a bad game. it's just bittersweet.
    there are some cool stuff, but they come with a not so cool thing.
    like, the graphics of the characters: awesome, but maps textures: ps3-like
    you can create your own anime goth vampire character in a lot of different ways, but that makes your character mute untill they speak a single line toward the end of the game.
    or you can own a bunch of huge-ass swords and hammers and bayonets, but there's like 2 that'll be better than all of them so it seems pointless. at least it has a lot of the blood codes, that can really change the way each player engages in the game.
    it's not a bad game at all, but they can tottaly make it better in a possible sequence    … Expand
  81. smahlt
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    This is a pretty fun game. It's Dark Souls, but with actual characters and an interesting tweak on the battle system.

    Unfortunately, the Cathedral of Sacred Blood and the final boss exist. Those plus the average level design are what make this game a 5 instead of an 8. I will not replay it.
  82. pongkrit03
    Jun 3, 2021
    8
    I am a soul veteran here and I must say Code vein is better than I expected but also not without flaws. I really love my first 5-10 hrs in the game, but later the flaws start to appear. The best part of the game is the story. It could be one of the best soullike game in term of story. It is very good story, easy to follow, at some point I even cried, however it also has too much of dramaI am a soul veteran here and I must say Code vein is better than I expected but also not without flaws. I really love my first 5-10 hrs in the game, but later the flaws start to appear. The best part of the game is the story. It could be one of the best soullike game in term of story. It is very good story, easy to follow, at some point I even cried, however it also has too much of drama for my liking. Gameplay is fine, like darksoul, with the addition of classes and skills, which make it even better and fun to experiment. Enemies are repeptitive though, mostly humaniod, and this will make you felt bored near the end. Some map designs are too mazed / long walk, and some bosses are easy, some (near the end) are super difficult. Character customization is great, and the animation look beautiful. The music is AAA, one of the best aspect of this game for sure. Even though this game gives you AI partner, it is still difficult game nonetheless, Still in my opinion, AI partner is too strong.

    In sum, I like it, but not love it. I want sequel, and I hope the sequel will fix the problems I mentioned.    … Expand
  83. Vzhik
    Oct 22, 2020
    7
    Навернув очередной круг в поисках "той самой" рпг, вспомнил про Code Vein, ранее взятую на заметку за приятный сеттинг и адекватное повествование.
    И вот уже играя какое-то количество часов, ловлю себя на мысли, что бросать-то не хочется. Так и прошел на одном дыхании, чего давненько не было.
    Отлично построенный мир, адекватные враги и расстановка, приятная музыка, важность исследования    Навернув очередной круг в поисках "той самой" рпг, вспомнил про Code Vein, ранее взятую на заметку за приятный сеттинг и адекватное повествование.
    И вот уже играя какое-то количество часов, ловлю себя на мысли, что бросать-то не хочется. Так и прошел на одном дыхании, чего давненько не было.
    Отлично построенный мир, адекватные враги и расстановка, приятная музыка, важность исследования мира, развитие героя, отличную боёвка, сложные и интересные боссы. Все это делает прохождение увлекательным. Т чтоб этого всего было побольше , проходил в соло, без реальных и npc-помощников.
    Чего не хватает, как по мне, так это больше всяких второстепенных заданий. Когда на босса уже устал бегать, а еще поиграть хочется. Прошел все глубины, собрал все осколки.
    Хорошая игра, стоит посмотреть.    … Expand
  84. JarvisPaker
    Mar 19, 2020
    9
    In my opinion game has something unique compared to other souls-like games. It is primarily for anime fans, or one who doesn't mind. If you are a fan of this type of games you will probably enjoy it. I like design and art style of this game. The only thing that could improve is the quality of the models.
  85. muzmuz
    Apr 30, 2023
    7
    As a non-enjoyer of souls-like games like myself, I'd say Code Vein is a pretty welcome entry into that world. There's a lot of elements in this game that casuals would be pretty happy about.

    Hard in some parts but manageable overall (can even turn a little casual with a partner AI or not), great deal of customization and character building, different combat play styles, lots of enemy    As a non-enjoyer of souls-like games like myself, I'd say Code Vein is a pretty welcome entry into that world. There's a lot of elements in this game that casuals would be pretty happy about.

    Hard in some parts but manageable overall (can even turn a little casual with a partner AI or not), great deal of customization and character building, different combat play styles, lots of enemy types.

    The level design unfortunately can be poorly made especially with the infamous cathedral map. The presentation of the story through slow, sluggish memory sequences, how you have to collect memory fragments to unlock them and how these are tied to the four different endings is definitely something that felt extremely tedious and badly designed to me.

    Overall a fun souls-game, just don't expect a great narrative experience. Fortunately I came here for the gameplay and not so much for the story.    … Expand
  86. Vosgy
    Nov 10, 2020
    10
    As stated by z2ocky
    To make up for all the other wannabe fakeass reviewers. This is a solid game and the best way to tell on how it plays, is by playing it yourself. It's fun and a good challenge and great with friends.
  87. OberiousLocke
    Mar 6, 2020
    9
    Anime has never precisely been my thing, there are a few exceptions, naturally, and I'm pleased to say that Code Vein is one of them. I don't think it's a perfect experience, but it's a better 3D soulslike game than any I've yet seen, and even beats out Dark Souls 2 and 3 for me. I love the characters, I love the general aesthetic of it, the soundtrack was beautiful, and the true endingAnime has never precisely been my thing, there are a few exceptions, naturally, and I'm pleased to say that Code Vein is one of them. I don't think it's a perfect experience, but it's a better 3D soulslike game than any I've yet seen, and even beats out Dark Souls 2 and 3 for me. I love the characters, I love the general aesthetic of it, the soundtrack was beautiful, and the true ending caused my computer to turn into an onion.

    Now, the negative. Blade Bearer and Cannoneer (The BBC) is a hell of an obnoxious fight. Blade bearer can gap close the entire room in a split second, deals a heinous amount of damage, and is generally a pain, which makes it impossible to focus the Cannoneer, which becomes a problem because when focusing on the hyperactive ice Ornstein, generally if you think it's safe to attack or heal, it's not really not. The Cannoneer has such timing that if you told me it was an enemy player, I'd have been inclined to believe you if I wasn't playing offline. Another thing I don't like is the invasions, until I reached the Ashen Cavern right before the Gilded Hunter fight, every time I accidentally stumbled into one for the first time, it typically involved me dying painfully because of a failure to understand that there hasn't been a good poise system since Dark Souls 1, among other concerns, like the enemies staggering you in one hit, and taking several hits to be staggered themselves.

    Overall, 9/10. I haven't enjoyed a Soulssoulslike game so much since Dark Souls 1, and would very much recommend it. Also, seeing the professional reviews bang on about bad dialogue and characters whilst simultaneously being what games journalism is, generally, is just so ironically hilarious.    … Expand
  88. Somy
    Jun 11, 2022
    8
    This game was honestly more fun and interesting than I first imagined as a soulslike. There are rough patches here and there in terms of level design and enemy variety, and I thought the game dragged on a little too much at certain points. However, while it does play relatively safe, there is a solid game here, with good combat with a lot of variety and a cliche, but neverthelessThis game was honestly more fun and interesting than I first imagined as a soulslike. There are rough patches here and there in terms of level design and enemy variety, and I thought the game dragged on a little too much at certain points. However, while it does play relatively safe, there is a solid game here, with good combat with a lot of variety and a cliche, but nevertheless compelling story. I wasn't expecting a masterpiece like Dark Souls itself, but I came out with more than I bargained for.… Expand
  89. SCAR93
    Nov 6, 2019
    8
    Combat is clunky and unpleasant, customization and flavors are nice, story is usual japan garbage
    fix combat or start doing sex/dating games with such body psychics instead of action, game is worth buying considering ToW is short and AAA is ultra waste of money
  90. Silver2299
    Jul 23, 2020
    9
    amazing game with great mecanics and lore takes the souls like formula to it's own level
  91. CallenAmakuni
    Dec 20, 2020
    7
    Dark Weeb Souls. More or less.

    A good Souls Like with a few flaws, including a somewhat obnoxious fan service, a story that does not take many risks, and a gameplay loop less sharp and a little more permissive than what you would find in From Software's games. That said, the game is very beautiful, has probably one of the most fun and complete character creation systems I have ever    Dark Weeb Souls. More or less.

    A good Souls Like with a few flaws, including a somewhat obnoxious fan service, a story that does not take many risks, and a gameplay loop less sharp and a little more permissive than what you would find in From Software's games.

    That said, the game is very beautiful, has probably one of the most fun and complete character creation systems I have ever used, precise and solid gameplay. AI companions make the game a bit easier, but they don't take away the challenge either.

    The Bosses are almost all excellent. Varied movesets, clear but punishing patterns, incredible fight atmospheres ... Very good.

    The Blood Code system is very interesting and allows a very good diversity of builds. My first character was a pure DPS with as many HPs as a fly that aither killed or was killed using a lightning lance and assassin and halberd skills, but tank and mage builds that mix 'Gifts' (game skills) from other classes are equally viable.

    I only finished it once for the moment, have yet to see what it is worth in NG +.

    A 7/10 seems appropriate to me, but this can be modulated according to your tolerance to anime clichés and overused tropes.

    A good game, but not a masterpiece.    … Expand
  92. VendonJura
    May 8, 2020
    10
    Code Vein is like Dark Souls but Lite and Anime Graphic style. This was one of the best games I have bought and played in 2020 and I totally loved it. It has some cool features, allot of classes to choose from, allot of unlockables where you have to find and do stuff which could go wrong and you would miss something so I would recommend everyone to check for informations about that onCode Vein is like Dark Souls but Lite and Anime Graphic style. This was one of the best games I have bought and played in 2020 and I totally loved it. It has some cool features, allot of classes to choose from, allot of unlockables where you have to find and do stuff which could go wrong and you would miss something so I would recommend everyone to check for informations about that on youtube or google so you won't do something wrong and miss allot of stuff.

    This game is also kinda complicated. Some attributes are hard to understand I also recommend to check it out. The best part of this game is that you will get a bank storage which is really amazing and not like in some laughable game companies Ahem Bugout 76, no in this game you will get enough space to store your items in and guess what? You don't need to throw more money to do that it's not Bugout76.

    There are even different endings and you can play with your friends together. It is a kinda weird party mechanic in this game but it still works. If you liked Dark Souls, you also might like Code Vein BUT be warned, people say that this game is much easier than Dark Souls well it is kinda true but as more often you clear this game and start all over, as harder this game will get. Let's say when you are on 7th playthrough, you will have your Dark Souls chalange feeling 100%.    … Expand
  93. Defoxx
    Dec 1, 2020
    2
    Ожидал большего от игры. По итогу получился соулс-лайк с кучей ненужных механик и анимациями уровня дмс4.
  94. VG_Alex
    Feb 26, 2022
    8
    "CODE VEIN" is a 'soul like' game with unique style. It has its own exclusive world outlook and game design, but it also has some defects. As a light 'soul like' game, its quality is worth experiencing.

    Review of "CODE VEIN"

    Graphic/Art: 8.5

    Music/Sounds: 8

    Narrative/Performance:8

    Gameplay:8

    Score:8.3 (+0.1)
  95. TwoBe
    Aug 19, 2021
    8
    I loved playing this game, the character creation was great, I enjoyed looking up at the skirts of the girls and it was really fun/challenging trying to clear out the maps, except for the labyrinths I hated those things. The game mechanics could use some improvements as well as for the audio but in short it was a really fun game.

    Story: 7/10 ========== The story wasn't bad, I wish I    I loved playing this game, the character creation was great, I enjoyed looking up at the skirts of the girls and it was really fun/challenging trying to clear out the maps, except for the labyrinths I hated those things. The game mechanics could use some improvements as well as for the audio but in short it was a really fun game.

    Story: 7/10
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    The story wasn't bad, I wish I could say something else but sometimes I felt lost in the story and it wasn't very clear what was that the player needed to do to keep progressing in the game. The side stories "vestiges", which are stories to know more about the characters were quite interesting, unfortunately they are split in different parts and you need to find them while you're progressing in the game.

    Art: 9/10
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    The character creation in Code Vein is great. The female character that I made was just hot and gorgeous, I wish I could share a picture here so you could die of envy. Looking up at the skirt of the girls was marvellous, specially Mia she's the top waifu and IO is on second spot. The "lost" which are the monsters in the game were freaking scary, they looked so morbid and nasty that you knew that you had to put those creeps out of their misery.

    Sound: 7/10
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    The music is really good, but whoever they hired as the audio engineer screw it up, they didn't do a good job in putting together all the music for the game, there are really some cool songs that they would be perfect to play in the background, but instead we just have the sound of the wind going through the building, that sucks, having so much potential and they just wasted it, also when you're playing the songs in the jukebox the music goes silence once the character just turns around, that feels so uncomfortable and is not just the music but also the conversations that you have with the NPCs the audio cuts off so abruptly that is way too annoying. There were more screw ups in the audio of the game but I won't waste more time on it.

    Game Mechanics: 7/10
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    The game mechanics felt awkward and they were not intuitive enough, it's not like they were really complicated but I wish they felt more fluid or easier to grasp, sometimes it felt like I was cutting through paper while fighting the "lost" and figuring out how to use all the gear was not easy to figure out. Is not clear for the player what needs to do, I had already spent 40hrs in the game and still I didn't know how the blood codes interacted with the weapons and gifts. Nevertheless, there are some really cool moves in the blood codes and once you master them you can use them anywhere.

    Enjoyment: 9/10
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    I honestly wanted to keep playing, even after finishing the game I wanted more. Fortunately you can play the game again making different decisions so you can get any of its three endings, in addition you can play the DLC with the new maps of the depths, just be really prepare because those things are tougher than the main story.    … Expand
  96. svonton
    Jul 4, 2020
    8
    anime dark souls first when i heard it i though i must to beat this game in any way, so i bought and ..... forgot that i bought it XD so after year i start and complete this game in coop with my friend and what interest both of us got different endings. so i got bad ending but i think it cause im just blind as heck or idk why but i didn't saw the button after key bosses to get good endinganime dark souls first when i heard it i though i must to beat this game in any way, so i bought and ..... forgot that i bought it XD so after year i start and complete this game in coop with my friend and what interest both of us got different endings. so i got bad ending but i think it cause im just blind as heck or idk why but i didn't saw the button after key bosses to get good ending but never mind. what about game u ask ? so lets talk closer about game play: it combination between souls games and classic slashers. i mean all this souls like UI, mechanics and other stuff from slashers this game take wide pool of different fighting techniques and spells what you can combine as you want. A lot of weapons, armors and classes can help your own character build. But this game take not only good things from souls game. i talk about this stupid mechanic when you play coop with your friend and if you try to complete this game at the same time you need to complete every locations twice. and another minus its kinda weird game design of several locations. so in conclusion several words about plot of this game - its standard anime plot when group of friends trying to safe their world. so my advice for someone who read this review play this game solo on my mind it will help you better plunge into the plot of this game =D… Expand
  97. Wweald
    Jun 26, 2020
    7
    It's pretty good. I had a lot of fun with the combat, the bosses were great. Enemies were solid. Class customization is great. The story was pretty good but nothing amazing.
  98. Khrist0pher
    Dec 30, 2020
    8
    Buen juego, recomendable, no esperaba mucho y la verdad que me ha sorprendido.
    Gráficos 8.
    Jugabilidad 8.
    Música 9.
    Historia 7.
  99. Geralt123
    Nov 29, 2020
    8
    I enjoyed this game a lot. It is not as good as Dark Souls 3, but maybe 80% of it. I would rate it a solid 8/10.

    Pros ------------ + Art Style is simply amazing + Epic soundtrack is one of the best I have heard so far + Cool bosses + Cool weapons (greatswords :-)) + Fight is fun + Many supportive consumables + Fighting with an NPC partner is so much fun! Neutral -------- o    I enjoyed this game a lot. It is not as good as Dark Souls 3, but maybe 80% of it. I would rate it a solid 8/10.

    Pros
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    + Art Style is simply amazing
    + Epic soundtrack is one of the best I have heard so far
    + Cool bosses
    + Cool weapons (greatswords :-))
    + Fight is fun
    + Many supportive consumables
    + Fighting with an NPC partner is so much fun!

    Neutral
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    o Story is ok, carried me through
    o Enemy variety could be better

    Cons
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    - Some levels lack diversity and it is easy to get lost because of this
    - Bosses feel a bit too much "the same"
    - Strange menus and key assigments (PC), for example skills: press RIGHT SHIFT and F2. Do the devs know how long that takes in a fight were lightning reactions are needed?    … Expand
  100. Ch8rlie69
    Nov 6, 2019
    10
    One of the best game ive played coming from someone who played all soul series.. including spin off titles .. story is wonderful, kinda linear but if you are into narrative dark souls this is the best gaming can offer
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Quarter to Three
    Jan 4, 2021
    80
    What if there were a Dark Souls for people who want something to do instead of play the same boss fight over and over until I get lucky and don't die? Well, this is! And this is it!
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  2. Worth Playing
    Apr 3, 2020
    70
    Code Vein should be applauded for doing something different with the Dark Souls formula. It's great to be able to switch out your classes at will and combine them, and the almost-constant presence of co-op is a real selling point for those who may not want to jump into the deep end of this emerging subset of the genre. The rest of the game, from the story to the level design, feels bland, and the combat falls apart when you suddenly have no AI companion by your side. If you don't mind a heavy dose of anime in your action game, Code Vein may be worth checking out.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 28, 2020
    60
    Code Vein is a successful nod to soulsborne games. It does not reach the highest peaks, but it deserves attention for unconventional setting, huge potential and interesting possibilities when it comes to character development and equipment. It is not perfect, but it is definitely more than just good. [Issue#299]
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