I was excited to finally play Code Vein in preparation for Code Vein 2, and I genuinely wish I hadn’t. This game completely killed my interest in the sequel. I’m left wondering how it even earned **** game isn’t broken in any single catastrophic way—it’s worse than that. It feels like it was never properly finished. Every part of it screams a lack of polish, from the writing and character design to the level layouts and combat **** character presentation is especially bad. Female characters are designed in a way that feels aggressively pandering and ridiculous. Armor constantly clips through models, not just on the player character but on NPCs as well. It makes the entire experience feel sloppy and unprofessional before you’ve even started engaging with the systems Code Vein has to **** writing only makes that worse. The story tries to be deep, emotional, and dramatic, but it’s delivered in a convoluted, awkward “bad anime” style that never lands. Characters are wildly unlikable and cringey, yet the game keeps forcing big emotional moments that feel completely undeserved, making them painful to sit through rather than moving or engaging.That lack of subtlety carries over into the presentation as well. The music is hit-or-miss: sometimes the game triggers more dramatic themes during tougher encounters or on low HP, which is a nice idea, but much of the soundtrack clashes with what’s happening on screen. There’s even a cinematic combat sequence set to loud rock music that’s so poorly choreographed it’s almost embarrassing.Combat itself feels floaty and awkward. One genuinely interesting mechanic is the “focus meter,” which lets you launch enemies into the air and finish them with cinematic attacks—that part actually works and feels satisfying, even if it looks ridiculous on huge enemies. The Blood Code system, which is meant to define your build, ends up undermining itself because you can freely cherry-pick abilities across all classes, forming an overpowered “uber” class. Instead of meaningful trade-offs, it turns into a grab bag of BIS skills, which removes any real sense of identity or commitment.That lack of meaningful design shows most clearly in how the game handles difficulty. As a Soulslike, Code Vein completely misses the point. Early on, challenge comes almost entirely from throwing large numbers of functionally identical enemies at you while giving you very weak, limited, and very slow healing. Exploration feels punishing because chip damage adds up quickly, yet boss fights are trivialized by your AI companion, who deals huge damage and can even revive you if you die. If you actually want any tension or risk, you have to dismiss the companion manually—but then the game forces them back into every story scene anyway, and when they’re in your party they come with constant dialogue that you can only partially mute. It creates a bizarre situation where the game both refuses to commit to being accessible and refuses to commit to being challenging.Camera and lock-on behavior make things even worse. Lock-on often feels like a death sentence in tight spaces, hit detection is inconsistent, and parrying is so unreliable that you’re almost always better off dodging and building focus for air juggles instead. When fights do go poorly, it rarely feels like you were outplayed—it feels like the systems simply didn’t cooperate or were cheap.Exploration doesn’t help. Levels are huge, maze-like, and visually repetitive, making it extremely hard to get your bearings or remember where you’ve been; the map can only do so much to help you navigate. Souls games usually use strong landmarks and environmental storytelling to guide players, but Code Vein does neither. Instead of letting the world speak for itself, it dumps awkward exposition on you constantly, hammering home a story that’s already poorly written.From a technical standpoint, the game didn’t crash for me, but that’s about the highest praise I can give it. Armor clipping, animation issues, and awkward transitions are everywhere, reinforcing the feeling that this game was never properly finished or **** the end, there are countless games that do everything Code Vein tries to do—combat, builds, exploration, atmosphere, storytelling—far better.This is one of the most frustrating and miserable gaming experiences I’ve had in recent memory, and it completely killed my hype for Code Vein 2. I genuinely do not understand how this game has fans, and I can’t see what people find compelling about it when so many better alternatives **** not waste your time or your money.

un'altra piccola gemma si aggiunge al genere souls-like che nel bene e nel male sa il fatto suo, riuscendo a ritagliarsi il suo spazio e risultando incredibilmente piacevole.8.1/10

This was my first souls games, and i think the only reviews that should matter are the ones that never get compared to other games. Many criticize the game saying "Its just Dark Souls but anime and gooner" but in my opinión this games was beautiful in gameplay, graphics and maybe story not the most logical but keeps amazing and emotive. Those called "souls genre fans" for sure just watch tiktok editsof their games and then criticize a game that is just perfection for other people.