Code Vein

You can literally customize your way of playing and it's worth every single second.

Code Vein is unique between all kinds of souls-like games because of its anime style but fails to stand out.

Code Vein is an exciting, rewarding, and tenebrous venture into the Souls-like space with a fantastic class system, explosive combat, and dark narrative - hindered only by its lack of visual prowess and odd UI design.

Code Vein has been able to surprise by trying to compete with From Software titles but still knows how to find its own identity. Its narration allows for an accessible and complete understanding of the story, and its rich, original gameplay brings freshness to the genre. In addition, the personalization gives the player the impression of being in a shōnen, with a sense of power. The dark atmosphere of the title is clearly successful, and the world is fascinating. Unfortunately, it suffers from its linearity and technical limitations. Code Vein is a good title on which we had an enjoyable time. However, we just hope that the follow-up content will be more effective, and that the developers will be able to push essential patches to correct its defects.

Code Vein is addictive, yet frustrating. It's promising, yet unpolished. There are a lot of interesting ideas here that come together to craft a unique and engaging experience. I just wish that the flaws here weren't so glaring, because they keep Code Vein from being a great game instead of just a good one.

If you were waiting for a Dark Souls inspired game to set your heart aflutter with vampiric themes and pulse-pounding combat…then you might want to wait a bit longer, as Code Vein definitely isn’t that game.

A ruined, post-apocalyptic anime future could have made for a fantastic game, but it falters at every genre it attempts to ape. Code Vein is clearly attempting to spin a lot of plates. But unless you’re into playing a great character creator with a bad Dark Souls clone attached to it, we’d say steer clear.

Very replayable

An interesting soulslike that delivers unique combat mechanics which result in fun gameplay encounters. I am not crazy about the story but some of the characters were HOT.

7,5/10 um bom Soulslike, boa ideias, uma escolhe de design gráfico que não gosto, boas armas apesar das espadas de duas mãos serem bem melhores que as outras, alguns mapas interessantes mas tem mtos ruins, profundezas chato, mta repetição de inimigos e alguns chefes ótimos

Surprising coming from Bandai,the combat doesnt feel good, it lacks impact, heavy strikes feels like you are are hitting the enemies with a towel, the developers misunderstood the very core of what makes Dark souls souls combat so satisfying, they thought clumsiness was the signature trait of DS, Bosses are generic, unmemorable and their mechanics are annoying, most of them are just damage sponges that spam AoF attacks, apart from the combat the endings are tied to to a tedious collecting of worthless "memory fragments" in every level, it you miss one of them , too bad you wont be able to fight the final boss and you will get a bad ending-

Code Vein is an action RPG that is HEAVILY influenced by the Dark Souls games, unfortunately it is a pale imitation in virtually every way. The combat is unsatisfying, the environments are dull cut and paste labyrinths and you seem to just fight the same enemy types over and over again. A few hours was all I could take of this game.