CODE VEIN

To be honest, I spent a lot more time on the Character Creator then playing the game itself and I was really impressed to make Gold Ship from Umamusume with the best of my ability.

🌳 Graphics
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ Atari
🎮 Gameplay
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch video instead
☐ Just don't
🎵 Audio
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ I'm now deaf
☐ My ears bleeding
👥 Audience
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ All
💻 PC Requirements
☐ Toast Machine
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich
☐ Nasa
🎯 Difficulity
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Difficult
☑ Souls Like
💪 Grind
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isnt necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You‘ll need a second life for grinding
📖 Story
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ Better than your life
⌛ Game Time
☐ < 3h
☐ < 10h
☐ < 20h
☑ < 40h
☐ < 100h
☐ Infinity
💸 Price
☐ It’s free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
🐞 Bugs
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ Unplayable
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A definition of a 6/10 game. Solid gameplay, Story is enjoyable and good but nothing special or groundbreaking. Has fun stuff like great build diversity and character customisation (excluding the actual outfits), the anime aesthetic is well done and not off putting. Apparently feels much like an anime dark souls, maybe this is the game that will get me to play that franchise someday.

I found myself frustrated at the level design multiple times during the game (the cathedral level is made by sadists). Overall it's okay, but some levels feel like they were purposefully made the most annoying mazes in existence where you have to backpedal for multiple times navigating different routes, just to end up at a drop down ledge to a place you already were. Although credit where it's due the minimap footstep system alleviates this a bit.
That and some of the bosses attacks felt a bit too fast and wide, couple of times I found myself getting hit by what seemed to be a out of reach attack and/or almost an instant 180 sweep with their back against me.
TLDR:
Overall a fun and at times frustrating souls like anime game. Solid 30 hours of fun, buy on a discount at like 15€ or something idk.

an excellent game even for those who don’t like soulslike games very much (after all, WeMod is there for that), with interesting lore, a dark story involving vampires and post-apocalyptic monsters and many mysterious characters. for me it was one of those games that, after finishing it, made me want to research more to better understand the universe in which the game takes place and the details that weren’t clear during the campaign and I think that’s really cool!! I also really liked the soundtrack (even though it has few tracks, that doesn’t take away from their shine) and the dark environments and gothic theme, which made the whole experience more memorable. On the other hand, I didn’t like the extra dungeons (except for the DLCs, which are good), because they’re far too repetitive and I also didn’t like some of the game’s maps, especially the cathedral.. for me it was pure torment to spend hours and hours in that labyrinth, without a doubt the worst part of the game!! aside from that, I don’t have much to complain about. The bosses are cool (especially the DLC ones) and the difficulty is high, but I can’t comment much on that since I used WeMod.. it made the battles easier, but it didn’t spare me from the stress of the labyrinths or from when enemies appear out of nowhere and knock you into oblivion.
PTBR - PORTUGUESE
jogo excelente mesmo pra qm não gosta mto de souls like (afinal o wemod está aí pra isso), com uma lore interessante, uma história sombria envolvendo vampiros e monstros pós apocalípticos e vários personagens misteriosos. pra mim foi um daqueles jogos que após finalizar deu vontade de pesquisar mais pra entender melhor sobre o universo em que o jogo se passa e detalhes que não ficaram claros durante a campanha, e acho isso mto legal!! tbm gostei bastante da trilha sonora (embora tenha poucas músicas, não tira o brilho delas) e dos cenários sombrios e temática gótica, isso tornou toda experiência mais memorável. em contrapartida não gostei das dungeons extras (exceto das dlcs, que são boas) pois são repetitivas demais, e também não gostei de alguns mapas do jogo, especialmente a catedral.. pra mim foi um tormento passar horas e horas naquele labirinto, sem dúvidas a pior parte do jogo!! fora isso não tenho mto do que reclamar, os bosses são legais (principalmente os das dlcs) e a dificuldade é alta, mas não posso comentar mto sobre isso, pois usei o wemod, facilitou nas batalhas, mas ainda não me poupou do estresse dos labirintos ou de qndo inimigos aparecem de surpresa e te derrubam pro além.

Code Vein turned out to be a fun and interesting soulslike. I had my eye on it for a long time but never really got around to playing it. Now that I finally did, I had a good time with it.
What I liked
Character editor
My huge respect. So many options, details and ways to customize your character. You can easily spend hours in it, and that's what I did.
Controls
Feel responsive and comfortable. They are a bit overloaded with functions, but everything works nicely once you get used to it. Keybinds are customizable, and comfortable for keyboard players. The only annoying thing is having to scroll through consumables manually.
Locations
They are great both visually and in terms of structure. They feel well thought out and atmospheric.
Bosses
I played through all bosses solo, without a partner, and it was fun. Learning their attacks and beating them fair and square was super satisfying.
Music
Really nice. Some tracks are incredibly beautiful and fit the game perfectly.
What I did not like that much
Bugs and technical issues
Even years after release, the game feels underpolished. I ran into a lot of hitbox problems where attacks just pass through enemies. The target lock can break randomly and send your character swinging in the wrong direction. Also, I had some issues with elevators.
Too many cutscenes
Some of them feel slow and boring. The characters often say really cliche things. If you have watched at least a couple of teen anime, you have definitely heard it all before.
Enemy variety
Pretty limited. In the second half of the game they start repeating constantly, and the later areas don't introduce any new enemies at all.
Final thoughts
Overall, the game is good. But it has its flaws. I would rate the game 7 out of 10. I hope the sequel will be even better!

Code Vein is an odd game.
With 100 hours and 4 playthroughs (I did not raise the difficulty for the NG+ runs because I'm a coward and was just achievement hunting) under my belt as of writing this review, I'd say that I can definitely share my thoughts on this game that I have grown surprisingly attached to.
There are a lot of things I've heard about Code Vein, such as it being, "The Anime Dark Souls" and the like, and well, I can't really say much about that. The Souls inspiration is very clear that even I, who has never played a FromSoft game and only watched my friends play them, can see it. Movement is usually slow and you need to think about what action to take at any given moment, whether you want to block, dodge, or see if you can get a parry in, or whether to back away and spend your limited magic resource known as Ichor to deal some damage from afar. Really, biggest difference from Code Vein and a Souls game is that Code Vein is far more beginner friendly.
The design and story of Code Vein really take a different approach, and also where a lot of people have the hardest time getting into the game. This game really shows its true colors here with animations being clunky from time to time, level design that is fairly easy to navigate (with the exception of The Cathedral of The Sacred Blood) after your second time through, and the typical anime elements of fanservicey characters and tropes that are very prevalent throughout. But, somehow, despite it all, this game proves to be charming.
So, do I recommend this game? Simply, yes, but I also understand that this game isn't for everyone. Perhaps the difficulty is too much or too little, perhaps you can't get past the character design and/or story. That's okay! As person that is mediocre at video games and really enjoys vampires in stories, I find that this game is right up my alley, but I won't respect you any less if you choose to walk past this game without a second glance. But, if you're interested, give it a try.

Spent hours to customize character and pick voice types only for MC to say two lines at the end.

10/10 would code my vein again