Bandai Namco has released an eight-minute “walkthrough” trailer for Code Vein II, as well as announced that a “Character Creator Demo” will be available starting January 23. The “Character Creator ...

If one would claim that the role of art is to create something wholly original, then Code Vein 2 stands in direct opposition to this. The opening minutes feel like the cutscene equivalent of a friend ...

Code Vein getting a sequel, as announced at Summer Game Fest earlier this year, was a pleasant surprise. The original was good! It was one of those games that necessarily didn’t blow people away, but ...

Code Vein 2‘s greatest strength is the variety of options it gives you in creating your personal vampiric warrior. Will you drain the blood from your enemies by gnashing away with a snarling wolf head ...

Code Vein II is a shocking step down from its predecessor in many regards, widening the scope of its environments and maps ...

The Soulslike genre — difficult action games built on the formula established by FromSoftware’s Dark Souls series — is a common sight these days, but back in 2019, when the first Code Vein came out, ...

Sequels carry certain expectations with them, like the promise of building on the promise of what came before and correcting past mistakes. Bandai Namco’s Code Vein 2 is exceptional in that it manages ...

The idea of an anime-style soulslike releases plenty of good chemicals in my brain, but the first Code Vein back in 2019 turned out to be just okay in my book. Like a number of Bandai Namco's original ...