I Am OBSESSED With CODE VEIN!
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- Опубліковано 26 січ 2025
- Code Vein is NOT a Soulsborne clone. And if it is, trust me, it's MUCH more than that. Here I share my thoughts on the game and my current obsession with it.
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I've played for 4 hrs and I'm still stuck in character creation creating the perfect Waifu.
Unfair of the game to throw the massive difficulty spike of picking out the perfect eye color and design at you before you've even figured out the controls.
I just got it on Game Pass and my subscription might expire before I create the perfect character.
Love the passion. Wasn't considering this, but your enthusiasm is infectious.
I'm happy to hear that! It was the same for me. Didn't expect much of it and finally fall in love with it haha
I just started this game 3 days ago and i'm stuck on the Cathedral right where you were when you recorded this...lol. I love the fact that every place you visit has different monsters and the environments are completely different. And yes, this game is brutally hard at times. Sometimes I feel like I just got lucky beating the bosses. This current mid-level boss is really hard and you have to fight through some really hard stuff everytime just to get to them. I am kind of stuck though on this boss, but i'm not ready to give up yet.
my favorite game of 2019. i love how if forced me to evolve my techniques and strategies more than dark souls ever did. I've never had to block in a souls game but this game made me learn. that was part of the whole excitement.
That was a negative for me. I dont like it when a play style is deemed obsolete for a certain type of boss encounter. Being forced to block for a whole 2 minutes was awful. Thats the same reason why I disliked Sekiro...only one way to play, learn to parry or die.
This was my goty for 2019. finished all the dark souls games but I like this one a bit more just because its story driven. loved the story
That was my problem with soul games, the lack of story, don´t care the lore, i like good narratives.
I love the Soulsborne series, and also really enjoyed Code Vein. The assertion that Soulsborne fans won’t like Code Vein is flawed, as it assumes we will demand a replica of the series and the vast majority of us do not.
Agreed. I love the souls games and also enjoyed code vein quite a bit, but I also like anime so thats probably why I really like this game. I also prefer my narrative to he delivered more traditionally like this game as well.
That's why he said "maybe", "maybe it's not for you".
Very good comments, Erick. 👏👍
Ok this video was astonishing! Do more of this! I wanna watch. Cheers.
When they say "soulborne" is not comparing to darksoul or bloodborne, soulborne is game "genre" now. Same with metroidvania game which is combination from metroid and castlevania name.
I think the only difference between the two is that metroidvania are 2d while soulsborne are 3d.
@@edboy5418 metroidvania genre isn't hard like soulsborne.
ERICK OBSESSED W/ B.I.G. A.N.I.M.E. T.I.D.D.I.E.Z
thank for explaining next game to pick up
Glad you're enjoying Code vein. I'm also obsessed with the game and love it so much I'm currently on my 3rd N+ play through and I really enjoy jumping into multi player and helping out with boss fights. Even ordered the official art book from Japan because I love the game so much 300+ pages of goodness. Pretty good for a game I was expecting to be slightly above average and only really bought out of pure boredom because of the gaming drought end of last year. Easily one of my top 10 games in recent memory.
I need to get that art book!
@@kent2820 it's worth it. Really nice book. Code vein and Deux ex art books are two of the best gaming art books I've ever bought.
@@SEVENTHSIGHN Just ordered the guide just to have it, although I don't really need it, I'm level 233 and on Ng+
Before your video, I was hesitate but now I want to try. Thanks !
I'm hoping to get Code Vein when it's on sale. Hopefully the spring sale?
So, it's probably been a good 3 or 4 months since I've played this. I am wondering if they patched the game to finally let you change the panties colour. I was never a fan of black panties.
I'm 80 hours in and I'm not finished yet, love it so much. I'm trying to defeat the DLC boss
you know what make me obsessed with the game. Its skill inheritance and class customization experimentation and the thrill when you got new skill to try on for your ultimate set. my personal opinion tho i agree with the story while its good they need bit of upgrade on kinda cheesy part. Oliver collin death set my bar very high and i kinda disappointed they not try to kill your party member ever again lastly there is not enough loot equipment which is 100% subjective lol. i have tendency to wander off to the wrong place just because i love to explore and hoping to find something interesting on my trip.there is only few weapon in the game to make it worth the trouble. immagine if we can find the weapon used by the owner of the vestige when we arrived on the place they perished . but then again it just nitpick. im glad you also enjoy the game.
I finished it when it came out and really enjoyed it. For characters and story this is the best if we are comparing it to Nioh, Souls and Bloodbourne imo. I know some hated the echoes and walking slowly through the hall of memories or whatever it was called but I loved that. My two main problems were environments just felt really stiff and bland compared to the above and the combat was worse as well especially in comparison to Nioh which really shines in this area among all the others imo. Even when I had finished the game the animations for attacks and their range as well as the response times from my character still caught me out which is not something I can say for the other games I mentioned and it just felt a little to loose.
This game also has a really fun build system its just a shame it takes quite a while to really open up in that department. It shouldnt really be compared to Souls anymore than other FPS should be compared to Doom which of course they were for ages (Doom clones/like etc).
If you want an easier time in Code Vein Io and Yakumo were absolute powerhouses at least I thought so. Hopefully they do a sequel and further polish it.
@jonny s each to their own. I dont rate DS or BB combat particularly highly myself either but for my own part I did have a lot more wtf really? moments in Code Vein than I had in the others which cheapened it a bit in my eyes and I feel a lot of it was down to weaker animations of enemies attacks and absolutely massive hit radius and range of their attacks also backstabbing was ridiculously fiddly.
Code Vein seems interesting. Like you, I couldn't get into Dark Souls. So, if I get a PS4, I might try this game.
My cousin helped me get through the cathedral, you're not kidding. From what he told me, Godeater has connections to Code Vein.
Great video!!! I am playing this game and for now I am quite liking it. I'm a hardcore Soulsborne fan...
Glad to see you passionate again, it is quite amazing and gamer to gamer we love this kind of enthusiasm :). Any chance @Erick we see you do a proper review of this sometime in 2020 once you finish? Enjoy the week good Sir.
I think that was the point of the cathedral it was supposed to be a maze
I’m a big “Dark Souls” fan and really want to check this game out! I’ve heard really good things about it from my friends who are also big “Dark Souls” fans and have been planning on picking it up once I finish “Sekiro”.
I played there 670 hours last year.
..... I'm still playing it.
Remenber try God eater.
I'm divided about this game, obviously it takes elements from gameplay and mechanics of DS and Bloodborne, and also a part of their lore. Anyways, Code Vein have his own personality and style, but I think it loose rythm in some parts, specially with vestige's dreams. I think that Code Vein deserve a sequel that improve the gameplay and other details like ocurred with Nio.
Pd: Nice video! and I also agree, the game It's adictive
This also is like God Eater, same company and I believe same universe. At the end you see enemies and story about outside the area in the game, and it is like the God Eater stories.
Thanks now understand
You know what I just started this one.. While I somewhat like and respect the Soulsbourne genre it never really grabbed me the way it apparently did others..
However upon starting CV it’s almost like they’ve created something new in this sorta hybrid between traditional and souls like.. I tell ya I’m impressed.. It’s almost like they forced my favorite rpg devs to play Dark Souls or the like and told them to do something similar but adding their own flair.. And, they did!
Glad to hear you are enjoying Code Vein! I loved it so much I bought the PC and console version, lol. Was dedicated enough to platinum it on my console file. Taking my time with the PC version. I would agree on some of the things you have discussed. The AI is a little bit wonky at times. I always use Yakumo because he is best tank bro! Least favorite is sadly Jack. Wonderful character that I love, but his AI is severely broken at times that he dies way too fast due to mistakes. He is great for high attack with his companion skill.
@jonny s Oh yeah, same here. Lol. This AI is tolerable.
This game is on PS Plus if anyone happens to see this and was on the fence about it.
Wrong!!!!! Biggest problem is the games frequent frame rate drops.
I have Code Vein on my wishlist, but it is just too darn expensive for me. It's normally $60 on Steam right now, and even when it goes on sale it's still $40+. My backlog is so massive right now that I'm just going to wait it out for Code Vein. Glad you're enjoying it though.
I am not obsessed, but I also loved this game, for the story and the fan service.
Code Vein quickly became my #1 all-time favorite "souls-like" and the flak that its gotten from the Souls community was discouraging to see. It is absolutely more than just an "anime souls clone" and isn't given enough credit.
My entire blind playthrough of the game was solo, without AI or online help. It is a VERY different game with no partner-- far more intense, and I was stuck in the boss fights for _hours_ since I didn't know how to optimize builds yet!
Character creation is *outstanding.* I spent _two hours_ redesigning Akari's hair the moment I found out just how powerful it is!
I'm happy to see it's not just me who felt these positive vibes with the game. ♥ It only gets crazier after Cathedral, too!
If you're having trouble with companions it's because you're not using Io. Seriously, she makes the game easy-mode almost to the point where you're her companion.
I played the demo on PS4 and couldn't really get into it... maybe it's all the anime, idk when the characters started to talk I started phasing out of it lol I did play it until the big boss thingy, but... idk maybe i should try it again
Hi Eric Off topic, but was wondering what to you think of xenoblade chronicles games? I tried torna the other day and the combat is quite interesting, would love to know if you like these games
One game to consider! Thanks for the passion.
If I get it on the cheap side then I'll give it a shot.
Ya i love Code Vein too...good enough that if Cold Steel 3 didn't come out this year it would've been my personal game of the year for 2019.
Also not big on Dark Souls but love Code Vein for pretty much the same reason: Code Vein has a story that's more character driven than leaving the story mostly to item/book/monster/etc descriptions and the occasional random npc dialgoue (hell this one aspect really ticked me off with FFXV when you consider how much of the world's lore was regulated to this rather than cutscenes like in older FF games for XV's initial release/1.0 version). Also like God Eater/Toukiden's stories more than say Monster Hunter (if i was to use the hunting genre as an example) for pretty much the same reason, though MH World kinda added a bit more cutscene driven story to it than past games...granted when it comes to Hunting games i prefer Monster Hunter over GE and Toukiden though mainly cause the combat's better (especially with World) imo and it has a much larger roster of weapons to choose from (14 types).
Only real disappointing thing for me with Code Vein is that there's such a small amount of weapon types (just 5 though some of them can have 2 different types of weapons in it: Hammers have axes and hammers while halberds have halberds and spears for example and depending on those types the moveset changes a bit (halberds focus more on swinging while spears focus on thrusting for example)).
Then of course the other positives are: nice art style (my own opinion, i don't really care for overly realistic styles), great music, decent dungeons, and probably the best character customization in a long time (both the leeway with creating builds as well as the character appearance). Only real negative i can think of is some connection issues while online and some frame drops (mostly minor though) both in single and multiplayer.
This game went under the radar but it's definitely showing itself now thinking of picking it up
I really liked code vein, I finished dark souls back on the xbox 360 and man it blew me away, bloodborne was to hard, I played the demo on code vein on PlayStation 4 and I really like it, it wasn't to fast pace and super punishing like seikiro looks, definitely the way to go if you don't want a crushingly hard souls like glad you like atleast one souls like games Eric 😄
You should finish it, the story gets even better and you are gonna cry a lot
I don't really care of either Bloodbourne or Dark Souls and I really love playing Code Vein myself! This is one of the best games I've purchased this year even though it was released in 2019. You have to upgrade and level up, and heck even backtrack to see if anything new is out there. It's nothing like Bloodbourne or Dark Souls, it's more than that.
xD a man of pure culture & refinement because Code Vein has captured my "soul" big time Erick bro! Haha
@jonny s
It's home played off of why people have tried to compare Code. Ein to The Soulsborne type games that came before it.
Like Erick said,some of the gameplay mechanics were used but the game itself is not linked to Demon/Dark Souls or even BloodBourne.
Because of this game I. Went back to play god eater series since they are in the same universe.
I was getting a God Eater vibe lol...I did not know that.
I love this game and this and Cold Steel 3 are my main choices for 2019 GotY. This plays similar to Souls games, but also like God Eater, and is in the same universe. I made it about 3/4 of the way through Code Vein, but stopped when Cold Steel 3 released. I'm thinking of going back to the game to finish it, then get the season pass possibly.
Haha ya i stopped playing Code Vein cause of CS3 too and was stuck on that game from Oct 22 to Dec 24 lol. Since them i've beaten 1 of my Christmas games (Dusk Diver, meh to decent...just wish it was longer honestly, was only about 20 hours long. Now i'm on Atleier Iris and then i have Alliance Alive after that), finished up Astral Chain (since i kinda dropped that for Code Vein lol), and mainly been playing Monster Hunter World Iceborne's story since Astral Chain, Code Vein, and Cold Steel 3 caused me to delay playing the game for a while since it launched right in the middle of those 3 lol, finally just got to the Guiding Lands today).
I was thinking of picking Code Vein back up after Ryza but i might delay that until all the dlc episodes come out just so i can play through them as well when i get back to it....should be done by April i think...only games i want to play that are releasing soon are thankfully just Granblue Fantasy Versus on 3/3 and then Trials of Mana in late April (as for why no FFVIIR, while i think the game looks great i'm not buying any of the episodes until all release...not spending about 180 or more bucks for a game that was chopped up into pieces who's quality we still don't know outside the fact part 1 ends after leaving Midgar...which is just about 15% of the original ps1 game), besides that the only other game that's a must have for me is Tales of Arise but it's yet to get a date....or even a 3rd trailer after about 5 months now... Then there's CS4, Trails to Zero and Ao, and Ys9 if they get announced for a localization for this/early next year. Anything else i buy will likely be just a spur of a moment decision...so if i don't get a lot coming out this year i can use this year to reduce my backlog a bit lol.
@@ifrit1937 I have Atelier Ryza too, but after Cold Steel 3 I tried a few other games but played and beat Star Ocean First Departure twice now, and was thinking of playing the other Star Ocean games for the trophies, and just to beat them again.
As for this year's games I'm interested in getting Mega Man Zero Collection this month, then Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris, then Trials of Mana. Anything else I want doesn't have a definitive release yet like Tales of Arise, Cold Steel 4, YS IX, Granblue Fantasy Re:Link, the older Legend of heroes games, and hopefully Star Ocean Second Evolution since it's on Japans par, just not outside Japan and it's the only Star Ocean game I need to have all 5 on ps4.
I am a PC/Steam player, but thankfully this game is not exclusive. I added it to my wishlist and will see about it in the next sale.
Some souls players complain that this game is easier than the souls series. But when I played ds3 and bloodborne, i just hope there could always be npc partners helping me(not those who die very quickly and can only be summoned when you arrived at the boss' room)
I was never a fan of the soulsbourne games due to what was already mentioned, it lacked any sense of story driven. CV has a good story and a wonderful cast of characters. Also can't forget this amazing character customization. All of those factors involved got me hooked into this game. Now I'm spoiled and I will never touch a soulsbourne game, lol. I love the fact you can make a hybrid class too. Sword mage exists in this game!
You re the only person that likes a Souls clone more than a Souls game 😂 but it’s all good. I gotta try this one soon
And if you get stuck just call for help on multiplayer
I think i will give another shot at this game. I stopped for some reason and never went back.
Erick Landon, I really love JRPGs, I would say I grown up with the most popular but I played and I also liked a lot of the "insider tips" of this genre. So I like your videos very much.
But there is one thing: You say that you like dark atmospheres and dark stories, you use the word "hell" often and you say things like "goddamn"etc. Please don´t get me wrong, I respect you and your personality and your videos but I have also a faith and we see so much heroes who fought for light in all this games; why is "dark" good, why are demons and similar creatures so present in the new generation of JRPGs and why no one cares about this development?
I wish you much Light and my God bless you!
Its because Christianity has many of its followers who follow the faith, but simultaneously find its lore interesting and underexplored, so media that can flesh out much of this to bring out interesting philosophical questions appeals to people, even if theyre Christians. You seem extremely devout, which I am happy works for you, but many Christian followers in the modern Western world, Id say more so than most other religions, do not look at the religion with the same sacredity as you may. You may see that as sin in culture, but I think that is a very one-perspective driven outlook on a person. Especially with the many sects that exist within the religion, and now with the modern tech culture unifying many ideas across the world, everyone finds their own way to interpret their faith that makes sense to them. Someone using the word "hell" in slang or saying the lord's name in bad language may be taboo by the beliefs you were taught, but to other sect's versions of Christianity, they might not prioritize these same lessons you were taught. As you already know Im sure, it isn't exactly always clear how to derive meaning from every story in the new and old testament, so there is already unintended breaks in many ideas of the church depending on where you are from, how old you are, etc. Lastly, some people just prioritize philosophical hypotheticals in media/books over their own religion. Some people also think both those concepts the same, as their religion is the only philosophical thinking they need. A lot more is left to the individual to make sense of, even if they are exteremely devout, than collective and agreed upon universal truths.
@@PantsaBear Dear Freddie Plaza! Personally, I am probably not such a pious 'model' of an outdated, vague worldview, which is what Christianity is believed to be. I make art in my free time in which I take up controversial topics, but much more than that I don't want to found my own philosophy with it, but rather give space to my imagination and creativity. (I will write down my deviant Art account for you afterwards).
You can't generalize me, no archetype is realized in me. (And I´m although in a straight faith).
My life is full of events and drama as is any other human being. Some have experienced more, some have experienced less.
There was also a long phase in which I looked for my 'own' religion, made experiences with the 'New Age' and asked me philosophical questions and gave me answers. But they didn't work, as it turned out.
I had rejected as a youth the Christian Faith, what didn't bring me any luck to clarify that, I led a long time, a life full of wrong decisions.
But then, after many prayers from my heart, answers came and I met the right people as a matter of course - which I did not immediately recognize and could not classify.
Something bigger than humans could ever organize had led me on a path that was no fun, but it clarified a lot of things.
(Many things happened ...)
After a long period of research, the Bible turned out to be a specific set of rules. It is a working instruction according to which all people COULD live together in peace, LOVE ... if they confess to it. You don't have to, but it's the one path that never ends. Eternal luck is the grace of our Lord.
In my experience, the phrase, one's own search (No offense) for meaning and truth is the 'slogan' of a clone army of self-proclaimed 'individualists' that drove the decline of the human collective into darkness. Never before have there been so widespread perversions and profanity, bad behavior and ultimately, openly lived hatred, man against man as in the present day, which is also the last days of this human system. Regardless of the mistakes that certain aberrations of the Church may commit, there are sincere, enlightened and understanding Christians.We are one family in spirit and many of us can explain every Bible verse (not interpret it, but explain it because one understood the context). Not everyone can explain ALL verses just like that, but there are many who have even chosen it as their way of life, this perfect teaching all over the world in already translate and teach hundreds of languages (JW.org)
With all of this I want to tell you that I have a wealth of experience, something that goes beyond video games and internet cunning, but still allows me to be humble BECAUSE I learned to understand how a supposedly relative work like the Bible, like our God Out of love, Jehovah and Jeus Christ offers people a solution.
Human society turns out to be chaotic, helpless and without any perspective for the future ... for the eternity of human life. The possibility exists for all persons of all time to live forever in paradise, a small part of it in heaven. Unfortunately, we know from predictions that few people will choose to live forever.
There is no hell but death.
The earth will be transformed into a paradise again, no longer poisoned by the spirit of chaos and half-truths.
And although I play JPRGs, make art, listen to music I want and more. But of course, I obey God's law as best I can because it is righteous and even more full of goodness, forgiveness.
........
If you're interested, this is my Deviant Art page.
I may show at least something of what separates me from a monk or a cliché.
God bless you! www.deviantart.com/buvium
@@vinricvannorth5495 Never meant to paint you as a cliche my friend, I apologize if I came across as doing so. I appreciate the insight into your faith and own philosophy. I dont necessarily understand how you came to some of the conclusions you have, such as the one where individualised thinking has led to hatred or conflict between man, but one of your experiances Im sure has led you to find that to be your truth. I also am a man of Christian faith, formarly of greater faith accompanied with the church itself, and I have heard many stories that even with proper context dont create a simple and clear set of rules defined by how man should live in many instances. I understand that to attempt to live a perfect life is the sin of vanity in of itself, as man is forevrer cast on the principles of sin and forgiveness. I found however, that this vanity has no bounds, even including teaching coming from those of strong faith. The very definition of profanity for example has evolved over thousands of years, over countless languages, and even for someone of the cloth to draw the line as to where such a definition starts and ends in a given time and situation is vain in itself.
Anyway I will not respond to more of what you said, because that's not why Im responding in the first place. I did so to demonstrate that their is duality to almost any ideal you or I may hold in addition to the dichotomy you already subscribe to. If you have come to a conclusion you yourself have found fulfilling or satisfying, I applaud and respect you, but I do think its important to also acknowledge that experiances in our lives are never painted in such binary ways so that we may hold moral dominion over another. The concept of "hell" itself in media isn't exclusively meant to be used as a scary story of eventual damnation/punishment, or used as a tool of temptation even. It can be for sure, but I think thats overly simplifying an entire concept that has been described, extrapulated, and portrayed in a variety of ways for a variety of reasons, and not all of these ways and reasons are sinful. Enlightenment can come from many directions at any time, and not always by the Christian definition. That is a lesson I'm glad to have learned, and one that I do not think I would have truly actualized into myself if not for me being exposed to more communities than the one of Christian faith I grew up with. I too can still enjoy JRPGs and not agree with everything being included, for example the recent excessive fan service/nudity that serves no narrative or idealogical purpose. I dont see myself as a good man, or one bathing in evergrowing sin, and I have still come to conclusions that I would have otherwise if I had just stuck strongly with my faith as my guide, rather than experiancing why these things are sinful for myself. These experiances have led me to find ways to combat temptation I never would have thought otherwise, and I'm proud of at least that much of my character.
Also I really appreciate your art and poetry and how it evolves from piece to piece. Theyre like different pages from the same book, with themes that stand on their own but seem to still tangentally string from one to another no matter which order you digest them in (at least from the stuff in English lol). Must have taken a ton of work, your passion really shines, so I hope you continue to add to your inspiration
@@PantsaBear It's okay, I wasn't offended or upset, just plainly, hopefully politely.
Your answer shows me that you practice self-reflection, think critically and have gained experience. I respect that.
Your attitude towards fan service is gratifying, even refreshing.
In the course of time I became sensitive to clumsy depictions of sexuality, but also to excessive violence and, of course, blasphemy.
Since I see myself as a Christian and also describe myself as a Christian and have my clear moral guidelines therein, I cannot abandon certain principles. Hence my ideal is a united truth.
I consider exaggerated individualism difficult because it tends to distance people further from the natural than to move towards the original.
Yes, practically one cannot live without sin. One should understand the grace of God as the solution. Hell is terrible fiction
which arose in the earliest human roots.
But God is love and so it goes without saying that he will not torment anyone forever, nor allow the devil to do that, nor anyone else.
As a good person, I already see someone who at least wants to be and is loyal to what convinces him,
as best he can, or at least tries hard. But everyone has weaknesses and hardly anyone gives everything. You have to be tolerant in the right dosage.
Thank you for looking at my art! My English is not as mature as it is my mother tongue German, of course. But apparently I can communicate so far
so that you understand the inspiration behind the stories, feel them.
I wish you all the best and a successful life!
@@vinricvannorth5495 Appreciate the compliment man. Yeah same to you, I respect your conviction and passion for the way youre living, which is pretty much the strongest thing I can say to someone who walks a different path to my own. Thanks for the thorough comment.
As for your english, its perfectly fine haha. Im from America, and didn't realize you were Eastern European until I saw your art page, so I dont think you have anything to worry about over text conversations. Yeah anyone for an appreciation for art can see and feel the hard work behind your paintings and poems, language has little to do with it. Thanks for sharing.
I wish you the best as well my friend, do take care and have a fulfilling life on your end as well!
I haven't gotten Code Vein yet but I got a free poster for it because my Gamestop has the coolest employee of any store ever.
The main problem with the Souls stories, is that even though they're awesome, they're not told "directly": Almost everything is not-so-easy-to-see lore. Once you watch videos about it and investigate you notice how good (and tragic) the stories are.
I wanna put my hands on Code Vein too, sadly my PC right now isn't exactly fast enough for that, do you think a PC from 2013 would run it on 720p?
What are your specs? I am going to play this one now. I need to move over from the train feels Tales of Xillia 1 and 2 delivered.
@@takehirolol5962 FX-6100, 8GB of RAM 1333 MHz and R7 260x 1GB.
@@heavymetalmixer91 Tough one to determine and compare with mine. This GPU is like a GTX 750 or 750 Ti. Stay at 720p and adjust the settings to get as close to 60 FPS.
Does ps4 has sliders?
the core mechanic in the souls games is the "Cheap Death Trope" which may come from the poorly planned terrain (falling or getting stuck between an enemy and something else), then comes the "Surprise A.I." (poorly planned enemy behavior, attack range, area of effect and path), and the constant of "Unfair Gameplay" (your character is weak as #$%&, your attacks are inefective and leave you vulnerable for long periods, on top of that the enemies are damage sponges and they almost never flinch with your attacks)
those 3 are refered to as "The Souls Formula" and those are present in Code Vein and many other games: Sekiro, Nioh, The Surge, even some 2D games have implemented those elements at a lower level, games like Blasphemous, Death Cells and others... I'm so happy this formula will die soon with the end of the 8th-Gen I hope the new trend is something more enjoyable
Dude can you try Saga Scarlet Grace Ambition? Its a very great game!
Id say this is a good mix of Soulsborne and Dragons Dogma really... which are two of the best series' to have been made so far. And now CV joins in. This is good stuff and CV can fill up the gap while we wait for Dragons Dogma 2... hopefully T_T
I'm still playing it, I love it that much, near the end of Ng+ I prefer it to Dark Souls in many ways and can't wait for the sequel.
meh i rather have an anime.
Most comments I have heard about this game were about how hard the game is and/or praising the character creator as the best one in gaming ever.
spoiler free story thing i freking loved and suspected all along when i played the game whas when a serten monster showed up in the game.
Soulsborne is less dark souls and bloodborne and more its own ganera, like rougelike, there are bad soulsborne like lords of the fallen, and then there are good soulsborne like code vein thats all.
iv platinumed all souls borne and almost done it 2 times with dark souls 1 and 2 and i loved code vein.
also disegree that dark souls isent story heavy, its just not shoved down your troat, there is whery DEEP story in dark souls but you haf to fined it, one of the preper to cry moments in dark souls requiers you to haw a ring you can only get by taking it as a gift att the start of the game, OR fined the hidden crow trader and trade a whery rare item to get the ring, after that you need to fined a hidden wall and youl be preperd to cry, but if you missed the ring and the wall you miss it all, i like Yatzys take on it, you might wonder why this wolf with a sword is trying to protect this grave and seams to recodnice you if you done things in a serten order, or you can just be glad that there is anothere big thing to kill. Dark souls is not the anime story where everything is 200% with i love to, loved code vein, it is a whery still and cold and sad plase. id advice you to retry it and get over the herdel with is the start, start as theif, and take the old witches ring, and after the boob boss look for a hidden wall, and youl know dark souls is brilient when it comes to story.
Me parece bien que te obsesione el juego, ya que si yo tenía algunas dudas en comprarlo, con tú opinión ya es compra segura.Por cierto, si es que hay problemas con la IA, creo que puedes ir sólo toda la aventura, ya que los compañeros son opcionales (al menos eso oí)
I mean.....they literally said it was inspired by the Soulsborne series so that’s probably why people compare it lol also the story isn’t anything crazy here
He didn't say the story was crazy, just that it's dark the way he likes them. The fact that is has an actual story unlike the Soulsborne series is what makes it attractive to him (and I).
?? " No major issue".....how about the lack of directions in the game telling you where you need to go?? For example, in the cathedral, one of the objectives ACTUALLY tells you to " find the door"' that leads to a cutscene, and a new area, after spending 3 hours unlocking doors to get to the top ....
48fps? Weird choice... You know this fps is choppy as hell at 60Hz screens, heh?
Code Vein is a great game!!!!
I have always been someone who loved the Dark Souls etc. series in theory, but not in practice. I like the aesthetics, general sense of melancholy, good environmental storytelling. But I am not a great action game player, and I generally play games to unwind rather than beat my head against a wall, so while I own several of them, I generally get stuck pretty early on and don't play them much.
Apparently all it took to get me to get over this hump was taking a Souls game and filling it with anime shit. GF bought me this game a few weeks ago, and it's basically all I've been playing since then.
I deeply appreciate the AI partner they give you, as someone who doesn't have a PSN sub, and doesn't want to play online and open THAT can of worms. Even though they do really dumb things sometimes, and occasionally mess up my awesome plans. They also save my ass often enough to make up for it.
I have been liking this game more than any of the souls games. I also liked sekiro more than those games even tho it's more of a stealth game than an RPG.
It is most definitely a souls clone from a gameplay standpoint it’s not unfair to compare them lol
Love this game! Will be happy to help with co-op on PS4 if you need some =)
Definitely a great "souls" game for beginners imo: the partner helps you a lot in learning fights and mechanics and to make sure you learn the fight easier., and the story is definitely a plus. Honestly though, I don't like how you're kinda limited with weapons and how so many spells are "meh". I definitely enjoyed playing it though (even got the platinum) and if anyone is curious about souls game this is definitely a good starting point: I played Bloodborne right after Code Vein and definitely helped me understand better how the game works.
But for souls vets....well ...game looks nice and you got anime waifus so it's worth a check. Plus the abilities and blood codes are fun to experiment. And if you're really in for a hard game, remove the partner and good luck with Blade Bearer and Cannoneer!
You guys should play Star Wars Fallen order really good time Canon and same game format
Okay I love this game and all but yes it is anime souls just with story taking a forefront of it. I've loved every souls like game for the most part.
Ok
Well thank ya lol I just wish they tried harder with the dlc.
I was literally searching about this since yesterday
And if you Love the Story telling Here. You Have to Play Nier Automata after you Finish Code just go for Nier Automata is A Masterpiece!!!!
Welcome to the club...
same here. i remember watching the trailer and was like meh. then played the demo and the next day, i went out and bought the game full price and with all the dlc no regrets lol. just waiting for all the new dlc to come out then ill hop back on it again
Code Vein is a gateway drug to the Soulsborne series, including the Sekiro and Elden Ring games. I highly recommend you to give the Miyazaki's ARPG games a last chance, you don't know what you're missing! and isn't truth that the Soulsborne games don't have a story, there is, but it's hidden and scattered in the game's world; you must pay attention to the NPC dialogs, the item and equipment descriptions and even in the game's areas to get that mature and deep dark fantasy story that you want; if you're into dark fantasy literature, Soulsborne games have lots of lore and worldbuilding in its worlds, characters and game systems. I know this game series isn't for everyone because of its famed demanding difficulty, but if you put some effort and patience you will be succeeded, combat is challenging and deep with lots of customization and an almost endless combination of equipment and character classes to choose from; easy to pick up, hard to master. If you love Code Vein, you will love Soulsborne games, I'm incompetent playing action games, but if a low skilled player as I'm can enjoy and finish this kind games, I think you can do it too! I'm a big fan of your work, I have learned a lot about RPG's, specially JRPG's and TRPG's thanks to your channel, keep up the good work! and prepare to die again and again with FromSoft games!
code vein is a huge love letter to dark souls. it plays more like a tales of game though.
the game is really not that difficult. just like dark souls isn't as difficult as people make it out to be. it's at it's core a stat based rpg, which means you can outlevel content. yakumo will win the game for you, unless he's been nerfed since i last played. the most difficult part of code vein is navigating anime londo. i dread it with every playthrough.
I actually do compare every tactical rpg to Final fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre. lol!! Seriously, the game looks like it is very much a result of Bandai Namco trying to get Souls-borne combat and ambiance in a game that actually has a narrative storyline. Doesn't seem like a bad thing.
I’m currently playing Code Vein as well and I must say it’s a really really really good alternative to the Souls games. I’ve played the bloodborn games and DS games as well and I gotta say, I prefer code vein tons more
Now become obsessed with soulsborne. Praise the old blood.
How can a game can't be considered a Dark Souls rip-off when it even marketed itself as a Dark Souls rip-off?
@jonny s It is basically a rip-off of Monster Hunter, Berserk and Castlevania.
I got bored of this game eventually, but I should probably get back to it.
I Will try Man
Only Soulslike game Ive played is Salt and Sanctuary but it's 2d and fun if you ask me. Just lacks story.
@jonny s 2d action rpg
Hell, there is kind of a story but its somewhat hidden throughout. But you pretty much rescue a princess thats being used to bring peace. You would just have to play it if you have not.
Love the Game!! And the Waifus 😂🤣✌️😁
i thought u don't like dark souls games?
I recently started code vein straight after platinuming Bloodborne. I was hoping for an anime version of BB but as much as I've tried I just cant to into it yet so I stopped playing for now. Dont get me wrong, it's a good game but It nowhere near as good as BB and I guess I'm just still too hung up on BB to play this.
i know the part you are on... it drove me crazy too, i spent 4 hours being lost there.. it was horrible, whoever designed that level should go back to game design 101
Not just influenced. God Eater is Part of this World!!!!! And Yes is Dark Souls Animé!!! Come On!!!and the Anime is Perfect for the Game and the fans of Dark souls hate it because is Not that Difficult
I wasn't enjoying the story so far, nor did I give a shit about the characters.
It is a great way to try out a soulslike game(and yes it is one) with the companion system to help u, and i was suprised u had trouble with it, i have't seen this good a AI since Halflife 1 so maybe u have't used the right companion for your build?(Nagumo and Io are best in my own expirience).
The thing i have a issue with in this game is that getting a backstab is pretty much left up to chance since half the time u try one it won't trigger.Something with the enemy models i think.
aside from that its a blast! 3 different endings(u get different blood codes from each ending) and ofc the one thing u did't mention, the Character creator!!!
the stuff u can do in that is unbelievable! if u want some examples, check Quinbobin's channel: ua-cam.com/users/TehMheow
On a final Note, the Catherdral area u are in is the worst in the game(whoever made it should be trapped inside it forever...) so map it out fully so u have a easyer time in it on the other playtroughs.
I love Code Vein :)
Not sure if you'll beat it? You take this game by the horns and show it who the master is! Just say, "I'm Erick Landon RPG, bitch!"
Dark souls series has story but it not served on a plate, as it is in code vein. Imo dark souls beats code vein on every field specialy if you consider hit boxes.
Code Vein is still one in my wish list of PS4 game must-have !
I wanna try this but I want it on pc for modding options. But my pc is effing old.
I love the souls games. But I never got the impression other souls fans compare this game in a negative way, just a different way. Weeb souls isnt an insult imo. I WANT weeb souls lol