Code Vein II does not set out to reinvent the wheel, and in many ways that is both its greatest strength and its biggest shortcoming. Bandai Namco’s follow-up sticks closely to what worked the first ...

January has had a fairly slow start for 2026 video game releases, as is typical in the video game industry. We've had a couple of stellar releases, like the Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox Series X/S ...

Code Vein II from developer Bandai Namco Studios represents something of a fresh start for the ascending series. A sequel to the 2019 debut, Code Vein II is a Soulslike RPG in the same, well, vein as ...

When Bandai Namco launched Code Vein in 2019, I gave it an earnest try. More than just an anime-looking and occasionally over-the-top riff on Dark Souls, Code Vein’s world of vampires and absorbed ...

The soulslike genre revolves around challenge and skill mastery, both of which hold true for Code Vein 2. From the opening hours, it is clear that it is designed with mechanical depth in mind. Combat ...

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Code Vein II starts off with a fairly standard story trope that requires the player, as the silent protagonist, to travel to the past to save the future. The present is currently doomed by the Luna ...

When the original Code Vein came out back in 2019, the Soulslike genre was still somewhat in its infancy. FromSoftware, the creator of the genre, via their Dark Souls series, had successfully made its ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. After the 2019 release of Code Vein, Bandai Namco staked its claim in a genre it helped popularize as the publisher of games like Dark Souls. Code ...