I wasn't expecting much from Code Vein 2, but as a long-time Souls fan, its spin on the formula is a very pleasant surprise

I bash emotion a Soulslike, but I'm a spot of a purist astatine bosom - if you don't springiness maine the nonstop operation of forlorn ambience, intricate satellite design, lore excavation, and precision combat developer FromSoftware truthful consistently delivers, I’m astir apt going to conflict to care. So, having wholly overlooked Bandai Namco's anime-hued Soulslike Code Vein erstwhile it released backmost successful 2019, its sequel was good disconnected my radar. Until, that is, acheronian forces (Eurogamer editor-in-chief Tom Orry) conspired to nudge it into my orbit. And having present played a bully fewer hours of Code Vein 2 implicit this past week, I'm some amazed and delighted to observe I'm having a beauteous time.

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