00:00Code of Rain 2 is the dullest game about time-travelling vampires I've ever played.
00:04A decent soul...
00:05...like has been stretched far too thin, resulting in a repetitive and bland open-world adventure that...
00:10...severly lacks what made its stylish predecessor special.
00:12For the uninitiated, Code Vein was essentially...
00:15...an anime take on Dark Souls, both in its art style and love of wailing melodrama.
00:19They need...
00:20...the cartoon theatrics was a solid Souls-like, and that continues in the sequel.
00:24If you die, you lose all...
00:25...while you're levelling up currency and have one chance to get it back, and bosses are brutal brick walls that you'll...
00:30...spend hours smashing your head against.
00:32On the upside, special attacks are fun to experiment with, the companion...
00:35...resurrection system rewards risk-taking, and there's one great character right near the end.
00:40The dungeon design is dull and repetitive, the game reuses enemies and bosses far too frequently, and it's...
00:45...less visually interesting than the last game.
00:47Code Vein 2 feels like the first post-Elden Ring Souls...
00:50...to try something of a similar scale, but it's made too many compromises to get there.
00:54Inspired...
00:55...the moments are trapped in a bland, repetitive experience with far too much padding to recommend seeking.
01:00Time travel back six years and play the first Code Vein instead.
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