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Code Vein |OT| Prepare To Spa

SmokedSalmon

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Apr 1, 2019
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I played way too much of this today. Such a good game. There's a couple God Eater references here and there, which is fun.
antitrop said:
I am surprisingly impressed with the story and presentation. I hate Louis when he's running around with me, but he's great in the cutscenes. All the flashback stuff is real good.
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The flashbacks sequences are really well executed. One of my favorite aspects of the game for sure.
Dawg said:
Can't wait till everyone here reaches Anor Londo 2.0

Because it sure is something...
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I'm already well past it, and yeah, it was kind of nuts. Quite the maze for me but I still loved it.
 
Snowfruit

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The details in the blood veils are really neat. Like the one that's a jacket on your back has the loose sleeves turn into the wolves for the drain attack.


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TheOneJat

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I enjoy the idea of the AI companion. Are they with you throughout the whole game or just for certain sections?
 
Yu Narukami

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You can break the game early on. Farm Old-world material and trade for Yakumo's sword.
 
Mars People

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Is it just me or do enemies have terrible vision.
They don't seem to see you tell you are right in their face.
 
texhnolyze

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Oh wow, this swamp area is the worst.

It's pitch black so you have no clue where to go, there are lots of debris so you might easily missed stuff, and there are deeper spots where you're slowed.
 

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All right I'm about to buy it. Not sure if I should get it on Steam or PS4 Pro though. Consistent 60 FPS vs. trophies and an active player base hnggg shit.

edit: Nvm I got the PS4 version
 
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drewfonse

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I got to the home base for the first time, and it doesn't look like I can do anything there, other than rest at the mistle.

So I just move on to the next area?
 
Uthred

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I'd love a visual indicator for when you can backstab because it feels largely random whether it will land or not.

Raidou said:
My magic build is paying off right now, I can pretty much one shot every enemy I found so far with one spell that costs 6 MP and I can get the MP back with 2 slashes. I pretty much die in two or three hits tho.
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Have to say I'm finding it hard to get a ranged or caster build I'm completely happy with, having to melee to regenerate ichor makes them feel quite risky. Though admittedly they'd be busted if you could regenerate ichor from range.
 
KeRaSh

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Dawg said:
I bought Yakumo's weapon and it got me through mid-game to late-game. It really is a great weapon. Combine it with the Atlas Blood Code and your mobility gets changed from slow to normal, which is really good. I defeated most enemies in two or three hits.



Atlas (Yakumo's Blood Code) is probably the best for a greatsword build. It's what I used to beat most of the game. Got my strength to S+ with the passive gift that increases damage if u wear 2H swords. And I also got two additional strength gifts. One of them is from Louis Blood Code.

Basically made me hit VERY HARD.
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That's basically exactly my build, haha! I'm still fat rolling, though. Probably using wrong armor.
Armor only affects drain damage, though. Right?
Then I can safely switch that out without losing physical damage. I don't really care about drain damage.
 
Vic Tokai

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drewfonse said:
I got to the home base for the first time, and it doesn't look like I can do anything there, other than rest at the mistle.

So I just move on to the next area?
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Make sure you let ALL of the girl in the skimpy white dress's dialog play out before you walk away from her (your amnesiac friend from the intro of the game). She pauses after the first few words, long enough to make you think she's done talking, but she's not.

(Edit: misremembered a character's name, so I just replaced it with a description since I guess I can't remember what her name actually is, ha.)
 
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FatalT

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So the general consensus here is that this game is amazing, yeah? I liked The Surge 2 but I didn't feel as Souls-like as the demo for this. Surge also doesn't have actual multilayer, whereas this has co-op with one other person.

I still have Remnant and it's gotten a lot of improvements and patches but I've realized I just don't like procedural generation in my Souls-like. I'd rather have more melee-focused combat than the guns as well.
 
TissueBox

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Vic Tokai said:
For my part, at least, I think I just misremembered a character's name. Edited my previous post.
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Ah okay I thought I was missing a character for a second there lol. I have heard of her though, just have yet to reach her proper introduction....

FatalT said:
So the general consensus here is that this game is amazing, yeah? I liked The Surge 2 but I didn't feel as Souls-like as the demo for this. Surge also doesn't have actual multilayer, whereas this has co-op with one other person.

I still have Remnant and it's gotten a lot of improvements and patches but I've realized I just don't like procedural generation in my Souls-like. I'd rather have more melee-focused combat than the guns as well.
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It's rotund fun, shaky footing and all. *nod* Open to a variety of playstyles and fairly fluid action combat (though still typically measured in Soulslike fashion) once you get used to it, just be prepared for all your favorite anime tropes...

lucentcrowe said:
There's two different paths you can take early on, one towards the Butterfly and another slightly more obscured path that leads you 'down'. Look for the teleport points on your map that say like "50%" and then explore the rest of them : D.
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*spits water* ...hold on really?

Is this in the city level?

EDIT: OK I think I got a grasp of it... I'd dropped down there before but didn't think much of it and went back up. Will keep an eye out for all corners of the map!!

EDIT #2: Actually that route is one I already recently paved through to the entrance of the next area. Question is, it's a mandatory part of the story right? Not an optional missable thing?
 
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flyinj

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Is there any strategy to giving gifts to people in the hub? Do they give any indication of what items they want?
 
SunhiLegend

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Quick question: Is there anyway to disable the HUD? I'm playing on PC but haven't found anything so far, personally like playing games or having the option of playing with nothing on the screen in terms of UI.
 
texhnolyze

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SunhiLegend said:
Quick question: Is there anyway to disable the HUD? I'm playing on PC but haven't found anything so far, personally like playing games or having the option of playing with nothing on the screen in terms of UI.
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Yeah, I'm seconding that.

Especially for Souls game like this, you don't really need the HUD. Or at least let me hide the compass and skill shortcuts. I don't care if my AI partner is dying, and there's already critical health effects so I don't really need to pay attention to my health. So yeah, generally there are lots of useless elements in the HUD, and they take too much space.
 
Raidou

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Uthred said:
Have to say I'm finding it hard to get a ranged or caster build I'm completely happy with, having to melee to regenerate ichor makes them feel quite risky. Though admittedly they'd be busted if you could regenerate ichor from range.
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I have the quick dodge because of the low weight + that passive skill that gives you more focus on dodge so it isn't too bad to get some few hits to get the MP back and dodge away to use magic, I also have one passive skill that increases my dark magic damage when I have focus so right now the build is working well.

I don't have many good magics with me tho so I hope I get some Blood Codes more focused on it.
 
Liam Allen-Miller

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Bansai

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drewfonse

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Having a blast 4 hours in. Surprised at the pretty gfx on 1X. I'm way over leveled at 26 directly after the BF Boss, haha. Using the companion, always. Zero shame. Zero.

Still not quite sure about the upgrading of Blood Veils, even though I have one at +2. It doesn't seem like upgrading them increases defense stats? Is that right?

Such a fun game, with an actual story. Love it.

FatalT said:
So the general consensus here is that this game is amazing, yeah? I liked The Surge 2 but I didn't feel as Souls-like as the demo for this. Surge also doesn't have actual multilayer, whereas this has co-op with one other person.

I still have Remnant and it's gotten a lot of improvements and patches but I've realized I just don't like procedural generation in my Souls-like. I'd rather have more melee-focused combat than the guns as well.
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I made the mistake of buying The Surge 2. Played it for 2 hrs and was bored stiff. Code Vein is much more appealing to me, on all levels. It's the most fun that I've had with a Souls type game since Bloodborne. And I like this more than DS3. It's easier, which I kind of like. But you can still get your ass kicked if you become too cavalier.
 
Kalentan

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Ha. My game glitched out for a moment. I fell down really far and Louis revived me but my character thanked him in Japanese in a completely different voice then mine haha.
 
Xiaomi

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Yu Narukami said:
How did this game only score 70 on metacritic? Everyone seems to enjoy it.
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Yeah thus far it seems to be better than a 7/10. I'm about 10 hours in, just past the point where the main MacGuffin becomes the focus, and I'm really enjoying it. Shortcomings include an overemphasis on boobs (to be clear: half of the characters have boobs that are hanging out for no reason) every level has a mazelike design and too few interesting setpieces that you might find in a Souls game. Otherwise? It plays well and has interesting build possibilities, which is what you want from this kind of game, and the level design isn't so bad as to be unpleasant.
 
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