Sadly it's not leveraging the same art style as its teaser trailer, but the new action role-playing game from Bandai Namco named Code Vein is still looking pretty cool. We described it as Anime Souls in our previous article, and that's honestly shaping up to be the case. You play as a vampirical Revenant who must feast on the blood of enemies in order to access supernatural powers. Prepare to dine and all that.
Much like a certain From Software developed series, the game will see you exploring an inter-connected world, alongside an in-game buddy who you'll be able to summon from within the world. In addition to the "Gifts" (or powers) that you obtain through your blood lust, you'll also be able to arm yourself with a set of trusty melee weapons, like swords and such. We suspect, then, the combat will combine close-quarters skirmishes with magic-esque attacks.
Here are some screenshots:
There are still no systems attached to the title, but Bandai Namco is saying that the release is coming to "major platforms", which surely will include the PlayStation 4 among others. Are you interested in this one at all? Wipe your mouth in the comments section below.
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PS4, Xbox One, PC.
@BLP_Software And Switch.
@get2sammyb Doubt it.
No, really, I do. I know I normally joke on that, but I'm serious.
Definitely be looking out for this one and especially gameplay footage.
I really don't like the Souls games or the 'clones' either. Thematically, this appeals and the art style appeals more than that 'teaser trailer' which looked more like the art style I would expect from a low budget production.
I can't say that I am not at all interested, but as it stands at the moment, I can't see myself adding this to my collection...
I'm getting a Darksiders vibe from that last screenshot.
I liked the teaser art style way more.
@Feena Yeah, me too. This looks a bit like a darker Freedom Wars to me.
Looks rather nice, I'll have to keep an eye on it
@get2sammyb yeah a bit too shonen anime for me. I am getting old 👵. From the looks I'd say freedom wars / monster hunter with a bit of Dark Souls.
@BLP_Software
PS4 and PC seem obvious, if it comes to Xbox One and skips Switch, it's utterly stupid. It'd be one thing if this was a game that was taxing on hardware, like most Japanese games, however, that doesn't appear to be the case, at least based on these screens. So it's stupid for a Japanese studio to leave out the brand Japan actually likes while including one people in Japan want nothing to do with.
@Gamer83 If it comes to Xbox One and not Switch its utterly stupid?
You know, reminds me of how utterly stupid it was to release a weak port of ME3 with missing content for $60 after releasing an earlier $50 full fat trilogy of games. Or NES collections not landing on there.
Don't discount that companies are asinine morons.
It looks like an anime Prototype to me lol
Hopefully this will not be downgraded so PS3s can play it too.
Heh! You got me at the wipe your mouth part while I was literally drooling looking at the screens up close
Looks cool but I keeping my expectations low. I do like how the game looks. And by the details, I have a feeling this will be a hybrid of God Eater , Darksiders, and Freedom Wars with a hint of Soul Sacrifice. Everybody saying that it is like Dark Souls might as well say that Toukiden is like Onimusha.
Though I do hope it will turn out better than God Eater. The God Eater games are good and all but I just can't enyoy them as much as Soul Sacrifice and Monster Hunter. Probably because of the cringy moments, hit-and-miss voice acting, "okay" plot, light-weight combat, uncreative movesets for reskins (Thor was a letdown), translation issues with mission and clothing descriptions, dumb matchmaking, limited character customization (better than ROA's and Kiwami's but nowhere near as stellar as Toukiden 2's and FW's), repetitive missions, and bland enviroments. Hopefully Code Vein will do better. Though the vampire transformations are a bit of a letdown.
@BLP_Software Don't know if they will actually release it for the Xbox though. Xbox's sales in japan are incredibly low and considering this game looks anime-ish (Tokyo ghoul-like), the only anime games Xbox One has are Attack on Titan, Naruto, Dragon Ball Xenoverse, Warriors of Aensland (or something), and Valkyria Revolution, which are all multiplat.
I like the art style on the pictures more than the art style in the teaser trailer. It looks great, in my opinion.
@ApostateMage Yeah, the background in the last pic does look like Darksiders.
It's from the God Eater team alright.
Could go either way. Can't say I have high hopes, the teaser looked much more interesting than this.
The teaser art was definitely more unique but this still looks cool. Just wish we could have more than some screenshots.
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