Drink blood to survive in a grim post-apocalypse
Code Vein promises to let you “experience the power of blood”; a bizarre way of describing its upgrade system, which sees you drinking the blood of enemies to unlock ‘gifts’, or powers. With blood you can increase your strength, weaken enemies and reveal new attacks for a selection of oversized weapons. And you’ll need them, because Code Vein is tough.
If that reminds you of a certain game about unilluminated souls, that’s no accident. Code Vein owes a lot to FromSoftware’s widely influential game, from its structure and labyrinthine level design to its healing bonfire-a-likes and methodical combat. But while that game is famed for its atmosphere and visual design, the anime-tinged Code Vein is – at least in the area I explored – disappointingly dreary.
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BITING BACK
The tooth is out there in adventure TEETH OF GLASS
SMOKE ALARM
THE INVISIBLE SMOKE FACTORY is back in a Flash
MECH ME OVER
Move over Mario, here's mech-based platforming in ARMORED SHELL NIGHTJAR
"I like Pillars of Eternity better than Baldur's Gate III"
PILLARS OF ETERNITY deserves a bigger space in the CRPG pantheon
"A harrowing dark fantasy about hapless, bright-eyed children"
Spelunking into hell with MADE IN ABYSS: BINARY STAR FALLING INTO DARKNESS
THE IMMORTAL LOCK
A massive, meaty game in a single horrific Quake map.
NEW MANOEUVRES
Building a dedicated sim racing space in an average family house
OVERWATCH 2
Save me space girl.
REET GOOD TIME
THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE is a riotous recreation of Yorkshire
THE PLUCKY SQUIRE
How many games let you make friends with a MtG card?