$69.99CODE VEIN II Blood, time and a broken world
A dark anime soulslike about Revenant hunters, time travel, and drinking your enemies. You roam a ruined future and its past with Lou, drain blood mid-fight to fuel skills, and tune weapons and abilities to your style. For soulslike fans who want punishing bosses with a vampire twist.
Is CODE VEIN II worth it?
CODE VEIN II is worth it if…
- you like deliberate soulslike combat with dodging, reading moves, and boss rematches
- you like draining enemies to fuel powers and tinkering with builds
- you like dark anime stories with partners, time travel, and tragic choices
- you like making your own hunter in a detailed character creator
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Drain blood, spend it loudly
Every fight runs on theft. You cut into Horrors and Revenants, drain blood straight out of them, then spend it on skills. The build system lets you mix weapons and skills freely, so one hunter leans on heavy swings and close-range drains while another keeps distance and fires off abilities.
You learn the rhythm fast: read the enemy, take your opening, drain, then decide whether to save the blood or burn it now. Partners can fight beside you or boost what you already do, which helps when a boss stops giving you clean chances.
Two timelines, one collapsing world
The Luna Rapacis has turned Revenants into mindless Horrors, and you travel between present ruins and the past with Lou, who can move through time. You hunt clues, meet key Revenants before they fall, and try to change what happens to them.
It gives the usual post-apocalyptic trek a second layer. One trip is about surviving what the world became. The other is about finding the lost history behind it and seeing if a different choice back then keeps the future from collapsing.
Good to know?
Can you play it solo?
Yes. It is single-player, so you explore with AI partners rather than other hunters. You can bring a partner along for help in a fight or take their support as a buff instead.
How open is the world?
It mixes a semi-open overworld with more focused story and quest areas. You get a bike for covering ground, though broken terrain and debris can make walking the simpler option.
What do you actually customize?
A lot: your hunter's look, weapons, and four skill slots. If you dislike a weapon's built-in skill, you can slot something else there, so builds stay flexible.
Is it connected to the first CODE VEIN?
It is a separate story in a future where humans and Revenants live side by side. You start fresh as a Revenant hunter, so no old save or lore homework is required.
