BagoCast EP: 12 – Code Vein and the DLC

<p>Code Vein is a souls like game that we&&num;8217&semi;ve been keeping our eye&&num;8217&semi;s on for a long time&period; For it&&num;8217&semi;s combination of frustrating difficulty&comma; stylized graphics&comma; and it&&num;8217&semi;s blood code mechanics looked interesting&period; However&comma; what put this game off our radar for a while was the demo we played&period; Sure&comma; it was fun&comma; but the environment has the appeal of dried wall paper and the story didn&&num;8217&semi;t seem all there&period; So&comma; we decided too wait for a sale and turns out that was for the better&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-170600 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;05&sol;19200557&sol;t620x300-a82fcd636b458b46fd40bb439715b243-620x300-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Anime souls takes place in a modern setting that can only offer generic and repetitive locations&period; You play as a revenant that has a thirst for blood&period; Your character is suffering from memory lost and has no idea who they are or what&&num;8217&semi;s going on&period; But don&&num;8217&semi;t worry&comma; your beautiful stale waifu will always be by your side for unknown reasons&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s not long after you awaken that you find a group of revenants seeking answers for their imprisonment in the ruined city and how to escape&period; However&comma; problems keeping stacking with their blood beads supply running short&comma; more enemies are showing&comma; and worries that the powerful blood queen may return&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Let&&num;8217&semi;s be clear&comma; if all you are seeking is a cross breed between Dark Souls and anime&comma; then there enjoyment to be had&period; However&comma; if you&&num;8217&semi;re looking for with something with same depth as Dark Souls&comma; then you will be sorely disappointed&period; Code Vein&&num;8217&semi;s combat&comma; customization&comma; abilities&comma; and co-op is the best it can offer&period; Everything else&semi; falls flat or apart&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Pros<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Anime graphics looks great<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Combat is fast pace and fun<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Plenty of customization<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Fun co-op<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Experimentation is plentiful<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<h3>Cons<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Lackluster story<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Bland characters<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Music forgettable<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Rewards are recycled and &lpar;mostly&rpar; disappointing<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Environments are lazy&comma; repetitive&comma; and uninspiring<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Technical problems<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><strong>Rating&colon; <&sol;strong>5&sol;10<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kick back&comma; relax&comma; and grab some popcorn&period; Enjoy the podcast&excl; Keep in mind&comma; everything said here is our thoughts and feelings&period; We do not represent the entirety of BagoGames&period; If you disagree with anything&comma; then please leave it down in the comment section below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out our other content&excl; Including previous <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;podcasts&sol;">podcast episodes<&sol;a> and the latest <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;reviews&sol;">game reviews<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;