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In Code Vein, your character will have their own “Blood Code”; this represents their character class. A very interesting feature of Code Vein is that instead of having the traditional character class ...

Code Vein doubles down on letting you create your very own playstyle, with tons of different options like Blood Veils, weapons, and of course, Blood Codes. Blood Codes function as your class, and you ...

Fighter and Ranger are two of three basic Blood Codes you receive in Code Vein, and even if they don’t entirely match your play style, they still offer awesome Gifts that can carry you far in this ...

If you’ve seen a trailer or any preview footage for Code Vein, the elevator pitch is clear: It’s an “anime Soulslike” – an action-RPG that promises the steep challenge and cautious combat that we’ve ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Code Vein establishes its own identity from the outset. It may latch onto a Dark Souls formula that has come to define a generation of action-RPGs, ...