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Developer(s) | Bandai Namco Studios |
Publisher(s) | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
Director(s) | Hiroshi Yoshimura[1] |
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Composer(s) | Go Shiina[4] |
Engine | Unreal Engine 4[5] |
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Release | September 27, 2019 |
Genre(s) | Action role-playing, hack and slash |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Code Vein[n 1] is an action role-playing game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows.[6] It is set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian setting with vampire themes, including "Gifts" from the consumption of blood, and other supernatural abilities. It was released on September 27, 2019.
Gameplay[]
Code Vein is an action role-playing game set in an open world, post-apocalyptic dystopian environment and played from a third-person perspective. Its gameplay is inspired by the Dark Souls series of games, and the animation is inspired by God Eater 3, also published by Bandai Namco.[7][8]
Plot[]
Setting[]
Set in the near future, the world has fallen to a mysterious calamity known as the Great Collapse. In order to fight the monsters that began emerging around the world humanity created the Revenants: human corpses brought back to life by implanting a Biological Organ Regenerative (BOR) parasite within the heart, acting as vampiric fighters with unique abilities. Revenants can only die if their heart is destroyed, and require human blood as nourishment to keep themselves from entering a frenzy and mutating into the Lost - cannibalistic beings devoid of reason and control. Participating in an experiment to stabilize the Revenant population and prevent frenzy, a young girl named Cruz Silva volunteers to become the "Queen of the Revenants", though she later frenzies herself and creates a miasma that hastens a Revenants' bloodthirst. More Revenants are created to defeat the Queen in a mission dubbed Operation Queenslayer, led by Cruz's father Gregorio Silva. Though they succeeded in killing Cruz, the miasma remains, requiring Revenants to wear filtration masks to avoid turning Lost, and the Bloodsprings (plants that produce nourishing Blood Beads as an alternative to human blood) begin to dry up.
Story[]
The Player awakens in the ruins of a city known only as Vein sealed within a red ring of fog known as the Gaol of the Mists. Guided by a girl in white named Io to a Bloodspring plant, the Player learns that society is falling apart due to the scarcity of Blood Beads due to a levy and distribution system and the very few humans remaining in the city being protected by Silva's provisional government, established shortly after Operation Queenslayer, leading to Revenants to frenzy and become Lost. The Player and Io meet Louis Amamiya, who sees the Player successfully make contact with the vestige of a Lost without becoming frenzied, acquiring that Lost's memories and their Blood Code (a unique property to every Revenant that grants them their personal powers.) The Player also demonstrates the ability to clear away the miasma, allowing for safer travel throughout Vein and exploration of the Bloodsprings. Louis introduces the pair to his comrade Yakumo Shinonome as their group is seeking to remedy the Blood Bead scarcity. Louis tests the Player's blood, and reveals that they are a 'Void-type', as their Blood Code has been damaged in some manner, allowing them to use the Blood Code of whoever shares their blood with them. The group decides to hunt down dried up Bloodsprings and follow the flow of the veins connecting them all together in an attempt to find the source of the Blood Beads.
They meet Mia Karnstein and her perpetually near-frenzy brother Nicola, who is later seemingly killed by a mysterious hunter who has been killing Revenants through exposure to an object. The group's search takes them to the Cathedral of the Sacred Blood where the Player finds a vestige of their own memories, revealing their role in Operation Queenslayer alongside the hunter known as Jack Rutherford. Though the Player managed to kill the Queen and destroy her heart, they were left to die by Jack and Silva after being directly exposed to the Queen's blood and almost frenzying.
The group then encounter a Lost known as the Successor to the Ribcage, who was being constantly reconstituted by a by large vestige which the Player absorbs. The Successor of the Ribcage, revealed to be a woman from Louis' past named Aurora Valentino – explains that the experiment that made Cruz into the Queen rendered her completely immortal and even though her heart was destroyed, she would be able to resurrect herself. Thus, Silva decided to have Cruz's body divided into thirteen pieces called 'Relics', each placed in a voluntary Revenant, becoming the Successors who sealed themselves away in Crypts while resisting the Relics' gradually corroding their minds and turning them into beasts. Aurora directs the group to Louis' sister Karen who became the Successor of the Heart, using her power to barely maintain Blood Bead production. Aurora asks the Player, who became the Successor of the Blood from defeating Cruz, to find and soothe the other Successors to prevent the Queen's resurrection. Jack is revealed to be the Successor of the Eye and caretaker of the other Successors alongside his companion Eva Roux: killing the current Successor once they have been overwhelmed by their Relic and storing it within Eva to act as a temporary host until a replacement could be found.
The group first travels to the snowy mountains to face the Successor of the Breath, revealed to be the real Nicola with the one that accompanied Mia revealed to be a clone that Jack killed as its existence, made by using the Relic, was hastening Nicola's frenzy. The group reach and soothe Nicola as he was fighting the Relic's influence, reuniting with Mia. Jack is assaulted on the way up the mountain by Juzo Mido, an amoral scientist who believes Revenants are the next step of evolution and is seeking out Silva, who became a Successor himself. Jack reveals that the Gaol of the Mists was in fact created by Silva to contain the Revenants for the sake of humanity, joining the group to secure the other Relics from Yakumo's old friend Emily Su as the Successor of the Claw and Eva as the newly transformed Successor of the Throat, the latter joining the group after being restored.
When the group confront Mido, he reveals his true plan of undoing the Gaol as he kills his men so the three Relics in his possession would instinctively merge into Silva's body, causing him to mutate and frenzy into the Skull King with the Gaol briefly dropping enough to reveal the outside world is filled with horrific monsters from the Great Collapse. Furious of Silva resisting the Relic's influence, Mido explains though the Gaol started off as a prison for Revenants, it has now become a shield from the monsters outside as he expresses his desire for the Revenants to fight the horrors and advance as a species. The group defeats him before he can reach Silva, but the damage is done with the group's only option left being the Player resolving to replace Silva as the Successor. The group make their way to Silva's crypt and learn Io is a clone of Cruz, being one of many sisters acting on Cruz's desire to protect the Successors and prevent her resurrection. The group then battle the Skull King, who loses control of his Relic as it calls the other Relics as they mutate him into a vessel of the Virgin Reborn before being defeated.
The ending of the game depends on how many of the Successors the Player had saved. If none of the Successors are saved, the Player is killed by Louis when they begin to frenzy while attempting to absorb the Relics with the Player's surviving companions becoming the current Successors. If the Player only saves some of the Successors, they manage to absorb Silva's Relic and take his place in maintaining the Gaol with Io staying by their side. If the Player saves all of the Successors, Io intervenes and takes the Player's place and absorbs all the Relics into herself. With the Successors and Silva being restored, Io transforms into a new Bloodspring known as the Weeping Tree which replenishes the Blood Beads and maintains the Gaol as Vein begins anew. Io also produces a special amber-colored Blood Bead containing her memory, allowing the Player and the group to venture into the outside world alongside their comrades almost a decade later to save whoever is still living there from the horrors.
Development[]
The game was announced in April 2017 and was originally set to be released in September 2018, until being delayed until September 26, 2019.[4][9][10][11] The game's opening sequence was created by animation studio Ufotable.[12]
Reception[]
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Metacritic | PC: 73/100[13] PS4: 70/100[14] XONE: 76/100[15] |
The PlayStation 4 version of Code Vein debuted at number two on the all format video games sales chart in Japan, selling 60,843 copies within its first week on sale.[16]
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ Donaldson, Alex. "Code Vein is more than just anime Dark Souls, explains director Hiroshi Yoshimura". VG24/7. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
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: - ↑ "Code Vein gameplay video explains Blood Veil system". PlayStation Universe. September 11, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
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: - ↑ "Code Vein Gets More Lovely Images by God Eater Artist Kurumi Kobayashi". DualShockers. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
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: - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Code Vein Launches Worldwide On September 28 On PS4, Xbox One, And PC". Siliconera. June 4, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
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: - ↑ Code Vein Is Being Made With Unreal Engine 4, Developed On A Separate Line From God Eater, 19 June 2015, http://www.siliconera.com/2017/04/18/code-vein-made-unreal-engine-4-developed-separate-line-god-eater/, retrieved 2017-04-21
- ↑ Peñaflorida, Rexly (April 20, 2017). "'Code Vein' Is Bandai Namco's New Title, Coming In 2018". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
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: - ↑ McWhertor, Michael (April 20, 2017). "Here's a look at Code Vein, Bandai Namco's new anime vampire action RPG". Polygon. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
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: - ↑ http://www.gameinformer.com/games/code_vein/b/playstation4/archive/2017/09/20/hands-on-with-code-vein-tgs-2017.aspx
- ↑ Romano, Sal. "Code Vein launches September 28". Gematsu. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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: - ↑ Donnelly, Joe. "Code Vein delayed to 2019". PC Gamer. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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: - ↑ Jones, Ali. "Code Vein release date set for September". PCGamesN. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
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: - ↑ "ufotable Animates Code Vein Game's Opening Cinematic". Anime News Network. December 7, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
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: - ↑ "Code Vein for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
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: - ↑ "Code Vein for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
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: - ↑ "Code Vein for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
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: - ↑ Romano, Sal (October 2, 2019). "Famitsu Sales: 9/23/19 – 9/29/19". Gematsu. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
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Works by Ufotable | ||
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Television series | Weiß Kreuz Glühen (2002–2003) • Dokkoida?! (2003) • Ninja Nonsense (2004) • Futakoi Alternative (2005) • Coyote Ragtime Show (2006) • Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! (2007) • Fate/Zero (2011–2012) • The Garden of Sinners (2013) • Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014–2015) • God Eater (2015–2016) • Tales of Zestiria the X (2016–2017) • Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu (2017) • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019) | |
OVAs/ONAs | Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea (2004) • Tales of Symphonia The Animation: Sylvarant Episode (2007) • Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! (2007) • Gods Eater Prologue (2009) • Toriko (2009) • Tales of Symphonia: The Animation Tethe'alla Episode (2010–2011) • Yuri Seijin Naoko-san (2010–2012) • The Garden of Sinners: Epilogue (2011) • Tales of Symphonia: The Animation The United World Episode (2011–2012) • Minori Scramble! (2012) • Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack (2012) • Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works - sunny day (2015) • Fate/Grand Order × Himuro no Tenchi - 7-nin no Saikyou Ijin-hen (2017) • Today's Menu for the Emiya Family (2018–2019) | |
Films | The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View (2007) • The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder – Part 1 (2007) • The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain (2008) • The Garden of Sinners: The Hollow Shrine (2008) • The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008) • The Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recording (2008) • The Garden of Sinners: Gate of Seventh Heaven (2009) • The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder – Part 2 (2009) • The Garden of Sinners: Overlooking View 3D (2013) • The Garden of Sinners: Future Gospel - Extra Chorus (2013) • The Garden of Sinners: Future Gospel (2013) • Majocco Shimai no Yoyo to Nene (2013) • Tales of Zestiria: Dawn of the Shepherd (2014) • Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower (2017) • Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly (2019) • Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kyōdai no Kizuna (2019) • Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song (2020) • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train (2020) • Untitled Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu film (TBA) | |
Video games | God Eater Burst (2010) • Black Rock Shooter: The Game (2011) • Tales of Xillia (2011) • Tales of Xillia 2 (2012) • Fate/stay night [Réalta Nua] (2012) • Summon Night 5 (2013) • God Eater 2 (2013) • Natural Doctrine (2014) • Fate/hollow ataraxia (2014) • Tales of Zestiria (2015) • God Eater 2: Rage Burst (2015) • Tales of Berseria (2016) • God Eater 3 (2018) • Code Vein (2019) • Tales of Arise (2020) |
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