Before heading to Summer Game Fest 2025 Play Days, we were asked if we wanted to check out two yet-to-be-revealed Bandai Namco games, and I’m pretty sure I replied “yes” before finishing reading the rest of the email. It’s a good thing there wasn’t anything in there about signing my life away. Once we arrived at the event, we found out that one of those unannounced games was Code Vein II, and we were about to get the first details on what to expect from this long-awaited follow-up.
For those who played the original Code Vein, it’s often referred to as the “Anime Soulslike,” thanks to its deep customization and stylish combat, which helped it gain cult-favorite status. Based on what we’ve seen so far, Bandai Namco and Shift (the team behind God Eater and Code Vein) are doubling down on everything that made the original stand out.
While Code Vein focused on Revenants and the loss of humanity in a collapsing world, Code Vein II picks up with Revenants and Humans co-existing, though the world is still in terrible shape. As if things weren’t bad enough, a new threat known as the Luna Rapacis...
