General for Shift games (Code Vein 1 and 2, and the God Eater series)Adjacent IPs also welcome to discuss!https://www.bandainamcoent.com/games/code-vein-ii/newsFeedback Survey: https://survey.bandainamcoent.co.jp/jfe/form/SV_cThTP5iiR12ZE6G>WikiCode Veinhttps://codevein.wiki.fextralife.com/Code+Vein+Wikihttps://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Code_VeinCode Vein 2https://codevein2.wiki.fextralife.com/Code+Vein+2+Wikihttps://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Code_Vein_IIOnline Password: cvgPrevious: >>558258646
>>559233859SHE'S FATAlso you forgot to link the new thread in the previous
>>559237137Ah, my bad. It's been a while since I've made OPs
FAT LOU
>>559233859
https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/141831495Cute fanart
Fat Lou my beloved
>not fat josee titsits over
>>559242828Josee is being oppressed.
>>559242828Boobs are Holly's domain.Also Lavinia and Iris and Jadwiga and Io and Eva and...
https://x.com/vivionblue/status/2028389848906608880Restock of CV stuff
>>559248042Wait, no. They're restocking because they sold out everything.
>>559248042man that anniversary illustration with Io and Cruz is so nice
>>559248042Yeah they're just promising to restock but still it's great to know CV merch is selling out.
>>559248267
Post your Revenant NOW
>>559251016I need to make more webms
>>559253557Indeed, we could always use more cool Code Vein webms.
>>559257156A lot of the ones I have also have choppy framerates for some reason...
Apparently, according to the official JP blog, missing body parts is just a thing that happens to revenants with powerful abilities. Fun how this isn't mentioned anywhere in-game, or even anywhere in English.https://code-vein.com/contents/?p=34
>>559260062That's some interesting lore. But Lyle and Craig don't really seem to be missing anything. Iris is a weakling. Does Lavinia have any gold parts though?
>>559260501Craig is physically really tough but doesn't seem to have anything in the way of innate hax. Lyle is a converted revenant, but I would have expected him to have some golden repairs like Noah does, especially due to his fighting style. Seems inconsistent, especially since Lavinia doesn't have any missing parts, unless you take the gold growths that she and Holly have to represent the same thing.
>>559260501She has extra bits
Where are the patch notes?
>>559261718I suppose they were concerned with making sure Lyle looks handsome for the ladies. >>559264056Right, what's missing from her is less noticable and the extensions look more on the decorative side. Holly has gold growths around her neck and sides which stand out more. Lore wise Holly's hat and Lavinia's backplate are probably considered detrimental in the same way missing an eye is. I like how one anon asked how Holly sleeps with the hat and then there's cutscenes of both Monica and Holly in bed and their Hat just clips fully into the bed and nobody comments on it.
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>>559260501>But Lyle and Craig don't really seem to be missing anythingThe damage could be internal.
Bang accessories are in!(Just checked, still not option to new game plus without keeping difficulty)
>>559265732We're saved! I know what I'm doing tomorrow.
>>559265732WHERE ARE THE PATCH NOTES
POSTJOSEE
>>559269436>all of this>after I just finished getting all achievements and 100%ing the game
>>559269436
>>559269137
>>559269436>they're making the game even easierYup nobody beyond this point will ever beat Code Vein 2. >only improvement to character creation was the bangsThat's lame. It's a start I guess. >>559269726>even more performance updates throughout March This is great but kinda makes it hard to think about doing my follow up playthroughs before these all go through.
>>559269726When does the patch come out that lets us take Josee's shoes off?
>>559271539>making the game easieridk I wouldn't say thatmy main gripe with the game desu is enemies, even the basic bitch ones, have way too much poise, and the player gets immediately staggered from any attackas a result, some of the longer animation attacks, skills, etc. are kinda trash and the ones that either have some evasion mixed into it or are fast tend to be the best
>>559269436>Improved player walking and running animationsI can't tell how walking changed, but glad that they got rid of the heavy-looking run startup.
The performance patch is real. Quicker then I expected, not quite ready to do another playthrough yet.
So should I uninstall the performance mod now that the patch dropped in case it fucks something up? Or would keeping it help at all.
>>559272736Should probably test the game without it and then with it to see if there's a noticable difference. It shouldn't break anything as is.
>>559272736Its unlikely to fuck anything up. Personally testing out the patch with it still installed and everything seems to be fine. The patch definitely helps though everything feels alot smoother.
>https://global.bandai-hobby.net/en-us/site/tabletop-games/>Survey asked about board gamesCV RPG when?
Any interesting additions besides the bangs?
>Fixed an issue where some attacks of the bequeathed formae "Warhammer of the Fool" would not activate when a bayonet is equipped.that explains why I couldn't do the third combo finisher
>>559275976Not really. Just bangs, performance improvements, and some minor balance changes.
>>559274217Don't remind me of my failures...
>>559278781W-What happened?
>>559278918The /cvg/ JRPG...
>>559279230I remember it foundly.
>>559280653I don't even remember how many of these were drawn anymore
>>559280653*fondlyBleh...
Full patch noteshttps://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2362060/view/509606585808454714
>>559281203Finally
i feel like they buffed mid rolls too muchtheres little reason to use fast rolls now
Please tell me they stealthily buffed the bike... I beg you...
Good night, /cvg/ bros...
I'm going out to get some burgers from Pizza Fatboy. You guys want anything?
>>559288130A-A pizza?
>>559288513>He thinks Pizza Fatboy serves pizzaLOL
They call it Poise in the patch notes when it's Balance in game.
>>559288130I'll be ordering a hot, delicious, cheesey, FatBoy Classic™ pepperoni pizza from my nearest convenient Pizza FatBoy location!>>559288513Great choice! That's my go to Pizza FatBoy menu item. >>559290345Me, my wife and my sister-in-law love Pizza FatBoy pizza and we enjoy it together at the dinner table all the time. Their pizza is so famous and popular that they don't even need to advertise it on their food carts.
Did Code Vein 2 just flop horribly?I'm looking for rule34 of CV2 for goonuse, but can't find anything despite one character being obviously designed specifically for that purpose.
>>5592942743D models are gated behind paywalls, greatly reducing output
>Increased the attack speed of certain attacks>All normal attacks for weapons in the "Hammer" category >Increased the attack speed for the following Weapon Formae. >Endless Onslaught, Dive Bomb, Backdraft, Fortress Stance, Coffin Breaker, Coffin Breaker – Sweeper, Wraith's Fury, Vanquisher HammerBros... they're calling us giga casuals that can't handle the game without huge buffs across the board! The early game is rough because the Ancient Hunter Hammer has a really shitty moveset but this is embarrassing. Glad I beat the game with Hammers first.
>>559294629This. I'd love to create more r34 for CV2 if some properly accessible rigs ever dropped in Blender.
>>559294274I haven't watched any of the reviews but I only see people posting about how it's a "massive disappointment" or some shit. Genuinely feels like these people either didn't play the game or have rose-tinted glasses of the original because the sequel is in most ways an upgrade.
>>559251016
>>559299901I'm still debating with myself as to whether or not it's better than CV. Which is a good sign, it's far from being a bad game. But I could see it being "disappointing" if you were expecting a massive upgrade. My expectations were quite low; I really didn't enjoy Elden Ring so CV going down that route killed my hype for most of the time we were waiting post announcement. It is an upgrade but it's also very different to the point it's hard to compare.
>>559304006I was more worried about character creatorScarlet Nexus or whatever would have been better received by the general if it had one
>>559305205>Scarlet Nexus or whatever would have been better received by the general if it had oneUndoubtedly, that said I still feel fondly about Scarlet Nexus, more because it hits a lot of aesthetic beats that I personally really enjoy, than because of any gameplay.>>559304006I think the writing and worldbuilding is better for sure. They do a better job of making the Frontier feel like part of a world with a history beyond what's covered by the plot. I hope the DLC explores it more. The game's story also feels like it has actual themes and ideas it wants to explore. CV1 has a story I enjoy but I didn't get the sense it was operating on anything more than rule of cool.
>>559305205If Scarlet Nexus had a character creator and thus deleted Yuito and Kasane, and rewrote the story to be (you) and your friends save the world with the power of friendship. Then yeah, more people probably would've enjoyed it. But the game also had a tie-in anime show to think about so I suspect that's why we got bland and blander as protagonists with some sick incest twist plot. Personally never bought it because I hated the gameplay but perhaps I would've been more committed to forcing myself to learn the game if it had a character creator. If I were to compare it to anything it's Astral Chain which did let you customize your character.
>>559288130I’ll take a Tropical Herman and a bottle mango soda. DO NOT let the vendor try to sell you on the two dollar upcharge to the combo meal. Their fries are always soggy and I swear they never change the grease.
>>559298796I'll admit, I find it kinda weird that of all classes the hammers got buffed. It felt like hammers were a bit more OP than the other weapon classes by quite a bit. Like, I never dabbled in hammers much in CV1, but they clean house so much in 2 II couldn't help but gravitate to them.I do like that the halberds got a small boost, though. I really like that weapon class, and they felt pretty overshadowed in comparison.
>>559251016I took a break after my first run. Hoping I can make time to get back into another playthrough before the eventual DLC. I never really committed to a proper build and I wanna do one.
>>559311924I think it's gonna be an over correction. Hammer user feedback was probably, "every time I try to attack I get interrupted"And then everyone's else's feedback about the normal dodge being slow + bosses attack too often so even if you dodge the first swing the second one comes out instantly and hits you anyway. So they "fixed" both but all the general changes to dodge speed, recovery and boss behavior would've solved the hammer problem too. You're not gonna get interrupted nearly as often if the dodges are cleaned up so you recover faster and start your attack animation faster. Hammers are gonna be baby mode now.
Alright, time to test out the patch.
>>559294274I've found a few for Lavinia and Jadwiga
Nevermind, game won't open
>Can change appearance now in the confluenceNice
>>559323970Have you tried saying something nice about Lou?
>>559326432Lou can marry me if she shows me her toes
>>559326521>but you aint got no legs lieutenant danbetter off with josee. but those grippers have to smell like absolute death from those shoes she be wearing.
>>559326432No sorry, maybe next time. Instead I removed my ~mods folder, the engine.ini and the Moonling plugin, and then the game started working. Wonder which was causing the inability to boot up the game. Decided to test out my beloved Heavy Axe on the Lunar Rapacis, including Hero Valentin. The game is a lot smoother. The normal roll is ridiculously quick now; I'm leaning towards saying it's outright better than the quick dash. Heavy Axe swings a lot faster for the normals; getting all 3 attacks out is way more common. Camera was less of a detriment against the Moon Envoys. Dive Bomb and Vanquisher didn't feel much different so probably only a fraction of a second faster.
Would you forgive her?
It was the Moonling framework mod. There's an update that fixes it. Probably should've checked that earlier.
>>559327279I think everyone in the city was a stinking mess before they got the water purifiers working again
I thought I'd play AI Limit while waiting for a good deal on CV2 but the game keeps freezing...
>>559340132define "a good deal" cause you can already get it for $60
How do you even pronounce "Jadwiga"?
>>559294274It seems moderately successful in japan but it's gotten literally zero attention otherwise. I haven't seen a single english post about it on any social media since launch. Even the censorship outrage didn't take off.
>>559342493https://youtu.be/WI2FWgDOqGU&t=35
>>559342493jadwigger
I liked CV2 but i'd be happy if it was the DS2 black sheep of a series and a third, more successful one followed the first game's universe and format. As long as they managed to somehow cram josee, holly, lou, and even lyle and Zenon into the first game's universe, at least. I think the second game's cast is a lot stronger than the first. Imagine picking up where CV1 left off and running into the alternate universe versions of the CV2 partners. The series is probably dead with 2, it's a miracle 2 even happened at all, even for as cheaply slapped together as it is, but it's nice to pretend.
How're we feeling about the bangs /cvg/? Number of options is a bit low and then full customization of individual parts like hairstyles rather than adjusting the size of the whole object would be better but definitely an improvement than cobbling together various smaller accessories. The bangs seem to go a little less crazy in the wind as well. Also found a couple of amusing glitches with the patch already. If you have Jadwiga as your partner, she'll switch from English dub to Japanese briefly if you need her to revive you. And using the archive to watch a cutscene where it's raining, returning to the Confluence the rain will stick around so it was actually raining in the Confluence. You really can't escape the rain. Poor Lou.
>>559347148>Jadwiga switches from English to Japanese sometimesThat's just her father's intense weeb-ness rubbing off on her.
>>559347937Such dedication to the lore, Shift really are the best in the biz.
https://x.com/daily_ngb/status/2029159136823558561Some comparisons between running animations
Alright lads, I got my drip done, and I am ready for some spectacular vampire adventures. Tell me honestly, how is it looking.
>>559351868What's happening to your nose?
>>559352184it is dashingly daring? So far this seems to be going pretty well. I met this nice girl called Lou and woke up in some premium bedding. Then I got my burger king crown and got up, so now I am ready for some real ADVENTURE.
>>559347148I used to use the bangs in CV1, but I feel like they don't frame the new faces correctly, even though they've become adjustable. That, or I've already become too attached to the bang-less look I've cooked up in CV2.
>>559351836That is a lot better looking.
>>559351868Luscious
>>559363781Bristly
>>559363867AAIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>559351836Why does the old animation start with a wider stride anyway? It's not entirely copied from male sprint, but then the horizontal distance between feet shrinks
>>559366427So cute! >>559362341Blood Bead Bonanzas available at Pizza FatBoy!
>>559366427I like how a lot of reviews talk about how emotionally devastating they found the story to be
Hey /cvg/, I took a break from the game for several weeks and I think I'm nearing the end of NG. How many endings are there and do I need to play through NG+ for each one?
>>559372375Without any major spoilers, the only thing you would need to do multiple playthroughs for is if you missed specific Blood Codes.
>>559372375It's a bit different from CV. You can complete everything in a single playthrough. My advice is simple. Save Noah asap if you haven't already. The rest will work itself out.
>>559372375Just play through things. It should be obvious what to do.
Favorite weapon?
So I killed Valentin after Noah sacrificed himself and then Lavinia just came and fucked everything up and got "Hero's End" achievement. I didn't expect that at all.
>>559375302My beloved Namless Halberd
what are the best high conversion buff sticks?
>>559376573Time for KINO>>559375302>>559377223I quite love this sword
What's this blue square/diamond?
>>559379059you get it much much later in the game.
>>559379059Those are always healing boost items.
>>559379059the blue diamonds on the map are nectars
Nectar is what I call the sweat rolling down the back of Lou's neck
The game is already so easy that i thought buffing mid rolls was unnecessary but now that i tried it i think it's a lot better. Mid rolling was so chunky compared to light dodging that it felt more like light, heavy, unusable. It does sort of take away the incentive to use the dodge defensives though.
>>559377507AHHHHHHHHHHHWhat does this option do?
>>559384526Rescue Lou
>>559377507what sword is this
>>559386669Primeval Greatsword, IIRC
>>559375302for like 90% of the game I used Josee's red greatsword, and then when I got her affinity up I used her unique one
I tried making my waifu in CV2
>>559390983rule 63 dante (dmc3)
>>559393414It's pic related
Who do you guys think is the hardest boss?
>>559375302My darling Heavy Axe of course As for the other weapon types they're still far from being settled CV2-wise but I would currently list:Hanemukuro Pelagic Spear (but that'll surely get replaced by Impaler, and also Bardiche)Ancient Hunter's Bayonet (hopefully Nameless is good but I keep going back to this one) Cursed Backblade Killer (will probably swap to Nameless Greatsword)
Night, /cvg/ bros...
>>559399283Well first this is all based on pre-patch, I don't know what bosses they nerfed. I'll go out on a limb and assume the FINAL boss is the hardest if you don't use your friendship is OP boosters. But I haven't bothered to try it yet. 1. Hero Zenon, to me he's the hardest boss. 2. Resurgence Josee 3. CamiloAnd then specifically for early game if you refuse to leave MagMell when you could4. Frantz5. Alexis The problem with CV2 is that when the open world becomes freely roamable you can grind as much as you want just clearing all the content, pick up all the weapons and formae, pick up all the healing boosts, activate the map buffs, etc, you'll trivialize the difficulty pretty quickly if you engage with all the ways to power up your character expecting the game to get harder. Unless you're nerfing yourself in some way there's probably no boss in the game that'll take you 20 tries but the amount of hours I sunk into CV is probably a big contributor to that but also the biggest change which is guaranteed revives. In CV your partner could be dead, or they might hit the Rondo button just as you die or they might get stunlocked by the boss and fail to save you in time. There's none of that in CV2 which is just always gonna decrease the number of the times/ways the game can bullshit you. Dishonourable mention to Bell Bitches, harder than most bosses frankly and way more annoying.
>>559404139Good night
>>559274217God Eater boss battler when?
>>559414129As a separate game or within CV2?
>>559375302It changes each playthrough, but my current go-to are Twin Fangs (Light) with Venom Mark and Lavinia's Blood Code. Numbers go up!>>559399283Kinda depends, desu. Solo lvl 1, Gobbo/Oskar gave me the most trouble. And my first playthrough would be Hero Valentin. Outside of that, not really sure any specific boss stands out, really!
I am really interested in playing this game, but to be completely honest, it is really expensive in my country, and to me personally.So instead of just buying it without thinking, I would like to hear your honest thoughts on Code Vein 2.I feel the need to add that pic related is a marvelous woman
>>559420671I'll just out and say it but I feel like Denuvo and the lack of means to pirate it has been the central point for a lot of the negativity directed at CV2. Tha game has its issues but being forced to buy it is what exacerbates it all. To answer your question, it's a solid game all around. Hopefully you'll get a chance to play it some day
>>559420671If you enjoyed CV1 you'll probably enjoy CV2. They're quite different but they have the same soul poured in. The patch smoothed out performance and they'll be doing more patches this month to improve performance further. Lou is lovely.
>>559377223Lou’s rapier, the other Dex-Mind scaling rapier, and Garnet Splitter all have 14 conversion.
>>559420671>it is really expensive in my countryit's expensive in every country if you only look at the steam pricing, it's more reasonable on 3rd party stores selling steam keys
>>559420671play ai limit while you wait for a sale
>>559233859So how was the patch? My biggest complaints about the gameplay was that poise for big weapons was goofy, taking two hits to stagger a minor enemy with a hammer and shit like that. Is that fixed? Also seems they nerfed the purple beam bitches?
>>559420671Thighs...
>>559399283I had the most problems with Hero Lyle
>>559440275From what I tested, with hammers you might actually poise through hits and get your attack off. Enemy stagger didn't seem much different but Heavy Axe already tended to cause stagger on the first hit. Hammer normals are noticeably faster. Normal roll is noticeably faster and has less end lag. Purple beam bitch doesn't seem much different but dunno.
I haven't got to play since the patch, but how are you guys liking the changes? I just saw on twitter a comparison of how they changed the run animation which is nice.
>>559454453Not too major, but they're nice. As someone who already used a bunch of balance buffs, the changes to enemy aggression haven't been too noticeable.
>can't retrace memory on this obelisk
>>559379059>>559379124>>559380365>>559380386I got the true ending. How do I get this blue diamond now?
>>559462315Should have explore more...
>>559463169Apparently I got it in the present but it's showing up as a blue diamond in the past.
>>559462315It's a map glitch. Spent too long trying to figure it out myself on my first playthrough. It's the one from the Present Era Luna Rapacis. As long as you've got all the others you can max your Regeneration and get the achievement.
>>559466765Yeah, I was missing a golden bead and the one I was missing was from Sunken City where you have to use your motorcycle to glide across the water.
>>559466915Funnily, the one I was missing was also in Sunken City (but it was the one at the west end of Josee's area. Sort of blended into the map when zoomed out)
>>559420671Thank you for the answers.I am still thinking if I am going to buy the game at the current price or not, but in the meantime, I created my character in the demo.
>>559467868Nice
Has anyone done something like this for CV2?
>>559472217No, but I can make one.
>>559467868Cute character
>>559472217is this CV1
>>559476945Yes
>>559472217Vali my beloved.
>>559269436>B A N G SSeems like it's time for a hammer playthrough.
>>559489364what about the hair down there
>>559489364Same vibes
https://x.com/CODE_VEIN/status/2029859533426733482
https://x.com/animateinfo/status/2029740317893652830
How we feeling about the new SAO game being a Code Vein-like?
>>559493932let's bang
>>559501769I can't believe Code Vein is already a genre...
>>559501769On one hand very pleased because I'd love more Code Veins. Vein-likes are way more appealing than Souls-likes.On the other hand the game looks rough and apparently they're only doing a couple floors which suggests the game will be really short too. I'm definitely keeping an eye on it; hope it's somehow a good game but it seems really small scale and boring as is.
Its cute when jap artist try to translate their works.
>>559508449I am imagining an accent... a cute one
>>559399283I died the most to Resurgence Projection Josee. No matter how I timed my roll, her double blade spin and binding spam kept hitting me. She also two-shots from full health.
Has anybody maxed out affinity with Lou? I can start NG+ and the only achievement I'm missing is the max affinity with partner and I used her as a partner whenever possible in NG. Given her a ton of eggs, yet nothing.
>>559517934Nvm, I just maxed her out and got the achievement at 237
>>559519178Lou love
>>559519976She really grew on me in this game.
>>559508449Lise seems like the kind of girl to get all her knowledge about boys from romance novels.
>>559522252she has a brother in law now to learn from
>>559520638I like how the 2nd ending of CV2 mirrors the 2nd ending of CV.
>>559506034TALL-vinia...
>>559544041>Lou... get pregnant
>>559541072Perfect size for cuddles!
>>559543697>child Holly and ParasAdorable!
>>559506034I M A G I N EMAGINE
>>559554614Kino
>>559554614I need to do some more dramatic environmental photography with my hunter...
>>559554614obligatory "do a flip"
>>559554868CV2 is pure cinema. >>559556246That's an idea...
>>559556246We should be able to double jump and do a somersault
What do you think the DLC will be about?
>>559563985The progenitors. Probably Idris specifically but hopefully the other six as well. Based on the name I'm hoping for lore on the masks, what they are, where they come from, etc.
I think the last patch broke companion weapon dialogue. Companions now comment on using the same weapon as them now whenever you equip the same class instead of when you equip their specific weapon. Or was that before this last patch and I just never came across it somehow?
>>559556246Can't go on after having to put down JoseeGoin' out with style
>>559572161I think they made it constantly raining on purpose. The water rolling down skin and raindrops on the clothes impress me every time.
>>559572564the frontier is secretly in birmingham
>>559572746Maybe so, I could see it
>>559581897Shading on right hand bothers me
>>559565143It was always like that for me.
>>559581897Josee always wins!
TOTAL REVENANT DEATH
>>559580841In reality it's just a hodgepodge of assets. Some point to Europe, some point to US. There's no consistency to anything. The only confirmed thing is that Japan exists and it's far away.
>>559593834Wife
>>559541873total revenant birth
>>559596457Code Vein 2 is set in 2177 - 2277 so it's not super far in the future. Josee was listed as born in 1990 so she's 189 years old when we meet her. Despite being a parallel universe we have a European-ish (probably UK) looking setting and the first enemy directly lifted from CV, the Provisional Government dudes with the white armor and cape, looks water logged and the lore on it suggests it washed up onto shore coming from far away. Which is basically a wink that these guys crossed the Atlantic ocean from the setting of Code Vein which was assumed to be somewhere on the US Atlantic coast. CV2 also references the Far East (Japan) a lot which the Shift devs do all the time because God Eater starts in the Far East. Something of note is that the setting for CV2 is called "the frontier" and it's supposed to be a backwater countryside where people get banished if they misbehave in gentlemanly vampire society. Might be a hint that the main society is in London or a different European mega city. Ultimately not really concerned with placing CV2 on our map, mystique matters but Europe seems largely correct. Sorta related but what I'm curious about is The Resurgence. Was the Resurgence concentrated in London because there's where the secret Revenant society was? Or is it a phenomena that can happen anywhere? Is the Resurgence you seal away at the end of the game "The Resurgence" or is it just "a Resurgence"? Is there a second one (main one) somewhere else that Idris sealed away? Or was it always concentrated in backwater UK and naughty people get banished to living near it so they're more likely to be turned into a horror for cruelty sake? The way the plot is written you expect to be following up on the same calamity that Idris sealed away but where are the cocoons for the original heroes? Why isn't more of vampire society involved if this is the singular Resurgence we're dealing with?
>>559608948the resurgence is a singular thing, it affected the whole world, it's centered on the moon. That's what luna rapacis is, it's the moon (this is also a funny nod to god eater in a way)The resurgence is also just technically another flavor of shit like god eater's aragami, it's something the planet does to cleanse itself.We don't know if CV1 took place in the same world as CV2 or not, it is presumed to be alternate worlds because the time frames and events just don't line up at all, in addition to the origins of revenants etc. It is safe to assume Code Vein is now going to be more of an anthology series. I think they learned to do this after god eater, because god eater has to keep coming up with new bullshit aragami apocalypse every game.
>>559611521God Eater 4 will happen because Shio sneezed and her snot turned into world-devouring monsters that you shoot to death with your fancy bullets
>fat Lou opThank you for honoring my requestDLC better add Lou marriageWe definitely won't make it that far
Oh shoot, we're back.
>>559472217I did something similar but only for the S-class blood codes. Sure, some have higher totals than others, but traits and innate defense ratings make it all a bit too murky for any objective comparsion.
>>559621005Could you post it anyways?
oh shit we're still alive?
>>559611521>it's centered on the moonWut? This is the first I've heard of that. You'd think they would mention that at some point. Suppose the Lunar Rapacis makes more sense now but this raises more questions.>The resurgence is also just technically another flavor of shit like god eater's aragami, it's something the planet does to cleanse itself.It's another unexplained "The Great Collapse" yes but yeah I would also assume it's another the Earth is correcting itself and trying to wipe out all life so as to start over situation. The problem with that explanation is if The Resurgence is something that exists on the moon and radiates Earth with blue gamma rays that turns everyone into the Hulk then how did the Earth manifest it? The Moon affects the Earth but it's a dead hunk of rock, not part of Earth's ecosystem so there's no theoretical way the Earth could invent a natural disaster strong enough to kill us and then manifest it on the Moon so we can't immediately deal with it. I suppose "The Great Collapse" was explained as giant thorns falling out of the sky rather than the logical thing which would be our cities sink into the Earth/are destroyed by the Earth shooting thorns up from below. Silly, oh well. Strictly speaking CV1 is alternate universe as of right now but there's the hint that it could've happened in CV2verse or that they're connected or that something similar happened in CV2verse. Yeah the problem with God Eater as a setting is that God Eaters should, in theory, be able to fight off the Aragami and win back the Earth. But because the disaster is supposed to be natural the Earth can just keep fighting back and make up the next level of Aragami that'll kill us. It's a humanity is doomed forever setting because the Earth is fucking pissed and won't stop trying to annihilate us, for some reason. At least that's how I see it.
when oppai josee mod
>>559627175I want extensive mods for the character creator. Moonling has been pretty slow porting things over, not to sound ungrateful. The items brought over already were excellent picks. But I need mooooore. The game desperately needs more hairstyles that can work with the bangs and then a ton more bangs options. Josee and the other companions could use hair color variations and alternate outfit options.
>>559629238We need a mod that makes fat Lou real
>>559627175
>>559629583>real time Fat Lou mod>for each boiled egg you feed her she gets 1% bigger >at 100 eggs she's as big as the OP
>>559629597perfection. thank you. her nipples are gone!!!!!????
>>559629597josee after i knock her up again
>>559630132Psst there's a spooky ghost behind you
Can I play this game with other people? Is this game fun?
>>559637914>Can I play this game with other people?Code Vein 2? No (not yet anyway, but it's unlikely they'll add that function). Only 1 and God Eater series.>Is this game fun?Yes.
>>559638097Strange, this really looks like an online game, and I noticed the code on the OP>Online Password: cvgSo it must be for the other games you just mentioned. Thank you.If it's exclusively singleplayer then I hope it's REALLY fun
>>559637914Code Vein has fun gameplay but it's more story focused than other games in the genre. The companion characters are meant to cover the need for journeying as a duo while being important to the plot and characters you grow to care about.
>>559638356It's mainly for CV1>I hope it's REALLY funI certainly think it is
>>559638476Mainly looking for a game to have fun, but if the story and the characters are good then that's great!>>559639175>I certainly think it isVery good to hear, I want to have fun. Thanks!
>>559472408 here, I had less free time than expected and when I eventually sat down I went through multiple iterations because I couldn't decide on how to lay things out.I ended up only counting the final rank of any code since I doubt anyone that actually cares about number crunching will play with an inferior stat spread of Lou 4 instead of Lou 5 for example. It was also less work>>559472217So here you go, lad.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UCpVEDOhGYhI6D3Hit0WeMHyffTTVna-Z4rMDEtWlkU/
>>559633904help..... she's hot.....
>>559641883Thanks, anon.
>>559641905I got 'er
>>559643362Phew. Thanks. She was super sexy. Now I just gotta deal with Lavinia....
>>559643362the guy on the right isn't very impressed
>>559643653Our HEROES (and Iris)
>>559643521This hag is built for perpetual pregnancy
>>559643825Iris is a hero too...
>>559644112Agreed. I shall take on this great duty and responsibility.
>>559644112>is the soul person able to pass down Idris' power which is needed to reseal the insurgence >Has one child and gives up and decides it's just easier to kill everyoneWhen you think about it, everything could have been solved by Lavinia being free use in an applebees bathroom for a century.
>>559645502>Soul person
Night, /cvg/ bros. We need more spreadsheets.
>>559645502>insurgenceAlso you mentioned Applebee's while I was rewatching Talladega Nights on a whim.
>>559650286Spreadsheet of attempts I have made to impregnate Lou, charted by date.
>>559652810You fuck the heartussy, right?
>>559654049Obviously.
>>559645878>>559650296look I am intoxicated
Consider drunk revenantsDrunk Josee(sexual predator)Drunk Holly(female disaster)Or perhaps evenDrunk Lou(cat in heat)
>>559661265drunk Josee would be loud and assertive at first, but as she got more drunk she'd be a melty needy baby, that physically clings to you and needs you to tell her you love her back or she'll start crying and talking about how useless she is and how much better off you'd be with someone else.
>>559662085>two hours later, she is sobbing in her sleep while occasionally muttering a heavily slurred "wuv you">on your chest(she fell asleep in your lap)>shirt is soaked>everyone is watching>Lise is smiling>Holly is concerned>Lou is quietly seething>Lavinia is bemused>Iris is also there>the men evacuated before it got too painful to watch>except Valentin who is studying this like the giga autist he is
>jiggle physics on>Holly on the motorcycleNeural activation
>>559662639I imagine this is Lou's jealous/seething face
>>559666958Man, I am hungry...
>>559666958>>559669225Sammich
>>559672827whoa you have 4 whole polygons on that sammich
>>559665435how does she put clothes on when her weird gold blood halo is in the way
>>559673514A lot of straps and clips
>>559673514It's all forma.
>>559643362>>559641905Jadwiga is so insanely hot that considering the fact she's a dead ringer for her mother, I do not blame Zenon at all for making loving her his entire personality
https://x.com/yoshimura_hi/status/2030562877313343553
>>559675302What a dork
>>559683128who stole her boobs
>>559684686Gave them to Yuu for good luck
>>559684686she's always been medium sized, but the anime staff decided to turn her into a titcow
>>559687531based anime staff
>>559687531as well they should
>>559691975they didn't go nearly far enough
>>559691975God (Eater) I wish that was me...
>>559668376Cat watching her favorite spot taken
https://x.com/9h1f3oAOBIU07Wd/status/2030601193391870156
>>559696680Game is cool as heck.
>>559675302I remember seeing his silly little doodles over tweets claiming he's hard at work over the years and huffing copium the whole time then code vein 2 turned out to be real
>farming Ancient Retainer Falchion>spend hour and a half between Middle Floor and Upper Floor>nothing>check fextra>commenter mentions only drops on Lower Floor enemy with the Falchion, other Falchion enemies don't work>Go to Lower Floor>Get weapon on first killT-thanks Shift...
>>559699016Kek. I remember trying to farm for ashes in one spot, only to instantly get them once I switched to a different farming location.
>>559691975Why she do that?
>>559699550mating ritual
>>559678038i need this game to magically become popular outside japan because i can't read nip
>>559699550hormonesneeds mating immediately
>>559705958It's time to learn
Do you think Iris is so grumpy all the time because people keep calling them handlebars?
>>559712753Nice, lots of great fanart. >>559714057That would require quite a few people to remember Iris exists.
>>559712753Look at those CHOMPERS
Imagine the world where the resealing works and you just have to live your life after killing the heroes.Imagine getting together with Lise to mutually mourn Josee and finding comfort in eachother in her absence. Treating her like the sister(in-law) you never really got to have, her leaning on you the way she used to rely on Josee.Imagine the desperate teary-eyed comfort sex when you both finally just need something to help you move on, and Lise cupping your face and telling you she understands when you call her Josee by accident.
>>559720794two of the wives
Intimidating Holly!
>>559726769She doesn't seem very intimidated.
>>559729376What, this expression doesn't intimidate you?
>>559726769Holly is fearless. Intimidating her would be extremely difficult.
>>559730775Fearless Holy when "there are 6-7 enemies ahead"
>>559730775Really? Didn't seem to take much for her to bend the knee.
>>559730972You'll be plenty afraid when she tells you to think of 6-7 names
>>559726769Spoiler: She likes it!
>>559731937That's because bending the knee suits her grand plans.
>>559733473>>559731601Seems like Holly is spending a lot of time on her knees.
>>559741318It's something she's known to do, amongst other... behaviours.
>>559743642>Iris saves herselfShe'd shake her head and say your death was only to be expected because of your reckless driving.
>>559741318
>>559742308yjk
>>559712753Holly's hat isn't NEARLY big enough
Ah, I love the bow so much! I keep trying to specialize in other BFs, but I always find myself drifting back to Best Bow...
>>559750687Stealth archer hands typed this post
Aaand, finished, with the true ending (I guess, because I got two endings before it). Even when it was a downgrade in many ways from the first game, it was still a pretty good, solid game. The biggest issues for me were how easy the game was (only the very first proper boss and the true final boss walled me; fist Souls game where I simply carried with me my not-souls because the game wasn't hard enough to make me fear to lose them) and how due to the game being open world had shit dungeon design: we went from the extremes of the cathedral to nothing but straight lines. Oh, and the performance. Insane how Elden Ring ran better with my previous, way weaker GPU. Even with its flaws, unless Nioh 3 blows my socks off or some super amazing game comes out out of nowhere, Code Vein 2 will be my favorite game of 2026... so I don't understand why everyone treats it like it was Gollum / Dustborn tier. What the fuck man. (It's amusing how the game shipped Lou, Josee and Holly with you, clearly having as baseline a male, I mean, type 1 main character. So if you played as a fe-sorry, type 2 character then you can pretend the game is a yuri game).
>>559751693>so I don't understand why everyone treats it like it was Gollum / Dustborn tierOnline discourse only allows games to be the worst thing ever or masterpiecesEven 6/10 is considered unplayable
Also, I wonder what kind of DLC the game will get: >New area(s) DLC a la Dark Souls / Lies of P >A glorified challenge map like the original game or the first DLC for The Surge due to the game selling like shit>No DLC at all; outright cancelled like Assassins' Creed Shadows' due to the game selling like shit
>>559752380Hopefully the first one. They also likely won't cancel since the game was successful in Japan and they already sold the battlepass.
>>559751427The Skyrim Stealth Archer pipeline is real...
>>559751693It pushes Lyle and Valentin with you too. There's something for everybody.
>>559758572Lou in Skyrim when
>>559769039When you mod it
>>559769039Lou would constantly wedge herself in narrow passages whenever you try talking to other available companions like Serana, not moving an inch until you either leave or reload to an earlier saveShe's not going to stop even if you install Devious Devices to impede her
>>559776152Zenon if he real
>>559776152Zenon girl
>>559752027>Online discourse only allows games to be the worst thing ever or masterpiecesExcept the online discourse about CV2 revolved exclusively around politics. No one talked about the game itself.
>>559783862>No one talked about the game itself.If you don't buy it, and you can't steal it then that's your only option really. Unfortunately CV2 didn't attract a big enough audience that would actually buy the game at full price.
>>559784724 #>Implying piracy wouldn't have helped the malicious actors"The game is woke shit, glad I pirated it""I gave the game a try via Fitgirl and I confirm it's woke garbage"
>>559785637That does not add any more credibility than the unwritten>"we, the unwashed twitter mob baselessly claim that" the game is woke garbage>"my discord hivemind told me that" the game is woke garbageIt's easy to say that a random guy would pirate it just to form his own opinion...
Access to piracy wouldn't magically dissolve any and all criticism but let's not kid ourselves and pretend that the lack of piracy doesn't influence negative publicity from both those who cannot play and those who are forced to purchase against their will.
>>559788354>forced to purchase against their will.AhahahahahahahahaSo a fairy carrying a Magnum materializes out of nowhere and forces innocent gamers to buy a game they don't want at gunpoint?
>>559789235The fabled Code Fairy...
>>559788354>and those who are forced to purchase against their willBruh...Gaming is in a bad spot right now. If a video game costs money there will always be a contingent of people that question why because they're spoiled beyond measure by endless hours of free gacha slop paid for by money fairies from moneyland. What Code Vein has pretty girls? Then it's just like gacha therefore it should be free and if it's not free it's bad. Safety shorts under the skirts? Ha I was right! Another victory for not buying video games ever. It's all so tiresome.
>>559789563Can confirm, she looks like the white Mia statue and her tiny bayonet is no joke.I made fun of her stupid hat, so she forced me to preorder the ultimate deluxe version instead of the normal one
>>559792079You got what you deserved. But now I wish they had sent a Mia fairy to congratulate me for preordering the Ultimate edition.
I am lurking and saw mentions of fairy. Any fairies in this game? I am sexually attracted to fairies, even that fucking psycho from the first Drakengardhttps://youtu.be/d_01_Evl9S8
>>559794379No, sorry.
>>559794379The world's biggest Code Fairy fan. I kneel. Unfortunately Code Vein 2 doesn't have any fairies or fairy-like characters. Nor do any of Shift's games that I can recall.
>>559794379
>>559800382I want a cutie sammich / I wanna be sammich'd by cuties
>>559801371A crimson flower on each arm…
>>559808671That would be the life... *sigh*
Night, /cvg/ anons...
>>559811102Sleep tight /cvg/er
Hero Josee defeated.
>>559818039Josee... No! What have you done!?!
>>559818039No self respecting agency would accept that as proof.That could be literally any midget
>>559820402Oh this picture is going to Lise, not any hunter agency.
>>559834652missing lise iris and jadwiga
Protecting and defending Lou!
>>559835541Also Lavinia
>>559837738I'm coming after her.
>>559847423Lmao
>>559837738Giving Lou the pickle
>>559847423
>>559233859I'm quite sad the sequel underperformed. Would de-censoring the game do any favors, sales-wise? I feel the media would catch wind of something so unprecedented.If Code Vein 3 were to never happen, I'd still like more from the devs. Maybe a new IP in a traditional, vibrant medieval fantasy setting. There aren't many games with decent anime character-creators that I know of.
What's with all the posts saying the game underperformed? Wasn't it first place on Famitsu or whatever that one website is called?
>>559852852It placed first the week it released for physical sales in Japan however that week was quite meagre. The number wasn't as high as you typically see 1st place get and it was far off CV's numbers from what I know. We have no official word from Bamco but they also haven't said anything positive either so it doesn't inspire confidence in the sales numbers. Nioh 3 smashed us on Steam but apparently CV2 was mostly sold in Japan and on console.
>>559852618Sadly no. The censorship hate train was a strawman for Denuvo.
>>559862917Arrisa is cute! CUTE!
>>559852618censorniggers were never going to play the game to begin with, they were just looking for some bullshit to complain aboutpeople forget CV1 was also "censored" (removed boob slider) you see the same with faggots on /v/, they just want to ride the fucking internet hate train
Clearly, we must add Night of Revenge to the general
>>559869961Huh?
>>5598708685 int canelage
New
>>559875506Translators, NOW
>>559862917Any news about the DLC beyond it dropping on the 27th?I haven't limited any AIs for almost a year and the only saves I have are NG+6 and a finished nightmare mode NG+1
>>559881462>NG+6I can't even imagine something like that. I've been playing and have been getting my ass handed to me.
>>559875564>Translators, NOWlocalisers i need to know what she isn't saying about patriarchy
>>559852618>the sequel underperformedLet me guess, you think Steam sales are indicative of a game's overall performance? You do realize PC are actually negligible, right?
>>559875506>that tongueImagine her shoving that thing in your throat while making out with you.
>>559888524Cute!
>>559875506>>559875564
>>559881462>any news about the DLC Not really, just working off the trailer. Not really sure how it'll even work; been awhile since I played. I did the 3 endings for max achievements and I started a hard mode playthrough continuing that account but got distracted and never went back to it.
>>559896381She’s literally me.
>>559889227Imagine the rimjobs
>>559899774who shrank jad's wigas
>>559917402dangerously unpregnant revenant
Someone take away Lise's internet access please
>Lise is the Chris Redfield bloodline meme
>>559920676Were you not around when the threads were first remade?
Total lise impregnation
Why is Lise getting shit anyway?
>>559922353Because she's a NERD
>>559922353she isn't
>>559919836I'll rectify that immediately!
>>559923650josee with fat tits and a huge belly
>>559924015But what if huge belly, fat ass and still no tits?
>>559924146What if you weren't a raging homosexual
So you want Josee to resemble that dwarf princess Ryuun draws?
https://x.com/rkgk_EiKou/status/2030947292606566538
Josee is perfect just the way she is and I wouldn't change a single thing about her. Besides obviously making her pregnant several times.
>>559927370I'd argue that pregnancy is a pretty big change and does have some lasting effect on the female bodyTherefore you are lying, as pregnancy itself will change her, both mentally and physically
How effective is Bind in practice over the course of the game? I'm not sure if I should choose Blade of Malice or Executioner's Sword.
>>559881545>I've been playing and have been getting my ass handed to me.Parry/Riposte has extremely forgiving timing and is stupidly strong for how simple the combat is
>>559929376It's pretty good
>>559930816Bro I only started surviving more after I got the electric dodge...
>>559928237Pregnancy is natural and affects every woman differently. How pregnancy will impact Josee is part of her unique individuality just like her other more obvious features and personality. Therefore I am not lying when I say I don't want her to change because obviously people change over of the course of their lives, even day to day depending on mood and any number of unforeseeable factors, and those kinds of changes (in which I would include pregnancy) are not what I'm talking about when I say I wouldn't change anything about her.
Ah, considerably late, but in doing another playthrough it dawned on me that the anon that had asked where to farm Superbia materials I had said to go to East Bay Underground in MagMell, but it was actually Cliff Underground Ruins with the Superbia enemies near the reviving monument that I was thinking of. If you're still here, sorry if I sent you on a wild goose chase!
>>559931561>Electric Bloodhound StepAll you really need is the normal dodge and a pipeSpoilors for second best fight in the game
>>559932037I can't believe you, anon...
>>559923116Lise doesn't even want to hop into the bath. She probably stinks real bad.
The character creator is a bit lacking but I'm satisfied with this uncle.
>>559936985Not bad Grandpa. Male character creator seems way better than CV1.
>>559936985>uncleits unc, boomer
>>559931561AI Limit hinges fairly hard on parry. You can get through the maps without it but some of the bosses don't leave many openings and force you into it.
>>559949310>AI Limit hinges fairly hard on parry.You can beat the entire game without ever picking up the parry and/or shieldI did an entire run >>559881462 No stamina quick dash goes a long way and I'd say some bosses are way safer to dodge, Phase 2 Ursula especially.
>>559952686Cool story broPhase 1 is much easier if you parry. A fair number of the bosses are CV2 style spammers that won't stop until you parry them. I'd prefer to play roll and hit style which is basically all I do in CV but AI Limit's demo boss fight let me know in advance that I'll have to hit the parry button from time to time to keep things reasonable. If you're struggling with the game, then figuring out an attack to parry is typically the best solution but the game gives you other options as well.
I'm tired. Gonna head to bed early. Goodnight /cvg/
>>559962558Good night, bro.
>>559974247
>>559974247There isn't nearly enough fanworks of Coco for as much of a baddie as she is.
Night, /cvg/ bros
>>559970602Rapier subtype, my beloved
The cast of CV2 is so much better than CV1 it's not even funny.
>>559986287But both casts are great.
>>559986287It's a hard pick. Both games have such a good cast all around. But I think if I had to pick, I'd say CV2's is the better of the two, yeah.
>>559987828I love both casts dearly but I think that CV2's are better developed if just on the grounds that you spend a lot more time with each of them as mandatory companions.Little things like Holly's autistic rambling stick with me more than any conversation I had with the Home Base gang, which is unfortunate, because I do like them too.
>>560001674Are you telling me you don't remember David telling you that he'd join you, but always being too busy aurafarming in the home base to do so?
>>560002279I could never forget David. I loved his wife's blood code.
>>560002279I 'member them all
>>560001674Yeah, I think this is where CV2 shines! It seems like Shift was able to show off each character's quirks and subtle personalities a bit more this time around!I'd still be hard pressed to say definitively which game has better characters on the whole, desu. CV1 has Io, one of the most supportive and encouraging characters in recent memory! And I also love how well they did Jack and Eva's bond together!Of course, CV2 has Zenon, so...
>>560007484Cute family bonding
As solid as the game itself, writing and characters were, CV2 was still a shitty sequel compared to the first game. If we had gotten the sequel around 2021-2022 like Nioh got its, we would have gotten an amazing all-around game improving around everything the first game did right; instead we got Scarlet Nexus.Funny how CV2 made me hate Scarlet Nexus even more, if that's even possible.
>>560014283If we had a sequel in 2021-2022, it would be a hot messThe original game was released at the end of 2019 and it had serious issues with development (CV2 did not entirely evade dev hell either)1-2 years would not be enough to make anything good
>>560014283I've seen this post before. Quite nonsensical really. Like TotK syndrome where fan has a notion of how long it should take to make a good game and then punish the game for "needing too much dev time" when you have zero basis to make that judgement call. However it's always correct to blame and make fun of Scarlet Nexus.
>>559994547io gives me wood
>>560019730Are you sure? I don't think there's much you could build out of the Io tree.
>>560022764You can carve a puppet out of it, give it nice yellow eyes and dress it in a white dress
>>560023004>successor of the Blood (the player character) canonically made an Io puppet out of the Io tree>everyone thinks it's really creepy when you have a conversations with it in public>awhile later (you) decide to leave and nobody bothers to see you off because they're glad the crazy puppet creep is leaving >which is why it's surprising when your bestest friends in the whole world decide to show up and keep following (you) and also Rin is there for some reason>when the Successor turns around and says, "Io" it's actually directed at the puppet because the puppet followed you tooDeepest lore
>>560002279You mean Tyrone?
>>560014283This post perfectly illustrated how people vastly underestimate how out of control video games have gotten and how long it takes to develop them anymore. A couple years for a fully polished game was a product of the 90s. Not defending near-decade development cycles, they are just simply the reality.
>>560026563He goes by Davis.
>>560014283>>560014735>>560027760Okay, I concede that 1 year is absurd and 2 years is still too little. Let's say that we would have gotten that great Code Vein 2 in 2023 had Bandai Namco not decided to make Scarlet Nexus instead.
>>560031598Scarlet Nexus wasn't a good game, but it had little to no bearing on Shift and their development cycle. It was a different studio that made SN, and development started on 2015, most of the work was done before Shift was finished with CV. And after Code Vein's launch, the assistance Shift provided to SN was both minimal and brief, not too different from Fromsoft assisting Shift with Code Vein.
>Holly accidentally streams your corrective rape>gets banned>eventually gets unbanned>accidentally streams the birth too>permabanned
https://x.com/ltoirv2rpe372To/status/2031694644602720502
>>560038428>>560039127>accidentally Suuuuuure
>>560039127>the ambient musicJesus christ
I do enjoy just taking straightforward pictures of my hunter. Not everything needs fancy posing..
>>560014283>instead we got Scarlet Nexus...made by a different dev team than CV?
>>560048414I've been increasing my photo mode skills as of late to further my mastery of Code Vein. But the overwhelming majority of my screenshots are cutscenes, it's an addiction for me.
>>560049443I'm not sure why, but Scarlet Nexus keeps getting confused as a Shift game in this general.
>>560058727Who actually made scarlet nexus?
>>560066830Tose
>>560058727It got adopted as an allowed topic on /cvg/ for some reason. People assumed the devs must be the same,
>>560069083AI Limit gets talked about here, but no one confuses it for a Shift game. Just odd that Scarlet Nexus does.
>>560076858Both are bamco gamesAI limit isnt
>>560076858AI Limit is good and obviously a Chinese game. Scarlet Nexus is Bamco, has similarities and is really bad so everyone wants to blame it for the Shift games getting mistreated.
I like Scarlet Nexus...
>>560066830john nexus
>>560096163Claire...
Post underrated weapons
>>560081383>mfw IGN gave AI Limit a 5/10 while giving Dustborn, easily one of the most horrible action game I've tried and only slightly better than Steam fest blatant store assets alpha, an 8/10 Insane world we live in
>>560058727I thought it shared the same director and/or some members of staff?Then again I also remember hearing Shift was closed down at one point which seems to be a made up memory of mine.
>>560110162Those big websites have dozens of writers so these odd ratings are bound to happen. OpenCritic is a good resource because you can see the track record of every reviewer and get a gist of their taste and knowledge.Other than that, I wish other sites adapted famitsu's review system. They always have 4 different people play the game and the final score is a sum of their individual 1-10 ratings. They tend to glaze a lot of mediocre stuff but the idea behind it is good.
>>560110982Score based ratings are totally meaningless opinions of other people.The only interesting parts are objective facts like>Is the game working or are there technical issues?
>>560110667SN was a project started by Anabuki back in 2015. After CV released Bamco shuffled some of Shift's staff members over to Tose temporarily to help some minor areas in SN. This is common practice for large Publishers to reallocate development staff during crunch times of development.
>>560106664Shift has underrated the entire Hammer class so try one out.
>>560130104Do not AI train Lou
Anal Intercourse (AI) training Lou!
>>560130627that's not how you reproduce...
With all of this Scarlet Nexus talk, I'm surprised that Bamco decided to revive Code Vein instead. Scarlet Nexus was pretty much the favorite child, getting a lot of love and support from Bandai Namco and praise from journalists and /v/ (who are very vocal about how much they wanted SN2 instead).
>>560130793It's actually the most effective proven 100% contraceptive available! After all, even abstinence didn't prevent a birth that one time!
>>560132319contraception is gay
>>560132039From a sales perspective it makes sense to greenlight a CV sequel over SN, since CV sold 4 million over SN's 1 million. But who knows, the first game took over six years to make, so they very well could be working on SN2 at this very moment for all we know. Anabuki even said he wanted to make a sequel if he could.
>>560093016Where did her thighs goDid Louis take them too
>>560137827>CV sold 4 million over SN's 1 millionReally? I always thought SN had been the better seller, given how the word of mouth and reviews were unanimously positive unlike CV's, and even got an anime adaptation (26 episodes, at a time when Gundam is lucky to get 13)
>>560139015Surprisingly, Code Vein outsold Scarlet Nexus in every metric. Though I'm sure that's in no small part to it coming out during the peak of the Soulslike craze while everyone was waiting for Elden Ring. The timing was intentional on Bamco's part, the anticipated lull being what prompted them to divert Shift from God Eater to Code Vein. The unfortunate part of it all is that CV2 doesn't get that same boost, therefore not selling nearly the same as the first. A shame for Code Vein fans, but potential good news for God Eater fans if CV3 doesn't get greenlit and Shift can convince Bamco to fund GE4. But that's a lot of compound hypotheticals.
>>560139015>it even got an anime adaptation Anon, the anime launched simultaneously with the game. Bamco has incredible financial stakes in the anime industry which is why they get and hoard the rights to making games for most of the popular anime/manga series. Scarlet Nexus was the Japanese equivalent of Unknown 9; they just needed a podcast and Scarlet Nexus would've hit full market saturation and been a huge success because all the individual media products advertise each other and tap into different markets and different audiences, and then direct them towards the game.
>>560140851...but Unknown 9 wasn't a huge success...
There is also the fact that people loathe Soulslikes now, to the point where even From Software decided to stop making them and instead use their assets to make multiplayer games. So Code Vein 2 couldn't have a worse timing.
>>560141217If you are talking about Nightreign that was a secondary team making an experimental project. Miyazaki is busy with other developments. But yes, Soulslikes are oversaturated right now and that makes CV2's timing unfortunate.
>>560141704Which was so successful Nintendo hired them to make an exclusive one for them. It wasn't an "experimental project"; it was From changing their design philosophies due to Soulslikes pretty much reaching the end of their rope and moving on. Shadow of the Erdtree's unanimously negative reception was the eye opening moment for them.
>>560141019Game was too brown. If it was white/Japanese like Scarlet Nexus it would've been a massive triumph. Shame. >>560141217>people loathe Soulslikes nowBut Nioh 3 sold really well. Casuals just want their mindless co-op slop with no story or interesting characters. Code Vein unfortunately tried to make something interesting with artist value instead of an arcade game.
>>560142442>But Nioh 3 sold really well.The Nioh series has always been the anti-Soulslike franchise. The people who play it are people who hate Soulslikes.
>>560142040Ah you got me. Didn't even realize I was getting baited all this time. 8/10 Was full marks up until you overplayed your hand. That was a really good exchange anon.
>>560142732I'm 100% serious. Even Elden Ring has gotten a negative reevaluation after years passed.
>>560141217people loathe rollslop
>>560142842I'd say that's because of the open world design. Souls-like games don't all suddenly need to be open world just because Elden Ring tried it first and made a lot of money. People want their linear Zelda games and linear Dark Souls back because that's what they grew up with whereas devs like making new things and also the open world attempts have typically made WAY more money than the old linear games used to. Code Vein 2 is a bit of an exception where the original did great and the open world upgrade got dismissed immediately.
>>560142842If so then you should know that Nightreign is something Ishizaki got permission from Miyazaki to experiment with in an attempt to get a feel as director. It was made by assembling previous and unused assets from during Elden Ring's cutting room. Doesn't at all mean Ishizaki wasn't passionate about making it. Fromsoft is growing and expanding, which is exactly how they were able to revive Armored Core amidst all their other work.
>>560143260* rollslop = shitty slur created by /v/, displaying their usual lack of imagination, to refer to Souls-like games / Dark Souls clones. No one who uses it should be taken seriously.
>>560142040Armored Core 6 is my favourite souls like
>>560144723I mean (fill in the blank)slop is how you disregard any genre or game you dislike for whatever reason these days. /v/ is just purely addicted to hating everything lately because it's a power trip when you type it's slop and the game doesn't sell so good.
>>560146976Live service and gacha slop are perfectly valid terms, howeverEven Concord is becoming a genre of its own
>>560110162It's crazy since AI Limit is one of the better Souls-likes out there.
>>560137827SN was a day 1 gamepass release so the sale figures were always going to be muddied.
>>560150296Can't wait for more Arrisa-gaming later this month! Hope they make a sequel someday as well.
>>560152792Man, I remember when people were angry over microtransactions in like Dead Space, now it's the norm
>>560152792Gamepass makes sales numbers weird. SN sold 1 million, but another million was downloaded on GP. No real idea how to factor that, as you certainly can't say 2 million sold.
>>560164000I could take her.
>>560164000I'm going to fuck her until she can run away from me
>>560167817Kujo pls...
>>560164000She awoken my lust for crippled bitches in wheelchairs.
>>560164000Check'd
>>560166609>>560167817>>560174439don't stick your dick in crazy
>>560177014I will not be denied
>>560177014Crazy wife, crazy life (in bed)
Can we recreate Humie-chan in CV2?
>>560191996I'd say yes. Pretty sure that hairstyle is in and the outfit definitely is. You can probably do the scar on the arm as well.
>>560191996The scars and bruises might be a bit difficult.
Night, /cvg/ bros.
>>560200253Despise those moon bitches
>>560153263
https://x.com/CODE_VEIN/status/2032396260095709369
>>560202993that's my reaction to currently fighting ursula with the mutant arm
>>560205989best fight in the game
>>560206615I've done that phase so many times that it's pretty easy now, but still haven't beaten big arm version.
>>560206670Imo, Phase 2 combos you to death easily if you fuck up a parry, so it's easier to dodge.If you struggle, Shriek Cores fuck her sync rate pretty hard, taking away most of the fancy shit she has.
>>560205989Just attack her, bro
>>560207558Isshin-sama...
>>560206838Yeah I can't really parry much of the second phase yet. I haven't considered the items at all so I'll check it out. Thanks for the tip.>>560207558You're not wrong but that webm is a bit suspicious.
>>560209997Don't mind it too much. It's super overpowered endgame gear.
Good night, revenants.I think drawing our characters would be nice.
>>560206838That was hard as fuck for me, but a really cool fight.>>560210396I thought it might've been something like that.
>>560213089>but a really cool fight.Sadly, there is only one other fight that's on the same level of fun The Son (Female)
>>560212568>revenantsyou mean hunters, unc
>>560224047That's Revenant Hunters to you. Because we hunt Revenants, that's our job.
>>560229523I only hunt Revenant wombs
>>560197357its not enough
>>560177014Buddy I only stick my dick in crazy. Crazy or heavily autistic.Preferably both.
>>560192275>scar on the armI think all the scars are locked to the face.>>560197357Bigger
>>560238025Our HEROES
>>560242171AND Iris
>>560243430kek!
Name her.
>>560246236Boozarella de Advocaat
>>560246236that's an Eugenia if I ever saw one
>>560246634And so it shall be!
>>560246236babymaker
>>560246236>>560246494>>560246845closeted alcoholic, you can tell by the eyes
>>560247159Impudent.>>560247425A lady would never.
>>560248081>A lady would never.Suuure
What does it mean?
>>560248081lady babymaker...
>>560253060The One Piece is real!
>>560255796She's up here >>560241026
https://x.com/BandaiNamcoUS/status/2032501949925359830Another survey thing?
>>560253060a Revenant was thought dead and buried at sea by their human friends, washed up on MagMell and built a base there.
>>560212568I've done something similar not long ago though I didn't do it by drawing everything from scratch, wonder if I'll ever get to put them to use (was actually thinking of expanding the mod to include references to other cvg residents, but that was never going to get anywhere with my track record)I've been slowly learning how to draw lately, still have yet to grasp shading and such (if nothing else, I know about pillow shading being awful and I can sorta understand very simple stuff though not well enough)
>>560213442man the second phase was really annoying
>>560248081Heheh my next target....
>>560257492Imagine living in a world where people never played pac man...
>>560259313I haven't
>>560258785Hesitation is defeat, if you are aggression, she can't do shit.
>>560257492Pretty sure it's the same survey, they're just reminding people because the deadline isn't until April.
>>560259573I guess that was the last real boss. Last 2 fights were a nice spectacle though. Good game.
>>560261843The Blader fights are peak AI LimitThe rest is kinda mid on a gameplay levelDLC trailer teased a fight with Failure-chan, so there's some hopium
>>560261843Glad you liked it. Fun game. >>560262070Agreed, the blader fights are just more enjoyable. The forest boss fight was also cool.
>>560262070>>560262303I did like probably all of the fights in the game, even the ones that were more like gimmicks. One of my favorites was definitely the necro queen.
>>560262303>The forest boss fight was also cool.Gank Squad, feat. guy with parry>>560262472Persephone is a solid #3 fight
>>560255796>>560259269That's about enough of that.
>>560262472Persephone is great too and the boss with the lightning lance was challenging.
>>560263867how are you going to butter sandwiches with that retard
>>560268337I will simply not make sandwiches. Why would I be making a sandwich in the first place?
>>560270760thats how to wife
>>560246845>so I told anon to give his character a silly name and he did it the absolute madman hahahahahaha!
>>560271783>he thinks anon actually confirmed Eugenia and not babymaker
>>560271363Are you proposing?>>560272920I did not confirm babymaker!! Eugenia is a perfectly lovely name!
How do I make Twilight deal more damage?
>>560277131Lightning infusion on your weapon.
>>560279261Oh shoot, that works? I'll try it out.
>>560279261Yeah, the blood, ice, fire, and lightning infusions increase the damage of those respective spells by ~10%.
>>560290132You learn something new every day. That's pretty clever.
>>560290132Weapon infusions affect spell power? I didn't know that either.
Want to do a build using those floating mech arm rune blades and all the McLeish gear stuff for a tech themed build.Ended up settling on a busty meganekko but I feel like something's missing from her look...
>>560299539Put something around her neck
>>560299968My hands?
>>560299539Baby bump
