When I played the demo, I felt the same way. The character creator was a lot of fun, but the combat was so drab...but then I never was really a Soulsborne-type of fan, Salt and Sanctuary aside.

It's a shame, I wanted to like this. The Souls games are so ugly and grimdark, the anime aesthetic is the best thing about Code Vein.

This review read much more like a 7 or even an 8. I don't normally pay attention to scores at all, but the divide between the tone of the review and the actual score were so wide it caught my attention. It was weird. I saw the five but read on and thought, "This game actually sounds like a fun time to be had".

Good game is good, score is irrelevant. I can't wait to add this to my library.

Played a bit of the demo and felt largely the same, though I didn't know about the problem with having to level up new daemons. But the gameplay felt repetitive and bland, just a bunch of button mashing, and I had no interest in the characters (though I might have liked it more if the girl with the scythe was the playable lead rather than yet another feather haired dude).

@Setho10: This is exactly why I loved TDK. It was the beast version of the Joker I'd seen. There have been many great renditions but that movie seemed to get him just right. He doesn't need a 'why'. He just is, and what he is, is an agent of chaos. The perfect foil to Batman as a mysterious symbol of order.

Sounds nice, but a little too stuck in the past with its limited single player content.

@brxricano: and apparently they were rushing for a presentation...had to be if they thought those faces looked right, especially Black Widow's.

It's like they built every character, male and female, from the exact same base mesh. Black Widow's face looks more manly than everyone else's.

@WESTBLADE: All I said was I like the controller... *shrug*

I like the controller design, at any rate. Nice to see someone else doing symmetrical analog sticks.

The rest of it is a big 'meh' for me, but I'd be willing to try it at least.