Having a hard time enjoying this game

[AllergicToBrainRot]

Look- I played dark souls 1 on the 360. Beaten it. Skipped 2 as I was told they nerfed alot of good stuff. Beaten 3 more than 4 times. Loved it. Just got an PS4 PRO to play bloodborne. But for some reason. I'm having a hard time enjoying Code Vein. I can't really explain why. Other than getting lost so quickly (looking for Jack right now).

I got this game because I loved the souls series alot. It's just I can't find a reason to keep playing it. I don't wanna feel like I wasted $60 on it and not play it. I guess because I'm very lost. I try looking at guilds to "finding" jack to move forward in the story but still can't find the bastard. Not only that but the combat doesn't feel like dark souls in any way. If only I'd knew how to enjoy it. I would be putting more hours into it. Just how I feel about it.

[Gearwar]

You have not played 2 cause someone told you they nerfed smth... what? Its a completely different game from 1 and 3.

And im not sure why you bother with code vein if you dislike it and still have not even tried DS2. Or play bloodborne, which is arguably the best in the souls series.

Or play demon souls if you havent yet

Also if you dislike the game and already spent the cash (and cant refund) just stop playing it. You lose twice if you play a game you do not enjoy just for the sake of trying to get back your investment. Not only did you lose the money but you lose time now as well.

[Vortiene]

Interest in this game comes from experimenting with different blood codes and training skills up. If you are in the cathedral of the sacred blood, that's literally the most confusing and extensive area in the game, nothing is as annoying as that area, so once you're through it, it won't ever get that annoying again.

[gilde.gothic [Elite_Man]]

Well its easier to ask in Forums then to look in a Guide, also Game tells you at the Map (in your Base) where to go but i will assume you mean the First time you need to go after Jack, which is behind a locked door in the Cathedral (There are Two).
If its for the Second time you will need to go into the one "Succesors" Area and find the Door (which you normally should have found already and wondered why you cant open it)


Also if you dont have fun playing it, dont play it.
Or finish like Bloodborne or DS2 (which isnt Nerfed, more like Buffed diff. and reused content at parts)

[Menarch]

Go play DS 2 it is the best of the three

[WhiteLezard]

Only Dark Souls can be like Dark Souls. Code Vein is Code Vein, not Dark Souls, so I'm afraid you wasted $60. If you want something like Dark Souls you only have two options:
- Play Bloodborne already
- Get a PS3 and play Demon's Souls.

Sekiro is very different too (even when it's a From Software game) and almost no one who liked Dark Souls 1, 3 and BB liked Dark Souls 2.

[Tregarde]

You tell us you're not enjoying the game, but you don't really define what it is that's not engaging you... other than 'it's not Dark Souls'

What exactly is the problem? Is the combat too fast, too slow? You're not enjoying the weapons? Are you having trouble because you keep trying to play it one way, when it's made to be played a bit differently?

If you can accept the differences, then maybe you can find some enjoyment in Code Vein. Or maybe it just wasn't the right game for you.

[Halo]

They literally tell you in a cutscene where to find Jack, and what doors to look for to get to him.

[Skenjin]

Originally posted by WhiteLezard:

Sekiro is very different too (even when it's a From Software game) and almost no one who liked Dark Souls 1, 3 and BB liked Dark Souls 2.

I disagree with this statement. You will dislike Dark Souls 2 if you expect it to play like the others in the series, but if you come at it as more a spiritual successor than another entry in the series, you might be able to enjoy it.

[Wynter the Blu Foxx]

Originally posted by WhiteLezard:

Only Dark Souls can be like Dark Souls. Code Vein is Code Vein, not Dark Souls, so I'm afraid you wasted $60. If you want something like Dark Souls you only have two options:
- Play Bloodborne already
- Get a PS3 and play Demon's Souls.

Sekiro is very different too (even when it's a From Software game) and almost no one who liked Dark Souls 1, 3 and BB liked Dark Souls 2.

Almost no one? I'm not so sure about that. Although the rest of the series did sell far better and DS2 is by far the least popular, the combined sales of DS2 and SotFS on Steam aren't that much worse than DS3 and DS1/ Now even if every single one SotFS sales came from DS2 owners, that still means that the game still had 45%-50% of the sales that DS3/DS1 had. It's hard to consider that "almost no one".

[Gearwar]

Originally posted by Sabishii:

DS1 is hot garbage, people only like it because of nostalgia goggles.

DS3 > DS2 > DS1.

lol no...

[Andrew. (the weeblord)]

It's disappointing to be a little negative about a game I like, but the game only opens up after your first ng+. You don't have the resources to make well-designed builds during your first playthrough, unless you spend way too much time farming.

My first run through the game was pretty bland, so I feel you on that one. All I can say is that you should power through it and see where CV shines in areas that the DS series does not.

[Tregarde]

Originally posted by Andrew. (the weeblord):

It's disappointing to be a little negative about a game I like, but the game only opens up after your first ng+. You don't have the resources to make well-designed builds during your first playthrough, unless you spend way too much time farming.

I would have to disagree with that. I had made some decent builds along my first run, and didn't spend "too much" time farming. Yes I farmed a little, mainly to master Gifts, but if you find a good spot to do that it really doesn't take long. The real hold-back to me making better builds was that I didn't understand how the game's stats/scaling worked, and which Gifts really worked best with my play style, well till I was in the late-game.

[paviu7]

Why don't you use google if you can't find something in the game to the point that wasted time takes fun away from you? Just type "code vein + how to find jack" and BAM you have youtube videos with answer.

[AllergicToBrainRot]

Originally posted by paviu7:

Why don't you use google if you can't find something in the game to the point that wasted time takes fun away from you? Just type "code vein + how to find jack" and BAM you have youtube videos with answer.

I tried that, nothing popped up.

[paviu7]

https://youtu.be/5DrxQOEnJYA?t=2648