Community MetaSteam | February 2026 - Romeo and Rogue: Dead Citadel Requiem

STHX said:
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Looking at the amount of followers and "wishlist activity" it had post announcement/pre-release, I'm really surprised by how badly Code Vein 2 did, especially compared to the peak CV1 had all those years ago. There must have been a serious fuck up here, either for the performance issues, the price, the changes compared to the original (lack of multiplayer component, more "alien looking" NPCs, weird pseudo realistic anime artstyle), or because Nioh 3 is releasing so close to it
This is probably the first major failure for 2026
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Seems like a perfect storm of bad performance (UE5 claims another victim), feature regression compared to the predecessor (no co-op), the game itself having issues + 70€.
I also think the graphics look weirdly off, especially the character models.

Also frankly all these mid-budget anime games are getting their lunch eaten by chinese gacha games at this point.
I have my issues with the game, but Arknights Endfield which released 1 and a half weeks ago, looks incredible AND while being incredibly well optimized and is free.
 
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STHX said:
Code-Vein.png

Looking at the amount of followers and "wishlist activity" it had post announcement/pre-release, I'm really surprised by how badly Code Vein 2 did, especially compared to the peak CV1 had all those years ago. There must have been a serious fuck up here, either for the performance issues, the price, the changes compared to the original (lack of multiplayer component, more "alien looking" NPCs, weird pseudo realistic anime artstyle), or because Nioh 3 is releasing so close to it
This is probably the first major failure for 2026
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Isn’t the first game incredibly middling, anyway?

And as Ascheroth said, there’s plenty of free gacha games that accommodate all the gooning angles.
 
STHX said:
Code-Vein.png

Looking at the amount of followers and "wishlist activity" it had post announcement/pre-release, I'm really surprised by how badly Code Vein 2 did, especially compared to the peak CV1 had all those years ago. There must have been a serious fuck up here, either for the performance issues, the price, the changes compared to the original (lack of multiplayer component, more "alien looking" NPCs, weird pseudo realistic anime artstyle), or because Nioh 3 is releasing so close to it
This is probably the first major failure for 2026
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Barely 50% positive reviews on steam, which is actually fairly hard to achieve for a AAA game not mired in culturewar controversy.

Personally, i'm mostly disappointed by them doing away with the Edgy Anime Vampire Asthetic that made the first game feel like an early 2000's anime.
 
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