Bandai Namco has released a new patch for Code Vein 2. The update improves performance across all platforms and introduces several balance adjustments. It also adds a difficulty selection feature for additional playthroughs, a new UI that displays your Affinity with your Partner, and more. Code Vein 2 is available now for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC.
The full details:
Patch Notes
Optimizations for All Platforms
- Optimized the collision data for certain objects and structures in the field to reduce processing load.
- Optimized the initialization process that occurs when enemies spawn to reduce processing load.
- Reduced the processing load of several partner outfits.
- Optimized enemy spawning to reduce stuttering while riding the motorcycle.
- These consist of further improvements to the optimizations implemented in Ver. 1.0.6.
- Reduced the processing load of attack effects for certain boss enemies.
- Reduced the processing load of effects used in certain weapon formae and magic formae.
- Reduced the processing load of hit effects for certain weapon formae and magic formae.
Feature additions and improvements
1. Addition of a difficulty selection feature for additional playthroughs.
- We have added an Enhance Enemy Difficulty During Replay option to the Game Settings. This setting is enabled by default.
- When you replay the game using your save data, enemies will be stronger and you will earn more Haze when defeating them; however, turning this setting off will restore enemies to their original strength and Haze drops to those of the first playthrough.
2. Addition of an Affinity display and adjustments to the mechanic; additions of Trade and Gift features.
2-1: We added a UI that displays your Affinity with your Partner.
- You can check your Affinity in the Change Partner and Gift screens at a Mistletoe.
- For some Partners, the Affinity is hidden at the start, but it will become visible once you reach the point in the story where you can give them gifts.
- Affinity is divided into three categories: Exploration, Story, and Gifts, each with their own maximum limit. To reach 100% Affinity, you must raise all three categories to their maximum limits.
- Exploration Affinity increases by adventuring with your partners and defeating enemies. Affinity increases more slowly when defeating enemies weaker than the player’s level.
- Story Affinity increases by completing Quests received from your partners and advancing each of their individual episodes. Lou gives no quests; her Story Affinity increases by progressing through the main story.
- Gift Affinity increases by giving your partners food or valuables.