Having not played the original Code Vein, I have no idea whether Code Vein II is effective in building on it, or whether the two games are related at all. What I do know is that Code Vein II is an excellent soulslike. One that starts quite slowly, but has an odd way of getting its hooks deep into you. One of the main vehicles of this is the overarching sense of mystery to the plot. Code Vein II takes place in two timelines: In the “present,” the world has been overcome by an apocalypse. Your job is to travel…