The Venatori appear quite frequently in , but unless the player has a little prior knowledge or pays a lot of attention, they might not catch exactly what the shadowy faction is up to.
With four mainline games, six novels, an animated film, and innumerable spinoffs, lore goes deep — sometimes intimidatingly so.
The relatively linear nature of means its plot often moves at a blistering pace, skipping over the finer details and hoping players will catch them as they fly past (or check the Codex later to catch up).
Skipping the Codex is a major but common mistake that can mean missing out on massive swathes of the series' complex and often bizarre lore.
Still, all that reading is a big ask for more action-focused players, and it's easy to miss the odd document here and there.