![]() While the game’s comedy stylings are nothing to write home about, they do manage to give the game an edge, something which makes it feel different from and more interesting than a lot of the other games with which it shares similarities. Within the first few hours of gameplay, there had already been references to both The Stanley Parable and Skyrim, and yes, the latter came in the form of an arrow to the knee joke. ![]() While you’re battling monsters and demons, there is a constant voice in your head which likes to call you Vikki and spews out references to just about anything in the world you can imagine. With Victor Vran there is a definite comedic edge that accompanies the storyline without the storyline turning into a parody of itself. Rarely in a game with a fantasy setting do you get a lot of humour, unless the game is a straight up parody. Strangely, it’s the game’s humour that gives it an interesting edge on other titles. Well, you’re right, the actual gameplay and world I have described thus far are pretty standard fare for an isometric ARPG in a sword and sorcery setting. You may be saying, ‘This is all well and good, but so far this just sounds pretty standard’. These challenges often produce huge rewards and are well worth completing for the sheer amount of money/EXP/loot that you get each time. These challenges range from things like ‘kill 100 enemies in 2 minutes’ to ‘don’t take any damage’ and everything in between. This is a nice feature that makes it much easier to go back and play through the dungeon crawls again at your own leisure.Įach of these maps and dungeons has special challenges that you can complete for more loot, EXP or gold. Within the larger maps, there are also smaller dungeons to crawl through, some of which become selectable from the main map screen once you’ve completed them. This presents a lot of freedom to the player and makes it a bit less repetitive than simply constantly following the game’s directions the whole time. You can pretty much explore anywhere you like from the get go, with a few level capped exceptions. There are several maps to explore during the game, and while you have to go to certain ones to progress through the story, you are never forced to do so. There is also a great focus on loot, meaning that you constantly come across equipment for various reasons and will probably have to spend a long time going through it all to decide if you want to swap out your current weapons for versions with slightly better stats. You change your basic attacks by swapping between a variety of weapons and have special unlockable powers that can do heavy damage. When one of Victor’s friends ends up going, he decides to follow him and possibly rescue him from whatever is making people stay there.Ĭombat is very similar to Diablo with a little MMO style thrown in. This group is constantly being called into a town which is overrun by demons, and none of them are coming back out again. The story concerns the antics (read: heroic-ishness) of Victor Vran, a member of a monster hunting order (I promise this isn’t The Witcher, honest) called the ‘Hunters’. Despite that it does a lot of things right and has more going for it than simply being a pretty good version of Diablo starring Geralt from The Witcher series. The second thing will probably be, “Why is the main character basically Geralt?”, followed swiftly by, “He seriously needs a manicure,”.Īs you can probably tell by my above comments, Victor Vran isn’t the most original game out there. ![]() The first thing that pops into your mind when booting up Victor Vran is, “Hey, isn’t this Diablo?”. Because of this, it will be easier if we split the game up into its 3 pieces and review them separately, instead of trying to tackle the entire thing as a whole. The new DLCs bundled with the game are huge and are basically whole new campaigns to play through. Victor Vran: Overkill Edition is a re-release of a game from 2015 with updated graphics and a bunch of new content, and this release also sees the game on consoles for the first time. You’re on a personal quest for glory, you have magical powers and there is at least one sword and one sorcery at all times. Victor Vran is a game which very much falls into the category of sword and sorcery. Since the heyday of gaming, there have been countless titles that fall into this category, not to mention several straight up named after the genre. Occasionally, a game comes along that tries to sell itself on its classical ‘sword and sorcery’ chops.
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