![]() ![]() I remember playing the two Baldur's Gate hack-n-slash games on the PS2. In each area, one or two of those small dungeons will be mandatory to visit, while the others are optional and mostly blend together, although a couple do stand out. Victor will travel through a number of large areas that typically contain a few small dungeons. Sometimes, it's more health other times, he'll get the ability to equip an additional weapon, demon power or card to give him more options when it comes to monster slaying.Īs for the rest, it's pretty standard for a game of this sort. Every time he gains one, he'll get some sort of boost. While it isn't required to do any of those things, the rewards can be nice, especially when a hefty dose of experience carries Victor over the threshold to his next level. While many of these challenges simply require you to find secrets or kill so many of a certain monster, others have stipulations - kill monsters with a specific weapon, don't use potions, beat certain foes within a time limit or handicap yourself by utilizing special artifacts that boost enemies or weaken Victor in various ways. Every time you enter a new area, the game gives you five optional challenges that can be completed for money, experience or treasure. While it was tempting to just scythe my way through all opposition like the Grim F'in Reaper, Victor Vran does reward players who practice diversity. Very useful, especially since healing potions also have a cool-down period preventing you from speed-chugging them to nullify damage quicker than it can be inflicted upon you. And one type of scythe is vampiric - allowing you to regain a smattering of health every time you hit a monster. ![]() One of their cool-down attacks temporarily turns him into a whirlwind of pain careening wildly through enemies. They might not be the most damaging things, but they have a wide range of attack that allows Victor to whack multiple foes at once. For example, I found myself using scythes for much of the game. Weapons also tend to have special powers that can make them quite useful in a pinch. Also utilizing a cool-down meter are special demon powers and a few passive abilities obtained via equipping cards. There are many different kinds, each of which possess a regular attack and a pair of special ones which operate via a cool-down meter. The first step in this process: his weaponry. While there are a couple twists in the plot, that stuff is kind of negligible in comparison to the meat of this game - exploring the levels, killing everything that moves and gradually building Victor into a powerhouse. With the "help" of a mysterious voice in his head, he'll kill his way into the castle, talk to the queen and then kill his way through a number of locations mostly inside the kingdom's main city in an attempt to dispel the curse that allowed demons to take over, as well as figure out just why he has this voice in his head and what its intentions are. Victor is a demon hunter who has found himself in a kingdom utterly loaded with demons. Sure, the plot of these games often is a flimsy thing serving little purpose other than explaining why your hero or heroine decided that today was a fine day to slaughter anything in sight that even remotely looks hostile, but things like this probably do need to be touched on in a review. It might not replace Diablo III as the game of this sort I'd pick if I could only take game of this sort on an extended solo trip to a deserted island, but I had fun with it for a good while before eventually deciding I'd had my fill. While not without its flaws, Victor Vran was enjoyable. ![]() I mean, in this case, I'm not complaining, as the original version wasn't on the PlayStation 4 and that leads me to assume I wouldn't have played it if the expanded version hadn't been released. ![]() "Īfter coming up with a couple DLC expansions for PC Diablo-esque hack-n-slasher Victor Vran, Haemimont Games decided to package everything together for console gamers with the game's Overkill Edition because that's how gaming works nowadays. The voice in his head will point that out with regularity. Victor Vran: Overkill Edition (PlayStation 4) review ![]()
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