Victor Vran

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7.7

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  1. Hack
    Mar 5, 2016
    8
    Victor Vran is an aRPG similar to Diablo, Grim Dawn, Path of Exile etc. It's what I'd consider a one and done experience unlike say Diablo III which you could easily pump endless hours into, and I'd just like to say that's not nesseserily a bad thing in Victor Vran’s case.

    The gameplay is quite different to other games in the genre, mostly due to the fact you can jump, roll and even    Victor Vran is an aRPG similar to Diablo, Grim Dawn, Path of Exile etc. It's what I'd consider a one and done experience unlike say Diablo III which you could easily pump endless hours into, and I'd just like to say that's not nesseserily a bad thing in Victor Vran’s case.

    The gameplay is quite different to other games in the genre, mostly due to the fact you can jump, roll and even wall jump which allows for exploration and unique ways to traverse dungeons. The skill system is similar to Guild Wars 2 where you're given 3 unique abilities based on the weapon you're using, and you can switch between 2 different weapons freely giving you access to 6 weapon abilities total. On top of this you're also given 2 demon powers which are strong abilities that charge during combat. Finally you're given 2 consumable slots which can be used for potions, bombs, medi kits and buffs.

    Character customisation comes in the way of cards, you're given a certain amount of card slots and card points, similar to the Call of Duty loadout system. These cards allow you to build how you'd like by adding passives to your character, you can opt for a couple of high point cards or many low point cards depending on your needs. It's not the most deep system but it does the job.

    Where the game really excels is presentation, it looks, runs and sounds great. I was very impressed with just how polished the game actually is. I enjoyed the art style and the overall visuals were beautiful with some fantastic little cut scenes thrown in throughout the story. Speaking of the story, it was interesting and fully voiced, and voiced well. You may recognise the voice actor for Victor Vran as he also voiced Geralt in Witcher III. The game also performs really well, I spent the entire 15 hour playthrough at 60fps locked on ultra settings, I will say one thing though, the in-game VSync is not recommended as it uses double buffering, so any tiny dip in frame rate causes the FPS to half down to 30fps. You can fix this 100% by disabling VSync in-game and forcing it on in your GPU control panel, I personally used adaptive VSync with triple buffering and my experience was rock solid.

    I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with the game on the whole, it's definitely worth it even at full price, and especially so at £5 in the sale. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who is a fan of the genre.    … Expand
  2. Ignatius_Reilly
    Dec 29, 2016
    9
    A real diamond in the rough. If you like you're ARPGs to be more on the blistering hard action side, than a simple loot grind, this is a game you'll likely enjoy. A lot of deaths have more to do with player error than simply not having enough HP/armor. It's definitely not the sort of zone out and farm ARPG most are used to.

    The game also has quite a bit going for it in the area of    A real diamond in the rough. If you like you're ARPGs to be more on the blistering hard action side, than a simple loot grind, this is a game you'll likely enjoy. A lot of deaths have more to do with player error than simply not having enough HP/armor. It's definitely not the sort of zone out and farm ARPG most are used to.

    The game also has quite a bit going for it in the area of customization. There's a lot of cards/powers/weapons to mix and match to figure out the most effective play style. Often an area will demand you totally change up your play style to achieve the goals within. Through out an entire play through I never stuck with one build or weapon for long. It keeps things interesting and avoids the typical feeling of grinding one build for hours on end. If you want to clear the harder challenges, there's an obsessive level of planning involved.

    The challenge system is great. It puts your focus a lot less on loot, and more on succeeding through game play, which is a bit more satisfying than waiting for the RNG to give you what you want.    … Expand
  3. PublicNuisance
    May 17, 2018
    6
    I started off really enjoying Victor Vran. The honeymoon slowly ended though and by halfway through the game I was starting to notice things I didn’t like and then by the end I was just hoping to finish the game and be done with it. Overall the game does many things really well and many things very poorly.

    The voice acting was a mixed bag just like rest. I instantly noticed the voice of    I started off really enjoying Victor Vran. The honeymoon slowly ended though and by halfway through the game I was starting to notice things I didn’t like and then by the end I was just hoping to finish the game and be done with it. Overall the game does many things really well and many things very poorly.

    The voice acting was a mixed bag just like rest. I instantly noticed the voice of Vran was done by the same man who voices Geralt on The Witcher: Doug Cockle. He does a great job here as well. The voice that is in Victor’s head for the journey is also well done and has some nice comic relief. Maria Teresa Creasey and Deborah Mock who voiced Queen Katerina and Irene both did a terrible job though. Just wooden work with no emotion.

    The difficulty curve was a broken mess. The game was either insanely difficult or insanely easy all the way through. There were times on casual difficulty where a few enemies were killing me within 3-5 seconds from full health where on normal difficulty many mini bosses were cut through like butter.

    The game also incorporated many game mechanics I despise. You beat a boss only to have them come back to life and have to be beaten again, enemies who can continue to spawn multiple enemies, bosses with regen health, oh this game has all of those and some have more than one of these crappy mechanics.

    The save system was also poorly done. So the game auto saves during a level but if you have to exit the level and come back due to work, school, etc then when you reload the game all of the enemies, including bosses, are alive again and back where they were. Basically don’t travel from the hub to an area without the free time to beat that whole area which I don’t enjoy.

    Now this may seem like I hated the game but I didn’t. The actual gameplay was enjoyable and there was a huge amount of customization you can do to Victor. The sheer variety of weapons, destiny cards and powers you can have can make for pretty much any kind of character build and play style you can think of. The story was well done as well and the main reason I kept playing the game.

    Overall the game was a mixed bag. Some parts were great and others were terrible with no middle ground. I find it tough to recommend which is sad because the core of the game is good and has a story worth playing through but it is riddled with so many things that I despise. Basically if the things I hate are things you love then you may not care.

    Another thing I will mention is that the game ran fantastic, 60FPS all the way through, and didn’t crash once. There were 9 different graphicical settings to play with and AA/AF. I wish there was more choices for AA than just FXAA or none but that’s a minor gripe. I finished the game in 13 hours 11 minutes on a combo of normal and casual difficulty.

    My system:
    AMD FX-9590 | 16GB DDR3-2133 | MSI RX 580 8GB Gaming X | Mesa 18.0.3 | Samsung 850 Evo 250GB | Solus 3 | Kernel 4.15.18-67.current

    My score: 6.5/10    … Expand
  4. AbeMC
    Jul 10, 2017
    7
    Victor Vran, a Witcher and Torchlight hybrid, is a top-down, monster-hunter hack’n slash. Blessed with fun combat, great ambiance and large level design, it is cursed with mediocre voice acting, been-there-done-that story and an overly generous loot system (hello, clogged inventory). Four-player coop and a detailed challenge system are welcome additions. Worth a purchase at 66% off orVictor Vran, a Witcher and Torchlight hybrid, is a top-down, monster-hunter hack’n slash. Blessed with fun combat, great ambiance and large level design, it is cursed with mediocre voice acting, been-there-done-that story and an overly generous loot system (hello, clogged inventory). Four-player coop and a detailed challenge system are welcome additions. Worth a purchase at 66% off or more.
    Total size on my hard-drive: 4.3 GB

    + Large level design. While there are a few smaller levels that house challenge bosses, most are large and spacious, with secrets hidden everywhere. One of the best features of Victor Vran.
    + Good level of challenge. New areas are difficult, and after leveling and becoming OP, activate different hexes (Hex of Pain reduces Victor Vran’s health over time, Hex of Time speeds enemies, and so on) for additional challenge and greater rewards.
    + Nice graphics. Won’t knock your socks off, but the level of detail (especially in the city levels) is excellent.
    + Smooth and stable. Not a single crash or hang in 24 hours of gameplay.
    + Good choice of weapons. Shotguns, lightning guns, swords, rapiers, scythes, hammers, spell books. Each type of weapon can be found with a large number of different specializations – which bring their own buffs and debuffs.
    + The card-based skills system. Victor can equip of number of cards for passive combat bonuses. There are over a dozen varieties, and again each can be had in a number specializations. One of my favorites was “The Moon” card, which, when equipped, grants an ice-explosion when Victor lands a critical hit. Another good one is the “Blademaster” card, which adds over-drive at a faster rate and grants health-regen on crit with swords. Each card is available in a number of levels as well; Levels 1 through 4 were most common, but I did loot a Level 8 card (yes, the bonuses were massive!). There is limited number of points available to equip cards, though, and each level counts as a point; equipping four Level 4 cards isn’t possible when the point limit is less than 16 (the point limit increases as Victor levels up), forcing a continual mix-and-match of available cards in search of the best build.
    + Nicely ambient soundtrack.
    + Four-player coop. Drop-in / drop-out works well. The large levels work well with four players.
    + You can trade items with a demon named Geban. 10/10 would trade with Geban again.

    +/- Demon powers. Their usefulness is limited because their use requires over-drive. It can take a while for the over-drive bar to fill in the early stages. Certain weapons and cards can boost the charge rate, making them more useful. Then there are other cards that provide bonuses only if the over-drive bar is full – rendering demon powers useless, because emptying the over-drive bar by using a demon power would deactivate the bonus.
    +/- Bosses are nicely placed and paced, but don’t require any special tactics to defeat.
    +/- Someone made a pact with a demon and now the kingdom has to pay when the demons come to collect on the debt. There. That’s the story.
    +/- Victor Vran is voiced by the same actor who provides the English-language voice of Geralt in the Witcher games (Doug Cockle). Victor is a near carbon-copy of Geralt. I’m not sure if Cockle was told to do this, or if this is the limit of his skills as a voice actor. Other voice actors are good, but not special.
    +/- Too much loot. There are several different ways to sort it, but even for a loot-based game, there is a ton of loot. There is no limit on inventory space, though, so the primary issue is managing it.
    +/- + Leveling gear. Most things can be leveled using Transmutation in the hub. The outcome is completely RNG, though (unlike in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel where using Moonstone in the weapon grinder would guarantee an increase in rarity. Nothing like that here).

    - Some area challenges are impossible to complete unless massively over-leveled or playing online with other players. The online mode had about a dozen players active in it every time I started the game, so not an impossible task.
    - Some level challenges are mutually exclusive, meaning you are expected to re-play levels.
    - Some grinding for better gear required if soloing. No worse than in Borderlands, but expect it.
    - Armor is tied to outfits, which are only awarded via chests and level-up bonuses. That means the best plan is to kill the enemies fast and have a good stock of potions on hand. Worry about armor later. There are passive bonuses which can help.

    Overall, the looting, combat and level design are the most attractive features of Victor Vran, but unless grinding and completing challenges for loot is why you play games (not that there’s anything wrong with either!), you could get bored with it quickly. A good effort by developer Haemimont with franchise potential. Hopefully, future installments will showcase refinements of some great core systems.    … Expand
  5. Captain_Chaos
    Nov 2, 2017
    6
    A refreshing take on the ARPG genre with more emphasis on the action, letting you do things like wall jump and combo moves, and experimenting with different weapon and ability setups. Stylish east-european gothic setting similar to that of The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, and Vran himself is voiced by the same guy who voices Geralt in the Witcher series.

    However, it suffers    A refreshing take on the ARPG genre with more emphasis on the action, letting you do things like wall jump and combo moves, and experimenting with different weapon and ability setups. Stylish east-european gothic setting similar to that of The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, and Vran himself is voiced by the same guy who voices Geralt in the Witcher series.

    However, it suffers from a lot of problems in its execution and what seems like an unintentional slip of the experience into something much more similar to a traditional ARPG where you struggle to keep your health up and find good gear.    … Expand
  6. kckkryptonite
    Jul 29, 2015
    6
    Amusing for the first five or so hours, but quickly becomes a tedious exercise in repetition as the once fun weapons feel bland and the game lacking in variety as the sense of progression slows to a quick halt. The destiny card and demon power systems are done well, but transmutation felt underpowered and non-intuitive. A poor man's Van Helsing.
  7. shapesforms
    Jul 27, 2015
    5
    This game is meant to be played on a console or with a controller.The controls with mouse and keyboard are awkward. The pathing with mouse only is hilariously broken.

    I give this game a 8/10 with a controller but a 5/10 with keyboard/mouse
  8. AthanasiosT
    Aug 21, 2015
    10
    This is an excellent and enjoyable arpg. Filled with atmospheric and beautiful music, exploration and secret areas, stylish detailed graphics. Control with mouse and keys is pretty normal for PC and you also have the capability to jump to higher (sometimes secret) areas and roll to avoid enemies. Plenty of bad guys to kill (but not too many as in previous failed arpgs) and good controlThis is an excellent and enjoyable arpg. Filled with atmospheric and beautiful music, exploration and secret areas, stylish detailed graphics. Control with mouse and keys is pretty normal for PC and you also have the capability to jump to higher (sometimes secret) areas and roll to avoid enemies. Plenty of bad guys to kill (but not too many as in previous failed arpgs) and good control over your actions, give a nice game experience. Weapons are of specific type (so far discovered 4) which use certain different types of attack (area,single,etc). There is not an enemy respawn system for every area, for which I am grateful (they do respawn but in smaller areas which you can try again and again for certain achievements-bonuses). Spells and bonus passive cards, enrich your character. All in all,a very satisfying game.… Expand
  9. Fuz
    Aug 12, 2015
    6
    What a nice surprise.
    Victor Vran is basically a Diablo clone, and a good one at that. The skill/weapon system is good and quite interesting as the is outfit system, the maps are fun, well designed and thankfully not too big, so you're not stuck in a giant map for too long, the actual gameplay is very enjoyable and the graphics are quite nice, clean and very readable (which is something    What a nice surprise.
    Victor Vran is basically a Diablo clone, and a good one at that. The skill/weapon system is good and quite interesting as the is outfit system, the maps are fun, well designed and thankfully not too big, so you're not stuck in a giant map for too long, the actual gameplay is very enjoyable and the graphics are quite nice, clean and very readable (which is something that often lacks in this sort of games). The map system is great and lets you skip useless and unwanted backtracking.

    A really good game, but it does have flaws:
    Worst issue, by far: The controls are clearly designed for a gamepad, and using a mouse and keyboard is quite often bugged and VERY unresponsive; there are issues with jumping directions, sometimes the character just stops and sometimes goes where isn't supposed to go, making you die or unnecessary lose health. The pathing with a mouse is quite bad. This is extremely frustrating especially in some long boss fights. Not fun when your character doesn't respond to your imput and instead of moving off the attack it jumps right in or keep attacking. Very annoying and it costs the game a few score points.
    Another flaw, yet minor, is the framerate that sometimes just go down to 20-30 fps without any reason, when it's usually on a stable 60fps. That shouldn't happen, the graphics, as nice as they are, aren't very complicated and taxing and the FPS shouldn't drop so low on a i7 and GTX970 build.
    Another issue is the crafting. It's quite bad and not thoroughly thought: you combine items, weapon and cards in an attempt to improve them. Too bad it's extremely confusing and forces you to clutter your inventory with tons of stuff, making very hard to discern what you should equip and what it's an improvement over your current gear. This is especially true for the cards and their various effects.
    It's also a bit of lacking in the variety of monsters.
    All in all, a very nice game.    … Expand
  10. x10
    Jul 27, 2015
    10
    It fills the void of the disappointment that was Diablo 3.

    The game has a very dynamic combat system that is - in my opinion - superior to Diablo 3. In D3 it always felt like "I am doing DPS to the enemies". Here, it feels like "I am slashing the enemies with a sword". Each weapon requires a different playstyle - it's not like "The rapier is like the sword, but it's faster and does    It fills the void of the disappointment that was Diablo 3.

    The game has a very dynamic combat system that is - in my opinion - superior to Diablo 3. In D3 it always felt like "I am doing DPS to the enemies". Here, it feels like "I am slashing the enemies with a sword".
    Each weapon requires a different playstyle - it's not like "The rapier is like the sword, but it's faster and does less damage".

    There are many clever secrets that hit the right spot of being "fun to find", but not "too tedious to find".

    In terms of humor: it's hit-or-miss, but at least there's a lot of it. There is a soldier called Stash. Private Stash. He manages your... private... stash. So yeah, lots of dadjokes. If you like that sort of thing, you'll have a great time.

    The story could've had a bit more to it, but I suppose the money runs out quickly when you hire Geralt of Rivia to voice the main character :) It still has its moments, but this is more of a gameplay-driven experience.

    I've spent 10 hours on the game so far, and I plan to 100% complete it. Given that it costs much less than $50, most of the criticism can simply be ignored.    … Expand
  11. Jonhuggs
    Jul 26, 2015
    10
    Wow. I never heard of this game till I saw it in the new releases section on steam with overwhelmingly positive reviews. After seeing the price ($17.99 on release) I decided to try it out and am I glad I did. If you're fan of games like Torchlight or Diablo, this is a game you don't want to miss. It's a top down action rpg made by the same developer that makes the Tropico series, andWow. I never heard of this game till I saw it in the new releases section on steam with overwhelmingly positive reviews. After seeing the price ($17.99 on release) I decided to try it out and am I glad I did. If you're fan of games like Torchlight or Diablo, this is a game you don't want to miss. It's a top down action rpg made by the same developer that makes the Tropico series, and features the same guy that voices Geralt from the Witcher series. I have been playing with an Xbox one controller and it plays a lot like Diablo 3 for consoles. It also supports 4 player Coop. Give this game a try, you won't regret it… Expand
  12. SanctumRevel
    Jul 26, 2015
    8
    Despite the lack of variety and in content in all alike i think it tries it s best to draw you with it s engrosing combat and skills sure some more character development would be nice but from what we hear from devs more will be coming so we can expect more to come this is not a perfect game but a balanced one
  13. mweagle
    Jul 28, 2015
    8
    After a long time of frequent disappointments from AAA titles, this game is a relief! Only €17,99 and the game is very solid and enjoyable.

    This action RPG is a little different form the rest. For example, the armor is tweakable: there are only a couple different armors and you don't really upgrade of loot them (well, sortof). The armor doesn't work like conventional armor, but it gives    After a long time of frequent disappointments from AAA titles, this game is a relief! Only €17,99 and the game is very solid and enjoyable.

    This action RPG is a little different form the rest. For example, the armor is tweakable: there are only a couple different armors and you don't really upgrade of loot them (well, sortof). The armor doesn't work like conventional armor, but it gives you a different effect of your Power. Weapons are also not really jupgradable, but you find/buy different weapons. These weapons are divided into classes (rapier, sword, shotgun etc) of which each class has 3 skills to use, which are sometimes very fun and can combo extremely well if executed properly. E.g. rapier dash-ability followed up with a bleeding strike to kill a minion to reset your ability-counters, so you can do the dash again.
    You can also switch between two weapons during combat, which makes the game a lot more divers.

    Combat is solid, skills are fun and leveling is done with destiny-cards, which basicaly give you some bonuses or passive abilities (like more health or an AoE strike when you do a critical hit. Everything feels rocksolid.

    Downside is the sloppy mouse-control. Many times the attacks just go into a different direction than anticipated, kinda killing your momentum in combat. Also, the character building isn't superb, but that's not really a huge issue.

    Again, the best thing about this game is the price for the quality. When Ubisoft would have released this, the quality would be worse and the proce would be higher.    … Expand
  14. JS99
    Apr 14, 2016
    8
    I like this game. It's a simplified arpg. You don't need to spend a ton of time min/maxing your stats. It's fun to just pick up and play. If you want to do deep stat crunching to make some perfect character, this is not the game. It's a fun time. It's not D3 and it doesn't pretend to be. If they tried to sell this game for $60 I would rate this game horribly, it's not a AAA title,I like this game. It's a simplified arpg. You don't need to spend a ton of time min/maxing your stats. It's fun to just pick up and play. If you want to do deep stat crunching to make some perfect character, this is not the game. It's a fun time. It's not D3 and it doesn't pretend to be. If they tried to sell this game for $60 I would rate this game horribly, it's not a AAA title, but it's fun. I'm all for a team of developers that try to develop a new spin on an old classic game style.… Expand
  15. pyronix
    Jul 28, 2015
    9
    A wonderful gem of a game. It's been years since we've gotten a decent isometric ARPG and this one really hits the spot.

    TLDR: A must buy game. I have played Diablos 1 through 3, Torchlight 1 and 2, Path of Exile, Marvel Heroes and Divinity... Having said that, I think Victor Vran has reached peak perfection on the ARPG genre. This is the game you should not think twice of picking    A wonderful gem of a game. It's been years since we've gotten a decent isometric ARPG and this one really hits the spot.

    TLDR: A must buy game.

    I have played Diablos 1 through 3, Torchlight 1 and 2, Path of Exile, Marvel Heroes and Divinity... Having said that, I think Victor Vran has reached peak perfection on the ARPG genre. This is the game you should not think twice of picking up. I was hesistant at first since I wasn't an early access buyer and just decided to buy the game based on all of the good reviews on Steam (and youtube gameplay videos). I bought one for myself and for my brother and we have never looked back.

    PROS:
    - Very fluid gameplay and great graphics. Keeping things fascinating is the ability to jump, and dodge, and so on
    - Can downscale graphics to be playable on low-end desktops/laptops
    - Decent story with great voice acting (much much much better story than Diablo 3/Torchlight 2)
    - A bit steampunk (enough to please fans of the genre, but not too much to turn off non-fans of steampunk).
    - The setting and ambiance of the story and game - old eastern European "Transylvannia" - is very much on point
    - You can change your difficulty almost on the fly with hexes - plus the difficulty setting is so innovatively done (again, not like D3 where higher difficulty settings just give more health, toughness and power to mobs)
    - The outfit you wear essentially determines majority of your playstyle. However, the system is easy to understand but at the same time is intricate and deep. No skill trees here - but how they implemented choice is wonderfully done. Your outfit, weapons, demon powers, and destiny cards determine your "class", and there are possibly a billion combination of these
    - A lot of people seemingly hate "The Voice" character but I love him. A lot of el-oh-el references and funny quips abound

    CONS:
    - still some bugs that need to be ironed out. Some champion mobs don't reset from rage mode when you die even though their hitpoints goes back to full. Also there are areas where when you make the mistake of stepping on them the whole screen freezes (but the UI is still active, strangely). happens rarely though.
    - online coop mode works but can be confusing. It turns out that you can only be friends in-game with folk you are Steam friends with. Also, the UI needs to be worked on to show you if you are already in a party or night as there is no confirmation if you want to join a friend's party when he/she invites you. The game should immediately port you to your friends' instance when you join

    MINOR GRIPES:
    - no playable female characters (which doesn't matter to me as I'm a guy and I like playing guy characters but putting it here for gender equality - they should make an Irene costume or skin)
    - should have a costume/skin system
    - more addicting than crack :(    … Expand
  16. CoolDadTx
    Jul 13, 2016
    1
    Utterly infuriating game that gets old after the first couple of hours. The enemies are grossly overbalanced, almost all of them have to be killed twice because they respawn instantly and the bosses overwhelm you a couple of hits. It's like the devs didn't even bother to playtest this thing.

    The loot is junk. It is rare to find anything useful. The "crafting" system is a checkbox for    Utterly infuriating game that gets old after the first couple of hours. The enemies are grossly overbalanced, almost all of them have to be killed twice because they respawn instantly and the bosses overwhelm you a couple of hits. It's like the devs didn't even bother to playtest this thing.

    The loot is junk. It is rare to find anything useful. The "crafting" system is a checkbox for the game with no actual logic or perhaps behind it. The devs tried to throw lots of different stuff into the game and none of it is really well thought out resulting in lots of gear that really don't amount to much.

    The challenges are meaningless. They all boil down to either running through an area as fast as you can or defeating an area without using any abilities. This pretty much forces you to play a certain way and makes your ability/gear selection meaningless.

    This game is a drag and drop RPG where too much was stuffed into the game without any real thought as to how it should work. It needs a serious amount of pruning, updating and overall balancing. Cannot possibly recommend this to anybody.    … Expand
  17. Zer0TheHer0
    Sep 16, 2015
    1
    decent game but very very bad controls and a few bosses are too annoying and make it not fun.......apocalypse and last boss are really frustrating and totally killed my enjoyment of the game
  18. dryerlaw
    Jul 28, 2015
    9
    Quite a nice game. Different weapons give you different skills, so it's rarely boring. The story is simplistic, and is definitely not the main attraction, but the combat & skill/weapons/ultimate customization more than makes up for it.
  19. Aeryx
    Aug 10, 2019
    6
    I came to this game fresh from The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 1, 2 and 3. That was a great game. Victor Vran improves on some aspects of the RPG genre but fails at many things.

    For one the game has jumping in it. They could have made this feature much more useful, but in the end it's just mostly used to get to chests. It's not very effective at dodging enemies as your    I came to this game fresh from The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing 1, 2 and 3. That was a great game. Victor Vran improves on some aspects of the RPG genre but fails at many things.

    For one the game has jumping in it. They could have made this feature much more useful, but in the end it's just mostly used to get to chests. It's not very effective at dodging enemies as your character has a huge hitbox that seems to stay on the ground even if you jump.

    The game is very stable. It didn't crash in my almost 30 hours of gameplay. 60 fps from start to finish. Great work.

    The items in the game are interesting, but they are lazily executed. 1-2 magic effects is all that you get for magical and rare, respectively. For legendaries, it's just 3 magic effects. Very mediocre compared to most rpg games. Sadly, the game introduces artificial difficulty by making many enemies very grindy to kill and the final boss is a "gear check" boss, which means you need to have very good items, cards and levels to finish him off. He only has 4-5 attack types and very basic AI. Many bosses and areas of the game are like this.

    The checkpoint system without a proper save is disastrously bad. I wasted so much time killing enemies and bosses over and over again.

    The enemy types and weapon skins repeat all the time. Just vampires, wraiths and skeletons. Same bunch. For the weapons, there are no skills. Just the same basic attack and 2 skills for each weapon type. No ultimates and different tiers and not much room for creativity. That's it. Very lazy.

    The card system is very good. But since you need to grind to get cards, you can forget it unless you like wasting time killing the same bunch of enemies for them.

    The voice acting is low-effort. Only Geralt's voice stands out as good.

    The overkill meter to use magic is very frustrating as you can't use powers without charging it. Apparently, even using demon powers requires grinding in this game.

    1 hub area (or in this case, just a big room). That should tell you all you need to know about the lacking effort in this game.

    It's not full price, so I guess that is a good thing?

    Overall. this isn't a game I can recommend to hardcore ARPG or RPG fans. It's just a good game that had plenty of potential but failed to deliver. Lower your expectations when getting this or you will be easily disappointed.    … Expand
  20. jelikey
    Jan 30, 2021
    8
    After a long time of frequent disappointments from AAA titles, this game is a relief! Only €17,99 and the game is very solid and enjoyable.

    This action RPG is a little different form the rest. For example, the armor is tweakable: there are only a couple different armors and you don't really upgrade of loot them (well, sortof). The armor doesn't work like conventional armor, but it gives    After a long time of frequent disappointments from AAA titles, this game is a relief! Only €17,99 and the game is very solid and enjoyable.

    This action RPG is a little different form the rest. For example, the armor is tweakable: there are only a couple different armors and you don't really upgrade of loot them (well, sortof). The armor doesn't work like conventional armor, but it gives you a different effect of your Power. Weapons are also not really jupgradable, but you find/buy different weapons. These weapons are divided into classes (rapier, sword, shotgun etc) of which each class has 3 skills to use, which are sometimes very fun and can combo extremely well if executed properly. E.g. rapier dash-ability followed up with a bleeding strike to kill a minion to reset your ability-counters, so you can do the dash again.
    You can also switch between two weapons during combat, which makes the game a lot more divers.    … Expand
  21. doctor_awesome
    Aug 27, 2015
    9
    This game should be more popular! It is a hack-and-slash action RPG like Diablo and it's not a shameless ripoff, I wouldn't say. It has a lot of different mechanics like targetable spells/attacks and jumping, to the point where it feels almost like a platformer at times (like when you're trying to get to a secret part of level). It also has a fully rotatable camera angle, which isThis game should be more popular! It is a hack-and-slash action RPG like Diablo and it's not a shameless ripoff, I wouldn't say. It has a lot of different mechanics like targetable spells/attacks and jumping, to the point where it feels almost like a platformer at times (like when you're trying to get to a secret part of level). It also has a fully rotatable camera angle, which is generally nice.

    The graphics are great for a $20 game. Sure the dialogue and cut scenes are obviously very low budget, there is no lengthy 3D CGI cinematics... but I certainly don't play this kind of game for cinematics at all. Mostly this is just a straight ahead action RPG that is an absolute blast to play.

    It is a classic time sink. Each level has a lot of objectives that can take quite a while to accomplish, but they're optional and you can just plow through the game in a few evenings if that's your style.

    I enjoyed this a lot. It's cheap, it runs on modest hardware, I'm glad I gave it a chance despite the lack of buzz.    … Expand
  22. NihiRagnarK
    Apr 10, 2016
    7
    It is a pretty good and innovative piece of Diablo-like ARPG (although the mechanics is not quite similar).

    You care less on the loots, RNG and builds on the beginning unlike the other games.

    Also, Co-op supports 4 players which is kind of fun when you have a bunch of friends to enjoy together.

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    However, eventually, you will still fall into the endless loop of farming and boring.
  23. DevMetacritic
    Mar 23, 2023
    7
    Played on steam deck. Average RPG elements and limited story with basic character customisation. Eat to pickup and play due to simple gameplay mechanics. Good game to play for 15-30 mins at a time but I not suited for long play through sessions as it lacks any story, RPG depths. I would classify this game as more rogue rpg.

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#90 Most Shared PC Game of 2015

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75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 42
  3. Negative: 0 out of 42
  1. RPG Fan
    Mar 6, 2018
    82
    For fans of the genre, VV is a must-play, as it has refreshing ideas that are implemented well. If not for what feels like padding, this game would appropriately find itself shoulder-to-shoulder with the titans of the genre.
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  2. PCWorld
    Jan 19, 2016
    70
    Victor Vran carves itself a healthy niche in the aRPG genre, making up for a silly story with excellent (and addictive) combat. "Click-and-watch-things-die" has never felt this good.
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  3. SpazioGames
    Oct 28, 2015
    80
    An original hack 'n' slash that goes for a different approach. It works, even if it's more limited than many of its predecessors. This game has a decently deep system and great fighting, and represents a great start for Haemimont Games.
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