Victor Vran: Overkill Edition

 Switch
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19

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  1. ArminScharfsinn
    Sep 11, 2018
    6
    I created my account solely for the purpose to write this review since I found the existing highly inadequate.
    The game itself is not the worst diablo-clone there is, but Grim Dawn for example is much more enjoyable.
    The Nintendo Switch port has the following shortcomings that lead to this rating: - There are no shades at all in the game. - Even though there are no shades and    I created my account solely for the purpose to write this review since I found the existing highly inadequate.
    The game itself is not the worst diablo-clone there is, but Grim Dawn for example is much more enjoyable.

    The Nintendo Switch port has the following shortcomings that lead to this rating:
    - There are no shades at all in the game.
    - Even though there are no shades and downgraded textures, the game suffers framedrops.
    - While playing in the handheld mode, the protagonist is about a centimeter in size, everything seems to the viewed from too far away.
    - There is no possibility to change the camera distance (the same holds for the pc version, so it's not really a switch-specific minuspoint.)    … Expand

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70
#70 Best Switch Game of 2018

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Worth Playing
    Oct 15, 2018
    80
    In the end, Victor Vran: Overkill Edition is a great action-RPG that is a perfect fit for a platform that has yet to be inundated with them. The action is fast and constant, and the amount of available content is enough to keep fans busy for quite some time. While it doesn't have a robust online community, the inclusion of local co-op is nice enough to make this a game to tide you over until the de facto genre representative arrives.
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  2. Cubed3
    Oct 1, 2018
    50
    At its best, Victor Vran is an addictive action RPG with a great sense of progression and a strong visual identity of its own. At its worst, Overkill Edition muddies up a solid foundation with poor sound mixing, an unintuitive UI, and a choppy frame-rate, coupled with slowdown. While the base game is strong enough to overcome its inherent flaws, the Switch port's faults ultimately make all of Victor Vran's worst aspects come off all the harsher. Overkill Edition is a fine enough ARPG when separated from its technical faults, but it's perhaps best bought anywhere other than on Nintendo Switch.
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  3. Nintendojo
    Sep 25, 2018
    75
    It’s highly unlikely that Victor Vran will be remembered as a groundbreaking title a few years down the road, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a really solid game here and now. The core gameplay is built on the solid foundation of its genre’s forefathers while adding some of its own ideas to make its titular hero feel a little more agile in combat and exploration. The presentation is also quite solid, though some might disagree on how it chooses to balance the campier and more serious sides of its take on Gothic horror.
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