![]() ![]() Starting with the gear side of things, Victor Vran follows the established status quo for the most part, allowing players to loot and equip all manner of weapons and trinkets to help them along in their quest. Of course, this being an action RPG that is very much in the vein of Diablo, Victor Vran has no shortage of gear, experience points and other shiny currency for the player to hoover up on their murdering travels. Clearly, the developers have put a lot of thought into the foes you’ll come across in Victor Vran, and the calibre of such design clearly carries through to the player since you’re less likely to just charge in blindly as other dungeon crawlers might normally encourage you to do. Equally, the hard-as-nails Wraith enemy will unleash a mixture of charging melee attacks together with a particularly nasty sort of ranged attack to keep you guessing. ![]() Undead riflemen, for example, will do their best to keep you at range, running away and finding a new vantage point to strike from afar should you get too close. A varied bunch that take in all manner of beastly archetypes such as giant spiders, undead warriors, furious elementals and vampires to name just a few, the enemies that you’ll tangle with in Victor Vran not only tend to look very different from one another, but the way they attack also differs too. As such, the increased frame rate essentially results in combat feeling much more responsive and fluid two things that any title in the dungeon crawler genre really can’t have enough of.īolstering the combat yet further are the monsters themselves. ![]() Essentially, if you were a fan of Diablo III’s over the top monster death physics, you can definitely expect to see more of that in Victor Vran.Īnother big reason why the combat feels as blissful as it does is because the game trundles along at a buttery smooth 60 frames per second in all but the most absolutely chaotic of scenes, a substantial feat that some other like minded titles have arguably struggled with. For a start, the weapons, be they axes, swords, shotguns, mortars and even guitars (we’ll get to that later), all boast some superb sounds that in turn enhance the feeling of satisfaction you get when you thwack your monstrous enemies into the next world. One of the most polished dungeon crawlers aroundĪn isometric action RPG very much in the mould of Blizzard’s Diablo III, the combat in Victor Vran just feels phenomenally satisfying in a way that recent dungeon crawlers haven’t been able to entirely replicate. Really though, the embarrassment of riches that Victor Vran possesses aren’t located in the confines of its flimsy narrative nor in the writing behind its occasionally flat jokes, but rather in the resoundingly solid combat and progression systems that keep you ensnared from beginning to end. So far so generic then, though Victor Vran does try and liven things up with a consistent volley of pop culture digs and jokes, with many falling almost as flat as the main narrative itself. Thankfully, the truth of it is that Victor Vran is actually one of the finest dungeon crawlers you can get right now on PS4 a dizzying marriage of polish, genre fundamentals and sheer entertainment that hasn’t been witnessed since Diablo III rocked up to our doorsteps nearly three years ago.Īs the titular demon hunter Victor Vran, players are charged with locating the whereabouts of fellow hunter Adrian in what looks to be a twisted, alternate version of 19th century Eastern Europe plagued by all kinds of supernatural monstrosities. In the world, and enter the Fractured Worlds, a dimension formed from the fragments of broken realms, in two all new Victor Vran adventures.Certainly, the name sounds like something a Romanian vampire might say if you were to ask him his name during happy hour at the Drunken Fang. Victor Vran: Overkill Edition includes the fully updated and award winning Action RPG Victor Vran, the expansive Fractured Worlds & the legendary Motörhead: Through The Ages.įorge your own hero with a vast array of powerful weapons, game-changing outfits, wicked demon powers, and take on hordes of hideous beasts and clever monsters.Įxplore ‘Motörhead: Through the Ages’ - a wild tour through the mythos of the loudest band
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