The Hammer/Scythe combo was a particularly fun and useful to play, dealing lots of heavy blows and area damage when needed. Do you enjoy keeping things away and whittling enemies down from afar? Try out the shotgun or lightning gun. Do you like the in-your-face melee approach? Consider a sword, rapier, scythe, or hammer. With all of these different types of equipment, there are several different ways to build and play Victor. As the game tells you on one of the loading screens: “A filled Destiny Card slot is better than an empty one”. The number you can equip increases as Victor levels up, so be sure to fill those slots up when you open them up. To assist your active playstyle, Destiny Cards confer passive benefits, but you can only have so many equipped at once. I found that the firebombs were particularly useful for burning down tougher enemies and large groups, allowing me to focus on the bigger baddies. Consumables range from potions to bombs, and strategic use of both can turn any battle in your favor if you find yourself in a dire situation. These range from big flashy attacks, vampiric auras, and other effects that often turn the tide of battle. When your Overdrive Meter is full, you can unleash a special Demon Power, which can definitely turns the tide of battle in your favor at a moment’ notice. Your outfit more or less dictates your playstyle, as it changes how your Overdrive Meter fills up. In addition to your core weapons, you also have a variety of other supplemental items: an Outfit, Demon Powers, Consumables, and Destiny Cards. This allows you to chain together some big damage combos if you time your skill usage correctly. Skills of course have cooldowns, but you can use skills on one weapon, then swap to the other and use those skills too. Each weapon type has particular skills attached to them, which is what you will be relying on for the majority of your damage output aside from your basic attacks. Victor can have two weapon types equipped at once, and you can swap between them at the press of a button.
The controls and most mechanics are quite easy to grasp, which makes picking up and playing this game a breeze.
But after a few stages and the quick game tutorials you feel like a pro in no time.
When you begin your journey, you’re a fresh-faced Hunter with little experience in the way of battle.
One of my personal favorites was a room full of skeletons that did the Gangnam Style dance in one of the early areas. Aside from the Voice, there are a lot of other references scattered throughout the game. Much of the loose narrative is connected by the Voice, who begins to feature more prominently in the story as it progresses. It typically acts as a sort of guide to the players in some areas of the game, but mostly it makes jokes and references to other games and pop culture. It’s a cycle to be sure, but one that drives you ever forward on Victor’s quest: to find his friend and purge the Kingdom of Zagoravia of its rather large monster problem.Įarly into the narrative Victor encounters a “Voice” in his head that continues to speak to him throughout the game. You then use the loot you find to deck Victor out in all manner of offensive beauties, affording you new ways to mow down even more enemies. Luckily, the substantially packed Victor Vran has enough going for it to stand out and carve its own path amidst the sea of action-RPGs currently available.Īs an action-RPG, Victor Vran has most of the bells and whistles we’ve come to expect from the genre: mainly mowing down hordes and hordes of enemies, while collecting fat sacks of loot of varying qualities. There are a plethora of titles available right now on every single system, leading the average gamer at a loss for what differentiates any one game in the genre from another, as on the surface many of them share numerous characteristics. In this day and age, action-RPGs are quite literally a dime a dozen. Add into that all of the additional content jam-packed into the Overkill Edition of the three-year old RPG, and there is a substantial value for your dollar. The combination of its complex mechanics, the well defined characters with superb voice acting - mostly notable Doug Cockle, voice of Geralt from The Witcher - and the story is enough to draw any player in and keep them playing, without finding any tedium in the gameplay or narrative. In a world where you can’t throw a goblin further than the next action RPG, Victor Vran was a real joy to play. Title: Victor Vran: Overkill Edition Released On: AugGenre: Action RPG Reviewed On: Nintendo Switch Developer: Haemimont Games Publisher: EuroVideo Medien MSRP: $39.99 USD/CAD