The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

« Neocore Games should be commended for putting out such a high-quality experience where their story is equally outlandish, silly and serious – I’m personally looking forward to the recently announced sequel. »

« The game is very well done and interesting to play and with the option of four player co-op, which means four Van Helsings and four Lady Katarinas, I cannot but give the game my highest recommendation for any Action RPG fan looking for a thrilling experience. Get this game, dear reader. You will not be disappointed. »

« There are a bunch of features I have not mentioned; teleports, a well thought out maps, network play, and a storyline that has a fair amount of depth - to name just a few - however there are some aspects you just need to play and experience to understand why I have rated this game reasonably highly. Yes, I liked it, and I was a fool to dismiss it so easily. The game is available now on Steam, and at a very reasonable price given its quality. Check it out. »

« More than 15 hours long, engaging atmosphere, rich level design, 4-player co-op mode and the Rage system. These are some of the things that make us think that the €10,99 launch price makes The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing one of the best indie experiences available on Steam right now. »

« The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is a surprisingly enchanting ARPG from an incredibly talented team. Neocore has originally implemented all the core hack 'n' slash mechanics typical of the genre combining quality and quantity, form and substance, single and co-op play, at an incredibly advantageous and affordable price. »

« There is a lot in this $15 game, and fans of action RPGs should really take a look at it. I highly suggest it. »

« Beautiful to see, rich in content and graphics options, as well as managed with passion and great attention to detail, the last effort of the Hungarian Neocore Games offers a lot of fun. »

« There's nothing quite like spending quality hours slaying monsters and collecting loot and fortunately the game doesn't disappoint in either area. The game is an impressive value as the amount of content far outweighs its low asking price. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is a must-buy for fans of the action role-playing genre. »

« No suelo jugar a este género, decidí darle una oportunidad y lo he disfrutado bastante. Seguramente me haga también con el siguiente. En general un buen juego. Es rejugable y no se resume solo a una campaña La cantidad de enemigos que pueden llegar a juntarse es EXAGERADA, ya que los escenarios están plagados de grandes grupos muy cerca unos de otros, y puede resultar tedioso en más de una ocasión... esto hace que tenga una dificultad algo por encima de la media, en mi opinión. »

« Весьма и весьма проходной диаблойд. Сказать, что это было прям плохо не могу, но возвращаться к тайтлу точно не стану. Посредственно. »

« Широкополую шляпу на голову, оружие в руки и вперед - в готический нуар Борговии, где безумная наука угрожает шаткому миру между чудовищами и смертными. Примерьте на себя роль Ван Хельсинга, непревзойденного охотника за чудищами, - и спасите мир в компании очаровательной красотки леди Катарины (женщины-призрака, между прочим). Пройдите через дикие безлюдные горы и через покрытые копотью каменные джунгли большого города, где правит бал безумная наука, и не забывайте об одном: никогда не знаешь, кто же настоящее чудовище! »

« amazing fun game that I love a lot its better than diablo 3 and other similiar games. »

« When I first bought this game, it was out of curiosity. I was still reeling from being burned by Diablo 3 (and its abysmal quality as a whole) so i was pleasantly surprised when a $15 game gave me all the fun I could have hoped from Diablo 3 and so much more. The fast-paced gameplay, combined with the loot, steampunk world, witty dialogue, especially by Lady Katarina, was insane in a great way. It was such a refreshing experience and all for the asking price of $15. Did it once, twice and thrice. No regrets. »

« Hmmm. Tough one. This game feels like it was made by a teenager - it has descent action-oriented combat, full of BANG! But the amazing level of disrespect to the slavic folklore and mythology this game shows – is unbelievable. Kikimora is a spider! Vodyanoy (an underwater entity) and Lesovik (a forest spirit over-watch) are the same model in the game – a satyr. Rusalka (a mermaid) is now a land creature. There is no manual. Tutorial is ok, but not enough. Voice overs are mediocre, but okeish. Maps are large - nice. GI with a GamePad is a disaster. Font too small. Story – acceptable. So, overall – a mindless slasher. But for disrespecting Slavic tradition, culture, history, lore, mythology and folklore – thumbs down - unacceptable. We are so well-equipped to produce video-game masterpieces at the least effort, yet we continue to get these mindless, ignorant, pathetic ****. »

« The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing A Great games who’s flaws come out the longer you play You’re a monster hunters, you start the game choosing your character and entering the van helsing world to you want monster hunters do... hunt monsters.. And you do so with your ghost companion Katarina The game can be played solo or with up to 4 players online, but the online community is fairly empty... no one joined my game the entire time… The online is great and runs smoothly even with the worst connections… This is a top down hack and slash game with both close and long ranged weapons… for the first half of this 10-12 hour long campaign it’s a genuine joy running around doing missions and side quests.. Slicing through the different creatures... picking up their dropped loot… exploring the, at first interesting maps… finding its secrets and treasures... managing your inventory… selling your unwanted weapon and gear or dismantling and combining them to craft new weapons... leveling up and dumbing your points in the vast skill and perk trees… This is a very deep game full of combat customizations to make you character feel uniquely yours and your ghost companion feels uniquely yours... I had 0 complaints… and then the final stretch of this game... is just awful… The maps go from beautiful to generic and grey… and the way this game tries to challenge your ruins the gameplay… This game has all sorts of magic and special moves you can assign to commands for combat that at first feel like they have a decent cool down time.. And then you’re in the final chapter and all of the balance this game had for the past 8 hours disappears the games idea of challenge isn’t having you dodge attacks of larger enemies or using strategy to take them out... its throwing dozens on top of you to frustratingly kill you over and over, forcing you to have to use all of your gold to respawn anywhere but back in the lair or town… while you desperately try to take out 1 or 2 of the enemies per respawn… And your ghost companion is dying instantly.. Practically having no reason to even be there… getting no kills... just really being a distraction while you try to get some heavy ranged attacks in there because close combat weapons are useless at this stage of the game… She practically just follows you around for 12 hrs. and nags you about how nice it would be if you put some of your health potions in her inventory. Put water into a bucket with holes? No thanks. This spam attack of enemies got so bad that during one of the final missions that the frame rate dropped to 1 frame per second if not less. The final stretch is near unbearable… The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing is a great game for those that love diablo style gameplay… But be wary before you go in thinking you’re gonna be some sword swing tank… you’re gonna have a hard time getting to this games credits without a friend… I Give The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing a 7/10 »

« I love ARPGs, specifically Diablolikes, and Van Helsing part 1 is no exception. This gore-spattered romp through an alternate Eastern Europe awash with mythical beasts and weird science features much more in the way of character interaction then most titles in the Diablolike genre, casting the player as an established monster hunter of fiction (or his son, anyway: a lot of NPCs make this mistake) and giving him an amusing companion in the ghostly Lady Katerina. The two have no end of dripping sarcasm to share with each other and the denizens of the dark metropolis of Borgova. I only wish more games would explore gaslamp fantasy as this game does. Katerina acts like one of Torchlight's pets and can perform much the same functions, but with more complex behavioral options, the ability to use some of the same gear as Van Helsing and she even has her own attribute points and skill trees, allowing you to configure her to serve as the perfect foil to your build for Van Helsing himself. This game presents the player with very few skill slots, but vastly effective abilities to put in those slots, as well as a range of passives and powerful, game-changing "perks" acquired in much the same way as Torchlight's "fame" **** game throws very large numbers of relatively weak enemies at you in comparison to either Diablo or Torchlight, something I always enjoy, but the difficulty is much more manageable then either game, clocking you in at far fewer stupid deaths overall. There are options for endgame characters to play random maps with monsters above the level cap to find better gear, and to replay the story with successively tougher monsters, but since you can't get higher then level 30 (a crippingly low level cap for a game of this type) your only chance of success is to git gud. I commend this title on its excellent mood music and voice acting, the latter of which makes up for any lack of quality with such hamminess as to be very enjoyable. I have a few complaints: the pathfinding is very iffy at times, especially when trying to move Van Helsing up a narrow stairwell, and the fights drag a bit towards the end of the story, though this is a common issue to most Diablolikes. I have only played the base Hunter class thus far, but I would be very willing to return to this title somewhere down the line to try either the Thaumaturge or Arcane Mechanic DLCs. I can personally recommend the Blue Blood DLC as well, as it vastly increase's Katerina's power and utility. I shall be moving on to the second and third parts of this trilogy before long and expect more of the same, which in this case is certainly a good thing. I have recently discovered another bonus: You can import your saves from this game into Van Helsing II, and begin at level 30 out of that game's cap of 60. All skills and items carry over, including Katerina's Blue Blood skills. An excellent feature, but be sure you have both games installed, as the second game requires that you have the first installed to detect character saves. »