COG Writes: The first game got the series off to a great start, but The Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut (includes all three games) doesn't have the legs to keep your attention.
August's Humble Monthly offerings have been unveiled, and this month they're bringing gothic-noir action-RPGs, old-school 3D platforming, and multiplayer shenanigans, both good and slightly questionable. So let's check them all out...
Johnny Ohm, GIZORAMA - "It stands to reason that every videogame, good or bad, must employ a certain level of repetition. There’s simply not enough creative drive or processing power to create a string of unique interactions in a game without having to eventually fall back on some filler. This is far from total failure, however, because the monotony of slaying hordes of minions makes the final boss fight that much sweeter, and we as consumers want to feel like we got our money’s worth in time spent. No, repetition doled out appropriately is not a bad thing. It’s entire games that fall victim to the pedestrian trudge of unending sameness that draw my ire, and The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut is unfortunately no exception."
Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
Neocore Games have now unleashed the mother of all Hack and Slash titles. Combining the Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing I, II, and III into one large and action packed title, return to the realm of Borgovia where mad science meets the supernatural and the unknown. No longer barred in separately released instances, join Van Helsing (Jr) and his ghostly companion the Lady Katarina as they return to the city of Borgova for a much longer stay that incorporates changes, upgrades, and enhancements as the whole trilogy can be experienced in the same playstyle with one of six classes.
Too bad. I liked the first two but didn't play the third. Was gonna pick up this and play through all three but maybe now I'll pass.
this review doesn't really match what I'm seeing from other reviews...
This is certainly a drop in score from the first two, that's for sure