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The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (in Monster Land!)
« on: May 08, 2013, 10:09:14 am »
Has anyone been following this?

http://www.devblog.neocoregames.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Adventures_of_Van_Helsing

I've not heard anything about it until it popped up on Steams "Coming Soon" list. It looks like an interesting action RPG with nice environments, creature designs and ability mechanics.

Uh... really I'm looking for what other people know about it, as it's something that has caught my eye.

Plus the title of the game seems a tad silly, unintentionally so I'm guessing. Makes it sound like a saturday morning cartoon. :P
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Re: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (in Monster Land!)
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2013, 10:22:43 am »
I've enjoyed stuff by Neocore in the past (even if King Arthur could be a bit buggy/perform kind of shitty.) Neocore has a real flair for classic fantasy/mythology. I'll give this a look, even though I'm not exactly grabbed by the presentation.
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Re: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (in Monster Land!)
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2013, 11:36:04 am »
I heard a lot of good things from beta tester about this game. It looks it will be a OK arpg game.
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Re: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (in Monster Land!)
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2013, 12:35:13 pm »
Quote from: nenjin on May 08, 2013, 10:22:43 am
I've enjoyed stuff by Neocore in the past (even if King Arthur could be a bit buggy/perform kind of shitty.) Neocore has a real flair for classic fantasy/mythology. I'll give this a look, even though I'm not exactly grabbed by the presentation.
Neocore does seem to have flair with mythology and history. King's Crusade was a fairly competent Total War clone and felt quite authentic. I quite enjoyed King Arthur and found the genre mash-up to be quite compelling. I do wish they went a little more authentic with the time period, I'm a sucker for Dark Age armour and weaponry and I found the decadent platemail designs way too over the top - more classically designed Celtic/Briton mythology would also be welcome. 
I never did finish either title mainly due to my own incompetence at Total War styled games. I enjoy RTS and [Paradox] Grand Strategy games but could never really settle comfortably in TW (I have been getting some mileage with Hegemony: Wars of Ancient Greece though).

On the subject of the actual game of the topic; I can't say I'm particularly excited about the very little I know about the title. It seems like a pretty standard aRPG setup which I was never much fond of. Neocore does seem like the kind of dev team that could mash-up a few mechanics that could elevate the gameplay to a level I could find enjoyable. I suppose I might also get some enjoyment if the world and story is crafted well enough but that can be a hard sell if I find the gameplay too tedious.
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