The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II is a much better showing than the original. It’s what a sequel should be; it improves on nearly everything while adding brand new ideas to the pile. Best of all, the core gameplay mechanics are still a blast to use and really spice up a genre that if often left untouched. It certainly has its shortcomings, but fans of games like the Diablo series, Torchl...

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II is not just a Diablo clone. It's incredibly fun and offers a wide variety of unique aspects of the game to have it stand out on its own. If you didn't play the first game, you may be a little confused in terms of the story, but it's an incredibly fun game.

A safe and by-the-numbers approach to the Action RPG formula, Van Helsing's unique setting and witty writing eclipse a few poor design choices.

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II represents a considerable improvement over its predecessor, although its focus consists primarily of augmenting the core action RPG experience rather than changing it. Balance issues and multiplayer bugs remain, but there's enough variety found in its tower defense scenarios and three classes to warrant donning the legendary monster hunter's hat either a...

Borgovia's one man army is back to vanquish the hordes of dangerous creatures commonplace in the country. But don't forget to credit his ghostly companion, Lady Katarina will let you know if she's being underappreciated.

Steampunk sadness.

In the end, unless you’re a diehard fan of the genre and desperately need a new title to get stuck into, it’s hard to recommend The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II. With a smattering of graphical issues and frequent framerate slowdown to add to the already brimming roster of disappointment, it’s hard to draw out any redeeming features. There’s a solid experience to be had underneath it all...

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing franchise has been releasing regularly on PCs since 2013, but has only just started to reach the PlayStation 4. The first in the series came to the console on the 1st March of this year and was met with a mixed reception. Now, just several months later, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II has graced Sony's system.

I opened this review by talking about the dangers of going into a project knowing you intend it to be part of a larger whole - in this instance, a trilogy. After playing Van Helsing II, Neocore games have another problem on their hands after this - not that they held stuff back, but that they gave it their all. This feels like a complete experience, one that is a natural and smart evolution of the...