If you played Diablo 3 and thought it was to easy, play this. If you played Torchlight 2 and thought it looked too cartoonish for an ARPG, play this. If you played Path of Exile and wanted to spend money instead, play this. If you have no friends, play this and not get angry at multiplayer bugs.

So I bought this game because it was on sale and I'd been wanting it for quite some time. I've unlocked the first two areas and have now hit lv 11 after map completion in both areas. My thoughts so far:

The skill system is neither as balanced nor as customizable as I thought it would be, and the combat is what really put me off.

Monsters don't level with you (which was to be expected), and when entering an area for the first time, monsters are hard to beat. Once you've progressed through the map and levelled up, it gets easier. However, a big issue I have with the game is that it throws monsters at you in abundance. You really can't help but walk into up to three packs that combine into 10-20 (and sometimes even more) monsters, and even when you are overlevelled for that area, they are often deadly. If the area is crammed and you aren't able to use the "run away, attack, run away, attack"-method, you're dead. Which makes the game utterly frustrating and on top of that boring, because you keep doing the same thing over and over.
I had immense trouble completing the second area and went back to the first one just for fun. I one-shot most of the monsters, and the only trouble I was presented with was large packs forming one giant group of monsters. Managable at this point, but still hard.

What really bothers me about this is that it feels like they didn't put any thought into the combat/levelling system and just put a lot of monsters of the same level into an area. There is literally no middle ground between being able to one-shot and running for your life.

In the first area I still thought "this is only hard because I don't have the right set of skills yet", but after several hours of constantly dying despite a proper build for my Hunter, I have to say I don't enjoy the game anymore. I doubt I'll ever finish it.

Well, I have found that after choosing many games by the good reviews that reviewers tend to be a very picky lot. Many of the games that have great ranking are simply awful. the ones that get between 70% and 80 usually find me at least liking them. It turns out after many years of casual gaming I dont like most of the games that are highly rated. This game is charming, fun, doesnt take itself to seriously, and has in my opinion very good characters and gameplay. Rotten tomatoes gave it a 72% I think, I give it a 9.5. its a fun game! like games should be.....good guys and bad guys, none of this always bad against worse guy.

I've played a lot of Diablo and this is almost as goog

I like the game, but I have encountered a major problem with it.
I play the game with 360 controller, I play every game this way, dont tell me otherwise, it is a personal thing.
Okay back to the topic, so whenever I send my companion back to town for shopping, the game freezes. It seems the game isnt fixed yet up to this point. I mean wtf. People have been yelling about this annoying bug since the release.
You can search google with some keywords like:
gamepad+van helsing+Katrina+shop+freeze
Cant believe I bought 3 episodes of this game already.
DEVELOPER PLZ fix this issue
THANK YOU !!!!
Win 10 x64, En

good game

Fantastic game, high replayability, witty dialogue, and the first ARPG that I could comfortably play with a gamepad.

I had a lot of fun with this game. So much that I bought the next two outright. Having a lot of fun with the second installment, and expect the same from the third.

I had no problems in my playthrough, other than the controller support isn't 100% great (some parts of the interface are better in the kb/m version--as they swap out the entire interface when you have a controller plugged in).

9/10, I plan on playing it again.

pretty cool game, decent story and tight gameplay. very easy though, played on hardest difficulty on my first play through. if you like diablo-esque games and tight gameplay, give it a go for sure.

Very smooth interface. Good graphics. Good storyline. Lots of action. Good loot. Good skilltree. I like it.

A very atmospheric, dark-fantasy/steampunk Action-RPG.

I wasn't sure about buying it, as ARPGs aren't my favourite (though i really enjoyed Diablo 2), but i didn't regret it.
Actually, it's pretty well done.
You play the son of the famous Van Helsing, accompanied by the ghost of Lady Katarina, which will aid you in your battle against werewolves, robots and all sorts of other monsters.

The world is dark and with lots of steampunk elements in it, very detailed and atmospheric.
As you progress, you also hear some nice dialogues between the two main characters, which are pretty humorous sometimes. The game is also filled with some pop-culture-references (Lord of the Rings, The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, as to name only 2).

Though it has some minor flaws and might not be as polished as bigger productions, it's a nice and well done game, which i would recommend to anyone who likes ARPGs.