I bought this when it came out as Early Access earlier this year. I was looking for a good ARPG at that time to replace Diablo 3 and Path of Exile, as I had played them till utter boredom. Several games, indie and professional alike, had disappointed me, however, Victor Vran did not. You play as the titular demon hunter, on his quest to free the city of Zagoravia from a demon invasion. You don't need much more story in an ARPG, and the first versions of Early Access didn't even have that - the quest givers were basically the developers talking to you. The current version has the story, which is fine by ARPG standards, but nothing special otherwise. You can play with gamepad or different keyboard/mouse configurations, I personally like the gamepad controls the best - they are fluent and support the action-oriented gameplay with dodging and a fully-rotatable camera. To kill stuff (which after all is the prime activity in any good ARPG), you can pick form a variety of melee and ranged weapons (swords, hammers, rapiers, shotguns, mortars and lightning guns at this time). Each weapon time has one basic and two special attacks, which males for interesting synergies in combination with magical properties (up to two per weapon). Character development does NOT work with a skill tree, but by choosing weapons, demon powers (spells you can cast once your overdrive meter is full; it fills by dealing damage) and Destiny Cards. The latter are items you put in slots that are awarded by leveling up and grant various buffs. The graphics are fine for on ARPG (don't expect photorealism) and a bit on the bright side palette-wise. The music sounds nice, I think it's a bit above the average ambient "music" of many current RPGs. Is it fun? Hell yeah, it is! If you're looking for some fun, fast-paced monster-slaying, grab it. However, if you're looking for an "MMO" ARPG in the line of Diablo 3 and PoE, with trading and ladders, check out some videos before, it might not be what you crave.
