Which Van Helsing should I buy?

[Noble]

What's the difference of the final cut and the other 3.

[Resident Asswhole]

Final Cut is all three games merged into one game. There are some differences between the way the games play, such as:

1. The game engine runs better, loads MUCH faster and has a higher frame rate. (In the first game the ground and background would move with a micro stutter which was just part of the engine, fortunately this was later fixed in the sequels and is fixed in this release of the game since the whole game is running on the Helsing 3 engine).

2. The game offers 6 classes as opposed to the 3 in the first game.

3. The in-game menus have been upgraded and the skill trees have been refined so they are easier to use. (Huge plus since you will navigating the same menu through the whole campaign instead of having the menus switch between the game titles).

4. Your characters will remain in use through the whole campaign, as opposed to restarting a new character at the start of each game.

5. Many of the unfair spawn rates in the original game have been reduced to make the game playable. (There were some areas in the original game where mobs would spawn so fast you could hardly progress and would be stopped at a bottle neck killing the endless horde of re-spawning mobs and not moving forward until you leveled, gaining enough power to overcome the spawn rate).

6. The cut scenes have been changed and the dialog was retooled, cutting out a great deal of the childish/redundant conversations which brought the overall aptitude level of the game up a bit.

7. The game is broken up into acts and you will be graded on finding the hidden missions while playing in the act at the end. You can still go back and complete the quests after finishing the act.

As far as rating the game mechanics and campaign itself: this game is basically what I would expect if Diablo 3 was made to look and feel like Warcraft 3. The setting and characters are a bit cartoon like, the plot and quest line is pretty basic and AI enemies are all pretty basic. I am not saying this is a bad game, especially for the price. But I did find Grim Dawn to be much darker game, with better graphics, a vastly deeper character development system and a more mature plot.

This feels like a "PG-13" game. I was originally hoping for a much grimmer world with more horrific events, being that the plot is based on Van Helsing and all the monsters contained therein.

Anyway, considering the sale price, you will get considerable bang for your buck and a streamlined experience with the Final Cut over buying the games individually.

[Noble]

Originally posted by R13-The 2nd Type:

Final Cut is all three games merged into one game. There are some differences between the way the games play, such as:

1. The game engine runs better, loads MUCH faster and has a higher frame rate. (In the first game the ground and background would move with a micro stutter which was just part of the engine, fortunately this was later fixed in the sequels and is fixed in this release of the game since the whole game is running on the Helsing 3 engine).

2. The game offers 6 classes as opposed to the 3 in the first game.

3. The in-game menus have been upgraded and the skill trees have been refined so they are easier to use. (Huge plus since you will navigating the same menu through the whole campaign instead of having the menus switch between the game titles).

4. Your characters will remain in use through the whole campaign, as opposed to restarting a new character at the start of each game.

5. Many of the unfair spawn rates in the original game have been reduced to make the game playable. (There were some areas in the original game where mobs would spawn so fast you could hardly progress and would be stopped at a bottle neck killing the endless horde of re-spawning mobs and not moving forward until you leveled, gaining enough power to overcome the spawn rate).

6. The cut scenes have been changed and the dialog was retooled, cutting out a great deal of the childish/redundant conversations which brought the overall aptitude level of the game up a bit.

7. The game is broken up into acts and you will be graded on finding the hidden missions while playing in the act at the end. You can still go back and complete the quests after finishing the act.

As far as rating the game mechanics and campaign itself: this game is basically what I would expect if Diablo 3 was made to look and feel like Warcraft 3. The setting and characters are a bit cartoon like, the plot and quest line is pretty basic and AI enemies are all pretty basic. I am not saying this is a bad game, especially for the price. But I did find Grim Dawn to be much darker game, with better graphics, a vastly deeper character development system and a more mature plot.

This feels like a "PG-13" game. I was originally hoping for a much grimmer world with more horrific events, being that the plot is based on Van Helsing and all the monsters contained therein.

Anyway, considering the sale price, you will get considerable bang for your buck and a streamlined experience with the Final Cut over buying the games individually.

Ah ic thx but then again story wise when I play new game I will start from the beginning where the bridge got blown out?

[Dolthar]

if you buy all 3 games you can redeem final cut for free, considering how devs are basically giving away their game for free right now i dont think its even worth the effort to discuss it further tbh

[Noble]

I didn't buy all 3 so I think i'll buy the final cut instead.

[HiFive]

Originally posted by Pazse:

Ah ic thx but then again story wise when I play new game I will start from the beginning where the bridge got blown out?

Yes, Final Cut starts the story in the same place as VH1. There is no difference in the story line. Final Cut just puts all 3 of the original games into one game, with some changes, improvements and more polish. However, the skill tree in Final Cut is set up quite differently than it is in VH1.

They kept making changes to the skill tree in each version of Van Helsing.

Also, in VH1, you can only choose between 3 classes. In Final Cut, you can choose between 6 classes. In VH2, you can import a character from VH1. In VH3 you cannot import any characters (because they added more classes). In Final Cut, you can use the same character to play the entire story line.

[Noble]

Thx m8.

[Old John]

Anyone here having trouble getting online with the final cut version ? I bought it here on the recent sale and cannot log in at all but yet I can log in on the site fine

[OldFartAtPlay]

I'm seeing a group of routing failures when trying to connect to parties in the Black Sea area, BG, UA + TR. Just a snapshot over the last two days - might be a common local infrastructure 'pipe' issue.

There are a number of potential problems that pop up from time to time, best to give full details of your own problem - in a new Topic + clearly worded Title.

[Resident Asswhole]

Ya, I am suffering from the same issue.
Verified the Email and now I am unable to log in.
I just play off line.

[Ho Lee Sheet]

do you guys think the final cut and VH1, 2, 3 have distinct graphic quality? I'm looking to buy the game but I wonder about the requirement. The final cut has the same requirement as VH1. I think my laptop will run the VH1 on low-med according to the stated requirement, but I wonder about the final cut since it covers VH1,2, and 3