History VideoGame / VictorVran

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: There's a boss named "Apocalyse".

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Zagoravia is set in the fantasy equivalent of 18th or early 19th Russia[=/=]Eastern Europe: beside the Slavic sounding city's name, several [=NPCs=] have Slavic sounding names, Patriarch Casimir (the cleric in Castle Zagore) is dressed like an orthodox priest while "Patriarch" is actually [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch an orthodox religious title]], and the player occasionally meets the ghost of a man named "Tzar Borimir".

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Dying will just teleport you to the latest checkpoint while emptying the overdrive meter. It doesn't cost XP, gold, items, and doesn't break the uncompleted challenges of the map (unless they're incompatible with the acts of dying or suffering damages, of course; timer isn't reset for timed challenges, though). Dead enemies don't respawn and injuried enemies aren't healed.

* DisasterDominoes: The lava spiders explode when they die. Said explosion deals more damages than their total hitpoints, and they are usually met in groups, turning them into a big firework. A common challenge in maps with spiders is to use the lava spiders' post mortem explosion to kill a number of enemies.

* ShootTheMedicFirst: [[spoiler: Vampire!Adrian]] puts wards in the area when fighting against you. You have to destroy them, because they immune him against damages while healing him. The final boss also does this.

** Scythes are a proper weapon class. They are fast, powerful, and hit several enemies with a single blow. One of their special attacks makes Victor spinning while dealing damages around him very quickly.

''Victor Vran'' is a ActionRPG for PC, by the Bulgarian studio Haemimont Games. Set in a DarkFantasy world with some {{Uberwald}} inspiration, the game puts you in the shoes of Victor Vran, a [[DemonSlaying Demon Hunter]] possessing some demonic powers. After receiving a letter, Victor goes to the monster infested city of Zagoravia, looking for his friend Adrian, a fellow Demon Hunter, and ends guided by a mysterious voice.

The game has officially been released in July 2015. An Early Access version was available since February.

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* YourVampiresSuck: At one point when entering in a Zagoravia's part full of vampires, the Voice tells that those vampires aren't too dangerous, since [[Literature/{{Twilight}} they don't sparkle in the sunlight]].

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: When entering the hedge maze of the Royal Gardens, the Voice tells Victor something like "let's see if you manage to find the exit". If you jump, the Voice will accuse you of cheating.

* ''Motörhead Through The Ages'': A Music/{{Motorhead}}-themed new campaign, and new item classes (revolvers and guitars).
* ''Fractured Worlds'': Five randomly-generated new dungeons and a higher level-cap (from 50 to 60).

* ''Fractured Worlds'': Four randomly-generated new dungeons and a higher level-cap (from 50 to 60).

* RocketJump: One of the mortars' special attacks consists in doing this with a mortar's grenade. It's useless for the platforming sequences, one of the intended uses is to provide a fast escape if Victor is totally surrounded by enemies.

** The Pub at the End of Time has the same role in ''
* HyperspaceArsenal: Victor can store dozen of weapons, potions, spare clothes, etc on himself, and access them at will, despite not even seeming to wear a backpack. In the stash, each item occupies a single slot.

* ShooOutTheClowns: The Voice completely stops trolling Victor after the reveal that [[spoiler: the Voice is Gabriel, the Big Bad.]]

* ShoutOut:
** When entering in the Befouled Tomb, the Voice jokes that he was "a Hunter" like Victor, until he "[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim took an arrow to the knee]]".
** The Royal Crypt's last large room is full of undead. At one point during the fight, the Voice [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Xs6IopRlw&feature=youtu.be&t=517 sings]] the second part of "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Brave Sir Robin]]", replacing "Sir Robin" by "Sir Victor".
** The Dancing Skeletons. Their walking animation is the Music/GangnamStyle dance. In their status bar, one of their attributes is "Invisible Horse". Victor imitates them if he goes too close.
** There a wraith boss named "[[Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye the Scyther in the Rye]]".
** There are [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber]]-like rare swords. They not only looks like the ones from the movies, but also make the same noises when swung, and can deflect missiles.
** The Mausoleum of Bones has seven unique midget skeletons collectively refered as "[[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs the Seven Dwarfs]]", though their individual names are more similar to Dwarf names from [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Middle Earth]] than from the Disney classical animated movie.
** There is a humanoid boss named [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Elsa]] at the end of the Heart of Frost dungeon.
** Juliet the spider. After Victor defeats it, the Voice states that [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet it death is the tragic conclusion of a love story]] (he was mockingly trying to ship it with Victor).
** "[[VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}} The Gauntlet]]" dungeon.
** As mentioned above, there is a gun called [[Series/{{Firefly}} Vera]]. Also, the Voice, praising Victor's hat, states: "Man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything."
** The Voice promises you a pumpkin pie if you find the five secrets of Dead Light Mine. It assures at one point that [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} it's not a lie]].
** The great set of stone stairs Victor climbs down in the first half of the Well of Worlds dungeon is very similar (including the collapsing and wrecked parts) to the ones depicted in the end of the Moria sequence in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' movie.
** There's a wraith named [[Creator/ValveSoftware GabaN]] who upon defeat serves as a [[UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} salesman who offers special deals on unique weapons]].
** The ''Tome of Soul'' DLC contains legendary tomes named ''[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nekonomicon]]'' (and yes, it can summon neon cats), ''TheKingInYellow'', ''[[Literature/AnarchistCookbook The Arcanist Cookbook]]'' and ''[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades of Slay]]''.
** The [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Ghostbuster]] legendary lightning gun.
** On entering a spider-infested Den of the Broodmother, Victor muses: [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk "Spiders. Why does it have to be spiders?"]]
** The narrator speaking to Victor accidentally addresses him as [[VideoGame/TheStanleyParable Stanley]] once before correcting himself.
** The Voice suggests Victor to use "[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Hatman]]" as a vigilante name.
** Several of the successes added by ''Motörhead Through The Ages'' are named after Motörhead songs.
** The "Weird West" level has [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly a cemetery which graves are lined in circles. The enemies inside it includes three minibosses named "The One Who Digs", "The One With a Loaded Gun", and "The Bad"]].

** Tzar Borimir quotes the actual lines in Frost Tooth Cave: "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you". Victor then comments that the man might have been a hunter himself during his life.

* OurSoulsAreDifferent: Using the scythe's special attacks relies on a system of charges, which the abilities describes as tiny shards of soul ripped from the target by the scythe's blade.

* ''Fractured Worlds'': New dungeons and a higer level-cap (60).

* ''Fractured World'': New dungeons and a higer level-cap (60).

* BrickJoke: The game's opening cutscene and some levels in the streets shows that Zagoravia went to hell during the "Pumpkin Pie Festival" (banners can still be seen). In Dead Light Mine, the Voice promises a "pumpkin pie" to Victor if he finds the five hidden secrets, then, at completion, tells Victor that there won't be any, because "a rampaging maniac" smashed every other pumpkin in the city. The game includes a success consisting in destroying 100 pumpkins, and they can be found in the Onion Quarter (not too far from Dead Light Mine).

** The ''Tome of Soul'' DLC contains legendary tomes named ''[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nekonomicon]]'' (and yes, it can summon neon cats), ''[[Literature/TheKingInYellow The Yellow King]]'', and ''[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades of Slay]]''.

* GunsAkimbo: The revolver weapon is actually a pair of identical guns. Default attack is continously shooting a single target with both guns at the same time.

* ''Motorhead Through The Ages'': A Music/{{Motorhead}}-themed new campaign, and new item classes (revolvers and guitars).

* BottomlessMagazines: Victor doesn't need to reload his guns.

* DoNotRunWithAGun: Downplayed with standard mêlée attacks (Victor stops walking right before performing a blow, but the attack animation makes him walk forward), played totally straight with the firearms. Some special attack make you move when performing them, too.

* HubLevel: Castle Zagore, where reside merchants and questgivers. Also, while the levels are interconnected, you can directly teleport into any of them (once unlocked) from Castle Zagore.

** Several of the successes added by ''Motorhead Through The Ages'' are named after Motorhead songs.

* AdventurerOutfit: The approprietly named "Adventure Outfit" consists in a waistcoat, rolled up shirt sleeves, a fedora, bags on the hips, a lamp on the shoulder, and a bundle of rope around the chest.

* BrickJoke: The game's opening cutscene and some levels in the streets sows that Zagoravia went to hell during the "Pumpkin Pie Festival" (banners can still be seen). In Dead Light Mine, the Voice promises a "pumpkin pie" to Victor if he finds the five hidden secrets, then, at completion, tells Victor that there won't be any, because "a rampaging maniac" smashed every other pumpkin in the city. The game includes a success consisting in destroying 100 pumpkins, and they can be found in the Onion Quarter (not too far from Dead Light Mine).

* EldritchLocation: The Demon World., which looks like rocks covered with a yellow-reddish sand hovering over some void, and linked with floating cobbstones. It is filled with gargoyles and essences.

** The Vampire destiny card does this to attcks with weapons.

* OurLichesAreDifferent: Vail the Immortal, a tall skeleton wearing a robe and wielding a staff, is a typical lich: defeating him requires to kill his body once, follow his soul to the phylactery, destroy the phylactery, then kill Vail again.

* PostEndGameContent: Finishing the story unlocks special hard challenges. There also is an arena named the Bottomless Pit which offer challengs meant for the post-endgame, though it is not unlocked by completion of the story but automatically, when Victor levels up to level 36.

** Juliet the spider. After Victor defeats it, the Voice states that Juliet suffered [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet a tragic love story]].

** The narrator speaking to Victor accidentally addresses him as [[VideoGame/TheStanleyParable Stanley]] once before correcting himself. The two games share the narrator.

** The ''Tome of Soul'' DLC contains legendary tomes named ''[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nekonomicon]]'' (and yes, it can summon neon cats) and ''[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades of Slay]]''.