The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Rage and Power-up System Detailed

To better introduce us to the rage and power-up system that we’ll be utilizing in their steampunk-themed action RPG The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, Neocore Games has released a half dozen new screenshots, a 98-second gameplay trailer, and a detailed developer-penned blog entry. We’ll start with the video:

And then we’ll move into the informative bits:

You must know the feeling: smashing through the hordes of monsters and feel the righteous anger boiling up in you. That you are invincible and you’re going to teach them a harsh lesson. But they just keep rushing towards you and you suddenly wish you had a secret weapon to deal with them for once and for all.

Thing is: this is exactly what you’ll have in this incredible adventure, and this weapon is called the Rage and PowerUp System. With it you can boost and tailor your skills for a short duration of time right in the heat of the battle. If you’re doing things right, you’ll be able to literally throw the sun at your enemies, shake the earth beneath their feet, freeze their body in place, melt the flesh off their bones or slay them all with a single swing of your sword.

So, you gain Rage by killing the vicious beasts in Borgovia. Sounds easy enough, right? But it might challenge you when you’re facing a horde of horrendous monsters alone. But fear not, you can use that to your own advantage, just let your Rage flow and unleash hell!

I’ll tell you how it’s done.