Van Helsing Facts
The fact sheet for the recently released Van Halsing game
Tags: Van Helsing Categories: GBA News, News, PS2 News, Xbox News
Posted by Daniel "monk" Pelfrey on May 21st, 2004
Publisher: Vivendi Universal Games
Developer: Saffire Studios
Format: Xbox video game system from Microsoft
Playstation 2 video game system from Sony
Nintendo’s Game Boy® Advance
Genre: 3rd person action adventure
Overview
Storyline Van Helsing, the third-person action game, transports players to a new world of fantastical reality set in 19th century Transylvania – home to the legendary Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster and the Wolf Man. As the renowned monster hunter Van Helsing, players must hunt down and destroy the evil that inhabits these ancient lands before darkness engulfs the world. As players progress through Transylvania and the strongholds of Castle Frankenstein and Castle Dracula, they’ll encounter untold fiends and evil minions including the legendary dark prince Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolf Man and Igor as well as a host of original creatures created for the game including stone gargoyles, fell spirits and banshees.
Features
• Unfold the mystery of Van Helsing in 13 missions that go beyond the film to explore the mythic land of Transylvania. Battle through Castle Frankenstein and Castle Dracula as well as uncovering secret areas not seen in the film.
• Battle 22 villainous creatures and 8 bosses, including classic creatures such as Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster and the Wolf Man – bloodthirsty, deadly and for the first time together in a game.
• Play as the mysterious Van Helsing, equipped with an array of 9 deadly weapons designed for slaying beasts, including tojo blades for up-close slicing, dual pistols for fast action, a unique grappling hook to swing across ravines and attack enemies from above, and the powerful unlockable elephant gun.
• Deliver spectacular kill-moves to supernatural enemies with Van Helsing’s unique finishing system.
• Unlock hidden content when you play through three different difficulty modes.
About the Film
Universal Pictures’ Van Helsing, the new epic action-adventure film from writer-director Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, The Mummy Returns), draws inspiration from the studio’s classic horror properties and introduces Van Helsing, Bram Stoker’s fabled monster hunter, who is summoned to a distant Eastern European land on a quest to vanquish evil. The film stars Hugh Jackman (X-Men) and Kate Beckinsale (Pearl Harbor) and opens nationwide May 7, 2004 release.
Deep in the mountains of Carpathia lies the mysterious and mythic land of Transylvania—a world where evil is ever-present, where danger rises as the sun sets, and where the monsters that inhabit man’s deepest nightmares take form. Innovative filmmaker Stephen Sommers—who so imaginatively re-envisioned Universal’s classic Mummy character in the worldwide blockbusters The Mummy and The Mummy Returns—now widens his cinematic scope and multiplies his creative inspiration by breathing new life into the most time-honored pantheon of classic Universal monsters and setting them in a stunning new world of fantastical reality. Sommers’ all-encompassing vision for a world as tangible, real and visceral as any caught in the stranglehold of inescapable evil blends the recognizable and the unimaginable into a vivid, epic backdrop for his tale of ultimate evil against a lone force of good: Van Helsing.
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