
The game utilizes a very solid mixture of standard inventory puzzles, some text based puzzles, and a large number of extremely well-designed and original graphical puzzles to provide a nice balance of problem solving. While interactions with other characters are pretty standard, Van Helsing's notebook interface is very thorough and well done. This gave me the impression that hints, phrases, and possibly more will be required to be advance further down the game.

Hardcore Gamer: The games offered up in the pay what you want tier include Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Journey: The Heart of Gaia, Dracula: Origin, and Dracula: Love Kills.

PC Games published an overview of quest mods for Dragon Age: Origins. The list includes four already released download modifications and one mod which is currently in development (a project called "Icewind Dale").

Bioware released 12 new screenshots, showcasing combat in various forms.