The Frostrune
The Frostrune is an elegant point-and-click adventure, with strong, authentic Norse culture.
The story is set in and around an abandonned, coastal hamlet. The environment feels great. I used to live in Norway, and could see the familiar lighting and landscape features in the portrayal in the game). The hand-drawn art style is consistent and rich - a quick look at the trailer on the Steam Store page will give you a feel for it. The animations are simple, but very effective. Overall, I like it very much.
– Real player with 7.0 hrs in game
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The Frostrune is a point-and-click adventure game. It’s set in ancient times on a Nordic island, and its story is drenched in Norse mythology.
As soon as you launch the game, it’s clear The Frostrune is a basic production. You’ll find an option to change the game’s resolution and language, and that’s it. The latter option is crucial, though. Since the entire game’s narrative is in Old Norse speech, you’ll rely on subtitles to understand what’s actually being said. Subtitles are available in English, Italian, Castilian Spanish, Arabic, Norwegian, Russian, French and German.
– Real player with 6.9 hrs in game
Valhalla Hills
First of all, I always considered myself as Funatics fan. Their Cultures series always had a special place in my heart, while ZanZarah was a pure magic (still feel sad about the fact that the Xbox version never happened). In other words, I was pretty excited about Valhalla Hills. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a huge disappointment. Valhalla Hills is yet another one of those Early Access games where developers lost their interest in working on the game just because it was already selling fine enough. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
– Real player with 240.2 hrs in game
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Alright, only about 2 hours in on this so take this with a grain of salt.
[Positives]
I like it. Why I don’t say love is because I am still only at the beginning but can definitely say it’s making a great start.
To start the Ai in this game is a lot better then most I see of similar genre. While in other games you must single out each individual unit to give them a task and actually get them working in this game the vikings just get up and do it. Want a new tent built? Great all the units that were standing by the fire get up grab some timber from the woodcutter and get on it. Another great thing about the Ai is that there are specific jobs and they immediately fill those jobs and get to work as soon as the building is up. Now does that make the game easier? No, it just means there is a lot less time consumption on simple tasks. You still have a capacity of vikings to feed, arm, and shelter.
– Real player with 34.9 hrs in game
Gimle: Archlikvake Saga
Ragnarok has come …
On the ruins of the old world destroyed after the clash of gods and giants, Gimle is created - the place where humanity was reborn. The New World was described in the prophecies as free of wars, hunger and suffering. For thousand years it has been struggling with the forces of evil for an unknown reason. Meanwhile, another disturbing threat is coming - death will be only the beginning of the suffering of the fallen. Norse warrior Brand arises as the last hope of mankind - will he stand up to the fight and uncover the mystery of an unfulfilled prophecy?
Gimle is an isometric RPG inspired by the classics of the genre, enriched with beautiful pixelated graphics.
Begin your journey!
Explore the dark world of Gimle based on Norse mythology. Discover forest thickets and mountain trails, explore evil-ridden towns and villages, and mysterious tombs full of dangerous underground tunnels.
Defeat your enemies!
Master the dynamic combat system and face the threats of the New World using a wide variety of weapons - swords, spears, axes, bows and much more!
Tame the mighty power!
Learn unique abilities that are so much more than ordinary magic. Use your powerful gift and solve the mystery of an unfulfilled prophecy.
Collect unique items!
Use the possibility of gathering resources and trading, get powerful items and artifacts that will prove useful during your journey through the Dark Lands.
Improve your skills!
Become the legend of the Viking world! Achieve mastery in many areas through an extensive system of statistics, science and attributes.
Write the story of the New World!
Experience a ravaged world full of difficult, ambiguous choices and face their significant consequences.
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Vikings - Wolves of Midgard
I’ve been playing this game on and off for quite a while now so I thought why not write a review:
Visuals:
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beautiful handcrafted maps with multiple points of interest
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multiple environments from northern forests, to sandy beaches, lava castles and medieval villages
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enemies often have different skins depending on their environment
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great lighting and shaders
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particle effects aren’t as over the top as in most other H&S games (I’m looking at you Diablo III)
- The camera is a little too close to the character
– Real player with 129.1 hrs in game
| SCORE |
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5/10
| “more Action than RPG”, which suffers from redundant, shallow and uncharacteristic gameplay that ultimately boils down to being an endurance test, full of weird difficulty spikes, and tedious pacing |
[i](a 7‐point scale)[/i]
[b]overall[/b] [b]achievements[/b]
⌛ time to finish: 20-25h ⌛ time to 100%: 60h
🔥 difficulty: 5 🔥 difficulty: 4
🍫 fun-factor: 3 💨 missable: yes
– Real player with 63.4 hrs in game
Berserker
Awesome story catches your attention and very quickly you get to that point where you “must know what is next”.
Graphics and effects are really nice especially in combination with nice range of different attack moves.
Before you jump into game pay attention when playing tutorial, for some people lot of keyboard/game options may be too much.
I’m looking forward to see next episode of this game and how story will go on!
Thumbs up for this project 3
– Real player with 3.0 hrs in game
Beside of interesting and challenging side scroller, this game is a pure showcase of enthusiasm, hard work and effort. Well done One Life Games!
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Jotun is a game that suffers from a lack of direction. It’s a tremendously beautiful game (minus a few small quibbles), but doesn’t seem to understand if it wants to be an atmospheric exploration game, or a slow paced dark souls / shadows of the colossus style boss slayer. In trying to do both, it sort of fails in all angles. On the plus side, it is relatively short, so the downsides of the game don’t overshadow the nice bits too badly. I would say a roughly 5 hour game, depending on how much trouble you have with the bosses.
– Real player with 19.9 hrs in game
Jotun
Platform: PC Windows
Genre: Action/Exploration
Introduction:
Thunder Lotus Games first title Jotun, another positive outcome of a successful Kickstarter campaign, is an epic trot through a world of Norse mythology. It’s a top-down action exploration game that pits you against large foes and beautiful, yet treacherous landscapes. Jotun delivers challenging boss battles, but it also focuses heavily on building atmosphere and anticipation rather than throwing countless of enemies at the player. The considerable amount of downtime before these fights might put off some gamers, but if you’re able to absorb yourself in the world through its beautiful hand drawn visuals, powerful soundtrack, and epically cool voice-overs, you will also find the boss battle well worth the buildup. It might also make you want to read up on your Norse mythology knowledge.
– Real player with 10.6 hrs in game
Rune Classic
First thing I want to say is I have played this game A LOT before I got it on Steam so keep that in mind.
Now, there were a handful of games that me and my brothers played together a lot in my childhood, and every single one of these games brought many hilarious and awesome memories that I still remember.
Rune was one of these games.
My and my brothers played over LAN quite a bit, so I recommend playing this game with friends over private servers or LAN.
Its a blast to play this game with others, especially if you know the people your playing it with well. The fact that this game is so old makes it even more fun for me to play even now. It’s hilarious when you chop your enemy’s weapon arm off, because now thay have no arm, so all they can do is run! In a multiplayer match you can start to feel super awesome as you find things on the map with high damage and other items that increase your health, and so on and so forth.
– Real player with 107.2 hrs in game
This review contains events of the very beginning of the game and names a few enemy types. Other than that it is spoiler-free.
Rune Classic is a re-release of the original hack&slash game called Rune. You play as the young Viking Ragnar who just gets into the status of a warrior as the story begins. Ragnar’s village is one of the villages that are built around special rune stones. Those stones were created by the god Odin to keep his son Loki in his prison and thus preventing the great cataclysm that would follow if Loki was to be released. The warriors of Ragnar’s village belong to an order called the Odinsblade. It is their duty to protect the rune stones from all harm. When Ragnar is just accepted into the Odinsblade the people of Ragnar’s village learn that an allied village guarding on of the rune stones is being attacked and immediately set out to intervene. On their way they run into the viking Conrack who was responsible for the attack. Conrack is in league with Loki and is hellbent on destroying every single rune stone to release him into the world. Due to the powers that were granted to Conrack by Loki the people of Ragnar’s village are no match for him and he sinks their ship. Ragnar gets rescued by Odin and makes it to an undersea cave. With nobody else having survived the battle it’s on Ragnar to keep Conrack from destroying the stones. But to do that he has to make his way back to the surface.
– Real player with 35.1 hrs in game
Viking: Battle for Asgard
Looking at the quite bad ratings this game has received, one thing should be made clear: at its core, Viking: Battle for Asgard isn’t a bad game.
I do understand the reason behind the mostly negative reviews however, the game had a lot of unused potential and does seem like a rushed product. It’s a shame, because the graphics are nice, the islands (where the game takes place) are fairly big and the mythological Viking setting seems good enough.
So what’s wrong with the game then? First of all the environment (as beautiful as it is) feels empty: no wildlife, no random events. The landscape with high cliffs, ghost ships near the shore and small groves looks exciting, but it quickly degrades into emptiness as we progress. Still the game is worth to take a look and even a playthrough.
– Real player with 54.2 hrs in game
Well. So many mixed feeling I have for this game.
Some time I cannot decide a thumb up or thumb down because the game was so plain with no particular good and bad attribute. But for this game it’s the complete opposite. There are way too much Pros and Cons to consider and made rating of this game super difficult.
Let’s talk about some of the good first.
There are some massive battles in this game that so many units will be involved like a tactical battle of Total War title. (no wonder it’s in the total war bundle). Insteady of controlling your army in squadron based combat you still only just control your main protagonist. Even the smallest enemy can put up quite a good fight against you if you are not careful so it’s not super-fast paced like Dynasty warrior or Fate Extra.
– Real player with 48.3 hrs in game
Final Stand: Ragnarök
Absolutely love the game, disregarding anything wrong (granted its in early access, cant expect perfection). Definitely willing to play this game for the long to help out with exposing things to make it better. this game has very high potential and I am excited to see its growth.
– Real player with 28.6 hrs in game
awww shieet look at them skills / the music is dope / the gameplay is dope / the horde of monsters are dope / the portection of towers | healing stations etc is dope / the characters are dope / the powerups dropping are dope / the items that you can use in the game are dope / graphics are dope / multiplayer in this game is dope / the store is dope / career stats are dope
EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS GAME IS DOPE
PLAY ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFOOKIN NOWWWWWWW!!
– Real player with 13.6 hrs in game
Northgard
There aren’t many RTS game nowadays. So, this one is like… a rare gem. One of the most brilliant contemporary RTS out there.
The objective is simply to win, by which means though is entirely up to you. You can choose a mercantile clan and obliterate your enemies from the map or a war-mongering one and wins the wisdom victory, for example. It’s possible, but not ideal, but again we have to make do with what we have. The game offers like so many clans to choose from (many of which are DLCs though). Your town hall, the main building, regularly generates your population. One at a time. You construct a building and assign a worker to it. You explore the map, each zone in tile with designated resource(s). You colonize a tile and construct a building you see fit. During winter each year, you suffer production penalty. And everything moves along the passage of time until one clan rises to supremacy, or everyone else falls. Oh, and all the while some special events occur: Kraken attacks, abnormally harsh winter, annoying earthquake, etc. One of the best things about this game is that you don’t have to micromanage your resources and workers so meticulously. The town hall only produces one person at a time and each production building can hold but a few assigned workers, so everything is easy to put under control.
– Real player with 636.7 hrs in game
gave 250 hours of my life to get an extra chromosome very worth
– Real player with 263.0 hrs in game