Posted on: July 21, 2017
Archimidis
Bestätigter BesitzerSpiele: 282 Rezensionen: 8
Could be great, but it is just mediocre.
In Jotun, you play as a female Viking warrior. There is a central area, and from there you can enter five different sections. Each section has two "levels", with a boss at the end (the first section is a bit simpler). There is also a final boss in the end. The game is very short; took me about 8 hours to finish it, and that includes all "secret" areas. If you explore each level, you can get some new abilities (6 in total) and 3 health upgrades, There are no enemies, other than the bosses in the end of each level. So what you do in each level? well, you deal with some puzzles and tricks. Each level has different tricks to deal with. Most of them are nice and well implemented. In general, the levels are very well designed, and the graphics are nice. Story is minimal, inspired by Nordic mythology. The only interesting thing about it is the narration, which is in Icelandic (with subtitles in English). A very unusual choice, apparently to give some Viking flavor in the game. The boss fights are the biggest part of this game. Your warrior has two attacks, one fast but weak and one slow but powerful. You can also roll to dodge enemy attacks, and there is a roll-and-hit attack. Add to that the 6 special abilities mentioned earlier, and you have a rather minimal arsenal which in fact works very well. However, the boss fights are very unbalanced. Four bosses are very easy, and can be killed in the first try. Other bosses are more challenging, which could be a good thing - if it was always fair. In a few cases, difficulty was increased with some cheap, unfair methods. It is obvious that developers were not afraid to take some risks, making the game different than the crowd. This is a decision to applause. However, the game is short and implementation could be way better. Therefore, the final verdict for Jotun:Valhalla is 2.5 stars out of 5 - a short, mediocre, game, which could be much better. Full price cannot be justified. I would recommend you buy it if it is on sale.
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