Vikings - Wolves of Midgard

I have officially reached the point in which I continue to play this game out of spite. A messy ARPG, has really chunky attacks (which I like) but an absurdly idiotic exposure mechanic and really weak progression... Specially when it comes to skills using two handed and bows as example, your two handed 1 through 4 skills (and you only get 5 skills per-weapon type) are: an aoe attack around you, an aoe attack around you that maybe will stun an enemy (most of the time it wont) a big slam in front of you that somehow feels weaker than a regular attack... and may as well just be another aoe around you attack, and throwing a tiny hammer made of electricity like a boomerang... you can see the problem right? Bow you have the world's weakest roundhouse kick (I assume its supposed to push enemies away from you... but most of the time it either does nothing or somehow pulls them in instead) a big charged arrow attack... that is poison themed, and there are enemies that are completely imune or strong against poison (so this attack is useless against them), a big aoe shotgun blast style attack (aka, the only good arrow skill) and a generic (and incredibly weak and innefective) arrow rain skill that seems to do basically no damage and has no extra effects to it. Maybe magic, one handed or dual wielding have better skills, but I dont know because this game doesnt have any respect options, so if you end up finding the weapon type(s) you picked really lame, well, sorry, you are stuck with them. Whats that, the game refuses to drop you a decent upgrade to your selected weapon type? (and the stupid luck based merchant refuses to provide one too) and you instead keep getting weapon types you dont have any skills for? well, though luck! And yeah, you dont get to actually buy stuff in this game, you pick a weapon type, and you will get a random rarity for it (and I also noticed drops during stages are extremely rare) So its always a dice roll if you are getting an actual upgrade.

It has some interesting ideas, but it feels they are not very well implemented. Tried the game twice and it's slow, narrow and clunky. Definitely not worth the price tag.

this game is a clunky, unrefined mess and the paragraphs-long first page reviewers, filled with zero discrimination and bland amelioration most likely all helped make this game.

I've tried this game when it was released on 3440x1440. I could not play it due to the insane huge HUD at ultrawide resolutions. There is no option to adjust the HUD. 6 years later this issue is still present. At 5120x1440, this HUD is huge. I can only see my character lower part of the legs in the inventory 🤣.

I am only 4 hours in the game and can recommend it especially when it was 50% off. I was not aware this game existed only saw it on the GOG bestseller list and thought hey for 50% off I give it a try - I am glad I did. I like ARPG once in a while, just for fun hack and slash through enemies and collecting loot. I had a rough start with the first hour with the game but then the game hooked me. I like low Fantasy setting of the game so everything is a bit more in tune with the Vikings with only a bit of magic / fantasy sprinkled into it. I like the enemy design, controls are fluid (I use an Xbox One Elite Controller) and you have to be on your toes and evade some of the stronger blow. I like the idea with the healing item that can re-charge. I LOVE that it automatically picks up all items (every ARPG needs to have that). The skill tree is fine, the skills are interesting so far. Some boss fights are a bit tougher and I had to grind a bit to gain a level but that is fine. I like that the rights are really boss fights with some interesting mechanics (nothing new, but at least it requires a bit more than just hacking away). Only issue I have that with my rig (7900X, 1080 Ti) the game "stutters" it is not that it has very low fps but I think the frame pacing or something is off at least it does not fell as fluid as it should no matter what I do with the settings. Its playable but noticeable that it's not fluid.