You play as a young viking named Tyrim who has to find out why all the men in the village are gone. So you're one a quest to find them. You'll wake up on viking's home island, work through a few tutorials and find the crafting recipe for a boat. That's when you'll enter the seas. Each island functions as a level with puzzles to solve and an end boss. Each island also has it's own style. One is a giant desert where you'll surf across it. Have fun defeating the local chief in a time trial. Another one is very windy and that will blow you off the cliffs. You'll have to fight and puzzle your way through mazes, bad guys, rock lovers and navigate the seas. The quests are interconnected and will have you visit the islands multiple times. Once you've been to an island, the quick travel unlocks. Saving you time. Every island is open world and there will be multiple ways to approach it. I ended up trying to explore everything. The game features some physical puzzles, push this, remove that, burn a cobweb. Your opponents will drop their weapons are they are defeated and they are recoverable. Weapons and armor will also deteriorate over time. You'll find recipes for more durable weapons though. Over time fighting can be a bit repetitive. There are roughly three types of enemies. There were a few glitches and bugs, nothing ground breaking. I did have to reload a save once. Selecting in crafting system is tedious and should have been better. For example you'll get beaten up trying to select a sword to craft during a fight. The game will show you how a basic puzzle mechanic works and leaves it up to you to solve the harder ones. There were however some puzzles in which the game didn't show the mechanic first. It's missing polish. No spoken sounds or zelda like mimicry and all rocks will start to look the same. All in all fun little gem with a couple hours of game play.
