![]() ![]() The first and only thing that majorly halted my first play-through was the “un-lockable” system implemented in the game. I honestly had a tough time picking out things I disliked about Valhalla Hills. By doing this, you are proving to your father that you, yourself, are worthy in his eyes. ![]() You play as Odin’s son, Leko, and are entrusted with helping these outcasts reach their eternal resting place. These Vikings that you’re leading are outcasts in the eyes of Odin, the Norse god. ![]() Before I move on, though, I must say that the story and setting of this game are very attractive. It’s fair to mention that I have replayed some levels in this game, and it’s been equally entertaining every time. I’ve found that I can go through certain levels and not use all of the buildings at my disposal, whereas on replaying those levels I can beat them using different structures for different strategies. Either way, you are not limited to one way of playing the game. When playing this game, you can decide to make peace with the ghostly Ice Vikings guarding the portal by offering them sacrifices and gifts, or you can instead go to war with them and march your Vikings into battle. I give the developers a big high-five for interrupting the usual, linear style of playing games by giving the player many different options. Next on my list of pros is the variability of play styles possible in Valhalla Hills. They make smart decisions when possible, and it’s up to you to give them the ability to do so. ![]() With this AI system in place, the indirect control of your Vikings is not actually too bad. The enemies don’t endlessly chase you to the ends of the map, and your Vikings normally act according. The system isn’t anything that we’ve never seen before, but the enemies, Vikings and animals all operate on a decently -intelligent set of AI rules. Now, along with the graphics, this game offers quite an intellectual AI system. This is stated best by the Valhalla dev’s, themselves: “Technically Valhalla Hills is powered by the Unreal 4 Engine making its optical performance gleam”. Sticking to the aesthetic aspects, the game looks clean and is pleasing to the eyes. All of the character models are impressive, which goes well with the impressive graphics the rest of the game offers. Not only do they look great and move fluently, they have littler interactions with each other and make cute sounds every once in a while. The first thing to mention is the Vikings, themselves. Where do I begin? I really like this game. The player is rewarded upon completing a level with new structures to build, new map NPCs (neutral animals, enemies, etc.), items, and more. Every new island that the player encounters is larger and has varied mountainous terrain. This is a frustrating feature sometimes, but it forces the player to plan ahead rather than make immediate decisions. This game features an indirect control system, meaning the player cannot tell the units where to move or what to fight, but can only indirectly influence their movements. What separates this game from other similar ones is the limited control the player has over his or her Vikings. To do this, they must use the resources found on the island and build structures that they have at their disposal. Along the way, the player has to feed, shelter, and equip their Vikings. Once the portal is opened, more enemies emerge! The Vikings must then either kill or make sacrifices towards these enemies in order to win and step through the portal. Once dealt with, they must open the portal. The island is littered with enemies that the Vikings must kill OR appease. In order to win the level and proceed to the next level, there are a few obstacles. The objective of the game is to lead your Vikings to a portal placed on the island. To begin, the player is placed in control of five Vikings who have landed on a small island. Valhalla Hills is a building strategy game, similar to games such as From Dust or The Settlers. It was developed by Funatics Software and published by Daedalic Entertainment. It’s available for $19.99 on the Steam Marketplace. Valhalla Hills was released on August 24 th, 2015. ![]()
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