The jotuns are more like puzzles you need to solve. To call these fights wouldn’t be entirely accurate. I will admit that the combat didn’t resonate with me. The controls are responsive, as I never felt out of control with what I wanted Thora to be doing (I played primarily with the Joy-Cons attached to the Switch). Loki’s Decoy, which creates a copy of you that later explodes for AOE damage, is a must have in one of the fights. While some of these powers might seem niche, they definitely make fights easier. They provide boons like speed boosts, healing, shields and attack boosts. These powers will provide buffs that will aid you in fighting the mighty jotuns. In addition to your attacks, you get powers from the gods. The music emits the necessary tension for any given moment battle, and can quickly shift from beautiful strings to heavy drums. The soundtrack is also perfectly crafted for every landscape and encounter you have. All of the dialogue that you’ll hear is Icelandic, with English subtitles to help you. All of them make your adventuring hazardous.Īccompanying the art style are Nordic melodies and voiceovers. There are poisonous sprouts, harsh gusts of icy wind, and giant serpents that break through the ice. While you don’t have many encounters with enemies, nature is unforgiving. It’s not like Jotun requires a $4,000 PC to play, but the game’s visuals really shine on the Switch, whether on TV or in handheld mode. Exploring them is very easy on the eyes, and when you reach places where the camera zooms out and you can take everything in, it’s beautiful. The levels vary in nature: lush forests, Dwarven mines, icy landscapes with howling gusts of wind. After releasing on every other major platform (as far back as 2015), the hand-drawn action exploration game brings a little Nordic flair to Nintendo’s handheld device. Jotun: Valhalla Edition, developed by Thunder Lotus Games, has found a new home on the Nintendo Switch. There are giant monuments hidden among the dangers of the forest, and though I’m lost, one thing is clear: the gods are not done with me. I do these as I make my way towards a cliff and take in the massive valley and forest below. Eternity won’t be spent in the depths and darkness of the cold ocean. I lift my head and find myself no longer choking on water, lungs afire, sinking for eternity in a watery tomb. I wake up in a field, cool grass gracing my skin. Platform: Nintendo Switch (Version reviewed), Xbox One, PS4, PC Hopefully promotions like this will happen more often on steam with games that I am more interested in, wink wink.By Lance Liebl 5 years ago Jotun: Valhalla Edition, with its amazing hand-drawn visuals, thunders onto the Nintendo Switch and runs quite beautifully as Norse mythology takes over April. I am thankful for the opportunity to play it. You also have just one weapon and two attacks.Įven with all of this I think it is a good game that you should try and complete if you like it. They are different, but it is still very easy to beat them. I spent few minutes on the second screen as I didn't even know where to go and what to do.Īnd even though the game looks amazing, there is not that much to do. The game is also missing some kind of tutorial on the start of the game. The camera movement is horrible sometimes. The game also have a great icelandic voice over. Every boss is different and you have to find their weaknesses. The boss fights can remind you of Dark Souls. The game will take you just a few hours to finish, but you will be immersed into it the whole time. Even though it looks like the game will be action packed it is mostly about the exploration and few puzzles. They are called Jotun and are enemies of gods. The mission is simple - you have to kill five big creatures. Thora, the main character has died in an inglorious death (she drowned) and with the second chance she wants to prove herself to the gods themselves that she is worth to go to the Valhalla. Jotun is a indie hand-drawn action and exploration game set in Norse mythology. The game started on a crowdfunding website called KickStarter and it got over 60000 canadian dollars from people that were interested in this game and wanted it to be brought to life. As someone who likes to hold as many games as possible on steam this was a really nice gesture from the developers. The full name of the game is Jotun: Valhalla edition and it costs 14.99$. It was actually this weekend and if you at least put the game onto your steam library in this time period it is now permanently in your account.
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