Northgard

amazing game, the only downside, i hate games where i need to buy DLC, i mean a LOT of DLC to be able to experience every part of the game. pay for unlocking clans?... really?

For the older player ( I am 82 ) this game can be played with your kids and you can keep up. It is not too complex and rewards thought more than speed.

One glance at the DLC list & total pricing and you can probably tell it's not a good idea to support this kind of business practice; on a game with potential pvp no less, where you may be put at a disadvantage because you don't understand the clans you have no access to. Given the balance complaints, and general tendencies of paid DLCs usually being stronger as incentive for purchase, I don't think it's a good idea to play multiplayer anyhow.
If you want to get just the base game on 90% discount however, just play through the story mode for a novel simplified-RTS experience, and then forget about it within a week post-completion - yeah sure, why not, mildly recommend.

Good game. It practically combines all the best from a real-time strategy and a town-building simulator. The gameplay is interesting, as is the story campaign. But the game does have a not very nice (in my opinion) monetization system, when for playing for any unique clan except the generic one you need to buy a dozens of not-so-cheap DLCs separately. That and the quick burnout from the lack of content during my time playing killed my motivation to continue exploring Northgard. I don't know if that's the case still. Overall, it's a solid game, give it a try and see if it's really your kind of thing.

---{Graphics}---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{Gameplay}---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Meh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{Audio}---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{Audience}---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ All
---{PC Requirements}---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{Difficulity}---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{Grind}---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding
---{Story}---
☐ No Story
☐ Text or Audio floating around
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It‘ll replace your life
---{Game Time}---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond
---{Price}---
☐ It’s free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{Bugs}---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

If you mixed Age of Empires, Command and Conquer, with Vikings you'd get this game. It's easy to play and has a bit of depth with all the available DLCs. I would recommend this game. - July 2024.

Gave me hope for RTS and the modern gaming industry in general.

+ Good gameplay with interesting mechanics or twist on established ones
+ Clans play very differently without drowning you in 'extra mechanics'. Permutations and/or small variations on well thought out core mechanics offer great replayability.
+ Lots of content, fairly priced DLCs, good update-cycle
+ Good looks and sounds. In general a high amount of 'wow, there was love poured into this'-moments.
+ Coop-Conquest Mode is the most fun I had in an RTS

+/- Less hectic than SC2 or AoE2. I really like it, but I can see APM-freaks being turned off by the limited micro.

- Sometimes lobbies bug out (didn't happen since the last update so maybe fixed?)
- Please send help for some clans extreme-AI. It has some sort of brain-damage, carbon mono-oxide poisoning or crippling depression. Either way, please help it.


Overall well worth checking out. Great potential for a comfort-game.
I'm seeing myself dumping another 827+ hours on this gem.

I'd rate it a high Jötunn. Closer to a Dwarf than a Myrkalfar.