Jotun: Valhalla Edition
In Jotun, you play Thora, a Viking warrior who died an inglorious death and must prove herself to the Gods to enter Valhalla. Explore vast regions of Norse Purgatory to find runes to unleash the jotun, giant Norse elementals. Fight them using only your massive two-handed axe, the blessings of the Gods and your skills! Jotun: Valhalla Edition features the brand new Valhalla Mode, the ultimate battle against even fiercer versions of the Jotun! A true challenge for those who wish to impress the Gods! Features: - Experience beautiful hand-drawn animation - Fight five epic jotuns, giant Norse elementals - Explore nine vast and mysterious levels filled with Viking mythology - Learn about Thora's life and death in an overarching story - Summon powers bestowed upon you by the Viking Gods
Game Discussion
Steam User 5
Game offers few hrs of simple puzzle quests, few satisfying bossfights, lots of exploration. Graphic is beautiful, so is the music and great Norwegian voiceacting.
Flaws:
-Short pause after rolling is annoying as hell.
- slow movement overall
- map in pause menu is kinda weird idea
- Polish version has awful font that not covers Polish special letters :/
Steam User 5
(3 hour non-completion review)
I'm dropping Jotun, not because it's a bad game... However, because it's just not a game for me I realized something in my 3 hours of playing and once I realized this it made the game a chore more than something fun. The bosses (the two I fought) are complex and will require some skill. If I could improve the mechanics of this game I'd do one of the three: Add a run button, remove the dodge roll pause effect, or lower the time on the heavy attack by .5 seconds. One of those three would fix my game play issues perfectly. As it stands now bosses absolutely take advantage that you're slow, the dodge roll pause makes it so dodging makes you a vulnerable target when using it, and the heavy attack is asking bosses to just kill you. If one of these three things were fixed the game would be challenging but not seem unfair at points. Over all beautiful and interesting completely wroth the $15 for full price and definitely worth the $2.24 it is now especially if you're a fan of souls like.
Steam User 2
7/10
I love ALMOST everything the game offered.
The puzzle solving is fun, the gimmicks in how you can take down a boss is great...
Except for the last one...
They threw everything out after giving you ways to stagger a boss, hit their weak points or use their skills to hurt themselves...
After the 3rd try I realized i should just focus on brawling him down with speed boost and lighting hammer, summon illusions for the projectiles and shield up if you ran out or to negate damage from his summons, it was rather a simple final boss...
Nevertheless it is a good game!
*edit*
Also Thora's attacks is simple, and its enough, since I think the main highlight for me was the story telling, the puzzles and boss types.
Steam User 1
I think its cute. The levels can be really pretty at times and the bossfights are definitely the highlight. The animations really standout in how fluid they can look. I am pretty biased tho as anything involving norse mythology will probably win me over.
Tbh I would recommend it just to hear that sweet sweet icelandic... mmmmmmmm...
5.5/10
Steam User 1
Great action indie game with great artistic visuals.
Steam User 1
The "difficult" tag is there for a reason. OMG the times I died in this game...
The combat is very particular, and you need to time enemy attacks really carefully.
The boss design is super cool, both visually (thanks in part to the Norse mythology) and gameplay-wise.
It is a nice game and you will love it, after hating it (and dying, a lot)
Steam User 1
very simplistic game in both gameplay and art direction, yes still fun. Difficult to 100%, a fair challenge if you want it. The humble beginnings of an amazing game studio which ended up being one of my favourite studios ever.