Northgard, strategy game based on Norse mythology.

AchillesLastStand · June 03, 2017, 01:12:06 PM

Anyone tried this?
It looks like part city builder/part age of empires set in a Norse setting. And they just added multiplayer.

http://northgard.net/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/466560/Northgard/

I may have to jump on this for 16.99

bob48 · June 03, 2017, 01:25:41 PM

I've had it on my wish list for a while, and it looks OK and has some good reviews. I can't quite make up my mind about it.

Gusington · June 03, 2017, 03:42:30 PM

IIRC JH was playing it for a bit...

Jarhead0331 · June 03, 2017, 07:48:50 PM

I have it. It got very good reviews, but it didn't hold my interest for long. There have been some updates so maybe its improved?

Arctic Blast · June 04, 2017, 06:43:25 PM

Quote from: Gusington on June 03, 2017, 03:42:30 PM
IIRC JH was playing it for a bit...

Couldn't that be said about every game ever? ;D

Gusington · June 04, 2017, 07:32:35 PM

Yes! Except for that Barbie Heavy Weapons Modder game.

Gusington · November 21, 2017, 09:56:45 AM

New updates out for Northgard today include a new clan and the promise of a SP campaign in a few months. I haven't bought this yet because it looks a little cartoony and it appears that individual SP games are sandbox only and very short. Can anyone confirm? If that's true I will hold off until that SP campaign is released.

Anguille · November 21, 2017, 03:02:05 PM

It's on my whichlist as well. Have seen so gameplay of it and it looks fun.

Huw the Poo · March 16, 2018, 12:52:52 PM

This launched recently and I bought it. What does everyone think?

It's not what I was expecting really. The tiny zones make me feel really constricted, and your vikings are so abstracted they may as well just be icons. I've only played a couple of campaign levels though; I'm going to try a skirmish and see how that goes.

DennisS · March 16, 2018, 09:47:30 PM

Quote from: Huw the Poo on March 16, 2018, 12:52:52 PM
This launched recently and I bought it. What does everyone think?

It's not what I was expecting really. The tiny zones make me feel really constricted, and your vikings are so abstracted they may as well just be icons. I've only played a couple of campaign levels though; I'm going to try a skirmish and see how that goes.

I have this on my wishlist...I have read that the difficulty level is a big high. Let us know your experiences with it.

IronX · March 16, 2018, 11:35:23 PM

Quote from: Gusington on June 04, 2017, 07:32:35 PM
Yes! Except for that Barbie Heavy Weapons Modder game.

I had that on my wish-list. But after reading some of the reviews, I think I'll wait for the summer sales.

Gusington · March 17, 2018, 12:01:42 AM

~3.49 right now, just picked it up.

Huw the Poo · March 17, 2018, 03:39:35 AM

Quote from: DennisS on March 16, 2018, 09:47:30 PM
I have this on my wishlist...I have read that the difficulty level is a big high. Let us know your experiences with it.

I actually ended up having it refunded. I just wasn't enjoying it. It's my own fault for not researching it properly but it wasn't what I wanted it to be. I was hoping for more of a traditional city builder but that side of the game is nowhere near as involving as I wanted. It's about as much a city builder as games like Warlock or Age of Wonders 3; games which give you only the minimum building options required to just get your troops into battle.

Combined with a game-breaking bug that was impossible to ignore, it was enough to convince me I'd never play it. Oh well. I really need to learn to research games properly before I buy them.