![]() This edutainment is granted in the form of Thora’s descriptions of the God/Goddess Shrines you encounter as well as of various landmarks from Nordic mythology such as the Yggdrasil and Brokkr’s Forge, and other characters such as the four deer from the top branches of the Yggdrasil. These little pieces of lore (including the creation myth) are a brilliant introduction to Nordic mythology and mythology in general. They are also all told in Icelandic (the closest we have to ancient Nordic today), which is brilliant. In fact, the lore also reminded me to replay Age of Mythology, one of my first introductions to mythology. ![]() Unfortunately, some aspects of the game aren’t as good. The combat, while serviceable, is somewhat lacking, especially for a game starring a Viking. You have two moves, a quick light attack that can be chained up to three times, and a heavy attack that deals slightly more damage. However, the heavy attack is just too long and does just too little damage to be widely usable. This is unless it is combined with Thor’s God Power which makes it pretty good. Not that you’ll have to use combat outside of hacking away branches very often. ![]() In fact, besides the two levels with the dwarves, I don’t think there’re any enemies besides the bosses in the entire game. Your final combat ability is a dodge roll. ![]() Jotun: Valhalla Edition, Thunder Lotus Games BOSSES This is equally suited to traveling slightly quicker and dodging the fire Jotun’s sword. ![]()
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