Reviews for Valhalla Bound

[Libernico]

This game is amazing, it looks and plays very well.
The only thing I didn't like was the tutorials. They were too long and explained things that you can figure out on your on (The only one that is kinda necessary is the first one, but I think you can handle it better)

Avizial responds:

Awesome, glad you enjoyed the game!

At one point we didn't have tutorials; however, some players requested it. Luckily, you (and future players) don't have to see those tutorials. We have a "Demo On/Off" button on the upper-left hand corner of the main menu to disable the tutorials to your heart's content. You probably already figured out the fast-forward button ;) We will make an update to the description to point this out.

Thanks for playing the game! We hope to hear from you when we release our future games.

[RuneChart]

It's pretty fun. Kind of takes the dignity out of that funerary ritual (I'm aware it's not real, but the idea has dignity). I like how Odin cares more about the ships than the souls.

I think this game does need tutorials, but there's a lot of room for improvement. The ones you have are slow, non-interactive, over-explain some things and under-explain others. Most of the things in the tutorial could have been explained in-game, with a "shoot here" crosshair the first time you encounter a specific monster. I had no idea what to do when it was raining until I saw your explanation in response to another review.

I don't think you're getting complaints because people don't want things explained at all, but because your tutorials are tedious and completely break the pace of the game.

Avizial responds:

This is great feedback! I think you hit the nail on the head.

We have plans to completely overhaul the automated tutorials in a future update. However, for this current update (1.3.7) we implemented a help guide in the title screen that briefly and concisely informs the player on how to play the game.

We originally created the tutorials for the mobile market in mind. Especially for the casual gaming market. We now realize that many players on Newgrounds are skilled enough to understand basic game mechanics without so much hand-holding.

Thanks for playing our game! We hope to hear from you in future titles.

[RenegadeV]

you get points for teaching me norse.

Avizial responds:

Haha. Glad you got some educational value from this game :)

Thanks for playing our game. We hope to hear from you in future titles and wish us "gangi per val!"

[sparrow]

Great game! Had fun.

Avizial responds:

Glad to hear! We are working hard on some new updates (along with a couple new games). Keep your eyes peeled. :)

Thanks for playing. Hope to hear from you in the future!

[Mortigus]

Great game. Not always clear why I died.

Avizial responds:

Just to clear things up on ways you can die in this game.

1) If a boat leaves the screen without it being lit on fire. (Lose 1 life)

2) If a monster/ boss/ obstacle destroys the boat before it is lit on fire. (Lose 1 life)

3) If you kill too many spirits (3 spirit kills = Lose 1 life)

Tip: As long as you light the boats on fire, even if the boat is near the edge of the screen and doesn't release the spirit, you won't lose a life.

However, you will not get a perfect score for that level either.

Hope this helps! :)

Thanks for playing and we hope to hear from you in future titles!