- April 5, 2024
- Pixel Chest Games
- 8h median play time
Sons of Valhalla
Sons of Valhalla is an exceptional 2D side-scroller action game that challenges the player’s strategic approach and skills management.
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"Sons of Valhalla" is a single-player Fantasy Role Playing game with striking graphics that combines side-scrolling base building and strategy elements. As Viking Jarl son Thorald Olavson, embark on a journey to England to save your true love, battling enemy forces and managing resources in an age of Vikings. The game features heavy grinding, providing a challenging and immersive experience.










- Visually stunning pixel art and immersive design that captures the atmosphere of a Viking adventure.
- Engaging combat mechanics that allow players to directly control the protagonist and lead troops into battle.
- The rune system adds depth to gameplay, allowing for customization of character stats and play styles.
- Repetitive gameplay loop with little variety in missions and enemy encounters, leading to a lack of long-term engagement.
- The story is short and simplistic, failing to provide a compelling narrative experience.
- Combat can feel unbalanced, with the protagonist often overshadowing the effectiveness of recruited units.
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The gameplay of "Sons of Valhalla" has received mixed reviews, with many players noting its repetitive nature and lack of depth, particularly in combat and resource management. While the game features engaging mechanics and a blend of strategic base-building and direct combat, it often falls into a monotonous loop that can detract from the overall experience. Despite its appealing aesthetics and potential for fun, players express a desire for more variety and complexity to sustain long-term engagement.
“This game scratches some sort of new school and nostalgic itch with an interesting balance of King Arthur's Gold meets the Kingdom series, with some interesting combat and troop management gameplay.”
“The core gameplay mechanics offer a blend of strategic base-building and direct combat, urging players to manage resources, recruit diverse units, and lead assaults.”
“Sons of Valhalla cleverly combines several gameplay genres to create something utterly unique.”
“However, beneath the gorgeous presentation lies a gameplay loop that can feel repetitive.”
“The gameplay loop turns into you running back and forth to your base to hire soldiers, waiting at your front gate or running back to tell them to attack the enemy base after they spawn, watch them die, run back to hire more soldiers until you take the outpost over and then you fight a boss at the end (I liked the boss fights because it broke the tedious loop).”
“The main gameplay is very repetitive, without variety; even when passing the first level, I was tired of the monotonous process, but on each subsequent map, you will do the same thing, no options.”
Sons of Valhalla Review (PC)
Sons of Valhalla is fun but can become repetitive. Thorald is a good fighter, and the game makes him powerful enough, especially with a well-chosen set of runes on his belt, to tangle solo with big enemy groups. But teamwork and good use of the shield wall are crucial when taking on opponents hiding behind fortifications. But combat never evolves beyond that and the settlement development system is equally limited. The getting-back-the-kidnapped-princess narrative is decent but doesn’t do anything new. Sons of Valhalla is pleasant in short bursts but greater depth for all its mechanics are needed to make it engaging for long periods. Review key provided by the publisher.
80%Sons of Valhalla Review — Odin Calls
Sons of Valhalla cleverly combines several gameplay genres to create something utterly unique. Though the game can sometimes feel a bit slow, with its tanky enemies and low damage output, the beautiful graphics and addicting formula are sure to keep you playing for the long run as you rescue your love in this exciting Viking tale.
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