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Völgarr the Viking: First Impressions by Mischief Maker 09/12/2013, 4:17pm PDT Although it's meant to be a 2-button affair, I appreciate that they give the option to set dedicated buttons for spear attack (up+attack) and roll (down+jump). I've watched a shitton of youtube videos of this game in action and... kind of like how digital looks like shit compared to film, seeing this game run at a full 60fps makes it look worse, unfortunately. Love the Rastan-style slash and keep moving. The art design has some real head scratchers. For insance, the 1st level boss, a giant lizard with a club, has a 2-frame attack animation: raised, and hitting the ground. However, that club strike clearly has an arc that can hit volgarr mid-jump. Would have liked to at least have some kind of "whoosh" effect in its wake so you know where the safe zone begins. The enemies on their own aren't that hard, it's when they're combined with tricky jump puzzles that they become a real threat. In fact, the enemy swarms are kind of the "breather" sections of levels. It certainly is cathartic to needle 5 monsters at once with a charged spear.

Völgarr the Viking: First Impressions by Mischief Maker 09/12/2013, 4:17pm PDT     Updated Trailer! by Mischief Maker 09/12/2013, 6:02pm PDT     Jesus! by Mischief Maker 10/02/2013, 12:15pm PDT         I like it by Lurker 410942 05/16/2014, 4:59am PDT             I'm already sick of this in the first level. by Worm 05/16/2014, 11:08am PDT                 Option D: Jump backward then air-jump forward. NT by MM 05/16/2014, 1:34pm PDT                     Instead I just jumped backward out of my seat (and the game). by Worm 05/16/2014, 2:45pm PDT                         Time to ramble for fifteen minutes about how much you hate it by Mysterio 05/16/2014, 3:07pm PDT                             I haven't even really played it enough to hate it, I'm just sick of it already. by Worm 05/16/2014, 3:42pm PDT                                 *what kind of asshole, I actually edited out faggot for you faggots NT by Worm 05/16/2014, 3:47pm PDT                                 Re: I haven't even played it enough to hate it, I'm just sick of it already. by Mysterio 05/16/2014, 4:11pm PDT                                     Well I guess I'll post a half hour of me playing Volgarr and bleating about it NT by Worm 05/18/2014, 12:51pm PDT                                         But what is there to say? by Mischief Maker 05/18/2014, 1:28pm PDT                                             Well there's nothing to say, but that's always been the situation in which by Worm 05/18/2014, 3:21pm PDT                                                 Aren't you a fan of Super Meatboy? by Mischief Maker 05/18/2014, 7:03pm PDT                                                     I fucking hate Super Meatboy, it's even more of an obstacle course. by Worm 05/18/2014, 7:14pm PDT                                                         Though I will agree about the fucking visuals. by Worm 05/18/2014, 7:16pm PDT             I love spacing, too, and polygons are killing it. by Jerry Whorebach 05/16/2014, 2:19pm PDT                 Its more that dev became ubiquitous at appx 3d graphics. by Gutsby 05/17/2014, 4:50pm PDT                 One of the coolest parts of Volgarr's dev process... by Mischief Maker 05/18/2014, 1:34pm PDT