Helheim Hassle

Helheim Hassle is a fun and quirky puzzle platforming game where you get to control your limbs and head separate from your body. With a beautiful hand drawn look, Vikings and a great sense of humour this game is a lot of fun and full of extra content to keep you busy for a long time.

To be honest, I wasn’t all that intrigued with Perfectly Paranormals first game, Manual Samuel, because I heard it was a bit frustrating at times and the gimmick was short lived. So when Helheim Hassle was announced I did write it off at first, that is until I was repeatedly told to at least watch the trailer. Listen, I’m a sucker for Norse mythology and dark humor, so I decided to give Helheim Hassle a try, and I’m glad I did. In fact, I enjoyed this enough to want to give Manual Samue...

Despite a few rare difficult moments with finicky controls and timed puzzles, Helheim Hassle is well worth a look. The humor is lively, surprising, and wickedly funny, while never feeling mean. The majority of the puzzles are engaging and fun. Helheim Hassle is a good-natured good time.

There’s a hell of a lot to love about Helheim Hassle. Its world, animation, characters and storytelling are all excellent; in terms of art and sound design there’s a level of polish rarely seen outside of AAA releases. But there’s also a lot that lets it down. Had it been a little tighter and had the most frustrating puzzles been worked on just a bit more, Helheim Hassle could have been one of the best indie games of the year. As it is, a convoluted control system and some badly-designed timed puzzles are going to most likely make you rage. You’ll get a kick out of many aspects of Bjørn and Pe...

Helheim Hassle is a colourful puzzle-platformer that consistently tickles ribs while you’re tossing around its protagonist’s limbs. Its main quest does a good job of introducing new ideas frequently enough to to maintain interest, and the motley crew of characters and lengthy list of side quests makes for an environment that’s well worth exploring. Although the waywardness of its limb-switching control system often had me up in arms, I found Helheim Hassle to be a fun way to get legless without doing long-term damage to your liver.

Helheim Hassle is a phenomenal adventure game and a creative puzzle platformer. The 10-hour main story is worth an additional playthrough just to see what the writers came up with when you try to skip dialog. Fans of the genre should jump on this, and I’ll be eagerly awaiting more. The game is out Aug. 18 for $19.99 on Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.