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Northgard
Northgard is a strategy game based on Norse mythology in which you control a clan of Vikings vying for the control of a mysterious newfound continent. - Build your settlement on the newly discovered continent of Northgard - Assign your vikings to various jobs (Farmer, Warrior, Sailor, Loremaster...) - Manage your resources carefully and survive ...
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- Released
- March 6, 2018
- Developer
- Shiro Games
- Genres
- Survival · Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator · Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Indie
- Publisher
- Shiro Games, Playdigious
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Northgard Reviews
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Released last year on Steam Northgard has boarded its Viking ships and traversed the digital oceans to the Nintendo Switch. There are many strategy games for th
Looks like a Viking-themed Age of Empires but is much more.
Northgard Review - an utterly addictive Viking themed strategy game where you’ll be trying to conquer this mysterious land, all the while preparing for the devastating effects of a brutally cold winter.
This Switch port has its shortcomings compared to the PC original, but portability makes the trade-off worthwhile. Northgard is a real time strategy game based around Norse mythology. Originally released on Steam Early Access in [...]
Overall, Northgard is a wonderful strategy game despite its shortcomings. The rough edges can make it tough for newcomers to the genre to get invested, but if you're a fan of strategy games or able to tough it out through the warts until everything clicks, then you're in for a treat. The Switch is a natural fit for the 4X genre, and Northgard is a prime example of the potential that this style of strategy game can have outside the PC ecosystem.
The Viking Age was an era of survival, folklore and conquest. Whether it be clans, the wilderness, or the denizens of Norse mythology, the life of vikings was not an easy one. Since I was little I have been obsessed with vikings, mostly due to growing up being told we were distantly related to Sweyn Forkbeard, a viking king well know for having a rather large genetic footprint in Europe. This predisposition to loving vikings meant I was fairly excited for Northgard, the viking strategy game w...
Eventually, the game ended when I got a wisdom victory of my own (one minor complaint is that this always seems to be the easiest route to victory). I had researched my little Viking heart out and achieved all the blessings of the gods. But, tellingly, I still clicked “keep playing”.