Valhalla Hills

 PC
Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 4, 2016
    80
    A must-have for building-strategy fans offers - despite of seeming lack of content - dozens of hours of entertainment. And there are Vikings! [Issue #259]
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  2. Eurogamer Poland
    Dec 21, 2015
    80
    An engaging and enjoyable game, Valhalla Hills offers hours of fun and gameplay for fans of building and management genre, especially those with fond memories of The Settlers series.
  3. The Escapist
    Dec 11, 2015
    80
    While Valhalla Hills doesn't have the presentation and energy of some of the more popular RTS games, it does manage to offer up an addictive experience that is a lot of fun. Listening to the intriguing sound effects of the Vikings mustering up their strength to work remains delightful and humorous throughout the entire game.
  5. Vandal
    Dec 1, 2015
    78
    If you like management games, Valhalla Hills is a great choice that is fun and engaging. It is not the most complex one, but definitely worth your time.
  6. GameStar
    Nov 30, 2015
    77
    A refreshing old-school building strategy game for patient players, which only displays its charm and potential after a few hours of playing. It's love at second sight.
  7. GamingTrend
    Dec 3, 2015
    75
    Valhalla Hills is a well built title easily capable of fulfilling a short term RTS fix.
  8. Softpedia
    Dec 2, 2015
    75
    The game fails to deliver too much in the way of story, and the graphics are a little limited, but the core building and optimization mechanics are captivating and give gamers plenty of interesting ways to tweak the layout of buildings and the paths that characters use.

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User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 45 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 45
  3. Negative: 10 out of 45
  1. Eldryr
    Dec 2, 2015
    9
    Nice litle gem. A lot of Vikings in a funny graphics style.What I really like is that every Viking gives you the impression that he/she isNice litle gem. A lot of Vikings in a funny graphics style.What I really like is that every Viking gives you the impression that he/she is unique.
    If you like strategy games like settlers, cultures and so on Valhalla Hills is a must have. Lot of fun and a really nice game.    … Full Review »
  2. Lesyl
    Dec 4, 2015
    10
    As a huge fan of Settlers 2 and the Cultures series I was very excited when I heard about Valhalla Hills and my expectations got fulfilled. IAs a huge fan of Settlers 2 and the Cultures series I was very excited when I heard about Valhalla Hills and my expectations got fulfilled. I purchased while early access was still running and right then it already felt like a complete game. I love the simple art style and already spend hours with this game.… Full Review »
  3. dsr07mm
    Dec 8, 2015
    7
    Lead your people. Survive the wilderness. Fight for honor. Reclaim your eternal reward. A brand new strategy game from the developers ofLead your people. Survive the wilderness. Fight for honor. Reclaim your eternal reward. A brand new strategy game from the developers of Cultures and The Settlers II.

    Valhalla Hills is a indie-strategy game where you build your village with focus on objectives and achievements through every mission. Developed by Funatics Software, published by Daedalic Entertainment game got published on steam platform on 2nd December.

    Story follows Leko, son of Odin, the ruler of Asgard who get banished by his father to the Earth where he need to become useful. Leko decide to help fellow Vikings and as God of the builders he will try to bring those Vikings to the portals with hope to reach Valhalla.

    You are controlling couple Vikings indirectly by making buildings as Toolmaker, Woodcutter, Quarry, Fishery, Hunter’s Lodge and many more where they will need to adapt, start gathering resources, create tools and expand their settlement to be able to reach portal. In begining islands will be smaller without too much challenge where you aim to get enough teritory and reach portal where you will need to deal with choice, do you want to sacrifice something or you want to deal in violent way. How ? With viking army ! So among many buildings you will be able to create army and military camps and train your vikings with couple different weapons to fight and defend their village. Food, place for sleep and weapons will be required to keep soldiers up aswel as good production in your village to keep building new stuff without longer delays.

    Problem with game in current early-access stage come with fact that whole game is goal-oriented which means that after creating your village, increasing population and setting up everything as you want will be removed by going through portal, where essentially you get forced to start from scratch with couple new unlocks most of the time, but with same goal; expand your village, create army and get near portal to see what awaits you. After completed 20 levels things didnt change and almost every single time you will need to go less or more in same order with buildings aside from experimenting and trying to find faster way of developing every aspect. All come to end fight and decision what to do without knowing what will come out if you decide that your army is stronger no matter what.

    That idea kinda kills potential which is enormous with this title and overall concept. On the other side Art style is amazing. Powered by Unreal Engine 4, yet game looks adorable and amazing in every single aspect. Vikings, buildings, water and especially lightnings during night time are very well done and it’s impressive that all of that come with no performance loss which is almost common thing with Unreal games. Sure, there are no radicilous number of units through levels but amazing graphics fulfill that spot. They hit the nail on the head. It fits perfectly and the scenery is simple and enjoyable. A nice cartoon-ish setting fits the casual play of the game and doesn’t overwhelm you. Also a fun bit in the background that you’ll love is each time you open a portal a volcano on another island explodes. Who doesn’t love exploding volcanoes ?

    Mapsize depends on your progress and eventually you can make different seeds aswel as bigger map through campaign where you get more challenge among many other additional unlocks. By playing more you will be able to create your own Vikings along with fact that at any point you can rename any of your Vikings aswel as seeing their attributes. AI is pretty solid with fact that in most similiar games you would have roaming units trying to kill your people and distrupt building while in this one that isnt really a issue even though you can find some roaming creatures. Having time to organize your plan and buildings without being disrupted this make fairly enjoyable and relaxing game, just dont expect crazy fights and fast response from your side.

    Keep on mind that game is still in early access so more features might be added, aswel as not having official statement about multiplayer aspect which could be game changing especially due to fact that campaign become repetetive at one point. Overall, game is totally worth of playing especially if you are huge fan of Settlers games. If you are not looking for crazy and huge fights, more focus on casual strategy-building genre, with goal to take your vikings on adventure to Vahalla through fighting, gathering and building along with making decisions this is right title for you.    … Full Review »
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