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Posted September 13, 2013
Cold steel, colder ale!

Volgarr the Viking, a hardcore 2D side-scrolling arcade action platformer with gallons of blood, extreme bad-assery, and a daring difficulty level, is available 16% off on GOG.com. That's only $9.99 for the first week.

[url=http://www.gog.com/game/volgarr_the_viking][/url]Rise, warrior! Bow to the 16-bit gods of the Arcade'ian Golden Age! Heed Odin's call! You are to become a mythical hero, the stuff of legends passed over goblets of ale at smelly inns, for years to come. Village elders will erect statues in your honor, Viking women will give your name to their firstborn sons, and men of the North will scream Volgarr!!! when storming enemy ranks, to instill dread in their foes' hearts. Of course, if you explode into a bloody fountain of bones and gore, that might not be the case. After all, here, now, you are still just a nameless, hairy, half-naked savage thrown against countless bloodthirsty foes. Can you become the legendary Volgarr the Viking? I dare you.

Volgarr the Viking is an awesome tribute to the most brutal and demanding arcade games of the 80s and 90s. With precise mechanics, simple controls, and challenging difficulty level, combined with pixel-perfect animation and a soundtrack worthy of a truly epic adventure, the game is sure to hold you in its mighty grip for hours on end.

Have your bloody blade ready and become the legendary Volgarr the Viking for only $9.99 on GOG.com!
Posted September 13, 2013
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F4LL0UT: I don't know what it is but it looks beautiful. O_O

Edit: Lol, just noticed the feature on the gamecard: "support for Dinput and Xinput controllers!" The fact that it's funny shows how sad the truth actually is.
I am glad that the feature is there. It lets those of us who don't have a particular controller know that they can still play :). While I play on an Xbox 360 controller, it's good to know I can play the game with, say, a Logitech.
Posted September 13, 2013
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JudasIscariot: I am glad that the feature is there. It lets those of us who don't have a particular controller know that they can still play :). While I play on an Xbox 360 controller, it's good to know I can play the game with, say, a Logitech.
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F4LL0UT: Of course, I appreciate it as well (especially since I still have a Logitech Rumblepad 2 around which happens to be the best controller ever - perfect size, perfect grip and indestructible!). It's just sad that these days this feature is so rare that it actually deserves to be mentioned... well, almost... uhm... oh come on, making this the *first* entry in the feature list was some kind of joke, wasn't it? :D
It was mostly for the reason that it would catch the reader's eye and answer a technical question quickly. The order the features are listed in carries no importance as all are equally awesome :P
Posted September 13, 2013
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JudasIscariot: It was mostly for the reason that it would catch the reader's eye and answer a technical question quickly. The order the features are listed in carries no importance as all are equally awesome :P
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F4LL0UT: Yo, don't point that tongue at me! It confuses the hell out of me! I don't know whether you're being sarcastic or dissing me or what... but yeah, I kinda see your point. Although you guys might consider making the supported controller type a tag or something. Speaking of which, I'm still waiting for tags that tell me whether a game has splitscreen or hotseat support etc.. :P
As for the tag, I'd suggest using the feedback section of the Contact Us page, it helps with having everything in one place :)

Always assume I am being gently sarcastic but never dissing anyone :D
Posted September 18, 2013
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jsjrodman: "Game too difficult" is a valid criticism. The question is what set of people will find this criticism applies to themselves as well. Which is why reviews should have lots of other text giving you a clear idea what they mean.

Non-reviewers, that is players, have no such requirement. If it's too difficult *for them* it's valid to criticize the game for this fact. It isn't the job of the player to satisfy the game, but the reverse.

Some players enjoy being pushed by the game to improve. Many don't. It's valid the make a game that only serves this type of player, but it's also valid to criticize it for doing just that.
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Crosmando: "Game too difficult" is also highly subjective. Game is difficult compared to modern games? Sure. Game is difficult compared to 80's and early 90's platformers? lol no

It matters a lot what kind of games you are regularly playing. If you have played old games in the platformer/action genre (through emulator or whatever) and then go to Volgarr, it won't seem as hard.

I notice you're using a Legend of Grimrock avatar, LoG was a pretty difficult game at times but if one came to it having played Dungeon Master and Chaos Strikes Back and are familiar with DM gameplay, LoG is a lot easier to understand and play.

If Volgarr was released in 1993 on SNES/DOS/whatever, I'm sure it wouldn't have blown away players like it has in 2013. The thing being that standards in gaming have declined massively since then, and that is precisely what Volgarr was "marketed" as when it went to Kickstarter, games are too easy and handhold-y nowadays, we're making a game with some real meat.

I think we need more games like Volgarr, in all genres of game. Any game that shows a player their hubris and their limitations has my tick of approval.
I gotta say that I am loving reading things like "the game is too difficult". This, to me, means that the game has done its job and did it well :)
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