Vikings Wars

In Brief

Viking Wars is a basic real-time strategy game pitted against the games AI (i.e no multiplayer). The first image is the thumbnail you get when you hover over the games icon in the task bar. It shows Old War instead of Vikings Wars.

Developers Introduction:

Immerse yourself in the time of the Vikings, where you have to rebuild your army and fight for territory. To build and improve an army, you need resources that farms can bring. Capture territories for farms and places where protective structures will be erected.

Lead your army into battle, fight for your lands, you will win! Not only hostile tribes will be on your way, hordes of skeletons have risen from their graves. Beware of enemy towers, they can be destroyed only by a coordinated attack.

Edited reference accessed HERE 11th Feb 2020

The Game

This is one of those RTS games on the lines of previous giveaways Old War and Old War 2, in fact this is basically a rehash of those and other games we've received from this developer (via Falcoware). If you hover over the games icon in the task bar it actually says Old War. Whats different is the dev' has used some different assets, however, the game mechanics , leveling up system and environments etc are either exactly the same as Old War 1 and 2 or very similar. Nothing wrong in that, especially if you didn't get those earlier games; however, Vikings Wars does not bring anything new to the game.

If you are a die hard real time strategy game I'd say don't waste your time; however if you are a novice or new to the genre, this could be a good game to start you off on the RTS trail. It's a very simple game, with very colourful graphics. However, your different character types are very limited and upgrades are not significant. I do like the colorful environments, but I have a ton of much better RTS games so am unlikely to play this after I've finished my review of the game.

The aim of the game is to kill all the opposing army. The best way to achieve this is to storm the nearby lands that are occupied by the enemy and capture their resources. The more resources you have the quicker you can afford to build more, attacking units of which you have four different types (Magician (cost 120), Giant (cost 300), Berserker (cost 120) and Spear thrower (cost 200)), each of which can be upgraded to improve their particular skills (cost of upgrade = 120). and build farms to harvest the resources. Once you've cleared the level of all enemies (by destroying their resource points) you win and can then proceed to the next level.

You can see a few videos of game play HERE and via the Steam store page HERE. You can also see the only Steam review of the game (released 31 Jan, 2020) HERE

Conclusion:

Vikings Wars is basically the same as Old War 1 and 2 apart from the slightly different character assets. Also, the AI seems to have been improved slightly because the enemy appear more pro active than the previous titles, which makes for a more challenging game. It's still very basic, with only four units to upgrade and only one building to build (i.e. the Farm). As mentioned above, this is one for the novice and not for die hard RTS fans. If you like a short challenge during your coffee break, this is an ideal colourful accompaniment to your short break. We've had two other games apart from the two Old War games from Small Games the developer called Xenos Defense and Galaxy Monster, both of which were playable and personally for me, much preferred to these simple RTS games (Old War, Old War 2 and Vikings Wars). My previous conclusions on this type of RTS game was quoted as follows:

''It’s a basic real time strategy game, that any RTS fan will probably think is total rubbish from the outset, however having been into r.t.s. games ever since the first Civilization and Alpha Centauri by Sid Meier and Syndicate from Bullfrog Productions (1993), I would argue that this is actually a really good starting point for those who have never played RTS games before despite its relatively hard to beat levels. It’s simple, and has limited units, with even fewer commands to remember.'' I would stand by this for today's game as well.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

If Vikings Wars doesn't interest you, but you still want something new to play, you'll find details of some game deals whether they be sale items, indie bundles or games being given away for free HERE (I've recently updated the thread though 'some' of the links to older bundles are no longer active; however, most of the links still take you to the latest deals).

From now until Half-Life : Alyx is released sometime in March, every Half-life game is free to play on Steam HERE. They include, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Half-Life: Opposing Force, Half-Life: Blue Shift and Team Fortress Classic

Indie Gala has some new games added to their free section; these include Wastewalkers - a post apocalyptic top down open world adventure. Deep Space Anomaly - an intensive, fascinating and mad game which is sweeping away all borders where the main objective - to kill enemies and to have fun! Also Super Panda Adventures - a side scrolling platformer; you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!.

Don't forget to check out the Epic game store for the latest freebie on offer HERE. The latest games are, an official adaptation of the board game Corcassonne (a tile-placement game where you create various southern French landscapes) and Ticket to Ride another official board game adaptation of Days of Wonder's best-selling train board game. From the 13th February next week the following two games will be given away for free: Kingdom Come: Deliverance a first person story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. (a AAA game not suitable for children) and Aztec a unique hybrid of beat 'em up and turn-based strategy, set in the world of the Aztec Empire.

The Eden Rising base game is also free on Steam. It's an open world, SP/Coop/MP Sci Fi tower defense third person RPG with crafting and survival elements. The latest Humble Choice (costing $12) is now live, with a choice of nine games from a list of 12 (Frostpunk + 1 DLC, Pathfinder: and Pathfinder: Kingmaker plus Frostpunk, Book of Demons, CryoFall, Okami HD, Eliza, SHENZHEN I/O, Project Warlock, The Hex, Warstone TD, Underhero, Night Call ), virtually every single game in the bundle if purchased separately apart from 'The Hex that costs £7.19) would virtually pay for the bundle if you purchased the games directly from Steam. Frostpunk and Pathfinder: Kingmaker are alone worth over £60/$75. All games are Steam work games. Plus there is a drm free game called 'Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1' that is an additional choice included for free. Finally, check out Delenns thread over in the Game Discussion forums for details of other free games and offers HERE.