![]() ![]() Each level represents its own challenges and at times you’ll find yourself restarting a level numerous times due to a challenging layout, trying to get the balance right to conquer it. There is some great humour and it looks really nice. I have to admit I have enjoyed my time with Valhalla Hills. Valhalla Hills #1 – PS4 Pro-Live – PS4 Arcticore I would suggest playing the story levels before going for the more open approach to get used to how things work. If you wish when starting out, you can either go level by level unlocking new items the further you progress into the game, plus there is also another option where everything is already unlocked, but the difficulty is quite high from the off. Both DLC have new enemy types like scorpions and mummies etc. The DLC itself – incorporated into the console releases – have new mountain types and enemies: Fire Mountains sees landscapes with volcanoes and lava, with less greenery which represents new challenges Sands of the Damned sees your Vikings in the desert with few trees and little water, presenting even more new challenges. In addition to the zoom-in, you have full camera control from rotating on both axes to freely moving around. If you zoom in to watch battles, the animation and characters look nice up close and personal. There’s a full day and night cycle that looks great, with torches glowing in the dark, and mist that hides areas of the map, much like the Fog of War you get on other RTS titles. The graphics on Valhalla Hills are powered by Unreal Engine 4 and have some nice looking effects during battles and from the Ice Vikings, along with other monsters you’ll come across. Once again, this makes placing buildings and war camps all the more important. The same can be said of the enemies which emerge from the portal. Later on though, the enemies dotted round the area become stronger. ![]() After the first few levels, you’ll see some Ice Vikings in certain areas of the map which are just put there to hinder your progress. To complete a level, you’ll have to either offer a sacrifice to the altar or kill the enemies released once you’ve opened the portal. Valhalla Hills Gameplay #1 – Gondor Calls For Aid – Slywise Studios Letting them aimlessly wander around will see them stopping and having a chat or arriving at a structure that needs building, and not actually doing anything, then going on their merry way which can be a bit frustrating at times ( DVDfever Dom adds: Reminds me of certain people where I work!) Whilst building these towns, you need to carefully place roads to keep your Vikings on track so they travel from A to B to get tasks done. Each level follows the same formula, but as you progress, you will unlock extra buildings like war camps, fishing huts, hunters huts and numerous other amenities to keep your Vikings fed and fighting fit. From the off, you need a few huts for your Vikings to sleep in, plus a woodcutters hut near a forest, and so on. Try placing them in the green grid, since if you place outside, you’ll find it uses more resources and either takes an age to build or just won’t get built at all. Of course building the city comes with numerous challenges: when placing buildings, you need to be strategic. Each level is a hill, as such, with a portal at the top, hence the name! From here, you get a small band of Vikings dropped into said level for you to setup a city and supply chain before opening the portal and moving onto the next level. Each level is procedurally-generated, and the game does learn from what you are doing and creates levels to challenge your personal play style. The whole thing with Valhalla Hills is in the name. That is literally it there are no between-level cutscenes pushing the story forward or any other narration! You play Leko – who is Odin’s son – cast down to Earth for not following in your father’s footsteps being a warrior, so you have to put your skills as a city builder to good use and lead a band of Vikings to Valhalla. The story side of things gives you a brief introduction and literally sets you off on your way to Valhalla. Much like their earlier 2001 game, Cultures and the sequels, you must build a town on each level and meet certain objectives to move forward and onto victory. Now, just over a year later, the Viking city builder has been ported to both the Xbox One and PS4 and includes both DLC packs Sands of the Damned & Fire Mountains. ![]() Valhalla Hills, the new game from Funatics, did make it to PC at the back end of 2015.
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