Learning each of the Jotun’s moves is paramount to taking down these colossal beasts and learning when to attack and when to dodge is everything that separates you between life and death.Īdding to your limited arsenal is also the ability to use different abilities akin to the Gods. Most of the bigger attacks from each Jotun can wipe you out in just a couple of hits, which makes for some intense combat. Each of the Jotun that you will come up against have their own unique way of fighting, from the stationary Nature Jotun Jera, swats at you and summons deadly vines to the quicker Fire Jotun Kaunan, who swings a giant sword and burns everything in his path. These restrictions in combat make battling slow and methodical. Making my time between each epic encounter almost as enjoyable as the battles themselves.ĭue to Thora being a giant-axe wielding Viking, there are only two basic attacks which she can use, this making the combat on the surface seem like a quite simple affair, a slow heavy attack that takes a few seconds to perform and a faster attack, that isn’t all that fast anyway. Whether I was illuminating lightning pylons to match images or climbing the World Tree, Yggdrasil, each puzzle, although not all that challenging, they were all both unique and engaging. The only way you can acquire each rune is by completing a number of different puzzles. These runes will give you passage to take on each corresponding Jotun. At the end of each of these areas, there are runes that you will need to collect. Allowing for each of the areas to not only bring a unique look to each of the environments but allowing for a variety of challenges in each area as well. Each Jotun centres around classic elements, such as nature, fire, ice, lightning, and earth. There are five main areas that you will need to traverse through as Thora, each focusing on each of the five elemental Jotun. Playing out as a beautiful storybook that I never wanted to put down and voiced spectacularly with authentic Icelandic narration in their ancient native language. Thora’s engaging personal journey is told throughout snippets during her overarching story of her voyage to impress the gods. After being given a second chance from the gods she is revived to challenge the elemental behemoths known as Jotun in order to win the god’s favor. Gorgeous artwork aside, the slow and cumbersome combat challenges you to concentrate, learn your opponents moves and take them out with methodical precision.Īs a player, you step into the shoes of Thora, a Viking that has met her untimely death due to her ship capsizing. As I took my first steps into the world of Jotun I was immediately mesmerized by the beautiful hand drawn art, walking across a wooden bridge, my eyes leapt to the sparse lands below, instantly letting me know that I was in for something special.
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