Valkyrie Saga

I loved how it felt to play, but lack of Playstation glyphs, makes me not want to recommend if you use a Playstation 5 controller. Otherwise it's fantastic.

i can't say much because i haven't played a lot of games like this, but the platforming is fun and exploration is wonderful

peak

Great game for any open world platforming fan. The flight system works similar to games like banjo kazooie where you can unlock more and access new areas by getting crystals to give you more air time. The visuals, dialogue, and music remind me a lot of Quest 64. Very interesting and addicting gameplay loop. Overall I had fun with it. I do have a few minor gripes though: You can randomly get completely stuck on the map. Usually not a big deal because you can press start and send yourself to the last save point but if this happens while you were progging some tough platform section then the situation becomes pretty damn painful. The game would not run in vulcan or w/e the default visual mode is. Was just a glitchy mess. It runs ok in open GL which is the other option. My issue with open GL is that it doesn't seem to run at consistent framerates. Depending on where I was facing Id see 40-50 fps. The open GL thing isn't the worst thing in the world but I did notice from other peoples screen shots that other peoples graveyard dungeon had a lot more light when my playthrough of the dungeon was essentially pitch black (and so annoying af) The last minor gripe is that I wish there was some type of tracking system with the quests or that you could mark the map. There was a few times I would get a quest item but had completely forgot who had asked for it. I wish I had taken some notes by the time I got to end game.

OK some bug I've noticed that should be fixed, and a few things I'll suggest here but THIS IS A FANTASTIC GAME. Growing up with Spyro gave me a desire for platformers that are all about gliding and thinking about height and distance. This has been a hole in my heart since the last spyro game was released on the ps1. Since that time platformers have been obsessed with making 2d tunnels filled with spikes where you just memorize the correct direction. Valkyrie Saga not only has fantastic gameplay with very relaxed open ended exploration, world building is fantastic, the atmosphere is built on the moments of music, the characters, your mission, all together and they come together wonderfully. Now a few bugs I noticed that I'm sure will get fixed. There's a few parts right outside the dock that make Roll "stuck" when you Sprint through them. There's a few platforms that spawn doubles, not sure what triggers it, I've seen a few windmills that overlapp and leave no gaps between each other. The only recommendations I have is to allow Roll to cancel a slam because quite a few times I've been mid flight somewhere and the lightest press of my trigger started the slam undoing all my progress when climbing something. Then there's that one magic spell that seems to lock you on a certain path, while I love the dungeon and consequences I wasn't really prepared to go through with it and wanted to undo the decision. But once you cast the spell there's no going back, and since the spell button is so easy to press the second time was a complete accident...By then I rolled a new save and started over. Thank you for creating this. I hope to see more.

fun retro 3d platformer

Really fun game, fun exploration. Not too challenging but lot off little things to do. Truly felt like a ps1 game.

awesome low-poly exploration platformer. more open ended and not as tech-heavy as something like pseudoregalia, as you explore you collect more charges for your movement actions eventually letting you flap and dash all over the place with ease, which i enjoy. i really loved it, easy recommend.