Volgarr the Viking

Very well made game. Very unforgiving, but completely fair. You die over and over, but you learn every time. It's not so much about memorizing the levels (although that helps), it's about learning how the enemies work and how to deal with them. Once you master this, the game becomes easy. The level design is very trollish though: you'll get baited into making a jump you shouldn't, or playing carefully when you should have acted quickly instead. There are 5 levels/worlds, each with one mid-level checkpoint and a boss, and a finale. Beating the boss unlocks that world from the main menu. Only 24% of people have beaten the first world, and only 5% have beaten the game. There are a lot of subtle details in how the equipment works. The passive shield, the wider reach of the fire sword, how many equipment items you lose per hit, and when you unlock flames that act as lives to try your hand at the alternate version of the next world. These alternate worlds also lead to the true ending which only 1.5% of players have gotten. I rage quit this game in 2018, tried again and beat it in 2019, and finally got the secret ending and all achievements in 2025, taking 30 hours in total.

Un juego que te hace sentir un verdadero guerrero.... hasta que te morís por número 100 intentando saltar un piedra estática... Arranque este juego y pensé: “ah, un juego retro simpático”. Diez segundos después ya estaba gritando insultos en idiomas que ni existen. Este juego no tiene piedad, no tiene tutoriales amables, y definitivamente no tiene checkpoint donde lo necesitás. Es una carta de amor a la vieja escuela, pero escrita con un cuchillo vikingo y firmada en sangre pixelada. La jugabilidad es tan simple como cruel: saltás, atacás y morís. Pero todo está diseñado con una precisión que te obliga a aprender a los golpes —literalmente— hasta que tu cerebro empieza a ver patrones donde antes solo había frustración. No es injusto, pero sí te hace sentir estúpidamente torpe, lo cual, debo admitir, es parte de su encanto masoquista. Cada victoria pesa, y cuando derrotás un jefe, te dan ganas de aplaudirte a vos mismo… porque nadie más lo va a hacer. Y lo más loco es que, después de todo ese sufrimiento, Volgarr te deja una sensación de satisfacción real. Como si te recordara por qué te enamoraste de los videojuegos: por el desafío, por la recompensa, por ese momento en que gritás “¡por fin!” con los ojos rojos y las manos transpiradas. Es un viaje brutal, honesto y hasta catártico. En resumen: un juegazo que no te entretiene… te educa a los golpes.

Difficult and unforgiving at first, but if you keep at it, it becomes an extremely fun, challenging, and rewarding game. You'll come to appreciate how far you come, from barely being able to scrape through a single level unscathed, to completing the game on the hardest difficult mode and achieving all endings.

Too punishing.

Хоть я и не уважаю своё свободное время но это уже слишком!

The hardest thing about this game are the controls.

Classic

this game is too easy

Este jogo não é uma aventura que te puxa pelo braço e diz exatamente o que você tem que fazer. Na verdade, no game, você aprenderá através do sofrimento e repetição, pois os inimigos têm movimentos e golpes únicos. No entanto, se você persistir, vai descobrir uma experiência extremamente recompensadora. O jogo conta com múltiplos finais e inclusive uma fase bônus que é épica! Recomendo demais!

It's like Legendary Axe for the TG16.