Northern Tale

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It's not bad. I'm thumbing it down because it doesn't deserve a 100% user score. Nonetheless, this game doesn't have much in the way of flaws.

The difficulty setting is a bit high. Your micro better be on point in order for you to have any hope of getting the 3 star time on most, let alone all, of the levels.

The in-game achievements aren't synced with Steam.

There's not a lot in the way of story. It's mostly just a pretext for the gameplay, as well as occasionally introducing you to special objectives.

This game is easy to play and has many interesting facets to it.

A nice, well-made time/resource management game. It has a time attack feature when you have to complete the levels in less time possible and a relaxing modality when you can max out all the resources with no stress. The story is very basic, the graphics and music is ok.
I would recommend only to people who really like resource management games.

fun

The Viking Series is one of my favorite, I've tried other series and I don't know why but they're just not as good.

It's lovely to find one of these games that's actually challenging! Worth every penny and having played through and achieved all 2 and 3 stars I'm even tempted to play more that the 22 hours I've already played and get 3 star clearance. (Although I'm really unsure I'll be able to!)

Little gem. Enjoy it

I suppose this is for young children, as it is the definition of a bare-bones time-management game. Except i've played through 1/3rd of the game and have yet to encounter the squirrel Viking. Anyway, if you have played any of the Viking Brothers games, the setting here is similar. The levels have no story or dialogue to them, and nothing new happens in level 14 that didn't already happen in level 1: that is, you don't learn any new skills or upgrades or encounter any new obstacles. The level design is likewise rudimentary-- I often only used one viking as a level might be designed like a single spiral and thus an extra body would not have saved any time. And there are no Steam achievements, so you might as well play the entire game on relaxed mode. There are 3 Acts of 15 levels each. I have finished the first in about 2 hours, so expect the entire game will take about 6 or 7. Verdict: a single thumbs up if you're the target audience of ages 4 to 14.

(And obviously, consider this a thumbs down if you dislike Moai, Hercules, or the Viking Brothers games.)

Note: it is very possible to get "stuck" on some levels, as unlike Moai and some other such games, you have no control of where farms and mines are built. What worked for me was always to head my viking towards the nearest mine or farm and make sure that I was getting resources from it first before heading anywhere else.

Is it fun... yehh. Is it challenging... not really. Didn't get really challenged until level 40. There are 45 levels haha.
If you're looking for casual enjoyment grab it fora buck! If you want a challenge go for 12 Labors of Hercules or Moai.

This game is fun,relaxing,enjoyed it alot!

one of my first games on pc. Still a great game!

I was having a bad day when I started this game and I found it absorbing enough to take my mind off things. I played with the timer off (why add to my stress?) and found it very enjoyable. The music and sound effects were nice, not annoying. The only negative I could see was the font on the loading screens - it just made the game look a bit cheap and unprofessional. But who really cares about that. If you can get this game at a discount it's a nice way to spend a few hours, and probably quite a bit more if you're going to attempt three stars on each level with the timer on. The story here is pretty minimal, and could easily be expanded on between levels (instead of between every 15 levels).

I think this game is suitable for all ages and Northern Tale 3 & 4 are available as free to play games on mobile, though I don't see 1 and 2 in the Google Play store. My gaming laptop is currently in the shop and this ran perfectly on my crappy Acer, for which I have difficulty finding games.

Game Information

"Northern Tales" is a Strategy game. The game was developed by Realore Studios and published by Qumaron.

"Northern Tales" is the first episode of "Northern Tales."

The Game Review

Game Visuals

I want to mention that the visuals in the game are well done. The visuals can be adjusted in the game's option menu.

Game Audio

I want to mention that audio for the game is well done. Even though the audio is somewhat simplistic and repetitive. The audio can be adjusted in the game's option menu as well.

Gameplay

This is a strategy game, where careful planning is required, due to the limited amount of resources that are available.

There are three different difficulty game modes to choose from: Normal; Multi-task; Relaxed. The difference between these difficulty game modes are: Timer Speed and Scoring. The normal mode, the timer speed and scoring is low. The multi-task mode, the timer speed and scoring are moderately high. The relaxed mode, the timer speed is frozen and scoring is moderately high.

There are three different chapters. All the chapters have fifteen regular levels and bonus levels. All levels can be replayed for better scoring and star rating.

All levels have a three star rating system. The stars are earned from playing the game. The star rating system represents how fast the level has been completed. Three Stars (Gold;) Two Stars (Silver;) One Star (Bronze.) There is an opportunity to replay levels for better star rating.

There are several different special power ups to help complete the level faster. These special bonus power ups come with a time limit. But they can be used again after they have been recharged overtime.

There are fifty-eight different achievements that can be unlocked from playing the game. Each of these achievements does come with some requirements that need to be completed before they can be unlocked. These achievements are in-game only.

Miscellaneous

Final thoughts: I have found the game enjoyable to certain extent. The replay value for the game is low. I would recommend this game, but not at the game's full price value.

Less polished than some other series (say, 12 Labours of Hercules), but quite playable. Has an untimed difficulty and in-game achievements. Fullscreen works on multiple monitors.

Runs great on Steamplay (Linux Mint 18.2 64-bit (Kernel 4.13) NVIDIA 384.130 i5-6500 / GTX 1060).

Northern Tale is a time management game in which you have to make your way to your objectives by clearing the path of obstacles and useful resources. You start with a villager at your town center, and you must select the object you want the villager to work on next. The villager will run down the path, and interact with that object to clear it, making room for the next part of the path.

Objects include resources (food, wood, and gold), obstacles such as woodpiles and rocks, and gold chunks, which cost resources to collect, and animals/wizards, which require a special villager (druid or excorcist) whose huts must be built before you use them. In addition to finding resources on the path, there are stumps which regularly replenish after you collect them, and also farms and mines that you must build, which give you a unit resource every 30 seconds or so, and may be upgraded to give you up to 3 per 30 seconds. You can also upgrade your town center to give you more villagers, and use special cheats which replenish with time.

There is a story throughout the game, which doesn't matter much to the gameplay, and can be safely ignored. The story divides the game into three episodes of 15 levels each. Each level has unique objectives and a time limit to finish the level. Finishing the level will earn you one star for that level. Finishing with a better time, will earn you two or three stars. You must earn at least one star in a level to unlock the next level, and you must complete the episodes in sequential order. Achieving three stars in all the levels of a episode will unlock a bonus level.

The levels start easy and get progressively harder. The later levels in episode three are particularly hard to earn three stars in, but I managed to unlock and beat all three bonus levels, so it can be done.

Just for comparison's sake, this game is better than Island Tribe, by the same company.

Came for the hamster viking, stayed for a very relaxing and satisfying game!

I found this little gem as I was wandering thru the steam store. It's a time management type game like "My Kingdom for the Princess" and very well done. It runs very well on my older PC and has cute music and nice looking graphics.

And my favorite part...It has a relax mode so I can play without having a timer stress me out. There are two types of timed game play (normal and hard) if that's your thing, but I personally don't like timed games.

There is one bad point...If you have your window's display setting set to 125% or higher, the game is not smart enough to display properly. This is easily fixed by temporarily changing your window's display setting back to 100%. But if you don't, the game will not fit your screen. In windowed mode, the game will extend past the bottom of your screen and full screen will chop off both the right and bottom parts of the game.

Overall, this is a fun little game and well worth 3 dollars.

Northern Tale is an amazing game of time management. You play as a viking who has to beat some levels to defeat a witch and save your daughters. Some levels are very difficult and despite the fact the the game doesn't have Steam Achievements, it has 50 achievements inside the game. The music is great and I can spend hours and hours playing this. Recommended!

Fun sweet game.