You may think this sounds great and it is, when it works. Bosses also range from a giant wolf, a massive spider, and a huge tentacle monster.
There are goblins that can hurl fire at you, or heal their allies, there are brutish behemoths that wield giant hammers (steer clear) and overgrown scorpions with a tendency to poison you- to name but a few. The loading screens are pretty rad.Įnemies and bosses themselves are varied. Still, when it works well what’s given to you is awesome, kudos to Void studios there. Let me tell you boys and girls, this was frequent, and I think by now I could recite the whole tale of Bior to you without second thought. However, on several occasions the game froze on me when reading through these journal entries, not even crashing the game but instead just keeping my screen frozen on the current image. For those looking to learn more about Norse tales, the game admirably delivers. This same knowledge applies to your journal, which fills up throughout the game when you encounter new characters and enemies. To give the game credit, you will learn a fair chunk about Norse mythology, with loading screens taking on the form of book pages that relay information these do a great job of giving even a rookie to Norse mythology some idea of what’s going on. The final section of the game lets you change freely between the characters, but not at any other time (partly for bizarre narrative reasons). On the one hand this works well, it felt rewarding to complete a previously unachievable goal, but then again it led to some tediously unnecessary backtracking at times. Throughout the game you’ll chop and change between the two, revisiting areas with either character to achieve tasks you couldn’t with the other. For Bior that means cracking skulls to avenge his fallen Viking brothers. For Aurehun that consists of stopping evil witch Gullveig doing her thing and killing the final unicorn that grants elves immortality. The plot of the game focuses around Aurehun (the elf) and Bior (the Viking warrior) as they set about tackling their personal duties. Sadly, whilst there was some hacking and slashing to be had, I ended up feeling more like Loki than the god of luscious hair himself. However, I was keen to see as to how Eternity: The Final Unicorn, described by developers Void Studios as a “featured action RPG inspired by tales from Norse Mythology with classic game mechanics that bring a nostalgic feeling to players”, played out its spin on the bearded tales of the Nords. Norse Mythology is something of road less travelled in videogames compared to its metaphorically Greek brother.
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