The approach of IgG Mobile games are already well known: the team proposes proven formulas, optimizes them, adds a touch of accessibility and attention in the area of monetization and embellishes them with the inclusion of characters clearly inspired by the protagonists of other famous series . There is little to discuss: numbers in hand, it is a strategy that works.
And so, after the great success of Lords Mobile, the Singapore studio has seen fit to fill a gap in its catalog by exploring the world of the Vikings and their reference myths, which many have known thanks to the television series Vikings and, in the gaming sector, up to Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
The final result of this effort has become a title that is causing a sensation in the rankings of the most downloaded games on the App Store and Google Play, and that was therefore difficult to ignore: we will tell you about it in Viking Rise Review.
Structure: tradition with a special touch
La Viking climb structure is the most traditional of mobile strategy games, with its city-building mechanisms, the long list of objectives to complete as the campaign chapters are completed, the characters and upgrades to unlock, the buildings to build and improve, and of course the combat. phases that are decided by the strength and number of units involved.
There really is nothing revolutionary about it. in what you will find yourself doing during your first few hours with the game, but at the same time you will notice some attention towards monetization and paywalls, which clearly exist and are concrete, but at the same time they can be bypassed without even having to do it. Have who knows how much patience, since the waits to complete tasks are never excessive.
Likewise, in Viking Rise we can recruit a large number of workers to collect resources around the map and continue with the different constructions, without therefore encountering the limitations of many similar games, which tried to focus precisely on this aspect. microtransactions essential to be able to accelerate progression and prevent the experience from being full of downtime.
Finally, after a few hours, we will also have the opportunity to discover the inevitable territorial multiplayer component, another well-tested element in productions of this type but in our opinion substantially less interesting than the situations that develop within the map, as well as subject to a increased risk of repercussions pay-to-win.
Gameplay: not very original but solid
Viking Rise belongs to a very specific genre and does nothing to revolutionize its patterns, but instead surgically proposes a genre again. game very traditional and very unoriginal, but certainly solid. If you've tried mobile strategies before, you'll know exactly what to expect, but you can't help but appreciate the way this is all presented, especially in the early stages of the campaign.
The build and update cycle is going very well, returning that. sense of satisfaction which in the end has always been the key to the success of these products on iOS and Android, but at the same time seems extremely guided and limited when you want to try more complex and multifaceted mechanics, without all these automatic mechanisms.
L'interface It gets a little crowded after a few hours and it becomes more difficult to orient yourself between the various menus and the enormous amount of rewards and different currencies that you get by completing tasks, but the system always remains very responsive and this allows you to regain your orientation quickly, performing the missions alternately depending on the timers and resources available.
Even the presence of some somewhat cumbersome solutions, such as the obligation to return to the settlement to reform the group with the units that we have trained in the meantime, and without which we would never be able to face the next battle, are compensated by a Good action speed: precautions that help to energize a formula that now has nothing new to say.
Technical realization
Viking Rise has some technically impressive sequences and overall the graphics The game seems quite accurate and detailed, although it tends to repeat assets after a while. There is a day/night cycle that mixes the cards on the table, at least on a visual level, and the animations of the different units seem discreet, both in collecting operations and in combat.
Of course, the presence of "cloned" characters from other series, such as Eivor's twin brother, cannot be seen as an advantage for a production that from this point of view is extremely "intelligent", but the level is high compared to the genre it belongs to and also the mix of music and dialogue (performed in English) are solid.
Conclusions
Tested version iPhone digital delivery app store, Google Play Price Free Holygamerz.com 7.0 Readers (1) 7.7 your voteViking Rise is a mobile strategy game that does not revolutionize the genre in any way and, in fact, accurately reproduces its structures and mechanics, while paying significant attention in terms of pacing, accessibility and monetization to this very approach. conservative. The latter represents a clearly present and also quite obvious factor, but one that can often be avoided. Beautiful to look at and listen to, IGG's new title can represent a pleasant pastime for those who want to try their hand at such an experience once again.
PRO
- Very traditional but well done.
- a lot of content
- Excellent technical department
AGAINST
- Everything already seen
- The paywalls are there, although in a somewhat nuanced way.
- Some characters border on plagiarism
