TouchArcade: Last Life Games' Dustin Hendricks came by at GDC to show off his upcoming action-platformer Trial by Viking. He calls it a 'Mariovania', a kind of hybrid between a Metroidvana and a more standard platformer. You control a viking trying to find Loki, helping Valkyries and the like as you make it through the game. Unlike most Metroidvania games which have open worlds, this is level-based, but the Metroidvania influence comes in with the different items that come into play, with things hidden in previous levels that may require something that you earned later on. Check out our lengthy hands-on video, but do note that due to a technical error there is no audio commentary for the first 4 minutes or so.
Daniel from CGR shares his opinion on Trial by Viking.
Defunct Games reviews Trial by Viking, available now on Steam. This is a game plagued by generic 2D platforming, floaty controls and a story that drags on far longer than it should. Worst of all, Last Life Games' turns exciting mythology into a boring and tedious slog.
One Angry Gamer "It seems like all the really, really big games for eighth-gen are set for release in 2016 now that Mad Max and Metal Gear Solid V are here. Well, said big games will be accompanied by plenty of smaller ones as well, including Last Life Games’ Trial By Viking, the puzzle-platformer that’s currently being Kickstarted."
