Volgarr the Viking any good?

[Fryjar]

Has anyone played this little indie gem? Its a very hard side scrolling game in a viking setting and an homage to the old arcade games (and their difficulty) of the mega drive/super nintendo days .
It looks fairly interesting with good level design, but I'm not sure if it actually offers enough variety.

In case someone doesn't know what I'm talking about, this should give you some idea what to expect:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q6iGmHejgA

 

[SCO]

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/volgarr/volgarr.htm

read the rastan article linked too

 

[SCO]

And lionheart why not:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/lionheart/lionheart.htm

 

[FuelBlooded]

it has a lot of trial and error involved

 

[catfood]

I play this game to get my daily dose of T.

Spoiler

Never made it past level 2, section 2

 

[sser]

I can beat Ninja Gaiden 1/2 on Master Ninja mode, but these goddam sidescrollers kick my ass. Horizontal hand-eye coordination is lacking or something. Also tapped out on the second level. The boss there is a nightmare.

Amazingly, some people play this game without getting hit once.

Spoiler

And there's an entire flipside of the game designed just for that.

 

[A horse of course]

I disliked it, but I never liked Castlevania or Ghosts and Goblins or w/e. Too difficult to be enjoyable. I did cuckstart it at the time.

 

[Darth Roxor]

The game is pretty shit. If you want to do a xXxhardKKKorexXx game, maybe you should consider making the controls non-terribad.

 

[JarlFrank]

I played it. It's very, very difficult. Mostly because

the controls are terribad.

 

[catfood]

I played it. It's very, very difficult. Mostly because

the controls are terribad.

Yeah, no air control can make any platformer a tough nut to crack.

 

[DwarvenFood]

Yeah, didn't really enjoy this - played for 3 hours according to Steam. For contrast, Shovel Knight is far more enjoyable with decent controls. Finished that one without too much trouble - maybe just with some bosses. Insanity's Blade is okay in that aspect too, but not as good as Shovel Knight. Same goed for Odallus.

 

[Neanderthal]

I enjoyed it a fair bit cos o nostalgia, but even wi alternate paths that open when you get good an find real ending theres still not much game there, DwarvenFood is right that Shovel Knight offers a lot more bang for your buck. I'd get it cheap on sale if you fancy this kinda thing, an want a bit o frustration in your life for a weekend. Soundtrack an graphics are cock on, superior to Shovel Knight for me cos i'm not a great weaboo fan, but gameplays not up to snuff which is important thing.

I'd fuckin love chance to play as a Volgarr like character in an RPG, instead o constant parade o pussies wi have to suffer through.

 

[Ivan]

my favorite kickstarted game. play it now. hard as balls. super rewarding alternate levels that require good play to access.

when people complain about "hard controls" they're talking about the committed jumping the game uses. aside from that, the game is fucking T in the veins. It's really a game where you'll grow to enjoy it more as you git gud at it. if you don't, well, see Darth Roxor