The cutscenes are well presented and in a really cool art style while the Northgard world has surprisingly a lot of detail to it. Visually, Northgard is a very pretty game. Your citizens (or clans) have a happiness meter (like in Sim City) and you also have to keep on top of this to ensure that they are happy and productivity continues to be strong. Seasons plays a big part in this so there is a lot to think about. You have to think about how you are going to ensure that your community will survive under any condition. It’s not just a simple case however of growing your population and giving them jobs. You start with only a few villagers, assign them skills and then continue to build on these skills, grow your population, give them skills and so on. The main thing about Northgard is all about building your communities and expanding them. Nearly everyone I played against was far superior at the game than me so I didn’t last very long! Hopefully with continued pick up of this game, more people will play online because it is a lot of fun. I didn’t really experience any issues in terms of lag but I did have to wait a while to actually make matches online. With the multiplayer, it’s pretty much the same as the single player experience but you play with other players online. It’s a great way to hone your tactics before taking yourself online. These AI opponents are surprisingly diverse with different strengths, weaknesses and tactics making this single player mode have a lot of replay value. In the single player mode, you can choose to set up a small, medium or large map that has you compete with AI components over land and resources. Thankfully much of Northgards meat comes from the single player and multiplayer modes. While the story mode is a lot of fun, there are only 11 levels in total. I did struggle to complete some of the harder levels further on in the story but I enjoyed retrying them. Each level has a set victory condition which also helps you to get to grips with all the mechanics. The story mode helped me to navigate a lot of this and wrap my head around it in a way that was easy to understand and fun. I always worry that RTS games can be a little overwhelming with the large number of mechanics that are usually involved. It’s a really great way to get to grips with the controls and gameplay mechanics. With eleven levels in total, each coming with their own cutscenes, I found it really invaluable to play the story mode first. When a regal horn and the map to Northgard are stolen from you, you have to set out to reclaim what is rightfully yours. And with three modes to choose from – single player, story mode and multiplayer, Northgard has plenty of options for nearly every RTS fan.įirstly, we’ll talk through the story mode. If you’ve played the Civilisation games before then Northgard has a lot of things similar to those. Based on a land that has been recently discovered by the Vikings, your job is to conquer these lands, grow your community and essentially survive. Northgard is a Viking-themed RTS created by Shiro Games. So when Northgard made the jump to the Nintendo Switch, it felt like the right game to give the RTS genre a shot on the Switch. RTS (Real Time Strategy) is actually a genre I enjoy a lot but I’ve only ever really played on PC. One genre that I’ve never really paid attention to much however has been the RTS genre.
The Nintendo Switch has tons of games that span across a massive range of genres, from super fun platformers to addictive racing titles to classic RPGs.
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