#The lost vikings ost how to#

I was more interested in seeing the locales, and the enemies that came with a new world and would bore when something stuck around too long. The driving factor in playing the game, to me, was always seeing where the vikings would end up next. However, I think unbeknownst to me at the time, that I was stopping after the best parts of the game. I was able to remember some of the solutions to levels I played as a kid (the brain is a weird thing), but that only got me so far as I never beat the Lost Vikings as a kid (I could only ever make it to the candy-land world). There were multiple times growing up, where I remember just making it through one level and quitting because of frustration. The good news, is at the end of each level, you are given a password, so even if you don't make it to a world break, you can still quit without losing your progress. And if you are anything like me, dying repeatedly at the same spot or level does not mean caution on the next attempt, but rather annoyance and trying to rush through parts you have already played through. Even if you look at each death as knowledge gained, some of the tight jumping windows, or harrowing fights can cause you to die multiple times at the same spot without gain. However, as the game goes on, the wiggle room tightens up while the levels get longer, and you are no longer encouraged to experiment, because by making what might seem like a foolish mistake could require you to re-play 10-20 minute levels.

Death is never a big ending, because there are no game overs, or restart points and it becomes a function of figuring out the puzzle. If you die experimenting and have to play the level over, its not a huge time sink, and you know what worked and what didn't. In the early game, the levels are short and allow you some wiggle room in your approach. For the Lost Vikings, the twist is frustratingly it's biggest flaw and that is by increasing the length of the level and by demanding perfection, and while all puzzle games get hard enough to the point of demanding some skill level to complete, I feel that The Lost Vikings does so at a detriment to its game play. Tetris switches it up by increasing the speed of the game, Bejeweled drops more gems into the mix to make matching harder.

#The lost vikings ost how to#

If you rush ahead with the Sword, he may die from enemies that overwhelm him (since he can't block), go to far ahead with the jumper, and you may find you can't backtrack to hit a switch needed to get the rest of the vikings to their exit.Įvery good puzzle game is rooted in the player, understanding the rules and then playing on how to switch it up so that the player can solve using the same rule-set that has been established. The meat and potatoes of the game is trying to figure out the route that each viking will have to take in order to make it to the end. One viking is fast and can jump, one has a sword and bow, and one has a shield, combined they form one functional person. You control 3 vikings that each have their own unique skill-set that will help you make it through the level, and in order to beat the level, each viking has to reach the exit. Each world has individual levels that all take place in that time period/location, so you can start building on past experiences as you progress.

You start off on an alien ship, and eventually travel through time and space to puzzle your way through the prehistoric times, ancient Egypt, candy-land, and others. Obviously I am in a very different place in my life now when approaching video games, but the opposite is probably true, give me all of your puzzlers!įor those that are unfamiliar, The Lost Vikings is a game where 3 vikings are abducted by aliens and must find a way to make it home. I was a young kid and if someone introduced the game as a puzzler, I probably wouldn't have the affinity for the game that I currently do (sure, some of that is nostalgia). When I think back to the first time I played The Lost Vikings, I don't believe that I thought of the game as a puzzle game. This is an ongoing list where I rate every game ever made (don't worry its a joke, I think) There are rules that have to be followed HERE. What's the Greatest Video Game: The Lost Vikings