Great game with some minor balance issues – I, Viking: Valhalla Path Review

First of all, this is an amazing game and the most fun I have had with a hack and slash esc game in a long time. It’s gameplay feels like a simplified for honor which is a great thing. It is very thematic and the base classes and most of the heroes are very well balanced. If you are looking for a new game I cannot recommend this enough and it is very much deserving of this five star review! However as I play it more two balance issues have begun to pop up. The heroes are rightfully more powerful than your standard units but typically if you get a 2-1 advantage against them you will win out (sometimes you can even with with a 1-1), however this balance changes when one of two things happens. One if the enemy has Stirfus. I’ve seen him and a normal soldier under the control of one player take on 4 fighters with hero support and win while remaking relatively unscathed. He is overpowered in comparison to other heroes (thanks to the fact that he can disappear after what seems like every attack, if this had a 30 sec cool down or something it would be a different matter). The second balance issue is the fact that you can have multiple heroes out at the same time. They can be managed if there is only one of them, but when two are out and under the control of the same player they can fight the entire enemy team, at once, and come out without a casualty. I’ve only seen a couple of players taking advantage of this, but when it happens the match is already decided in there favor. I would recommend limiting it to one hero at a time as I believe that would solve the issue while still giving respect to those who payed money for the heroes. Anyway, thank you for reading! Once again this is a fantastic game that I cannot recommend enough! If these issues are resolved it could be truly great!
Review by Darthritz on I, Viking: Valhalla Path.