Nords: Heroes of the North vs Northgard
Nords: Heroes of the North
Nords: Heroes of the North is a Viking-themed MMO strategy game that generally resembles Plarium's Viking: War of Clans but is yet quite different. In this game, the realm of Shingård is under siege and it is up to you to forge a ragtag army of Northmen, Orcs, Elves and Dragons to fight for King Björn the Awesome and defend the realm. The game features over 30 different units from 4 different factions along with a variety of heroes that you can build an army with. Satiate the bloodlust of your Norsemen now and send them to fight, complete with full animated battles, for loot and glory in Nords: Heroes of the North!Northgard
Northgard is a rather unique city-builder/strategy game that allows you to lead a group of Northmen to unknown new shores in hopes of making a life there. Like most city-building games, you'll need to help them set up a home, assign your Vikings to perform various roles, ensure there is enough food to feed the entire village, and amass a small army to help defend your territories from other hostile clans. The strategic aspects of the game may not be obvious at first but you'll quickly realize that new territories that you discover (you don't exactly need to conquer it for this to work) will present new strategic opportunities for your clan to expand or grow, be it new sources for food or a nice place to set up a new trading post. There are many victory conditions as well, so it's not always "kill or be killed" in this game.Northgard offers players a single player experience by playing with AIs with various personalities or with their friends online. However, many players have reported that the game does have a somewhat flawed AI-player relationship. Even if you're best buddies with an AI's clan through healthy trading relationships, their clan members will still attack your people, which frankly feels a lot like a betrayal. It'd be nice to have a tutorial as well.
That said though, Northgard is an impressive game especially if you enjoy a bit of city-builder/strategy game like Valhalla Hills.