PsychoCarbo Bad North Review

06/10 ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ DaVinci created a new reality ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Red Dead Redemption II ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Don’t stare for too long ☐ Bad ☐ Atari ☐ Tamagotchi ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Does your PC run Paint? ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Money Cow ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Story }--- ☑ Story? What story? ☐ One word. Pewpewpew! Three words. Pew pew! ☐ Some smooth talking ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Beautiful! ☐ Isabel Allende, Machado de Assis and Tolkien teamed up to write it ☐ It will replace your life ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Excellent! ☐ Good ☑ Fun, but you can play it with two fingers ☐ Mehh ☐ Instead, watch paint dry ☐ Yeah, right ☐ Smash your hand with a hammer, it’s more fun ---{ Grind }--- ☐ No grind needed ☐ Only if you care about achievements ☐ Not required to progress ☑ Medium level of grind ☐ Grindmaniac ☐ You’ll need a second life to grind ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press ‘W’ ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Hard ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Playtime }--- ☐ Enough time for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Medium ☑ Long ☐ You start, your grandchild finishes ☐ To infinity and beyond! ---{ Replay }--- ☐ Once is enough ☐ Only if you’re after achievements ☐ After a few months… Years… Mods… ☐ Worth it with DLCs ☑ You’d better have time to waste ☐ Well… you didn’t really need a life anyway! ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of them ☐ Minor issues ☑ Can be annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ Cyberpunk 2022 ☐ The game itself is one big bug farm ---{ Multiplayer }--- ☑ No multiplayer ☐ LAN ☐ Says it has it, but your PC will explode if you try ☐ There it is… a lonely, forgotten desert ☐ Meh, it’s kind of fun ☐ Solo mission? What? ☐ Basically an MMO ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasmic ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Acceptable ☐ Bad ☐ I’m deaf now ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teenagers ☐ Adults ☐ Grandma ☑ Everyone ---{ Price }--- ☐ No longer available on Steam ☐ It’s free! ☐ The price is fair ☑ If it’s on sale ☐ If you have some spare money ☐ I don’t recommend it ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ 6 / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☑ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 Bad North is a small strategy game with a simple concept, easy to learn but hard to master. Because of that, one could say the game is potentially endless. The soundtrack is nice, and the art style is really cute and beautiful. However, and this is very personal, it didn’t captivate me much beyond that. Honestly, I think there are three constructive criticisms to be made. First, it can become repetitive rather quickly. Second, a story could make the experience more engaging, perhaps even drawing from historical data about Viking invasions. Finally, I believe there is great potential for a multiplayer mode. Maybe in the future? So yes, I recommend the game — but only if it’s on sale.