Kinda like “age of empires” from PC

The game is lovely to play, I only wish it had a Feedback button to submit bugs to the developer(s). Because first day launch, I have music problems of it getting loud then quiet, which is fine I expect bugs. It’d be nice if you could mess with the graphic settings so it doesn’t eat your battery( very quickly). I’m still learning the controls and all, but I’m already having fun. I’m pretty sure- when you start off, the map looks small and you question “what did I really buy?”, well the map soon becomes surprisingly big when you get scouts exploring around. The graphics are nice, runs smooth, sparks childhood memories, worth the little money. Not saying it’s a fan game based technically on “age of empires”. It’s different-especially how there’s so many ways to have victory instead of just slaughtering everyone in other clans. Worth the money really. Hope they let us in more on the road of development or at least be hinting stuff in updates they release, it’d be nice if they actually listen to ideas/suggestions we make for them- like saying something is vastly overpowered. Will be playing it more. Keep the motivation to add more, can’t make any ideas? You have the entire Apple users,,, make a button in the game that lets us report bugs or ideas, something. Very fun game :)

A better “Settlers” game

I’ve read other reviews that say this game is like age of empires. That’s not true. This game is akin to the Settlers franchise by Ubisoft. You have different win conditions that you can pursue and you expand yourself by taking over neighboring territories that you discover. That said, this game handles really well on iPad Pro (2020). It’s pretty. I haven’t run into any bugs. The gameplay loop is satisfying because each map is different and you don’t really know what resources and things you are going after until you start exploring. I like that the game revolves around making villagers into different roles and that the villagers auto create themselves. It puts everyone on the same level so long as you keep your faction’s happiness level and housing level up. It gives the user a sense of progression because you can focus on the expansion of your territory and the buildings for those territories instead of having to constantly go back to the main building and worry about maintenance or unit creation there. My only wish for this game is for differing levels of ai. The current ai just wrecks me lol. If you can make an easy ai or a “weeny hut jr” ai that would be great.

Really should’ve been a 4.5 star but they don’t offer that.

The game definitely deserves maximum stars. It is gorgeous well done. My only complaint is it clearly was a port of some sort from windows. When you click certain icons it shows you a little mouse that you have to hit the right button on which I have no idea how to do on an iPad. It would’ve been nice if they made the game a little more iPad friendly also. The buttons on the left are really out-of-the-way on my large iPad when I need to constantly switch back-and-forth. A little bit of redesign in the I would’ve been huge for me my only complaint is it clearly was a port of some sort from windows. When you click certain icons it shows you a little mouse that you have to hit the right button on which I have no idea how to do on an iPad. It would’ve been nice if they made the game a little more iPad friendly also. The buttons on the left are really out-of-the-way on my large iPad when I need to constantly switch back-and-forth. A little bit of redesign in the UI would’ve been huge for me but aside from that it is just too good Not to give it five stars.

Lol

I realized most issues I was having was bc I was having (Not being able to trade or colonize land without troops) was because I was zoomed in too much. In the beginning it gives you options for your preferred zoom. Maybe if some of those options were removed to prevent issues like this from happening 😅. Anyways, great game. Only issue I’m having now is the game kicking me from games. Offline it’s not a big issue because my game usually loads relatively close to where I left off. It’s only when it’s online that it’s an issue 😭. Once the game closes itself you can’t join back to the online game and pretty lose everything. Also, a way to add people you’ve played with would be great plus some type of way to communicate like emojis or maybe even chat boxes (I don’t expect chat boxes, but emojis would spice it up some😃 although completely unnecessary lol) I still think it’s worth all the stars because you can play offline with bots but it’d be great if the game didn’t kick people during online sessions! Thank you for being awesome content creators!

Great port of an amazing game!

I have played this for a good long while on PC before they have made some of the changes that the game currently has on PC. This phone version has added some good quality of life improvements due to the nature of being ported to phone! Honestly some of these changes would be a welcome addition to on the PC. This is a great RTS with survivalist elements, it’s a slower paced game so if you want a quick game you probably aren’t going to like this. This game is a cross between civilization and some of the RTS like Warcraft, it’s simple yet challenging at the same time. It even has modes to make it more challenging than what it already is. It hours and hours of fun. Every Clan has it own perks, advantages and downsides that change how you go about playing the game. Considering I have payed over $40 for this game and all of its DLCs’s getting it minus the DLC’s for $8 is an absolute steal! I gladly bought this game again and will buy its DLC even if I won’t play it anywhere near as often as I would on my PC!

Not worth $8.99 / This is my first game review

**Buyer Beware** This game would be fun if there were better tutorials. It plays like age of empires but there are problems with the gameplay. It seemed every time I had +food,+wood, etc. my civilians would be unhappy. Therefor they would stop working. Then if I had -food, -wood, the civilians would be happy. It’s extremely hard to balance out the civilians happiness and resources. (Ex. I had a “hunters lodge” and “food silo” with 2 civilians and a “field” and silo with 2 civilians but I still had negative food income because everyone was miserable.) Also if you get a message saying your civilians are unhappy or sick, it doesn’t say what to do to make them feel better. Sometimes it would say something like, “civilians want better housing” but nothing would happen after building a couple houses, or “build more healer hut’s” and nothing would happen when u do. Maybe it’s supposed to be hard but at times I was completely clueless as to how to keep my happiness and resources up. I’m bummed I payed for this game because it looked so fun but in the end it was just frustrating to play. Maybe don’t make loyal players pay for something before they even have a chance to try it.

Love this game

Not a mindless mass produce more troops than your enemies RTS, this one really makes you think several steps ahead and things happen at random that can mess up best laid plans. This is sometimes frustrating and I am still learning the game. Having a hard time understanding the victory points to win the game but it is not impossible and I look forward to learning as I play more and more. I bought all the clans add on hoping that they all play different and so far the ones I have tried do so that adds to the replay ability of the game. I began having trouble with the sound on my copy of the game, thought it was my device iPad mini, so I began deleting apps thinking this might help, as you can probably tell I am not very tech savvy. Anyway this did not help and the sound has continued to get worse. But the game still plays good and I like it a lot so I don’t know if it is the game or my device so I won’t let it affect my 5 star review awesome game!

Great game, bad iOS port

For those that didn’t know, Northgard is available on PC through Steam and I highly recommend playing it on there as there are some issues with this game being poorly optimized for mobile. The gameplay IS fun and offers some level of replayability with the different clans otherwise. The issue is that there are things that I can’t recommend the iOS version for. First, the game is VERY laggy after more than 15 mins of play or so. Frame rates will drop and never return especially if you get a phone call or text during the game. Furthermore there is a weird bug where the game will cause the phone to darken after a minute like it’s going to sleep even though it never does. This makes seeing the already small sprites harder. Finally, the game tends to cause the phone to heat up, and definitely drains the battery quite a bit during play. Overall I can’t recommend iOS, just buy it on Steam it really is worth it as the mobile version is more frustration in poor execution of an otherwise fun game.

Northgard, developer Shiro Games' acclaimed real-time strategy affair, is heaving its Viking-themed heft onto iOS devic…

Eurogamer Sat May 29 2021

After selling over 2 million units on PC and Console, the Vikings of Shiro Games' popular strategy game Northgard will set foot on iOS...

Invision Game Community Mon Mar 29 2021

Playdigious' has published the third and final episode of the Dev Diary series about Northgard. Playdigious and Shiro Games have partnered...

Pocket Gamer Thu Apr 29 2021

Playdigious has today announced that the online multiplayer functionality, which wasn’t originally included in the iOS release, will be coming to the mobile...

TouchArcade Wed Sep 29 2021

Following its release on iOS earlier this year, publisher Playdigious has announced that their Viking strategy game will be heading for...

Pocket Gamer Thu Jul 29 2021

Indie publishing specialists Playdigious have announced that their port of Northgard will be heading for iOS devices on April 13th.

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