Jotun tells the tale of Thora, a Viking shield maiden who falls from her boat during a voyage and drowns.
It’s a wonderfully wild, vibrant bedtime story told with fire and verve, even when the game is at its most stark and lonely. In execution, Jotun is a perfect storybook, a game that seems ripped from the imagination of a Viking child being told tales of warriors of old facing down their gods. Now imagine all of that hand-drawn in a style somewhere between Dragon’s Lair and Princess Mononoke, and you’ve got Jotun.īoiling the game down to its disparate parts does the game a mild disservice, though. Sprinkle in a little bit of Dark Souls’ difficulty and a malevolent sense of challenge, and you’re closer to hitting the bullseye. With the exception of the starting area, levels can be accessed and played in any order from Ginnungagap, the hub area.Imagine the bleakness of the man versus giant creatures gameplay of Shadow of the Colossus as a definitively Nordic tale, and you have a general idea of what Jotun is. Each of these levels hold a health increase, god powers, and the objective to obtain runes to access fights with Jotuns. Levels have nice variety with each area feeling unique, serving mostly as a sense of ambience to the world Thora finds herself in. These powers have temporary effects and limited uses which vary from healing, to defending, to buffing axe damage, to offensive spells. However Thora gains more tricks up her non existent viking sleeves as god powers found in levels help spice things up. As for rolling, a lack of invincibility frames makes it most useful for spacing but it almost feels overshadowed by Thora’s normal running at times, acting only as an effective means of canceling out of attacks.
Thora’s axe has weak attacks and heavy charged attacks. Inspiration from Dark Souls in particular stands out despite a top down perspective, as both axe swings and rolling have a notable delay to them.
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