Valkyrie Saga

Valkyrie Saga is a fun little platformer. As you progress the game seems more complex, but the levels get faster. The second floor is sort of "the wall" where you have to slug it out to continue through since the path forward isn't always clear. You can either face the challenges with technical skill or complete easier challenges to earn upgrades around the world to make life easier. Exploration is heavily encouraged. The bugs and jank like clipping into walls or getting stuck in the floor can cause quite a bit of rage at times, especially on the upper floors where save points are farther apart, but aside from that the game is fairly merciful when you mess up. You can usually wiggle yourself out of a sticky situation or skip challenges entirely by finding a loophole to the presented puzzle and using corresponding skills that probably weren't intended and glide-upgrades found through various mechanisms. You don't even need to fight enemies 90% of the time and there's always hidden secrets if you pay attention to your surroundings. Overall if I had any complaints, it's twofold: 1) That by the time you begin to beef up and get some real hit points to survive mob rushes or crystal points to perform additional acrobatic feats in-air, you're already most of the way through the game so completing additional challenges feels like a bit of a chore. 2) There is no questlog, so if you accidentally forget about a fetch quest or secret you couldn't previously reach over the course of the game, you probably won't remember. Not an issue if you play it in one or two sittings, but a much bigger deal for folks who might only have an hour at a time. Other than that I very much enjoyed the game. It was just complex enough to get the noggin' joggin' at various points so it didn't feel like a linear platformer, while just light enough for anyone to really get into and play.

Valkyrie Saga fühlt sich an wie ein Computerspiel aus der Kindheit: ein geheimnisvoller, langsam aufklappender Kosmos, den man sich durch stundenlanges Erkunden Stück für Stück erschließt. Wenig Erklärung, viel Entdeckung – genau das macht den Reiz aus. Sehr empfehlenswert!

was fun despite the world being a bit empty at times, think it had very nice design, only if it had more content.

good game

Just beat the game tonight, and I think I got the default ending? At least, the game seems to hint that there's more than one ending. All in all, I enjoyed my time with Valkyrie Saga. The controls work well enough (except for the on-ground dash, which likes to get stuck on random geometry) and the movement options fit well with the design and scope of the world. Exploring the world and looking for secrets was interesting, and I'd like to revisit it someday to see if there really is another ending, or if there's any more lore to what happened in the game world, and with the Valkyries like Roll. Ascending through the different levels of the island was cool, and reminded me of the "only up" style of indie games - but better done, since all the platforms and content in Valkyrie Saga fit the theme, story, and aesthetic of the game world, and aren't just Unity assets randomly set as floating platforms in the air. There are SOME changes I would make... like, say, not having so much of the game be pastel colors, but all in all, the game is fine how it is. If anyone is interested, here's a bluesky reaction thread as I went through the game: https://bsky.app/profile/vidya2.bsky.social/post/3mn3h3u4xxc2k

Ik keep getting stuck in the floor, around the Miasma lake, when I am sprinting, help :(