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Tribes of Midgard on PC
After coming down from my month-long Valheim high, Tribes of Midgard seemed the perfect excuse to get lost in the incredible world of vikings once again, just from a slightly different perspective this time around.
Going into it, I wasn’t sure what to expect aside from a top-down, Diablo-like action game where I scavenge for resources, upgrade my gear, and fight cool bosses with friends. The game even starts you off at a stone circle spawn point when you load up the world. Just like Valheim, right? Except for one key difference: every second you spend in this world is crucial. Failure to understand that results in one of the most intense time crunches you’ll experience in a video game.
The mandatory tutorial that starts up when you boot up the game helps with introducing the basic mechanics, and it should all feel like familiar ground right from the get-go. You start with nothing on your person, and you can pick up flint and branches to craft axes, which then allow you to chop trees for wood and mine for ores like iron and silver. Gather enough of those, and you can start to craft weapons. And with weapons, you can fight enemies and animals for more materials to craft armor and other useful tools. You get the idea.
The path of progression is simple and straightforward enough, but Tribes of Midgard quickly throws a wrench into your well-laid plans by having Helthings invade your village every night. See, in the center of your village is the Seed of Yggdrasil, a legendary tree that you have to protect at all costs. Each night, a horde of Helthings will spawn outside your village and slowly make their way inside to try to attack it.