Acclaimed Viking RTS Northgard launching on iOS devices today
Northgard, developer Shiro Games’ acclaimed real-time strategy affair, is heaving its Viking-themed heft onto iOS devices today, 13th April.
Northgard, if it’s so far managed to pass you by, is a game of exploration, resource management, and land acquisition, tasking players with establishing and expanding a thriving Viking settlement – a process that involves constructing specialist buildings, maintaining production loops, and maiming ne’er-do-wells, both humans and mythological, along the way.
It’s a wonderful thing, both brutal and elegant, packed full of tough decisions and various strategic wrinkles depending on the particulars of your chosen clan.
Expansion, for instance, requires players to conquer Land Zones – a risky proposition in itself – and these in turn only house a small number of workers and buildings, meaning you’ll need to think carefully about utilising your limited workforce and restricted space if you’re to successfully grow. And that’s before winter rolls around, decimating food supplies and, if you’re insufficiently prepared, your population.
