Volgarr was designed with the mind that just because a game isn’t immediately accessible to all players doesn’t mean that it can’t be enjoyable.

Even if you never come close to completion, being able to squeeze out a few extra seconds of life is its own reward. Like its forebears, the greatest achievement in Volgarr is survival. Even the stage layout on the first few screens of the first level mirrors that of Rastan‘s opening moments. From the types of hazards and enemies to the general play style and progression, the parallels are so numerous that it wouldn’t be wrong to call Volgarr a spiritual sequel with a Nordic flavor. Most appropriately, it is Rastan, a 1987 Taito arcade game infamous for its unrelenting nature. Rig: Intel Core i3-380M, 6GB of RAM, GeForce GT 425M, Windows 7 64-bit If that’s you, you need to play Volgarr the Viking and gain some goddamn perspective. It’s f*cking DuckTales, one of the easier games in the NES library! Are you so spoiled by modern design leniency that you spout tired labels like “cheap” and “unfair” whenever a game punishes you for your failure to learn and adapt? Or is it that you’ll only accept above-average challenge when offset by a safety net - like checkpoints seemingly every two steps - to spare you the horror of having to exercise caution and restraint? Heaven forbid a game asks you to plan ahead before plunging headlong into uncharted territory. Some people had such a rough time that it actually soured their opinion of the original - I guess DuckTales was just more flawed than we dared to admit, and it took this remake to finally bring the truth to light. I’m not going to cite any specific examples, but I’ve read more than a handful of reviews that knocked Remastered down for being a bit too “classic” in the difficulty department. Can I talk about DuckTales Remasteredfor a minute?

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