Jotun: Valhalla Edition
Mild overall intensityWhat's in it
Stylized, hand-drawn axe combat against mythological giants and a handful of minor creatures; no blood, gore, or dismemberment.
The story frames a warrior who died an inglorious death and must earn her way into the afterlife, with reflective narration about her mortal life and death.
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What it is
Jotun: Valhalla Edition is a hand-drawn action-exploration game rooted in Norse mythology. You play Thora, a Viking woman who has died and must prove her worth to the gods to enter Valhalla by exploring large painterly realms, solving simple puzzles, and battling five colossal elemental giants. Combat is slow and deliberate, using an axe and a set of god-granted powers against sparse enemies and the giant bosses; the art is stylized and bloodless, with no gore or dismemberment. There is no sexual content, nudity, strong language, substances, or online interaction. The main heavy content is the quiet framing of death and the afterlife that runs through Thora's story.
How it's framed
The game frames Thora's fight as a trial to earn an honorable place in Valhalla, drawing on Norse gods, giants, and legend as its mythological setting. Death and the afterlife are presented reflectively through Thora recounting moments of her life after each victory, and the giants are treated as forces of nature to overcome rather than evil to be punished.
Details
- Developer
- Thunder Lotus
- Publisher
- Thunder Lotus
- Released
- Sep 29, 2015
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