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Stat Summary
- Average Rating:3.6
- Helpful Votes:395
- Reviews Submitted:241
- First Review:August 1, 2016
- Most Recent Review:April 23, 2025
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Northmark: Hour of the Wolf
Adventure across the lands in this original role-play game!
Overall rating
4
/
5
A challenging old style game
PostedJuly 5, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
An unusual warrior game, like sword and wizard games of the 80s. The graphics are still, low grade pictures with little animation and mostly text dialog.
You start out choosing an occupation which determines what battle cards you start out with. but you can get any of the other cards at a shop or store with enough gold. You begin your journey outside of a kingdom on a map. You click on an icon of a place on the map, the only one at the moment, and a little animated character, you, moves to the icon. Once there a picture of the castle appears. On it are various doors. 1 door goes to the dukes chambers where you receive task orders that opens up other places on the map, another door goes to a stash of gold, another to an arena where you fight opponents for gold, another to the store for various items.
In a conflict an interface opens up where you have various characters on your side fighting various characters on the other side. Battles are fought with different cards of weapons bought at the stores or achieved. So that is how the game goes. You go out on quests, interface with various characters and either receive more leads to things happening around the map or get rewards for tasks accomplished or get into conflict battles. At cities and castles you fight characters in arenas for more gold to get more weapons or even gain more allies on your side. The one problem I have is you can't choose your choice of battle cards, that is predetermined from the available slots. The used cardset replaced by what's next in the hidden stack
As a side feature outside of the quest, you can have quick battles with any set of characters you choose for training purposes or amusement.
Although the game is primitive the playing of the game is not, it's quite intriguing. So give it a try and see if you like it. The next version cab only be an improvement.
I recommend this game!
Join the world's best-traveled couple on their time-tripping adventure home!
Overall rating
4
/
5
4 of 4 found this review helpful
Bigger and More Fun
PostedJuly 5, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Just another version of the previous one with a different story line. Maybe a new music track but not much is new. You have puzzle easter eggs to randomly find, they complete a picture in the extra section. What is nice is- on the map just putting the cursor over the level icons reveals whether a puzzle piece is there and whether you have found it, so you can go back and locate it and click on it without replaying the level to completion if you missed it the first time.
After a number of level completions you get a choice of 3 bonus accelerators. Humor is sprinkled throughout.
What is new is the arcade stuff. One of them is a battleship version which is nice. Another is a shoot em down arcade. The last one is a matching tiles game.
There are 3 playing modes, casual (untimed), normal (moderately timed), and extreme for the rabid TMG fans. I got through all levels with normal, after first playing casual, with some near the gold time mark. It's all timing and resource management while targeting just the requirements needed. And don't use the guide as a gospel solution, it's just a help suggestion to get you to see other alternatives that you must tailor to your solution which can differ from the guide. As the old saying goes, there is more then one way to get to home.
I recommend this game!
Return to Rosemount to stop the Ice Queen in this updated classic!
Overall rating
3
/
5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Like Other Adventure Games I played
PostedJune 26, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
3
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
3
/
5
It's like other Adventure Games I played. Graphics are decent as is animation. Music is OK. There are 2 easter eggs to find, ice squirrels and morphing objects. Some are hard to find.
Some puzzles are hard and frustrating to me so I skipped them. All kinds of configuration options. Story line is OK but kind of fractured.
I recommend this game!
Scale new heights of adventure with brothers Everand and Boromere and sisters Helga and Brunnhilde as they pursue an evil sorcerer!
Overall rating
5
/
5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
The Whole Family Togeather
PostedJune 26, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
It's comparable to Viking Sisters except it includes the 2 original heroes which are their brothers.
Somewhat different form the original series. Some new great musical repertoires. Graphics are as good as ever. Good challenges even in untimed mode. You can play in untimed mode and get all the awards.
There are easter egg owls sprinkled throughout the levels, including the bonus levels.
I skipped out on the timed mode as I am heavily involved in another strategic game and there are 2 more favorite time management games that just came out. But it's fun to play.
I recommend this game!
Rescue a young man's sister from the pirates in this fan-favorite time management adventure!
Overall rating
4
/
5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Different from previous versions.
PostedJune 26, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
Same graphics and playing interface are like before, except this time your adversaries are pirates that pop out of bushes and seek ransom in the form of piastries. I found that aggravating as some levels were tough enough without this arcade feature. So I skipped the timed mode. But it's still fun to play in casual mode, which you should play initially to get a feel for the game.
Instead of a backpack you have a store in this version where you buy your bonuses from emeralds you get for a level completion. They do make a difference. On a different page where they had spells they replaced that with a wheel of fortune where you can gamble for various things. You will find out this is how casinos make money.
Some levels are tough even at casual level. There are no easter eggs.
I recommend this game!
Investigating your sister's inexplicable vanishing you discover a plot that threatens more than one world!
Overall rating
4
/
5
2 of 2 found this review helpful
Similar to Previous Version
PostedJune 26, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Similar to it's previous version except heroine has 3 companions and there are easter eggs for the awards section. All puzzles are solvable including 2 that are very difficult, just requires patience. I had none so I skip them. Game is quite enjoyable and has a plot twist.
I recommend this game!
Scale new heights of adventure with brothers Everand and Boromere and sisters Helga and Brunnhilde as they pursue an evil sorcerer!
Overall rating
4
/
5
6 of 7 found this review helpful
Fun and More Challenging
PostedJune 1, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
5
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
It's comparable to Viking Sisters except it include the 2 original heroes which are their brothers.
Somewhat different form the original series. Some new, good musical repertoires. Graphics are as good as ever. Good challenges even in untimed mode. You can play in untimed mode and get all the awards. There are easter egg owls sprinkled throughout the levels, including the bonus levels.
I skipped out on the timed mode as I am heavily involved in another strategic game and there are 2 more favorite time management games that just came out. But it's fun to play.
I give it 4 stars as the music was not viking enough.
I recommend this game!
A mysterious plague casts a dark shadow on the people of Persia. The young apothecary Tara must discover the cause of the illness before it's too late!
Overall rating
3
/
5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
Different from Other Aventure Games
PostedJune 1, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
5
/
5
It's different from other similar adventure games. Almost all the puzzles were solvable by me, some haphazardly, but 1 slider puzzle picture drove me up the proverbial wall and I bailed out in the skip option. Graphics are quite good, music was OK. There are no easter eggs in this game, just the usual entreaties.
I recommend this game!
Save the men in the village and show the evildoers what girl power is all about!
Overall rating
4
/
5
Viking Game Version for the Gals
PostedMay 12, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
4
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
5
/
5
Level of Challenge
5
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Similar to the Viking brothers game with variations. It has one of the sisters as a sorceress that must get magic crystals so she can perform magic like making plants bear fruit. All throughout the game there are powerups for the girls to make them able to beat formidable opponents.
There are puzzle Easter Eggs to find, not too hard to discover, for a puzzle picture.
Nice game for the gals, challenging even in casual mode and fun to play. I didn't even try the timed mode as I wanted to play the new Viking Brothers games that soon followed.
I recommend this game!
Can you catch a magical culprit behind a string of strange robberies?
Overall rating
3
/
5
1 of 1 found this review helpful
A Different Detective Game
PostedMay 2, 2020
Scottar
fromAlbuquerque, NM
Skill Level:Expert
Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Strategy, Time Management
Fun Factor
3
/
5
Visual/Sound Quality
4
/
5
Level of Challenge
4
/
5
Storyline
4
/
5
Dark City Dublin
Not a bad game, it has graphics comparable to most top notch games. Music is OK. There where 3 puzzles that drove me up the wall. The had poor clues and one made little sense. Other then that its a different detective type game. I would have gotten the collectors version but I went straight off the new games list with a 2 for 1 regular sale.