Loki - Norse Warrior Demo

Back in the day, every civilization had its own gods and legends, even if some of them were pretty similar in many aspects. However, over the centuries, some of them stuck more than others, at least in books and stories. Thus, almost everyone is aware of the heroes from the Greek mythology, such as Heracles, Zeus and Prometheus.

Loki takes it one step further and provides you with a delicious mix of the most well-known myths surrounding the ancient civilizations, with heroes from the Greek, Egyptian, Aztec and Norse mythologies going head-to-head in gruesome duels. Moreover, you get to choose a character from either civilization at the beginning of the game and take advantage of his talents to destroy your enemies.

Story-wise, it all revolves around the evil Egyptian god Seth, who returns from his exile in the kingdom of the dead and wants a bit of revenge on the human kind. Your job is to stop him and his fierce armies, in order to protect the world and banish the evil back into its place. Naturally, it is not very original and you probably lose interest about ten minutes in, but there are a few things that might keep you playing for longer than that.

Since the game is a pure hack-and-slash after all, it should come as no surprise that it can get boring and repetitive from time to time. However, the large amounts of content make the fun parts last longer, since there are plenty of cool weapons to find around the epic world of ancient Greece, or Egypt. You may not be able to customize your character’s appearance, but you can at least decide what kind of huge axe he wields in battle.

As far as the graphics are concerned, they are pleasant and rather pretty, but they won’t make an impression on you and they certainly won’t be able to put any kind of stress on a decent computer. The characters and the enemies are nicely modeled and animated, but the textures and the special effects are not that great, which can be very visible in some situations.

All things considered, a mixture of multiple mythologies, monsters and hack-and-slash mechanics does sound like the deal of a lifetime, but Loki is not the game to provide you with it. Hence, while it is pretty fun at times and the gameplay can catch you in its spell for about an hour or so, the illusion shatters shortly after that.