Messhof's side-scrolling sword fighting game, Nidhogg, will launch on Jan. 13 for PC via Steam, the game's developers revealed today.
Nidhogg is the epic award-winning fencing tug-of-war, full of graceful acrobatics and clumsy stabs. IRL yelling and excitement may occur, in this ultimate two-player showdown of fast-paced fencing and melee attacks.
Beware, advantages in Nidhogg are often fleeting, as new opponents continually spawn in your way. Use a variety of fencing maneuvers while armed -- lunges, parries, and even dirty tricks like throwing your sword. If swordless, press forward with punches, sweep kicks, dive kicks, rolls, and wall jumps.
The combat arena stretches in both directions, although besting an opponent only gains you ground. Matches aren’t won or lost with a single kill, but with a series of kills granting you right-of-way to run/fight/flee to your own goal-zone.
Each arena holds different strategic formations and chokepoints to use to your advantage. Until you reach your goal-zone, anything is possible. Only one thing is certain in Nidhogg… the only way to win is to outwit your opponent. En Garde!
me, i prefer modern graphics and 3d games probably because i was around from the early days when the pixel games were the last word in the gaming thecnology (atari philips consoles etc), but...there are some pixel games like this one that looks really fun
i may try this one
this was an insane game. i beat all the single player stages in about an hour. i just jabbed and pushed a bunch of buttons. my best strategy is to run like a mad man when you have the right of way arrow.
A fun game indeed (also pretty much the only recent one that my laptop can run), many different tactics and stances to use (it's not easy to become a master of the sword) and very pleasant soundtrack too. Shame about the limited single-player part, but it's nice.
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