Bad North

Bad North
DeveloperPlausible Concept
PublisherRaw Fury
PlatformsWindows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android
Release
August 20, 2018
  • Switch
    • WW: August 20, 2018
    PS4, Xbox One
    • WW: August 28, 2018
    Windows
    • WW: October 16, 2018
    Android, iOS
    • WW: October 16, 2019
GenreReal-time strategy
ModeSingle-player

Bad North is a real-time strategy video game developed by Plausible Concept (a game studio in Malmö, Sweden, founded by Oskar Stålberg and Richard Meredith) and published by Raw Fury. The game was released on August 20, 2018, for the Nintendo Switch, then for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 28. A Microsoft Windows version was released on October 16, 2018. Versions for Android and iOS followed on October 16, 2019.[1]

Gameplay

Bad North focuses on real-time tactics gameplay. The main goals are to defend the player's kingdom from the attacking Viking invaders who killed the king and to guide the island's people to evacuate.[1] The procedurally generated islands are divided into multiple tiles and have houses with Vikings attacking from any corner, so the player's strategy must be well planned to get the opportunity to save the people from the enemy by protecting the houses. The Viking invaders will chuck torches into the houses, and if they burn completely, the player will not earn coins for those houses. Coins are needed to get upgrades for units and level up commanders' defenses. The player can also pick up items (represented as question marks in the map) and add new commanders to the army.[2][3]

The game offers Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulty options. A "Very Hard" option can be unlocked by completing the game on Hard.[4] A free expansion for Bad North called "Jotunn Edition" was released in July 2019.[5]

Reception

Bad North received "mixed or average reviews" according to Metacritic.[12] The game was nominated for "Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year" at the 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bad North - A Minimalistic, Real-Time Tactics Roguelite with Vikings". Bad North. Archived from the original on July 28, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Reseigh-Lincoln, Dom (August 22, 2018). "Bad North Review (Switch eShop)". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on August 22, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "Bad North: Jotunn Edition Review". Gideon's Gaming. October 23, 2019. Archived from the original on December 30, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  4. ^ Morton, Lauren (July 24, 2019). "Bad North's free expansion comes with a 'very hard' difficulty level and hero traits". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on May 21, 2025. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  5. ^ Chalk, Andy (November 21, 2019). "Bad North: Jotunn Edition is this week's Epic Games Store freebie". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on November 22, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  6. ^ "Bad North for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  7. ^ "Bad North for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 5, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ^ "Bad North for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 16, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ^ Ronaghan, Neal (August 23, 2018). "Bad North (Switch) Review". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  10. ^ Mersereau, Kevin (September 2, 2018). "Review: Bad North". Destructoid. Archived from the original on February 26, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  11. ^ Greer, Sam (August 23, 2018). "Bad North review". PC Gamer. Retrieved April 25, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ^ "Bad North". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 13, 2025. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  13. ^ Makuch, Eddie (January 10, 2019). "God of War, Spider-Man Lead DICE Awards; Here's All the Nominees". GameSpot. Archived from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.

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