Ludography
50/100
Players4 ratings
68/100
Metacritic6 critic reviews
More scores
Metacritic usersuser score
70/100
GameFAQsJust Right
2.65/5
Player reviews
48% positive112 reviews
Steam Deck
Playable
Runs on
Windows, Mac, Linux
Price
US$14.99

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2013 · Arcen Games · Platformer · Strategy

A Valley Without Wind 2

A modern take on the 16-bit era, A Valley Without Wind 2 blends a variety of mechanics across multiple genres, seamlessly bringing together the best qualities of old-school platform-shooters and turn-based strategy games.

Released
18 February 2013
Platforms
LinuxWindowsmacOS
Genres
PlatformerStrategyTurn-based strategyAdventureIndie
Developers
Arcen Games
Publishers
Arcen Games
Modes
Co-opMultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Bird view / IsometricSide view
Themes
Action
Engine
Unity
Age ratings
ESRB E
Languages
English
Time to beat
10hmain story24hcompletionist

About

A Valley Without Wind is an action-adventure and indie game developed by Arcen Games. The game was released on April 24, 2012 for the operating systems Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X on Steam. Players play as a random survivor in an unforgiving world that is shaped by the choices the player makes. The setting of the game is a post-ice-age world in the distant future. On February 18, 2013, a sequel to A Valley Without Wind was released called A Valley Without Wind 2.

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Gameplay

A Valley Without Wind is 2-D sidescroller that lets players explore a vast procedurally generated world. Unlike other procedurally generated games the difficulty has a logical progression and there are a checklist and tips to assist the player. The main goal is to defeat the Overlord and save the continent. The player can choose how they want to prepare for the Overlord.

They can do missions to gain new spells and roam the environment to find secret missions and stashes of magical crafting loot. The player can customize their character with different enchants and spells to fit their play style. Also the player can rescue people and make them part of the player's settlement, which allows the player to send them on dispatch missions. Once the player saves a continent from the Overlord a new bigger continent appears.

Reception

A Valley Without Wind received mixed reviews. The game holds a score of 54/100 on Metacritic based on 12 reviews.

Leif Johnson of IGN rated the game a "mediocre" 5.5 out of 10 and stated, "The appeal of its randomly generated settings wears off quickly, the procedural level generation voids much sense of having an impact on the world, and the absence of any kind of compelling story or brilliantly designed levels eventually renders exploration a slog". However, Johnson praised the sheer number of spells and customizations the user has.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
macOS18 February 2013Worldwide
Windows18 February 2013Worldwide
Linux17 July 2014Worldwide

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