1995 · Vulcan Software · Adventure · Puzzle

Valhalla: Before the War

In this prequel to Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity, you play Infinity's mentor on his quest of hatred in which murder is the ultimate goal.

Released: 1995
Platforms: Amiga
Genres: Adventure Puzzle
Developers: Vulcan Software
Publishers: Vulcan Software
Series: Valhalla series
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Fantasy
Country: United Kingdom
Entry: #2 in Valhalla series

About

Valhalla: Before the War is an adventure game developed and published by Vulcan Software for the Amiga in 1995. It is a prequel to the game Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity. The game is known for the in game speech and is the second ever Amiga speech adventure (the first being Lord of Infinity in 1994 and the third was the sequel Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve in 1995). Vulcan Software has later reproduced the games with updated graphics and audio, available for free download in episodic format for the PC Windows.

Keywords

teleportation
potion

Media

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Gameplay

Progressing in the game involved solving a series of puzzles, with a selling point claiming there to be "thousands of logical puzzles". The Interface was a top down view of the character within rooms inside the castle Valhalla. When the fire button is pressed the player can access icons that have certain actions, these are:

Map: Represented by an icon of a compass. This function will display a map of the current level

Story

Set 10 years prior to the events of Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity as the player takes control of the character of Infinity from the first game's mentor. The game is set in a castle named Valhalla which contains many puzzles to solve. Infinity is jealous of his brother, the Good King Garamond as he has taken, in Infinity's opinion Infinity's place as king. Infinity's rage brings him to the decision to destroy his brother so that he will take the place as King.

Development

Before the War used the same game engine as the previous game in the series, and was written in AMOS BASIC.

Reception

The game received mostly poor review ratings (Amiga Format 40%, Amiga Power 19%, The One Amiga 44%, Amiga Computing 45%) in addition to 90% from CU Amiga. Valhalla: Before the War was nevertheless successful enough to warrant another sequel, Valhalla and the Fortress of Eve.