Choice of the Viking
Choice of Games · 2022 · RPG, Action RPG, Choose Your Own Adventure, Text-Based, First-Person
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About Choice of the Viking
Sail forth to a land of gods and giants! Wield your sword, words, and magic to take your place among Iceland’s chieftains and forge your legacy of honor in this story woven from Norse sagas, myths, and the lives of real tenth-century Icelanders.
Choice of the Viking is a 306,000 word interactive historical fantasy novel by Declan Taggart, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
In the year 910 CE, countless Viking ships cross the icy oceans of northern Europe, seeking fortune, glory, trade, and land. Yours is one of them, carrying settlers to the remote island of Iceland. With your large farm to tend and your followers to govern, this is your chance to build something new out of the rugged land.
There are challenges at every turn. The other would-be chieftains are just as hungry for glory as you, and you must defend your share of wealth and honor - especially from the aggrieved rival who constantly tries to thwart you. New faiths and old vie for the souls of the Icelanders, and for the political power that each religion can carry. The long dark winter bears down upon you, threatening hunger and disease. And you must contend not only with the human inhabitants of Iceland but with any number of mysterious creatures - elves, trolls, giants, walking corpses, and even the gods themselves!
Increase your wealth through raiding, careful tending of the land, or savvy merchant trading. Wield your magic to blast obstacles from your path and gain the spirits’ blessing. If you fail, the royal might of Norway will claim your land for their own—but if you succeed, you will find eternal glory.
Choice of the Viking is a 306,000 word interactive historical fantasy novel by Declan Taggart, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
In the year 910 CE, countless Viking ships cross the icy oceans of northern Europe, seeking fortune, glory, trade, and land. Yours is one of them, carrying settlers to the remote island of Iceland. With your large farm to tend and your followers to govern, this is your chance to build something new out of the rugged land.
There are challenges at every turn. The other would-be chieftains are just as hungry for glory as you, and you must defend your share of wealth and honor - especially from the aggrieved rival who constantly tries to thwart you. New faiths and old vie for the souls of the Icelanders, and for the political power that each religion can carry. The long dark winter bears down upon you, threatening hunger and disease. And you must contend not only with the human inhabitants of Iceland but with any number of mysterious creatures - elves, trolls, giants, walking corpses, and even the gods themselves!
Increase your wealth through raiding, careful tending of the land, or savvy merchant trading. Wield your magic to blast obstacles from your path and gain the spirits’ blessing. If you fail, the royal might of Norway will claim your land for their own—but if you succeed, you will find eternal glory.
- Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, straight, bi, or aromantic
- Attend the great assembly of the Althing and shape Iceland’s politics for generations to come.
- Use the songs of the spirits to perform stunning feats of magic.
- Dedicate your land to the Christian church or honor the old Norse gods.
- Carve out your domain and lead your people to specialize in farming, trading, scholarship, or raiding.
- Grapple with the threat of the walking dead - perhaps even your own father!
- Walk with giants, negotiate with elves, and come face to face with mighty Thor!
- Negotiate with your neighboring chieftains to win their friendship - or become embroiled in deadly feuds.
- Rule your land as an autocrat, or guide Iceland towards democracy.
- How will the sagas sing of your deeds?
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Honestly, kind of disappointed in the game, especially in some of the very very strange results depending on honor stats and the like I had a kind and honorable man, who was attempting to push how evil another man's father was supposed to be The response? "Ha X, you're far too nice to try that kinda thing." My brother in Christ you don't have to be mean to prove people being evil11 found this helpful
TERRIBLE. DO NOT BUY. EVEN ON SALE I've played quite a few text games, and I've got to say this one has to be one of the most frustrating ones. In the past, I've disliked certain text games because maybe the genre and setting weren't to my liking, which is fair enough, and I would not write a bad review about those, as it's just a matter of preference. In this case however, it was not a matter of me disliking the genre or setting. It was instead because of the EXTREMELY frustrating writing / choices / flow of the story. Events seem to happen almost at random and the player's available choices are also usually a terrible selection, where common sense choices you would hope are available are missing. Things do not build open previous things either, with events of the past feeling very disjointedly connected to the present. The story is weird and inconsistent too, like the main villain can call a court case against you, even though you did nothing, and you can barely avoid repurcussions, but he literally attacks you unprovoked and you cannot even take any intiative and retaliate against him through force / legal means?? A key part of any story is the consistency of the world as …4 found this helpful
As someone into icelandic history this game is insightful and super fun <31 found this helpful
Really enjoyed this! Not your typical viking story but well written, engaging and fun links to viking mythology throughout.1 found this helpful
Accidentally made my undead dad the draugr guardian angel of Iceland. 10/10 would play again.1 found this helpful
love it
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