The Curse of Nordic Cove

literally unbeatable

Tags: Sports Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Cannot get to any gameplay. Comes across as broken and unfinished. Review: I looked in the manual and everything, cant seem to get a hold of the controls. First off the Xbox 360 pad is hopelessly lagged out and unusable. Game shows a bunch of yellow arrows on the first map for stuff to loot, its very hit and miss whether or not clicking on the arrows will allow me to loot. And yes you got to click the arrows not the things they point at. I cant loot the corpse so maybe thats why the game is unplayable as the tutorial is stuck at this stage? I am supposed to hold some kind of action key until a meter fills up, I can see the meter for a split second but then its gone and nothing happens. I tried pressing every key on the keyboard and I tried the mouse buttons. I tried aiming at the corpse and the arrow. Does not work. Otherwise the map is full of invisible walls, the doors wont open and I cant leave the parking area. I can see a mini golf area nearby, and I picked up a golfball gun but thats pretty pointless. Apparently this is some kind of walking simulator and puzzle game hybrid. The voice acting and c…

It's not a great game but definitely amusing, and extremely unique. Worth it at this price just to get a taste of surreal indiejank.

The Curse of Nordic Cove, developed and published by On The Level Game Studios, is one of those rare indie curiosities that tries to be everything at once. It’s a game that gleefully throws genre conventions out the window, blending first-person shooting, stealth, driving, puzzle-solving, and even golf into a single chaotic experience. The result is a strange, ambitious, and often confusing hybrid that defies easy categorization. The premise itself is as bizarre as the gameplay: a cursed Viking warlord and his undead army rise from their slumber to wreak havoc on a modern-day golf course, and it’s up to an archaeologist and a few unfortunate bystanders to put a stop to the curse before the entire town of Nordic Cove is consumed. It’s a setup that feels like it came straight from a late-night comedy sketch, and the game embraces that absurdity without hesitation. From the outset, The Curse of Nordic Cove makes its tone clear—it’s not a serious horror game, but a deliberately over-the-top parody of one. The story unfolds in a small, fictional American town with an intentionally ridiculous name and a cast of cartoonish characters who deliver lines with deadpan enthusiasm or misplaced…

Not good.

I like...