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3 games by Stoic reviewed here.
3 reviews
A gorgeously art-directed Viking tactical RPG whose story and presentation draw near-universal praise even from critical reviewers — undercut by a specific, mechanically precise complaint that recurs across a full decade: the combat's action-economy design makes injuring and sparing enemies the optimal strategy, so killing them is often actively punished.
7.5 / 10
The trilogy's middle chapter, widely framed by reviewers as a "sophomore slump" that carries over the same combat-design critique this outlet found in the original game — plus a new complaint that its own attempt at a new mechanic (barricades) adds tedium rather than depth, and an ending several reviewers call less satisfying than the first game's.
7 / 10
The trilogy's finale scores meaningfully lower than either predecessor — a severe, still-live crash and freeze problem compounded by the absence of a manual save option can cost players 30-40 minutes of progress at a time, and reviewers who loved the first two games widely call the conclusion rushed and unsatisfying.
6 / 10
