Bad North
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Developer(s) | Plausible Concept |
Publisher(s) | Raw Fury |
Platform(s) | Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android |
Release | August 20, 2018
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Genre(s) | Real-time strategy |
Bad North is a real-time strategy video game developed by Plausible Concept (a game studio in Malmö, Sweden, founded by Oskar Stålberg and Richard Meredith) and published by Raw Fury. The game was released on August 20, 2018, for the Nintendo Switch, then for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 28. A Microsoft Windows version was released on October 16, 2018. Versions for Android and iOS followed on October 16, 2019.[1]
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Aggregator | Score |
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Nintendo Life | 9/10[11] |
Nintendo World Report | 7/10[12] |
Official Xbox Magazine (US) | 7/10 |
PC Gamer (US) | 78/100[14] |
The game offers easy, normal, and hard difficulty options. A "Very Hard" option can be unlocked by completing the game on Hard.[15] A free expansion for Bad North called "Jotunn Edition" was released in July 2019.[16] Bad North received "mixed or average reviews" according to Metacritic.[17] The game was nominated for "Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year" at the 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.[18]
References
- ^ "Bad North - A Minimalistic, Real-Time Tactics Roguelite with Vikings". Bad North. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ "Bad North: Jotunn Edition - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ "Bad North: Jotunn Edition". App Store. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ "Bad North - A Minimalistic, Real-Time Tactics Roguelite with Vikings". Bad North. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ "Save 75% on Bad North: Jotunn Edition on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ "Bad North Review (Switch eShop)". NintendoLife. August 22, 2018.
- ^ Gideon, Gaming (October 23, 2019). "Bad North: Jotunn Edition Review". Gideon's Gaming. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
- CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- Nintendo Life. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ^ Ronaghan, Neal (August 23, 2018). "Bad North (Switch) Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ^ Mersereau, Kevin (September 2, 2018). "Review: Bad North". Destructoid. Archived from the original on February 26, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ^ Greer, Sam (August 23, 2018). "BAD NORTH REVIEW". PC Gamer. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
- ^ Lauren Morton (July 24, 2019). "Bad North's free expansion comes with a 'very hard' difficulty level and hero traits". PC Gamer. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ Chalk, Andy (November 21, 2019). "Bad North: Jotunn Edition is this week's Epic Games Store freebie". PC Gamer. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ^ "Bad North". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ "God of War, Spider-Man Lead DICE Awards; Here's All the Nominees".
Further reading
- Castelli, Stefano (September 11, 2018). "Bad North - La recensione". IGN Italia. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- Donlan, Christian (August 23, 2018). "Bad North review - doom-laden strategy delivered in tiny, terrifying chunks". Eurogamer. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- Reseigh-Lincoln, Dom (August 22, 2018). "Review: Bad North (Switch eShop)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- Smith, Adam (March 22, 2018). "Bad North and the golden age of micro-tactics". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- Webster, Andrew (September 16, 2018). "Bad North is a scaled-down RTS that's perfect for the Switch". The Verge. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- Wood, Austin (March 26, 2018). "Bad North is easy to pick up, but it's a fiendish strategy game". PC Gamer. Retrieved September 16, 2018.