Knives strike faster than any other weapon, making them perfect for close encounters. Claymores don’t have the forward range of the fencing foil, but their swipes are perfect for countering jump-happy opponents. This makes for tense matches as evenly-matched players trade kills near a doorway, conveyer belt, or lava pit until one player finally manages to break through and advance to the next screen.Īlong with the tried-and-true fencing foil, jumping dive kicks, and rolls, Nidhogg 2 adds a few new tools to shake things up. Momentum is fierce – a single kill can lead to successive victories as the loser scrambles to build a proper defense, but a single swipe of a sword can reverse the flow of a match in an instant. Whoever strikes first makes a mad dash to their end of one of several, multi-screen arenas as their opponent tries to stop them. Two opponents fight to death for the honor of being sacrificed to the Níðhöggr, a godlike serpent of Norse mythology. Nidhogg 2 retains the back-and-forth, nimble action of the original.
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It fails to expand the scope of the series the way you’d expect a sequel to, but the array of new combat options make it hard to go back to the original. Nidhogg 2 handles it well, adding substantive new ways to engage your opponent without losing what made the original a fantastic fighter. Its acrobatic combat and aesthetic simplicity were part of its charm, which makes adding complexity without souring the experience a difficult task. The original Nidhogg found a creative, fun take on the fighting genre.
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