Torvak The Warrior

STORY / GAMEPLAY
Torvak is a barbarian born and raised in a fantasy world called "Ragnor". This peaceful home was once a green and fertile land but now an evil magician called "Necromancer", unleashed a real hell and doomed the land to darkness. Waving his double-axe and his sword, Torvak must kill the Necromancer and eliminate his loyal monsters to break the curse and bring peace back to Ragnor. Torvak must travel through 5 different levels hacking 'n slashing multiple foes and big bosses at the end. He must also be careful not to fall from too high or into the water, otherwise death will be imminent. The gameplay is not that simple. You have to hit the enemies more than one times in order to kill them (which is quite) tough and the most frustrating issue is that if you lose a life you have to start from the beginning of the level.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The visuals on the Amiga are quite good, pretty much identical to the Atari ST version (an ST port maybe). The color palette used is somewhat dull (as in the ST) and the backgrounds are a bit poor. I would expect at least a few layers of parallax-scrolling and a few more details, since they could be easily supported by the Amiga hardware. On the other hand, the sprites of the game are nicely done and beautifully animated. Sonically, the game supports either in-game music or sampled SFX instead, both being of good standards (I guess the Amiga could do better than that, offering both during gameplay). Of note is the intro tune which is a quite impressive.