Iceland-based game studio On The Rocks is on the verge of releasing a side scrolling game based in the world of myth and legend. Published by Freeverse, Thor includes 13 levels along with hidden objects, achievements, unlockables, and multiple game save slots among other things.
Gameplay consists of running through the mythical landscape, gathering energy orbs by tapping them and lightning bolts by sliding your finger across them to power up your hammer. Destroying and avoiding obstacles involves tapping the screen at the right time, a mechanic that seemed to take me quite a few deaths to get used to.
Along the way you run in to several bosses, clever dialog, and a few different locales to run across. Overall Thor is pretty fun, but as you can see from the video it is a game where your fingers will be constantly be obscuring the screen if you hope to collect everything. Regardless, I’ve found myself enjoying all of these different running games and while Thor is no Canabalt, it’s still a fun game.
