Only one character can fight, who can use various weapons such as bare knuckles, swords, axes, and throwing daggers to do damage, use spells, defend against attacks, or flee from combat. In combat, the player must reduce an enemy's energy to zero, while avoiding the same with their party. Some islands feature NPCs who can be interacted with, some of whom act as shops where players can buy or sell items.Ĭombat begins when the player interacts with monsters at their current location, though some are triggered by moving past a point. In addition, players can acquire weapons, scrolls, gold, food and various other items from either combat, treasure chests or just lying around.

Most islands have a range of traps - pits, spikes and arrows - that can damage the player, along with various monsters based on Norse mythology. Players can take only Heimdall and two crew members with them onto the island, and can only leave the island by the entry point they came in by. Island Exploration is conducted via an isometric perspective, in which the player explores an island through different rooms.

The game features three modes - Navigation Map, Island Exploration, and Combat.

The most critical stat of characters is energy - while this can be replenished by eating food, any character who loses all their energy is dead and must be revived by magic. Each class has their own strength - while warrior's make good melee fighters, wizards can cast spells more efficiently and identify scrolls and items more proficiently, whilst navigators can alert the player if their travel to another island might damage the party. While Heimdall falls under the class of 'Chieftain', the others fall under Viking-styled classes - Warrior, Wizard, Shipwright, Navigator, Druid, Blacksmith and Berserker - who each differ in stats and skills. After completing the trials, the player then choose five characters to form a crew with alongside the main character. Players begin a new game by controlling the lead character Heimdall through a series of arcade-style trials - axe-tossing (cutting a maid's braids) boar hunting and fighting on a ship - which influence the character's stats and the crew members they can choose to use during a playthrough.

Rastan arcade playthrough