The Battle of Visby takes place during the summer of 1361. King Valdemar of Denmark invandes the Swedish Island Gotland. A ragtag army of farmers decides to take up arms against the invaders. -The game is a narrative "walking simulator" mixed with "Quick time events.
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Mixed (12) - 41% of the 12 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Aug 7, 2020
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About This Game

The battle of Visby is a visual narrative experience retelling the events that took place on the small Scandinavian island, Gotland during the summer of 1361.
Visby, the islands main town is the trading centre of the North.
King Valdemar Atterdag of Denmark lands his troops on the shores of Gotlands west coast.
His goal is to invade Visby and rule the trading of the baltic sea.
A small resistance of country yeomen decides to take up arms against the superior invaders.
The story is told from a first-person perspective where the player takes roles of different characters experiencing the events that lead to the battle.
It is made in Unreal Engine by a one-man team.
The experience is about 1-2 hours long and focused on narrative storytelling.



Design:

The game is a mix of a "walking simulator" and Quick Time Events.
The player experiences the story from a first-person perspective from the eyes of different characters where the player walks around and unfolds the story by interacting with the environments as well as NPCs.




The battles and action sequences are played as "Quick time events" where the player has to push the right key to perform different actions.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

A medieval war takes place during the game. Dead bodies occur on the battlefield. Violence with melee weapons happens during the battle.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: win 10 64 Bit
    • Processor: i5-3470 INTEL or AMD Equivalent
    • Memory: 6 GB RAM MB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7770
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 18 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: win 10 64 Bit
    • Processor: i7-4790K INTEL or AMD Equivalent
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM MB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon R9 390
    • DirectX: Version 11

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