is Norse Lands not worth it?

[Rock&StoneTorture]

it has mixed reviews

[teleshoes]

norse lands adds several really fun new gameplay elements, and the art+music are high quality and fresh.

the initial release had a few awful bugs which soured the experience for many. all THREE of the major bugs that i experienced have now been FIXED, though, by the most recent patch. really fast turnaround time by the devs makes up for the botched release, imo.

if youre expecting a whole new game, it is definitely NOT. however, it IS more than just a fresh coat of paint.

i vote: worth it.

[Isaak]

It plays very similar to Two Crowns.
You have puzzles now and fighting workers. Also upgrading your walls is difficult and they break down more easily.
With your skills you need to actively defend your walls later on.
This changes the pacing, and if you like that or not depends on you.

So if you played the basegame for 50+ hours recently, wanting a fresh experience, I would wait.
If you just want the best of the game with some neat additions, it's well worth the 7 bucks, imo.

[KikiMofo]

Norse Lands is much more difficult in my opinion. Once they start sending crushers and breeders out during normal nights you pretty much have to baby sit the wall and use your mount powers and item powers to defend it because archers and walls are not going to work. Not sure I like the difficulty yet.

Edit: HOWEVER I prefer to play as one ruler and restart when my crown gets taken. So if you play normally as in just playing the game after getting your crown stolen its probably easier.

[teleshoes]

despite the walls weakening, i think norselands might be easier than basegame, once you get used to it. sleipnir and hel's summoning are ridiculously powerful, especially if you use the fire+push on bloodmoon+retaliation waves multiple times BEFORE they arrive. destroying portals (or pre-weakening them) with hel also makes it easier to control where you are when the retaliation waves come.

as for the crabs, a shieldwall usually takes care of them, right?