Glory Ages - Vikings

Glory Ages: Vikings Review: Sharp Parry Combat, a Stamina Bar Sold Back to You

Parry, Dodge, Counter — the Samurais Formula in the Snow

The developer's own description is the design: no button-mashing, victory by timing. Enemies come in waves across a snowfield, each with a fighting style — aggressive, cautious — and you wait for the window to parry or dodge, chain strikes, trigger active skills to break a guard, and finish in slow motion. Progression unlocks techniques and attributes. It is the structure of Vasilev's Glory Ages: Samurais moved north, in 60 levels rated up to three stars, with a March 2 update, version 0.1.056, that reworked the tutorial, added camera-angle settings and an Epic graphics mode and gave the Viking a voice. Reviews from the February 17, 2026 launch are enthusiastic: a February 23 review praises the dodging, parrying and slow-mo and the fact that you are not always the strongest, and a June 13 five-star finished all 60 levels at three stars. Rated 18+, English only, 361 MB on iOS 15 or newer.

Breath That Runs Out Mid-Wave, a Parry Window Too Small, and a Wall at the High Levels

The complaints are about the same system from two sides. A June 19 review — five stars to sneak it through, one star in content — says your breath runs out so fast that later levels are impossible without potions, one enemy exhausting you while eight wait; a September 7 five-star lost every potion, including the purple berserk one needed to clear a level in under 80 seconds, and cannot progress; an April 17 three-star finds the high levels frustratingly difficult, enemies whose attacks cannot be followed; a June 28 four-star asks for a larger margin of error on parries and dodges because a missed one means being comboed into oblivion. The wishes are consistent — more weapons, customisation, a camera you can pan, a gore setting, more modes or a campaign, and, from an August 7 review, more replayability; an August 23 review finds the fights too short. The App Store record is 567 ratings at 4.7, with no Android version and no update since March.

Ads, a $7.99 Ad Removal, Potions, and Crystals to $34.99

Apple flags Advertising and In-App Purchases. The ads, per a February 16 review, had been toned back by launch week; No Ads costs $7.99. The rest of the shop is a currency ladder — Coin Packs at $1.99, $4.99 and $24.99, Crystal Packs at $1.99, $9.99, $19.99 and $34.99, a Starter Pack at $4.99 and a Legendary Equipment Pack at $12.99 — and the economy behind it drew the first review's complaint on February 22: at around level 30 the reviewer was still on the second equipment set because gear prices outrun earned currency. An August 23 three-star says it plainly, pay to win. Apple's tracking list is Purchases, Location, Usage Data and Diagnostics not linked to you. The developer's listed website is a Blogspot page. Prices are regional.