With so much controversy surrounding violence in games nowadays, there is a danger that political correctness will start to impinge on our rights to digitally eviscerate on-screen foes. But for all the outcry, the fact is that cleaving through rank upon rank of fiendish evildoers can be incredibly enjoyable and is the basis for many a fine piece of gaming fare. Fortunately Creative Assembly are in absolutely no danger of forgetting that and have drawn inspiration for their upcoming console outing from the Vikings, who stand out in history for taking their raping and pillaging with quite disturbing relish.
Viking: Battle for Asgard is a third-person hack-n-slash adventure, a genre which has been heavily explored in the console history. However, Creative Assembly brings a whole new element to the tried and tested formula. Drawing on its Total War background, Viking complements a reasonably familiar solo questing structure to seamlessly place you at the head of a vast army. Here your character's outstanding battle prowess can – and indeed must – be used to orchestrate your stratagem from the battlefield itself.
Twinfinite Writes: God of War takes Kratos from the pantheon of Greek mythology to the cold lands of Norse mythology. Here are a few other games with a focus on Norse myth, if you find your interest piqued.
It's high time we get another Valkyrie Profile. I'm so ready. I can't believe we've had to wait this long and we just got a mobile game...
Can we please just get another Age of Mythology? Lost many hours of my childhood to that game!
Join Amras89 and Hardlydan for game talk and fun! This time, The Gamesmen do three word associations for the games that came out the second half of 2016. Games discussed are Star Wars Battlefront, Viking: Battle for Asgard, Mafia III, Planet Coaster, Dead Space, Doom, Bastion, Dragon Age: Inquisition, and Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past.
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