1UP writes: "At some point in your life, you're going to settle for something: a breakfast, a car, or a girlfriend or boyfriend. And while that's fine in real life, that sort of thinking shouldn't exist in the entertainment world. Imagine Michael Bay saying "Let's pull back on the explosions in this scene" and you might see where I'm going: Viking: Battle for Asgard falls far short of its potential.
Your main character is a Viking named Skarin. After he dies in battle, the goddess Freya brings him back to life to overthrow the evil Hel and her army of undead. Sounds awesome, right? Well, it stops there. Your character doesn't get fleshed out, leaving you no reason to care about him. Even toward the end, when it appears as though there will be a huge revelation about Skarin, it's treated with such indignity that it's laughable."
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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Hmmmm, I'm not sure about 1up reviewers.
Maybe I'll tire quickly of it, but right now, I'm really enjoying this game and I can see pelnty in it to recommend. A friend is playing this title downstairs as I type this and he is loving it too.
Whilst its hardly the stuff of AA dreams if this kind of thing appeals to you, don't be put off by this negative review, as you might find, that like me, you'll enjoy it too!
Mind you, I liked the Conan game too, so be warned! :)
reviews for this one.
But in the end it's lackluster... The review just seems harsh. I may rent this. I usually either buy or ignore, as I don't have time to dedicate to a rental... I like an hour of Oblivion followed up by an hour of CoD4 n00b fragging and a bit of Uncharted to wash it down.
Damn, I really wanted this game to rock.
got it
played it 20 minutes (going to try once more but dont think it will change much)
going to sell it
you get thrown in the game without any story introduction whatever
lackluster movement and clunky buttonmash fights
for example once you pressed the button for attack your character executes the one attack animation and your not able to interact in the mean time (means you cant switch direction) only after the animation ends you gain controll back of your char.
graphics are nice but really nothing to get excited about, the ai is boring as hell you free some comrads and they jsut rush into the open attack random foes but they DONT team up with you.
everything has a rushtaste to it, they really could ahve made this game epic but everything is nice thought of but bad executed.
Damn i miss a great hacknslash viking game since Rune
well was worth a try i guess :)
im disapointed... very...
Got it in the post this morning-been playing it most of the day!
It takes awhile to get into it, but once you do it's very enjoyable.
My only real complaint (apart from the main protaganist's lack of charisma) is you get slow-down in the huge big battles at the end of the islands.
Even Kameo pulled that off better, and that was 3 years ago!