All in all, Viking presents itself as the atypical Jack of all trades, and with overly easy gameplay and a lack of genuine depth it fails to recapture the essential glory we expect of the Viking age. For the casual gamer looking for a more lengthy epic to get lost in without too much in the way of cerebral or dexterous challenges, Viking could really provide. GDN would suggest it'd make the ideal RPG introduction for younger gamers, but for some reason it seems to have an 18 certificate, so that whole demographic's left out, too.
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.
Sega wants to give you even more free games.
Negative. More like 3.4.
The Genius has spoken.