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PLAY Reviews Viking: Battle for Asgard, Scores 9.5/10

Play Magazine Writes:

"There's been ample coverage of Sega's latest potential über franchise but little has been established about the game's infrastructure and overall flow. Seldom have I been so surprised by a review disc. Judging by what I'd seen prior (Sega wisely kept a tight lid on early code), I was expecting a linear action/adventure similar to Beowulf-which done right would certainly be welcome given the universe (they had me at Midgard), but I never dreamt that Viking would offer up an epic more along the lines of Fable... If this one doesn't launch a major franchise, then there's absolutely positively no justice in this world or Valhalla."

In summary:

"Fable with Vikings meets Kingdom Under Fire, only it's prettier and far better tuned than either."

9.5 / 10

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Published: 637 days 23 hours ago | Review | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360

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Rikitatsu - 638 days 1 hour ago

1 - Even though its from PLAY

but i knew Creative assembly won't disappoint !
they always make great games

there were some fools who compared this game with conan and Beowulf lol LOL!

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sonarus - 638 days ago

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lol yea like me. I didn't see this coming. Didn't even give this a second look.

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games4fun - 637 days 23 hours ago

1.2 - i know why it got that score

they dumbed down the graphics slightly to add a lot more enemies onscreen not to mention how it seemed to completely rip off of god of war you fight off bosses using the qte and some attacks couple that with the fact that the bosses are actually good bosses and that your able to switch around so easily as seen in the gameplay video you could go from one battlefield area to another in no time

also because its about vikings it creates a different time period/look to god of war to merit the feel of a new game even if it does steal from gow it does it right so they gave it a decent score

besides theres tons of blood who doesn't like that?

also its multiplatform so you cant hate on it like a fanboy would if it was an exclusive hint(heavenly sword)

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yesah - 637 days 6 hours ago

1.3 - oh can you imagine,,

if in the game there were two massive armies running tword each other, swords drawn, and you were somewhere in the crowd....then bam they collide.......it'd be game of the year.

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Rattles - 638 days 1 hour ago

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ill wait till i see more of it i still dont know much at all, but if it is good i might pick it up :)

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decapitator - 638 days 1 hour ago

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Yesss. I know am getting this game now. Looks awesome btw.

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zakupilot256 - 637 days 23 hours ago

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can you say Sleeper Hit? For little to no coverage then to a 9.5 is crazy. Well this beats Dark Sector for me, Viking it is.

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5 BilI Gates | 637 days 23 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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paracardium - 637 days 23 hours ago

6 - ..

People are easily influenced here on reviews.. kinda sad that noone can think for themselves.I'll give this game a try anyway.

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mintaro - 637 days 23 hours ago

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they gave Sonic the Hedghog a freaking 9? a 9?

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Erakiles - 637 days 22 hours ago

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Dude, make your biased comments on the open zone

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devilhunterx - 637 days 21 hours ago

7.5 - I agree

They even gave the crap games like

Dead or Alive 4 - 8.0,
Bullet Witch - 8.5
Crackdown - 9.5
Far Cry Instincts - 8.0
Kameo - 9.5

Sheesh these guys have no standards

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Mario18 - 637 days 19 hours ago

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Or when they gave Halo 3 an 8.5, that score is too high for that game. I was expecting a 5/10

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princejb134 - 637 days 23 hours ago

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i been sleeping on this game
i saw the name vikings one and didnt even bother looking at it just moved on to the next big game

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LinuxGuru - 637 days 23 hours ago

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Oh crap this is the Creative Assembly game?

I have nothing but the utmost respect for them, due to their creation of the absolutely fantastic Total War series of PC strategy games.

I'll have to check this out then, if the good reviews keep rolling in.

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kingme71 - 637 days 23 hours ago

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This looks promising. I was hoping this was the little game that could due to it sneaking up on people. CA makes high quality games and I didn't expect them to underperform. Hopefully, other reviews will be on par, but I plan on picking it up.

My feeling about Dark Sector goes the other way. That one started out promising, but looks to be turning into an average game.

Have to see next week how they both turn out.

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UJUSTLOSTONE - 637 days 22 hours ago

11 - Yeah, I need another couple reviews

If it averages around 8's then I will probably pick this one up. Been baiting this awhile, ever since Conan, and Beowulf dropped, those two were kindof dissapointing, Kinda = Conan & Disappointing = Beowulf.

Hopefully this will be the Diamond in the rough.

p.s. Dark Sector was much better as the Space Sci-Fi Stealth thriller
it had first come out as. Oh well...

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LinuxGuru - 637 days 22 hours ago

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"p.s. Dark Sector was much better as the Space Sci-Fi Stealth thriller
it had first come out as."

I agree...Dark Sector had me really psyched initially....too bad it's become less of what it was originally envisioned as...

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UJUSTLOSTONE - 637 days 22 hours ago

11.2 - Do you remember that trailer !

When he took control of the Big robot thing at the end, I was like daydreaming about this damn game at work. lol

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LinuxGuru - 637 days 22 hours ago

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Hell yeah I remember that trailer...

I guess EA struck while the Iron was hot and took that sci-fi space horror theme and ran with it (read: Dead Space) after Dark Sector dropped it.

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devilhunterx - 637 days 20 hours ago

11.4 - and it was a

PS3 exclusive back then.

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Darkfiber - 637 days 22 hours ago

13 - This game always looked great to me

Planned on picking this up for a while back when I heard about it last year, I've been following it and watching the trailers, looked great to me, I don't know why it got so little hype. Hopefully now that reviews are going to start coming out this game will get the recognition it deserves. I didn't think Creative Assembly would let down and it doesn't look like it's going to. I doubt the game will get a 9.5 on every site but hopefully other reviews will be fairly high, even if they aren't I'm still going to get it.

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sandip787 - 637 days 21 hours ago

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it got a 9.1 on gametrailers.com
and plus its made by the people who make the total war series. those games own.
looks a bit like their earlier game - spartan total war.
may have to pick this up.

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Jinxstar - 637 days 21 hours ago

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Very good to see.

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FCOLitsjustagame - 637 days 13 hours ago

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Wow, (although the review is from play). This is one of those games I saw the name for, felt mildly interested in but assumed it would be just one of those average games like Dynasty Warriors. My focus was on Dark Sector which had continued to look awesome (even though somewhat disappointing they went away from space scifi). But like an unexpected twist in a movie Dark Sector is now looking like crp and this is looking pretty darn good. Fable one though it dissappointed in not living up to its promises was actually quite a fun game, so if this is like that then I am definitly picking it up.

Now if I can just finish LO, start and finish Condemned, buy and start and finish RB6, I will be good to go (though I guess I should actually try to finish halflife or at least try out portal).

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gixxxer - 637 days 7 hours ago

17 - Nice

I was kinda hoping this would turn out good, I really like these games with lots of gore and awesome gamplay mechanics!

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