| Viking: Battle for Asgard (Xbox 360) |  | From: Sega
Category: Video Games
List Price: £44.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 970
Platform: Xbox 360
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Windows
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 43649
EAN: 5060138436497
ASIN: B000Z6ZNN8
Release Date: March 28, 2008
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 Good fun hack and slash October 23, 2008
Just finished this games yesterday, and I had a lot of fun with it. One of the few games where I wanted to pick it up any free time I had to do the next stage. Good points are good story (with the great BRIAN BLESSED shouting as always!), good graphics, amazing variety of gory kills and some nice cut scenes. However a couple things let it down, the lack of variety and the length of the game, I probably completed it in less than 20 hours. However very enjoyable, and definately recommended at the lower price!
 Mindless Hack'n' Slash August 21, 2008
bad day at work? Boss been on yur back like a mad monkey? Sit down, plug in and take it out on the various bad guys in this game. Looking for something a little more deep or a true role-playing game, then best avoid.
 dynasty warriors with gore and a better game engine - disappointing August 19, 2008
Viking is the most recent console game by The Creative Assembly following Spartan on the original xbox. As such I hoped it would take the tactical elements that game had and place them into a more brutal and impressive environment.
Sadly Viking has been dumbed down considerably from Spartan to the extent there is no strategy whatsoever, indeed in the big battles its impossible to die so there is no challenge either - who cares how many vikings you rescue when they reappear just as many times as the character you play, it may take you hours but theres no way to fail - you cant die, your men cant die so what is the point.
It has the spectacle but is empty, although perhaps its more vocal fans are getting what they want - a game that takes no skill to complete is not my idea of a challenge. Theres so many men on screen its pointless having combat mechanics because most of the time you cant see what you're doing and its worst crime is that the gameplay is exactly the same throughout.
Solo missions are enjoyable but still repetitive, every final battle plays the same without asking the player to do any more than the first one did. So thats three lands to free with nothing else to do but hack and kill and hack and kill some more, fine if thats what you want but for me its a tragic direction for The Creative Assembly to take and it became very boring.
In a nutshell this is great for simpletons and people lacking in the necessary skills to actually complete a game for themselves, for anyone wanting a constantly evolving challenge (and isn't the type to forgive a game its faults just because you can chop the enemies heads off) you wont find it here.
 Hack and slash fun August 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game is so much fun! It's like the b@stard child of Fable, Assasins Creed and God of war. Well worth 25 of anyones wages.
Failed to reach it's potential July 2, 2008
As a big fan of Norse mythology I was heavily let down by this title. The story line is poorly constructed, and developed even worse, and the game seems to expect the user to already know/not care what is going on. Some of the fighting sequences can be quite enjoyable, but I feel the lack of immersion into the world of vikings really takes away from any positives in this game.
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