Viking: Battle for Asgard hitting PC next week

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[url]http://www.shacknews.com/article/76162/viking-battle-for-asgard-coming-to-pc-next-week[/url]

[ironman17]

I think one of my college tutors worked on this game; if you see an Emmeline Dobson in the credits, that'd be her. Dunno if she's working on this one though; come to think of it I dunno what she's doing in the industry at the moment.

Also here's hoping for a good PC port; it'll make the difference between bringing a cool thing to the table or making a cynical cash-grab.

[RB-D2]

I thought this was on the PC in the first place :V

[junker|154]

Holy fuck after all those years?

I got it on xbox, I really like the prequel Spartan Total Warrior. This game is really neat if you are into hack and slash and vikings. But there is a lot room for improvement, the game is seriously lacking sound effects. Hope they fixed that.

This game has some epic grand battles, sneaking, solid fightmechanics and all wrapped up in an awesome viking guerilla style.

[JohnnyMo]

~accurate portrayal of viking culture~

[The_Marine]

Would be neat if they ported Spartan: Total Warrior too... but it's been 7 years so I doubt it.

[Chrille]

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;37995327]~accurate portrayal of viking culture~[/QUOTE]

about as accurate as GoW is of greek culture i'd say

[NS]

if it's not accurate then the fun's kinda lost for me

[junker|154]

This game is about killing Undead legions and trolls. Honestly I do not even know any viking simulators. I write some pros and cons because I feel like it.

[b]Pros[/b]
-Large open worlds
-Epic landscapes
-Solid fighting mechanics and moves
-Nice looking models
-Gore and brutality
-Stealth
-Guerilla warfare
-Epic grand battles
-Epic soundtrack

[b]Cons[/b]
-severe lack of sound and dialogues
-stiff animations at times
-boring protagonist
-repeating enemies
-open world to empty
-unbalanced difficulty
-to short
-no replayability
-only gold can be found when exploring, lack of collectibles

[NS]

It doesn't have to be realistic, just, It'd be cool to have some correct mythology and stuff in there. So they're not just putting 'viking' in there as an excuse to use big axes and have people wear shorts in the mountains.

[junker|154]

[QUOTE=NS;37998135]It doesn't have to be realistic, just, It'd be cool to have some correct mythology and stuff in there. So they're not just putting 'viking' in there as an excuse to use big axes and have people wear shorts in the mountains.[/QUOTE]

Well the main plot is about Norse gods and the general theme is about vikings. It has also some cool norse athetics with epic runes.