There are very few hack-and-slash action games that showcase more than just the ability to tear through enemies and then there are those that are simply content with just doing the same thing over and over again until the end credits roll. Sadly, Viking: Battle for Asgard is the second one and while it has its good moments those moments are fleeting and hardly worth entrance to Valhalla.
The story revolves around Hel, daughter of the Norse God Loki, as she targets Midgard (the human world) with her minions from the Underworld. During one particular bloody skirmish, a noble warrior named Skarin is killed during battle and resurrected by Freya, daughter of Odin and a Goddess that protects Midgard. Freya offers Skarin a chance to be the "Champion of Midgard" and so the warrior sets out to fight against Hel and her army. With the guidance of a Goddess and a Viking's bloodlust, Skarin takes on hordes of enemies at once in a huge open world.
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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