04-13-13 02:45 AM

Kingnothing2010 is Offline

Link
| ID: 778242 | 356 Words

Kingnothing2010

Level: 20

POSTS: 52/72
POST EXP: 3988
LVL EXP: 39048
CP: 91.6
VIZ: -159

Likes: 0 Dislikes: 0

Beast here, listen up! Learning about the adventures and deeds of Vikings, such as Erik the Red or Leif Eriksson, was always the highlight of any world history class in school. After all, these were true stories about men who explored the unknown, conquered new lands, and often killed mercilessly. With such strong material to draw from, it would seem that a fictional game based on Viking lore would be a sure thing, Viking: Battle for Asgard completely captures what makes Vikings--or even games for that matter--interesting. Those who enjoy mindless killing will find something to like here, and everyone else will be sure to find other ways to stay entertained easily! There's a a an awesome history here, but can you handle it. You play as Skarin, a Viking that has been called upon by the Goddess of Light to fight the forces of Hel, whose undead army is killing people to create a new Valhalla. There's also something that has to do with Skarin having haunting visions and some anger toward at least one of the gods--you know, like in God of War. The story is told via cut scenes that are reminiscent of the graphic novel 300. It's a third-person action adventure that focuses on combat while mixing in fetch quests and unfulfilling exploration. Your main task is to go to enemy encampments, kill the bad guys, and free the soldiers who are imprisoned there. Once you've freed enough soldiers, you can attack an enemy fortress. This triggers a huge battle with hundreds of soldiers onscreen at once. Heavenly Sword did a fantastic job with encounters of this size. If you master this once, you're good for the rest of the game because every battle after this is almost exactly the same--just a little longer. Other than that, the only other things you'll be doing are fetching items for people and finding gems so that you can summon the aforementioned dragons. These tasks play out in much the same way as freeing soldiers, but instead of letting soldiers out of a jail after you've killed all the enemies, you open a treasure chest.