Viking: Battle for Asgard (Xbox 360)

Back in 2005 Creative Assembly teamed up with Sega to release Spartan: Total Warrior for the consoles of the previous generation. While it got some great scores, the official PS2 magazine gave it a 9/10, I believed it was a bit of a disappointment. The limitation of the system, the lack of evolution in the game and a number of other quirks and poor design choices kept Spartan from being great in my mind, and certainly not a competitor against God of War. Now, just under three years later we have Creative Assembly's second attempt at a hack and slash game in the form of Viking: Battle for Asgard. With the power of next-generation hardware and the chance to change past ...  Read the complete review

Viking: Battle for Asgard is a hack and slash game with a huge free-roaming map and even huger battle scenes. Battle for Asgard is a game featuring many aspects of Norse religion and mythology. Skarin is a strong warrior who is selected by Freya, the goddess of war to fight against the forces of Hel, a goddess banished from Asgard, the realm of the gods, to stop her causing armageddon and destroying Asgard (if you are following, your doing well). You fight on the mortal realm of Midgard (our world) doing battle with Hel's ressurected viking warriors across 3 islands during this conflict, you must free captives, destroy portals and summon ...  Read the complete review

'Hel, goddess of death, orders her merciless army of undead soldiers to enslave mankind and destroy Asgard, the realm of the gods. As Skarin, last hope of the Vikings, control every vicious blow of your sword and axe and drench the battlefield with the blood of your foes' (Game Blurb) STORY ~~~~ Asgard and the Underworld have been in conflict for centuries and now Hel and her army of undead Vikings, the Legion, have targeted Midgard. The reason? Hel despises the allegiance between the Vikings and the Goddess of Asgard, Freya. Hel's plan is to steal the souls of the Asgard younglings to create her own Valhalla. Skarin (You) are a Champion ...  Read the complete review

No game is perfect. Some have iffy controls, others have lame stories, and a few just have weak enemies, but even with these natural foibles, glitches and hang-ups, a videogame can transcend its limitations and be heralded as a title where the sum is greater than the parts. That isn't the case with Viking: Battle for Asgard. Set in the time when the Norse Gods ruled and people hid gold in glowing urns for some inexplicable reason, Viking, the latest from SEGA and Creative Assembly, tosses you into the massive boots of Skarin, a shirtless warrior who packs a sword and battleaxe. The game opens with Skarin mortally wounded and about to take a ...  Read the complete review

before getting this game i read all the reviews watched all the videos and trailers and it looked sooo good. i ordered my copy and was so excited to finally get it through the post. i ran upstairs put it in my xbox and started playing. and then it seemed as if the house had just fell on me. it was such a dissappointment. the objective of the game is to build your army by freeing all the captured vikings and take over all the cities that are ruled by the norse gods. for the first time this is amazing but then it just gets repetitive. the graphics are good and everything looks realistic apart for the fact that people leave their valuable gold in urns :S. this ...  Read the complete review