Viking: Battle for Asgard
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| Developer(s) | Creative Assembly |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows |
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PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 Microsoft Windows
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, hack and slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Publication | Score | ||
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| Destructoid | N/A | N/A | 6.9/10 |
| Eurogamer | N/A | N/A | 5/10 |
| Game Informer | N/A | 7.25/10 | 7.25/10 |
| GamePro | N/A | N/A |    |
| Game Revolution | N/A | B− | B− |
| GameSpot | N/A | 5/10 | 5/10 |
| GameSpy | N/A | |
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| GameTrailers | N/A | 7.3/10 | 7.3/10 |
| GameZone | N/A | 6.5/10 | 7.6/10 |
| Giant Bomb | N/A | |
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| IGN | N/A | 6.3/10 | 6.5/10 |
| OXM (US) | N/A | N/A | 6.5/10 |
| PC Gamer (UK) | 65% | N/A | N/A |
| PSM | N/A | |
N/A |
| USA Today | N/A |   |
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| Wired | N/A | |
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| Aggregate score | |||
| Metacritic | 65/100 | 65/100 | 68/100 |
Viking: Battle for Asgard is an action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It was announced on August 21, 2007 by Sega Europe and released in North America on March 25 and Europe on March 28, 2008. The game is based on Norse mythology, where the war between the gods has sparked further conflict in the mortal realm of Midgard, where Freya's champion Skarin must lead Viking forces against that of the Goddess Hel.
The game features three islands in the world of Midgard, which the player can explore freely. The player is able to search and find his fellow Viking soldiers and rescue them, and in return they can assist him in battles.
Since Creative Assembly's last game of this style (Spartan: Total Warrior) there have been several changes. Quick time events being one, with them being used to bring down the larger and tougher enemies in the game, from bringing down giants to shaking off an assassin's grip. The way in which you fight is also different, where you fight each enemy individually rather than in groups, you can no longer do a sweeping attack to clear enemies away, you may only strike them one by one, which means becoming surrounded is a far greater danger than before. The RPG element means that you must buy combos and specialist attacks as you advance through the game.
The world has plenty of settlements which the player can attack and capture. When the player finishes his missions in each island, he must fight a large battle, which can be a great siege or a clash between large armies. One of the main features of the game is the large armies - in many battles there can be hundreds of soldiers fighting to the death.
The player may use different ways of weakening his enemy, such as killing their shaman, who summons enemy troops, or getting into the main fight and use combat moves and combos to kill enemy soldiers and champions, who drop dragon runes. These runes can be used to call upon dragons to attack enemies from the air, destroying them. The combat system of the game features a hack-and-slash style, much like the previous Creative Assembly action game, Spartan: Total Warrior, although it is considerably more violent. It features very graphic violence including dismemberment. Throughout the game, the player has the ability to raid various Legion-held locations on the three main islands. This can range from sneaking into a lumber mill and freeing the Vikings held there, (who will help destroy the Legion garrison) to launching an all-out one-man assault against a quarry or tower.
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