Customer Reviews
Mindless Hack'n' Slash - By: Rick H, 21 Aug 2008 
bad day at work? Boss been on yur back like a mad monkey? Sit down, plug in & take it out on the various bad guys in this game. Looking for something a little more deep or a true role-playing game, then best avoid.
dynasty warriors with gore and a better game engine - disappointing - By: Mr. J. J. BURTON, 19 Aug 2008 
Viking is the most recent console game by The Creative Assembly following Spartan on the original xbox. As such I hoped it would take the tactical elements that game had & place them into a more brutal & impressive environment.
Sadly Viking has been dumbed down considerably from Spartan to the extent there is no strategy whatsoever, indeed in the big battles its impossible to die so there is no challlenge either - who cares how many vikings you rescue when they reappear just as many times as the character you play, it may take you hours but theres no way to fail - you cant die, your men cant die so what is the point.
It has the spectacle but is empty, although perhaps its more vocal fans are getting what they want - a game that takes no skill to complete is not my idea of a challlenge. Theres so many men on screen its pointless having combat mechanics because most of the time you cant see what you're doing & its worst crime is that the gameplay is exactly the same throughout.
Solo missions are enjoyable but still repetitive, every final battle plays the same without asking the player to do any more than the first one did. So thats three lands to free with nothing else to do but hack & kill & hack & kill some more, fine if thats what you want but for me its a tragic direction for The Creative Assembly to take & it became very boring.
In a nutshell this is great for simpletons & people lacking in the necessary skills to actuallly complete a game for themselves, for anyone wanting a constantly evolving challlenge (and isn't the type to forgive a game its faults just because you can chop the enemies heads off) you wont find it here.
Hack and slash fun - By: Mr. C. Dixon, 09 Aug 2008 
This game is so much fun! It's like the b@stard child of Fable, Assasins Creed & God of war. Well worth £25 of anyones wages.
Failed to reach it's potential - By: Mr. Mj Alexander, 02 Jul 2008 As a big fan of Norse mythology I was heavily let down by this title. The story line is poorly constructed, & developed even worse, & the game seems to expect the user to already know/not care what is going on. Some of the fighting sequences can be quite enjoyable, but I feel the lack of immersion into the world of vikings reallly takes away from any positives in this game.
This game is controversial alright. Controversially bad! - By: R. W. Dursley, 19 Jun 2008 
Where do I even start with this diabolical game?!
Well lets start with the good:
The title is very clever. You ARE a Viking. AND you are in a battle for Asgard. The title is 100% spot on there.
Right now we have the good stuff out of the way let's start on the bad points:
*Vikings don't have horses:
They don't. This means that you get to walk EVERYWHERE.
*Vikings do however have teleports:
Yep, you can teleport everywhere! Forget the Egyptians! Vikings skipped alll of the basic modes of transport & when straight into the realms of Star Trek.
*Vikings NEVER DIE:
Well you won't EVER. In fact there are no consequences what-so-ever for you dying. Every time you get killed you just come back to life & can teleport back to near enough the exact location that you were killed in. So essentiallly before you begin this game you know the outcome. You are immortal so the legions of Hell are royallly screwed from the start. The legions of Hell do have one trick up their sleeve though, the game is so monotonous that you will more than likely give up the fight within a few minutes of starting it!
*20 Vikings can't break a flimsy looking wooden gate:
They can't. No reallly the strong Viking horde is no match for a wooden gate. So they just have to wait there until you come along & rip the gate open yourself... Makes you wonder why you are bothering to save them reallly... You would more than likely be better off without them!
Actuallly sorry, this game is so god-awful that I have even lost the will to write this review. JUST AVOID IT at alll costs!
Things I have learned from this game:
*Hordes of Vikings can't break wooden gates
*Amazon don't let you give a game 0 stars
*Vikings walked or ran everywhere
*Gamestation gives you a decent price on trade in for terrible games
*Death has no consequence what-so-ever, which is a shame because I was considering killing Sega for making this god awful pile of sh*te.
AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
Durs
