Viking: Battle for Asgard
The story of a Viking Hero, with rich Viking lore. Vast open world environments, and brutal action combat with mythical powers. Free your people and create a vast army to use in combat.
Viking: Battle for Asgard is an adventure developed by The Creative Assembly, released 25 March 2008 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 17 hrs to finish.
What Viking: Battle for Asgard is
Viking: Battle for Asgard is an adventure game developed by The Creative Assembly and released in 2008. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are Skarin, a rage filled Viking warrior hell-bent on revenge. The goddess of death has resurrected a legion of demon warriors to overrun mankind and begin the apocalypse. Wage all-out war to annihilate the enemy and free the Earth from the grip of the Underworld.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, historical and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 50 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Viking: Battle for Asgard holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 17 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800 or better, 2 GB RAM and GeForce 8600 GS, Radeon 3400 or better. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 6GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Viking: Battle for Asgard launched on 25 March 2008, within three weeks of God of War: Chains of Olympus, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition, Mario Kart Wii and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: God of War: Chains of Olympus, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition, Mario Kart Wii, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Viking: Battle for Asgard yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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