Viking: Battle for Asgard for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

I didn't think Viking was as bad as most people claim. In fact it's not really bad at all, it's just perhaps the most redundant game since Tetris.

You'll spend the entire game doing one of three things. Most of the time you'll be running back and forth to finish incredibly lame quests that are required to progress. Second to that you'll be dismembering your foes with the same attack sequence over and over and over. Third you'll be sneaking into the enemy encampment to retrieve an item required to then assault that very base with your army (yes it is as stupid as it sounds).

Viking brings absolutely nothing new to the table. It plays out its meritocracy very well though. I personally found it to be fairly well polished. I think people complaining that it got rushed and it isn't polished fail to see that this game was going to be a rehash of other games from the start and it is indeed a well polished mediocre game. You've got your attacks ripped from God of War. A dumbed-down quest system take from World of Warcraft. Plus you've got a weaksauce storyline that's been liberated from...well, take any game with a near nonexistent story.

Honestly, the most fun you'll have while playing this game is when you knock enemies off of cliffs or into lava with your shield. No, it's not a spectacular slow-motion sequence. It's about the only game play mechanic the developers may not have intentionally set out to do. Viking is just so god aweful linear.

As I said before Viking is not a bad game. It's just another game that will fall by the wayside 0 and for good reason. A game that while fun for the time being probably shouldn't get a sequel. And if it does, expect the same exact thing. Walking around back and forth while slashing your adversaries in the same manner repeatedly to a craptacular storyline. Don't buy it; rent it, beat it in a week and return it.

I'll try to be as fair as possible, listing the good and bad for you to decide if you'll like it.

Cons: The contrast in this game is horrible to the Nth degree. I have a 10,000 to 1 contrast t.v. and even then it's hard to distinguish shades of black from each other. Walk into a shadow and you'd disappear, if it weren't for the light medallion the developers cleverly placed on you. The graphic filtering is bad too -- you don't have even edges to things. Basically, the game developers gave up and left it 90% finished graphics wise. The game is a tad repetitive, but not in a way that gets boring.

Pros: It's still a fun game if you can get over the way it appears on most larger TVs. The best parts are the large battles you have -- similar to Heavenly Sword, but less artistic and more grit and grunt, slash and smash.

The game is definitely worth a play, not a buy. Just don't play it thinking it's going to be as good looking as some of the screenshots depict.