Lotheneil vs. The Backlog Hydra, Ep. #15
Target V of my ABC Challenge project list shot down. This week was busy and tiring and I’ve even managed to catch a cold somehow to boot, so thinking straight is still not my strongest suit today :)
Viking: Battle for Asgard
28.4 hours of playtime, 41 of 50 achievements
Verdict: positive A nice slasher-type game with some stealth elements and larger battles. It gets a bit repetitive after a while - you are doing basically the same over an over: reach a specific location, kill enemies stationed there, free the people, find a new commander, do an easy quest for them and go to shop to buy some things every now and then - rinse and repeat. The most interesting elements are the battles over larger fortifications, where you make your way through minions towards commanders, calling dragons to burn some groups of enemies every now and then.
Status: completed While there are a couple of achievements I’ve missed, they either require playing on higher difficulty level or exploring every nook and cranny of some locations for collectibles that serve no other purpose - so I don’t care about either in the slightest.
This is a bit of a late reply, but I had fun with this one, too. It does get repetitive and felt a little too long to me, but it essentially played like a clunkier, less polished predecessor of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, which I had a blast with.
SoM is sitting in my backlog. I kind of liked Viking, good to know it’s similar - just way better. Looking forward to playin SoM then :)