War of the Vikings

War of the Vikings

War of the Vikings cover
Developer(s) Fatshark
Publisher(s) Paradox Interactive
Designer(s) Anders De Geer, Robin Hagblom and Daniel Platt
Engine Bitsquid
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release date(s) 15 April 2014[1]
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Multiplayer

War of the Vikings is an action game developed at Fatshark and released by Paradox Interactive. It was developed by the same team that made War of the Roses. The game was announced at the Paradox Platypus Homecoming Event on 7 August 2013 in Sydney, Australia.[2]

The announcement notice said that "War of the Vikings is a new standalone entry into the War-franchise that will pull players into the brutal and bloody Viking Age, challenging them to design a personalized warrior and sack England as a mighty Norseman – or defend it as a brave Saxon. Built on the same close quarter combat-tech as War of the Roses, War of the Vikings delivers the next generation of Paradox’s close quarter combat focused brands that moves the setting to the Viking Age. All of these factors enabled us to create a game experience that has an increased intensity, improved accessibility, and more intuitive combat experiences ensuring you’re always presented with interesting choices."[3][4]

War of the Vikings was shown at Multiplay UK's Insomnia festival[5] and at Gamescom[6][7] August 2013.

War of the Vikings was released on early access for War of the Roses: Kingmaker owners on 1 October 2013.[8]

War of the Vikings was released on 15 April 2014.[9]

On 2 October 2014 Paradox Interactive announced they would stop development of the game after 2 patches to increase stability and solve some major issues.[10]

Gameplay

2 Saxons fight 2 Vikings on a bridge at the docks
Saxons fight Vikings at the docks.

‘’War of the Vikings’’ puts the player in control of a single, soldier fighting for either the Vikings or the Saxons. The player will be able to define the game character profile by choosing everything from armour style, heraldry, shield paintings, beards, armour, weaponry and perks. The game plays mainly in a third-person viewpoint and is a multiplayer game.[11]

So far, the player can choose from 5 character classes:. Warrior (Medium Class): An all-around warrior with medium armor, with a sword and shield, and throwing axes. Champion (Heavy Class): Heavily armored, with charged up attacks whose two-handed axe deals a lot of damage. Skirmisher (Light Class): A ranged fighter who picks off enemies with a longbow, but carries a light axe for close-quarter combat. Shield Maiden (Medium Class): A defensive front liner with spear, javlin and the Snowflake shield. Berserker (Light Class): A fast, dual wielding fighter with two swords.[12]

Melee attacks are a right,left swing and overhead. Each melee weapon also has a special attack which does a large amount of damage if it connects but will leave the attacker vulnerable while the animation plays.

There are 5 game modes, each of which can be played by up to 64 players. Arena is a single life game mode in a small map, when a player is ‘downed’ they can be killed by the attacker hitting them where they lay or resurrected by a team mate. Pitched Battle is the larger version of a single life game mode, suitable for clan battles. TDM game mode where the player can respawn however each full death counts towards the score (a resurrected player does not count as a death for the game score). Conquest is a multiple life game mode where the teams battle to advance one objective at a time. Domination is another multiple life game mode where all objectives are available and must be held simultaneously to win.

Reception

The game's reception was mixed with a 62 on Metacritic.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "War of the Vikings website". War of the Vikings. Paradox Interactive. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Rickne, John. "Paradox Interactive Announces War of the Vikings". Paradox Interactive. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "War of the Vikings". Paradox Interactive. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Veloria, Lorenzo. "War of the Vikings lets you smash heads and grow beards". War of the Vikings Preview. gamesradar. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "PARADOX INTERACTIVE AT INSOMNIA49: BRACE YOURSELVES, VIKINGS ARE COMING!". nsomnia gaming festival. Multiplay Insomnia. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "War of the Vikings Press Release". Paradox Declares War on Gamescom. Gamasutra. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "War of the Vikings Gamescom demo". GamesSpot. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  8. ↑ Hinkle, David. "Spill Norse and Saxon blood in War of the Vikings today". joystick. joystick. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  9. ↑ Haulica, Radu. "War of the Vikings Will Launch on April 15 for PC". Softpedia. Softpedia. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Rickne, John. "Statement regarding the War franchise". paradoxplaza.com. Paradox Interactive. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "War of the Vikings website". War of the Vikings. Paradox Interactive. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  12. ↑ "War of the Vikings website". War of the Vikings. Paradox Interactive. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  13. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/war-of-the-vikings/critic-reviews

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