War of the Vikings
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| Developer(s) | Fatshark |
| Publisher(s) | Paradox Interactive |
| Designer(s) | Anders De Geer, Robin Hagblom, Daniel Platt |
| Engine | Bitsquid |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 |
| Release | 15 April 2014 |
| Genre(s) | Action, hack and slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
War of the Vikings is an action hack and slash video game developed at Fatshark and released by Paradox Interactive. The game was announced at the Paradox Platypus Homecoming Event on 7 August 2013 in Sydney, Australia.
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."
War of the Vikings was released on 15 April 2014. 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. On 28 February 2017 the servers were shut down and the game is not playable anymore.
‘’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.
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.
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.
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