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This is one of my favorite games of all time. My ultimate comfort game (along with a few others like Morrowind, Oblivion, DA:O, Bard's Tale, Champions of Norrath, etc.). It will soon be Viking: Battle for Asgard's 16th birthday! And to celeberate I wanted to give it the retrospective treatment. Some dev history, reception, and a summary of the game along with a (biased) review.

This is the longest video I've made yet, and the one that took the longest. About three and a half weeks of work give or take, as well as some research and sending lots of emails to lots of places and people! I feel pretty happy about how the video turned out, I need to get better about how I talk into the mic I think to limit mouth noises and just become a better speaker. But editing-wise, I feel I keep getting better every video! Anyways; I hope you enjoy the video!

Patreon:   / residenteccentric  

You can buy Viking: Battle for Asgard here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/21...


Special Thanks:
Jim Russell (For working on the game, the kind back and forth emails with me, sharing information, and his encouragement to make the video.) https://www.artstation.com/jimification

Michal Gutowski (For working on the game, and answering my emails and questions.) https://www.artstation.com/michal_gut...

Shar (For helping me with editing a part of this video by giving some helpful and detailed advice!)    / @shar  

Nicholas Boulton (For responding to a question about his work on the game.) https://twitter.com/Boultybits?ref_sr...

Sources:
Rome: Total War Trailer    • Rome: Total War - E3-2004 Trailer  

Eurogamer: The Future of Total War https://www.eurogamer.net/the-future-...

Spartan: Total Warrior Trailer    • Spartan Total Warrior - Trailer 3 - PS2  

Dorkaxe's Spartan: Total Warrior Review    • Spartan: Total Warrior Review  

Viking: Battle for Asgard Trailer    • Viking Battle For Asgard Trailer  

Viking: Battle for Asgard Making Of: Why Vikings? https://www.gamespot.com/videos/vikin...

Concept Art (I didn't show it in the video but I referenced the scrapped ship combat and boss) https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Jl...

Mount & Blade Warband Trailer    • Mount & Blade: Warband Release Trailer  

Ghost of Tsushima Trailer    • Ghost of Tsushima - Official Trailer | The...  

Art at the End: Stańczyk by Jan Matejko

#totalwar #creativeassembly #vikings #viking #videoessay #retrospective Viking: Battle for Asgard Review Viking: Battle for Asgard Retrospective


Chapters:
00:00 Sword are Cool - An Introduction
03:43 Building a Longship - Development
10:17 In the Beginning there was Brian Blessed
18:22 The World and Building an Army
25:24 Honing the Edge - Training and Combat
31:19 Taste of Blood - The First Siege
37:24 Bathing in Blood - Conquering the First Isle
48:08 Reaping New Lands - Reaching the Second Isle
1:00:11 Hitting our Stride - Conquering the Second Isle
1:05:55 Infiltration and Destruction of Caldberg
1:12:49 Fear and Loathing in Iceland
1:23:42 A Saga's End
1:30:14 Painful Admission of Flaws
1:34:28 Yearning for Asgard - Conclusion
1:37:12 Thanks and Farewell