Dorky helmets aside, Viking Invasion is a great expansion for a great game. Read Review
The Medieval: Total War Viking Invasion Expansion Pack takes the action to 793 AD, a time when Europe trembled with fear as Vikings descended from their Scandinavian homeland and began the raids that made their name synonymous with terror. All new Viking campaign and new playable factions. New units including Viking Berserkers, Saxon Huscarles, Fyrdmen and many more. New weapons allow you to torch castles and villages with flaming arrows and pour boiling oil from the castle gates! New historical heroes including Harold Godwinson, Edward the Confessor and Leif Erikson, the Viking discoverer of America. Build an empire using trade, diplomacy, subterfuge and the art of war.
It's always a great thing when a game can educate as well as entertain. And what, you may ask, did Viking Invasion, the expansion pack for last year's Strategy Game of the Year teach me? First, it taught me that in real-life Vikings were incredible bastards, showing up all uninvited to loot and pillage and burn. They were loathsome, savage, unprincipled, barbaric, and probably smelled. Second, I learned that as unpleasant as real-life Vikings were, their digital counterparts are incredibly fun to play with. Despite some issues from the original game that aren't addressed by the expansion and a minor game balance thing, Viking Expansion is a good example of how to do an expansion pack right. Read More »
Ah, medieval Europe - a wondrous place when knights on horseback rescued fair maidens from the clutches of evil dragons. OK, maybe not. Actually, medieval Europe was a tumultuous stew of religious strife, ethnic conflict, Crusades, Inquisitions, jihads, conquests and intrigue. It was time when excommunication could mean death; the strong bricks of a castle meant life to its inhabitants and pouring boiling oil on somebody knocking on your door was considered a polite way of saying "hello." It might not have been that great to live through, but it's an absolute blast to play, as was proven dramatically in 2002's PC Strategy Game of the Year - Medieval: Total War. Read More »
Also known as: Total War: Medieval -- Viking Invasion
Release Region: United States
Release Date: May 7, 2003
Publisher: Activision
Release Region: United States
Release Date: May 7, 2003
Publisher: Activision
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