New Viking: Battle for Asgard screens make us say, 'hmm'
by Chris Powell 
{ Jan 13th 2008 at 4:00PM }
But hey, we're probably just nitpicking, right? The real story here is that Battle for Asgard appears to feature some really epic battles that are sure to be loads of fun, and these screens prove that. And even if the game is borrowing heavily from a few well-established franchises, at least they know who they should be emulating.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
choirovwolves @ Jan 13th 2008 4:25PM
Art is derivative... Has been and always will be because most people want one thing: money. Perhaps this is merely a coincidence. If not, then this game is only invoking the fury of Odin.
Carlton @ Jan 13th 2008 7:35PM
I'm pretty sure you can't sue someone just because they used the same generic ogre designs that you did.
Not even in America.
I'm gonna play this game while listening to Immigrant Song.
LAZoftheTamarinds @ Jan 14th 2008 1:20AM
Well El Gigante also looks a bit like the Lord of the Rings 1 troll:
http://www.comicstatues.com/images/lotrcavetrbst.jpg
farfisa @ Jan 14th 2008 11:22AM
Yeah, well what about that guy in SoulCaliber IV?--looks just like that guy from Star Wars!
Sequinforaneye @ Jan 15th 2008 10:04AM
does anyone know what those tattoos are called?
sockatume @ Jan 16th 2008 1:02PM
Call this a wild guess, but maybe the designers of both RE4 and BfA were lifting the same look from LotR? I recall almost everyone pointing out how Gigante looked like a LotR troll at the time the game came out.