By Ned Jordan
Why is the titular Viking in Angry Viking so angry? Who knows, perhaps it was
the lutefisk. Regardless, he's really ticked off and is taking it out on a poor
little seaside village. There's no real method to his madness he's just
interested in slaughter for slaughter's sake, with nary an inkling for loot. You
control the Viking with a virtual D-pad that sits in the lower left side of the
screen, and tap the axe button on the lower right part of the screen to make him
swing his axe. Your goal, as it were, is to chop to bits any unlucky peasant you
happen to see. Peasants will try to get a couple of hacks in before they turn
tail and try to run and you'll encounter knights who will stand their ground
until dead, so you'll quickly learn that you're not invincible. If you happen
upon a cow, you can stave off death by taking a whack at the cow, inexplicably
turning it into a drumstick that can be eaten to restore a point of health.
That's pretty much it. Run around the same village hacking people to death
until you inevitably die yourself. Play again and try to beat your last score
and then spam your Facebook friends with your new high score. Repeat, repeat,
repeat...
The game has a great look with hand-drawn, black and white line drawings and
plenty of bright red blood splattered all over the place with each hack of your
axe. But it's not enough to compensate for the fact that there's only one level
and two types of enemies. You'll play a few times and then probably lose
interest in it.
Final Rating: 50%
