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Sgt. Larson Dec 14, 2024 @ 12:58am

Great idea BUT what is THAT?!

I love the Idea of Vikings Dynasty BUT PLEASE put a big emphasis on Historical accuracy! - the Buildings and Fortifications look like Fantasy Vikings or stuff bought from some cheap 3D Asset Store?!

Please let the team check out Hedeby (Haithabu), Ribe and Lofotr Viking Museums - they literally reconstructed entire Viking Settlements and NO houses looked like the ones you show in your promo pics back then - the fortifications you show on the steam page literally look like they were build by Orcs...

Japanese Culture and History was treated exceptionally well by the team of Sengoku Dynasty, please do the same here and show some respect to Germanic Culture and History.

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Sgt. Larson Dec 14, 2024 @ 1:02am

Oh yeah, please dont forget to research the Clothing - The Clothes the Character wears in the trailer is absolute Hollywood Garbage.

LeBurns Dec 16, 2024 @ 8:10am

Amber Dec 16, 2024 @ 11:33am

People do not like Historical accuracy things. Look what they did with the other games. They whine, whine complain, complain to the point they get what they want. Also the main fanbase would likely be the Hollywood Vikings fans.. so they do have that to think of.

Sgt. Larson Dec 16, 2024 @ 1:25pm

Originally posted by Amber:
People do not like Historical accuracy things. Look what they did with the other games. They whine, whine complain, complain to the point they get what they want. Also the main fanbase would likely be the Hollywood Vikings fans.. so they do have that to think of.

"People" do not like historical accuracy things? Just look at Manor Lords, Historical accuracy close to 100% - Kingdom Come Deliverance I and II and most importantly Sengoku Dynasty, the Clothing, the Buildings etc. all close and respectful to their historical counterparts. So i call BS on that statement. The Hollywood Fans wouldnt even know or care if stuff is historically accurate or not, so there is no reason to not to try and make it historically accurate - they can only win.

Amber Dec 16, 2024 @ 11:58pm

Originally posted by Leiftur:
Originally posted by Amber:
People do not like Historical accuracy things. Look what they did with the other games. They whine, whine complain, complain to the point they get what they want. Also the main fanbase would likely be the Hollywood Vikings fans.. so they do have that to think of.

"People" do not like historical accuracy things? Just look at Manor Lords, Historical accuracy close to 100% - Kingdom Come Deliverance I and II and most importantly Sengoku Dynasty, the Clothing, the Buildings etc. all close and respectful to their historical counterparts. So i call BS on that statement. The Hollywood Fans wouldnt even know or care if stuff is historically accurate or not, so there is no reason to not to try and make it historically accurate - they can only win.

Go look at the forms and the games post and learn about what im talking about before calling it BS. Cause its a real thing sadly. Open your eyes to people demanding changes to a point its none accurate.

LeBurns Dec 17, 2024 @ 5:56am

Originally posted by Amber:
Go look at the forms and the games post and learn about what im talking about before calling it BS. Cause its a real thing sadly. Open your eyes to people demanding changes to a point its none accurate.

Well I get games must be inaccurate to some degree for gameplay reasons. (Like whacking a tree a couple times to make logs, etc.). I would however like to see things like the buildings, weapons, tools, clothing, etc., to be as historically accurate as possible. That's kind of the whole point of the Viking Theme, to live in a Viking world. There is much we can draw from through artifacts and such to at least get the authentic 'feel' of being a real Viking, which I assume is the main feature the devs are going for here.

It's when people start to demand the addition of weapons, armor, etc., that we know Vikings never used, that I hope the devs can draw a line and just let people know if they want those things there are other games they can play. Ruining the game for those that want a more authentic experience for those that just want another game to play and leave shouldn't be the goal. Just my opinion anyway.

Amber Dec 17, 2024 @ 9:48am

Originally posted by LeBurns:
Originally posted by Amber:
Go look at the forms and the games post and learn about what im talking about before calling it BS. Cause its a real thing sadly. Open your eyes to people demanding changes to a point its none accurate.

Well I get games must be inaccurate to some degree for gameplay reasons. (Like whacking a tree a couple times to make logs, etc.). I would however like to see things like the buildings, weapons, tools, clothing, etc., to be as historically accurate as possible. That's kind of the whole point of the Viking Theme, to live in a Viking world. There is much we can draw from through artifacts and such to at least get the authentic 'feel' of being a real Viking, which I assume is the main feature the devs are going for here.

It's when people start to demand the addition of weapons, armor, etc., that we know Vikings never used, that I hope the devs can draw a line and just let people know if they want those things there are other games they can play. Ruining the game for those that want a more authentic experience for those that just want another game to play and leave shouldn't be the goal. Just my opinion anyway.

now this i'll 100% agree with. I do hope they stand their ground.

Paladin Dec 27, 2024 @ 11:44am

+1
Yes, that is so bad i got tears in my eyes as i read "Vikings". That is so fantasy and not "vikings". So please call it just "Nordic fantasy Dynasty" and i would be ok with it.

Burnout_122812 Dec 31, 2024 @ 4:56pm

Originally posted by Paladin:
+1
Yes, that is so bad i got tears in my eyes as i read "Vikings". That is so fantasy and not "vikings". So please call it just "Nordic fantasy Dynasty" and i would be ok with it.

I'm just gonna call it what it is...a video game.

Sgt. Larson Jan 1 @ 3:59am

Originally posted by Burnout_122812:
Originally posted by Paladin:
+1
Yes, that is so bad i got tears in my eyes as i read "Vikings". That is so fantasy and not "vikings". So please call it just "Nordic fantasy Dynasty" and i would be ok with it.

I'm just gonna call it what it is...a video game.

True, they just have to decide if they want to make a good video game that actually represents the Culture, and people they are advertising for with this game or if they are just going for the quick Cash grab with assets that look like they were bought from the UE5 Marketplace without doing any historical research whatsoever.

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Red River Jan 1 @ 1:45pm

what do you mean they have to be 18 to start working?
even MD villagers wonder that question but what about VD folk?
will they too adopt a more modern social structure or will they bypass that nonsense?

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LeBurns Jan 2 @ 4:53am

Originally posted by Red River:
what do you mean they have to be 18 to start working?
even MD villagers wonder that question but what about VD folk?
will they too adopt a more modern social structure or will they bypass that nonsense?

I thought that MD worked in some kind of apprenticeship that teens work in prior to being a full blown adult worker. Perhaps just some tweaking to that system is all that's needed. I can agree that a teen is not going to be capable of a full work load like a grown adult, but work they will. They certainly won't be sitting around on their phones fritting about social media drama. :p

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