Vikings - AoE2 vs History

How historically accurate are the Vikings in Age of Empires 2?

0:30 Who are "Vikings"?
1:05 Vikings history
6:00 Berserker
7:45 Longship
10:00 Civ bonuses
12:25 Tech tree
14:10 Cultural references

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Game: Age of Empires II Definitive Edition

[airbornefilip]

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[metal_monocle]

Oh and as for "what civ you'd like to see" - the Cumans by far! They were a super interesting and extremely overlooked people.

[forsakenquery]

It's important to realise that most civilisation's imperial age techs and structures are inferred, rather than historical, as for example the Vikings faded from history in the "castle age". We are getting what the Vikings "would have been like" if they remained a force into the 1300s. Arbalests and their wonder, and the introduction of heavy Calvary all make sense in that context.

[devangnivatkar]

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[Firefocus-fzwe]

12:03 I'd rather say that it's a reference to them getting some "cheap labour" form their raids so their efficiency back home improved.

[OlrikMeister]

I think the Chieftains upgrade could be seen as the vikings becoming more organised under chieftains so they could fend of cavalry better which is allways seen as a counter to unorganised infantry formations.

[lionelhutz-attorneyatlaw]

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[polishedpebble]

Longships should be packed like a trebuchet, and can cross land, then unpacked in water again.

[rithikradhan]

I thought Vikings only played in the Black Forest .

[Lightning_Lance]

The viking age was caused by a warmer climate in scandinavia, which caused bountiful harvests and significantly increased the population. The population increased so much that they needed to expand.
So I think that's why they get the TC economy upgrades for free, because it results in increased population and resources.

[MikaelKKarlsson]

The Viking team bonus could be to display any enemy monastery that has a relic in it. 😋

[delasvegas]

It should be noted that the days of the week are not borrowings; before the Viking age the pre-christian Anglo-Saxons worshipped the same gods as the Norsemen and names in the days of week are the English names for those gods. Some important words that did come from Norse however include "they" "give" and most words starting with "sk"

[kodys]

Thank you again for all the time and effort you spend to make these AOE2 vs History videos! Lots of people became interested in medieval history because of AOE2, myself included, and love watching these kinds of videos.

[debvideos]

Hi sotl, you might now read this comment but I really realy enjoy your aoe vs history series, hoping you'd make more in the future.
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[ethanpappas]

A "How accurate are the Chinese" would be hilarious, I get that the reason the Chinese aren't vary historically accurate is because of balance, but still...

[tvremote]

My knowledge on Viking history comes solely from vinland saga. And this seems pretty accurate from what I know

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