Fimbul PC review: a Viking action adventure that nails Midgard but winds up middling

Viking legends have been kept alive in pop culture through adaptation - whether in the sci-fi tinged interpretations of the Marvel movies, or the entire subgenre of heavy music literally known as Viking metal. Wikipedia will back me up on that one. Lately, though, there’s been a move toward tackling the old stories as simply as possible - encapsulated by Neil Gaiman’s best-selling Norse Mythology, which retells the legends of Loki, Thor, Odin et al back to back, like a stark and bloody sitcom. Fimbul fits that trend, sending you from the frigid shores of Sweden, to the borders of Midgard, and beyond into giant territory. The Jotunheim of Fimbul feels very much like the one where Thor was once tricked into quaffing from a horn connected to the sea in an emasculating drinking contest. It’s like visiting the familiar set of Friends, only Ross is a troll and Central Perk is a bare drinking hall buried by snowdrifts. The same, then.