GameSpy: In world terms, the humans are much like the Vikings and Midgard is Scandinavia. Where does the fantasy deviate from the reality?

Hal Milton: This is another reality from our earthly one. The plane of Midgard does appear very earthly at first, but as the player explores they'll find more and more unearthly sights and sounds. Especially when they cross over to the full corrupted regions of Midgard … that, and all of the monsters constantly trying to kill you kind of ups the hyper-reality of it all.