Do not campare with Game of thrones before watching.
Believe me, it's the most underrated show.
The plot is very impressive, it develops like you are living with the characters and never loose the grip of the main story.
The only name flashes in your head, dreams, talks and memory is RAGNAR LOTHBROK.
SUCH A GIFTED ACTOR 'TRAVIS' IS.
And "Floki" (Gustaf) you love these characters so much that scenes without them seems uninteresting. It's not that others are not good, but these two are the men of Honor.
There is humour (wherever needed), full of action (goosebumps), emotions (particulary between GODS)
And the Era of Vikings, raids.
If you are binge watcher, Vikings is for you.