If you get tired of lopping of heads you can always try S.A.G.A: Rage of the Vikings.
Though the Elves are more Tolkienesqe than Norse and its pretty bizarre towards the end its quite a good game.
Well, noobiest thing, I guess, is that I didn't realize I could "repair" the force fields. Lots of stimpacks.
Judging from many of the replies in this thread, I just got to say: RTFM!!!