Deeper combat than the witcher, man that is a hard achievement to get.https://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-valhalla-preview/
Assassin's Creed Valhalla wants to be The Witcher 3, but with deeper combat and the occasional climb
Assassin's Creed Valhalla wants to be The Witcher 3
The main stream reception of this seems to be slightly critical - at least in Germany.
Wombyn samurai
Wombyn vikings
it's a neverending cycle of copying. In the end all games will turn into an open world blob with checklist activities, detective vision, perk trees, and towers.Ubisoft being accused of copying Witcher 3 is humorous considering Witcher 3 copied the Ubisoft formula.
Onna-bugeisha (女武芸者, "female martial artist") was a type of female warrior belonging to the Japanese nobility. These women engaged in battle alongside samurai men mostly in times of need.
A shield-maiden (Old Norse: skjaldmær) was a female warrior from Scandinavian folklore and mythology. Historians disagree about whether they existed or not.
Onna-bugeisha (女武芸者, "female martial artist") was a type of female warrior belonging to the Japanese nobility. These women engaged in battle alongside samurai men mostly in times of need.
A shield-maiden (Old Norse: skjaldmær) was a female warrior from Scandinavian folklore and mythology. Historians disagree about whether they existed or not.
I was told being female is a social construct. How do you test bones for a social construct?In 2017, DNA analysis confirmed that the person was female
They check for boners.I was told being female is a social construct. How do you test bones for a social construct?
Doesn't assassins creed have mythological creatures in it now?
Who cares about realism, let me play as a buff viking chick.
Exactly - given the mythical elements in the last couple of AC games (and also evidently in Valhalla as well) having shield maidens is hardly much of a stretch.
Biggest problem with me for AC is how repetitive they are in order to get that "magical" hundreds of hours of gameplay. I'd rather they were shorter but with more unique content personally.
Other way around, innit?throwing runes and casting axes
Other way around, innit?throwing runes and casting axes
They should make an AC game set in the 1970's. Teach us all about the secret woke history of Watergate.I really wish they'd make a separate game. Keep everything the same - just don't call it Assassin's Creed 23. Call it "Eng-Land: Shadow of Varyag" or whatever.
On a mechanical level AC Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla have moved so far from the origins of the series that they are basically unrecognizable. It really is more Witcher 3 or Fallout 4 than it is Assassin's Creed.
On a narrative level, Assassin's Creed consistently keeps being a boulder on the writers' ankle rather than a benefit. The modern storyline has ended with AC 3 and had nothing interesting every since. All of the setting's secrets are already known. We know there are no gods - it's just ancient alien holograms faking it. We know there is no magic. The Pieces of Eden have long since stopped being interesting or even relevant. Animus is irrelevant even as a framing device. The "genetic memory" premise is just restricting the writers who want to write lesbians or whatever.
I just want a game about a cool viking Odinson throwing runes and casting axes at people. Am I being greedy? Is this too much to ask? How many decades of Assassin's Creed will it be until we are finally free?