Assassins Creed Valhalla - set in the Viking age - now on Steam

[PorkyThePaladin]

That guy in the video above seems rather angry, considering how bad Odyssey was, or really any Ass Creed game ever. It's kinda like if I was buying cheap fast food all my life, and then suddenly started ranting about the Taco Bell taco not being premium cuisine.

 

[Tehdagah]

Giant wolves are ok but gay vikings ruin the immersion

 

[Riddler]

Giant wolves are ok but gay vikings ruin the immersion

It's a significant step on the way towards changing the setting from historical with scifi/mythological elements to Brooklyn theater company theme park. If it is sold as the former (or the series generally has been) while they suddenly deliver the latter then fans are likely to get upset.

Why anyone would be a fan of (modern)AC is beyond me though.

 

[Fedora Master]

Giant wolves are ok but gay vikings ruin the immersion

It's a significant step on the way towards changing the setting from historical with scifi/mythological elements to Brooklyn theater company theme park. If it is sold as the former (or the series generally has been) while they suddenly deliver the latter then fans are likely to get upset.

Why anyone would be a fan of (modern)AC is beyond me though.

All Ubisoft games are the same anyway.

 

[Markman]

Ubisoft fired Ash. Hope he got some good money out of it.
https://www.windowscentral.com/assassins-creed-valhalla-creative-director-fired-ubisoft

What you need to know

• Assassin's Creed Valhalla Creative Director Ashraf Ismail has been fired from Ubisoft.
• In June, Ismail was accused of misconduct and infidelity.
• His termination comes after an investigation by an external firm.

Having sidechicks can get you fired lol.

It reminds me of a case recently overhere where a woman called a police on a dude she had sex with when she found out that his expensive car was a rental.

 

[J1M]

Giant wolves are ok but gay vikings ruin the immersion

It says right on the box that it takes place in the Viking afterlife.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Assassin's Creed Odyssey was not realistic because it didn't have enough faggotry. Everyone knows that the Greeks were degenerates who enjoy butt fucking children.

 

[Avarize]

I just found out Einar from Wardruna is part of the composing team. Might have to play this at some point for the tunes. Wish they'd go to interesting setting already, like pre-Columbian Aztec empire or something.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Ubisoft fired Ash. Hope he got some good money out of it.
https://www.windowscentral.com/assassins-creed-valhalla-creative-director-fired-ubisoft

What you need to know

• Assassin's Creed Valhalla Creative Director Ashraf Ismail has been fired from Ubisoft.
• In June, Ismail was accused of misconduct and infidelity.
• His termination comes after an investigation by an external firm.

Having sidechicks can get you fired lol.

It reminds me of a case recently overhere where a woman called a police on a dude she had sex with when she found out that his expensive car was a rental.

. In June, Ismail was accused of misconduct and infidelity

In before the wrongful termination lawsuit

 

[Avarize]

Fired for infidelity? Absolutely based Ubisoft.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Infinitron]

Rare un-delay:

 

[DalekFlay]

Give Ubi some minor amount of credit for "upgrading" the console Joes versions for free, unlike some other companies.

 

[Hobo Elf]

i don't understand how it looks less graphically impressive than Origins or Odyssey. I can tell that it has more polygons or whatever but it looks less impressive, I dunno maybe it's the bad attempt at copying The Witcher 3 aesthetic.

It's not just that. Looking at the player run through a village it seemed even more lifeless and lacking in atmosphere than in Origins or Od. Everything about this game world, and the game itself, looks like total shit. Even by Ubisoft/AC standards, which are already bottom tier.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Give Ubi some minor amount of credit for "upgrading" the console Joes versions for free, unlike some other companies.

Only series x upgrade or will the s also get it?

 

[DalekFlay]

Only series x upgrade or will the s also get it?

I's assume it's a Microsoft account thing and would count on all platforms, but can't say for sure. Why that isn't standard across the board is also a mystery. As a PC gamer it makes zero sense to me.

 

[J1M]

It's marketing to try and get you to thank Ubisoft for Microsoft building the Xbox like a PC and allowing the game to be the same for all three hardware boxes.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Nah, there's bits in the Sagas that outright state a homo gets the death penalty.

Can you give me a citation for that? I'm in another internet argument and want to quote a source when I tell the guy the same thing you are saying

 

[Oracsbox]

Decent overview of everything known up to now.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Oracsbox]

Assassin's Creed ESRB Rating Confirms Brothels and Hallucinogenics
The ERSB rating for Assassin's Creed Valhalla releases details about topless brothels, detailed violence, and hallucinogenic mushrooms.

 

[Lord_Potato]

Assassin's Creed ESRB Rating Confirms Brothels and Hallucinogenics
The ERSB rating for Assassin's Creed Valhalla releases details about topless brothels, detailed violence, and hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Finally! A game that does not pull any punches

 

[ADL]

First time Jesper Kyd has worked on these games since the Ezio trilogy. This is gonna be sweet

 

[ADL]

i don't understand how it looks less graphically impressive than Origins or Odyssey. I can tell that it has more polygons or whatever but it looks less impressive, I dunno maybe it's the bad attempt at copying The Witcher 3 aesthetic.

My guess is they wanted to promote 4K/60 on PS5 and Series X at all costs. Even my RTX 3090 has difficulty pulling 70+ frames in Odyssey so I don't think making it look better was even an option for them. It'll be interesting to see how this one runs on PC since they got Vulkan running on AnvilNext in Ghost Recon Breakpoint and that improved performance by like 30% for me.

I'd imagine this is using Vulkan since it's an AMD partnered title.

 

[Infinitron]

https://open.spotify.com/show/32D0s4zdgKVDplzPf8GZBO

At the time of the launch of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, “Echoes of Valhalla” offers the first immersive historical documentary series in audio.

Comedians, well-known experts and reconstructed scenes will bring to life the glorious eras of the people of the North, relating the story of the Vikings as you have never heard before.