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

[Duralux for Durabux]

Still sticking to the retarded Templar meta thing.

Other than that it was p. cool. Not a single Viking was black, not a single soldier was female.

Inb4 backlash and half the Nordic army stunningbrave black femyn.

You haven't seen nothing yet in game. You'll be surprise.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

> Immerse yourself in the Viking way of life through fishing
>fishing

Sold.

 

[Duralux for Durabux]

> Immerse yourself in the Viking way of life through fishing
>fishing

Sold.

If it'll be a good fishing simulator, why not?

 

[JarlFrank]

Cool trailer, doesn't tell shit about the shit that will be in the game tho.

Eh, you're obviously gonna play a viking and invade England and fight anglo-saxons, there'll probably be early motte and bailey castles to do parkour in, you'll sail a longship like you sailed a Greek trireme in Odyssey, etc.

It's obvious, innit?

 

[Quillon]

This is not even Assassin's Creed at all. How are they going to shoehorn Templar vs Assassin BS here

Hopefully they won't. It's time to dump this bullcrap, together with Animus.

Nope we'll have be that arab chick in present day for some reason.

AC Unity's way to handle present day stuff(simply addressing the player as animus user) was the best.

 

[JarlFrank]

Actually

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...torytelling-by-giving-you-a-viking-settlement

Does the name change if it's a female or stays the same (Eivor doesn't seems to sound female at all)?

Eivor can be a woman's name in Scandi languages.

There's a female singer named Eivor:

 

[moon knight]

AC Unity's way to handle present day stuff(simply addressing the player as animus user) was the best.

It was stupid and actual offensive. AC Unity didn't handle the present day stuff, it simply pushed it aside. Nothing in the day in Unity pushes the story forward, to the point that it could be cut out of the game entirely and nothing would change.

 

[Duralux for Durabux]

Eivor can be a woman's name in Scandi languages.

Interesting, first time i checked eivor on the internet i found a woman. Ubisoft is improving .

 

[Quillon]

AC Unity didn't handle the present day stuff, it simply pushed it aside.

And it was the best.

 

[Fedora Master]

Reads like a Consoletard version of Brytenwalda

 

[krilcebre]

Vikings sparing women and children while raiding. This is gonna be good. :D

 

[moon knight]

And it was the best.

I fundamentally disagree. The present day is the most important part of the series. It's what makes it stand out from being a simple history inspired game, and gives meaning and connection to each past protagonist, setting an end game for the series at the same time. At least was like this before they fucked it up in 3. But the fact that it's shit now doesn't mean that it has to be cancelled, it means that they need to improve it.

 

[JarlFrank]

I always found the present day parts lame (in AC2 and Brotherhood whenever I had to play as Desmond I just wished it would be over quickly so I could return to parkouring through Renaissance Italy, thank you very much) and am glad the series moved away from them. They could be cut out entirely for all I care, the main meat of the games has always been history parkour and stylish assassinations.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Vikings sparing women and children while raiding. This is gonna be good. :D

They needs make them look like the good guys.

 

[sullynathan]

How can you parkour without the really tall buildings like the old games? How can we assassinate when were warriors?

 

[Spectacle]

Actually

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...torytelling-by-giving-you-a-viking-settlement

Does the name change if it's a female or stays the same (Eivor doesn't seems to sound female at all)?

Eivor is traditionally a woman's name. I assume that Ubisoft picked it precisely because it sounds fairly masculine, so they can get away with using the same name for both genders of protagonists and save on the voice acting budget.

 

[InD_ImaginE]

So like Oddesy this one will also be an RPG huh.

And the series has been moving more and more from its initial premise. Which is needed, probably. It gets old doing the same thing over and over and over. AC1 - AC3 wasn't really really all exciting to play either. After you play 1 or 2 game bbecause it was the same stuff in different setting.

How can you parkour without the really tall buildings like the old games? How can we assassinate when were warriors?

The only rule of assassination is to be discreet. Killing everybody so nobody can snitch on you is thus an assassination :D

 

[Dishonoredbr]

How can you parkour without the really tall buildings like the old games?

You use your longboats silly.

>How can we assassinate when were warriors?

You use your longboat to smash them and look like a acident.

 

[Infinitron]

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/...eed-valhalla-become-a-legendary-viking-raider

In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, nearly every decision you make will have lasting effects throughout the world. Violence won’t be your only tactic for getting what you want; a silver tongue can be as effective as a steel sword when it comes to finding a home for your people. Shifting England’s balance of power and expanding your influence through diplomacy will likely make you more friends than brute force. Every political alliance you build, combat strategy you employ, and dialogue choice you make will alter your journey.

Expeditions Viking btfo, sorry Avonaeon

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Speech Viking builds , let's go.

 

[Quillon]

And it was the best.

I fundamentally disagree. The present day is the most important part of the series. It's what makes it stand out from being a simple history inspired game, and gives meaning and connection to each past protagonist, setting an end game for the series at the same time. At least was like this before they fucked it up in 3. But the fact that it's shit now doesn't mean that it has to be cancelled, it means that they need to improve it.

It's shit, I don't like it, they most certainly won't improve it so the less I see of it the better. Unity's way would make much more sense with gender choice; create a character & play your ancestor, easy & clean, they can push the shit narrative through the briefer.

 

[moon knight]

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/...eed-valhalla-become-a-legendary-viking-raider

In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, nearly every decision you make will have lasting effects throughout the world. Violence won’t be your only tactic for getting what you want; a silver tongue can be as effective as a steel sword when it comes to finding a home for your people. Shifting England’s balance of power and expanding your influence through diplomacy will likely make you more friends than brute force. Every political alliance you build, combat strategy you employ, and dialogue choice you make will alter your journey.

Expeditions Viking btfo, sorry Avonaeon

Ah, so we will play as migrants trying to go to England and get benefits.

 

[sullynathan]

The boat stuff was the best thing from AC3 & 4.

 

[Oracsbox]

Well I'm looking forward to it...when it comes to asscreed all my normal critical criteria fly out the window :D I just find them fun.

The modern day animus stuff I can live without tho'

By the way anyone having trouble with Assassin Creed Odyssey combat or tired of HP bloat ..you just need good well designed builds, even on Nightmare you can/should be killing stuff in one or two hits..this guy has legit excellent builds of all types
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCVQbGlKCjW0kF-p7ioPoQpQ

 

[Quillon]

The boat stuff was the best thing from AC3 & 4.

But it was shit in recent games cos of timeline, there are way more options to play & customize ships of recent centuries + enemy ship variety.

So don't expect anything good from viking longboats