Assassin's Creed Valhalla

So far so good for me:

  Yeah, well - I'd never actually buy something like that.  It just looks cool.

nicoriv @nicoriv1
It's quite the challenge to be asked to give a Viking twist to a brand as legendary as Assassin's Creed; to evolve the visual identity of a brand that speaks to the imagination of fans across the world. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm! #AssassinsCreedValhalla

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I see they have gone with a nord. Honestly props to Ubisoft for doing this twice in a row. With Odyssey they hired Greek voice actors and with Valhallla they hired Scandi voice actors. The usual suspects won't give them an ounce of credit for doing this. 

Even if Odyssey was somewhat enjoyable, everything was generic: helping both sides of the war and have a big name, but no punishment, you can't ended up with anyone you want to romance.


And I'm not interested in vinkings at all, so yeah, this time I'll only buy if they step up with the writing and rpg elements.

Yeah, I was a little annoyed that Odyssey only once mentioned you playing both sides and that was a quest where you had to complete a quest chain for both factions before it would appear.

saandrig

You made a couple of prophetic calls in this post.

bsn.boards.net/post/1172825/thread

So...

The 'settlement' sounds interesting. I suppose settlement systems are like unicorns in gaming for me. In theory I like the potential for the idea, after all I used to play 4 X games like Stars and Civ...but I can't think of a single system that has actually done a good job with it...wait XCOM 2 was kind of neat in that regard so nevermind. But FO 4 and Inquisition were...not ideal on the other ends of the spectrum.

And the progression...also sounds interesting. I mean this sounds like it could be a major shakeup in how characters progress in RPGs...but then it could also be just a cosmetic change, either way I look forward to seeing what they come out with and its something I look forward to seeing.

So anyways if Breakpoint gets its act together that means it will likely be DAI then Breakpoint then Odyssey. If not then I will need one (or more) games to sandwich in until I get to about August or September. But bright news, I now have a pretty full gaming schedule again.

In the interviews they talk about how he seems that way at the start since we're playing from a Viking perspective, but as the game progresses the nuances of him and the situation are explored in detail. 

Conquest battles were such a useless disappointment that I stopped bothering with them.

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