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Although the game itself has yet to be featured in the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla announcement, we’ve already received a lot of information about the open world, history, and gameplay from the first part of the franchise, which will also appear on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. X.
Listed below are the details that have come to light since the Valhalla presentation. Some of the information comes from the game’s director, Ashraf Ismail, and the interviews that members of the development team have given to various video game sites.
Outdoor combat and game system.
- They’ve changed a bit in the fight, with more emphasis on making each punch feel effective.
- So they also allow players to amputate and decapitate their opponents.
- In the past, assassins have fired two weapons at once (for example, two swords), but Valhalla puts more emphasis on this, allowing players to freely combine the game’s arsenal.
- And as part of that, the shields that were left out of the Odyssey return.
- The Assassins’ Sword can be reused.
- The launch shafts will also be part of the Eivor (main character) weapon selection.
- Players will be able to cross the sea aboard their Viking ships.
- Players can stab forts out of the water, which they can then attack with their team during massive raids.
- Large-scale ground battles will also be part of the story, although it remains unclear if they will work in the same way as battles between armies (Conquest) in the Odyssey.
- The roleplay elements introduced in Origins return with new skills and new collectible gear.
- Outdoor activities will include hunting, fishing, dice throwing and drinking games.
- Furthermore, Valhalla is introducing a competitive “flight”. This should be considered as a modern rap battle in which Viking warriors insult each other at a rate (yes, that really existed).
- As we are used to in more recent Assassin’s Creeds, Eivor will have a companion for the birds, this time in the form of a crow.
History and world
- To Valhalla to IX. It takes place in 19th century England, in the Middle Ages.
- The story follows Eivor, a Viking warrior who takes his people from Norway to England to settle there.
- Eivor and the Vikings’ opponent will be Alfred the Great King of Wessex.
- Alfred will be one of the bad guys, but narrative director Darby McDevitt says it would be a mistake to call him the “central opponent” (source: GameSpot).
- Other great opponents can activate the modern story, about which Ismail admitted to continuing the story of Layla, known from Origins and Odyssey (source: Game Informer).
- Over time, Eivor will encounter groups of English assassins, though they and the Templars are still mentioned here as in Origins and Odyssey: as Hide and Seekers and Order of the Ancestors (Eurogamer source).
- Valhalla’s map includes Norway, to which the Vikings can return after their departure, and the four kingdoms of England: Wessex, Northumbria, East of England, Mercia.
- Between the main English cities, London, Winchester and Jorvik (today York) will be featured in the game.
- Although the series is not yet over with Valhalla, McDevitt called the franchise a “great climax”, ergo could have several clues in the franchise’s history thus far.
developing
- The Valhalla development is led by Ubisoft Montréal (a total of 15 studios work on it).
- The project is led by Ashraf Ismail. Ismail and his team previously worked on Assassin’s Creed Black Flag and Assassin’s Creed Origins.
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will be the first part of the franchise, which will also appear on PlayStation5 and Xbox Series X.
- It has also been announced for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Google Stadium and the UPlay + subscription service.
- It will launch sometime during the 2020 holiday season (i.e. towards the end of the year).
- Ubisoft has confirmed that Valhalla will be the first day title for Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. However, the consoles do not yet have a release date, and are also slated for sometime in late 2020.
Player picks: location, customization, and more
- As in AC Odyssey, the player can choose between male and female characters.
- In Valhalla, the team will be much more personalized.
- Each piece of our equipment will be unique.
- A new option is customization of hair, tattoos, clothing, and martial arts.
- Players will be able to make their own Viking looters for their assault troops, which they can also share with their friends.
- Players will also be able to build their own Viking settlement and house.
- There will also be buildings that can be developed in the settlement, such as a blacksmith, a barracks, a tattoo parlor and more.
- The player must make decisions during the campaign, including political and personal alliances, as well as during dialogues.
- Building alliances also means that we can unite clans through marriages, and romantic options will also be available to the player.
This article is based on the work of Jonathon Dornbush, author of the American IGN.
