Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
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Have only had a quick go on Series X but watched my lad play it for about 2 hours which was strangely interesting. Seems really good.. Spent far too long trying to find our town in Northamptonshire and surrounding places on the map / googling their real-life history!
Graphics are impressive, the combat is satisfying and some of the side quests are pretty funny.
Graphics are impressive, the combat is satisfying and some of the side quests are pretty funny.
Sophisticated Sarah said:
I’ll probably go for it in a couple of weeks in case there’s an offer on 
Bugger... forgot about the series X coming out too *checks bank account* Looks like an expensive month
If you get the current gen version you get a free upgrade anyway so no worries thereBugger... forgot about the series X coming out too *checks bank account* Looks like an expensive month
I bought the most expensive version at over £90, convinced I'd love it, as I love both Odyssey and Origins.
However, I am not not getting the same feeling with this. It looks nice enough, but not feeling the 'wow' factor and sense of wonder I did with the previous 2 games.
Perhaps it'll grow on me, but it's not good when I yearn to play the previous 2 games when playing Valhalla...
(ETA - over 8 hours played)
However, I am not not getting the same feeling with this. It looks nice enough, but not feeling the 'wow' factor and sense of wonder I did with the previous 2 games.
Perhaps it'll grow on me, but it's not good when I yearn to play the previous 2 games when playing Valhalla...
(ETA - over 8 hours played)
Edited by chris watton on Friday 13th November 11:48
I'm 5 hours in. Still in the starter area. I'm having a session tonight which should finish off that area so I'll post a proper review then.
I'm enjoying it so far. It doesn't feel that much like an AC game yet, though apparently later on it is far more like easier games than the last couple of entries.
As a previous poster said, it doesn't have the same sense of wonder as the last two - possibly a result of the setting though? Norway has proper mountains that you have to scale. Which is cool.
I'm enjoying it so far. It doesn't feel that much like an AC game yet, though apparently later on it is far more like easier games than the last couple of entries.
As a previous poster said, it doesn't have the same sense of wonder as the last two - possibly a result of the setting though? Norway has proper mountains that you have to scale. Which is cool.
I’m 15 hours in but I think quite a lot of that is idle time really as I don’t feel far into the game.
Loved odyssey and I was very late to the party only playing after I saw trailers for Valhalla. Hadn’t really enjoyed much since black flag so had skipped buying them.
It’s different, to previous games where I can’t say I have done any sneaking at any point. My guy runs in with just his trousers on (you can hide worn items!) and 2 2handed axes swinging wildly. I rarely use my abilities either other than calling in the wolf as it feels semi realistic and fitting.
I started out on hard difficulty but had to drop it down to normal as I was struggling with certain fights where I was getting 1 shot by boss characters.
A rather annoying change is the sheer amount of archers so running and climbing stuff doesn’t help as much. My raiding guys also setting fire to every single damn roof reduces that ability even further!
Loved odyssey and I was very late to the party only playing after I saw trailers for Valhalla. Hadn’t really enjoyed much since black flag so had skipped buying them.
It’s different, to previous games where I can’t say I have done any sneaking at any point. My guy runs in with just his trousers on (you can hide worn items!) and 2 2handed axes swinging wildly. I rarely use my abilities either other than calling in the wolf as it feels semi realistic and fitting.
I started out on hard difficulty but had to drop it down to normal as I was struggling with certain fights where I was getting 1 shot by boss characters.
A rather annoying change is the sheer amount of archers so running and climbing stuff doesn’t help as much. My raiding guys also setting fire to every single damn roof reduces that ability even further!
10 hours in and still haven't left Norway! I'm getting a bit bored of it now though so time to head to England I think.
It's really enjoyable, but I am a little surprised at there being a real lack of polish in a lot of aspects. Not enough to spoil the enjoyment of it at all, but a little shonky in places. For instance, a random NPC cycling through animations as though they are having a conversation, even though no-one is there. When you open a chest it just glides open, without any interaction from your player character. Eivor clambers up slopes just like Aloy does in Horizon, but unlike Horizon, his or her feet are constantly clipping through the ground.
As I said, not enough to spoil any enjoyment but I assume it will be a slightly more polished product in a couple of months.
It's really enjoyable, but I am a little surprised at there being a real lack of polish in a lot of aspects. Not enough to spoil the enjoyment of it at all, but a little shonky in places. For instance, a random NPC cycling through animations as though they are having a conversation, even though no-one is there. When you open a chest it just glides open, without any interaction from your player character. Eivor clambers up slopes just like Aloy does in Horizon, but unlike Horizon, his or her feet are constantly clipping through the ground.
As I said, not enough to spoil any enjoyment but I assume it will be a slightly more polished product in a couple of months.
Edited by scrubchub on Sunday 15th November 11:57
Started this yesterday. So far got to my home town that's it. I'm not really enjoying the mass brawls so far but it's how they did it so what did I expect maybe it will get big more insta kill later on. Graphically it's not great so far (one X) animation can be a bit shonky and some voice acting isn't wonderful. Some of the mini games are ok tho
Overall 2:30 so far and enjoying it enough to carry on
Overall 2:30 so far and enjoying it enough to carry on
I'm enjoying it and taking it slowish, as I've only just settled abroad. A few gripes from me though:
Early on you're presented as a total baddass and asked to fight a couple of ragtag 'nobodies'. I don’t know if this was bugged but they can 2/3 shot you whilst I had to hit them about 25 times. I'm only on normal and found this very odd and it broke my immersion very early.
Another moan is the arbitrary fencing off of collectibles with 'area not available'. It seems to have been done purely so you have to come back later and again, this broke my immersion and made me not want to play.
As others have said, there's too much mindless carnage and mass fighting. I don't want to raid, I want to sneak and steal on my own.
I also don't want to keep killing innocent people. How can we relate to the protagonist when they're an indiscriminate murderer? Usually the victims are presented in a way that they are evil in some way but here, we're just attacking and killing normal people living their lives, for no reason other than arrogance and greed.
All the above are ruining the immersion for me. What were they thinking?
Early on you're presented as a total baddass and asked to fight a couple of ragtag 'nobodies'. I don’t know if this was bugged but they can 2/3 shot you whilst I had to hit them about 25 times. I'm only on normal and found this very odd and it broke my immersion very early.
Another moan is the arbitrary fencing off of collectibles with 'area not available'. It seems to have been done purely so you have to come back later and again, this broke my immersion and made me not want to play.
As others have said, there's too much mindless carnage and mass fighting. I don't want to raid, I want to sneak and steal on my own.
I also don't want to keep killing innocent people. How can we relate to the protagonist when they're an indiscriminate murderer? Usually the victims are presented in a way that they are evil in some way but here, we're just attacking and killing normal people living their lives, for no reason other than arrogance and greed.
All the above are ruining the immersion for me. What were they thinking?
Edited by Dagnir on Tuesday 17th November 09:38
I'm about 20 hours in now, well into the Story and really enjoying it
You will have the option on some things to do the stealth/sneaky thing, others are definitely more Viking, but I would have to ask what were you guys expecting when you bought a game to be a Viking, hey weren't renowned masters of subtlety
I'm really enjoying it and suspect I am not very far through at all with my 20 hours which is nice
You will have the option on some things to do the stealth/sneaky thing, others are definitely more Viking, but I would have to ask what were you guys expecting when you bought a game to be a Viking, hey weren't renowned masters of subtlety
I'm really enjoying it and suspect I am not very far through at all with my 20 hours which is nice
Dagnir said:
anonymous said:
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Thanks. I'm hoping that’s the case but honestly the fact that currently I'm murdering innocent people is kinda making me not want to keep playing. Just seems a strange choice for an RPG.
The world events are nifty though and I love the dice game
I’m the other camp in that I wish I could murder/rape/pillage everything and anyone to immerse myself into it fully.
I had the same problem with the TV show Vikings. When Floki's wife is killed and he's all sad about it - are we supposed to care that he's heart broken?! He's a psychotic mass murderer! Anyway, they are Vikings and that is exactly what they did!
Anyway, finally in England. It was a bit jarring when it showed the game's title card after I'd been playing 10 hours! Enjoying it though. It is very different to other assassin's creed games so far. Apparently that changes.
I've been doing another run through of the Witcher 3 and that does the world building thing exceptionally well, so I don't know if comparing it to one of the greatest RPGs ever made is fair, but there is something about the world that just doesn't quite convince me that it is a real place, like the aforementioned W3 does. I get that it technically has better graphics, but it somehow just doesn't look as good...... if that makes sense? The details of the world seem so much more cut and paste. The homes don't feel like homes, the villages and villagers don't seem real.
Anyway, bit ridiculous to complain about world building when I've probably not seen 10% of the world yet!
Anyway, finally in England. It was a bit jarring when it showed the game's title card after I'd been playing 10 hours! Enjoying it though. It is very different to other assassin's creed games so far. Apparently that changes.
I've been doing another run through of the Witcher 3 and that does the world building thing exceptionally well, so I don't know if comparing it to one of the greatest RPGs ever made is fair, but there is something about the world that just doesn't quite convince me that it is a real place, like the aforementioned W3 does. I get that it technically has better graphics, but it somehow just doesn't look as good...... if that makes sense? The details of the world seem so much more cut and paste. The homes don't feel like homes, the villages and villagers don't seem real.
Anyway, bit ridiculous to complain about world building when I've probably not seen 10% of the world yet!
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