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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla CG trailer - not as long as the reveal

frogger

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Notice at the end, it only mentions the Xbox consoles not the PS consoles, not even the PS4. Could be a marketing deal with MS.
 
Agnostic2020

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frogger said:
Notice at the end, it only mentions the Xbox consoles not the PS consoles, not even the PS4. Could be a marketing deal with MS.
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Ms has the marketing deal. Every year ubisoft switches between sony and ms for assasin creed marketing right.


Origin marketing deal was MS
Oddessy marketing deal was sony
Valhalla marketing will be MS
 
Oberstein

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New artwork, I guess.
 
Bonfires Down

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sircaw said:
Haha, what a fucking bullshit trailer,
They murder and kill blindly-- show vikings letting a woman and child live.

Who's fucking leg are they pulling here. They came to conquer, enslave rape and sack England.
I surprised they don't have a scene with them group hugging some monks as well.

Vikings were nasty fuckers, nothing more, nothing less.
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It would be pretty awkward if they try to make vikings the ”good guys”.
 
Gamezone

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Avaliable on Stadia and EGS, but not Steam? Even though Ghost Recon and Division 2 didn't perform well on PC? Damn, they probably signed a multi year deal with Epic. Poor bastard.
 
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Great cinematic trailer. Looking forward to seeing the gameplay reveal. Day one for me on Xbox Series X. November can't get here soon enough!!!
 
Droxcy

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Seems cool I don't know still obessed with AC2 & Brotherhood due to the feel of the stories. Seems like it'll be a fun playthrough and time period hopefully they don't dumb it down...
 
gojira96

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I am excited to see gameplay - and if they will reveal said gameplay on Next-gen consoles (Series X).
My opinion is biased, clearly, as my favorite AC titles are Black Flag, Origins and Odyssey (hopefully these games get a patch for next-gen, but realistically, they won't).
 
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I guess the trailer puts an end to the possibility of playing either side, seeing how skewed it is towards one of them.

Extremely curious how this looks on next-gen hardware.
 
Arachnid

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sircaw said:
Haha, what a fucking bullshit trailer,
They murder and kill blindly-- show vikings letting a woman and child live.

Who's fucking leg are they pulling here. They came to conquer, enslave rape and sack England.
I surprised they don't have a scene with them group hugging some monks as well.

Vikings were nasty fuckers, nothing more, nothing less.
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That was specifically because the new main character let them pass. His friend was clearly about to murder them both. If the new main is an Assassin and abides the tenets, of course he'd do something about it.
 
Stilton Disco

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Eh, I'm sure it'll be a fun game, and this is only with a single CGI trailer to go off, but I was really hoping they'd go with the more blood drenched, shades of brilliant dark grey that real life Vikings were, rather than paint them as straight up virtuous heroes, with the Britains they raped, pillaged, murdered and enslaved for centuries as 2 dimensional villians, as this implied.
 
Helios

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Heimdall_Xtreme said:
thank God....

Desynchronization for killing civilians was a stupid idea.
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it wasn't a stupid idea when the game was about a hidden assassin order trying to influence events from the shadow. Nowadays you can do whatever cause "Assassin's Creed" is only that in name alone.

Hado said:
Let's see tomorrow how they turn Vikings into woke people and pretend they never raped or abducted any women from other lands.
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Tell me my lucky numbers.
 
Heimdall_Xtreme

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Helios said:
it wasn't a stupid idea when the game was about a hidden assassin order trying to influence events from the shadow. Nowadays you can do whatever cause "Assassin's Creed" is only that in name alone.


Tell me my lucky numbers.
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limiting or penalizing the actions of the gamer is not always good, it can even get boring
 
Gamezone

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Am I asking too much if I tell them to leave the modern day crap out of this game?
 
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Tripolygon

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Agnostic2020 said:
Ms has the marketing deal. Every year ubisoft switches between sony and ms for assasin creed marketing right.


Origin marketing deal was MS
Oddessy marketing deal was sony
Valhalla marketing will be MS
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Microsoft has had the exclusive marketing deal to all Assassin's creed game this gen.
 
fallingdove

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Assassin's Creed: Unremarkable

This has think tank and focus group testing written all over it. Luckily there are still some super creative AAA teams out there. With my huge backlog of great titles and I can safely side-step the McDonalds Quarter Pounder of video games.
 
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cormack12

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Looks like there's a class system. Glad to see the shield is back. The amount of animations this will have will be crazy
 
Zannegan

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They really did it, they really tried to turn the Vikings into pure-as-the-driven-snow good guys. What a freaking joke.

You don't have to turn the player into a rapacious ravager of villages, but why bother setting your games in history if you're not going to be even remotely historical? The Vikings were some bad dudes, in many ways. This knight-washing is getting ridiculous.
 
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Elder Legend

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I can't wait, i am massive AC fan - I have every AC game at 100% trophies including DLC since the AC2 days (AC 1 never added trophies to PS3 :/ ) FUCK YES!
 
Helios

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Heimdall_Xtreme said:
limiting or penalizing the actions of the gamer is not always good, it can even get boring
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Not being trash at the game is "limiting or penalizing the actions of the gamer". You can say the mechanic was done poorly, especially from the perspective of the game being a "stealth game", but it made sense in universe. You're playing an assassin.
 
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Darrec

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The game will have gender selection once again, keep this in mind so you won't be disappointed at getting a dull, boring and weak protagonist like in Odyssey.
 
obin_gam

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Vikings seems as much assassiny as Pirates.... which is none that is...

But considering Black Flag was a fanstastic Pirate game, this will probably be a fanstastic Viking game.
 
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From the eurogamer article:

It's another adjustment for a series well past its early transition into RPG territory (Origins) and already able to boast about real mastery of the genre (Odyssey), one which feels like it will fill some of the few remaining blanks in that latter game's formula. So, instead of embarking on a never-ending journey to defog all the map, Valhalla's narrative is being built around your settlement, and through it. "It's your own Viking village you'll see prosper and grow, and which your clan mates will live in," Laferrière tells me via video call. "It's at the centre of our quests and the centre of the decisions you make. We want players to see the consequences of their actions." Big story arcs will begin and end here, the impact of your decisions rippling through your growing community. You'll see the effects of alliances - such as weddings to forge relationships between clans - and the consequences of "harsh choices you have to face". It's also where you'll see some of the game's romances play out (if you choose to indulge in those).

"It really changed the shape of the game we were making," Laferrière says. "Instead of exploring one territory, then moving on to another and having no real opportunity or reason to return, the settlement changes the structure. So you'll go on an adventure and then be encouraged to come back to your settlement. It changes the way we're playing the game we're making - at least, that's the bet we're making." It's not an entirely new concept for the franchise, but it's been a long time since Assassin's Creed tried to give players a proper home (boats and trains aside, AC3's rather basic Homestead is the last good example). It's also a tried and tested idea for the genre. As Laferrière speaks, he describes the settlement as a place of importance in Valhalla reminiscent of Skyhold and the Normandy, which players returned to time and again. As you grow your village, new buildings will be available to customise and upgrade such as a barracks, blacksmith and tattoo parlour.
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www.eurogamer.net

Assassin's Creed Valhalla reshapes the series' RPG storytelling by giving you a Viking settlement

Ubisoft knows what you think of Vikings: their reputation in history as bloodthirsty invaders, interested in Britain on…
www.eurogamer.net www.eurogamer.net
 
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SirKicksalot

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Oh and Alfred confirmed, so it basically spans the same Time Last Kingdoms played out.

It's in Britain, of course, you'll eventually meet King Alfred, who the trailer paints as the villain of the piece, complete with some Templar-looking artefacts in the background. But Laferrière assures me that Alf will be more of a complex character when you meet him in-game.
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So Assassins Creed : Last Kingdom
 
Helios

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pLow7 said:
From the eurogamer article:






www.eurogamer.net

Assassin's Creed Valhalla reshapes the series' RPG storytelling by giving you a Viking settlement

Ubisoft knows what you think of Vikings: their reputation in history as bloodthirsty invaders, interested in Britain on…
www.eurogamer.net www.eurogamer.net
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It's another adjustment for a series well past its early transition into RPG territory (Origins) and already able to boast about real mastery of the genre (Odyssey)
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Oh shut the fuck up. "Mastery of the RPG genre". :messenger_grinning_smiling: :messenger_grinning_smiling: :messenger_grinning_smiling:
 
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