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Assassin's Creed Valhalla The Legend of Beowulf revealed for Season Pass

It would seem that some listings for Assassin's Creed Valhalla have exposed the first content of its Season Pass DLC.

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It was on the German Ubisoft online store that some new details about Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Season Pass appeared. Reportedly, the first episode of Valhalla’s Season Pass DLC will be The Legend of Beowulf story mission. There’s not much on what this mission will entire so far outside of the following flavor text:

“Includes the story mission: The Legend of Beowulf,” the page reads. “Discover the cruel truth behind the legend.”

Outside of that, the Season Pass promises other content featuring “new countries and new equipment,” but there’s little else on what The Legend of Beowulf will actually entail.

 

[rubhen925]

gameplay hasn't even been shown yet, and already season pass..... yes clearly gaming has transcended to the next level. Next year they will just show a tweet saying game is revealed and already showcase a season pass. SMH

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

gameplay hasn't even been shown yet, and already season pass..... yes clearly gaming has transcended to the next level. Next year they will just show a tweet saying game is revealed and already showcase a season pass. SMH

Agreed, kinda silly.

Is this the new normal?

 

[The Scrivener]

Do you want some game with that DLC, sir?

 

[Yoda]

I'd say I'm shocked, but it's Ubisoft and the runner up to the most overdone franchise in gaming (right behind CoD).

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I mean, don’t get me wrong, Beowulf is cool and all

But, like, really? DLC details before actual gameplay?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Agreed, kinda silly.

Is this the new normal?

It's been the new normal, sadly.

And they laughed at us "slippery slopers" when they first unveiled Horse Armor.

 

[Tsukumo]

Ubi: Get Ray Winstone or get the fuck out.

 

[Thabass]

I see people here are finally noticing Ubi's business practices. This has been a regular thing for them for quite a while now. Not at all surprised by this.

 

[darkinstinct]

This and 30 fps on XSX to me means no thank you. It's a crossgen title. There are no excuses for it to run at 30 fps.

 

[rubhen925]

This and 30 fps on XSX to me means no thank you. It's a crossgen title. There are no excuses for it to run at 30 fps.

yep big no no. A nex gen game should atleast run at 1080p 60, if not I can just play this on the PC....

 

[Panajev2001a]

It's been the new normal, sadly.

And they laughed at us "slippery slopers" when they first unveiled Horse Armor.

It was more a “haha, you jokers think you can stop us... we mean, that is ludicrous tin foil hattery... yeah...”.

 

[SirKicksalot]

Agreed, kinda silly.

Is this the new normal?

Companies were always working on expansions before launching the main game. What's so bad about an early expansion reveal?

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Companies were always working on expansions before launching the main game. What's so bad about an early expansion reveal?

We haven’t even seen gameplay yet?

 

[Oberstein]

The big news of the day is the return of Jesper Kyd to the franchise with the addition of Einar Selvik.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Reminder: never buy season passes.

 

[The Scrivener]

We haven’t even seen gameplay yet?

Yeah we did, there was that massive video the other day. Then they talked about homosexuality. What else you want?

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Yeah we did, there was that massive video the other day. Then they talked about homosexuality. What else you want?

I keep forgetting you’re Doc Honk

 

[Andodalf]

We haven’t even seen gameplay yet?

We already knew there was DLC though, they announced the Gold edition or whatever it’s called with the cgi trailer. We just have a bit more information about what the dlc is. If it was already in a product being sold, I’d rather them say what it is than not

 

[CatLady]

I have no problem with this. Origins and Odyssey were not exactly short little games lacking in content and the DLC for both, but Odyssey in particular were longer and of far higher quality than about 90% of full games selling at $60.

 

[Captain Hero]

Hahahahahaha

 

[RookX22]

I would buy a performance tier instead of a dlc pass. Like 80$ for a 1080p 60 version would be nice kinda like you can buy a car that is the same model but can go faster.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I would buy a performance tier instead of a dlc pass. Like 80$ for a 1080p 60 version would be nice kinda like you can buy a car that is the same model but can go faster.

That would definitely cause quite a stir, for sure

 

[ShaikhCroft]

gameplay hasn't even been shown yet, and already season pass..... yes clearly gaming has transcended to the next level. Next year they will just show a tweet saying game is revealed and already showcase a season pass. SMH

I think next time they will release a season pass announcement before the actual game announcement!

Hey here's the details of season pass from our next game. Game itself will be revealed two months later.

 

[Kenpachii]

both origin and odyssey dlc where high quality, i have zero issue's with it.

 

[Codes 208]

I’ll wait for actual gameplay to be shown before i make a decision. Origins was pretty good though I havent played Odyssey yet.

Agreed, kinda silly.

Is this the new normal?

When it comes asscreed it certainly feels that way sometimes. Like how just barely after a reveal, suddenly they put up pre-orders for 5-8 different versions of the game.

 

[Klayzer]

It's been the new normal, sadly.

And they laughed at us "slippery slopers" when they first unveiled Horse Armor.

Indeed. We were mocked for being "tin foil conspiracy theorists" for warning gamers that companies would abuse DLC absolutely.

 

[TTOOLL]

Fuck season passes. Fuck Ubisoft.

 

[kruis]

I don't get the hate. Both AC:Origins and AC:Odyssey had a huge base game campaign with god knows how many side quest and places to visit plus cool bonus contents (discovery tours). If you still wanted more after 100 hours of gameplay, you could buy a season pass that also offered dozens of hours of content that would keep you playing much, much longer. I have no problem with that at all. Ubisoft isn't selling you useless horse armor, but real content worth playing. Compare that to Nintendo who have rubbish season packs that are laughably low on real content.

 

[D.Final]

Gameplay only on July?

 

[newtypepilot]

DLC before gameplay

oh ubisoft!!

don't forget the inevitable downgrade!!

 

[Gediminas]

so they are cutting the game already? nice. not even announced it properly and they already cutting. typical ubisoft.

 

[kruis]

gameplay hasn't even been shown yet, and already season pass..... yes clearly gaming has transcended to the next level. Next year they will just show a tweet saying game is revealed and already showcase a season pass. SMH

You can already pre-order the game at Ubisoft and in that case it should of course be possibile ot order all different editions. If you've been playing any Ubisoft game you'll have amassed Ubipoints and you need only 100 of those to get a 20% discount. So the regular edition would costs $48 instead of $59.99, the edition with the season pass $80 instead of $100. Those are great prices considering the amount of content you're getting. I got the Gold edition of AC:Oddyssey from the Ubisoft store for that price and it was the steel case edition instead of the regular one. I absolutely got my money's worh with that game. I40 play hours and that doesn't include the six additional chapters in the season pass. (And these are big, they need an additional 20GB of HD space on the PS4).

So stop complaining. All that negativity is just juvenile and tiresome. Save it for the real bad actors in the business, companies like EA and Activision that have implement gambling mechanics into all of their most popular games and generated billions of dollars of additional revenues that way. I played through the last two AC games and there's no need at all to buy addon packs in order to finish the game. You can earn all the XP and money you need just by playing the game, enemies generally progress at about the same rate as the player so you'll never get into situations where you have to grind for ages in order to get any further, forcing you to buy XP from the game store.

 

[Lanrutcon]

Wait. Do I get to kick ass while buck naked? What's the rating on this game?

Anyway, if the game's good I'll get this. I buy like 1 season pass a decade so whatever.

 

[GHG]

Coming soon: gameplay preview footage is exclusive to season pass pre-orders.

 

[martino]

Agreed, kinda silly.

Is this the new normal?

sadly for ubisoft this is not even new.

 

[Jayjayhd34]

Agreed, kinda silly.

Is this the new normal?

Yes its normal at one time some developers where selling DLC while it was already on the DISCS

 

[scalman]

If there will be more dlc stories in that season then its fine. Bought other dlc stuff on previous ac's and its worth money, same as division 2 dlc, worth it. So dont see problem here.

 

[rubhen925]

People seem to think quantity is quality. Doing the same repetitive objectives in an expanded map isn't quality. Sure odyssey had a lot of things to do in the game. Probably the biggest game that came out. But it wasn't all that exciting. When I have to smack a measly wolf 8 times with my sword to kill it, you know you're not playing an AC game. The balancing in odyssey was ass. I loved the world and exploration but it was too big for the sake of being big.

All I'm saying is I wanted to see gameplay before they talk about shoving dlc down our throats but yea.

 

[Shmunter]

All new gen, same old bullshit

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

i Will buy it the game when is 14.99$ its a bullshit the 30 fps when its should be in a Next gen... and a Fucking Season pass.

Wait for the definitive edition and in a cheap Price.

 

[Nymphae]

The news cycle for this game has told me everything I need to know. Gameplay is going to be exactly what you expect and played last time with minor tweaks so gameplay videos not really as essential as laying out that you can have butt sex and buy more things after you've bought the game.

 

[JTCx]

Not surprised. People still eat this shit up.

 

[vkbest]

But, like, really? DLC details before actual gameplay?

Yes, that is like leaks works.

 

[D.Final]

All new gen, same old bullshit

Basically

 

[cryptoadam]

They should do the reverse. U buy the DLC first and then you can pay for the full game.

GENIUS UBI PAY ME