Assassin's Creed: Valhalla

[ChrisIII]

Some artwork debuted today as the 'reveal' along with the title, with a trailer tomorrow (although it's unclear if it'll show any gameplay). As reported, it's set during the Viking era (Around 800-1000 ADish) which timeline-wise places it between Origins and the first game, although I'm guessing the 'present day' storyline with deal with Layla again, and possibly the consequences of what happened in the Atlantis DLC. Either that or an anonymous Abstergo employee or Assassin which is what the series did from "Black Flag" to "Syndicate".


It'd also perhaps give more looks into how Bayek and Aya's order sort of gave way to the corruption seen in Altair's time as well. Maybe reveal Thor was an Isu or something as well.

[Tuck]

It'll be a PS4/XB1 release then?

I wasn't entirely clear on that. (Although, using Black Flag, they'll probably do a cross-platform before moving entirely over).

[ChrisIII]

Confirmed for current-gen systems.


Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeG_v_XInhs



There's also a few gameplay screenshots, looks like of course they'll be ship combat (Which skipped the Helix/Pheonix storyline but was brought back in limited form in Origins, and in a big way in Odyssey).

[GOLGO 13]

Trailer looks ok.

[ChrisIII]

Gameplay looks like it'll bring back the customization HQ/"renovation" stuff that's been an on-and-off feature of the series, except this time for a Viking settlement.

[Midvillian1322]

Love the games ima play it day 1 but wtf. Its a Assasins creed game about someone who probably isn't gonna follow a single assasin trope. He doesn't strike from the shadows, he runs up a hill screaming for Odin while swinging an axe. Im exaggerating but still seems like a weird choice and the trailer seems like its gonna more Black Flag. Fun game but doesn't feel like a game about assasins because the protagonist isn't really an Assasin. Guess Odyssey would fit that too but that felt like a precursor and Origins was a direct precursor. This is gonna be about a bad assumption viking warrior who stumbles into some precursor artifact and a war with the Templar. But who knows maybe he gets taken in by the assassin because they have a common enemy King(???) Did they say which King that was in the trailer or what year?

Anyway the more I think about it they could actually make this a more directly connected game easily. You would need to either have the protagonist come across the Order or show the order spread to Vikings land awhile back and he comes from a line of legit Assasins. Regardless despite him being a viking stealth gameplay will without a doubt play a factor similar to Odyssey im sure. Sometimes is a all out war and sometimes you gotta get in and out alone..excited for this game. Hoping this protagonist is likable. Etzio was great and the only one I loved. I really liked Edward and Bayek though but they never got the development Etzio got imo. He obviously had 3 games of his own so...