Following its announcement on the finish of a day-long announcement stream-slash-art-project, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla lastly has a correct cinematic trailer stuffed with beards, axes, and all that Viking great things. Down on their luck and out of choices, our newest murderer is crossing the ocean to reside out the ninth-century Norwegian dream – pillaging the ever-lasting christ out of England.
Assassin’s Creed’s come a good distance from skulking round in white hoodies by way of the beige-tinted character of human spreadsheet Desmond Miles, I’ll inform you that. I’ve by no means seen a hidden blade look much less refined.
It’s been a sizzling minute since we final checked in with the assassins, with Ubi taking a year-long break after Assassin’s Creed Odyssey‘s Ancient Greek stabbin’ and smoochin’. Not solely did we name Odyssey considered one of the best action games around, it additionally had extremely tall lasses and supernatural dives into mythology.
Revealed last night following a painstakingly lengthy seven-hour stream cobbling collectively the game’s key artwork, Valhalla places you within the fur-lined boots of Viking clan Eivor. Booted out of Norway, ol’ Eivor – who, sure, is usually a burly bloke or buff lass – heads throughout the North Sea to set England ablaze.
Valhalla has a little bit of base-building to it, as Eivor’s clan establishes a foothold on the British Isles. City-building doesn’t come low cost, although, so off you pop in your longship in a brand new raiding system – setting port cities and villages ablaze to nab treasure and assets. Unfortunately, this earns you the ire of the Saxons beneath King Aelfred of Wessex. Fortunately, you’re shopping for an Assassin’s Creed game to stab people, with Ubi touting “revamped” fight that permits you to dual-wield all method of axes, swords and the like.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is ready to make landfall on Uplay and the Epic Games Store on the finish of this 12 months.
