Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla’s, Biggest Problem

Among many

(Cover Photo saved from Amazon.com)

Hello, you guys.

I hope the night has been relaxing ,sadly, I had a double shift, but the grind never stops :).

Without further ado, I was talking about this game yesterday in my Game Streaming on iPhone post.

I alluded to this game having more problems, and today, I finally wanted to take the time to do so without ranting, As much as I can anyway.

(Opening party, Meeting the King Assassins Creed Valhalla)

So, to not keep you guys, the biggest problem with the game is honest to God, the ‘Story’ or lack thereof.

I feel like Ubisoft has gotten in their heads that we can attach shit to their decent gameplay that hasn’t changed significantly in 11 years since Assassin Creed: Black Flag and prank gamers into believing it’s better than it is.

(Assassins Creed Black Flag Cover Photo, saved from IMdB)

First things first, before you even open the game, there is a horrendous amount of customization that takes away from some of the features they’re already offering back in the day.

One could earn them after beating the game for this beautiful thing called ‘New Game+,’ and because it’s already offered now, it makes a replay unnecessary.

So now, after you’ve gotten through the lengthy customization, you have to sit through a boring cutscene that’s so scripted that when I tried to see if I could branch off the path in a section that appeared open, guess what their was a invisible wall.

(Opening Cutscene scripted ‘Dancing & Playing with a Ball’, Assassins Creed Valhalla)

And the opening cutscene was dumb anyway.

I guess our Viking brethren got a new king, and we are the children of our fellow leaders. So this party we’re thrust into is meant to celebrate that.

Honestly, I don’t know why Ubisoft thought it would be fun to watch us dance or throw a ball up and down in one place for no reward, like a fleshed-out mini-game or bonus dialog.

Also, as always, we go straight from the party to we’re attacked.

We barely even get to know our parents or anyone, for that matter, to even care about anyone dying.

(Attack on our Clan, Assassins Creed Valhalla)

So our father ends up sacrificing himself because I guess he’s the one they’re looking for in exchange for sparring with the rest of the clan.

Sounds reasonable, right?

However, the guy he’s trying to negotiate with is literally named Kjotve, The Cruel so why this man would make a legitimate deal is beyond me.

Our in-game mother seems to understand this.

She begs her husband to pick up his axe and fight back and ends up dying in the process after our father dies.

I thank god the game opens up after this; however, for this to be our only motivation shows laziness on Ubisoft's end.

(Our father sacrificing himself, Assassins Creed Valhalla)

Conclusion

All in all, this story is flimsy at best and just downright dumb at worst to motivate us through this world.

This is a shame because the game does have its merits: it’s graphically beautiful, Assassin’s Creed gameplay is fun as always, and, of course, immersing one’s self in different cultures has always been what makes this franchise so great.

However, as of late, Ubisoft has been leaning even more heavily into open-world games so the story can fade in the background, or at least they hope it does, and this is just blasphemous.

As always, I hope things improve, but Ubisoft has been so stuck in their ways I doubt this one will ever change.

Thank you guys so much for reading.

Support me :). And as always, I’ll catch you in the next one.