Temptamperu wrote: » Should I Pre-Order or wait for reviews? I'm torn....
Jordan 199 wrote: » Take a gamble and pre-order
Temptamperu wrote: » When can you pre-load on PS4?
Potential-Monke wrote: » Got a shipping confirmation from Ubi today but no details yet, waiting for them to send it to UPS I think.
EoinMcLovin wrote: » Reviews now out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teX3reR6uvI IGN - 8/10 Gamespot - 8/10 Gamesradar - 4.5/5 Eurogamer - Recommended PC Gamer - 92/100 Gameinformer - 9.25/10 GameSpot - 8/10 ACG - Wait for Sale
quokula wrote: » I like the sound of the independent difficulty options so you can make Assassinations guaranteed to succeed even against higher level enemies, but make combat more difficult so you're screwed if you get spotted. Sounds like you can turn it back into a classic AC game.
The Phantom Pain wrote: » Long story short it turns out going with a different ebay seller this time due to the Gold being a few pounds cheaper was not a good idea and my game is now pre-downloading. First AC game I've downloaded since Unity, all others have been by disk. Very annoyed but at least i get to play the game at midnight.
Kiith wrote: » Really looking forward to this later. Which of the two voice actors are better for the main character? Kassandra was far better in Odyssey.
EoinMcLovin wrote: » Did you get it on PS4? Was planning to buy either Gold or Ultimate edition from Indonesia store but bit wary as currently there are issues with gold and Ultimate edition content not showing for other accounts in consoles for Watch Dogs Legion
The Phantom Pain wrote: » PS4, yes. Watch Dogs Legion is just a mess in every non gameplay related aspect so I wouldn't worry when it comes to Valhalla.
I find reviews like the one over at Digitally Downloaded to be rather fascinating. It's generally positive but also says things like: "The big problem that Valhalla has is that it's built around its monetisation, and not the other way around. The experience system has never been necessary to Assassin's Creed, but the effort to turn the series into an RPG is there because that opens up loot and levelling systems that are relatively easily monetised." "I'm also no fan of the "real world, modern times" nonsense that the Assassin's Creed series insists on peddling. I know that Ubisoft has worked itself into a hole here where it's hard for it to decouple the two, but every jump to the modern time and a bunch of characters I just did not care about was wasted time that I'd much rather have spent wandering Norway or England with my Viking hero." "That being said, as far as the gameplay is concerned, this series is going nowhere interesting at this point there while there will be more, and I really implore Ubisoft to take a good, hard look at the bloat and consider whether a more streamlined approach that doesn't get in the way of the best feature (the history and narrative) would not be wiser next time around." Final score? A nine out of ten.
"The big problem that Valhalla has is that it's built around its monetisation, and not the other way around. The experience system has never been necessary to Assassin's Creed, but the effort to turn the series into an RPG is there because that opens up loot and levelling systems that are relatively easily monetised." "I'm also no fan of the "real world, modern times" nonsense that the Assassin's Creed series insists on peddling. I know that Ubisoft has worked itself into a hole here where it's hard for it to decouple the two, but every jump to the modern time and a bunch of characters I just did not care about was wasted time that I'd much rather have spent wandering Norway or England with my Viking hero." "That being said, as far as the gameplay is concerned, this series is going nowhere interesting at this point there while there will be more, and I really implore Ubisoft to take a good, hard look at the bloat and consider whether a more streamlined approach that doesn't get in the way of the best feature (the history and narrative) would not be wiser next time around."
