Assassins Creed Valhalla (Vikings)

I think the only time I've used a boat is for raids. Why bother when the horse can swim now.

Deleted User wrote: »

I think the only time I've used a boat is for raids. Why bother when the horse can swim now.

To bring along your Viking brethren?

Ha just did the sync point in the north of Hamtunscire , nice nod to the towers in

Far Cry games

dreamers75

Finding it hard to finish this, have alliances with everyone up to where I am in the story.

Sigurd is a captive of some captain and Fulke is not nice

Spent nearly 70 hours unlocking sync points in places I have no buisness in (pwr lvl 161)

but its not grabbing me like Origins and Odyssey did, dont think its the characters as I am generally not arsed, its like it has gone backwards from being a stealthy ninja game to "raids" and open combat. I dont mind that if I had never played another Ass Creed game but not being able to clear an area without being spotted is one of the things I really like about these games.

I've 3 places on the west of the map left to do now, 100 hours in. So thats 18/21 areas cleared. By my reckoning the story missions take about 10 - 15 minutes each so that should take up 25-35 hours over all, that is a serious amount of busy work added to take me to 100 hours. There are just too many areas to take over and as yet I don't see the point to it even after this long, the main story beats you trigger when you return home take far to long to reveal.

I'm not sure the game ever tells you what the feast buff is or how to actually use it but you ring the bell at the door of the longhouse which I still haven't actually bothered to do.

I've actively been avoiding combat as there is no point to it given how little XP you get so I just run to the loot/objectives. That is not good game design. I also miss the stealth and being able to clear areas without being seen.

I was thinking about it and it crossed my mind that maybe they need to change direction again and maybe go more like Dishonoured perhaps and more story/assassin focused?

Davy05

How long does the Asgard section go on for? I'm really not feeling it and just want it out of the way now.

Davy05 wrote: »

How long does the Asgard section go on for? I'm really not feeling it and just want it out of the way now.

You can go back to England at any time and revisit it later!

Picked this up yesterday despite not being able to get into the previous 2 games. About 5hrs in and its slow enough going. Have encountered a decent few bugs so far so can only imagine how bad it was before the patch. Combat feels really off to me, hit registration is really bad and enemies behave weirdly. Had first real boss fight there and seemed like the background music was missing or something, was a bit strange.

Finding the treasure a bit of a chore but maybe I'm not used to the mini puzzle mechanics. Interested to see if it improves any once I get to England.

Hey_Listen

skerry wrote: »

Picked this up yesterday despite not being able to get into the previous 2 games. About 5hrs in and its slow enough going. Have encountered a decent few bugs so far so can only imagine how bad it was before the patch. Combat feels really off to me, hit registration is really bad and enemies behave weirdly. Had first real boss fight there and seemed like the background music was missing or something, was a bit strange.

Finding the treasure a bit of a chore but maybe I'm not used to the mini puzzle mechanics. Interested to see if it improves any once I get to England.

Sounds like it isn't great so far...what are you playing on ?

Hey_Listen wrote: »

Sounds like it isn't great so far...what are you playing on ?

Playing on Series X. I havent really made much headway on it yet. Just think the combat isn't the best so far but a lot of skills to be unlocked so that may change.

Kiith

I got to England, and quickly lost interest. The bugs didn't help, but it just didn't hold my attention like i'd hoped it would. Cancelled my UPlay+, but may give it another go in a few months.

Bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs!

Y'all crazy.

This game is practically bug free!

Glitches, on the other hand

I guess I'm nearing the end now , I'm shaking my head at this point as the plot goes out the window. Why do we Major Spoiler alert

fight Basim, couldn't make any sense of it

?

The only thing that might make sense is that

Eivor is Odin so he is Loki

that would be some grade A nonsense but I guess we'll see when I get back to it later.

The Phantom Pain

Deleted User wrote: »

I guess I'm nearing the end now , I'm shaking my head at this point as the plot goes out the window. Why do we Major Spoiler alert
fight Basim, couldn't make any sense of it
?

The only thing that might make sense is that
Eivor is Odin so he is Loki
that would be some grade A nonsense but I guess we'll see when I get back to it later.

It goes back to Black Flag

with the whole sage thing and reincarnation. Havi/Oden is Eivor and he killed Basim/Loki's son.

Markitron

Just finished the first major questline with the Ragnarsonns and just did a couple of missions

in Asgard, seems I'm underlevelled so I might come back later

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Need to get a move on with the game, need to finish it before starting Cyberpunk.

Can you call up the Vikings in your boat to help you on land with enemies?

The Phantom Pain

marcbrophy wrote: »

Can you call up the Vikings in your boat to help you on land with enemies?

Nope, I've tried. Seems it's only for specific areas like raids.

PsychoPete

I think that's where you go unviking like and go stealth, I prefer to run in swinging axes like a proper viking

About 8 hours in now and having a better time with this. Combat seems a bit better. Was using 2 handed axe and using one hander and flail now. Spent last couple of hours tipping around between mission objectives but wandering off and getting distracted by treasure markers which was enjoyable and reminded me of chasing down ?s in Witcher 3. Looks fantastic too which helps.

I'm about level 25 already though so no idea what level cap is. I had a mission there and it was right beside an area that had 160 power requirement so didn't go snooping around there.

The accents are nowhere near as cringe worthy as Origins and Odyssey. Could not tolerate those forced accents. Dont know why Ubisoft try to be authentic with the accents, they remind me of Alexei Sayle in the young ones., not able for them at all. Actually tuned me off the previous games

Hey_Listen

skerry wrote: »

About 8 hours in now and having a better time with this. Combat seems a bit better. Was using 2 handed axe and using one hander and flail now. Spent last couple of hours tipping around between mission objectives but wandering off and getting distracted by treasure markers which was enjoyable and reminded me of chasing down ?s in Witcher 3. Looks fantastic too which helps.

I'm about level 25 already though so no idea what level cap is. I had a mission there and it was right beside an area that had 160 power requirement so didn't go snooping around there.

The accents are nowhere near as cringe worthy as Origins and Odyssey. Could not tolerate those forced accents. Dont know why Ubisoft try to be authentic with the accents, they remind me of Alexei Sayle in the young ones., not able for them at all. Actually tuned me off the previous games

I wonder what the Irish DLC accents will be like.

Hey_Listen wrote: »

I wonder what the Irish DLC accents will be like.

Don't even want to think about it

Tom Cruise from Far and Away schtyle

Hey_Listen wrote: »

I wonder what the Irish DLC accents will be like.

You meet a few Irish around England and the don't sound too bad to me anyway!
Anything's a huge step up from the hate crime that was Shay Cormac!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjSy5kF6io0

Bejayzis!!

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