

It presents as a flat map originally, so you can see synchronization points, camps, and whatnot, but when you zoom in, the map tilts, giving the player an actual representation of the landscape, with hills, ruins, and trees showing up. The final improvement shown in the video is the in-game map. A UI prompt says players can find Books of Knowledge in monasteries or military camps. One interesting change here is abilities are now learned from Books of Knowledge, which are found in the world.


The abilities section looks very similar to Assassin's Creed Odyssey, split into Melee and Ranged abilities mapped to the face buttons on your controller. The skill tree is constellation-based and leans on these three categories as well. The inventory user interface seems to carry forward from Origins and Odyssey, and gear seems to be aligned with one of three styles: Wolf, Bear, and Raven. The video also has a look at the Inventory and Skill systems. Eivor even calls her a seidr, which seems to be a type of Norse shamanism. I think the urge is to always immediately lead with the mythology stuff, but we really want you to feel like you're living in the Dark Ages of England, that you're exploring the Roman ruins left behind 400 to 500 years earlier by the Romans and the remnants of the Britannic tribes before that and even the Saxon Pagans before they all converted to Christianity," he told GameSpot in an interview.ĭespite that, the game still seems to feature magical elements, as the main part of the 7-minute video is Eivor fighting the shamanistic Cordelia, Daughter of Lerion. "Very few games actually treat the Norse Viking experience as historically grounded. Previously, Valhalla narrative director Darby McDevitt seemed to hint at the game being more grounded, rather than the mythical bent of Odyssey. The camera has been pulled closer to Eivor, looking closer to Assassin's Creed Origins, rather than Odyssey. Immediately, you can tell that the animations have improved vastly and there's a bit more weight to Eivor's movements. Today, there's been another leaked video, this time of a game that looks much closer to launch. Many were disappointed that the game looked very similar to Assassin's Creed Odyssey. This video clearly looked to be in the alpha state, so it was hard to judge the final product, but hungry fans always work with what's in front of them. Two days ago, I wrote about how the Assassin's Creed community had a negative response to a leaked video of Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Is there something you think we should be reporting on? Email day, another leak.
