one-armed dwarf Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Yeah, I know that, you can do that in AC1 as well. But you have to account for that in the design of the game as well then, characters need to tell you where to go and you need to be able to get there, or the world layout should make it easy to achieve. The reason it worked so well in BOTW is cause there's landmarks everywhere that can situate where you are and also are the thing you are trying to reach. Tbh tho I can't say one way or the other whether Valhalla does that also cause I dropped it after 7 or 8 hours, but just to say that turning off HUD isn't enough (as I learned when I tried to play Skyrim VR without a HUD, it is impossible to actually do quests like that cause nobody tells you where to go to find stuff, unlike Morrowind) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 I really liked Valhalla. Even though it is still filled with busy work and clearing out zones by completing lists of activities, I thought the actual activities themselves had more thought out in to them and were less copy and paste than they have been before. For example a common thing you find everywhere is a chest locked in a building, but working how to get in was usually quite challenging and took a lot of exploring to do. So repetitive objective, but not a recycled challenge. Which is better than say Unity where it was like there’s 250 chests you just have to walk up to them and open it. That was a really bad and brainless content The problem with Valhalla is it’s just too long. Even though I think they really put more effort in to the content, the sheer amount of it kills itself and it becomes boring. If the game were half the size it would be twice as good But even though there are improvements in Valhalla I still prefer the style and idea to classic AC. So Mirage is a game I’m actually really excited about. A return to that type of game with the modern improvements, could be really great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted September 13, 2022 Author Share Posted September 13, 2022 The whole 120 hours I spent with Valhalla I was never bored, absolutely loved it from almost (it has a bit of a slow start) start to finish. Absolutely phenomenal game with an innovative approach to it's main story telling. Not the place for Valhalla impressions though. Mirage looks promising, as someone who disliked AC1 though I really hope it doesn't lean too much into that and takes more of an AC2 approach but maybe with an added emphasis back on assassinations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DANGERMAN Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Thought this looked decent. By design it looked like old Assassin's Creed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 Yeah they've gone back to the series roots with this, city is apparently roughly the size of Paris in Unity. Features Basim from AC Valhalla for those that have played that and will likely tie into his overall plot in the 'real world' and animus/historical sections of the lore and games as without spoiling anything, he traverses both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroed Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Yep. Looking forward to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mmmark Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Looks boring 🥱 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Tufnell Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Reports that the game is coming a week earlier than what was due. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-assassins-creed-mirage-release-date-has-been-brought-forward-by-a-week/ https://www.eurogamer.net/assassins-creed-mirage-release-date-moved-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted August 15, 2023 Author Share Posted August 15, 2023 Lovely stuff, not that I'll have time to play it this year most likely but it's on the slate lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Tufnell Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 18 minutes ago, DisturbedSwan said: Lovely stuff, not that I'll have time to play it this year most likely but it's on the slate lol. Hopefully it is a shorter game, i usually play these to a finish but the last few were way too long, Black Flag and Unity were ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroed Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Cool, I pre-ordered this a couple nights ago from The Game Collection with their £10 back in rewards offer. Looking forward to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DANGERMAN Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 PC specs are out and they're pretty reasonable The previous few games were a bit of a mess when it came to CPU, so maybe these numbers aren't going to reflect reality, but maybe the smaller world means all that has been redone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 Reviews: Metacritic (PS5 Version) OpenCritic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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