Assassin’s Creed is a series that a gamer encounters at least once during their life, due to its popularity and scope. The fictitious world blended into the world history makes the game’s very interesting and immersive for most. Even though Ubisoft has made its fair share of mistakes with the franchise, the latest entrant Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is quite exceptional. It allows gamers to enter the Animus as Eivor Varinsdottir (who can be played as a male or a female) a well versed Viking and take on Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
With over 100 hours of content to play through, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has managed to become one of this year’s biggest game launches. It has also taken the spot of Ubisoft’s most sold Assassin’s Creed game. Here we will be taking a look at everything we know about the game.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Platforms, download size
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is developed using AnvilNext 2.0 engine and is available for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X | Series S, Stadia and Luna. The game has over 100 hours of content for you to play through, but it will not break your hard drive like many other AAA gaming titles. On the PS4, the game has a size of 45.87GB and on Windows it takes up about 50GB of space.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Requirements
Minimum requirements:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 Ghz or Intel Core i5-4460 3.2 Ghz
RAM: 8GB
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
GPU: AMD Radeon R9 3.0 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 or better
HDD space: 50 GB
VRAM: 2GB
Recommended requirements:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 3.0 Ghz or Intel Core i7-6700 3.4 Ghz
RAM: 8GB
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
GPU: AMD Vega 64 8GB or GeForce GTX 1080 8GB
HDD space: 50GB
VRAM: 8GB
The Assasin’s Creed franchise has been on an upward rally since the launch of Assassin’s Creed Origins back in 2017. (Image: Ubisoft)
World and map
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has a huge map with a number of areas to explore. These include 13 counties, 3 walled cities, and a number of points of interest. Even though you get to travel to all of these places, the main area where the campaign takes place is England.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Plot
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla follows the story of Eivor, who is a Viking chief. The goal is for you to lead your tribe on a conquest of the British isles. Over the course of the journey, you will get to meet with other Assassins just like any other game in the series and take on Templars. Templars in the game are called Hidden Ones and Order Of Ancients
You can expect to face off against multiple historical figures including Alfred The Great, the king of Wessex.
The game continues the story of Layla Hassan, who was first introduced to in Assassin’s Creed: Origins.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Gameplay
This time we get to see a number of new gameplay mechanics along with an overhauled battle system.
Battles in the game feel similar to battles in Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey with a minor difference. The new mechanics allow gamers to take part in large-scale battles at fortifications. Combat has also been overhauled, so as to resonate with the Viking warrior fighting style.
Apart from fights, the gameplay also features other open world elements like hunting, travelling and more.
