That this is, indeed, some bullsh*t will not stop me from picking up Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, now that they’re back into a time period that’s interesting to me. But this is still some bullsh*t:
Via Coming Soon. Vikings are cool but they were still horrible at visits. I don’t particularly blame the English for deciding to object to that. And if they have Brian Boru saying anything besides póg mo thóin to the protagonist then my eyes are just gonna permanently roll like this.
Shadiversityr had his thought about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2veUmKku0I
Hard to tell, but I’m not sure he’s on board with the leather armor…
Shad also tried to do analysis of Anime from last year, Vinland Saga, which roughly covers the same period of time as this game, also set in England. He’s much more impress with the anime production’s attention to detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i25F1GcevSI
I said tried, he originally attempt to do the whole episode, but didn’t get pass the initial battle since there’s so much to cover.
I stopped paying attention after AC decided tower defense mini games were something I wanted (excepting a brief wallow in Sid Meier’s Pirates! nostalgia).
But doesn’t this break timeline continuity in any number of major ways?
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Lots of anachronisms. And no concept of a shield wall at all. But mostly, it doesn’t make sense.