Stonehenge and Roman Ruins in AC Valhalla
Those working on Assassin's Creed: Valhalla assured us that we will be able to visit things like Stonehenge and Roman ruins in the game. Moreover, the creators stressed that the title will approach the topic of mythology more like Origins than Odyssey.
- In Assassin's Creed: Valhalla there are interesting places to visit, such as Roman ruins or the famous Stonehenge.
- The game will approach the topic of mythology with more distance - more like in Origins than in Odyssey.
The announcement of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla was the hottest moment of the last week in the gaming industry. It has raised a lot of interest but also a number of concerns. Among them is the fact that due to the time and place of the action (the end of the 9th century in England and Scandinavia) we won't have the opportunity to visit too many impressive monuments, which is one of the characteristic points of the series. However, the team from Ubisoft reassures - the game will not lack interesting places and famous landmarks.
Assurances about the presence of interesting objects to visit have already appeared last week during a conversation between Darby McDevitt (responsible for the narrative in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla) and a GameSpot journalist. To quote the dev:
"Very few games actually treat the Norse Viking experience as historically grounded. 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."
McDevitt did not give away any details in the interview for GameSpot as to which interesting places we will visit in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. A little later, Ashraf Ismail, the creative director of the latest installment of the popular series (which, by the way, also worked on Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Assassin's Creed: Origins), shed some light on the mystery. In response to a question from one of the fans, he confirmed that Stonehenge will appear in the game.
Returning for a moment to McDevitt's interview for GameSpot, you might have noticed the passage about mythology. This topic was discussed in more detail in other parts of the interview. According to the creator, although the Vikings' beliefs, along with rituals and all their typical elements, will be present in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, the devs' approach to them will be closer to what we could see in Origins than in Odyssey. Once again, there is an emphasis that the title will be quite grounded in reality:
"We've created this massive world to explore, to raid, to assault, to meet interesting people, but you're going to do it as a human, as a person who has to ride a horse to travel long distances and get to where they want to go rather than fly or something."
Because of this slight distancing from mythology, McDevitt is not afraid that Assassin's Creed: Valhalla will be operating on exactly the same area as 2018 God of War, whose heart is to travel through fantastic lands and encouncter monsters, gods and heroes from Nordic beliefs.
How will it all look in action? We'll see about that at the end of this year, when Assassin's Creed: Valhalla will debut. As a reminder, the title will launch on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. More details about the title can be found here.
