Unable to take advantage of summer lounges to take advantage of a big spotlight, it is through a resolutely artistic teasing exercise that Ubisoft lifted the veil last week on the new episode of the Assassin's series Creed, who remembers the good memories of the players after a year of break.
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The multiple clues evoking a hypothetical Assassin's Creed Ragnarok were therefore not so far from reality, since Valhalla will indeed immerse us in Viking territory, as revealed in the first trailer featuring a warrior with a necessarily thin blade.
But this first male video was not enough to discover "the" protagonists of this episode of the Far North, and it was thus necessary to wait to discover one of the many Collector editions of the game to discover that Eivor could just as easily take on the traits of a woman than those of a man. "As in Odyssey", some will retort, but Ubisoft seems to have learned its lessons.
Indeed, if the sex of your character was left to your discretion, only the character of Kassandra was considered as "canon" in the series, Alexios so relegated to the rank of brother in the official chronology, and a certain DLC will have us a priori allowed to understand why. But despite this choice, two thirds of the players opted for the said brother, and too bad for the official story.
With Assassin's Creed Valhalla, things will be different, as explained on a certain social network narrative director Darby McDevitt :
Both choices are canon, but we're not going to spoil how we managed that trick until you play the game. 😎
– Darby McDevitt (@DarbyMcDevitt) April 30, 2020
Both choices will be "hot", but we're not going to reveal how we got this tip before you played the game.
Whatever your preference, Eivor will in both cases be the character who will officially continue the story of the saga, let it be said. Obviously, Assassin's Creed fans are already digging their heads to understand by what miracle this scenic pirouette could be made possible
If the male version will be camped by the actor Magnus Bruun, which you could see in The Last Kingdom, her female counterpart will be doubled by the actress Cecilie Stenspil, a regular at Danish drama and TV shows.
There will be whatever happens for all tastes, sinceAssassin's Creed Valhalla is already announced by Ubisoft for the end of 2020 on almost all media: Google Stadia, PC (via the Epic Games Store), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, UPlay, Xbox One and Xbox Series X.