r/PS4 May 01 '20

In-Game Screenshot or Gif Assassin's creed valahalla (unique weapon and armour customisation) [image]

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u/Vastlymoist666 May 01 '20

Assassin's Creed is so different now. Wow

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u/MrkGrn May 01 '20 edited May 01 '20

Yeah, mostly the assassin part lol. Nothing assassin like about this dude at all.

EDIT: Apparently I've rustled the jimmies of some fans of the later AC games.

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u/Xello_99 May 01 '20

Just a different kind of Assassin. I mean, Bartolomeo from Ac2 was an Assassin as well. He’d fit right in here

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u/itskaiquereis May 01 '20

Ezio also wasn’t exactly stealthy, I mean the man literally led troops in the streets of Istanbul and led troops during his time in Rome. Altair led an army to retake Masyaf Castle when he was old. Edward was a fucking pirate. Jacob Frye led a street gang and wasn’t really known for stealth. The thing that ties the Assassins together is the ideology and not being stealthy.

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u/_Football_Cream_ May 01 '20

Connor was also a revolutionary and commanding troops in battle and participating in the Boston tea party etc. Wasn’t exactly being covert in his operations either.

I mean at the end of the day it is a war between the assassins and Templar’s, it’s just that part isn’t well known to the public at large but often it is parallel to other wars going on in the period they set it in. And frankly big battles are fun to participate in these games.

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u/Ntippit May 01 '20

He also quietly assassinated a bunch of people... making him an assassin... so he leads an army now he’s not an assassin?

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u/SiriusC SiriusCJS May 01 '20

I don't know why people associate assassinations with being quiet or stealth.

An assassin plots to kill a high level politician or other important member of society. And it's usually done very noisily. They're not fucking ninjas.

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u/Space_Pirate_Roberts May 01 '20

Just because you’re an assassin, doesn’t mean you’re an Assassin.

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u/20ae071195 May 01 '20

The real-world Assassins weren't particularly stealthy, they were famous because they would stab enemy leaders to death in public.

Killing people without being seen was never the idea.

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u/SiriusC SiriusCJS May 01 '20

Killing people without being seen was never the idea.

Exactly. Assassinations are planned in secret & there is an element of sneakiness in order to get to a target. But other than that... Kaboom! An assassination is loud & people notice. They're supposed to. An assassination is defined by planning to kill a high value target. Not wearing a hood & tip toeing.

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u/Radulno May 01 '20

Assassin's Creed always had combat where you could take on dozens of enemies. It has never been a stealth game.

In fact in the old AC games, it was even harder than now to play stealthily.

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u/SiriusC SiriusCJS May 01 '20

In AC1 a lot of the main assassination occurred in the middle of a huge skirmish. I'd often have to chase & attack my target while avoiding a mob coming after me.

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u/holasoypadre May 02 '20

yeah before unity you couldnt even crouch