Assassin's Creed Valhalla Reveals How You'll Switch Between Heroes

Similar to AC Syndicate with Evie and her bruvver.

Wow really, I don't mind there being a choice because everyone is different. But after those views I suspose I should be thankful they even include a woman to play as. 😔😔😔

I'm just happy my first name is the same as the male character's.

Honestly, the idea of the MC of Valhalla being a good defined character with a real personality is getting thrown out the window more and more. Games with options like this never have a great pre-defined main character.
This is also backwards writing that makes no sense for the animus. These games just need to stop pretending they are AC because they are destroying what AC is and making a mess of the lore to fit in what they want with non AC games.

@Jaz007 it’s what happens when the creative team wants to do something, but the execs force them to shoehorn a dude as playable character.

Now that the one forcing those changes is gone, maybe next entry will finally just allow the creative team to actually make an entry with only a female lead.

Personally, I prefer the the male in this game. Kassandra was my preferred in the last one.

I would prefer that they focus on one each game and make a really solid character we can all experience. And if they are going this route then give us true customisation options to make the character our own.

It seems this idea of interchangeable characters shows they haven’t made up their mind.

@Tharsman yeah, that exec clearly knew nothing.

Has he never heard of Aloy or Lara Croft?

I love how this series is only Assassins Creed in name now. You guys remember when it was supposed to be about reliving someone’s life? Now that’s out the window with all the available choices.

I’m not saying the games are worse, just that the name and story is a joke mostly.

@Kienda Those are the exceptions, though. Most games with female protagonists haven't done very well. Other producers have made similar comments in the past.

@naruball most games don’t do well, period. I’m sure if you compile a list of games with male leads you will realize it’s also just a minor percentage of these that actually become huge success stories.

TLOU2 and Gears 5 changed focus to female protagonists and they both became fastest selling games in the series. Horizon Zero Down was fastest growing new IP for PS until Ghost (and that has only dethroned it in Japan)

Good games with good marketing sell, regardless of the protagonist, so let creators make games with female leads if they want.

Sad to see the art of character-driven storytelling being butchered like this. Imagine ruining creativity because some higher-ups want their pockets filled more.
Ubisoft has some neat talent, I tell ya, in terms of artistic and design capabilities they are of the finest. Just look at the 1:1 recreation of Parthenon in AC: Odyssey. I was awestruck by that. Too bad the whole game wasn't really all that interesting. The Ancient Greek Tour Guide was more fun than the game... guess we know why.

LOL! Alexios was one of the most stereotypical male characters of the decade... now we know who came with that vanilla idea...

Sure it won’t matter, I just want to be a big Ars**ole Viking and go Raid and kill for silver!!

I cant wait to kick viking butt as female Evior, she looks fierce as anything

I liked Alexios a little more than Kassandra but they were both great. And I've played that game a few times now .... It's my drug... Lol

@Incarna Senua's a bad example since 3 months after launch the game hadn't even broken even, let alone made a profit. Samus too, Metroid hasn't typically sold well and the series has been nearly abandoned for ages now.

I like games with female heroes and always pick the female option if given a choice, but these corporations do have data on things like how most players picked male Shepard rather than the female one, even though anyone you ask online says femShep was better.

@Incarna Aerith, Clementine, Claire, Jill, Ellie, Chloe Price, Max, Chloe Frazier, Bayonetta, Tracer, Emily Kaldwin, 2B...

@RBMango and the female one.

@Tharsman the creators can make whatever they want, but what happens when they game flops or underperforms? It's easy for us to speak when it's not our money on the line.

I don't think that so many developers are mistaken when they put a generic looking guy on the cover.

As for TLoU2, it's not a fair comparison. Not only did ps3 sell worse than ps4, but it's a sequel. Of course it's going to be more front loaded.

There will be quests that force you to be a certain gender. I'm sure of it. Why else would they implement this?

@Matroska That was also over a decade ago. Times change and being a woman gamer, it’s a tired trope and newer data doesn’t support the claim that male characters sell more. No one is taking Kratos and making a female option, though. There is a time and place for female leads just as for male leads (Jin Sakai). I’ve always preferred building my own character, mostly. But then I never leave the character building section (especially JRPG!) and I will neither confirm nor deny that I’ve restarted a game multiple times after not liking the character I built

@naruball you don’t want to count TLOU2, but Gears 5 was the fastest selling entry on the series, despite having a female lead. Final fantasy XIII was also at the time the best selling entry in the series. Yea, maybe being a sequel to an acclaimed series has something to do with it, but guess what? Assassins Crees is a huge series too.

I’d give it a few years before any of Ubi’s IP will be worth playing. Hasn’t been long since Hascoët was let go, so I’m sure a lot of the games coming will still have his repetitive bullsh— in it.

I wonder if this was forced in because "women don't sell" despite Horizon being one of the biggest sellers for PS4 this Gen.

How about they just make 1 Playable Character, and they make it the one they want. No more duel Characters, no more trying to satisfy everyone, just make one damn good character whether it be male or female and develop a game around them