With every game in the Assassins's Creed series, Ubisoft strives to make it better than the last. In most cases, she succeeds, but not in all parameters and aspects. Fans of the series, of course, immediately find such deviations in comparison and willingly share them, primarily giving feedback to developers and future players.
Let's look at the leadership positions of Odyssey compared to Valhalla.
Picture quality (graphics)
At first glance, it is difficult to determine and the video sequence cannot be worse than in the previous part. When considering not the pixel basis, but the picture as a whole, you can notice Lots of bugs, glitches and awkward character models. They make Valhalla worse than Odyssey.
The latter, in turn, much better balanced the graphic component of the video series and game sequence. The visual expression of the emotions of the characters is more understandable, there are no deviations in angularity or stupid and inappropriate video inserts. These elements complement each other, acting in the correct sequence, thereby blurring the line between gameplay and cut-scenes.
Prominent Historic Sites
The attraction of all parts of the game lies precisely in the most reliable creation of the atmosphere of that time due to historical objects and well-known relic places. The Odyssey is so thoughtful and everywhere introduces elements of his erathat the realism of perception does not allow doubting it.
Valhalla, although not boring in its locations, does not convey such emotions due to the lack of grandiose buildings and structures. Perhaps this is the specificity of that time and the lack of diversity in the erected objects.
Eagle and its benefits
Observation of the surrounding world from a bird's eye view, a sore subject of the last three parts. The transition to the literal look of an eagle is not very convenient in terms of gameplay mechanics. Its effectiveness has dropped significantly Valhalla and was almost completely useless and tedious in application.
In the Odyssey, his performance brought tangible results and benefits to the bird. The direct task of the eagle is to track and find the necessary places and people, was fully implemented, which significantly saved time.
Character voice quality
When considering the game's native language, the variety of voices and intonations in the dialogues are very noticeable. If you play as Cassandra, this is especially pronounced. The secondary characters of the environment are so settled in the memory that they can definitely be remembered. As for Russian localization, a similar pattern can be traced.
Valhalla more dry, restrained, emotionally limited, with a minimum list of voice variations. And the cries of the characters are strained and insincere.
Development skills and a list of weapons
These aspects of the game underwent a major but not very successful change, which leaves preference in favor of Odyssey. IN Valhalla this item got so much worsethat many players were ready to skip it as such and devote more time to the game itself.
The predecessor made it possible to increase the level of the already existing weapon to the level of the character, which made it again quite competitive as it progressed. The skills were simple and clear, the pumping of which was intuitive. Valhalla imposes a huge skill grid with separate builds, pumping weapons is like doing some kind of duty that has been gained through suffering throughout the game.
As a result, it can be argued that Valhalla is not so bad in itself, but Odyssey can fully compete with it. Most fans still tend to consider Odyssey more successful and comfortable to play. The choice is up to everyone and most often it is individual.
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