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Eivor and I continue our Journey though the game is finished.
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Just finished Valhalla and I am quite moved. 300 hours seems like 300 years, so attached to the game I have become. I have said that before with some humour that I used to think that Vikings were bloodthirsty savages with no culture, but I have come to realise that Vikings were bloodthirsty savages with culture! But that doesn't wash anymore, it is far deeper than that. Though Odyssey was good, I think Valhalla was on another level. For all the [censored] about Valhalla on youtube, I think they miss the point. It was really about a Journey, one massive, long, hard, scary, funny, lovely journey, wrapped up so succinctly and it was sad when it ended, but it hasn't really. A real Heroes/Heroines journey.
I like Eivor will go on, probably will not play another game like this again from beginning to end, for so long. But I will remember Valhalla and Eivor, maybe go visits some sites, even maybe get a tattoo to remember my days as a Viking. -
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@Mortedartius
thanks - overall this has been an impressive game, I quite agree
as for visiting sites, they've paid attention to detail fairly well; the colours of England are done well, the various sites and aspects of history, too . . . and in Winchester Ubisoft have contributed to a visitor centre
https://www.hampshireculture.org.uk/news/major-new-visitor-attraction-open-winchester-autumn: (https://www.hampshireculture.org.uk/news/major-new-visitor-attraction-open-winchester-autumn)
I think I'll drive down there at some point soon but many others that pop up are worth a look -
Overall, the experience was mostly good but it was still below Origins or Odyssey level with occassional frustrations like absurd Mastery Challenges or discovering that gear/runes don't really give as much advantage as I would like to as opposed to Gear Score.
I'll keep playing, I still have to finish converting all weapons to Divine quality as I've already done all armour pieces. Occasional daily/weekly Ubisoft challenge can be fun too. Definitely not going to farm leather/metal to upgrade all to max though.
I'm going to keep the game on my PC for some time, probably until Mirage comes out or I finish all my gear goals. -
Yeah. Main issue with the game is, you should draw a line at some point and accept it as finished.
Doing daily fetch quests for opals to buy useless gear burned me out for it.
Just having a (even little) quest at the end and sailing to the quest marker made me remember how good the game used to be actually.
I think I'll put it aside for a year or so and then start a New Game Minus and replay the story and some side quests. But I won't do all the grind again. Probably finish it in Raven Clan armor.
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