It seems the time has come for details about the next Assassin’s Creed adventure to be leaked, rumored and eventually revealed. It’s become a norm with these games to have tons of content leaked somehow, and the previous rumor about it being set in Viking era to seem much more plausible now, as details about Assassin’s Creed Ragnarok emerge online.
Assassin’s Creed Ragnarok Game Details
Based on a 4chan post, here are the details we know so far about the supposed next Assassin’s Creed title
- Assassin’s Creed (codenamed) Kingdom planned to come to cross gen 2020
- Actual name is Assassin’s Creed Ragnarok
- Main character is an ally of Ragnar Lodbrok and aids in the formation of Great Heathen Army
- Map is split into several kingdoms encompassing all of Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland
- Kingdoms are split into regions that can hold settlements.
- Settlements have some customization and in-game economy systems
- Large scale “conquest” battles return and can be used to weaken enemy hold on regions and parts of the story
- Player does become an assassin and use the hidden blade
- First Civ lore is a bit less than Odyssey, finding a vault and Mjolnir
- Game is developed primarily by Montreal
- Creative Director is Ashraf, Darby McDevvit is the Narrative Director
- Sofia is assisting but is planning on creating a DLC set in Iceland and using Yggdrasil to move across the 9 realms
- Co-op is returning and can be used in most side quests and world exploration
- RPG mechanics, eagle, and ship combat is all returning
- Ship combat is toned down to focus more on exploration
- Game is more focused on exploration, removing question marks on the map, and making players want to explore locations for better loot (like Breath of the Wild)
- Larger emphasis on build and armor usage.
- Player has the ability to change outfits on the fly, which can speed up or slow down notoriety build up in different kingdoms and stop Sheriffs coming after you
Now take all of this with a grain of salt, but a lot of this matches up with the previous leak as and all, and these do seem to be details you’d expect from an upcoming title with reasonable changes.
Screenshots
Here are the screenshots that came with the post and they seem like the game is in early stages of development at the moment
Again, all of this is still in rumor category so take it with a grain of salt for now, and wait for an official announcement from Ubisoft. Ubisoft has been working their way through various mythologies since the past 2 games, and now it seems the most obvious choice for what they want to do next.
We’re always excited to see games set in Norse Mythology, and if the previous games are any indicators of what they’re capable of with the mythical elements, this one will be no different.
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