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Right into veins. Legion was just okay, but I loved Odyssey so I expect to have great time with Valhalla. Those maps looks real nice.
You know... you could just not do meaningless filler content..?
Devs have said that this game will have less landmass than Odyssey had, so no surprise there.
You know... you could just not do meaningless filler content..?
Devs have said that this game will have less landmass than Odyssey had, so no surprise there.
Just to let you know, Ireland isn't part of the UK, and hasn't been for over 70 years (with the exception of Northern Ireland).
What's 140km squared - about 90-odd square miles?
According to a bit of Googling I found on Den of Geek this is how some other games compare:
Ghost of Tsushima: 11.02 square miles
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 20.8 square miles
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 28.9 square miles
www.denofgeek.com
Even just the England area works out to around 75 miles squared, which is close enough to 3x the area of Breath of the Wild. That's so huge. There's no way it will be filled with meaningful or interesting content.
According to a bit of Googling I found on Den of Geek this is how some other games compare:
Ghost of Tsushima: 11.02 square miles
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 20.8 square miles
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 28.9 square miles
Ghost of Tsushima Map Size: How Big is the PS4 Game?
Just how big is the map in Ghost of Tsushima? We have the details.
www.denofgeek.com
Even just the England area works out to around 75 miles squared, which is close enough to 3x the area of Breath of the Wild. That's so huge. There's no way it will be filled with meaningful or interesting content.
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That's a lot of Assassin's Creed-ing. Looking forward to it!
Though I just wish England didn't look so...squished haha. East Anglia and Kent don't stick out far enough.
But I am nitpicking. It's not like Egypt or Greece were 1:1 recreations after all.
Though I just wish England didn't look so...squished haha. East Anglia and Kent don't stick out far enough.
But I am nitpicking. It's not like Egypt or Greece were 1:1 recreations after all.
That's a lot of Assassin's Creed-ing. Looking forward to it!
Though I just wish England didn't look so...squished haha. East Anglia and Kent don't stick out far enough.
But I am nitpicking. It's not like Egypt or Greece were 1:1 recreations after all.
I wonder if it's a deliberate representation of the kind of squished maps of the time.
why do they use real measurements like square miles when the maps they're referencing are obviously massively bigger - I mean the UK is maybe 300km north to south on that bit of the map vs 13km in game. I get its compressed because you need to be able to ride a horse across the map in about 30-60 mins but it still seems a bit odd.
This is what I first thought looking at them, there's obviously a lot less water compared to Odyssey which I imagine reduces the overall size a bit. But as a whole it doesn't look as massive as Odyssey was, which isn't a bad thing, there was a lot of Odyssey's map that was entirely pointless, and big cities you'd visit a couple times and then never see again.
Going by the viewpoints though England looks like it will be huge. Disappointed Wales didn't make it in there, we know Vikings settled a bit there but nowhere near the numbers they in England, would have been nice to make an appearance in an AC game though.
Jeez, I love open world games but ass creed games just get to much, odyssey got me to a point where I just stuck to doing as less as I could til I finished the main story. This is coming from someone who 100% inquisition numerous times and on another play through, same with witcher etc. I like 100%'n them but ass creed games now, just makes me feel exhausted thinking about playing them.
This is how I felt playing Oddyssey until recently. The opening period of the game felt more of a slog. Then the game opened up and I found myself seeing much more of the map more quickly.
I hope Valhalla doesn't take so long to open up. But even so, not seeing an endless sea of islands doesn't make me feel as fatigued. Really looking forward to Valhalla.
Will you explore all of them as the story goes? Or the plotline only covers some certain maps only?
I'm sorry lmao, I know, it was just a way of saying "out of all of Great Britain and Ireland" and for some reason it came out like that. I'll... I'll edit the original message, hah.
I mean it looks like they're all pretty small other than England. The other maps are like smaller than or comparable to the AC3 ones
I'm out, as much as I'd like to see this running I simply don't have time for it. AC Origins took me 2yrs2m to complete the main story!
At least in Odyssey there was a lot areas that weren't touched by main story.
Streamers have spent 8+ hours in Norway area at start of the game, and still not 100% completed quests etc. from the zone.
Is it possible to 100 % Norway before moving on? I'm so going to do that if it's possible lol.
The top part looks very high level content (lvl280) so I doubt it.
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Looks incredible, but I'm still a little sad that the west of England and all of Wales isn't DLC. Locations like Tintagel in Cornwall and Snowdonia in Wales would have been awesome to explore in this time period, and would have made the main map absolutely colossal.
Still super hyped, and knowing there will be an Ireland location to explore makes me very excited =)
Still super hyped, and knowing there will be an Ireland location to explore makes me very excited =)
Supposedly you can do high power stuff at low power, but need be real good as you die in single hit.
Still there is ton to do in "tutorial zone" / start of the game even without full access to everything and a lot smaller area than e.g. England is.
I take it you haven't played Origin or Odyssey..?
WO is really bad comparison for that kind time spent as you need literally leave game running and idle there to get such hours. Content will run out well before that.
I don't base that "100%" on doing absolute everything as there is high level content, but "Doing everything that is reasonably available to you and meets your power level"
I'm sure its possible to spend 8+ hours on White Orchard as well but that doesnt mean that map is huge
Seems like the reason for not doing all content is level difference more than anything. Theres a freaking level 280 area in that first map
Nah, is just game design techniques of when you are trying recreate real locations. They felt that was too long of an area wihtout anything meningful to show gameplay wise, so the "cut it" in this case squished, while still feel somewhat like the real thing.
Nearly all ubisoft games do that.
I see, I'll probably wait with those areas then.
How do you know the power level of an area? Do you have to physically reach that area or is the power level visible on the map?
Just mouse over area on wold map and it tells recommended power, even if you have never visited that area before.
Looks like only the South East of England is present? Could have sworn stuff like Stonehenge was going to be in this? Am I misreading the map?
EDIT: Looks like I am misreading! Seems like its just the South West missing from England, I guess Wales and Scotland! (And Ireland) were never gonna be part of it?
EDIT: Looks like I am misreading! Seems like its just the South West missing from England, I guess Wales and Scotland! (And Ireland) were never gonna be part of it?
That's how I felt about Origins yeah, and I ended up loving it so much. It's just, going from Origins to Odyssey and then Valhalla, the large maps just become to much for me personally. But yeah I hope it doesn't drag at the start and that you enjoy it!
Main OT is up for anyone interested!
Keep the spoiler map discussion in here until the game is out for all though.
The ingame map is squashed/moved around a little to work for a game but this is pretty much what they're representing in the game.
Keep the spoiler map discussion in here until the game is out for all though.
Let me do a quick and rough outline on a modern map of the UK.
The ingame map is squashed/moved around a little to work for a game but this is pretty much what they're representing in the game.
What's 140km squared - about 90-odd square miles?
According to a bit of Googling I found on Den of Geek this is how some other games compare:
Ghost of Tsushima: 11.02 square miles
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 20.8 square miles
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 28.9 square miles
Ghost of Tsushima Map Size: How Big is the PS4 Game?
Just how big is the map in Ghost of Tsushima? We have the details.
Even just the England area works out to around 75 miles squared, which is close enough to 3x the area of Breath of the Wild. That's so huge. There's no way it will be filled with meaningful or interesting content.
These comparisons are always tricky because video game scale doesn't adhere to some kind of norm across different games. The way people measure world maps are extremely suspect to say the least and in most cases they are measured by hardcore fans wanting to prove that their favorite game has the biggest number no matter how meaningless that is which means they use the method most favorable to the game they are playing.
Yeah, I'm not buying that game lol. This is too much for me to handle