Gaming Omnivore Art Gallery – Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla

It was about this time last year that I came up with the idea to showcase just a few of the many, many screenshots I had saved on my PS4 at the time, it’s also (quite)likely I had little else to post for the week(same excuse today?).

As I’ve mentioned frequently since starting this blog, I’m usually playing multiple games at any given time. The past few months I’ve tried to organize this into two or so games into three different categories – blogging, streaming, or personal. The two….well, ok…three games that have been occupying the latter category are Hades(yes, still), Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and finally, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla – which I’ve spent the majority of my time playing when not either streaming or catching up on WordPress projects.

I included AC: Valhalla in my list of favorite games of 2020 a couple weeks ago and mentioned that it took me just a little longer to get invested in than the two previous Assassin’s Creed games – Origins and Odyssey, but since then I have come to really enjoy the game. I’m not sure where I’d place it on my list of favorite Assassin’s Creed games(that I’ve played), though one thing I greatly appreciate is the way Valhalla features a variety of objectives and activities that aren’t simply “take out this enemy” or fetch quests. In fact, I’d wager to say my favorite part of Valhalla has simply been roaming 10th Century England and discovering areas along with the various side quests. I was as surprised as anyone when I started legitimately enjoying the Animus anomalies(which remind me a lot of the 3d puzzles from Mario Sunshine) or stacking rocks for the cairns. Of course, in addition to all of this I’ve spent a very significant amount of time in photo mode taking screenshots of the gorgeous environments featured in the game, which brings us back to today’s post…let’s take a stroll through some of my favorite screenshots I’ve managed to take while playing Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla. Skäl!

At this time, I’ve invested just short of 80 hours into Valhalla and I still haven’t quite reached the halfway point of the main story, which makes it an even longer game than AC: Odyssey. As mentioned above, a big portion of my play time has been spent in photo mode or simply exploring the many shires and villages of England, so I’m not sure what my final amount of hours played will be. I do know the story takes some big twists and turns moving forward so I’m curious to see where it winds up.

Have you played Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla? What are other games you’ve played that you’ve found yourself simply soaking up the world more than anything else in them? Let me know in the comments.

Thanks for reading!