The Unfortunate Baggage of Current Assassin's Creed

Francis unpacked some luggage.

Francis Kenna

Following two widely acclaimed entries, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has immediately become one of the year’s most hotly anticipated games with its recent official reveal. After skimming through several articles divulging more details about the game’s mechanics, with the open-world design changing focus to give more of the spotlight to your Viking settlement which develops throughout the course of the game, I also found myself being pulled in by the game’s alluring concepts. That was until I quickly remembered what being a mainline Assassin’s Creed game would entail, and the baggage that comes along with it.