As fans eagerly await the release of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, many are closely re-watching the gameplay reveal from last week’s Ubisoft Forward stream. While doing so, many features have since been confirmed, both new and old. For example, the game’s developers recently noted that a feature that was removed from Assassin’s Creed Odyssey will be brought back to the upcoming game: Memory Corridor confessions. However, a new gameplay addition was revealed during the gameplay at Ubisoft Forward, though the developers barely even acknowledged its existence until recently.
Although some fans may be disappointed that Ubisoft’s new game will be featuring significantly fewer side-quests than in previous installments, the new mechanic raises more interest for the new title. In one scene of gameplay, the female Eivor can be seen assassinating a guard, as is customary in other games from the franchise. But as the clip continues, the player’s camera is taken inside the victim’s ribcage, watching the assassin’s blade break bones and pierce the heart. This x-ray feature is akin to those found in Mortal Kombat, and many fans believed that this was a way to represent the level of brutality featured in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. But this was not just a hype-feature or brutal emphasis, as game director Benoit Richer has now confirmed that these x-ray assassinations will be in-game features.
During a conversation via Twitter, the game director gave a fan the chance to ask some questions about the upcoming game, and promised to answer as much as possible without revealing too many key details. Blood asked two questions that fans everywhere had been secretly pondering: “1. Can the hidden blade be used IN COMBAT as a primary left hand weapon? 2.We saw an X-ray assassination in the gameplay overview, was that only a cinematic for the trailer or was it gameplay?” Although Richer was unable to answer the first of these, he did mention that the x-ray mechanic “happens during gameplay/player triggered.” Although it has been revealed that the new game will feature the brutalities of the Viking era as well as a deep inner turmoil with the game’s main character, the x-ray assassinations bring Valhalla to another level.
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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will launch on November 17, 2020 for PC, PlayStation 4, Stadia and Xbox One, along with a next-generation release for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
