WulfTek said:Valhalla was a decent game with far, FAR too much fluff, and a lack of meaningful direction. There are some very nice, well-written moments, probably some of the best of the recent games, but there is so much filler, so much pointless busywork.
It's a decent 30 hour game stretched to 100 hours. I'm sure anyone that's played it would agree that half, maybe more of the regional stories have incredibly little bearing on the main story. I hope they learned from it that more content isn't always better. I'm hopeful for Mirage's smaller scope, but I'm sure no matter how well it sells, they'll go back to big, 100+ hour RPGs with little bearing on actual Assassin stuff and excessive filler.
This describes a good portion of Ubisoft games since the open world madness began with AC1. Don't forget how long it took in AC1 to get all those damn flags haha, or the Far Cry 2 diamonds. They've always made their games bloated with collectibles, but it's just more in a small area so you're constantly collecting.
To their credit, their games are usually stellar and that gameplay burdens the 100% laundry list haha