I usually don't post. I never have anything relevant that hasn't been said before. On the occasions that I do find something I think important, a quick search reveals it's old news.

But I felt compelled to post the results of my Valhalla journey that ended yesterday. I've played all Assassin's creed games since the beginning. When Mirage came out I got Platinum on it pretty easily, so I thought it's been a long time since I played Origins. So I got Platinum on that as well, but it wasn't 100% trophies on the screen because of the dlc's.

So to make a long story short I went back and did Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla to 100% trophy status. I will say that the Mastery challenges in Valhalla were incredibly tough and a grind but I got through and somehow avoided glitches

Now I am off to finish gathering feathers in AC2.

I visited the capitoline museum in rome today and it has a reconstructed version of the colossus of Constantine. The statue was probably heavily influenced by the statue of Zeus in Olympia by Phidias (except its not Zeus but Constantine etc). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Constantine

Well, most of us saw the article yesterday that talked more about Shadows´ stealth. Safe to say it could have been deeper, but since I have nothing better to do, I decided to see if I can extract more out of it. Feel free to correct me or add something else on your own, either way, I hope you get some enjoyment out of this.

1. Health

It was that man´s last day before retirement.

Something that was seen with the boss from the Forward Demo, enemy health is back at being presented in multiple parts, last seen used in Origins (from what I remember). As expected, it is a visual cue to show off the quantity of HP for each individual.

Good glimpse at the different values between enemies.

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Just one HP segment less than the Forward´s boss. This guy is the definition of \"fuck around and find out\"

2. Levels

Hard to say how widespread this is yet, but level diversity in close proximity is shown. From all the latest games, Origins felt the most comfortable with the concept (I think a number of people remember that one outpost in Alexandria that was way above the city´s level on their first visit, for example).

On our right, cannon fodder.

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On our left, Skeletor.

3. Customization

The leak of the Animus HUB seemed to imply that we would only have two armor slots: head piece and uniform. The latest footage seem to re-affirm that, since both Naoe and Yasuke use their ICONIC attire, but with different headgear. This theory is still up in the air, but it is worth a mention, since it is similar to Ubisoft Quebec´s last game, Immortals Fenxy Rising, and...you guessed it, Ghost of Tsushima.

Adding to that, we saw a new uniform + mask for Naoe, as seen in the third picture. Finally, we can also spot her ICONIC attire and hood...but now with a mask too! Just like the boxart and this community´s banner. We won´t have to endure the debate over Shay´s missing hood for a decade.

Straw hats were all the rage in 16th century Japan.

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Yasuke had to wear a bandana after watching Rambo and Karate Kid.

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Fashion´s Creed

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Blades out, Masks on

4. Etecetera

This next section is just a mix of other things I noticed, in no particular order.

Naoe is inside the Smoke Bomb, but she is still fully visible.

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Big quiver on Yasuke´s back. Also, his headshot seemed to have activated a slow-motion (like that one skill in Origins).

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Senu and their siblings are out of a job. We can see Keys now too.

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The reveal (CGI) trailer already showed a Double Assassination with a hidden blade and tanto, as mentioned in the article.

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We can actually SEE the noise being made on the Nightingale floor.

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The \"Grab\" option is not always available.

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After knocking out a guard, we can see the option to loot and kill. I did not see an option to move corpses yet.