Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and the Unfortunate Implications

Re:Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and the Unfortunate Implications by afrcnc on Friday November 20, 2020 @01:05PM (#25163083)

What a bunch of garbage.... So this author is angry because the game portrayed historical events with accuracy? So what if it shows burning churches. That's what vikings did, ffs.

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Re:Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and the Unfortunate Implications by peer2pay on Friday November 20, 2020 @01:18PM (#25163201)

Did you even bother reading the whole article before attacking the author?

They make it quite clear that they are angry about the selective omission of historical events such as the Scandinavian slave trade.

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Re:Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and the Unfortunate Implications by anand-bala on Friday November 20, 2020 @01:16PM (#25163187)

I am not sure if you read the article in it's entirety. The author's point is the exact opposite: while Ubisoft developers are ok with burning churches (which magically restore themselves), they do not show any of the other Viking raiding acts that have more broad implications. The author's problem is with the erasure of the actual viking culture, like slavery, and also with the (possibly unintentional) misogynistic views that the game portrays about weak, effeminate men, etc.

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