Assassin\u2019s creed dev explains Hidden Blade changes in Valhalla UbisoftUbisoft developers have explained why the upcoming Valhalla changes one of the most iconic features of the Assasin\u2019s Creed games \u2013 the hidden Assassin\u2019s Blade. Ever since we ran around the Holy Land with Alta\u00efr in the first Assassin\u2019s Creed, the signature weapon of the brotherhood has been the Hidden Blade worn underneath the wrist. Several characters have their own variations of the weapon, but it\u2019s always been worn underneath the hand, until Valhalla, whose main character will wear it much more conspicuously. We learn in the original game that the blade worn under the wrist doesn\u2019t just look cool and make for easy stealth kills \u2013 it also has a symbolic purpose. Assassins were once forced remove one of their ring fingers to use the weapon, at the same time signifying their commitment to the brotherhood. But Eivor, the protagonist of Valhalla whom players will control, has apparently thrown Assassin tradition to wind and will wear the weapon on top of the wrist, kind of making the name \u201cHidden Blade\u201d a bit of an oxymoron. However, that seems to be just what developers intended. Valhalla\u2019s narrative director Darby McDevitt revealed the reason developers had chosen to put the blade on the top of the wrist after a fan asked why it was different from every other AC game. \u201cIt is a deliberate decision, it\u2019s something that Eivor feels very strongly about,\u201d McDevitt explained. \u201cWhen he or she gets a hold of the Hidden Blade, it occurs to Eivor that it would be much more interesting to let people see this weapon.\u201d \u201cVikings were known as having a sense of honor, and it was very important that when you killed somebody, that you let people know that you killed them,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo having the Hidden Blade visible is actually kind of an extension of that honor. We want this conspicuous aspect of the blade reflected in the way that Eivor presents him or herself to the world.\u201d Eivor\u2019s Hidden Blade is on top of the wrist in Assassin\u2019s Creed Vallhalla. Why is that? ? @DarbyMcDevitt has got you covered!#AssassinsCreed #ACFacts pic.twitter.com\/2y37P1y7hy \u2014 Assassin\u2019s Creed (@assassinscreed) May 27, 2020 We mentioned before that some characters in the series have put their own spin on the blade, but this would be the first time the main protagonist wears it somewhere other than the bottom of their wrist. Viking\u2019s aren\u2019t exactly remembered for their sneakiness either, but we are talking about an Assassin\u2019s Creed game, so how developers combine that aspect with the stealth we\u2019ve come to expect from the series will be very interesting to see as we get closer to Valhalla\u2019s release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Assassin\u2019s creed dev explains Hidden Blade changes in Valhalla UbisoftUbisoft developers have explained why the upcoming Valhalla changes one of the most iconic features of the Assasin\u2019s Creed games \u2013 the hidden Assassin\u2019s Blade. Ever since we ran around the Holy Land with Alta\u00efr in the first Assassin\u2019s Creed, the signature weapon of the brotherhood […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}