New Assassin's Creed Reportedly A Valhalla Standalone Starring Basim
New reports claim the next major Assassin's Creed game will star Assassin's Creed Valhalla character Basim as the protagonist, and will serve as a standalone stealth-focused experience. The long-running, Assassin's Order-centric series began with stealth at the forefront of the gameplay mechanics. As time went on, however, celebrated elements such as social stealth, or hiding in plain sight, took a backseat to larger-scale battles and the like.
Titles such as the underrated Assassin's Creed Unity and Syndicate revisited the social stealth elements to an extent a few years ago. Yet, these once core tenets of the franchise returned to the sidelines with AC Origins and, especially, AC Odyssey. 2020's AC Valhalla explored stealth a little more with the Siege of Paris DLC's infiltration missions, though series faithful still clamor for the gameplay mechanics of old. Fortunately, the clamor may soon come to an end.
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According to a new Bloomberg report, people familiar with Ubisoft's operations claim the next Assassin's Creed entry began as an expansion for AC Valhalla, then morphed into a standalone game to fill out its release slate. The adventure in question will allegedly star AC Valhalla's Basim in a more stealth-focused experience. Eurogamer corroborated the report in a write-up of its own, adding that the Basim-starring game will take place in Baghdad. Fans who've grown tired of the increasingly large open-world settings are in luck, too, as the new installment apparently boasts a much smaller scope compared to Assassin's Creed outings in recent years.
When taking the ending of Assassin's Creed Valhalla into consideration, specifically as it
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