History Trivia / AssassinsCreedValhalla

* ActingForTwo: Creator/MagnusBruun voices three characters -- male Eivor, Odin and Varin.

* ContentLeak: 30 minutes of gameplay was leaked online on July 5, 2020. As of July 9, the footage is still up on Website/YouTube.

* Naval combat was considered early on, but was scrapped because the Vikings didn't partake in it very often.

* DuelingWorks: With ''Valhalla'' hitting the stores just one week before the release of ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', another huge, highly anticipated triple-A WideOpenSandbox ActionRPG, it was vying for a broadly similar clientele's attention from the outset despite their wildly disparate settings. Mitigated as ''Cyberpunk'' was delayed to the following month.

** Following ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'', the two most heavily speculated upon eras for the next game were UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge and [[JidaiGeki Medieval Japan]]. The former's proponents were proven right. The title that was most speculated upon however, ''"Assassin's Creed: Ragnarök"'', was {{jossed}}.

* Eivor's name:
** Eivor was originally going to be named Jora, as according to the dev team's research it meant "kingly", [[spoiler:hinting at Eivor's connection to Odin as a Sage]], but when Dr. Jackson Crawford came to see their research about four weeks before audio recordings were to begin, they learned it actually means "horse"[[note]]They theorize one of the sources they used was using "Jora" as a figurative name to describe a king.[[/note]] It ends up getting referenced as a MythologyGag when Eivor needs a fake name while in Vinland and the oddity of being called that gets lampshaded.
** A runner-up was Valdis, which ended up being the name of Oswald's LoveInterest.

** Eivor was originally going to be named Jora, as according to the dev team's research it meant "kingly", [[spoiler:hinting at Eivor's connection to Odin as a Sage]], but when Dr. Jackson Crawford came to see their research, they learned it actually means "horse". It ends up getting referenced as a MythologyGag when Eivor needs a fake name while in Vinland and the oddity of being called that gets lampshaded.

** Figuring out rhymes for flyting would've been a bit more complex and involve doing observations on the person in question, but this was deemed as too esoteric.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A shield wall feature was planned, but it fell through because of a combination of being unintuitive for players and being too technically difficult to pull off in a timely manner.

* RecycledScript: The modern-day plot shares many beats with ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII''. Namely, [[spoiler:the protagonist is manipulated by an Isu, whose husband was reincarnated into a Sage, to access a Temple and stop a cataclysm that would wipe humanity. This process leaves the protagonist dead with their consciousness trapped into the Grey. Juno and Aletheia even have similar appearances.]] This is possibly intentional, as [[spoiler:Layla and the Reader discuss both events in the epilogue.]]

* DuelingWorks: With ''Valhalla'' hitting the stores just one week before the release of ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', another huge, highly anticipated triple-A WideOpenSandbox ActionRPG, it was vying for a broadly similar clientele's attention from the outset despite their wildly disparate settings. Mitigated as ''Cyberpunk'' was delayed to the following month, though still coming the same year if no more delays are involved.

* LyingCreator: Despite Ubisoft's claims to the contrary during the pre-release phase, ''Valhalla'' still locks its world and main story behind [[BeefGate Beef Gates]], forcing players to grind a fair amount of side content on a regular basis. Ubisoft also claimed to have dialed down the number of side quests in comparison to ''Odyssey'', and in a strictly numerical sense that might be true, but measured against the scope of the game at large, side content still makes up the vast majority of its total play time.

** An idea from 'VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'' was also recycled, namely [[spoiler:the head of the Cult/ Order turning against their organization.]]

* IKnewIt: Following ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'', the two most heavily speculated upon eras for the next game were UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge and [[JidaiGeki Medieval Japan]]. The former's proponents were proven right. The title that was most speculated upon however, ''"Assassin's Creed: Ragnarök"'', was {{jossed}}.

* LyingCreator: Despite Ubisoft's claims to the contrary during the pre-release phase, ''Valhalla'' still gates its world and main story behind [[BeefGate rampant level scaling]], forcing players to grind a fair amount of side content on a regular basis. Ubisoft also claimed to have dialed down the number of side quests in comparison to ''Odyssey'', and in a strictly numerical sense that might be true, but measured against the scope of the game at large, side content still makes up the vast majority of its total play time.

* PropRecycling: Randvi's hairstyle is Kassandra's recycled hairstyle from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey''.

* PropRecycling: Randvi's hairstyle is Kassandra's recycled hairstyle from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey''

* DuelingWorks: With ''Valhalla'' hitting the stores just one week before the release of ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', another huge, highly anticipated triple-A WideOpenSandbox ActionRPG, it was vying for a broadly similar clientele's attention from the outset despite their wildly disparate settings. Somewhat averted as ''Cyberpunk'' was delayed to the following month.

* DuelingWorks: With ''Valhalla'' hitting the stores just one week before the release of ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', another huge, highly anticipated triple-A WideOpenSandbox ActionRPG, it was vying for a broadly similar clientele's attention from the outset despite their wildly disparate settings.

* IKnewIt: Following ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'', the two most heavily speculated upon eras for the next game were UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge and [[JidaiGeki Medieval Japan]]. The former's proponents were proven right. The title that was most speculated upon however, ''Assassin's Creed: Ragnarök'', was {{jossed}}.

* IKnewIt: Following ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'', the two most heavily speculated upon eras for the next game were UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge and Medieval Japan. The former's proponents were proven right. The title that was most speculated upon however, ''Assassin's Creed: Ragnarök'', was {{jossed}}.

* ContentLeak: 30 minutes of gameplay was leaked online on July 5, 2020. As of July 9, the footage is still up on Website/YouTube.