Ubisoft’s Viking adventure, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, adds some time-limited winter festivities today. Preparations for the Yule Festival have fallen alongside the game’s 1.1.0 title update, which also lays the groundwork for Settlement’s next expansion. It all includes a good package of fun bug fixes and game improvements, which address serious issues such as freezes and balances, and fun things like Floating Eivors and Sticky NPCs.
“The Yule Festival is a time-limited event with several parties to enjoy and rewards to get,” Ubi says in the patch notes. “To bring this and future festivals to life, you will see the arrival of the festeros just east of the current settlement.”
As for the rest of this big update, the developers have made a lot of improvements that should make life in old England a little more enjoyable. For starters, some annoying PC freezes that can occur when players perform specific actions for the first time have been fixed. They have also balanced the power levels of NPCs in all difficulties, which alters several things:
- The power of the NPCs will now have a maximum difference of 51 below the player.
- NPCs that are 51 power points below the player will be highlighted in green.
- World bosses will match the player’s power level when power exceeds the base level of world bosses. (also applies to: alpha animals, fans)
Several graphics and animation issues have been fixed, including some deliciously silly ones. Here is a selection of my favorites:
- Fixed an issue where sometimes NPCs who were being killed while unconscious would get up during the animation.
- Fixed an issue that caused Tarben to follow Eivor everywhere when The Baker’s Plaint was not completed.
- A problem has been fixed in which Eivor sometimes levitated during other assaults.
- Fixed an issue in Cruel Destiny that prevented players from proceeding to the second phase of the boss fight. The name of the mission is checked.
- Fixed an issue that allowed players to throw targets through walls.
- Fixed an issue where hitting a horse with a Saxon boat will cause it to disappear when riding it.
- Fixed an issue where NPCs could start hacking randomly on a Saxon ship.
A lot of things have also been modified, so check out the full notes on the patch for the rest. And if you haven’t downloaded it yet, the patch size is around 5.6 GB.
Alice Bee pointed out some of the flaws and tricks of her Assassin’s Creed Valhalla review, but they didn’t ruin the experience too much: “Valhalla is an animation bag with all the best bits from Assassin’s Creed games,” she said. he says. “It’s very entertaining for fans of the series. It may not catch fire in the world, but you can turn on some virtual bits if you want. “