valhalla is the third assassin s creed game to feature this element, called discovery tour: viking age. we must exit the fjord, sail right. how did you approach the discovery tool, was it a case of taking the weapons and killing out of it? i think the idea is that people can enjoy these locations while learning about them. we have created these quests that are basically around empathy, because videogames have a strong component to make people learn, because we feel what our avatars and what the characters are living through. then i shall observe and hopefully learn some new tricks of my own. one of the most famous viking settlements in the uk was in york, and it is here we find thejorvik viking centre, home to a vast array of period artefacts some of which provided inspiration for the developers. and it s here we also find writer and broadcaster danny wallace, who has had a long association with the assassins creed series, providing the voice of one of the game s
i tire of raiding, harold. and the idea is notjust the aesthetic but also philosophical, what are their thoughts of the period, what are they looking for in their daily lives? but what do you do with all that research and work, after it s been put to work building the world in the game? the developers have removed the violence from the game, replacing it with quests which are designed to allow the player to gain greater historical insight about the period. valhalla is the third assassin s creed game to feature this element, called discovery tour: viking age. we must exit the fjord, sail right. how did you approach the discovery tool, was it a case of taking the weapons and killing out of it? i think the idea is that people can enjoy these locations while learning about them. we have created these quests that are basically around empathy, because videogames have a strong component to make people learn, because we feel what our avatars and what the characters are living through. then i s
and hopefully learn some new tricks of my own. one of the most famous viking settlements in the uk was in york, and it is here we find the jorvik viking centre, home to a vast array of period artefacts some of which provided inspiration for the developers. and it s here we also find writer and broadcaster danny wallace, who has had a long association with the assassins creed series, providing the voice of one of the game s characters, historian sean hastings. hello, am i speaking out loud, hello? i think back to my history lessons at school, and a man or a lady would stand up and talk to me for a very long time about crop rotation or spinning jennies. and all i can remember is that you have to leave one field fallow, that is very important. however, thanks to kind of getting involved in these games, you find yourself engaging with those worlds much more. so if you suddenly see something and it catches your eye, and you are like, i wonder how they made shoes,
the player to gain greater historical insight about the period. valhalla is the third assassin s creed game to feature this element, called discovery tour: viking age. we must exit the fjord, sail right. how did you approach the discovery tour? was it a case of taking the weapons and killing out of it? i think the idea is that people can enjoy these locations while learning about them. we have created these quests that are basically around empathy, because videogames have a strong component to make people learn, because we feel what our avatars and what the characters are living through. then i shall observe and hopefully learn some new tricks of my own. one of the most famous viking settlements in the uk was in york, and it is here we find the jorvik viking centre, home to a vast array of period artefacts some of which provided inspiration for the developers. and it s here we also find writer and broadcaster danny wallace,
one of the most famous viking settlements in the uk was in york, and it s here we find thejorvik viking centre, home to a vast array of period artefacts some of which provided inspiration for the developers. and it s here we also find writer and broadcaster danny wallace. he s had a long association with the assassins creed series, providing the voice of one of the game s characters, historian sean hastings. hello, am i speaking out loud, hello? i think back to my history lessons at school, and a man or a lady would stand up and they would talk to me for a very long time about crop rotation or spinning jennies. and, um, thanks to kind of getting involved in these games, you find yourself engaging with those worlds much more. so if you suddenly see something and it catches your eye, and you re like, i wonder how they made shoes, or i wonder what they ate , you can go over there and you can find out yourself. the discovery tour will find