I'm expecting a merge of the two games, so I'm expecting a large gameworld but not as large as Odyssey, I'm expecting both a female and male option as player characters. A darker overall look to the title, heavy emphasis on forest and mountain, a good sized snowy area. I expect shields to make a return again. I think naval combat might be toned down somewhat from Odyssey, its not like the Vikings were big naval combatants. I expect Alexios/Cassandra to make an appearance at some point. I also expect even less of the "modern" stuff in this title, Odyssey already had the modern bits cut down significantly from what it was in Origins and its clear to me that they are wanting to move away from that side of things (cant blame them really, the modern bits were always the worst aspect of the games imo). I had high hopes for a co-op mode but I dont think that will happen. I also wouldnt be surprised if the UK wasnt in the game and is added as a DLC/Expansion, I think the Conquest battles of Odyssey will be in it again. First Civ stuff will be tied in to the Norse Gods and the huuuuuge amount of Norse legends. Will be interesting to see if they tie Song/Music in the game somehow, music and song was enormously important to the Vikings and Norse culture, Skalds (bards) were held in very high esteem and music itself was believed to have all manner of mystical properties, including healing and combat enhancements. Talking of music, I'm expecting an absolutely top notch soundtrack to this game, theres awesome potential for some really good Viking/Norse themed music.
