Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Tombstone · 9 Nov 2020 at 17:59

CaptainRAVE said:
Some reviews are saying best to date

Hoping so, as a huge huge fan of AC Origins and AC Odyssey I'm looking forward to giving this a proper play through the night from midnight and be able to make a well formed opinion on what I think of it by tomorrow

Tombstone · 9 Nov 2020 at 17:59

agnes said:
Also, what time does this game release GMT?

Midnight

cHk4 · 9 Nov 2020 at 18:05

Also when I played Oddesy I got sucked in from the second I experienced combat, I don't know what it is but not got that yet on this.

agnes · 9 Nov 2020 at 18:10

Tombstone said:
Midnight

Thanks, just pre-ordered (big AC fan and this is right up my alley), however...

We are aware of delays in processing some orders on the Ubisoft Store. It may take up to 24 hours for your content or game to appear on your account.

If you are still missing your content after this amount of time, please let us know, and we'd be happy to investigate further! Please check this thread for further updates.

Source: https://discussions.ubisoft.com/top...ontent-purchased-via-ubisoft-store?lang=en-US

No play tonight then!

CaptainRAVE · 9 Nov 2020 at 18:27

agnes said:
Thanks, just pre-ordered (big AC fan and this is right up my alley), however...

We are aware of delays in processing some orders on the Ubisoft Store. It may take up to 24 hours for your content or game to appear on your account.

If you are still missing your content after this amount of time, please let us know, and we'd be happy to investigate further! Please check this thread for further updates.

Source: https://discussions.ubisoft.com/top...ontent-purchased-via-ubisoft-store?lang=en-US

No play tonight then!

I don’t even have a tracking number for mine that’s meant to arrive tomorrow. Last time I use the ubi store.

agnes · 9 Nov 2020 at 18:33

CaptainRAVE said:
I don’t even have a tracking number for mine that’s meant to arrive tomorrow. Last time I use the ubi store.

I can't even submit a refund case lol, the site is borked. I just ended up paying for Ubisoft+, of which, they said 'hey, wanna use 100 points for 20% off?', sure enough, clicked on that to use my uplay points, it opened up a browser tab, gave me a code and at no point was I able to redeem the code lol. I'll request refund for both the game and points later this week. It's gonna be a **** show for a few days.

Either way, downloading now and will use New Zealand VPN to cheekily play in a few mins once download has finished.

CaptainRAVE · 9 Nov 2020 at 18:36

Must be a popular release?

agnes · 9 Nov 2020 at 19:01

2 crashes to desktop now, just trying to run the benchmark

Updating drivers, was on 456.38, installed 457.30

razorpakk · 9 Nov 2020 at 19:04

agnes said:
2 crashes to desktop now, just trying to run the benchmark

Updating drivers, was on 456.38, installed 457.30

It seems like most crashes are caused by VPN disconnecting (Nord VPN in my case).

Is anyone's GPU being used properly? I see high usage but it never goes above 240W (while it should reach about 320).

agnes · 9 Nov 2020 at 19:10

razorpakk said:
It seems like most crashes are caused by VPN disconnecting (Nord VPN in my case).

Is anyone's GPU being used properly? I see high usage but it never goes above 240W (while it should reach about 320).

Ah! Good to know, I DC the VPN after launching the game, I'll leave it on. I'm sure my works security team could do with some work panicking over the events of my login location.

Digital X · 9 Nov 2020 at 19:25

I use ExpressVPN, so far no crashes. Using the basic package. Just over an hour in now.

Pighardia · 9 Nov 2020 at 19:56

1 crash for me which was almost certainly my vpn disconnecting.

Really happy with how the game runs. Not so impressed with animations though tbh. Combat seems to have devolved a little imo, but early days

Also really excellent options menu as expected with Ubisoft nowadays

agnes · 9 Nov 2020 at 20:21

Anyone see a difference between low and high AA? I can't but the performance is an extra 10fps for me.

Digital X · 9 Nov 2020 at 20:47

Will have a look, no notable difference for 10fps? Yes please. Getting spikes left, right and center in the benchmarks.

Frubeling · 9 Nov 2020 at 21:06

Christ
Said there were no good AC games so I had little interest in playing Valhalla on a PC Gamer post about the game on facebook and apparently that makes me an edgy troll

CaptainRAVE · 9 Nov 2020 at 21:12

Frubeling said:
Christ
Said there were no good AC games so I had little interest in playing Valhalla on a PC Gamer post about the game on facebook and apparently that makes me an edgy troll

No good AC games is a bit of a stretch. AC2 was pretty special.

agnes · 9 Nov 2020 at 21:59

Digital X said:
Will have a look, no notable difference for 10fps? Yes please. Getting spikes left, right and center in the benchmarks.

It does look slightly blurry, not sure, I need to do a side by side screenie comparison.

Joeyuk · 9 Nov 2020 at 22:10

Finally got my code of amd rewards. Pre downloaded for tomorrow, will be the 2st game I try my new 3080 out on.

Frubeling · 9 Nov 2020 at 22:16

CaptainRAVE said:
No good AC games is a bit of a stretch. AC2 was pretty special.

I'm of the opinion that none of them are really "bad" per se. Rather they're all tepid and mediocre
I was mostly just gobsmacked at how upset people got that I don't like a series

tracertong · 9 Nov 2020 at 22:35

Frubeling said:
I was mostly just gobsmacked at how upset people got that I don't like a series

You what mate ?