Just like its open world predecessors, Assassin's Creed Valhalla is getting an educational Discovery Tour mode. Officially titled 'Discovery Tour: Viking Age', the mode will be added as a free update on the 19th October.
For those out of the loop, the Discovery Tours in Assassin's Creed Origins and Assassin's Creed Odyssey let you roam the entire map at your leisure, without having to worry about combat or anything else. You could visit various landmarks while a narrator talked you through their history. A great way to learn more about the settings and time period of each game, and we're sure that Valhalla will provide a similar experience.
The Ubisoft press release reads: "For this new opus in the series, the development team in Ubisoft Montreal has changed the formula to make the experience even more fun and informative. Discovery Tour: Viking Age puts the narrative and storytelling at the heart of the experience; players will step into the shoes of Viking and Anglo-Saxon characters of the time and live their big and small stories. During their memorable adventure, they will interact with the world and its inhabitants while discovering many details and anecdotes about the time period."
This will also be the first time that a Discovery Tour will be available to purchase separately. In 2022, Ubisoft is releasing Discovery Tour: Viking Age as a standalone product on consoles. No defined launch date or price has been given, but it's going to be $19.99 on PC, so you can probably expect a similar tag on PlayStation.
Are you up for a new Discovery Tour? Get your notebook out in the comments section below.
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These are great. Loved the Sparta one. But Origins Discovery Mode is my favorite.
I always wanted them to have a VR component. Even if just key locations where an icon comes up.
This is super cool and actually makes me want to play through these games. What a great addition to these experiences.
I love these modes. I'd gladly pay $20 for a standalone if it wasn't for the fact I also like the core game and buy them anyway.
I like the Discovery Tour modes. I bought Odyssey on a whim and just spent hours looking around.
If they could make these Discovery Tours as a standalone product, there may be some extra sales made. 🤔
These are actually cool and make great use of the maps. Hopefully they lock some loot behind it as well.
As others have said I think they are great additions. In the old games I kinda disliked it because you had to stop and read the page when you walked passed landmarks.
Where as in these games you get the narrator to listen to as well as something visual to look at. (People building pots,weapons etc)
Free is always a plus!
Considering how much they abandoned historical accuracy at this point, I find the mode questionable. Why have it if the rest of the game clearly wasn't treated with that love? I also hope they don't literally just change history to make it more inclusive again.
Did Odyssey and Origins get one on PlayStation as well?
Glad to hear, also free updates are very nice.
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