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Main Quest
- The opening scene of the game follows a young Eivor as their clan is assaulted by Kjotve's clan, Eivor's mother and father are killed, and Eivor flees with Sigurd to escape the assault before having to fend off a wolf attack by themselves after being separated from Sigurd. That sounds awesome, right? Let's go into a bit more detail here as to why.
- Firstly, the entire sequence of events listed above happens during one unbroken shot. The choreography of the fights, the amount of things happening at once, and the natural progression of events make this a remarkable feat.
- We see some amazing things done by Eivor and Sigurd during the fight.
- Sigurd pulls a Big Damn Heroes when he saves Eivor from a guard with a quick and lethal takedown from his sword.
- Eivor, after being told by their mother to flee on a horse, instead spies a sword on the ground and hoists it through a window, stabbing an enemy Viking through the back and killing them in the process.
- Sigurd and Eivor's attempt to flee is sadly halted when Eivor ends up separated, on a frozen lake, with their axe too far for them to reach, while a wolf stalks them. We sadly don't see the end result of the fight between Eivor and the wolf, but it's clear that Eivor won.
- Leofrith in the backstory managed to kill 12 Vikings who ambushed him at a riverbed singlehandedly, and would've killed more had Ivarr not thrown an axe into his back from several meters away, itself an impressive moment on his part. Leofrith survives and within a few days recovers enough to start fighting again, an act that impresses Ivarr so much that when they meet again he asks Leofrith if he's a god. He even has the very axe Ivarr threw into him modified for his use, though Eivor takes it for their own use before he can.
- Even though it doesn't work, Hytham's attempted assassination of Kjotve is an impeccable moment for two reasons.
- Firstly, as a villainous example, Kjotve stops Hytham and throws him to the side with seemingly no effort.
- Secondly, the whole sequence is framed in a spectacular Mythology Gag to the original trailer for the very first game. Hytham leaps into the air, the camera focused on his hidden blade before shifting to to exact same camera angle that showed Altaïr ready to strike.
- While the result of treachery, it is pretty impressive when Ivarr gets lit on fire by King Rhodri during their duel and proceeds to just beat the crap out of him with just his fists while still on fire.
- At the end of the East Anglia arc, when Rued crashes Oswald and Valdis' wedding and demands a holmgang, you have the choice of either letting Oswald fight them or have Eivor do it in his stead. If Oswald gets to fight, unlike their first battle he's able to decisively defeat Rued, and denies him Valhalla by having Rued banished in shame instead of killing him.
- Certain setpieces have Eivor making a mad dash through a burning hellscape of war and fire, chasing a target or a location. It brings to mind the E3 gameplay demo of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, and if you're able to pull off the parkour in one go, it's a sight to behold.
- Eivor rejecting Odin's attempts to pull a Grand Theft Me, firmly denying the selfish Isu's desperate attempts to avoid his own death:Odin: With me, you have wisdom! Glory! Power! What more do you need?!Eivor: ...Everything else.
- The boss fight and subsequent chase with Basim. Basim uses actual tactics an Assassin (or Hidden One) would use, with fancy combat maneuvers, parkour, air assassination attempts, smoke bombs, and use of his Hidden Blade. The chase afterward is awesome due to the gorgeous setting of the Yggdrasil chamber, and how it's used for some excellent parkour.
- The Reveal that Aelfred the Great was the Grand Maegester of the Order of Ancients is great, mainly due to how its revealed.
- Firstly, Eivor and Hytham had been given locations of Order members by someone with the alias of a Poor Fellow-Soldier of Christ. Upon killing every Order member except The Father, this Poor Fellow-Soldier asks to meet Eivor in person, where it's revealed that it was Aelfred the whole time. Eivor even notes that he had made a letter from the Poor Fellow-Soldier addressed to himself to help sell his cover.
- Second, Aelfred rather nonchalantly giving Eivor his Order medallion and revealing that he had been helping Eivor destroy the Order's members in England due to how he despised them. Credit where it's due, that's a brilliant plan.
Sidequests
- The Legendary Animal sidequests, much like in Odyssey, make for some grand battles for Eivor, though special mentions go to the one in Jotunheim, where Odin battles a literal ice bear.
Wrath of the Druids
- The final siege of the game is a perfect blend of good ol' Viking looting and hostile takeover, where Eivor, Flann, and Sichfrith take the fight to Abbot Eagon and eliminate the Children of Danu once and for all. Sichfrith also deserves some special praise, as he managed to convince Flann, with Eivor's help, to allow the Vikings to loot the monastery and prevent needless casualties; a promise he upholds as he's shown to be rather battered up by the end of the siege, sporting a bloody lip when he informs Flann and Eivor he kept the raiding Vikings from killing any of the priests. For a bratty kid who argued with his father, he's definitely grown up some.
Siege of Paris
- Engelwin's unique assassination requires Eivor to take the place of someone in a religious ceremony note . This "ritual" is basically Engelwin just being a sadistic pervert, requiring Eivor to strip for him before he prepares to whip them. Eivor has a Hidden Blade shoved up through their jaw in response.Engelwin: Accept, I beseech thee, this freewill offering, O Lord.
(With a glare, Eivor stands and cuts his throat out)
Eivor: Your offering is accepted. - Little Mother prepares a ritual that involves the death of the French queen. Said ritual involves a ceremonial dagger, which Eivor can helpfully deliver to her. Straight into her goddamn eye. And then they kick her and stab her with the Hidden Blade, just for good measure. And holy hell is it satisfying.
Odyssey x Valhalla Crossover
- Ubisoft may have hit it out of the ballpark in the battle between Eivor and Kassandra. The choreography is nothing short of breathtaking, and both fighters duke it out with every weapon they have, either around them or on their person. Props should also be given to Eivor for being able to provide Kassandra a challenge, who it should be noted has been alive for centuries by this point thanks to the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus, and was one of the most skilled fighters in her home game.
Dawn of Ragnarok
- Eivor symbolically killing the very wolf that bit them as a child, finally conquering a major source of childhood trauma.
