Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Siege of Paris expansion uses stale grapes to make sour wine

While the original Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is a pretty solid game, it does have its faults. Not least, it is a game that can be extremely repetitive in nature, so much so that it can start to feel like a chore. The game is also lacking in a certain area, which is that the campaign is lacking for all intents and purposes.

The days of the Assassin’s Creed franchise are numbered, if the latest expansion pack is any indication. The Siege of Paris is a standalone expansion to the Assassin’s Creed III set during the French Revolution, while also serving as a tie-in to the upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Unity.

The latest expansion for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed team-based brawler, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, just released, and is called Siege of Paris . The story mode structure of the game appears to be the same as previous Assassin’s Creed games, and the new “Siege of Paris” gameplay mode looks to be a mix of the campaign mode of Origins and the sandbox of Syndicate, which was a good thing.

The first season pass’s last Assassin’s Creed Valhalla extension maintains Eivor on the same path and avoids taking chances. The Siege of Paris introduces a new region, Francia, whose King Charles the Fat has grown into a major danger to England, threatening to besiege the raven clan. However, the expansion’s overall narrative falls flat, and the new features seem like rehashes of what’s already available. Infiltration missions, the game’s one redeeming grace, are a refreshing return to sandbox assassination missions.

I’m right in the middle of it.

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The Siege of Paris starts with a visitor coming at Ravensthorpe and promising Eivor a magnificent feast in order to convince him to aid their Norse king in his struggle against Charles the Fat in Francia. Eivor is quick to enter the fight, but instead of resorting to violence, he decides to speak with the King of Francia. The effort is commendable, but things soon revert to the familiar pattern of assassinating successive leaders until the main boss is exposed.

Siege of Paris’ narrative seems like something that might have occurred in the basic game. However, it does not provide Valhalla with much in the way of fresh content. Despite the fact that Charles the Fat is a compelling villain who seems eager to slaughter every other character with whom he shares a room, the story lacks enough vitality to make the stakes seem meaningful.

Eivor, the agent

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The infiltration missions added in the expansion are the most enjoyable aspect of the game. Players may cautiously explore a place, get tiny bits of information about their target, and then creatively kill them by roaming about a specified spot in these missions. The target’s information may offer chances for Eivor to sneak up on them until the ideal time to strike, resulting in a gory cinematic murder that is unique to that assassination target.

While the infiltration missions aren’t completely open-ended, they’re a step in the right direction when contrasted to the sandbox events of the Hitman series’ killings. If these elements are included into future Assassin’s Creed games and given more complexity, the series may reach new heights, akin to what Valhalla achieved when it was first launched.

After that, the rest is history.

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There isn’t much more added to The Siege of Paris except the infiltration tasks. There are also Rebel Missions, which are repeated tasks in which players must locate an item or assassinate a low-tier figure in order to earn infamy. These events took place in the Wraith of the Druids expansion, however unlike Paris’ Rebel Missions, Eivor had friendly fighters on his side during battle.

Even Francia’s scenery seems like it was taken from England. The terrain isn’t entirely distinct from the original game continent, and the color palette isn’t as varied as it is in the Wraith of the Druids expansion’s Ireland. It’s difficult to distinguish between France and England, which is a lost chance to add new hues to a blank canvas in a strange country.

The Siege of Paris’ infiltration tasks and frightening villain aren’t enough to make it a memorable expansion. However, they provide a ray of optimism for Assassin’s Creed’s future, indicating that something more like it might be on the road. The Siege of Paris, on the other hand, seems like a breathless gasp at the conclusion of Valhalla’s resounding battle cry.

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