I don't know about you guys, but in my opinion, character with 2 genders (like in Valhalla) or 2 different people with different gender (like in Odyssey) is less iconic than normal character such as Ezio or Connor or any other MCs
We might agree on that but at the same time with this architecture it seems they were able to find a proper middle ground between "two blank slate characters" and "one fully fledged single main character"
@@porcin3proph3t4 Ezio without question is the most iconic AC character but I’d argue with anyone all day and all night that Edward is a not so distant second behind him, singlehandedly made the franchise relevant again after the anticlimax of Revelations and the snooze fest that was 3 with bore you to death Connor.
@@charliezobel511 I think thats mainly cause of the games system and mechanics. I like BF but not cause of edward, I like it cause pirates and being a pirate
@@porcin3proph3t4 yeah there is something in swashbuckling adventure on the high seas in the golden age of piracy making for a more exciting protagonist but had Connor been Edward he’d have been as boring in BF as he was in 3. Edward just had this personality and free spirit wild side that shone through which made you want to know far more about him, I for one would love a BF2 picking up where BF left off.
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@@assassinzcreedfiendii4844 bet you listen to christian rock, huh? Bad news, your christian god didnt create humanity, its just a religion whose followers claim their god did so. Vibe check: all the other religions claim the exact same bs for their own religion. What yall religious imbeciles are actually refering to is evolutin, which there actually is proof for other than for all that religious nonsense.
@@assassinzcreedfiendii4844 sorry for the mean comment, no personal offence against you, just cannot stand it if someone promotes their religiom and is like "uh look guys bible says its this way so it has to be this way". As i already mentioned, all the religions claim that for their own writings
I just want Ubisoft to go back to make one character and telling their story rather than us just picking based off of better voice acting and then them invalidating some people’s choice by being like “oh it’s actually this.”
I'm still going with male Eivor because he's voiced by Magnus Bruun and I loved The Last Kingdom, plus I just can't stand female Eivors voice, it's just way too annoying for me.
While it won't stop me from playing as female Eivor I agree it doesn't seem to suit her, maybe if what happened when I watched the early game play that's showing up was the cause it would make sense, but male Eivor isn't affected.
I think I would still prefer just a single sex character, but I'm honestly jus happy that they're actually thinking about it and incorporating it into the narrative in a meaningful way, a lot better than the superficial bare-bones way they did in odyssey
I mean it was ubisoft's fault that you were able to pick your character, Kassandra was meant to be the only playable character. But the sexist marketing team demanded they put a male playable character in there as well.
@@euannankervis3889 Exactly! I would have loved a Kassandra only game, it would be awesome to see a female protagonist in something that's not spin-off like Liberation or that wasn't pushed to the side like Evie in Syndicate. They wanted to feign progressiveness without taking the risk of potential backlash and putting in the actual work.
@@feliperocha1907 yeah I agree with you 100%. I hope that in the next game they'll only have a female protagonist, they really need to make up for how badly they've treated female characters and protagonists in this franchise. It was so weird that Evie was pushed to the side in Syndicate, I always thought she was a stronger character than Jacob
So when eivor playing with odin memory's its actually odin in the isu era, and just because eivor believe the norse mythology, thus the view is like asgard
Exactly right, Nothing is True Everything is Permitted. Kassandra saw the isu as greek Gods, and Eivor saw them as the Norse Gods. What they see is what they believe but it isn’t true.
I think the way they handled the choosing a gender option in this game was league better then odyssey's. Both voice actors bring so much to Eivor's character.
@@timothywarren2043 That may be so, names like Einar, Einor, Ivar, Eivor. Just sound masculine to me lol, glad it's a choice. I usually don't like to play female characters for the most part anyways. Lol
I am starting to get pissed like we used to have one protagonist and now its like "Hey! choose your gender" Ubisoft should just think what canon character they want, Kassandra turned out to be the main protagonist for AC Odyssey, So who`s next? Female Eivor? What about Male Eivor? Why can`t a male protagonist can`t be canon? I don`t mind the female option tho. Just sick of the gender selection I miss the old ways where we get a specific character :(
Yes it really isn't good because it is annoying to have a different gendered protagonist because with male eivor there are so many gay options and it wasn't common to be bi/ gay it really takes out the emersion plus it just makes me connect to the character more when they focused on a certain person/gender which is why I much prefer older games which are more straight forward
They are afraid that male gamers wont buy the game if it has a female lead-.- so you get the extra option to play as male even though the female character is canon. God i hate ubisoft
remember when you didn't need a 13 minute video theorizing which character is canon and could just play as awesome characters such as Ezio, Edward and Bayek? yeah good times.
I would say that’s politics for ya... but then to those clowns out there would some how say I’m the one bringing it up, Not the gaming company....... idk I guess assassins creeds are now becoming very unrealistic so why not have females somehow dominate in physical war vs any male combatant.
@@OfficialZerxes I hate how they keeping making the females canon especially valhalla. Very few woman were actually fighting. 98% of the people fighting in these eras were men
I really want the animus to go back so that the games are more grounded instead of this hazy genetic memory that Layla's animus is doing.. just give us a solid main character already!
We wouldve gotten Aya and female Eivor in both Origins and Valhalla if it wasn't for the higher ups in Ubisoft who thought female protagonists don't sell
@@henxiety its sound business logic....ubisoft claimed far more people played as alexios in odyssey than kassandra. And Darby mcDevitt has already stated that this game had both male and female canon from the start of development
@@Dd-fb2tj Do you have the stats to back that? Also that's implicitly stating that female leads aren't viable to which Horizon Zero Dawn, Metroid, and Tomb Raider say otherwise. Also notice that statement only exists because of the ability to choose Kassandra or Alexios. If they just made Kassandra, who may I need to remind you is the canon option, the only option then the game would be lot more consistent
@@henxiety boundingintocomics.com/2018/12/17/ubisoft-shocked-to-find-players-prefer-alexios-over-kassandra-in-assassins-creed-odyssey/ Thats NOT implicitly saying female leads aren't viable... Its stating more prefer the male option when given a choice. Ubisoft have also said this choice will be consistent with ac games going forward.
@@henxiety I agree, that of Alexios wasn‘t in Odyssey, Kassandra could have been a much more interesting character. The problem, imo, with the story is, that Kassandra is treated like just another mercenary and allowed to do basically everything. They could have focused on prejudices against women at that time and Kassandra overcoming them by simply being the badass she is. A bit of wasted potential imo.
If the female is canon then why use the male version in the cover of the game. Knowing it well sell well if its a male then why making the female canon? Dfq is wrong with the game industry.
I actually love the theory a TH-camr named Walshie made, where basically Eivor is like a scuffed sage, and male Eivor is basically just Aeta. It said in ac syndicate that female sages are possible in theory, although none have been recorded. Well, what if Eivor is actually the first female sage (that we know of)? And male Eivor's memories are just basically the memories where Aeta is stronger or something.
I'm pretty sure female Eivor is cannon. Basim isn't sure whether Eivor is Odin's reincarnation or not until the end of the game. If male Eivor was cannon then why didn't Basim recognize him since male Eivor and Odin look exactly the same. Anyway. I still played as male Eivor. I tried playing the female a bit but it got really annoying. Also. The animus gives you two gender options because there are 2 people in one body. Odin and female Eivor.
The black mark on the neck is why Basim didnt know for sure because of the wolf scar which is why it takes till the end of the game to know that Eivor was Odin
Right. And when Basim sits on the bench outside animus he always sees/remembers female Eivor. Also when you let the animus decide Eivor is always female and Havi(Odin) is always male.
Eivor woman’s voice is much deeper than average. Eivor man’s voice is much softer than usual. Why battling over a gender’s voice? I only have a bone to pick against the name Eivor for a man, ubisoft should’ve used the male variant of it. As for me, I just can’t stick with male characters. I do not feel comfortable at all. I don’t care what character people prefer, I’m just pissed at the blatant sexist ideas argued in the comments. You people can do better.
I also like this theory as well Richard and i do agree that the female Eivor as the main protag but instead male Eivor as Odin maybe he is a avatar as Thor, because here is my theory on the male Eivor if he was a avatar it would be have to be young Odin before he sacrifice his left eye for knowledge and wisdom or if male Eivor is Odin's avatar he would no left eye when we play him in the mythological in Asgard and why would Odin want to see hiself but as Thor since he is the guardian of Midgard (aka earth). Just my theory per say
Idk why they marketed Male eivor, but then turned around and said "Oh that? Yeah no actually the character is female and here have a new cinematic trailer that's just the original trailer but female eivor"
What my theory is, and I think this concept can even be generalized to many upcoming AC titles is that, Layla has modified the Animus in such a way that the female Eivor is generated because of Layla being a woman. Since the DNA is stronger therefore in many occurrences her digital image cannot be superimposed over male Eivor therefore we get to see male Eivor there. However due to particular scenes where Layla can feel the emotions as a woman and how she would react, it becomes easier for Animus to adapt to her image. My theory is also based on how Layla could "Connect" more easily with Bayek's wife when she followed her tomb to get her DNA sequence.
Good theory, but I feel like true AC fans don't like Layla at all, and should probably remove her... She would've made Bayek a female as well (which would be weird)
No Eivor is a female during the main game and is a male as Odin in the visions in the past. Odin was reincarnated as female Eivor which is why Loki didn't recognize him like he did her brother.
The blood theory hold alot of water. After all, we've seen that the Isu can leave literal messages in the DNA itself for the ones reliving the ancient memories. These 'visions' is very likely a sort of genetic program that activate when certain criteria are met. All to ensure event flow along a certain path. We've seen Minerva do exactly that many times. Most recent is in the Last Descendent trilogy. The theory that male Eivor is canon only during the 'trip' the the realm of the gods is certainly plausible. Animus within the Animus like situation. Only this will not turn out like the last time if the comics are any indication. 9:30. Basically a bit of Animus trickery. Like how we can have the Aquila's figurehead for the Jackdaw despite the fact the ship hasn't even been built during Edward's time as a pirate. One thing: Odin Sight IS Eagle Vision. That's what Norse Assassins called it in the Fate of the Gods book.
Male and female Eivor are "both canon" because currently Ubi is taking the soft middle ground instead of committing to a single canon character. I hope with the changes in the company, they'll be able to make games with one protagonist, the one the studio actually wants (i.e. Kassandra), not the one the marketing team wants, and actually write a story that acknowledges the protagonist's identity (no one in the setting comments on Kassandra's gender because there is no difference between an Alexios/Kass playthrough) so we can stop with all of this song and dance.
Your theory might as well be spot on. I mean Odin might be just a human (or a hybrid like Kassandra) in the AC lore as he doesn't look like one from the very little appearance we get to see. AC Valhalla is turning out to be the best AC game ever. We shall see.
We shall see indeed! Although we don't see Odin being *the* most important god in the Norse pantheon being a human ^^ We're placing our bets he's a fully fledged Isu, possibly one of their leaders!
Damn, remember when Ubisoft made somewhat real characters? Remember when we had Ezio Auditore and Jason Brody? Well now we have Eivors and Deputies and everything points that they will keep it this way in the future.
No because part of Female Evior story IS odins memory/ DNA. And apart of all of assassins creed is simulations, memory streams, recreating history etc... so it technically makes sense that both “genders” are cannon.
@@putsomethingcool Sure, i get that, but in terms of the "REAL" Person who hypothetically created those memory just Female Eivor existed at that time and Odin was just experiencing the world through her body.
I mean either way one of them will have to be canon. I guess its just gonna be a case of their gender doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things for whatever reason story wise.
Tbh, since you can play the game with just one gender, the let the animus choose won't be that deep. or half the lore of the game would be lost to everyone who doesn't want to swap gender mid game, which is just, pretty dumb.
My personal theory that is inspired by the theory in this video is that when you choose the default option you are basically telling the animus to represent the physical appearance of eivor depending on which side of the character inside is more dominant depending scenarios so with default option it represents Eivor as female cause thats the viking side of the character and male in mythical areas due due the odin side of the character. This can also work if you choose to play soley male or female eivor. You can be male eivor raiding towns and doing quests in england because this side the viking side represented as female within is inside during those moments represnted (this makes male Eivor canon) And you can be female Eivor while exploring the world of norse mythology this part inside Eivor is the male side in her ( making female Eivor also canon) and vice versa In short Eivor's physical gender can be whaterver and doesnt really matter and The "female" side of Eivor the viking nature and the "male" side odin and isu heritage are not eivor individually but they both combine and make the Eivor that you play and choose
Before watching this video I just wanted to mention my theory that I've been mentioning since May: Eivor is just a viking legend and the Animus simulates their life based on the legends, and in some scenarios it makes more sense if Eivor is either male or female.
That's pretty interesting, so you'd have a similar scenario to Odyssey, with the Animus building the simulation based on external sources like written legends?
@@AccessAnimus I mean yeah, kinda. But here there's no DNA for the Animus, instead the input is just legends about Eivor. Idk, it's a game about vikings and the legend of Ragnar is well known, thought it could be plausible.
Ok i finished the video and i gotta say, this theory is definitely more inspired, but that would make male Eivor 50% not canon, since he would actually have never really existed, and being someone's ancestor never posed the problem that there are "multiple souls" in one person. For example, nobody ever saw Altair in Ezio, and how could Eivor suffer from the bleeding effect if they've never been in an Animus? Great theory, but for me these plot holes make me believe we're far from the full picture.
Something I have been wondering for awhile, is if I chose “let the animus decide” would I be able to pick male or female on my own while free roaming/exploring the world for collectibles.
What if Evior is Odin because when Odin goes into his deep sleep he can go into a different body and his raven follow this person and tell him of what has happened also Odin can shapeshift into different people
Does Ubisoft have the balls to say "Hey dudebro playing as Male Eivor, your avatar never existed and Female Eivor was the truly canon character?" This is a really interesting theory, and among the only ones I've heard that makes any sense lol
You tell me if it'll make a difference to female gamers who either did or did not play the games. One female developer never even played them and was writing content.
Calling it right now: Male Eivor only exists in the mythological world as an avatar representation for female and canon Eivor and some kind of bleeding effect start to happen. :)
Good job figuring it all out on your own! After playing the main story, I believe I had a good idea why it makes sense how a certain important character to take until the end of the story to find out how it is Eivor who is related to a certain person of the distant past and not someone else. Male Eivor literally looks like that person of the past while the Female Eivor does not due to being a woman which threw that important character off their trail until the end of the main story. I still hope that the next game will have no choice just to avoid giving people a "wrong" option that might clash with the story they want to tell. It was a big facepalm moment for me when after picking the male Eivor there was a letter at a certain study in the late game that called Eivor "Eivor Varinssdottir" instead of "Eivor Varinsson".
I also think that somehow in the future storyline. Eivor's dna was fragmented as per taking those chemicals from vulka. So animus can't see which gender to choose except for depending on the fragments of dna left and the AI of animus
He's 90% right... male Eivor is Odin's body and the female Eivor body is the 9th century Viking according to the in-game story . So if anyone is wondering "Let The Animus Choose" is canon and the female body in the real world is also canon. Don't know why Ubisoft just didn't make it like that from the get-go instead of making us choose and afterward revealing there was actually a canon way to play like in odyssey... They really are afraid of this gender policy thing.
Unless what's happening with Eivor is the same as what happened with the Sage and Aita's DNA, just not hell-bent on getting back to Juno, of course. Plus, seeing how Eivor's geneology has already made it clear that they were adopted and raised by Sigurd's family, it does bring into question who Eivor's parents and family were.
I did this exactly selecting female Eivor during the main game and male Eivor during the mythological arcs.. Just made sense.. Glad to know ATA feels the same!
Despite Magnus Brunn's amazing performance , this video makes me want to go with the "let the animus choose option" cause it is cannon and makes much more sense
I don't know what is more absurd, having your protagonist who by ability and action seems to be the strongest character in terms of brute strength in your entire fanchinse be a 5'6" female Viking, or hiding that fact in your marketing and not just owning it.
On jayvee's playthrough , he chose let the animus choose and played the game entirely being female eivor. With this theory in mind , it's probably beacuse there were no hallucinogenic places like asgard that would allow the animus to change gender into male eivor. I approve of this theory in my book !
Still going to play male Eivor, i just don't like female-Eivors Voice, i had the same issue with Odyssey, i just couldn't get into playing as Kassandra.
Split personality, hearing voices, visions and hallucinations? This confirms it! We finally have true game representation of a main character with Schizophrenia.
I am really liking the thought you've put into this - and it makes sense. Although if we get to go to Asgard to see Odin's memories of his time as an Isu there (or perhaps a human from around that era, who knows) that'd be heckuva better time than what we got in the Fate of Atlantis DLC. I'd also probably guess Odin would be another one of those human-sympathies among the Isu or becomes one
Thank you Jeremy! And yeah, hopefully we'll get a more "clear cut" idea of what actually happened in the First Civ times and what is just Eivor's interpretation
All of the theory whether Eivor is male or female shoudn't be an issue. The game shows they have found the body of him/her. The physiology of Eivor's body can tell the gender.
I genuinely think it's all a lot more simple then this. I don't think they want to alienate anyone's preference like odyssey did so I think when they say both are Canon they truly mean it, we'll never truly know if eivor was truly male or female
Eivor is transgender according to the Animus. If you let animus choose she is female apart from in her dreams where she is male. Remember this post. When enough people have bought Valhalla Ubisoft will canonically reveal that Eivor was transgender /gender fluid all along. E.g. in Odyssey Kassandra is referred to as Misthios which is male. The female would have been Misthia. The game audio files therefore consider Alexios as canon. Same as Eivor, it’s a female name (male version Eivar) and is referred to as “she” throughout Valhalla. Valhalla audio files therefore consider female Eivor as canon… in fact Eivor is transgender (male stuck in a female’s body) because if you let the Animus choose she is a female in all missions apart from when she dreams she is male.
This theory is so good that I want this to be canon but Another possibility is that Eivor might actually be a sage and that Male Eivor is actually Aita and that everytime we play Male Eivor during the "Let the animus choose" run, the animus is actually reading Aita's memory stream and in moments it is not doing so, we're seeing Female Eivor's memories. So yeah basically your theory but replace Odin with Aita and bingo.
In comics and revelation and also many times in brotherhood the call of the bleeding effect, bleeding effect is capable not only to show memories of an ancestor but also to make personalities collide with each other so Eivor may have that symptom already without the need of animus that's why we see male Eivor
If it's true then spot on sir I think you literally translated what "Break the code . Break the node" was meant to be. If we live as Odin through male Eivor then it's safe to say we're witnessing a memory within a memory. Going deeper on that, I think it'll be like an Animus inside The Animus. If that's the case it opens up room for bigger things to happen. Layla could receive bleeding effect for roaming around as Odin. Odin appearing as male Eivor MIGHT alarm other Gods in Asgard . Odin could be banished to Midgard at some point which is why female Eivor sees him in battle. Picture this: You living odin's memory is what will break the time node(because that's not supposed to happen). I'm thinking every Animus interaction we've seen so far is of someone who came across an Isu or Isu tech. So this theory is saying that we go into the animus AND THEN go back even further to a point where no human was present to witness these events just Isu which will break the code(because it's not supposed to happen). What if we see the Isu at their highest most powerful point in time(Asgardian Period) no human slaves just Godly presence... Layla could gain tons of knowledge while being in Asgard AS Odin.
I didn't like that there were options whether you wanted to be male or female exactly because of it messing with what was cannon. It's nice to know that both could be cannon as it helps me get immersed.
I know, I'm not really a fan of Assassin's Creed becoming an R.P.G either. I'd prefer a solid, fixed character but I am aware that when they want to make a female character it would be good for their sales to soften the blow otherwise there would be a lot of disgruntled guys throwing a fit.
the isu have 3 chromosomes so that’s why the animus can read both girl and boy versions. you’re right the girl is the actual viking but the reason you can see odins eivor is because his dna is in her but not as strong so that’s why it changes to a girl
Odin is male, Eivor is female. If you play as male basically you are seeing her true form. Eivor’s DNA contains Odin’s for obvious reasons. That’s it :) Also Odin’s missions were exactly his memories, only the aesthetics are closer to Eivor’s cognition, but in reality all of that happened in the Isu world we know :D
I mean here's the thing, I doubt it's a coincidence that Odin was voiced by the same actor as male Eivor and Tyr was voiced by the same actor as Siguard. Also likewise they had the same character models, just slightly altered. Also Siguard was doomed to have has arm removed, as was Tyr and Eivor/Odin with the eye. So there was obviously a connection, I'm guessing a DLC might reveal more?
Why is a damaged narrative strand a narrative issue? Am i missing something there cause it was already explained way before AC Odyssey that there would be issues the further back you go.
@@daniel14698 I'm pretty sure they were talking about the memory strain. It was why most people never pushed to going further back through human history.
I think they'll start using multiple timelines. To see where the present day team can follow. It would let our choices have more weight and let have the Assassin we choose be canon. It helps the RPG element.
This makes a lot of sense. This whole male and female Eivor both being canon has been confusing me all year, especially with the part that Eivor is a woman’s name. Now that the game has come out is this theory correct?
5:25 Maybe Odin made himself Reinacarnate as a "complete " human. So he would still be a part of eivor but isn't Eivor. That's why I go with a female version.
Since when did assassins creed stop caring about creating characters with backstories and believable lives and start making fantasy games where u can essentially pick what gender the historical character was. Like I would’ve been good with kassandra being the only playable character, and not having a choice to be her brother. Just stick to a character and stop trying to please the handful of people who don’t know the original tenets of the AC games
Hmmm I would bet on a reincarnation rather than a descendant. Gull is talking about a soul in Eivor. Do you guys remember the lyrics of the song that was used in the announcement trailer? "Won't somebody tell me, answer if you can, what is the soul of a man?"
i think that Basim and his whole story is very, very well written too..! and maybe with that done, the groundwork for the next games was layed and they go on exploring Basim and his wicked plans further! i wanna' see if Loki can really do it and get his Son and Wife back (:
its impressive how close you were even before the game lauched.
Men saw the future
I don't know about you guys, but in my opinion, character with 2 genders (like in Valhalla) or 2 different people with different gender (like in Odyssey) is less iconic than normal character such as Ezio or Connor or any other MCs
there really are only 3 "iconic" characters in AC. That being Ezio, Altiar, and Desmond. Honestly, mainly cause they were the og 3.
We might agree on that but at the same time with this architecture it seems they were able to find a proper middle ground between "two blank slate characters" and "one fully fledged single main character"
@@porcin3proph3t4 Ezio without question is the most iconic AC character but I’d argue with anyone all day and all night that Edward is a not so distant second behind him, singlehandedly made the franchise relevant again after the anticlimax of Revelations and the snooze fest that was 3 with bore you to death Connor.
@@charliezobel511 I think thats mainly cause of the games system and mechanics. I like BF but not cause of edward, I like it cause pirates and being a pirate
@@porcin3proph3t4 yeah there is something in swashbuckling adventure on the high seas in the golden age of piracy making for a more exciting protagonist but had Connor been Edward he’d have been as boring in BF as he was in 3.
Edward just had this personality and free spirit wild side that shone through which made you want to know far more about him, I for one would love a BF2 picking up where BF left off.
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@@assassinzcreedfiendii4844 bet you listen to christian rock, huh? Bad news, your christian god didnt create humanity, its just a religion whose followers claim their god did so. Vibe check: all the other religions claim the exact same bs for their own religion. What yall religious imbeciles are actually refering to is evolutin, which there actually is proof for other than for all that religious nonsense.
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I just want Ubisoft to go back to make one character and telling their story rather than us just picking based off of better voice acting and then them invalidating some people’s choice by being like “oh it’s actually this.”
I'm still going with male Eivor because he's voiced by Magnus Bruun and I loved The Last Kingdom, plus I just can't stand female Eivors voice, it's just way too annoying for me.
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Agreed. Sounds too forced
While it won't stop me from playing as female Eivor I agree it doesn't seem to suit her, maybe if what happened when I watched the early game play that's showing up was the cause it would make sense, but male Eivor isn't affected.
Ironically It was the opposite way the last game. The males voice in odyssey was no where nere as good as the females.
Its like she tries to do a man's voice
(SPOILERS) - this guy was pretty much spot on with the theory, good work.
This is well thought-out. Someone send this to Darby so we can gauge his reaction lol
Oh wow, thank you so much!! We're enthusiastic you enjoyed it!
For sure
I think I would still prefer just a single sex character, but I'm honestly jus happy that they're actually thinking about it and incorporating it into the narrative in a meaningful way, a lot better than the superficial bare-bones way they did in odyssey
I mean it was ubisoft's fault that you were able to pick your character, Kassandra was meant to be the only playable character. But the sexist marketing team demanded they put a male playable character in there as well.
@@euannankervis3889 Exactly! I would have loved a Kassandra only game, it would be awesome to see a female protagonist in something that's not spin-off like Liberation or that wasn't pushed to the side like Evie in Syndicate.
They wanted to feign progressiveness without taking the risk of potential backlash and putting in the actual work.
@@feliperocha1907 yeah I agree with you 100%. I hope that in the next game they'll only have a female protagonist, they really need to make up for how badly they've treated female characters and protagonists in this franchise. It was so weird that Evie was pushed to the side in Syndicate, I always thought she was a stronger character than Jacob
This whole thread is sexist in itself. Kinda hypocritical wouldn’t you say?
@@ZeroHxC07 how is this thread sexisr?
So when eivor playing with odin memory's its actually odin in the isu era, and just because eivor believe the norse mythology, thus the view is like asgard
Exactly right, Nothing is True Everything is Permitted. Kassandra saw the isu as greek Gods, and Eivor saw them as the Norse Gods. What they see is what they believe but it isn’t true.
I think the way they handled the choosing a gender option in this game was league better then odyssey's. Both voice actors bring so much to Eivor's character.
Lowkey you are so valuable to this community I love this videos keep it up man!!!
Thank you so much man, this kind of comment really means a lot to us!
This would explain the use of the name Eivor, a traditionally female name.
Indeed! That's another element that the theory would explain!
Eivor sounds more masculine to me.
@@-Wolfheart that’s up to you I guess, but historically it’s been used specifically for females.
@@-Wolfheart it's only ever been used as a female name
@@timothywarren2043 That may be so, names like Einar, Einor, Ivar, Eivor. Just sound masculine to me lol, glad it's a choice. I usually don't like to play female characters for the most part anyways. Lol
I am starting to get pissed like we used to have one protagonist and now its like "Hey! choose your gender" Ubisoft should just think what canon character they want, Kassandra turned out to be the main protagonist for AC Odyssey, So who`s next? Female Eivor? What about Male Eivor? Why can`t a male protagonist can`t be canon? I don`t mind the female option tho.
Just sick of the gender selection I miss the old ways where we get a specific character :(
Yes it really isn't good because it is annoying to have a different gendered protagonist because with male eivor there are so many gay options and it wasn't common to be bi/ gay it really takes out the emersion plus it just makes me connect to the character more when they focused on a certain person/gender which is why I much prefer older games which are more straight forward
They are afraid that male gamers wont buy the game if it has a female lead-.- so you get the extra option to play as male even though the female character is canon. God i hate ubisoft
@@shepardcommander5174 I know right
@@Kilrkali True
remember when you didn't need a 13 minute video theorizing which character is canon and could just play as awesome characters such as Ezio, Edward and Bayek? yeah good times.
I would say that’s politics for ya... but then to those clowns out there would some how say I’m the one bringing it up, Not the gaming company....... idk I guess assassins creeds are now becoming very unrealistic so why not have females somehow dominate in physical war vs any male combatant.
@@OfficialZerxes I hate how they keeping making the females canon especially valhalla. Very few woman were actually fighting. 98% of the people fighting in these eras were men
@@Devin13132 it's stupid feminism
@@comparedeath7589 I agree
Play wich ever you won't what the problem how is it different from any other games the story the same just play your preference
Male eivor makes more sense for the story considering the valhalla sequence.
the best argument for female Eivor is A Eivor is a girls name and that it explains why loki didn't realize who Odin was
Guessed it spot on, you’re amazing!
I really want the animus to go back so that the games are more grounded instead of this hazy genetic memory that Layla's animus is doing.. just give us a solid main character already!
We wouldve gotten Aya and female Eivor in both Origins and Valhalla if it wasn't for the higher ups in Ubisoft who thought female protagonists don't sell
@@henxiety its sound business logic....ubisoft claimed far more people played as alexios in odyssey than kassandra. And Darby mcDevitt has already stated that this game had both male and female canon from the start of development
@@Dd-fb2tj Do you have the stats to back that? Also that's implicitly stating that female leads aren't viable to which Horizon Zero Dawn, Metroid, and Tomb Raider say otherwise. Also notice that statement only exists because of the ability to choose Kassandra or Alexios. If they just made Kassandra, who may I need to remind you is the canon option, the only option then the game would be lot more consistent
@@henxiety boundingintocomics.com/2018/12/17/ubisoft-shocked-to-find-players-prefer-alexios-over-kassandra-in-assassins-creed-odyssey/
Thats NOT implicitly saying female leads aren't viable... Its stating more prefer the male option when given a choice. Ubisoft have also said this choice will be consistent with ac games going forward.
@@henxiety I agree, that of Alexios wasn‘t in Odyssey, Kassandra could have been a much more interesting character.
The problem, imo, with the story is, that Kassandra is treated like just another mercenary and allowed to do basically everything.
They could have focused on prejudices against women at that time and Kassandra overcoming them by simply being the badass she is. A bit of wasted potential imo.
If the female is canon then why use the male version in the cover of the game. Knowing it well sell well if its a male then why making the female canon? Dfq is wrong with the game industry.
With the case you can take out the cover paper and turn it around for female or male eivor
Also they made a trailer with male eivor first
@@toastyboi4533 cashgrab tactics ubisoft did go low.
They have to soften the blow of creating a female protagonist cos there are a whole lot of guys who would throw a fit otherwise
I actually love the theory a TH-camr named Walshie made, where basically Eivor is like a scuffed sage, and male Eivor is basically just Aeta. It said in ac syndicate that female sages are possible in theory, although none have been recorded. Well, what if Eivor is actually the first female sage (that we know of)? And male Eivor's memories are just basically the memories where Aeta is stronger or something.
So, basically female Eivor is the canon character because we play as her majority of the game.
I'm pretty sure female Eivor is cannon. Basim isn't sure whether Eivor is Odin's reincarnation or not until the end of the game. If male Eivor was cannon then why didn't Basim recognize him since male Eivor and Odin look exactly the same.
Anyway. I still played as male Eivor. I tried playing the female a bit but it got really annoying.
Also. The animus gives you two gender options because there are 2 people in one body. Odin and female Eivor.
The black mark on the neck is why Basim didnt know for sure because of the wolf scar which is why it takes till the end of the game to know that Eivor was Odin
Right. And when Basim sits on the bench outside animus he always sees/remembers female Eivor. Also when you let the animus decide Eivor is always female and Havi(Odin) is always male.
That Odin theory is explained at the end of the game...
Good theory vid by the way
2:26 Those are some really off the wall theories. What the hell!?
Our community is a wild and very diversified one!
Yeah, I think you've hit the nail on the head. Great work!
This is actually a really solid theory, kinda hoping this is actually the real explanation tbh. Well done to you guys👏🏼
Eivor woman’s voice is much deeper than average.
Eivor man’s voice is much softer than usual.
Why battling over a gender’s voice? I only have a bone to pick against the name Eivor for a man, ubisoft should’ve used the male variant of it.
As for me, I just can’t stick with male characters. I do not feel comfortable at all. I don’t care what character people prefer, I’m just pissed at the blatant sexist ideas argued in the comments. You people can do better.
I honestly like this theory. Female Eivor as the main protag and Male Eivor as an avatar for Odin.
Ah man, so many people are liking this ^^
Thank you so much for watching!
actually both are main protag :)
I also like this theory as well Richard and i do agree that the female Eivor as the main protag but instead male Eivor as Odin maybe he is a avatar as Thor, because here is my theory on the male Eivor if he was a avatar it would be have to be young Odin before he sacrifice his left eye for knowledge and wisdom or if male Eivor is Odin's avatar he would no left eye when we play him in the mythological in Asgard and why would Odin want to see hiself but as Thor since he is the guardian of Midgard (aka earth). Just my theory per say
This has been the best explanation I have heard.
Idk why they marketed Male eivor, but then turned around and said "Oh that? Yeah no actually the character is female and here have a new cinematic trailer that's just the original trailer but female eivor"
they did the same thing with Odyssey, its the Ubisoft higherups believing that women don't sell games
Ok so who gonna explain it better than the one who actually "access the animus" himself
We see what you did there 😆
What my theory is, and I think this concept can even be generalized to many upcoming AC titles is that, Layla has modified the Animus in such a way that the female Eivor is generated because of Layla being a woman. Since the DNA is stronger therefore in many occurrences her digital image cannot be superimposed over male Eivor therefore we get to see male Eivor there. However due to particular scenes where Layla can feel the emotions as a woman and how she would react, it becomes easier for Animus to adapt to her image. My theory is also based on how Layla could "Connect" more easily with Bayek's wife when she followed her tomb to get her DNA sequence.
Good theory, but I feel like true AC fans don't like Layla at all, and should probably remove her...
She would've made Bayek a female as well (which would be weird)
CastTerror one 100%
I really like bayek and aya
This is a more sound theory imo... Cause none of this is her dna, animus is trying to play Eivors while layla is using it.
No Eivor is a female during the main game and is a male as Odin in the visions in the past. Odin was reincarnated as female Eivor which is why Loki didn't recognize him like he did her brother.
The blood theory hold alot of water. After all, we've seen that the Isu can leave literal messages in the DNA itself for the ones reliving the ancient memories. These 'visions' is very likely a sort of genetic program that activate when certain criteria are met. All to ensure event flow along a certain path. We've seen Minerva do exactly that many times. Most recent is in the Last Descendent trilogy.
The theory that male Eivor is canon only during the 'trip' the the realm of the gods is certainly plausible. Animus within the Animus like situation. Only this will not turn out like the last time if the comics are any indication.
9:30. Basically a bit of Animus trickery. Like how we can have the Aquila's figurehead for the Jackdaw despite the fact the ship hasn't even been built during Edward's time as a pirate.
One thing: Odin Sight IS Eagle Vision. That's what Norse Assassins called it in the Fate of the Gods book.
I’d rather play male eivor throughout the game then
And you can do that :D
Same, but i might watch some gameplays i don't want another oddyssey
@@samuelesquivel6202 it‘s not another Odyssey
@@MisterK9739 hope its not
@@samuelesquivel6202 smart of you im gonna watch rewiews on it and if its good then ill buy it if not then all the way witcher 3 ps5
Male and female Eivor are "both canon" because currently Ubi is taking the soft middle ground instead of committing to a single canon character. I hope with the changes in the company, they'll be able to make games with one protagonist, the one the studio actually wants (i.e. Kassandra), not the one the marketing team wants, and actually write a story that acknowledges the protagonist's identity (no one in the setting comments on Kassandra's gender because there is no difference between an Alexios/Kass playthrough) so we can stop with all of this song and dance.
Bayek deserves his own trilogy, but apparently the next assasins creed is feudal Japan and we play as Lee who is a single gender male character
@@coreycasciano3255 that is good news as long as its a male I'm okay with it.
@@pazuzu603 yea I’m still waiting for someone who gets their own trilogy like Ezio
@@pazuzu603 are you saying it wouldn’t be okay if it was a woman
@@defiant3752 sure but I wouldn't buy it if it was.
I wish they would choose one character instead of conflicting us with 3 choices .
Yep
Your theory might as well be spot on. I mean Odin might be just a human (or a hybrid like Kassandra) in the AC lore as he doesn't look like one from the very little appearance we get to see. AC Valhalla is turning out to be the best AC game ever. We shall see.
We shall see indeed! Although we don't see Odin being *the* most important god in the Norse pantheon being a human ^^ We're placing our bets he's a fully fledged Isu, possibly one of their leaders!
Let's come back in a few months and see if you're remotely correct.
Damn, remember when Ubisoft made somewhat real characters? Remember when we had Ezio Auditore and Jason Brody? Well now we have Eivors and Deputies and everything points that they will keep it this way in the future.
Damn social signal, it ruin masterpiece games.
I like this theory, but it technically just makes female eivor canon and the male version just some animus sim
No because part of Female Evior story IS odins memory/ DNA. And apart of all of assassins creed is simulations, memory streams, recreating history etc... so it technically makes sense that both “genders” are cannon.
@@putsomethingcool Sure, i get that, but in terms of the "REAL" Person who hypothetically created those memory just Female Eivor existed at that time and Odin was just experiencing the world through her body.
It getting the memory of evoke,so it mean she might remember herself as a he part of the time.
I mean either way one of them will have to be canon. I guess its just gonna be a case of their gender doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things for whatever reason story wise.
I rather chose the male because the Vikings where lead by man not women
Tbh, since you can play the game with just one gender, the let the animus choose won't be that deep. or half the lore of the game would be lost to everyone who doesn't want to swap gender mid game, which is just, pretty dumb.
It wouldn't be half of the lore, but seeing *when* the shift from one gender to the other happens may lead to understand *why* it happens
My personal theory that is inspired by the theory in this video is that when you choose the default option you are basically telling the animus to represent the physical appearance of eivor depending on which side of the character inside is more dominant depending scenarios so with default option it represents Eivor as female cause thats the viking side of the character and male in mythical areas due due the odin side of the character.
This can also work if you choose to play soley male or female eivor.
You can be male eivor raiding towns and doing quests in england because this side the viking side represented as female within is inside during those moments represnted (this makes male Eivor canon)
And you can be female Eivor while exploring the world of norse mythology this part inside Eivor is the male side in her ( making female Eivor also canon) and vice versa
In short Eivor's physical gender can be whaterver and doesnt really matter and
The "female" side of Eivor the viking nature and the "male" side odin and isu heritage are not eivor individually but they both combine and make the Eivor that you play and choose
I’m honestly so happy cyberpunk got delayed now so I am get both
It did?
I feel cursed since I preordered it back in January, then it got delayed. I preordered it again 2 days ago and now it got delayed again.
@@ajayavsm7476 yh to dec 10.
Noice
Yh now comfortably get one month to play Valhalla before Cyberpunk.
Ok, super cool ideea, but in the first trailer we have male Eivor shouting Odin is with us and seeing Odin.
Before watching this video I just wanted to mention my theory that I've been mentioning since May: Eivor is just a viking legend and the Animus simulates their life based on the legends, and in some scenarios it makes more sense if Eivor is either male or female.
That's pretty interesting, so you'd have a similar scenario to Odyssey, with the Animus building the simulation based on external sources like written legends?
well that will be the same case like odyssey it's a good theory but i don't think so
i'm more into eivor is a decendant of odin that makes more sense
@@mrenigma1564 Thanks for appreciating our theory too!
@@AccessAnimus I mean yeah, kinda. But here there's no DNA for the Animus, instead the input is just legends about Eivor. Idk, it's a game about vikings and the legend of Ragnar is well known, thought it could be plausible.
Ok i finished the video and i gotta say, this theory is definitely more inspired, but that would make male Eivor 50% not canon, since he would actually have never really existed, and being someone's ancestor never posed the problem that there are "multiple souls" in one person. For example, nobody ever saw Altair in Ezio, and how could Eivor suffer from the bleeding effect if they've never been in an Animus? Great theory, but for me these plot holes make me believe we're far from the full picture.
Desmond can see ezio because of the bleeding effect from the animus not bc he’s his ancestor.
But they are still blood related
@@khaoss4024 of course but that’s not the reason he can see him in modern day.
@Meme Maker thats because eivor is Odin.
Something I have been wondering for awhile, is if I chose “let the animus decide” would I be able to pick male or female on my own while free roaming/exploring the world for collectibles.
What if Evior is Odin because when Odin goes into his deep sleep he can go into a different body and his raven follow this person and tell him of what has happened also Odin can shapeshift into different people
Does Ubisoft have the balls to say "Hey dudebro playing as Male Eivor, your avatar never existed and Female Eivor was the truly canon character?" This is a really interesting theory, and among the only ones I've heard that makes any sense lol
Ha, that probably won't happen, they won't *say it* but hopefully it will be visible and discernible ^^
And thanks again for the comment guys
You tell me if it'll make a difference to female gamers who either did or did not play the games. One female developer never even played them and was writing content.
Wow what a Soyboy.
I really hope one day soon they do
Calling it right now: Male Eivor only exists in the mythological world as an avatar representation for female and canon Eivor and some kind of bleeding effect start to happen. :)
Interesting theory one I agree with but time will and until the games out all we can do is wait! I’m super excited for this game coming in two weeks!!
Very nice and well made research. Thanks for sharing!
Good job figuring it all out on your own!
After playing the main story, I believe I had a good idea why it makes sense how a certain important character to take until the end of the story to find out how it is Eivor who is related to a certain person of the distant past and not someone else. Male Eivor literally looks like that person of the past while the Female Eivor does not due to being a woman which threw that important character off their trail until the end of the main story.
I still hope that the next game will have no choice just to avoid giving people a "wrong" option that might clash with the story they want to tell. It was a big facepalm moment for me when after picking the male Eivor there was a letter at a certain study in the late game that called Eivor "Eivor Varinssdottir" instead of "Eivor Varinsson".
This is a super cool theory that makes so much sense! Hope it’s true to some extent.
I also think that somehow in the future storyline. Eivor's dna was fragmented as per taking those chemicals from vulka. So animus can't see which gender to choose except for depending on the fragments of dna left and the AI of animus
Man, those must have been some strong alcoholic chemicals if they fragmented her DNA :D
Just kidding obvs!
Netflix Show about Assassins Creed is confirmed.
Один из витд юс
Odin is with us
I hope there won’t be any micro transactions
It's an anime though, so it'll probably suck.
@@thegrimreaper990 I'm happy to hear that. Initially I was told anime.
Hasim and Loki are the same person correct? Thats my theory but no one is talking about it.
Wow you were right
He's 90% right... male Eivor is Odin's body and the female Eivor body is the 9th century Viking according to the in-game story
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So if anyone is wondering "Let The Animus Choose" is canon and the female body in the real world is also canon.
Don't know why Ubisoft just didn't make it like that from the get-go instead of making us choose and afterward revealing there was actually a canon way to play like in odyssey... They really are afraid of this gender policy thing.
Unless what's happening with Eivor is the same as what happened with the Sage and Aita's DNA, just not hell-bent on getting back to Juno, of course. Plus, seeing how Eivor's geneology has already made it clear that they were adopted and raised by Sigurd's family, it does bring into question who Eivor's parents and family were.
And yet...for my playthrough, I was just female Eivor for the whole game, except the Asgard sections, where it was Male Eivor.
I did this exactly selecting female Eivor during the main game and male Eivor during the mythological arcs.. Just made sense.. Glad to know ATA feels the same!
Despite Magnus Brunn's amazing performance , this video makes me want to go with the "let the animus choose option" cause it is cannon and makes much more sense
I have a better theory..A female viking warrior wouldn't sell so they pulled a bait and switch with the marketing and played identity politics.
I don't know what is more absurd, having your protagonist who by ability and action seems to be the strongest character in terms of brute strength in your entire fanchinse be a 5'6" female Viking, or hiding that fact in your marketing and not just owning it.
@@Epiousios18 You know theres technology in this that borders on magic, ya ?. Why are people so obsessed with Eivors height ?.
@@SparkAce1 Who's obsessed? Just because certain aspects are unrealistic or fantasy doesn't mean everything should be unrealistic or fantasy though.
@@Epiousios18 I say obsessed cos I hear things like that a bit. Why is something like that the line you want to draw ?.
@@SparkAce1 It isn’t a line a drew, though. Just an observation that I guess others have made as well.
Wow, your theory sounds pretty logical and makes sense perfectly,i have no doubt that u are correct about it ;D
Thank you so much mr. Eaglebearer, we're glad you liked it!
Damn, i'm impressed. That actually makes sense AND sounds cool. If this turns out to be true we gotta buy Darby a beer or two.
Taking notes :D
On jayvee's playthrough , he chose let the animus choose and played the game entirely being female eivor. With this theory in mind , it's probably beacuse there were no hallucinogenic places like asgard that would allow the animus to change gender into male eivor. I approve of this theory in my book !
Still going to play male Eivor, i just don't like female-Eivors Voice, i had the same issue with Odyssey, i just couldn't get into playing as Kassandra.
funny, I agree that male Eivor has the better voice but I couldn't play Alexios I just think Kassandra has the better voice actor by far
i thought I was the only insane Assassin's creed fan . Damn man 🤯
Split personality, hearing voices, visions and hallucinations?
This confirms it! We finally have true game representation of a main character with Schizophrenia.
Is that right?
Spilt personality ain’t a symptom of schizophrenia
Personally I preferred male eivor cause it helped me connect with the fact that he is the same being as odin
I am really liking the thought you've put into this - and it makes sense. Although if we get to go to Asgard to see Odin's memories of his time as an Isu there (or perhaps a human from around that era, who knows) that'd be heckuva better time than what we got in the Fate of Atlantis DLC. I'd also probably guess Odin would be another one of those human-sympathies among the Isu or becomes one
Thank you Jeremy! And yeah, hopefully we'll get a more "clear cut" idea of what actually happened in the First Civ times and what is just Eivor's interpretation
I am curious about this option but I kinda want to play as just male Eivor because I like his voice and also BEARDS!!
All of the theory whether Eivor is male or female shoudn't be an issue. The game shows they have found the body of him/her. The physiology of Eivor's body can tell the gender.
after finnishing the game i can say you guys were actually pretty close
I genuinely think it's all a lot more simple then this. I don't think they want to alienate anyone's preference like odyssey did so I think when they say both are Canon they truly mean it, we'll never truly know if eivor was truly male or female
But that's so stupid. It should be the easiest thing for the animus to read.
Eivor is transgender according to the Animus. If you let animus choose she is female apart from in her dreams where she is male. Remember this post. When enough people have bought Valhalla Ubisoft will canonically reveal that Eivor was transgender /gender fluid all along.
E.g. in Odyssey Kassandra is referred to as Misthios which is male. The female would have been Misthia. The game audio files therefore consider Alexios as canon. Same as Eivor, it’s a female name (male version Eivar) and is referred to as “she” throughout Valhalla. Valhalla audio files therefore consider female Eivor as canon… in fact Eivor is transgender (male stuck in a female’s body) because if you let the Animus choose she is a female in all missions apart from when she dreams she is male.
This theory is so good that I want this to be canon but Another possibility is that Eivor might actually be a sage and that Male Eivor is actually Aita and that everytime we play Male Eivor during the "Let the animus choose" run, the animus is actually reading Aita's memory stream and in moments it is not doing so, we're seeing Female Eivor's memories. So yeah basically your theory but replace Odin with Aita and bingo.
So basically female is the canon, male is just a glitch in Animus.
We feel it's a li'l more complex than that, but still :D
Well, both are canon still lol
@@AccessAnimus is it that male Eivor is Odin and Female is witnessing him like Layla is witnessing her?? I wrote a whole theory!
@@raccus2719 yes
If eivor had Odin's blood. I hope Ubisoft. Doesn't over do mythical stories to the point that it's unbelievable in a bad way
Remember odyssey?
In comics and revelation and also many times in brotherhood the call of the bleeding effect, bleeding effect is capable not only to show memories of an ancestor but also to make personalities collide with each other so Eivor may have that symptom already without the need of animus that's why we see male Eivor
If it's true then spot on sir I think you literally translated what "Break the code . Break the node" was meant to be. If we live as Odin through male Eivor then it's safe to say we're witnessing a memory within a memory. Going deeper on that, I think it'll be like an Animus inside The Animus. If that's the case it opens up room for bigger things to happen.
Layla could receive bleeding effect for roaming around as Odin.
Odin appearing as male Eivor MIGHT alarm other Gods in Asgard .
Odin could be banished to Midgard at some point which is why female Eivor sees him in battle.
Picture this: You living odin's memory is what will break the time node(because that's not supposed to happen). I'm thinking every Animus interaction we've seen so far is of someone who came across an Isu or Isu tech. So this theory is saying that we go into the animus AND THEN go back even further to a point where no human was present to witness these events just Isu which will break the code(because it's not supposed to happen). What if we see the Isu at their highest most powerful point in time(Asgardian Period) no human slaves just Godly presence... Layla could gain tons of knowledge while being in Asgard AS Odin.
I didn't like that there were options whether you wanted to be male or female exactly because of it messing with what was cannon.
It's nice to know that both could be cannon as it helps me get immersed.
I know, I'm not really a fan of Assassin's Creed becoming an R.P.G either. I'd prefer a solid, fixed character but I am aware that when they want to make a female character it would be good for their sales to soften the blow otherwise there would be a lot of disgruntled guys throwing a fit.
the isu have 3 chromosomes so that’s why the animus can read both girl and boy versions. you’re right the girl is the actual viking but the reason you can see odins eivor is because his dna is in her but not as strong so that’s why it changes to a girl
very interesting video! well done
The Best and only the Right Theory is...
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5:24 lmao that enemy was trying to assassinate Eivor
2 days 13hours and 58 mins more. I can't wait !
Eivor is a female name in norse, thinking they secretly plan on making her canon. Even though they have the switching.
Odin is male, Eivor is female. If you play as male basically you are seeing her true form. Eivor’s DNA contains Odin’s for obvious reasons.
That’s it :)
Also Odin’s missions were exactly his memories, only the aesthetics are closer to Eivor’s cognition, but in reality all of that happened in the Isu world we know :D
I mean here's the thing, I doubt it's a coincidence that Odin was voiced by the same actor as male Eivor and Tyr was voiced by the same actor as Siguard. Also likewise they had the same character models, just slightly altered. Also Siguard was doomed to have has arm removed, as was Tyr and Eivor/Odin with the eye. So there was obviously a connection, I'm guessing a DLC might reveal more?
I like this theory, but on the other hand male Eivor looks so epic, don't know if I will be able to resist not playing him 😁
Sorry but i just can't get over how good the music is in this game man :' )
Why is a damaged narrative strand a narrative issue? Am i missing something there cause it was already explained way before AC Odyssey that there would be issues the further back you go.
@@daniel14698 I'm pretty sure they were talking about the memory strain. It was why most people never pushed to going further back through human history.
I think they'll start using multiple timelines. To see where the present day team can follow. It would let our choices have more weight and let have the Assassin we choose be canon. It helps the RPG element.
This makes a lot of sense. This whole male and female Eivor both being canon has been confusing me all year, especially with the part that Eivor is a woman’s name. Now that the game has come out is this theory correct?
Great theory. If right, it explains a lot.
So can you customize both of them in letting the animus decide? Or how’s that gonna work
5:25 Maybe Odin made himself Reinacarnate as a "complete " human. So he would still be a part of eivor but isn't Eivor. That's why I go with a female version.
Since when did assassins creed stop caring about creating characters with backstories and believable lives and start making fantasy games where u can essentially pick what gender the historical character was. Like I would’ve been good with kassandra being the only playable character, and not having a choice to be her brother. Just stick to a character and stop trying to please the handful of people who don’t know the original tenets of the AC games
Hmmm I would bet on a reincarnation rather than a descendant.
Gull is talking about a soul in Eivor.
Do you guys remember the lyrics of the song that was used in the announcement trailer?
"Won't somebody tell me, answer if you can, what is the soul of a man?"
Also I have other theory. Basically the norse mitology was full of dualty and the male and female Eivor represent the duality of the soul.
It’s a shame that with such formula we will never get characters like ezio, Altair, bayek again.
i think that Basim and his whole story is very, very well written too..! and maybe with that done, the groundwork for the next games was layed and they go on exploring Basim and his wicked plans further! i wanna' see if Loki can really do it and get his Son and Wife back (:
@@pendechoputinho1946 if they make him the protagonist tho, otherwise it would be wasted potential again