Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Complete Lore/Ending Analysis

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  • The complete lore analysis of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, exploring the historical and present day stories, the Isu lore and the mythical worlds, including the game's ending and its connection to the rest of the franchise. Please note that at 10:35, I identified the artifact as an Apple of Eden due to its seemingly solid gold color, but it's most likely to be a Crystal Ball, the same one that Ratonhnhake:ton found in Assassin's Creed III, passed down through generations.
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  • @4423reborn
    @4423reborn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I just realize that Isu device at the end of Valhalla is modelled after the animus in the movie.

    • @Weensho
      @Weensho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yea when i saw it for the first time that’s what i thought it was; an ancient animus but noooo lol

    • @moosewrangler4953
      @moosewrangler4953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What movie

    • @Weensho
      @Weensho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@moosewrangler4953 Assassins Creed

    • @blacktimbs8354
      @blacktimbs8354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Weensho 😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭 this comment got me dead for no reason

    • @Edithae
      @Edithae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Weensho it kind of is an Isu animus. It creates a simulation which its users can explore. It just isn't simulating the genetic memories of their ancestors.

  • @tamimana
    @tamimana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The way this game referenced past games like the voice from the eye being Ezio from AC2, or even the apple that you get in AC3, and just keeping true to the lore was beautifully done! Is there a way to get Darby in every AC game from now on? Mans is the only one to respect it and treasure it 😭

    • @kazekagejichujisoo7838
      @kazekagejichujisoo7838 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Facts

    • @stkarimo
      @stkarimo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately he will be leaving Ubisoft so who knows where the series will be going.

  • @wonszbeznuk
    @wonszbeznuk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    I just remembered what Subject 16 said after Brotherhood riddles to Desmond, "find Eve in the Gray". Wasn't making much sense for me, until now. Damn. That some good wrapping up, actually. Good job, Ubisoft.

    • @mattmanley7118
      @mattmanley7118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Wow maybe they really do have a plan blown away

    • @user-eh1gc7xo7q
      @user-eh1gc7xo7q 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@mattmanley7118 I don’t think they had a master plan but this was a last minute attempt to wrap things up. An amazing job, but yeah wasn’t planned from the beginning

    • @TheGoldenEmperor
      @TheGoldenEmperor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@mattmanley7118 nah just darby clutching up and actually knowing the lore, the original plan had faded with brotherhood

    • @abhiramboralkar5782
      @abhiramboralkar5782 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      But where is Eve?

    • @TheGoldenEmperor
      @TheGoldenEmperor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@abhiramboralkar5782 layla

  • @GodlsAFK
    @GodlsAFK ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Assassins creed is 1 giant cliff hanger full of mystery that we wont ever fully know.
    Its kind of the selling point of the game.
    Ppl who complain about confusion of the story dont grasp the concept of it.
    The idea that theres a reality in a reality in a reality in a reality it can always go either way in either reality of any time line.
    There is a infinite amount of possibilities and outcomes.
    The entire would could end but... that would just be the end of the time line in one wave length.
    Not the end of the story all together.
    Excellent video my guy been watching your videos at night as i fall asleep.

  • @legosmithsigh
    @legosmithsigh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Loki cheated death twice with Isu technology.

    • @IamSupreme333
      @IamSupreme333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      they don’t call him the god of trickery for nothin!

  • @aurawolf2221
    @aurawolf2221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The true understanding of the lore Darby McDevitt has is truly awe inspiring & Valhalla truly shows this, the fact that in 2020 the AC Community is once more talking & making theories is just so great to see!
    Also If I may point out Rino... the object Eivor found in Vinland was The Crystal Ball connor used to communicate with Juno in AC3, Not an Apple (Sorry to be THAT GUY)

    • @Sully2001
      @Sully2001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As long as we’re nice about it there’s nothing wrong with being THAT guy😂👌

  • @WalkthroughGameplay2024
    @WalkthroughGameplay2024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    *Assassin's Creed lore* is EXCELLENTLY WRITTEN

    • @arszene4129
      @arszene4129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because this one the story is written by Darby McDewitt, the same writer as Black flag and Revelation

  • @Rec0rderMast3r
    @Rec0rderMast3r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    The voice at 14:00 is Ezio talking to Minerva at the end of ac2

    • @jordanjones3046
      @jordanjones3046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I thought this and I shit myself with excitement hahaha

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yes 😏

    • @campkira
      @campkira 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RinoTheBouncer let just see what bullshit they come up with next.. if they did japanese.. i assume they going used japanese godness... and the diety... shogun and warlord... basic ghost of tsushima but with more hidden blade...

    • @hiddenblade2860
      @hiddenblade2860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And Gunlodr is Minerva

    • @odeyen
      @odeyen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bro whaaat ? Are you sure about that ? I need to see what is the exact speech between them to be sure but it's only the begining of the speech inside the Vatican if it's in the 2
      I thought it was sigurd because the voice looks like sigurd's in french, but in english it really looks like Ezio

  • @CastTerror5
    @CastTerror5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    I genuinely didn't expect AC Valhalla would be this good
    I knew it'd be good enough because it's written by Darby Mcdevitt, but this was a masterpiece
    The old AC games focused more on the Assassin VS Templar conflict ... but the new games focus more on the ISU era
    Edit: I change my mind 😅 Valhalla isn't as good let's be honest... I can't believe I said all that without double-thinking what I just played lol

    • @farhadnejjad9947
      @farhadnejjad9947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      the old games also focused on the "Isu" era, well, back then before origins we didn't even know what Isu was until it was introduced. In the previous AC's, it was almost entirely the fight for Pieces of Eden.

    • @TheMock5000
      @TheMock5000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ironically, I hate the isu plot.

    • @gold333
      @gold333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It’s such bad writing.
      Do all the people who are reincarnations of Gods know they are? Basim obviously knows he is Loki as he mentions his son being taken away by a dear friend to Eivor. But Sigurd doesn’t clearly know he is Tyr. Does Halfdan know he is Thor? Eivor has no idea he is Odin. Does Faravid? Does Svala?
      Why do some remember and some not.
      In fact, why don’t they all recognize each other as they look identical?
      If they know, why would any of them care for dying if they know they will be reincarnated and be reborn immediately after? All the 9 ISU weren’t just randomly reincarnated together once at 870AD. They’ve been reincarnating over and over again since 75000BCE. It’s terrible writing.

    • @Yes-xi9rw
      @Yes-xi9rw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@gold333 Sigurd knows he is Tyr after knowing Fulke, as showed in the Cent arc, Eivor don't know she is Odin likely because the wolf bited her neck at the same place Odin put the thing (some kind of chip) he used in order to reincarnate, Svala had vision about Freia when she was old, we don't know much about Halfdan and Faravid.
      Basim recognizes Sigurd, he dosen't recognize Eivor because Odin reincarnated in a female body.
      The Aesir sages only reincarnate once, that's why they care if they are going to die, the aita sages are the ones who reincarnate mutiple time.

    • @tangbein
      @tangbein 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Story was good I think. It was very cleverly written at least. Problem was the slow pace because of boring and way too long gameplay.

  • @chrisgestalis3563
    @chrisgestalis3563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Did anyone else notice the weird similarity between old and dried out Basim when he exits the ISU sim, and Odin in Eivor's mind?

    • @valtontony826
      @valtontony826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The only similarity is that they are old

    • @rythe0109
      @rythe0109 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      that they are both old?

    • @carlosalbertofernandezvele7574
      @carlosalbertofernandezvele7574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just had to recycle character model. Think about this: Valdis (King Oswald's wife) and Gudrum (the ship maker of Raventhorpe) have the same model with different tattoos.

  • @aribetterlari
    @aribetterlari 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The scene where Layla becomes the white light - thats adam and eve - the first ones to revolt against the ISU. Desmond and Layla are the end game.

    • @karolwokowski4031
      @karolwokowski4031 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you're right

    • @arszene4129
      @arszene4129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They are probably going to be the saviour when Basim (Loki) tries to destroy the present world...

    • @aribetterlari
      @aribetterlari 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@arszene4129 Yeeep probably! But I also hope that they end the series soon without milking the franchise even more.

  • @THEONLYDC
    @THEONLYDC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    I wish Asgard wasn’t a cultural reinterpretation in the game, I wish we could’ve seen Odin’s city as a Isu landmark.

    • @unc54
      @unc54 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yeah it would have been so much better to see this play out how it did in the Isu world because the narrative attached to it was amazing.

    • @THEONLYDC
      @THEONLYDC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Totally and I believe Shaun said in AC3 that Desmond couldn't go relive the Isu in the animus because it's impossible to go that far back. But Eivor could technically do it because her mind has 2 sets of memories in it.

    • @brandincarey5882
      @brandincarey5882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@THEONLYDC So youre saying the perfect opportunity to do it was squandered!? 😃😃😃 F$!%

    • @fodspeed
      @fodspeed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@brandincarey5882 it wouldn't make sense, considering Eivor have no concept of isu, he only understand norse gods and that's why he's seeing them as such, it's consistent with ac lore, as this was the case with Robert from ac 4.

    • @technesis6574
      @technesis6574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@fodspeed it might be possible now since the main protage is Basim. This would be the perfect opportunity for an Isu's actual memories to be lived through on the animus since there is enough DNA for a stable connection to go that far back.

  • @GrimGengar
    @GrimGengar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    I just finished Valhalla and I got really confused. This explanation is really helpful since I didn't remember the Isu lore lol.

    • @alexgaoutsos9
      @alexgaoutsos9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I feel the exact same way, this video made me love AC again. Mind blown

    • @toreystreet1639
      @toreystreet1639 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too

    • @jcheck1107
      @jcheck1107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In your defense Origins screwed up so much of the lore that no one knew what’s going on

    • @alexthomson6991
      @alexthomson6991 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly this. I had pieces, but this just shifted everything into view. Thanks.

    • @HereticASSassin
      @HereticASSassin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jcheck1107 Origins had some Lorebreak but is nothing compared to the Lorefucke Desaster called odyssey

  • @Wizard_Pikachu
    @Wizard_Pikachu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    We got to play in the Isu times just perceived through a Norse skin.
    This was awesome and the "seven times we" dialogue made it all click, along with Ezio's small cameo.
    Favorite AC game in a long time, wrapping up much of the story, filling in some blanks and finally finding Eve.

    • @Jamie-nr7vy
      @Jamie-nr7vy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who’s eve? I don’t recall finding her.

    • @Wizard_Pikachu
      @Wizard_Pikachu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Jamie-nr7vy
      Desmond was told to find Eve.
      Eve is Layla.
      The tree of timelines is a tree of knowledge.

    • @Jamie-nr7vy
      @Jamie-nr7vy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Wizard_Pikachu so she’s basically a descendant of eve?

    • @LootBoxxx
      @LootBoxxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Valhalla was written so well. The way they tied Norse mythology into it was amazing. Rome is next I believe, probably as Basim

    • @LowieX
      @LowieX 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Wizard_Pikachu Does it actually confirm that anywhere though or is it just speculation?

  • @yugiohpacker
    @yugiohpacker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    FINALLY, I WAS LOOKING FOR A VIDEO LIKE THIS FOR THE PAST WEEK!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You’re very welcome. Glad you enjoyed it and thank YOU for your support 🙏🏼

    • @Marquis-Sade
      @Marquis-Sade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

  • @reybadagong7637
    @reybadagong7637 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Finally a proper continuation

  • @dingus1655
    @dingus1655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazing.
    also your recapping/ analysis of the franchise is unparalleled. congratulations on making this great work

  • @Smurfaliscous
    @Smurfaliscous 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great wrap-up of everything, I caught most of this stuff but there some bits that passed me by, like the tower in Asgard and the stone tablets in Utgard, great attention to detail on Darby for writing it and you for catching it!

  • @thenexus9902
    @thenexus9902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    My mind is still blown away by this explicitly detailed analysis video...
    It's really interesting to see where the series will go from here...will they bring Desmond back, or will basim be the MD protagonist...
    How the Assassin-templar conflict will continue....so many questions..

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Very happy to hear this. Thank you so much!

    • @Radb707
      @Radb707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You play as Basim at the the end. If you choose to go back into the animus it's because Basim wants to learn all of eivor's skills and secrets.

    • @billsussman6554
      @billsussman6554 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Radb707 What do you think Basim will be looking for in Japan? Will you be an entirely new main character with some other purpose in the next game? I can't wait to find out.

    • @qaasimhussain3203
      @qaasimhussain3203 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’ve never played an assassins creed game before but I really want to play mirage do I have to play the other games to understand the storyline of mirage?

    • @simper8416
      @simper8416 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@qaasimhussain3203 You should def play AC 1-2-3

  • @geloangustia2490
    @geloangustia2490 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just the recap I was looking for. Thank you for putting this together.

  • @BDC2382
    @BDC2382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was absolutely phenomenal! I loved the details of everything and the reminder of how it all goes together. Amazing, thanks!

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You’re very welcome. Glad to hear that I could be of a help. Thanks a lot for your support and hope you enjoy my future content 🙏🏼

  • @abhiramboralkar5782
    @abhiramboralkar5782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’ve watched your video like 4 times now. A really thorough and comprehensive analysis. Great job!

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you so much. Glad you liked it and hope you enjoy my future content 🙏🏼

    • @abhiramboralkar5782
      @abhiramboralkar5782 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RinoTheBouncer Hell yeah bru. I’ve already subbed.

  • @neseleanciprian2179
    @neseleanciprian2179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just finished the game a few hours back.I am grateful for your video because I actually missed a few small instances that you showed here.Instances that made my experience and overall knownledge of the story more "full" if I can say that.All I hope is that we may see Eivor in future games(not Valhalla related DLC'S).I actually like the character, the looks, personality and overall importance to the story.Thank your for your time in making the video.All the best.

  • @themadvillain9318
    @themadvillain9318 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent analysis man! It really helped me understand some of the questions I still had after finishing the story.

  • @antonisdepontis6806
    @antonisdepontis6806 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most excellent analysis thanks

  • @valentine.samoylov
    @valentine.samoylov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing video. Thank you for investigating and making this video.

  • @icedeathz
    @icedeathz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved it, thank you for that nice crisp tie up

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You’re very welcome. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for your support!

  • @HereticASSassin
    @HereticASSassin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Valhalla is a huge step in the right direction and if you think about all of this you recognize once again that Darby Is Assassins Creed. A good Assassins Creed entertains you. But a great assassins Creed confuses you first firstly and make you think much more.. If the next AC can do it again and don't push all the things that Valhalla created (Specially modern day) in the background, then the Franchise can really get back to its golden age

    • @jasonshaneyfelt1039
      @jasonshaneyfelt1039 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm just worried Assassin's Creed is about to be derailed again with AC: Infinity, dropping all these ideas (or at least shoving them in the background) just to chase a new hollow gaming trend.

  • @sikckaputten
    @sikckaputten 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Basim as reincarnation of Loki being a hidden one (proto-assassin) just makes so much sense, considering that the assassins stand for chaos ("Nothing is true, everything is permitted").

    • @shiki9marshal
      @shiki9marshal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That is absolutely not what the Assassins stand for. That was just Odissey bullshit. They are not anarchist, they fight to preserve humanity's free will. That is not the same thing.

    • @randomhandle23
      @randomhandle23 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No... If anything, loki is closest to a templar, since his wife alethia was a part of illuminat, an isu group that was bascailly like templars. And no, assassins dont stand up chaos

    • @pervezhassan9148
      @pervezhassan9148 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shiki9marshal and free will consequently translates to chaos, doesn't it

    • @shiki9marshal
      @shiki9marshal 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pervezhassan9148 I disagree. You must be a templar !

  • @gundoboys
    @gundoboys 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you this was elegant and hopefully pretty spot on, I was totally lost at the end of Valhalla and I didn't play every title but this really made a lot of sense looking back at what I've played and seen. Love the story even more now that I can see the tangled web and how its been tied together. Wonderful job Rino!

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you very much for your support. I’m glad the video helped you understand some of the obscure aspects of the lore and I hope you’ll find my future content informative and appealing as well 🙏🏼

    • @gundoboys
      @gundoboys 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RinoTheBouncer You earned yourself a new subscriber, keep up the great work!

  • @emanuellopez8959
    @emanuellopez8959 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a great video, well organized and well explained keep up the great work

  • @MouthmanTM
    @MouthmanTM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wow amazing video. Way to include 10+ years of AC into a video that actually made sense. I wish I could like this video more. 👍

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nothing makes me happier than this. Thank you for your support and hope you enjoy my future content 🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @kap2003
    @kap2003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Really amazing video!! Haven't been so happy with what this franchise did and the direction it went after Odyssey, but now after watching this video I feel like how I felt about this franchise before Odyssey😀😁

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Much appreciated. Glad you enjoyed the game and the video :D

  • @Anonymos185
    @Anonymos185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Not going to lie. I thought Loki was kinda weird and boring when I met him...
    But by the ending he was one of my favorite AC antagonists

    • @kazekagejichujisoo7838
      @kazekagejichujisoo7838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The first time I saw him I laughed so hard cause of his hair

  • @jamiedodds3562
    @jamiedodds3562 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent breakdown, thank you so much!!

  • @multiversofreak
    @multiversofreak 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your video was very useful for me, because I was a bit lost in the AC's story. Thank you. You are very good explaining things :)

  • @_UNISTAR_
    @_UNISTAR_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man, such videos increase my love for Assassin's Creed soo damn much.
    Great job, Rino.💯💯❤❤

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Words like these push me forward to do better. Thank you! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️

  • @Poy0_0
    @Poy0_0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for clearing all the questions I had on this. 😤. You just got a new sub.

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pleasure to have you! Hope you enjoy my upcoming stuff

  • @brandonbrambila7307
    @brandonbrambila7307 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you very well explained havent seen any videos like this one

  • @arunramachandran4280
    @arunramachandran4280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of the best explanation videos of ac

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Much appreciated. Hope you enjoy my future content 🙏🏼

  • @andyknight4175
    @andyknight4175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best AC video I've ever seen

  • @weon6456
    @weon6456 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was incredible thanks for this.

  • @gevinprathibha5408
    @gevinprathibha5408 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nicely done mate!

  • @mattskolnick8162
    @mattskolnick8162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just finished the game and this video was an amazing explainer for the bits I missed. I would to see you do a video on where the series can go from here and also summarizing the DLCs.

  • @meowmeow069
    @meowmeow069 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That was so damn good... Well done with it and ty for this great video

  • @loudboomboom
    @loudboomboom 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, extremely well detailed. Thank you!

  • @hunterwhite9801
    @hunterwhite9801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much for this video. There is a lot to understand but it is crazy how all these games are connected. I wish this video would get more views.

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You’re most certainly welcome! Thanks for your support and hope you enjoy my upcoming content 🙌🏼

    • @hunterwhite9801
      @hunterwhite9801 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RinoTheBouncer do you think the synch nexus optional? If desmond never went in the animus at all, ezio wouldnt have found altair's memory artifacts. I feel like history was manipulated through the animus even though its a simulation

  • @condie97
    @condie97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This has got to be one of the best lore centric videos out there that doesn’t get bogged down in speculation, and for a lore junkie like me, it’s absolutely fantastic! Well done! Definitely subscribed!

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks a lot for your support and kind words. A pleasure to have you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @njcking88
    @njcking88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You did a great job with this video thank you

  • @batistaecw
    @batistaecw 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You Sir did an amazing job in this video. Congratulations 👍

  • @omarmmustafa7485
    @omarmmustafa7485 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro that was amazing!

  • @MrCornetto1
    @MrCornetto1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful explanation.

  • @LaRedDeErudito
    @LaRedDeErudito 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Congrats! I'm sure the making of this video wasn't an easy one. The info is very well summarized and it doesn't confuse the viewers! Very well done!!!
    I just disagree with some small things. I think the Isu device Gorm was holding wasn't the Apple of Eden but the Crystal Ball we see in Assassin's Creed III, and the Order of Ancients are not catalogized as proto-templar anymore. The Essential Guide (2nd edition) confirms that both groups were one and the same. That'd be it!
    Great video! I like it a lot!

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for the kind and supportive words. Yes! I actually agree with you regarding the crystal ball. I was torn because first it had a similar pattern to it and Juno’s recording and at the same time, it seemed rather golden, so I was undecided on that part. But thanks for chiming in!

  • @PsychoBillyKills
    @PsychoBillyKills 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very well done It truly dose not get better than that my friend you’ve got your self a new sub

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A pleasure to have you. Thanks a lot for your support and hope you enjoy my future content

  • @affyre
    @affyre 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Jesus christ I'll need to watch this video 40 times over to fully understand what the hell is going on

  • @brandincarey5882
    @brandincarey5882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    This was masterful! Absolutely beautiful and exactly what I needed. I mindlessly played through the latest installments(mostly interested in ISU info) since brotherhood, learning all my questions weren't getting answered in those games either, just to find this. Not sure where they'll take it as it seems like a big Isu fight will continue on, but all this series needs to do is go back to Stealth based gameplay and have you piece altogether and Itll feel like 2007-2010 all over again. If you haven't truly enjoyed AC like times before but love the lore. This is the video for you.

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you very much for your support 🙏🏼

    • @brandincarey5882
      @brandincarey5882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @heres j0nny Depending on your beliefs they did or do.. in Valhalla the Brandon guy at the stone sites calls them Nephilim. A word referenced in the Bible and other cultures and beliefs. Very interesting stuff I like to tie back to the game sometimes to see what the game writers threw in there

  • @mark87nexus
    @mark87nexus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really good lore analysis and explanation. I'm a new subscriber.

  • @XenoChrist1337
    @XenoChrist1337 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video

  • @alz2865
    @alz2865 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awsome work.

  • @divos8075
    @divos8075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow really enjoyed this video well done

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks a lot! glad you liked it :D

  • @THEDARKCLAW
    @THEDARKCLAW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This story and lore will go over everyone’s head! It’s good to see someone out here not going to let that happen!

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Much appreciated 🙏🏼

    • @Anonymos185
      @Anonymos185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @AlCeeProd2.0 The "weakest story" when Odyssey exists. Lmao, imagine having this shit taste.

  • @torymoore4097
    @torymoore4097 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude. Thank you. I've been looking for ever for an explanation for everything since I didn't play origins or odyssey and I guess I still haven't finished Valhalla.

  • @darthrahul
    @darthrahul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Really enjoyed this analysis! I'm looking forward to more people in the community completing the game and joining in the discussion!

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Much appreciated. Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @atomicsoham4864
      @atomicsoham4864 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bhai Assassins Creed pasand hai,
      Isu, First civilization, Etc.....?

    • @atomicsoham4864
      @atomicsoham4864 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I am really blown away by the way this franchise explores consciousness, simulation, parallel world, converging realities, MARVELLOUS

    • @johnmadisonjr9952
      @johnmadisonjr9952 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RinoTheBouncer question if Loki comes back who will stop him and his wife

    • @kunwarkannamwar9581
      @kunwarkannamwar9581 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnmadisonjr9952 the new protagonist

  • @aport2
    @aport2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO

  • @ShadowViking95
    @ShadowViking95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Rino, just a small correction about Eivor in Vinland (North America). It was a Crystal ball that he took from Gorm and gave to the Native American tribe, not an Appel of Eden. Which is the same Crystal ball that Connor (Ratonhnhaké:ton) used to communicate with Juno. So we get a connection to Assassin's Creed 3 as well with Valhalla.

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes. I corrected that in the description, thank you! I wad torn between Apple, based on the gold appearance and the crystal ball.

    • @ShadowViking95
      @ShadowViking95 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RinoTheBouncer Yeah, I saw it in the description after I was done with the comment. Sorry that I didn't see it sooner.

    • @makaveli8061
      @makaveli8061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ShadowViking95 dont be sorry not everyone reads the description so thank u

    • @ShadowViking95
      @ShadowViking95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@makaveli8061 Just showing some courtesy, after all the work he put through.

  • @Lexiexiiii
    @Lexiexiiii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    THANK YOU. it was hard for me to enjoy the game during my play through because i didn’t wanna spoil things for myself by watching explained videos but i also didn’t understand wtf was happening at all. now that i’ve finished the game i can finally understand wtf i did lmao

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You’re very welcome. Glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @royburk4689
    @royburk4689 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @amun985
    @amun985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rest in Peace Bayek.🙏🏻🙏🏻We Always Remember You❤️

  • @arifin1
    @arifin1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    One of the best moments in the game is when you realize loki and basim has the same character models

  • @comeonpookieletsburnthismf713
    @comeonpookieletsburnthismf713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That Eve scene with the world 🌍ending gives me chills every single time at the part people fall into the chasm of fire..shit was straight ice COLD!🥶

  • @XautnisLeonhart
    @XautnisLeonhart 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have a very good eye! I never caught onto even half of that!

  • @draven5002
    @draven5002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Holy shit Valhalla is so well-written. They managed to finally push the modern day story forward while correcting (or rather “explaining”) many of the strange lore changes Odyssey introduced. The future of AC is bright once again!
    I hope the series manages to further integrate “Desmond” somehow and bring Layla back - which seems like a strong possibility. I can’t wait to find out whether we play as Basim/Loki in the next installment. Or perhaps we may get to play as William Miles and further explore their ancestry... maybe Altair in East Asia?? Maybe this ties into a AC: China game??? A man can dream.
    This is a fantastic breakdown covering it all. You’ve earned a subscriber in me, friend.

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you so much. Happy to be of help and hope you enjoy my upcoming content!

    • @gold333
      @gold333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s such bad writing.
      Do all the people who are reincarnations of Gods know they are? Basim obviously knows he is Loki as he mentions his son being taken away by a dear friend to Eivor. But Sigurd doesn’t clearly know he is Tyr. Does Halfdan know he is Thor? Eivor has no idea he is Odin. Does Faravid? Does Svala?
      Why do some remember and some not.
      In fact, why don’t they all recognize each other as they look identical?
      If they know, why would any of them care for dying if they know they will be reincarnated and be reborn immediately after? All the 9 ISU weren’t just randomly reincarnated together once at 870AD. They’ve been reincarnating over and over again since 75000BCE. It’s terrible writing.

    • @jamesward9071
      @jamesward9071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ac is dead and this game put the final nail in the coffin

  • @shadowzz4149
    @shadowzz4149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video. I wonder where this will lead us in the future games, maybe modern day as basim, although I feel it would be silly as it only seems basim is out for more revenge against odin

  • @noct5920
    @noct5920 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best ac video i've seen in my life. Thank you greatly man you really got it all perfectly. God damn such a loreee
    Ac makes me question my actual life and the present in general

  • @wartext
    @wartext 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Valhalla has one of the best AC lore stories of all the AC series. Bought everything full circle. Never been so hooked on a story in a long time.

  • @weropfermag
    @weropfermag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks this clarified it a lot for me.

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad to hear this. Thank you for your support!

  • @epicphantom40
    @epicphantom40 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice vid bro

  • @twism2009
    @twism2009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome job bro.

  • @mitchellman32
    @mitchellman32 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This game is deep with more. It's tough to keep track of it all but it's so good.

  • @SkelnikGaming
    @SkelnikGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    27:35 I love the symbolism of ADAM & EVE and the TREE OF LIFE (YGGDRASIL) 👏

  • @abhiramboralkar5782
    @abhiramboralkar5782 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just finished the game. All main missions and all the order of ancients targets. Clocked it at 121 hours and some. Such a lovely lovely game. Finally, an assassin’s creed game I love, after so many years. ♥️

    • @hylianchriss
      @hylianchriss 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just finished the game too, 100% everything, every region, every side quest, all weapons. Probably spent 5 hours only doing Orlog games, loved that xD. Clocked at 121 hours in total too lol

  • @DEOLIVE87
    @DEOLIVE87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Best ending to any AC game. Great explanation mate.

    • @aribetterlari
      @aribetterlari 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dude YES ikr! I actually like King Aelfred. I loved the dynamic Eivor and Aelfred had. I feel like this game really brought the story to life given that the franchise has been around for 10+ years now.

    • @DEOLIVE87
      @DEOLIVE87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aribetterlari Completely brother. I don't understand why the recent AC games have so much hate. Much prefer this story driven style!

    • @aribetterlari
      @aribetterlari 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DEOLIVE87 totally! Like now I can kind of see a conclusion to this franchise. Before this we were just going through centuries and playing the same story with new "tools"

    • @wrightroenigk
      @wrightroenigk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i might agree with you if i understood what the frick i was looking at

  • @killervic7379
    @killervic7379 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done

  • @cybrpunk
    @cybrpunk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I went from hating this game to respecting it after this explanation.

  • @RIVAL94460
    @RIVAL94460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THANKS !

  • @HeroChestnut
    @HeroChestnut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    inb4 Aelfred will found the Templar Order in a DLC, drawing out the line between the Order of the Ancients and the Templars. Eivor basically fked every Assassin who came after.

    • @tristanlemery3423
      @tristanlemery3423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe in the Paris DLC, historically the Templar Order was created and publically reveal to the world by french crusaders, so maybe Ubisoft will explain the founding of the templar order in that dlc.

    • @BKILLERBEE88
      @BKILLERBEE88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No Eivor and Aelfred made peace, if you get to the father in the order list you don’t kill him. It was Aelfred he was given to The title and did not want it but took it anyways. Eivor meets with him at the very end of the game and they talk it over. He give you a couple notes that explains he was trying to end the order because they went against God and he stills agrees with The Bible

    • @tristanlemery3423
      @tristanlemery3423 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BKILLERBEE88 I said that because the first name of the Templar Order was The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ, which is the same name that Aelfred use to talk to Eivor and Hytham through letters.

    • @HeroChestnut
      @HeroChestnut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@BKILLERBEE88 In that scene Aelfred said that he intends to form a new Order, and in the study he gives you the key for you find notes about his further thoughts about it. They are very much like the Templar Order as we know it with the Father of Understanding as God guiding them. Aelfred just used Eivor to eradicate the Order of the Ancients and give way for the Templar Order to be born. At least every foreshadowing goes that direction.

    • @HeroChestnut
      @HeroChestnut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tristanlemery3423 I hope the DLC's will bring the story forward, but I have a fear the Paris DLC will just be a huge Castle Assault questline.

  • @peterelmeri8297
    @peterelmeri8297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing explanation, so much clicked after watching this. Thank you! Who is “the Mad One”?

  • @indianspartan76
    @indianspartan76 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Having skipped all the truth sequence in the game, I appreciate this video

  • @BotRecoil
    @BotRecoil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Saving this video for when I completed the story

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hope you enjoy it!

    • @BotRecoil
      @BotRecoil 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Watched it till 19:30 and made me realize I'm not yet done with the story.
      Enjoyed it thus far, will enjoy it more once I finish the game completly. Respect that you got this done so soon after release

  • @LennyCartwright
    @LennyCartwright 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow your voice is so soothing and mystical

  • @mrasiri1
    @mrasiri1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your video it’s easy and clear to understand
    يعطيك العافيه من لكنتك اتوقع انك عربي

  • @gz6p
    @gz6p 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Can't help but wonder was all of this planned out from the start leaving all kind of cryptic messages throughout the entire series which only makes sense in future game or did they just improvised along the way

    • @ragemonkey117
      @ragemonkey117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Probably a healthy mix of both.

  • @mess1172
    @mess1172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job - there is so much to figure out that without a synopsis it's hard to understand what's happening. I remember in AC1-AC2 days, it was just a constant WTF moment. I'm glad it's coming together a bit more.. I'm unsure if anyone's done it, but i have yet to see any content covering the Atlantis expansion -- it felt like it was extremely lore-heavy and would supplement these types of videos but usually goes unmentioned. just curious on your take. Thanks!

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You’re very welcome. Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, this is the first AC in a very long time with such big moments and jaw-dropping revelations, with the lore having some actual progress and meaning, not just some Easter eggs that pretend to be important.

    • @mess1172
      @mess1172 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RinoTheBouncer Indeed! Super-hoping for a smooth-as-silk assassin experience next go though. getting a bit tired of all the running around smashing things - altho i liked ground wars in odyssey, they are missing in valhalla making me feel less inclined to care about combat

  • @sukmadik3748
    @sukmadik3748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This analysis is truly amazing with the insane details connecting with all the other ac games. My question is the ending of ac valhalla leaves us with Basim and the animus, do you think there will be a sequel to this since it is a little confusing, and whether Basim(Loki) is a good guy or bad guy.

    • @Lord_ofcinder
      @Lord_ofcinder 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      the reader says that the assassins and templars shouldnt coexist yet it does. BASIM is that link prolly. He is either going to be the big bad or we going to play as him

    • @ggoldmeierable
      @ggoldmeierable 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Lord_ofcinder Why would Desmond help him if he was bad...?

    • @victoriasharpe1661
      @victoriasharpe1661 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The way I see it, he's the good guy robbed of a son, betrayed by somebody he truly trusted. Whether that be Odin or not, that shouldn't have happened.

  • @carlosalbertofernandezvele7574
    @carlosalbertofernandezvele7574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Actually, Ragnarök is more likely the Human-Isu War that happened just before the coronal flare from the Sun and probably was still ongoing when the Great Catastrophe took place. It fits neatly into the lore, because otherwise...how will they fight the Sun with swords? Said war would have had recently the 3 hardest years out of the 10 total when the Tova Catastrophe started, as the myth states that Ragnarök will take place after "3 continuous winters". So, Norse Ragnarök lore was the peak of that war by the time world was affected by the solar flare.
    My interpretation is that as Isus had a caste system, they also had inner political problems (as we humans have). Loki is a half-breed, perhaps from a political marriage or an agent meant to seek an alliance, so he lived within the Norse gods (Loki was a Jottun in myth). Then, he had a son with Aletheia, which is described in Oddyssey as a rebel of the system, perhaps because she was of a lesser caste (as she was not made a goddess like other mayor Isu, but the idealization of "truth"). Loki could have helped the humans to rebel, as he was a mischevious character: trisckter or backstaber. Fenrir, their son, could have been one of the rebel Isu Lieutenants which helped the humans directly. The Aesir and Vannir, which were allies, discovered this and tried to imprision him and spared Loki just to gain his info for later. Whilst capturing Fenrir, he could have injured Tyr, so the myth states he lost his arm, as Odin flanked him. Once Loki took notice, he outsmarted the Aesir and Vannir in order to kill Baldr, which may be Odin's close guard assigned to the task, while he was trying to free Fenrir from prision. They captured him and locked him away as a direct punnishment of Baldr's death. Somehow, Loki managed to escape prision and released his sons in order to fuel the Human-Isu war. Afterwards, as said before, the Great Catastrophe started. In that war, Fenrir managed to encounter Odin and kill him. This interpretation may also help to understand how the original Loki started the end of the Isu Era and his reincarnation became a Hidden One/Assassin, whose philosophy was to free mankind from its "unnatural shackles" put by those who think like or take advantage of Isu tech in order to gain power.

  • @_crowsins_1869
    @_crowsins_1869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you notice closely basim blames sigurd and evior for death of his son, in Asgard story eivor resembles odin a lot and sigurd who has matching injuries as Tyr, I believe basim is reborn version of loki as he also drank from the mead to be reborn same as other gods and evior is in fact reborn of odin and sigurd is tyr which is why basim blames them for death of his son which no one knows who it is I believe is fenrir.

    • @arszene4129
      @arszene4129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Obviously he is Loki lol

    • @simper8416
      @simper8416 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You prolly don't realize this but the mead is another metaphor for the tech used to transfer their being into the embryos.

  • @jackblaze7545
    @jackblaze7545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sooooooo basically the good guys are losing by like a lot

  • @jesusceja44
    @jesusceja44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Killer job man! Been trying to find this since I finished to game to tie it all together. Good fucking job!

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @Dru2maBoii
    @Dru2maBoii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was an excellent analysis. You definitely brought it altogether, very well. And the writer of Valhalla, had a lot of mess to clean up, from past titles. But with his writing, and your explanations, I've really enjoyed this. Keep up the great work. Can't wait to hear more.

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
      Hope you enjoy my future content

    • @pervezhassan9148
      @pervezhassan9148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the guy singlehandedly carried the lore that the past two games failed to develop

    • @Dru2maBoii
      @Dru2maBoii 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pervezhassan9148 exactly. Sucks that we care more than the creators of the game. Makes no sense.

  • @rookiedrifter4273
    @rookiedrifter4273 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So, from what I gather, now there is a Sage of an Isu, Loki, that has basically come to the modern era, and is now helping the Assassins, but for his own ends (presumably so he can resurrect Aletheia, his wife, and perhaps his children.)

    • @RinoTheBouncer
      @RinoTheBouncer  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. And there could even be many more, because a Sage doesn’t just end by killing one, they can be reborn anywhere anytime.

    • @rookiedrifter4273
      @rookiedrifter4273 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RinoTheBouncer Well, I uh... I can definitely say that things have definitely changed in this franchise.
      Now I wonder who Desmond's son is a Sage of. I know he mentions Aita somewhere, but there's really no way of telling who it is, is there?