'Assassin's Creed Valhalla' Has Sadly Awoken An Army Of Sexist Bros

Ubisoft has finally pulled the covers off its next Assassin’s Creed title and it’s a hell of a doozy. Titled Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, players will get to run wild as either a male or female viking during ancient Nordic times and will be packed with all the usual stealthy stabby things we’ve come to expect from the series.

All in all, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla sounds pretty damn good but its big reveal has been spoiled by the worst segment of the gaming community – the sexist puffy-chested bros who are fueled on misogyny.

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A livestream was held for the big unveiling of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and it was an unmoderated trainwreck almost from the beginning as sexist bros quickly flooded the chat with spoilers from The Last Of Us 2, another highly anticipated 2020 game which also happens to feature a female protagonist.

It only went even further downhill from there as these Last Of Us 2 spoilers were followed by a hurricane of sexist comments when Boss Logic unveiled artwork of the male protagonist for Valhalla.

What was meant to be a fun livestream for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla quickly turned into a mess of misogyny and Last Of Us 2 spoilers at the hands of sexist puffy-chested bros. Not exactly the experience anyone wants.

Things didn’t get better when the full trailer for Valhalla was released and revealed that players can have the choice of playing as either a male or female viking. The limp-wristed “it’s not historically accurate” defences from the sexist bros over their objection to a playable female viking were pathetic to see.

Ubisoft had preempted the wave of bullshit misogyny from this army of sexist bros following the reveal of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and addressed the issue of female vikings head-on with a Q&A, stating that Nordic history is murky and there were as many tough women warriors as there were men.

This whole mess brings up the question of why the furor over female vikings is even a thing. Ubisoft gave the option to play as a male or female protagonist in the previous Assassin’s Creed game so it’s not like it’s anything new.

Is having female vikings in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla historically accurate? Maybe, maybe not. But to all those idiots trying to bring up the “historical accuracy in Assassin’s Creed” defence to justify their misogyny, now’s a good time to remind everyone that this is a series featuring magical artifacts and a fistfight with the Pope. Very accurate indeed.

Change is a good thing and it’s great to see more representation in big franchises like Assassin’s Creed. The disdain shown for playable female characters is an absolute embarrassment and deserves to be called out every time it happens.

So to all the sexist bros who came out of hiding just to rag on Assassin’s Creed Valhalla for having female vikings, please go back to your basements while the rest of us enjoy the hell out of being a steathy female badarse.

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