{"id":126255,"date":"2020-11-21T15:30:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T15:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/assassins-creed-valhalla-best-worst-supporting-characters\/"},"modified":"2020-11-21T15:30:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T15:30:56","slug":"assassins-creed-valhalla-5-best-supporting-characters-5-that-are-just-annoying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/11\/21\/assassins-creed-valhalla-5-best-supporting-characters-5-that-are-just-annoying\/","title":{"rendered":"Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla: 5 Best Supporting Characters (& 5 That Are Just Annoying)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With every new Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/a> game comes a fresh set of characters. These can be anything from close allies of the main character, potential villains, or side roles that show up to advance the plot. That\u2019s not to say supporting characters are always new ones as certain older characters also make returns.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla does just this, bringing in both fresh and previously seen allies and villains into the story. While some hit the right mark and can be considered both strong and memorable, certain others are so weak that their appearances are just annoying and it\u2019s worth taking a look at the supporting characters that fit both categories.<\/span><\/p>\n

10 <\/span>ANNOYING:\u00a0Styrbjorn<\/h2>\n
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One of the mistakes from the series that Valhalla repeated<\/a> was bringing in characters who seemed to be important, only to remove them without much impact. Styrbjorn was set up as Sigurd and Eivor\u2019s caring father, but his character then devolved to purely annoying them.<\/span><\/p>\n

His hopes of reconciling with his son didn\u2019t make sense when he was the one who betrayed him by pledging his allegiance elsewhere and robbing Sigurd of the throne. By the end of Styrbjorn\u2019s relevance to the plot, his only role was to keep causing problems for Sigurd and Eivor to the point where they ditched him and left.<\/span><\/p>\n

9 <\/span>BEST:\u00a0Shaun And Rebecca<\/h2>\n
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These two made a return to the series after a five-year gap. Along with their redesigns, their personalities were also altered to make them more compassionate than they used to be. While Shaun\u2019s main trait had once been to be a jerk, he was much nicer this time round. Rebecca was also far less goofy and straight-laced.<\/span><\/p>\n

It might have sounded stale on paper to see this duo again, what with their recurring role in the Desmond Miles games, but their presence was kept balanced enough that they didn\u2019t seem to be interfering with the plot and could be seen as Layla\u2019s friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

8 <\/span>ANNOYING: Ivar<\/h2>\n
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There\u2019s always that one character in Assassin\u2019s Creed whose only role is to cause problems. Ivar was introduced as a bloodthirsty, stereotypical Viking and remained as such during the game. In fact, his brutal personality became more annoying as the story progressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

It seemed as if the game was trying too hard to make him out as something like Trevor Phillips from GTA V was, but Ivar\u2019s over-the-top antics had no charm behind them. Instead, his constant displays of violence absolved the player of any feelings of regret when the time to kill him arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n

7 <\/span>BEST:\u00a0Basim<\/h2>\n
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It didn\u2019t seem as if his introduction was going\u00a0to change the series as we know it<\/a>, yet Basim has rocked the franchise\u2019s presentation going forward. There\u2019s even a chance that he might be the playable character in the next game, stemming from his successful scheme of trapping Layla and escaping from his confinement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Basim brought that classic Assassin\u2019s Creed style from the Altair days back again and could be seen as a valuable ally until the twist revealed his true intentions. This had the effect of making him a pretty layered villain, which is a good change from the one-note antagonists the series has delivered for some time.<\/span><\/p>\n

6 <\/span>ANNOYING: Kjotve<\/h2>\n
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Speaking of one-note villains, here\u2019s a guy who fits that bill. Kjotve was presented as the killer of Eivor\u2019s parents but was never given any room to actually build upon this established backstory. Instead, he proved why the Assassin\u2019s Creed series isn\u2019t fully included in open-world games with the best side quests<\/a>, seeing as Kjotve\u2019s death was treated as a side mission.<\/span><\/p>\n

He seemed to be there just so the game could have a tragic opening, yet the moment where Eivor took her revenge was hardly worth the payoff. Kjotve\u2019s attitude was of a meathead, having no personality and only there to be killed off.<\/span><\/p>\n

5 <\/span>BEST: Hytham<\/h2>\n
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While you shouldn\u2019t expect him to be included in the list of best assassins so far,<\/a> Hytham did have the qualities of a good assassin. He was relatively underused in the story but is perfect for harking one back (chronologically forward) to the times where assassins were presented as a brotherhood with a set of rules and a mission.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hytham wasn\u2019t shown as an aggressive personality and went along well with Eivor despite their vastly different backgrounds. His hopes to impress Basim was a good enough arc for him that showed how badly the assassin mentality brings in hope for validation.<\/span><\/p>\n

4 <\/span>ANNOYING: Randvi<\/h2>\n
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The romance option is one of the weaker gameplay aspects of Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla.<\/a> Here, Eivor has the choice to hook up with his own sister-in-law, who\u2019s a pretty lame character in general. Rather than build on Randvi\u2019s feelings of inadequacy over her arranged marriage, the game chose to turn her into a person who pursued Eivor to have a \u201creal\u201d romance.<\/span><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t help that Randvi\u2019s voice acting is also pretty weak, making anything she says ten times more boring than it already is. Overall, the lack of any characterization and her pursuit of her own in-law as a romantic option takes away any appeal Randvi might have had.<\/span><\/p>\n

3 <\/span>BEST: Desmond Miles<\/h2>\n
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While he personally appears as the Reader personality, Desmond is heard throughout the game if his tapes are accessed on Layla\u2019s laptop. The insights to his mindset in his last days make him one of the assassins we want to see return, <\/a>and his turn as the Reader was a fascinating angle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He might not have been everyone\u2019s favorite lead character back in the day, but Desmond provided solid support in this game as a way of communicating to us that the burden of being a fated hero is hardly as appealing as it sounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

2 <\/span>ANNOYING: Odin<\/h2>\n
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It\u2019s more than likely that the\u00a0games you play after finishing Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla <\/a>have a better depiction of Odin. His role in the story was to continually send vague messages to Eivor and the intrigue ran thin very soon as his mysterious personality wasn\u2019t engaging.<\/span><\/p>\n

While it turned out that Odin was Eivor herself in her past life, that didn\u2019t mean the Odin persona was any less boring. He would have been okay had he appeared in small bursts, but his recurring appearances were so cryptic that he was more annoying than anything else.<\/span><\/p>\n

1 <\/span>BEST: Sigurd<\/h2>\n
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It\u2019s very common for Assassin\u2019s Creed games to bring in a close friend of the main character and set them up to either be the villain or be killed off to further the plot. Sigurd ended up as a great exception, being Eivor\u2019s equal in impact to the story and having his own arc.<\/span><\/p>\n

His flaws weren\u2019t presented as a backstory for a future villain but were in such a way that you\u2019ll feel both bad for him and hope to see him see the light. Sigurd and Eivor\u2019s dynamic was filled with chemistry as well, turning him into the secondary protagonist of sorts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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