Zelda’s Killer Chickens Are Alive And Deadly In ‘Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’

If you've ever accidentally (or deliberately, you monster) swung a sword at a chicken, or cucco, in a Zelda game, you know well that assaulting the feathery cluckers of Nintendo's series is a bad idea. Because they attack, and they attack in quite overwhelming numbers. Link never comes away unscathed. So to avoid potential death at the beaks and talons of a pack of should-be domesticated birds: never attack a chicken in a Zelda game.

And to adventurers in Ubisoft's new (and really rather good - I've been playing it a fair bit over the past week, and I'm having a grand time) Assassin's Creed Valhalla, we say: please also heed this advice. Because much like 2018's Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Valhalla's chickens of 9th century England can be pretty darn aggressive.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla really feels like a Zelda game in other ways, too - I've found the layout of the landscape great for encouraging exploration, as you can usually see something of interest just peeking out, over the horizon. Who needs a map when it's such a great game to simply wander in? And the climbing? Oh, so good. So very Breath of the Wild, but so, so good. I rate it, is what I'm saying.