So, the whales in this game.

[Perplex]

I just found out that the whales in this game is just not textures in the water that jumps around now and then but are actually NPC's. Had a quest where i needed to swim and get some treasure from the ocean floor and a Sperm whale came up to me and knocked my character back a bit. What in the actual F?

EDIT: I am 207h in...

[Gaunter O'Dimm]

Haha, Spermwhale

[Ink Hyaena]

Have you never gone under the water to see them? They can bump you around and stuff, it's cool.

[Perplex]

Originally posted by Ink Hyaena:

Have you never gone under the water to see them? They can bump you around and stuff, it's cool.

No, i just saw them as "artistic" things when you go around with your ship. This time it came up to me (close to the shore also) and just bullied me around.

[Perplex]

Originally posted by James Morgan McGill:

Haha, Spermwhale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_whale

[Jimmy Eat Brains]

Wait what? lol. It wasn't until I had beaten the game that I found out that you could kill geese. It wasn't until that I had started the First Blade DLC in NG+ that I found out that chickens take a tenth of your health off (what the heck, man).

[jack_of_tears]

Yeah, I really enjoy swimming around amidst the sea life sometimes - rising through spiraling schools of fish, floating feat from a whale as it passes you by and hearing it call out, feeling the darkness of the deep water surround you as you dive for some hidden treasure - and it is that kind of world detail that makes exploration enjoyable.

On my Game+ playthrough (and every playthrough since) I decided to not only to go the full explorer route, turning off quest markers and most of my hud, but also forgo the use of any fast travel - instead, doing all travel by foot, horse, or boat. It takes longer to get places but I discover a lot of stuff I missed the first time through, get to see and explore the world more, and developed an even deeper appreciation for the setting.

When I play 'Valhalla' I'm going to go the explorer route right from the start, I think, so I build that deep appreciation for the world content on my first playthrough.

[Brakxel]

Originally posted by Jimmy Eat Brains:

Wait what? lol. It wasn't until I had beaten the game that I found out that you could kill geese. It wasn't until that I had started the First Blade DLC in NG+ that I found out that chickens take a tenth of your health off (what the heck, man).

I went to one of those "Kill the Alpha Animal" spots and the Alpha was a rooster. His harem of chickens didn't like me killing him.

[radblue]

Originally posted by Brakxel:

Originally posted by Jimmy Eat Brains:

Wait what? lol. It wasn't until I had beaten the game that I found out that you could kill geese. It wasn't until that I had started the First Blade DLC in NG+ that I found out that chickens take a tenth of your health off (what the heck, man).

I went to one of those "Kill the Alpha Animal" spots and the Alpha was a rooster. His harem of chickens didn't like me killing him.

Yeah I remember that one, talk about being "hen pecked " :)

[Perplex]

Originally posted by Brakxel:

Originally posted by Jimmy Eat Brains:

Wait what? lol. It wasn't until I had beaten the game that I found out that you could kill geese. It wasn't until that I had started the First Blade DLC in NG+ that I found out that chickens take a tenth of your health off (what the heck, man).

I went to one of those "Kill the Alpha Animal" spots and the Alpha was a rooster. His harem of chickens didn't like me killing him.

But did you recruit the "Eagle bearer" and his Chickaro to your ship?