Recent Assassin’s Creed Ragnarok leaks indicate that the player’s gender choice will not matter, which is a huge change for the series.

In the past, Assassin’s Creed has depicted important parts of world history from many unique perspectives.

One thing to clarify is that having the choice to play a male or female character in Assassin’s Creed is not something new, but it often means that those two characters will be completely different and interact with each other.

Assassin’s Creed’s standard flexible storytelling

Perhaps the biggest benefit to this change is that it will balance the experience for all players.

AC Ragnarok is said to introduce a main character named Jora, a character whose gender players will be able to choose as well as customize their appearance.

Eliminates the issue of who would be the better Assassin

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is still a great game in its own right, but there’s always the question of who, out of Alexios and Kassandra, is the `better choice`.

The problem is that they still place characters without regard to their characteristics into a defined space, even if they do it with less impact compared to Assassin’s Creed Syndicate.

What Jora could do better

Jora’s design will likely completely avoid any kind of gender-specific roles or issues, in which case the information about AC: Ragnarok is accurate.

Since Assassin’s Creed Ragnarok is said to be based on Vikings and Norse mythology, Ragnarok will likely ignore many of the stereotypical notions about gender roles in the Middle Ages.

Ragnarok will place players in a Viking culture where the importance of gender makes little to no difference in people’s lives.

Assassin’s Creed Ragnarok is said to be in development for 2020.