Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.5

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  1. Marvik
    Nov 13, 2020
    0
    Origin is great !!
    Odyssey is super !!
    Valhala is a national hodgepodge from previous games !! No, thanks!!
  2. phantomromano
    Apr 25, 2023
    4
    Ubisoft has been spending their time stuffing more and more busy work in Assassin's Creed in the last couple of games. Unfortunately, this game is a continuation of that. There is so much to do, but none of it is fun. This combined with the story being so slow lead to me not being able to finish the game. I tried multiple times, but every time I feel like the story is not worth doing allUbisoft has been spending their time stuffing more and more busy work in Assassin's Creed in the last couple of games. Unfortunately, this game is a continuation of that. There is so much to do, but none of it is fun. This combined with the story being so slow lead to me not being able to finish the game. I tried multiple times, but every time I feel like the story is not worth doing all the boring work I would have to do in order to experience it.… Expand
  3. onderd
    Mar 31, 2023
    3
    It is the most boring AC game, I ever played. I am trying to finish it since one year and each time I try, I don't want to play it again. P.S: I played all AC games. After I purchased this game, I started to play AC Origins, which I bought many years ago. I could finish that in one week, as like all other ac games
  4. stevenkt112
    Apr 29, 2023
    0
    Bad experience, i like the light graphic of Odyssey more. The combat in this game is also really bad.
  5. philly_villy
    Jan 2, 2021
    1
    The worst game from the worst game developers. Absolutely boring storytelling and gameplay
  6. JavaSquirt
    Jan 3, 2021
    0
    The combat feels clunky compared to Odyssey, but the story and world seem interesting enough that i won't complain too much about it. After playing for a while i find myself irritated by several issues. While i can understand it makes climbing more interesting, the romans didn't build a world wonder on nearly every single hill in england. Another issue, they claim the game was made by aThe combat feels clunky compared to Odyssey, but the story and world seem interesting enough that i won't complain too much about it. After playing for a while i find myself irritated by several issues. While i can understand it makes climbing more interesting, the romans didn't build a world wonder on nearly every single hill in england. Another issue, they claim the game was made by a team of all religions, but i had some side quests which were simply mockery of christianity. Robbing abbeys for monetary gains is kind of ok for me in a viking game but the side quest about a monk north of middletun for example that's plain mockery. Well it seems to make quite a lie out of the disclaimer about different beliefs and genders. Sosite hui pidarasi.… Expand
  7. rkarlberg
    Nov 15, 2021
    0
    Rather disappointed. I really enjoyed Origins and Odyssey, so I expected more from Valhalla. Combat is just awful - constantly getting knocked down, and the controls are so sluggish. And some quests are just tedious. They really need to do more beta testing next time and be sure the game is actually fun to play.
  8. Gurrdin
    Dec 24, 2020
    4
    It's another post-Syndicate Assassin's Creed, so bloated, tedious, and overlong. That's the new standard for the Assassin's Creed experience, and that in itself isn't a miserable thing, even if the games become closer to chore lists than actual enjoyable challenge. After Odyssey, I expected the repetitive action game with RPG elements to come back, but I wasn't expecting the horrendousIt's another post-Syndicate Assassin's Creed, so bloated, tedious, and overlong. That's the new standard for the Assassin's Creed experience, and that in itself isn't a miserable thing, even if the games become closer to chore lists than actual enjoyable challenge. After Odyssey, I expected the repetitive action game with RPG elements to come back, but I wasn't expecting the horrendous bugs and random performance issues to still be present in the game well over a month after launch.

    Visual bugs and minor gameplay ones I can handle, so long as they aren't debilitating. What starts to test my patience are the bugs where an NPC stops walking, preventing me from completing her quest, which is followed by a bug where I can't speak to anyone at Ravensthorpe. No amount of reloading past save files or progressing with the main story helped, so I'm stuck being unable to do much of anything at the main camp. Since I'm over twenty hours in, this really took me out of the entire experience.

    Then there are the random performance drops. My laptop isn't exactly a top of the line, $5,000 beast that can run brand new games at 240 FPS in 4k resolution, but it's more than enough to handle Valhalla when the game is behaving. After fast traveling, I'd randomly drop to a max of 25 FPS, and that was when I was looking at a featureless area with no NPCs around. That would always require a full restart of the game, and when it can happen multiple times per play session, I started to think that maybe I don't even want to bother.

    Another disappointment is how visually dull everything is. With ancient Greece, even if it wasn't 100% accurate to the time period, the development team could make these grand structures of shining white marble. I know you lose some of that with 9th century England, but the core of Assassin's Creed has always been exploring interesting historical areas using its freerunning system to scale magnificent architecture of the time. Mud huts and longhouses just aren't visually stimulating. When you do get the odd tower, they're all in some state of ruin and completely identical to the next tower.

    The entire experience isn't all bad, though. The gameplay is enjoyable at its core, even if it doesn't evolve enough to justify the forty+ hours of runtime. It's still satisfying to chop everything in your path, and the skill tree system they implemented isn't entirely unwelcome. It's more for show, since there's so much overlap in each one, but the idea was cute enough to be worth a try. It's always a bit of a rush to blow your horn and start a raid, even if that diminishes over time.

    Another positive in the game's favor is the slightly tighter story focus. It reminded me of Assassin's Creed II in that way, and the series could really use a return to a strong character like Ezio. Eivor isn't unlikeable really, but you're always going to sacrifice narrative focus when your game is full open world. Odyssey at least had an engaging enough protagonist AND a visually spectacular world, so Valhalla feels like a step back as an entire package.

    As a whole, the game wasn't ready to be released. Even a month after release, the game still isn't ready. I've played Assassin's Creed games on launch before, and while buggy to an extent, I've never been walled off from significant chunks of those games because of the bugs. It'll probably be in a much better state by the end or January, but I'm really disappointed with this entry in the series.    … Expand
  9. chumpwithnoname
    Dec 20, 2020
    0
    There is a new way to milk players - to break an initial game balance and offer payed EXP and resource boosters AFTER game was launched and got good reviews.

    Ubitrash company is the worst, after Konami.
  10. Ginger666Ninja
    Dec 20, 2020
    0
    Никогда не верьте слезам шлюхи и магазину Ubisoft
  11. Axott
    Jan 1, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is just my opinion. Your gameplay experience may be totally different.
    Contains spoilers!!!
    I have played the game for 136 hours and have a 384 skill level.
    The first 40 hours of gameplay were captivating and engrossing.
    At 60 hours it became monotonous.
    At 80 hours it was boring.
    I didn’t waste time looting during the last two story arcs as I had already upgraded my gear to mythical.
    When I had control of Basim (“I did it because of my family”) during the last Animus scene I just re-entered the Animus without interacting with any of the environment…I just wanted to end the game. We all know the “tree” has many stories to tell.
    A lot of game resources could have been used to improve the core game if they omitted the immersion breaking Animus (current day) gameplay and data nodes.
    Once you finish the “end game” you see a pop up stating something to the fact “you have more secrets to discover and more lands to explore.” My reply is I finished the game and regret buying the season pass. I probably won’t play any of the expansions or DLCs as it adds nothing to the end game nor do I have any incentive to replay the game.
    Here are somethings I learned during my gameplay experience:
    I used the raven only a dozen times. Totally useless in the game.
    Most of your combat interactions will be melee so build around that.
    Assassination is an afterthought in this game.
    I upgraded the settlement to just below level 6…only to realize that the only buildings needed were the Hidden Ones Bureau for the Hidden Ones questlines and the cartographer. You spend very little time in your settlement anyway.
    • Stable not needed…available in most towns and cities.
    • Trader not needed…available in most towns and cities.
    • Seers hut not needed unless you want to do the side quests. You only get 10 skill points for completing both parts of the quest. You have to collect 30 “tears” for each part of the quest and you have a chance to kill a level 400 legendary animal. Entire side quests have no effect on the end game.
    • Fishing hut not needed unless you want to waste time on broken quests.
    • Hunting lodge not needed unless you want to waste time on broken quests.
    • Shipyard not needed unless you want to change the appearance of your longboat which you don’t spend that much time on. No other longboat upgrades available.
    • Tattoo shop not needed unless you want to constantly change the limited available tattoos and hair styles.
    • Barracks not needed unless you want to recruit other players Jomsvikings. Has no effect on monastery raids. Go into a monastery with Eivor, kill everyone and then use your horn to call your raiders as you need them to open up the doors and raid chests.
    • Museum not needed. Only gives you cosmetic items for your settlement.
    • Reda is worthless as you need a large amount of opals to buy his junk.
    • All other outbuildings not needed unless you want feast buffs. I only used the longhouse feast buff once as I didn’t see any real benefit of the buffs during gameplay.
    Data nodes are useless. Just immersion breaking parkour puzzles that have nothing to do with the endgame. I did the first three data nodes and passed on the others.
    Chasing flying books only to be rewarded with a random tattoo. I did three and passed on the rest of them.
    The overabundance of “blocked” doors which have a chest with a miniscule amount of basic crafting materials and silver. Not worth the effort to solve the puzzles.
    The berserker quest is useless. When you finish the quest you get to recruit the berserker and not the bear. The bear dies from old age at the end of the quest.
    De-synchronized because I killed three civilians who happen to be in the middle of a quest/combat area.
    The convoluted skill tree. Just a disaster. Granted you can respect at no cost, but it is a waste of time to respect from bear to raven to wolf as the scenario changes. It doesn’t make a difference near end game as you have the skill points for all three skill trees.
    Yggdrasil story arc is boring and immersion breaking.
    Most of the countryside is lifeless.
    Would have been nice to have the ability to kill Basim by midgame and also the option to let Sigurd die in Fulke’s dungeon.
    I won’t comment on the game breaking bugs as that is another topic in itself.
    I have learned my lesson to not buy pre-order game bundles. I’ll just save my cash and wait awhile after a game is released to purchase it.    … Expand
  12. passionne
    May 1, 2023
    3
    The good :
    - large map
    - skills tree. - combat quite good. The bad : - very repetitive : always the same kind of missions. - bad graphics : low resolution textures - unstable : often crashes with the 1.7.0 release - too much content : only a minority is worthwhile. The awful : - "woke" propaganda : homosexuality and anti-racism (black and asian people in England at the end of    The good :
    - large map
    - skills tree.
    - combat quite good.

    The bad :
    - very repetitive : always the same kind of missions.
    - bad graphics : low resolution textures
    - unstable : often crashes with the 1.7.0 release
    - too much content : only a minority is worthwhile.

    The awful :
    - "woke" propaganda : homosexuality and anti-racism (black and asian people in England at the end of the ninth century which obviously disrespects the historical reality) are omnipresent . Fed up with this sh*t.

    Another Ubisoft failure.    … Expand
  13. UselessAqua
    Dec 31, 2020
    0
    Why you shouldn't buy Assassin's Creed Valhalla:
    - Patch 1.1.0 removed the reason why the game should have a level system at all, enemies scale to a minimum of 51 power levels below yours and bosses will if their power level would be below yours become your power level.
    - Patch 1.1.0 added an event that nobody asked for that stopped a quest from working inside your settlement, traders    Why you shouldn't buy Assassin's Creed Valhalla:
    - Patch 1.1.0 removed the reason why the game should have a level system at all, enemies scale to a minimum of 51 power levels below yours and bosses will if their power level would be below yours become your power level.

    - Patch 1.1.0 added an event that nobody asked for that stopped a quest from working inside your settlement, traders that you could have bought from are also missing because of that.

    - In-game store, that alone is a huge negative. Would the Metacritic allow me to give negative points then it would be a 10-. It contains stuff like "time savers." Like paying for something to enjoy exploration but then getting an offer to skip all of that?    … Expand
  14. everlier
    Jan 3, 2021
    0
    Game is region-locked, purchasing in CIS region only makes it available in Russian, no option to switch to be fully in English, which is my preference to experience the game as developer intended.

    Page on Epic Game Store lies about available languages, listing all of them as available, whereas after installation there's no option to switch. Wasted almost an hour of my life to    Game is region-locked, purchasing in CIS region only makes it available in Russian, no option to switch to be fully in English, which is my preference to experience the game as developer intended.

    Page on Epic Game Store lies about available languages, listing all of them as available, whereas after installation there's no option to switch.

    Wasted almost an hour of my life to investigate that + time to download the game. Refunded thanks to amazing support policy in EGS. Literally the first game out of hundreds I've purchased which have this sort of an issue.

    0 Bayeks out of 10.    … Expand
  15. ram_1941REG77
    Dec 5, 2022
    0
    a game without a soul like everything froma game without a soul, like everything from ubisoft, I will never buy anything from them. WHY was it all for, what was the quest for alone? Not one answer to the questions, but the "fans" are already stealing!
    People until when will you support yubisoft dough? Or are you satisfied with everything? ubisoft.
    Disappointment is not the word that is    a game without a soul like everything froma game without a soul, like everything from ubisoft, I will never buy anything from them. WHY was it all for, what was the quest for alone? Not one answer to the questions, but the "fans" are already stealing!
    People until when will you support yubisoft dough? Or are you satisfied with everything? ubisoft.
    Disappointment is not the word that is appropriate here!! Two years lead to nowhere, during these two years they simply sucked money out of people and it was not important for developers to make an interesting story, do not believe YOU ALREADY!!!! And as the money stopped coming, they kicked out a crumpled, disgusting finale that shows how much they don't give a **** about us
    Stop making pre-orders, we can do without them, they won't be without us! . It was a waste of time!    … Expand
  16. iletRascal
    Dec 23, 2022
    0
    **** game!! this game like the ****
    very stink，very nausea，don't play this game remember，because you will Become unfortunate
  17. Oddsx
    Dec 11, 2022
    1
    No steam Achivements, why you cant give us thing which is normal in all games and this one should have too, i wanna 100% this game like last two ac
  18. nes_66
    Jan 6, 2021
    0
    Очередная недоигра от моих "любимых" разработчиков и по совместительству продавцов де*ьма. Снова лутбоксы и бесконечное и унылое шатание по пустому однообразному миру без какого либо намека на хоть какой-нибудь сюжет. Не стоит своих денег, ждите торрент , если хотите поиграть.Очередная недоигра от моих "любимых" разработчиков и по совместительству продавцов де*ьма. Снова лутбоксы и бесконечное и унылое шатание по пустому однообразному миру без какого либо намека на хоть какой-нибудь сюжет. Не стоит своих денег, ждите торрент , если хотите поиграть.
  19. karsil
    Jan 6, 2021
    0
    С момента релиза стала просто донатной помойкой
  20. Kryptonix
    Nov 23, 2022
    0
    Everything about this game is boring and repetitive. Game is full of bugs after so many months after release. Dialogues are dull, fighting is boring and the worst of all is that any treasure is hidden in a stupid way so to get anything you constantly have to look for idiotically hidden entrances. In result 50% of the time you look for hidden entrances, it makes the game feel like a chore,Everything about this game is boring and repetitive. Game is full of bugs after so many months after release. Dialogues are dull, fighting is boring and the worst of all is that any treasure is hidden in a stupid way so to get anything you constantly have to look for idiotically hidden entrances. In result 50% of the time you look for hidden entrances, it makes the game feel like a chore, and not fun. Playing bones is simplistic and boring, travels take too much time and the main story is tiresome.
    OdysSey was 100x much better than this. I regret buying this game.    … Expand
  21. Luka1998010
    Oct 28, 2022
    2
    There are rarely moments where I regret buying a game I wanted.
    2 cases : First being Forza Horizon 4, now this.
    When it came out, I was pretty excited, expecting a back to the roots game where a viking goes to become an assassin and joins the brotherhood, like Black Flag did it with the pirate theme...and at the end, pure disappointment. First of all, at launch, it was a buggy mess.    There are rarely moments where I regret buying a game I wanted.
    2 cases : First being Forza Horizon 4, now this.
    When it came out, I was pretty excited, expecting a back to the roots game where a viking goes to become an assassin and joins the brotherhood, like Black Flag did it with the pirate theme...and at the end, pure disappointment.
    First of all, at launch, it was a buggy mess. Plenty of times, I encountered game breaking bugs like not being able to open chests at raids because my stupid followers won`t help, instead just run around like morons.
    Then, there is the disappearance of the E button to talk to important characters when you have to.
    Repetitive moves are also something that is an eye sore.
    The grind to get all the skills is beyond boring.
    But out of all the things that bore the fck out of me, must be the annoying, everlasting parade of pledges.
    Those things drag out across 70h of gameplay, to the point where I beg the game to stop.
    Its not even doing different things at each pledge...No, its all the same s*it !
    Travel across the map with no fast travel, speak to someone, do a task to kill someone, talk to them, start a battle and do it all over again for over 10 times... Not to mention, the story arc of each location is basically the same, like helping one character to become the leader... Why ?
    The map is just terrible. The only location I did like was visiting London. And that is pretty much it.
    Now. Assassin`s Creed should be AC, not Viking Creed. Going back to Black Flag.
    There you play a pirate, who finds a new purpose in life and eventually joins the brotherhood.
    In Valhalla, I truly hoped to see the moment where Eivor becomes an assassin and his story arc goes in that direction, like a lot of other characters in the series do : Ezio, Arno, Connor...
    Seeing him get the hidden blade at the beginning for no reason than just "Here it is" was the icing on the bulls*it.
    After beating Basim, is student Haytham does not say a freaking thing post ending ! Not a single word !
    Tracking down every order member felt like a chore that I have not completed but wanted to since that was the only AC element in the entire game !
    Also, one of my issues that made me shake my head in disbelief is the usage of mythology in this game.
    Asgard, the DLC where you play as Odin... I mean, what the f*ck Ubisoft ??? IF you want to make a game about fantasy s*it, make a new IP, not ruin Assassin`s Creed !    … Expand
  22. OzzTheBozz
    Jan 17, 2021
    0
    Ubisoft review bombing metacritic with fake accounts to boost their user score, what a pathetic company. This is by far the worst AC game ever. This game is empty! Nearly no loot, useless leveling system, empty soulless world, stealth nearly removed, parcour/climbing nearly removed. This game is soooo boring, can only play it for 2 hours then i need a brake from this crap otherwise i wouldUbisoft review bombing metacritic with fake accounts to boost their user score, what a pathetic company. This is by far the worst AC game ever. This game is empty! Nearly no loot, useless leveling system, empty soulless world, stealth nearly removed, parcour/climbing nearly removed. This game is soooo boring, can only play it for 2 hours then i need a brake from this crap otherwise i would fall asleep. I'm honest they should remove Assassin's Creed from the name. This has nothing to do with the AC universe. It feels like a cheap chinese fake AC.
    AC Origins and Odyssey felt great but this here is heavily toned down. This game is an empty soulless shell!    … Expand
  23. Kasteomind
    Jan 5, 2021
    0
    Another soulless fake Ubisoft, I do not recommend buying it to anyone.
    Ubisoft has long forgotten how to make games, as well as Blizzard for how many years do not produce good games
  24. Dororo
    Dec 15, 2020
    2
    Очередной конвейер от юбисофт , нечего не изменилось , все та же херня ... Когда вы уже закончите этого ассасина , все из него выжали ....Сделайте лучше что-нибудь новое ...
  25. sofistes
    Dec 26, 2020
    1
    Its an insane bugfest.. People complaining about cyberpunk but here are the real bugs...Cannot lock on target, lose focus,losing saves,respawn drunk or with missing health, i cannot even write how many bugs it has and trust me they affect the game very much especially when you make 1vs1 on zealots or bosses and it loses the target lock or respawn without life or drunk and have to look forIts an insane bugfest.. People complaining about cyberpunk but here are the real bugs...Cannot lock on target, lose focus,losing saves,respawn drunk or with missing health, i cannot even write how many bugs it has and trust me they affect the game very much especially when you make 1vs1 on zealots or bosses and it loses the target lock or respawn without life or drunk and have to look for previous save.. Awful bugs for the time that its released..… Expand
  26. Spy75
    Dec 28, 2020
    0
    A month after launch, Assassin's Creed Valhalla starts selling XP boosts. Again!!!
  27. mett02
    Jan 26, 2021
    3
    I'm not going to buy the game because I found out after updating the game, with a patch, there are more microtransactions. I want to enjoy the game, not look for money to buy equipment or armor, or worse, go through the game quietly. I'm done.
  28. Barny
    Mar 5, 2023
    1
    I played quite a few assassin's creed... but this one, can't be bothered to focus on it for more than 15 minutes. It's formulaic, boring, repetitive and uninteresting. uninstall and forget. Don't get me wrong, it's the same on all ubisoft franchises: same thing over and over again, it get's boring really quickly.
  29. Pickle
    Dec 19, 2022
    0
    This game is broken for pc, at least for the Steam version, it crashes time and time again, no performance issues, no stuttering, everything is great about the game except for this.

    I'm beyond surprised by how many companies work as hard as they do in releasing great games, only for them to release them in broken states, what's the point of all that work if the end product is broken and    This game is broken for pc, at least for the Steam version, it crashes time and time again, no performance issues, no stuttering, everything is great about the game except for this.

    I'm beyond surprised by how many companies work as hard as they do in releasing great games, only for them to release them in broken states, what's the point of all that work if the end product is broken and unplayable as an end result.

    Please stop supporting companies like this, stop giving them your money...    … Expand
  30. SRKNZ
    Dec 22, 2022
    1
    Shoddy optimisation. So bad, in fact, I couldn't get past the start screen. Seems to be the norm these days but given whats being charged, really unacceptable. Anyone ever heard of beta testing?
  31. Kamamura
    Nov 24, 2021
    1
    Female vikings??? Just simply no. Assassin's creed used to teach us great lessons about history. Benjamin Franklin was a man. George Washington was a man. Leonardo Vinci was a man. Roman legionaries were all men. All soldiers during middle ages and ancient era were men. Why do we now have to see ahistorical garbage like female vikings?
  32. Supremacy
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
    Alliance Map Bug Preventing Players From Finishing The Game:

    The game while overall ok, although overfilled with horribly time wasting puzzles and copy paste repeatable quests and collectables as well as every map being near the same Do X, Y and Z to finish the main quest there, is also one massive fraud. The game for thousands of people can not be finishes as the Alliance map bug    Alliance Map Bug Preventing Players From Finishing The Game:

    The game while overall ok, although overfilled with horribly time wasting puzzles and copy paste repeatable quests and collectables as well as every map being near the same Do X, Y and Z to finish the main quest there, is also one massive fraud.

    The game for thousands of people can not be finishes as the Alliance map bug that they usually see near the end prevents them from finishing the main quest and seeing the end of the game. And for many this comes up after 100+ hours put it, you cant even re-load back.

    Ubisoft while promising to address this bug and giving excuses like "We cant re-create this bug so it takes time" etc has just continued to create more content for their online store and ignored the problem for 2 patches now.

    I have said it before, I will say it again, horrible company that I will never again pre-order another game from and I say this as someone who has played every single AC game they ever made.    … Expand
  33. louis2257
    Dec 28, 2020
    4
    It’s just a rehash of odyssey with vikings. Unless you want an unrealistic Viking experience with a pinch (literally a pinch) of assassins creed then go for it. I would highly recommend you wait for a big sale before investing in this mediocre 50 hour repatriate grind. Other notes I have to mention; combat is clunky and weightless, side missions are way better than previous titles, worldIt’s just a rehash of odyssey with vikings. Unless you want an unrealistic Viking experience with a pinch (literally a pinch) of assassins creed then go for it. I would highly recommend you wait for a big sale before investing in this mediocre 50 hour repatriate grind. Other notes I have to mention; combat is clunky and weightless, side missions are way better than previous titles, world is gorgeous but not much has improved graphically, anyone loving this game either lives mediocrity or doesn’t play many games. All be it, if you’re looking for a game to keep you busy it may be worth a shot but it’s defiantly not worth more than $40/£30… Expand
  34. lagdem
    Jan 3, 2021
    0
    O jogo esta cheio de bugs, marcações no mapa não corresponde a localizações das missões. Estou jogando em uma i7-9700kf com uma RTX2070 super e o jogo tem Crash constantes. Estou na versão 1.1.0.
  35. Mazma
    Dec 25, 2020
    4
    Pessimo comparto grafico, trama buona, gameplay tremendamente ripetitivo e noiso... troppo arcade.
  36. entaro
    Dec 26, 2020
    3
    Played with 1.1.0 patch. Cannot progress at all due to a bug in "a wise friend" quest after 30+ hours of playing. Crashing time to time.
    Probably about 40% of play time was for finding entrances. This game is a buggy version of Tomb Raider, not AC.
  37. ohshi
    Dec 11, 2022
    1
    I like this game, but the developers don't like me and other Steam users. Three years later, Ubisoft returned to Steam, but did not add any Steam functionality to their game, in other words, they decided to make money on their old game without making any effort. A large number of people on the forums ask Ubisoft to add Steam Achievements to the game, but the developers refuse withoutI like this game, but the developers don't like me and other Steam users. Three years later, Ubisoft returned to Steam, but did not add any Steam functionality to their game, in other words, they decided to make money on their old game without making any effort. A large number of people on the forums ask Ubisoft to add Steam Achievements to the game, but the developers refuse without giving any explanation. We consider such an attitude absolutely unacceptable, if the company does not respect us, why should we respect them?… Expand
  38. Inen
    Feb 5, 2023
    0
    Where is Jesus?
    I'm sick of these halal-like games that make me a goodnight.
    I can't decide whether it is or it isn't
  39. Sekur
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    Worst game I've ever played in my whole life...............................
  40. Bushido_DZ95
    Feb 27, 2023
    2
    In addition to not being enjoyable, the game manages to look hideous on maximum graphics settings.
  41. 9en1us
    Mar 18, 2023
    4
    Боже, какая же она долгая, нудная и скучная. И я ничего не нахожу в этой игре, кроме постоянного гринда. Отправляешься в район, чтобы гриндить и выполнять нитупейшие задания. Сюжет не захватывает от слова совсем. Я настолько устал грнидить, что удалил игру и меня даже не останавливает интерес узнать, что будет в итоге. Я уже, честно говоря, и забыл какая вообще мотивация у нашего главногоБоже, какая же она долгая, нудная и скучная. И я ничего не нахожу в этой игре, кроме постоянного гринда. Отправляешься в район, чтобы гриндить и выполнять нитупейшие задания. Сюжет не захватывает от слова совсем. Я настолько устал грнидить, что удалил игру и меня даже не останавливает интерес узнать, что будет в итоге. Я уже, честно говоря, и забыл какая вообще мотивация у нашего главного героя, пока гриндил. Попадаешь в Асгард и Йотунхейм, чтобы что? Правильно - гриндить. В Винланд.. Ну вы поняли. Причём Одиссею и Ориджинс прошёл на 100 процентов, это просто не могу осилить... Одна из худших частей. Порадовали графика и саундтрек.… Expand
  42. LunarBeamOfSun
    Jan 12, 2021
    3
    Лечить баги - нет. Менять баланс в строну гринда и, будто невзначай, добавлять больше вещей, в том числе влияющих на баланс, в игровой магазин за реальные деньги - да. Рак индустрии.
  43. Relkad
    Dec 15, 2020
    4
    Like most of the AC games, this one also has a good beginning and ending.
    And like the last 2 games, it has an almost dead and soulless open world which gets extremely boring as you feel like you're killing puppets while you're killing guards as the game progresses.
    Combat is a bit better than odyssey but the AI needs a LOT of work.
  44. Speech
    Jan 9, 2021
    0
    A buggy mess. I could barely get into it before giving up. Either the visuals are ugly or they're glitched as hell because they look like a major downgrade on my pc. And I get occasional major framerate drops which force me to quit the game.

    It MIGHT be good in six months to a year, when the game has been polished to a playable state. Until then, DO NOT BUY.
  45. cyberdamn
    Apr 10, 2021
    1
    This game is fake history agenda from the very beginning, not to mention it's a ubisoft's money-sucking tool
  46. drlife
    Apr 12, 2021
    1
    The game has a lot of bugs and this are MAJOR BUGS for example:
    1. Missing quests from story line
    2. Missing side quests
    3. Glitches on main quest
    I tried to reach their support at this point I have posted this bug a week ago and they still did not solved this MAJOR BUGS.

    Their answer is: our team is looking into it, we apologies bla bla bla.
  47. vijihe
    Apr 5, 2021
    0
    This is not a Assassins Creed... is other random sword fighting game... with a **** of history, a **** fights, dead world with nothing interesting to do... when they pretend to start calling that games with other name and no Assassins Creed?
  48. ritas666
    Apr 5, 2021
    4
    I don't know why this game is so praised and said to be closer to the original Assassin's Creed. In my opinion, it is no different from Odyssey and Origins - the same game engine, the same game mechanics, just in a new design wrapper. It is still RPG with regions and enemies levels. Its graphics are beautiful, the gameplay has become a little more pleasant, but in general, we are sold theI don't know why this game is so praised and said to be closer to the original Assassin's Creed. In my opinion, it is no different from Odyssey and Origins - the same game engine, the same game mechanics, just in a new design wrapper. It is still RPG with regions and enemies levels. Its graphics are beautiful, the gameplay has become a little more pleasant, but in general, we are sold the same game. A parody of gwent, raids, leveling up a settlement and presence of the assassins as secondary characters - this is insufficient to be called a new game. Have you played Odyssey? You've played Vallhalla then.… Expand
  49. hertzian68
    Apr 7, 2021
    0
    Awful game but the awful seem to have come out here in their droves to praise this game, must be a lot of ubi linked people looking for that bonus, hopefully they miss out on it. I couldn't get what was so great about this other than the graphics? It's the same old AC open world games as Origin/Odyssey but just in a different setting. There's nothing better but graphics, it takes up a tonAwful game but the awful seem to have come out here in their droves to praise this game, must be a lot of ubi linked people looking for that bonus, hopefully they miss out on it. I couldn't get what was so great about this other than the graphics? It's the same old AC open world games as Origin/Odyssey but just in a different setting. There's nothing better but graphics, it takes up a ton of space, runs terribly for everyone who didn't fork over a ton of money for a gpu toy, or isn't a mental midget that we see so much of especially here.… Expand
  50. fckff
    Mar 31, 2021
    0
    the laziest open world, grindy, game ever made by ubisoft. The World is vast like a continent but with the depth of a puddle
  51. Bumbo343
    Apr 15, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very boring. The plot is not interesting, and you won't remember a large number of characters in a week. Most of the characters have a narcoman character. The world of the game is empty and not alive.… Expand
  52. Morrighan1129
    Nov 14, 2020
    3
    Alright, I tried. I tried really hard to like this game that I waited for. But 15 hours in? I just spent six months waiting for a game that is worse than its predecessor in every conceivable way.

    Graphics? Worse. My freaking horse looks like something out of an early PS2 game. Next to nothing but empty forest, and half of that is literally just that: EMPTY forest. I might see one or two    Alright, I tried. I tried really hard to like this game that I waited for. But 15 hours in? I just spent six months waiting for a game that is worse than its predecessor in every conceivable way.

    Graphics? Worse. My freaking horse looks like something out of an early PS2 game. Next to nothing but empty forest, and half of that is literally just that: EMPTY forest. I might see one or two deer travelling for three days. Brilliant.

    Controls? Clunkier. Eivor is far less responsive than both Bayek and Kassandra/Alexios, and reminds me of trying to play ACIII on PC. It typically takes at least ten seconds to get him to start climbing, to jump down, to get in his boat, to captain his boat... Holy hell it's bad.

    Characters? Eivor isn't a character. He's literally 'Insert Male Mary Sue Here' man. He's a fighter, and he's a skald. He's okay with everything and anything, but he's honorable. He's reckless, impulsive, and hot-headed... But also a tactician, cunning, and patient. The two Assassins are boring, and I can't find myself caring about either of them enough to care about their 'twist' that's coming. The only relatively interesting one so far is Sigurd, and I'm 90% confident that's only because out of the rest of the characters, he's somewhat consistent.

    The plot? What plot? Vikings sail to England, build colony. Vikings help take over England. End of plot. Like... sure, I get that there's a bunch more stuff end-game, but I legitimately can't even bring myself to care what it is, because I've spent the last 15 hours bored out of my mind, as I get to act out the History Channel's documentary on Vikings.

    So I have awful graphics, clunky controls, no characters, and no plot. How did Ubisoft go backwards with this game? Like, I'll give it three stars because hey... It's an AC game, and it wasn't awful -it was just the worst one out of the last 5 released.    … Expand
  53. nurii29
    Apr 19, 2021
    0
    bunu hangi amına koduğum ne kafayla yazdı acaba herşey sürekli tekrar ediyor 40 saat boyunca aynı yan görevleri tekrar ediyorsun ki ana görev ilerlesin ana görev zaten bonzai kafası aşırı saçma
  54. gappyz
    Apr 20, 2021
    2
    Graphic and design is good, that's all.
    this game is absolutely the worst thing among AC series.
    be shame on yourself UBISOFT
  55. brutud
    Apr 16, 2021
    3
    I have played every Assassin's creed game on PC, and I was really not sure about buying this one because I could not imagine how Vikings and Assassins could be assembled together.
    I was right on this, Valhalla is the one I liked the least in the serie. Great graphics, gameplay still pleasant, but I fell like this historical context does not fit this kind of game.
  56. VikingGamer1
    Apr 4, 2021
    0
    Terrible game, mind numbingly boring repetitive gameplay and story, this is far from an AC game just like odyssey, it is a Viking fantasy RPG with a sprinkle of mythology and generous dash of microtransactions. Seems like this game has been the final nail in the coffin regarding Darby's departure from Ubisoft, hopefully he joins a team that will give him freedom to create the story heTerrible game, mind numbingly boring repetitive gameplay and story, this is far from an AC game just like odyssey, it is a Viking fantasy RPG with a sprinkle of mythology and generous dash of microtransactions. Seems like this game has been the final nail in the coffin regarding Darby's departure from Ubisoft, hopefully he joins a team that will give him freedom to create the story he wants to create. It is hard not to see this game as a money grabbing tool that Ubisoft have created with the Helix store, limiting the amount of content (armour sets, weapons) in the base game then adding all other content behind pay walls is disgusting charging £10 - £15 per armour pack for a 'singleplayer' game, I wrote a post on reddit and made a petition regarding this if you want to know more follow the links below I go little further imln depth regarding the matter. Reddit post - https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/lzy9l0/petition_remove_helix_store_from_future_ac_games/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

    Petition - https://www.change.org/RemoveHelixStoreSaveAC    … Expand
  57. 1fakrockstar
    Apr 13, 2021
    0
    completely **** game, optimization is at least twice worse than in odyssey but graphics is almost the same, game is simply unplayable on low settings with barely 30 fps
  58. Robobob
    Jul 20, 2022
    4
    I'm a Assassin's Creed fan. I've been playing since AC1. I played 1-3 then took a break for awhile (mostly because I didn't have a console during those years) and picked it back up with AC: Origins. I really like how immersive and detailed these worlds are and are like take a walk through history. Origins I 100%ed. Odyssey I played continuously so much that I reconquered territoriesI'm a Assassin's Creed fan. I've been playing since AC1. I played 1-3 then took a break for awhile (mostly because I didn't have a console during those years) and picked it back up with AC: Origins. I really like how immersive and detailed these worlds are and are like take a walk through history. Origins I 100%ed. Odyssey I played continuously so much that I reconquered territories because the battlefield combat was so much fun.
    So what do I think about Valhalla? Valhalla seems to take every single aspect of every past AC game and shoves it into one game but in a diminished aspect. Then they fill they game with so much bloat it is overwhelming. Examples: your eagle from past games is back as a raven but is completely useless except for finding ONLY iron ore deposits. The ship mechanic from Black Flag and Odyssey is back but with zero combat and acts a giant horse for transporting your raiding crew. The hierarchy hit list is back but is crammed with, I kid you not, 48!!!! targets. Skills trees are back in the form of Skyrim's constellation but with, no joke, over 500 skill nodes! The problem is is that they are mostly just small stat buffs that you need to plow through to get to the occasional actual skill. There are maybe 40 abilities but I've found only 2 that are useful, like the Leap Attack and the Dog attack.
    There is some good stuff to find here. The mini games are some of the best I've played recently. All of them are fun and never get boring. The world is still pretty beautiful but the engine is starting to show it's age. On PC the game has crashed more on me than any game I've played on my current rig. Raids are great. It's a blast to storm castles with your viking crew and tear through the opposition.
    But the negatives outweigh the positives here. It seems that Ubisoft concentrated on quantity over quality. The map is huge with little POIs all over the place. But 90% are simple treasure chests with the same repetitive loot of iron, leathers and/or goods. To get to these chests you usually have a mini puzzle that involves finding your way past a barred or locked door. I think it would be more rewarding to have fewer puzzles that are longer/more difficult but with greater and more special rewards.
    Here's the list of krap that has been crammed into this game Village building, hunting, fishing, raiding, hit lists, assassin missions, Asgard storyline, mini-games, and I'm sure there's lots I'm forgetting. A lot of stuff with very little of it interesting.
    TLDR: It's just too much. I'm at power level 200 with half of the map unlocked and I feel like the game isn't showing me anything new at this point.
    Now I want to address the obvious campaign by Ubisoft to boost their user score with hundreds of 10 ratings. Accounts that only review Valhalla... on all platforms with the same written review. When I read the negative reviews by real players they all state some flaw that I've seen in the game, which is a way I can tell it's a real review. Review bombing by corporations is disgusting. Just make a better game and the reviews take care of themselves.    … Expand
  59. jaco111
    Jan 3, 2021
    1
    The combat feels clunky compared to Odyssey, but the story and world seem interesting enough that i won't complain too much about it. After playing for a while i find myself irritated by several issues. While i can understand it makes climbing more interesting, the romans didn't build a world wonder on nearly every single hill in england. Another issue, they claim the game was made by aThe combat feels clunky compared to Odyssey, but the story and world seem interesting enough that i won't complain too much about it. After playing for a while i find myself irritated by several issues. While i can understand it makes climbing more interesting, the romans didn't build a world wonder on nearly every single hill in england. Another issue, they claim the game was made by a team of all religions, but i had some side quests which were simply mockery of christianity. Robbing abbeys for monetary gains is kind of ok for me in a viking game but the side quest about a monk north of middletun for example that's plain mockery. Well it seems to make quite a lie out of the disclaimer about different beliefs and genders. Some weapon animations are also rather ridiculous if you think about it. The final attack with a spear combo for example. The sweeping motion might be an interesting idea with a light saber but with a wooden staff it's simply ridiculous.… Expand
  60. xSilverback87
    May 20, 2021
    1
    Repetitive, you’re not an assassin. Uou have to become friend with the while britain… waste of time
  61. Ironshod0311
    Oct 17, 2021
    0
    It's a fun game... when it works. It crashes more often than any other game I've ever played (including largely modded skyrim and other similar buggy games). I play on a pretty beefy and optimized system as well. Everything is updated - windows, video drivers, etc. I've verified game's files and reinstalled but it still crashes way too often to be enjoyable. It's a shame because it'sIt's a fun game... when it works. It crashes more often than any other game I've ever played (including largely modded skyrim and other similar buggy games). I play on a pretty beefy and optimized system as well. Everything is updated - windows, video drivers, etc. I've verified game's files and reinstalled but it still crashes way too often to be enjoyable. It's a shame because it's a really fun game otherwise, but when it crashes this often, I can't enjoy it. I'll give it another year or two for them to work on fixing it, and then maybe I'll give it another try at that point.… Expand
  62. BelcrowHD
    Jul 13, 2021
    4
    El peor AC de las últimas que son RPG, lo único buenos era su historia hasta que llegas a ver el final mediocre que tiene, no brilla en nada, un combate tratando de imitar a los juegos souls, un mapa con todo muy repetitivo, un sistema de armas que te orilla a usar el arma inicial hasta que lo terminas y un sistema de loot eliminado, la progresión sin nivel y la rama de habilidadesEl peor AC de las últimas que son RPG, lo único buenos era su historia hasta que llegas a ver el final mediocre que tiene, no brilla en nada, un combate tratando de imitar a los juegos souls, un mapa con todo muy repetitivo, un sistema de armas que te orilla a usar el arma inicial hasta que lo terminas y un sistema de loot eliminado, la progresión sin nivel y la rama de habilidades decadente te vuelve el juego tedioso y lo pero es que completas curiosidades y mapas de tesoros y te dan una recompensa que decepciona y no quieres buscar más eso…… Expand
  63. Peacecatman
    Nov 26, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have played through this game twice, including dlc, so well over 150 hours, and it was torture, you have no connection with the characters at all, you don't care if they live or die, or actually in the case of Sigurd( sp.) I wanted him dead. The game is so boring and repetitive, and pointless. I really tried to like it, but it is an empty shell. I played one hour of Mass Effect which I have played about 100 times and felt so much more invested than 150 hours of AC. I could go on for an hour telling all the things I hated about this game but I won't. Waste of money.… Expand
  64. Zeplinpapa
    Dec 24, 2020
    0
    bu oyunu da sizi de götünüzden güzel diksinler 7575757575757575757575757575amamamamamamamamamamamamakadrinin amına koyam adadadad
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  65. InEarthshome
    Jan 25, 2021
    3
    Huge disappointment of a game.
    Pros:
    Combat is fun
    Visually stunning
    Cons:
    Way longer than Odyssey despite Ubisoft saying it would be shorter
    Very repetitive tasks
    Terrible quest structure
    Crashes often
    Terribly optimized
    Weak story
    Bad parkour
    Horrendous exploration tasks
    Boring
    Clearly, I didn't enjoy the game
  66. SlicK007
    May 9, 2021
    1
    Boring story, gameplay and characters.
    Blurry Graphics.
    They shouldn't call it assassin's creed.
  67. Qeeckle
    Sep 20, 2021
    2
    Ok it's a game, but it IS NOT Assassin's Creed! There isn't any reasons why it is Assassin's Creed, assasssin isn't a barbarian! Yes there are good graphic, some actions and for some reason these actions is interesting for my friend... But he always was strange. I really don't know why some people buy this, there are really bad story, do you remember story in first part, second?! Why thereOk it's a game, but it IS NOT Assassin's Creed! There isn't any reasons why it is Assassin's Creed, assasssin isn't a barbarian! Yes there are good graphic, some actions and for some reason these actions is interesting for my friend... But he always was strange. I really don't know why some people buy this, there are really bad story, do you remember story in first part, second?! Why there are brutal combat, for who it is? Assassins shoud be insensibly, like shadow and then kill qeeckle and hide. I haven't enough time to discribe all what shoudn't be in assassin creed. That is my opinion, criticize, suggest, comment. 2 for good graphic and really well-saturated world… Expand
  68. jorril
    Oct 9, 2021
    4
    I really want to like this game but i just cant. This is extremely monotonous and bloated. They add mini games just add mine games. Basically this game clocks in at about 200 hours or so unless you go straight through the story. Most of these ubisoft games should clock in at 50 hours. This would probably get an 8 or 9 out of me if that were the case. This game needs to be tighter The storyI really want to like this game but i just cant. This is extremely monotonous and bloated. They add mini games just add mine games. Basically this game clocks in at about 200 hours or so unless you go straight through the story. Most of these ubisoft games should clock in at 50 hours. This would probably get an 8 or 9 out of me if that were the case. This game needs to be tighter The story was decent enough but the romance options are paper thin as usual, if they arent going to do it right dont do it at all. The stories in the first two were far superior and kept me playing.

    Also this game is still buggy after two expansions which is unacceptable to me. The game crashed at least 1-2 times a day. In comparison the to the other two assassin creed games in this open world format its extemely lacking beyond.

    Also the skill tree i think was either created by a 10 yr old or by throwing darts at a wall. it just doesn't make any sense.

    I do like how you upgrade your gear though and i appreciate them getting rid of the rng for stats    … Expand
  69. JORJI4
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    спустя год игра превратилась в помойку, дополнения шлак для галочки.
  70. magdasearus
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    По количеству багов оставляет киберпанк далеко позади, в любой момент вылет из игры может повредить все ваши сохранения. Нет смысла тратить время на игру, которую невозможно пройти
  71. notumurugesh
    Aug 17, 2022
    0
    notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh
  72. colossusofrhode
    Dec 15, 2022
    2
    Pretty good AC-adjacent game like Odyssey. But no achievements in Steam, sorry no thanks.
  73. Gelonyx
    Mar 20, 2021
    2
    AC Valhalla is a game with a 10 hour story that did everything to drag it to 100 hours one. The game looses it's focus and forces to go through useless and meaningless story arcs. The story lacs urgency and whenever a major story bit happens the player is forced to go through 20 hours of game to reach the next 5 minutes cut-scene that actually moves the narrative forward. Let alone theAC Valhalla is a game with a 10 hour story that did everything to drag it to 100 hours one. The game looses it's focus and forces to go through useless and meaningless story arcs. The story lacs urgency and whenever a major story bit happens the player is forced to go through 20 hours of game to reach the next 5 minutes cut-scene that actually moves the narrative forward. Let alone the buggy mess taht the game was on launch day : several major bugs were preventing gamers from completing the story.

    Ubisoft also decided it was a good idea to ad microtransactions to the game after it's launch. ALso changing the level scaling a few months after launch at the same moment aas they launched an XP boost seems a little too convenient.

    Stealth is completely useless in this game. Several ressources require you to launch full-blown raids on enemy camps therefore completely anihilating the assassin's way.

    Never have ifalt like i've wasted so many hours of my life before. If I knew the game only revolved around a few pivotal cutscenes i would have spared my money and time and just watched a summary online.    … Expand
  74. FWT0m4tr0N
    Mar 21, 2021
    2
    Has to be a 2!

    1. After AC Odyssey and Origins, this game is WAY TOO EASY! 2. Horribly buggy... with latest patch March 2021 plagued with crashes on all platforms. Last game I buy from UbiSoft! Ryzen 7 3700X 32GB ram Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB Steady 90-100fps in Very High 3440x1440. Game completed, england conquered... yet, I get 5 crashes an hour since the 'Ostara update'.    Has to be a 2!

    1. After AC Odyssey and Origins, this game is WAY TOO EASY!
    2. Horribly buggy... with latest patch March 2021 plagued with crashes on all platforms.

    Last game I buy from UbiSoft!

    Ryzen 7 3700X
    32GB ram
    Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB

    Steady 90-100fps in Very High 3440x1440.

    Game completed, england conquered... yet, I get 5 crashes an hour since the 'Ostara update'.
    I loaded the game 4 times one morning, with it crashing seconds after moving from the load spot...Deleted cache folder (local), no idea what causes it, but the forums are raging with similar problems so I blame Ubisoft!

    Pi$$ Poor quality control on Ubisoft as usual...

    BEAUTIFUL GAME! Unacceptable QA!    … Expand
  75. JorgosGustavus
    Mar 21, 2021
    4
    I was actually very disappointed to this Game. You are just an Ally to the Assassin's. You will never be part of them. or join to the Assassin's. I hope they do not repeat this. I do not want to play as an Ally to Assassin's i want to be one of them.
  76. Ishtan
    Mar 24, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well... I don't know where to start... Oh I do, the game is just not fun. You can have some sensations discovering for few hours but when you see that this edition brings nothing new compared to Odyssey except farming ressources and dull quests to gain tokens to buy different gear that doesn't change anything to combat, well where is the fun ? Plus the game has even more bugs that Odyssey, major bugs that can prevent you from advancing in the "story" if we can say story because if there wasn't any it would not change anything to the game. It's the same thing over and over, go to a land, talk with the same types of npc, kill some guys and repeat. Where you go doesn't matter at all, the feeling is the same. Do I mentioned that we're not even an assassin ? Just a detail in ASSASSIN's creed.
    So I can say that the game, when I retry to play and advance, bores me to death. It's just a very lazy move by Ubisoft who delivered a bad Odyssey with a viking and bet that it would be enough to make money and they were right, good for them, bad for the players. If gamers keep praising this type of lazy work (I didn't buy it, it's been offered to me to be clear), that's all we will have in the future and that's pretty sad. Please Ubisoft wake up and try working on your game between 2 editions and it's time once again to rethink your formula for the franchise.    … Expand
  77. slavatest
    Apr 5, 2021
    0
    тупо клепают дрочильню за дрочильней, от ассасинов одно имя осталось.
  78. Shnd3r
    Sep 14, 2022
    3
    The worst game in the series Assassin's Creed.
    As a fan disappointed in the negligence of the developers. Everything is bad: the same type of boring quests, internal transactions for a single player game (I'm not talking about SJW characters that were inauthentic for those times, unicorns and rainbow pink boxes), a lot of bugs, a story for the sake of a story, a lost concept of old games    The worst game in the series Assassin's Creed.
    As a fan disappointed in the negligence of the developers. Everything is bad: the same type of boring quests, internal transactions for a single player game (I'm not talking about SJW characters that were inauthentic for those times, unicorns and rainbow pink boxes), a lot of bugs, a story for the sake of a story, a lost concept of old games in the series, etc. I hope that Ubisoft Montreal will rethink its strategy for further releases of games and the next part will surprise with a positive, not a negative side, otherwise it will lose its old fans. My rating is 3/10 only because I like this series of a game and the Viking story setting.    … Expand
  79. OverratedGames
    Nov 15, 2020
    4
    I find it absolutely amazing how Ubisoft managed to make the viking age, probably one if the most exciting (and controversial) ages in history, BORING AS HELL.

    "How do you do that?" you ask? Let me tell you: Let's start with the raids - you know, the thing where vikings pillaged hundreds of monasteries, towns and villages across England, slaughtering, raping and torturing thousands    I find it absolutely amazing how Ubisoft managed to make the viking age, probably one if the most exciting (and controversial) ages in history, BORING AS HELL.

    "How do you do that?" you ask? Let me tell you:

    Let's start with the raids - you know, the thing where vikings pillaged hundreds of monasteries, towns and villages across England, slaughtering, raping and torturing thousands of innocent people while stealing everything in sight. Well Ubisoft, for good reason, decided that those raids probably wouldn't sit well with too many people, and I get that. I do. I don't want to rape or torture anyone, not even in a video game, so I expected the raids to be a bit more tame. I just didn't realise how tame. Kill a civilian? DESYNCHRONIZED. Loot a monastery filled with gilded treasure? +1 CARBON INGOT. Ransack an entire village? 400+ SUPPLIES. Rinse, and repeat. New raid, same deal. After 2 raids, you've seen it all. There's nothing new to do, to get or to see. I'd rather not.

    Well, how about the gameplay at least? Fun? No. Unless pressing less than three buttons gets you going, the combat in Valhalla is absolutely laughable. No challenge at all, no rewarding 'UMPH' when you wack an enemy between the eyes with your two-feet long greatsword. That goes for climbing as well. Press 'A' and move foward and watch as Eivor climbs mountain-sides as smooth as marble with ease and jumps sixty feet from the top of a building, only to land safely and unharmed. Oh wait, sometimes he limps for about three seconds berfore he can sprint again. I'm not saying that parkour should be hard, it is an AC game after all, but there is no challenge to climbing AT ALL. Back in AC2, you needed to do different combos to reach certain places, and it could be a bit tricky sometimes, but it felt REWARDING. Also, you couldn't climb **** mountains. In Valhalla, if they added a building made entirely out of giant sheets of mirrors, I bet Eivor could climb it while scratching his ass at the same time. Yawn

    While Unity had its flaws, it did one thing right. Combat was hard. For an Assassin's Creed game at least. If you were outnumbered, you'd better get the hell out of there or buckle up, cause you'd be in for a hell of an ass kicking. It forced you to think like, oh I don't know, an ASSASSIN?

    Okay, well, the story has been the strong point of AC, except for the last few maybe - how is it in this? I'll tell you. There isn't much. It starts of great, with a strong opening that really has you longing to get to England. Once you get there, you start recruiting allies. And then you recruit more allies. And then a few more. And a few more. Currently, I have made alliances with 4 kings and two armies - how many alliences does my podunk in the middle of nowhere need? It's not like they've taken the time to add any meaningful trading with other cities, so what's the **** point of these damn alliances?

    Through all of my time playing Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, I kept thinking 'What's the point?'.

    Why do I need to weaken someones army, when I can run through their entire city unscathed and open the door for my useless battering ram and the rest of my men, who for some reason cannot die? Why do I need to upgrade the village beyond the blacksmith, when all I get is an increase to a 'Feast' buff that I don't need to use? Why do I need a Jomsviking when it has no effect on my crew at all? Why do I need to change my crew when none of them are different from each other?

    There's no threat, no sense of urgency to any of it. So, what's the point Ubisoft? I can live with you not making Assassin's Creed games be about assassins, but you better have a good reason for it. This game is a BORE from start to finish, and now I'm really scared, because if you managed to make vikings boring, there's no telling what you'll ruin next.    … Expand
  80. Kagg
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    The game looks nice, the setting is cool but the gameplay is not that great. The combat is somwhat odd or hard to control and the lack of healing just means you'll spend most fights running around looking for flowers and berries to heal the random and many times unavoidable damage. It's very frustrating that a game that focuses on fighting over anything else is 80% about running away fromThe game looks nice, the setting is cool but the gameplay is not that great. The combat is somwhat odd or hard to control and the lack of healing just means you'll spend most fights running around looking for flowers and berries to heal the random and many times unavoidable damage. It's very frustrating that a game that focuses on fighting over anything else is 80% about running away from enemies just to heal back up. Even on the easies of difficulties you die from random arrows that hit you behind walls, ignores your shield, get randomly lit on fire even though there is not a spark in sight and so on.

    In its current state, this is a huge disappointment and not at all at the level of the last two AC games.    … Expand
  81. petebaldwin
    Apr 7, 2021
    1
    There is a major bug that is tanking FPS that is affecting a lot of people. It's existed since the patch before Christmas. Here's a 927 post thread about it on the Ubisoft forum - they've stopped responding because they can't/won't fix it.

    The game itself is good - probably an 8/10 but just be aware if you buy it, it might not be playable and Ubisoft will do nothing to fix it. Buy it    There is a major bug that is tanking FPS that is affecting a lot of people. It's existed since the patch before Christmas. Here's a 927 post thread about it on the Ubisoft forum - they've stopped responding because they can't/won't fix it.

    The game itself is good - probably an 8/10 but just be aware if you buy it, it might not be playable and Ubisoft will do nothing to fix it. Buy it from somewhere that allows refunds because if you're unlucky and are affected by this, it's not going to be fixed.

    https://discussions.ubisoft.com/topic/88876/pc-after-tu-1-1-0-i-am-experiencing-fps-drops-low-cpu-and-gpu-utilisation?lang=en-US    … Expand
  82. vkrepkiy
    Nov 13, 2020
    4
    The game has boring visuals. Grey color palette, snow, and mud? No thanks, I have plenty outside :( Odyssey is much nicer, I still play it in my free time during lockdown... Animations are too fast and unreal during battle. Climbing looks too stupid for anyone who is into climbing... And I can't get why it looked better in previous parts, maybe because in this game character is climbingThe game has boring visuals. Grey color palette, snow, and mud? No thanks, I have plenty outside :( Odyssey is much nicer, I still play it in my free time during lockdown... Animations are too fast and unreal during battle. Climbing looks too stupid for anyone who is into climbing... And I can't get why it looked better in previous parts, maybe because in this game character is climbing and jumping on frozen and slippy rocks?!! I tried to feel immersion and failed, so I failed to get any fun playing this game. Give it a try if you had a small gaming experience, maybe that's the point.… Expand
  83. mir3k
    Nov 15, 2020
    0
    Very nice game, well optimized, but forget about stealth gameplay. This is not assassins creed game anymore.
  84. BiIlBrasky
    Nov 13, 2020
    0
    What a slitshow. Between the hammered wolf bussy that's Ubisoft and the lackluster Epic Games it's just an absolute clusterduck. Spent two hours just trying to unfudge it all. It's astounding how many people trash AC Odyssey and some other games in the franchise but prostrate to ones like this. Don't buy into the hype and save your money.
  85. SntGrem
    Sep 7, 2021
    0
    Не покупайте никогда у этих пидорасов ничего! Сборище криворуких ебаных недоумков, сломали игру своим ебанным патчем и вот уже спустя 10 месяцев и кучу патчей по 30+ гб, никакого исправления так и нет. Тех. поддержка мёртвая, денег не возвращают. Не смейте больше поддерживать этих хуесосов!Не покупайте никогда у этих пидорасов ничего! Сборище криворуких ебаных недоумков, сломали игру своим ебанным патчем и вот уже спустя 10 месяцев и кучу патчей по 30+ гб, никакого исправления так и нет. Тех. поддержка мёртвая, денег не возвращают. Не смейте больше поддерживать этих хуесосов!
  86. GalletaSuprema
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    this is the worst assassins creed i've ever played, this saga is getting more boring by every game they drop, you can't play it more than 2 hours after you get bored, the graphics are disapointing and the story is the worst of everything
  87. Darkys7
    Mar 27, 2021
    2
    Well, another **** from ubisoft. There is no Viking spirit. Again assassins. And as always, they can't even do basic mechanics normally. The only plus is, as always, a beautifully drawn world. This is where the pros end. the gameplay and the plot are just ****
  88. Georgyluvorgy
    Feb 24, 2021
    0
    This game just BORING, STUPID GRIND, there is no gameplay here, game is empty, stupid quests and level system, unbalanced bosses who kill you with one blow and counter every ur things, empty, gray and boring world, boring characters, boring story, boring in every things, I played 70 hours and during this time nothing has changed or improved in the game, the same boring and grinding ****This game just BORING, STUPID GRIND, there is no gameplay here, game is empty, stupid quests and level system, unbalanced bosses who kill you with one blow and counter every ur things, empty, gray and boring world, boring characters, boring story, boring in every things, I played 70 hours and during this time nothing has changed or improved in the game, the same boring and grinding **** just comtinues, this is the worst AC game ever. Origin and Odyssey was more better than this piece of dog ****… Expand
  89. Eraro
    Oct 3, 2022
    1
    I come from Ac 1,2, Brotherhood, Revelation, 3 and black flag. Wtf happen to this franchise? What made the franchise successful was how they incorporated real life events with a beautifully written fictional story and environment. How in the F did it turn into a “ I gotta grind to be able to kill x enemy because I’m too weak right now” type of game?! This was a exploration game with aI come from Ac 1,2, Brotherhood, Revelation, 3 and black flag. Wtf happen to this franchise? What made the franchise successful was how they incorporated real life events with a beautifully written fictional story and environment. How in the F did it turn into a “ I gotta grind to be able to kill x enemy because I’m too weak right now” type of game?! This was a exploration game with a somewhat okay gameplay but the story vastly covered the weaknesses in the game; that’s how good the story was. Valhalla is pure dog **** with a beautiful scenery. It’s an insult to all real ac fans to have included this game along with Origins and Odyssey to the franchise. Ubisoft is lost in their own sauce for quite some time now and it stinks.… Expand
  90. Xandl7
    Dec 16, 2020
    0
    another boring game
    and it is again exclusive for epic and ubisoft
    RPG elements are boring
  91. mosessaur
    Dec 18, 2021
    3
    For 3 installments. I think AC had nothing to add except making the make more massive and repetitive.
    I failed to see what's new in this game. The story isn't interesting anymore. It just became more massive. And with being massive. I started to get bored after sometime skipping conversations and just want to get through the game.
    It has some elements of AC III and of course of the    For 3 installments. I think AC had nothing to add except making the make more massive and repetitive.
    I failed to see what's new in this game. The story isn't interesting anymore. It just became more massive. And with being massive. I started to get bored after sometime skipping conversations and just want to get through the game.
    It has some elements of AC III and of course of the previous 2 games AC Origins and AC (Greek) can't even remember the name (that's how forgettable it was).

    I would never recommend purchase of this game. If you get it for free or less than $10 then it could be cover the boredom you'll have while playing it.    … Expand
  92. Razrback16
    Dec 8, 2021
    2
    Pros:

    * Excellent graphics - the water looks particularly well-rendered * Optimization / performance is quite good * Ubisoft brought the Codex back - always quite valuable * They added a feature that allows you to assassinate in one hit regardless of how far above you the enemy is - this fixes the outstanding issues inherent to RPG mechanics * Love the location with the northern    Pros:

    * Excellent graphics - the water looks particularly well-rendered
    * Optimization / performance is quite good
    * Ubisoft brought the Codex back - always quite valuable
    * They added a feature that allows you to assassinate in one hit regardless of how far above you the enemy is - this fixes the outstanding issues inherent to RPG mechanics
    * Love the location with the northern lights in Norway
    * The "World Events" / side quests are well-done
    * Social stealth returns in a limited manner
    * Better pacing when swimming in terms of the animations
    * Much better job on romance animations in this game
    * I liked the roaming music while in Ravensthorpe (basecamp in England), definitely felt like the Viking era for sure
    * I enjoyed the Flyting / Charisma options in conversation, that was a good idea
    * The Assassin bureaus were a nice touch, although woefully underutilized
    * Horses can now swim once upgraded
    * **SPOILER** - Toward the end of the game it looks like they are finally phasing Layla Hassan out of the series, at least to a degree which is fantastic. She is easily the most insufferable character in the entire franchise

    Cons:

    * Combat is downgraded from Odyssey - much more sloppy
    * Horse movement mechanics are downgraded from Odyssey in terms of just movement on terrain
    * Layla "The Bestest Evar" Hassan is still around - easily the most insufferable character I've ever seen in any game I've played. They get rid of Desmond, an actual good character and replace him with this awful Mary Sue.
    * Present day - while it's great to see Rebecca & Shaun return, they don't look even remotely like they have in past games (their rendering is AWFUL), but they at least have the same voice actors - again, it's too bad Layla is in the game and not Desmond - the present day story was so much more enjoyable with him as the protagonist - I hope Layla is killed off at some point as she is just a terrible character. I'd rather see just Shaun & Rebecca with William Miles involved since Desmond is gone. Don't need any feminist wet dream characters shoe-horned into the story for woke talking points
    * No mGPU support
    * Movement system in the game feels very clunky with delayed input (similar to AC Unity)
    * Game is basically Ubisoft's latest copy of Witcher 3 - they've done three in a row now
    * Tying into the above bullet, there is borderline zero stealth / assassination tactics in the game. Where the earlier games the player had to utilize some stealth mechanics to get near a target and kill them without being detected, as well as try to get out of the location undetected, these latest games are just open world combat games, the opposte of what AC games are supposed to be
    * Multiple forms of DRM to ensure you never really own the game, you're just renting it for as long as Denuvo and Ubisoft servers are online. Glad I didn't buy it
    * Like the last two games, the game is WAY too long. About 100 hours too long. In typical Ubisoft fashion, the game has a million side quests that add very little to the game shoe-horned in. Just concentrate on the main quests, Ubi. The problem with the game is if you don't do the side missions, your character will be significantly under-leveled making certain fights incredibly difficult later in the game. These games should be 30-60 hours and focus more on the story and less on a million side quests
    * RPG mechanics - they do not belong in an Assassin's Creed game
    * More Ubisoft over-the-top wokeness being injected into the narrative with way too much homosexuality references during quests and dialogue in areas particularly during a time period where it was not prevalent and would never have been tolerated. Ubisoft has gone so downhill - this is why I don't buy Ubisoft games anymore and play them "somewhere else"
    * Regarding the RPG mechanics - poor leveling placement of enemies that are far above the player's level forcing them to leave and come back later which kills immersion.
    * The "Social Stealth" system in the game is mostly worthless - I really miss the blending of old from AC2 / AC3 that made it feel like you could actually sneak around a bit. Just an awful blending / stealth system. These last 3 games have not been Assassin's Creed games
    * Very unstable game - frequent crashes to desktop
    * **SPOILER** - Regarding the end of the game...not a fan of the way they are handling Sages in the story related to reincarnations of people from the ISU time period. It's making things incredibly convoluted and honestly quite stupid
    * This is, quite frankly, my least favorite of the entire series. It's the least "Assassin's Creed" game of all of the games. Eivor is just some bloke running around doing things that happen to coincide with the Assassins' objectives, sort of like Edward Kenway in AC4, but without a good payoff at the end, and and basically no involvement of the Assassins.

    Game Length: ~130 hrs.

    Overall Rating: 2/10.    … Expand
  93. Pinkpontiac
    Dec 14, 2020
    0
    Игра просто не о чем!!!Сюжет-0 , сэттинг не раскрыли, а было столько пространства и возможностей!!!
  94. abdul125a
    Jan 6, 2021
    2
    The only advantages of this game are the atmosphere and the story, the game is full of errors, sometimes making it impossible to complete individual threads. There are problems with catching fish and dying materials. Technical Support provides absurd compensation for the loss of all resources from armor upgrades. The game is in a terrible condition, and I am convinced that I will not buyThe only advantages of this game are the atmosphere and the story, the game is full of errors, sometimes making it impossible to complete individual threads. There are problems with catching fish and dying materials. Technical Support provides absurd compensation for the loss of all resources from armor upgrades. The game is in a terrible condition, and I am convinced that I will not buy another part for the premiere due to the poor technical condition of the entire product.… Expand
  95. realrev
    Jan 23, 2021
    0
    This is a historically illiterate game that I find highly offensive. I suppose it's what I've come to expect from Ubisoft but it really is disgraceful how they are misrepresenting things intentionally in order to mislead a generation of kids.
  96. KAS_113
    Oct 13, 2021
    0
    Its not on Steam therefore I give 0. I wont buy it on some garbage epic games store. And stop making some kind of MMO RPG out of the game, there's only one name left from the Assassins and the hidden blade of the main character, I want to kill enemies with one blow from above, as before, and not spend half a day on it.
  97. NickFok
    Jun 14, 2021
    3
    I GAVE IT A TRY. LIKE A 100 HOURS TRY.

    Let me tell you this game is not the best assassins creed game or anything close to that category. And i get it, a lot of people like to hate Ubisfot. for the sake of it but in this case, thery are right. First, the basics. Slow, boring, repetitive, effortless, horrible actors, lazy clothings, animation. It really seems like a unfinishied game or    I GAVE IT A TRY. LIKE A 100 HOURS TRY.

    Let me tell you this game is not the best assassins creed game or anything close to that category. And i get it, a lot of people like to hate Ubisfot. for the sake of it but in this case, thery are right.
    First, the basics. Slow, boring, repetitive, effortless, horrible actors, lazy clothings, animation. It really seems like a unfinishied game or that they were to lazy to test it. The cons are a lot in comparisson with the pro in this game. For example, the loot or the rewards. You spend literally an hour trying to find a way to figure out how to enter a cave and the reward is a piece of gold that doesnt do **** Then, the weapons, armor stuff, sucks. You have to seek sea, land N air to find something new and when you find it sucks. like you feel your time has been taken as a joke. I hate almost everyting about it and I played it 100 hours, no blufing. I would pick Odyssey or Origins over this **** **** any **** day. Its my very first time writing a review for a game and it really made mad. And i dont even bogght the game it was a gift so you can image if i would ve bought it.

    Also as a 5.3 tall guy is kind of nice to sea a main character being kind of short, BUT COME THE **** ON, you are talkings about vikings, i want to be like thor not a **** midget from middle earth.

    To sum up, ****ty game. Tries hard to be the witcher, god of war, dark souls, prince of persia and the saddest thign? Tries to be an assassin creed game WHEN YOU CANT EVEN **** ASSASSINATE PEOPLE. It sucks. If you are reading this and get to this so far down, do not buying, or watch a lot gamplay videos on ytb. Is not worth anybodies time. Trust me. Incredible dissapointed. And i could go down to write more stuff of how bad this **** **** is but i dont want to. I cant understand those who liked it and call the best of all time. Is one of the worst games i have ever played. **** ubisoft needs to stop milking games franchieses and start to listetnitg to fans about the game preferences.

    3/10. **** dissapoinment. And that 3 out of 10 is beacuse SOME tattoos looked cool with the beard and all. And thats it...    … Expand
  98. Mr_Gamer
    Jul 3, 2021
    0
    The game costs $ 30-60, and you managed to add microtransactions there ?
  99. Vixian
    Aug 28, 2021
    4
    10-20 hours of unique content stretched across 100+ hours of repetition and MMORPG-like progression grinding. Additionally, the "Order of the Ancients" has reached new levels of stupidity in their latest rendition. Some of the writing in this game is at high school levels of plot-making.
  100. Caoth93
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    usual ubisoft that does things from ubisoft, yet another game that tries to steal a bit from all sides while losing its identity (like the last 2 Assassin's Creed)
    let's start with the most serious things: as always stupid, repetitive side missions, which add nothing to the game or to the main story and which result in a tedious challenge and you can't wait to finish as soon as possible,    usual ubisoft that does things from ubisoft, yet another game that tries to steal a bit from all sides while losing its identity (like the last 2 Assassin's Creed)
    let's start with the most serious things: as always stupid, repetitive side missions, which add nothing to the game or to the main story and which result in a tedious challenge and you can't wait to finish as soon as possible, huge game map full of collectibles (useless as always) just to give a semblance of longevity and justify such an unnecessarily large map
    Let's talk about optimization on pc? ubisoft ridiculous as always, cares about the pc as always, ridiculous framerates even with hardware from thousands of euros and above all cpu often and willingly 100% (I have a 9700k) thanks to denuvo (was it really necessary?)

    I conclude by saying that we are now in 2021 and that if there are still people who defend this stuff, which is by far, without a doubt the worst gaming company, it means that we deserve this crap, to see a company that percolates in this way its customers, which uses the exact same graphics engine and the exact same animations in 3 different games within 3 years (adding tiny things from title to title just to pretend it's a new game) just to save in production and taking as much money as possible from your customers makes me sick

    stop letting these charlatans steal your money    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 31
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  1. RPG Site
    Apr 5, 2021
    60
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a great-looking open-world game with impressive landscapes and cinematography. However, the checklist collectible open-world still needs some work to feel truly engaging, and combat is too tedious and too frequent to be compelling. As a lapsed fan of Assassin's Creed trying to see if I can click with the series once again, Valhalla didn't quite hook me as I was hoping it would.
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  2. Game Debate
    Jan 11, 2021
    80
    Assassins Creed Valhalla is a lot of fun and easy to sink dozens of hours into. It is the best entry in the more recent trilogy and genuinely elevates the gameplay mechanics. Content could be considered somewhat bloated still, but it is diverse enough and the setting and story is solid most of the way through.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 4, 2021
    80
    Sneaking is fun, fighting is fun, walking through the great outdoors is so much fun. Sightseeing too! Valhalla is free minded and could be innovative, but lacks skills to persuade its players about that. [Issue#308]
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