Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3315 Ratings

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  1. fnenamg
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    this game sucks.
  2. Accrater
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    one of worst optimized games sutters and hitches framegraph shows constsnt spikes
  3. Wiezzel
    Aug 11, 2023
    1
    I wanted to try with the free trial, long time fan of AC franchise.
    Did not play Od as it was similar to Origins ( which I enjoyed but it is not an assassin game anymore)
    Tho the reason why this game has 1 rating. Is that they still do not have the unbelievable common sense to allow SKIP Cinematic. How despicable. This game also keeps restarting instantly when you save settings    I wanted to try with the free trial, long time fan of AC franchise.
    Did not play Od as it was similar to Origins ( which I enjoyed but it is not an assassin game anymore)

    Tho the reason why this game has 1 rating.
    Is that they still do not have the unbelievable common sense to allow SKIP Cinematic. How despicable.

    This game also keeps restarting instantly when you save settings without asking. So it repeats every time you adjust ( 6 times last 20 min and still intro scene.)
    There is no real way to make this game look good beside on high otherwise it all looks kind of blurry and disturbing in a odd way, changing monitor did not work. ( HDR)
    I just cannot believe this trash. SItting in front of something I could not care less for 20 min already and I am just walking and nothing else.
    This is beyond stupidity I do not get it.
    If you dont care for story like most do and just want to play a viking game, then you are F and do not buy.
    THis game has over 3 hours of unskippable garbage.    … Expand
  4. Dartza
    Jul 21, 2023
    4
    This game offers a huge amount of content, arguably, too much. If you either don't care or find the story missions and setting interesting, this could be a great sandbox experience for you to put in potentially hundreds of hours in. If you, like me, found the story and quests boring and uninspired, you will be dreading having to put another few dozen hours into just completing the story.This game offers a huge amount of content, arguably, too much. If you either don't care or find the story missions and setting interesting, this could be a great sandbox experience for you to put in potentially hundreds of hours in. If you, like me, found the story and quests boring and uninspired, you will be dreading having to put another few dozen hours into just completing the story. Some of the best story missions are in optional side quests, and while the implications of these story moments are interesting, it seems that it will only end up mattering in future entries.… Expand
  5. WinkyTy
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How could anyone like this ****
    Bad written dialogues and story:
    *bad guy kills mc’s mom and dad*
    @
    16 pr something years later:
    - hey, remember he killed your dad and mom?
    - oh yes, I do he will suffer.
    @
    - hey, have I told you he killed my dad and mom?
    - oh no, he will pay for this

    Not talking about absolutely poor and unexciting gameplay. Thx PSN+, I didn’t have to pay for this    … Expand
  6. eliahna
    Jul 16, 2023
    1
    This could have been a true classic, but the combat is just horrible, even if you lower it to Saga so you can just play through the campaign it makes you fight incredibly boring, long winded, badly timed boss fights that are so painful I end up just exiting the game after a few minutes.

    And the walking / riding cut scenes where you are made to press W on your keyboard for 2 minutes    This could have been a true classic, but the combat is just horrible, even if you lower it to Saga so you can just play through the campaign it makes you fight incredibly boring, long winded, badly timed boss fights that are so painful I end up just exiting the game after a few minutes.

    And the walking / riding cut scenes where you are made to press W on your keyboard for 2 minutes while you listen to some inane chatter to progress the story are an awful game mechanic, please stop it.    … Expand
  7. CypiBoii
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    By far the worst entry in the Assassin's Creed franchise. Yes Vikings are pretty cool, but when the story is bland and world feels empty. That's not something for me.
  8. Midyen
    Jun 15, 2023
    1
    Based on the gameplay, graphics, sound, content, and originality of the game, I will give it a rating of 1.
  9. Finito
    Jun 4, 2023
    3
    Was buggy at release and its still buggy more than 2 years after release. Trash triple A developer who releases full price unfinished products and uses it's player base as beta testers.
  10. levicecat
    May 30, 2023
    0
    Говноеды продающие то что должно быть в игре изначально за бабки. Не покупайте их игры, это ужасно.
  11. ryderrr
    May 19, 2023
    4
    I want to say that i love Norse mythology and it's people. I was really stoked for this game when it's first time announcement. The thing is everything was fine until you get to meet black "viking" called vagn explaining to Vikings how to raid.. yeah well done ubisoft. At least if you want to make black representation give him some decent backstory. The guy doesn't even have a backstoryI want to say that i love Norse mythology and it's people. I was really stoked for this game when it's first time announcement. The thing is everything was fine until you get to meet black "viking" called vagn explaining to Vikings how to raid.. yeah well done ubisoft. At least if you want to make black representation give him some decent backstory. The guy doesn't even have a backstory that tell us who is he, who he was, where did he come from etc. It just say he is a jomsviking.. This is some netflix, disney kind of work, it just breaks immersion really bad. I heard they already had black ancient greeks in odyssey so they couldn't resist the wokeness again i guess. Tbh, It's an insult to scandinavian history, people and they do it on purpose for the sake of sjws etc. I want to give it 4 because of the graphics and couple of main characters development. Get your history right ubisoft.… 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. stevenkt112
    Apr 29, 2023
    0
    Bad experience, i like the light graphic of Odyssey more. The combat in this game is also really bad.
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. Bushido_DZ95
    Feb 27, 2023
    2
    In addition to not being enjoyable, the game manages to look hideous on maximum graphics settings.
  19. dExperTb
    Feb 18, 2023
    4
    Что за дичь по сюжету всё слили в унитаз. Боги переродились, но оно им по сути и нах не надо, а потом через 1000 лет вдруг надо, катастрофа каждые 5 лет (условно) уже... поймали дно
  20. Sekur
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    Worst game I've ever played in my whole life...............................
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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?
  24. 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
  25. colossusofrhode
    Dec 15, 2022
    2
    Pretty good AC-adjacent game like Odyssey. But no achievements in Steam, sorry no thanks.
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. Boomcio
    Nov 14, 2022
    0
    Gra jest zbyt duża. Bezsensowny grind. Blokowanie zawartości za koniecznym poziomem. Skończcie robić takie gry.
  31. rantingwaj
    Nov 12, 2022
    1
    Rating it low only because of the terrible terrible Uplay launcher and how Ubisioft treats its PC customers especially. I bought the game on Epic store which said I needed to download 48 GB's. I let it download thru the night thinking I will play in the morning on Sunday. Well Uplay starts and says I need a further 106 gb update!!!!!

    It also bugs out routinely and is such a pain!!    Rating it low only because of the terrible terrible Uplay launcher and how Ubisioft treats its PC customers especially. I bought the game on Epic store which said I needed to download 48 GB's. I let it download thru the night thinking I will play in the morning on Sunday. Well Uplay starts and says I need a further 106 gb update!!!!!

    It also bugs out routinely and is such a pain!! Without the Uplay launcher, its a solid 7 at least...    … Expand
  32. 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
  33. SynapsyS
    Oct 24, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm gonna start with positives because I'm gonna knock this thing real hard.
    Beautiful artwork, the attention to detail is easy on the eyes and the sun light is amazing, too amazing at times. The back grounds, the forests, the    … Expand
  34. Beyhey
    Oct 11, 2022
    4
    Meh. Usual Ubisoft open world full of icons grind fest micro transactions full game
  35. 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
  36. Shadowxxx
    Sep 29, 2022
    0
    Disgusting Disgusting Disgusting Disgusting Disgusting Disgusting Disgusting
  37. 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
  38. WanderinMelmoth
    Sep 10, 2022
    3
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla will be my last Ubisoft game. Ubisoft has reached creative bankruptcy.
    While yes, each Ubisoft game gets better on a technical level, gameplay wise there is ZERO progression. Valhalla plays exactly the same as Odyssey and Origins. Far Cry 6 plays exactly the same as New Dawn and Far Cry 5. Ubisoft is selling you the exact same game over and over again with    Assassin's Creed Valhalla will be my last Ubisoft game. Ubisoft has reached creative bankruptcy.
    While yes, each Ubisoft game gets better on a technical level, gameplay wise there is ZERO progression. Valhalla plays exactly the same as Odyssey and Origins. Far Cry 6 plays exactly the same as New Dawn and Far Cry 5. Ubisoft is selling you the exact same game over and over again with slightly updated graphics and a different theme.
    The open world consists of simple icon hunting - a boring huge open world with minigames scattered all over for you to tick off. Flashing icons everywhere, constantly the game tells you "press x to do y".
    Valhalla has really nothing to do with the original series either anymore. What started as Assassins vs. Templars brought us to Ancient Egypt and Greece and now to the Vikings in England. Stealth kills - the main game mechanic of the original games - are meaningless. You can go in anywhere and just hack & slash your way through armies of enemies. Why call it Assassin's Creed?
    By far the most annoying aspect of the game is when they break immersion and drag you into the present to play as some Layla chick. WHY? I have exactly ZERO interest in this character.    … Expand
  39. ShaGan
    Aug 22, 2022
    0
    Only first 30min of play was fine, but after moving to England... didn't feel this game. Assassin's looks like pushed to this game so high without any logic. Store inside game it's another disaster... don't understand why they can move this game to another saga...
  40. notumurugesh
    Aug 17, 2022
    0
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  41. Kikkeli007
    Aug 6, 2022
    2
    I was in love with the game at first: Somewhere mid-adventure the repeat mechanics became noticeably grindy and seeing the experience boosts sold in game made me wonder, if they created a problem to sell me the solution later. Another thing I started to notice was the many "moral teachings" in the games narrative. The story makes much effort to justify the assassins' victims alwaysI was in love with the game at first: Somewhere mid-adventure the repeat mechanics became noticeably grindy and seeing the experience boosts sold in game made me wonder, if they created a problem to sell me the solution later. Another thing I started to notice was the many "moral teachings" in the games narrative. The story makes much effort to justify the assassins' victims always deserving some 2020 poetic justice. So, to sum it up: The predatory monetization and tribal messaging turn a otherwise beautiful, imperfect world into a soulless ikea.… Expand
  42. CRodrig57
    Aug 6, 2022
    3
    I don't understand where all these great reviews are coming from. This is by far the worse Assassin Creed in the entire line-up when it comes to overall gameplay. The story writing is lackluster and extremely boring and it doesn't help that most of the game mechanics from previous titles like Origins and Odyssey that were contreversial litterally got worse in this title than that of theI don't understand where all these great reviews are coming from. This is by far the worse Assassin Creed in the entire line-up when it comes to overall gameplay. The story writing is lackluster and extremely boring and it doesn't help that most of the game mechanics from previous titles like Origins and Odyssey that were contreversial litterally got worse in this title than that of the previous titles.
    When I'm talking about game mechanics, I'm talking about the RPG looter aspect, combat mechanics, and story progression.

    As a RPG looter, the whole skill tree idea that is utilized in many RPG games is embarrassing in Valhalla. Litterally google the skill tree in this game and be amazed on how bad they ruined the RPG aspect of this game. Additionally, the looting aspect is for some reason scaled back in Valhalla compaired to the previous titles. I litterally played for 20+ hours and found one piece of armor.

    Combat mechanics for some reason in this title took a whole 5 steps backwards. It's clunky and has way too much going on, in addition; it's just so bad compared to the other games. There's barely any stealth aspects in the game.. seriously. You're forced to find "scrolls" all over the world to unlock special skills that you use in combat, where in Odyssey; you would unlock them by progressively leveling up.

    As of the story progression, it''s repetitive and boring. You go spend hours on hours sailing around and riding on your horse looking for places to Raid with your vikings to build your village. Yes, it's cool but it's not cool to do over and over again and then you're forced to do so to move forward in the story. There's no stealth involved when it comes to doing the raids either.. which defeats the whole Assassin Creed aspect.

    The only thing that made the game worth playing was the world in which you play in. It's a pretty, detailed world; I like how the snow would leave tracks when you treked through it. It was definitely nowehre near Red Dead Remdemption 2 however. I have no idea what the developers where thinking with this game this time around. Everything they did in Origins and Odyssey progressive got better with each title and then we come to Valhalla and they litterally ruined it. I would definitely pass up on this game and I'm quite let down with this title that I uninstalled halfway through.    … Expand
  43. 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
  44. Kzcrpiol
    Jul 18, 2022
    0
    It is a ok rpg but definitely not a creative amazing rpg and It is not about assassin anymore.
    just change the title and everything is fine for me but with the assassin's creed title,
    I can only give 0
  45. Duckers_McQuack
    Jul 15, 2022
    4
    Performance: Valhalla takes the combat of assassins creed odyssey to the next level, visuals has been upgraded, and the AVX instructions needed in odyssey for the immense amount of code and worldly liveliness the game had which ate up any cpu of the time, has been transferred to the gpu, which means you need a pretty hefty gpu for good performance. I could for instance not play in 1440p onPerformance: Valhalla takes the combat of assassins creed odyssey to the next level, visuals has been upgraded, and the AVX instructions needed in odyssey for the immense amount of code and worldly liveliness the game had which ate up any cpu of the time, has been transferred to the gpu, which means you need a pretty hefty gpu for good performance. I could for instance not play in 1440p on lowest without dipping below 60 fps. Now i have a 3090, and i can finally not only have memory enough to not play on lowest, but also performance needed to be anywhere with at least 60 fps.

    Combat: The combat however doesn't entirely feel right. It has too much emphasis on open and large combats. Assassins Creed franchise is more about subtly assassinations in the shadows, but this game opens up to full raids. which is what occurred during the Viking raids.

    Theme of the game: The game also isn't about an assassin, but Eivor, a Viking that meets an assassin and shares a common cause, so they work together, and Eivor does an assassin's work.

    Theme of the story: The game is quite based around drama, and for me at least, i have not been able to come more than 50% story wise. But that doesn't mean it's bad by any means. Just less appealing for us who doesn't like over the top drama

    The gear: This is the part that truly burned me out on open world games for a good while. There's way too much artificial inflation of how long it takes to gear properly up, with several micro materials needed to upgrade a gear piece at least once. So i cheated my way to get "infinite" resources to max out every gear.

    So overall, i either think Ubisoft needs to make a choice and either have Assassins Creed split it's game up to 2 parts. One which focuses on assassins, and a second franchise that takes over where Valhalla started. Be a history telling game. And perhaps have the split series still relevant to each other, where you play as whoever future character will be involved and collaborating with the assassins, and the main franchise that focuses on the proper descendants of the ISU, Eivor might have been a reincarnation, but focus more of the assassins creed itself with direct descendants of the ISU for the main characters to delve much deeper into the history/prophecy of the ISU.

    So overall score is not good, but not bad either. It has great entertainment value, but falls short of it's premise, combat to some extent, the way too much microgrid and replayability.    … Expand
  46. Pohtaitoh
    Jun 18, 2022
    0
    Ubisoft wouldn't know how to make a good combat system even if the best in the industry taught them for 100+ years, game is an absolute mess and probably has some of the worst design choices I've seen in a long time. Coming to this game from something like Elden Ring makes the experience a thousand times worse. The game is also an unfinished mess, filled to the brim with bugs.

    This is    Ubisoft wouldn't know how to make a good combat system even if the best in the industry taught them for 100+ years, game is an absolute mess and probably has some of the worst design choices I've seen in a long time. Coming to this game from something like Elden Ring makes the experience a thousand times worse. The game is also an unfinished mess, filled to the brim with bugs.

    This is what happens when diversity matters more than skill and experience.    … Expand
  47. cakemaster228
    May 12, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this series of games is no longer about assassins. She may never be again.… Expand
  48. Geowulf
    May 7, 2022
    3
    Meh... Lost my interest and was a slog to finish. Has beautiful views and good not great gameplay but it's story drags after a bit and I stopped giving a **** about the thousandth viking and their piddly ass problems. The world certainly is not empty but it is boring after doing the same thing over and over and over
  49. Erebus1986
    Apr 13, 2022
    0
    Fun Game, good Dark Soulish Fighting System, Beatiful Graphics. Why 0 Points? Games crashing on PC all the Time. Sometimes you can play for Hours, then 3 crashes in 1 Hour. Mostly in the vanilla game, not in ireland. No workaround helps, and i have no problems with other Games, except other Ubisoft Games. Ubisoft cant handle DirectX12. Crashes get worse with each patch. Tried everything.Fun Game, good Dark Soulish Fighting System, Beatiful Graphics. Why 0 Points? Games crashing on PC all the Time. Sometimes you can play for Hours, then 3 crashes in 1 Hour. Mostly in the vanilla game, not in ireland. No workaround helps, and i have no problems with other Games, except other Ubisoft Games. Ubisoft cant handle DirectX12. Crashes get worse with each patch. Tried everything. Even Downscaling Ram or GPU. This Game is not well polished.

    And Next Time Ubisoft: 50 Hours less Gameplay, instead deeper Progression, better fighting System where your offhand is useful, more difficult, better characters and better Story pls. No more checklists and 20 Times bigger than previous game. Thx. This game is too big and the Game Mechanics wont last as long. Yeah i know, you want me to spend real money for fancy Asian MMORPG Items. But no. I dont want to. Last game which was made fine was Ghost Recon Wildlands and For Honor. After this, only crashy, buggy crap. Far Cry 6 is even worse. You cant handle DirectX 12    … Expand
  50. Drangleic
    Apr 10, 2022
    0
    another pathetic ubisoft washed out title, mediocre trash with no substance
  51. ballista123
    Apr 9, 2022
    0
    This game does not deserve the score it has. Audio is very poorly compressed and even though soundtrack is very good they didn't use them much idk why. Dialogues are so badly written everything feels like rushed. Characters aren't interesting not even Eivor's because they filled the game with unnecessary alliance grinding. Mid game is so boring idk how im gonna finish this.
  52. Blackburna
    Mar 30, 2022
    0
    This game is easily a 10/10, also would replay it again. It innovated so much compared to odyssey.
  53. Morgrain
    Mar 25, 2022
    1
    Landscape, cities, graphics in general - 8/10
    Immersion: 8/10
    This is Odin: 10/10
    Fun-factor: 8/10

    Micro-Transactions in Singleplayer-Games (not cosmetic)
    -> **** YOU, Ubisoft. HOW DARE YOU put items behind a paywall - when you have a FULL PRICE game with a DLC SEASON PASS.

    Game could have been awesome.

    But this attitude towards the playerbase MUST be punished.

    Summary: 1/10 !
  54. Hotcreme
    Mar 24, 2022
    1
    Quite like they took all the polished, unmolested bits from AC: Odyssey and said "let's tweak this until it's unrecognizable."

    The story sounds like it was written by a white tech-dude in his 30s. How am I supposed to relate to this character in any meaningful way? Movement is no longer optimized on PC. Colors are horrendous and oversaturated where they shouldn't be, and    Quite like they took all the polished, unmolested bits from AC: Odyssey and said "let's tweak this until it's unrecognizable."

    The story sounds like it was written by a white tech-dude in his 30s. How am I supposed to relate to this character in any meaningful way? Movement is no longer optimized on PC. Colors are horrendous and oversaturated where they shouldn't be, and undersaturated where they should be. Rest in peace AC RPGs.    … Expand
  55. pps6061
    Mar 24, 2022
    0
    eu espero que o desenvolvedor que criou o minigame da pedra tenha sido demitido, jogo cheio de missões repetitivas que só servem para fazer o mapa parecer rico em conteúdo.
  56. uscm
    Mar 23, 2022
    1
    The game is not fun. I need to fill up the rest of the 75 character minimum
  57. JW_FAT
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    Why you hate me and cancel all sales in Russia?

    What i do to you, or to anyone?
  58. Simonyan4ik
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    Is it a joke? Game is disgusting. I tried, but I threw up. Wishing bad. Hope, you will never make games anymore
  59. AleXSySt3m
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Для меня, как фаната серии, все последние части из серьёзной игры про убийцу со всеми составляющими, каноничными составляющими, превратились в недорпг с игрушечной боёвкой, бесконечными микротранзакциями, влияющими на прогресс и с просто отвратной лицевой анимацией. В общем словил кринж, как говориться. Не рекомендуюДля меня, как фаната серии, все последние части из серьёзной игры про убийцу со всеми составляющими, каноничными составляющими, превратились в недорпг с игрушечной боёвкой, бесконечными микротранзакциями, влияющими на прогресс и с просто отвратной лицевой анимацией. В общем словил кринж, как говориться. Не рекомендую
  60. Haider099
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    Great war/fighting game, but definitely not Assassins-Creed. This would be way better if it had its own kind of series.
  61. Camlambelot
    Feb 20, 2022
    4
    Copy and Paste open world: Broken, Boring and Empty.

    I loved the older AC games because of their STEALTH and BEAUTIFUL DESIGN (See Unity or AC2), but this game is just a soulless, repetitive game. It tries so hard to be like other open world RPGS with meaningful choices (See Witcher 3) and tries to copy the combat of (God of War) and loses it's own identity in the process. All stealth    Copy and Paste open world: Broken, Boring and Empty.

    I loved the older AC games because of their STEALTH and BEAUTIFUL DESIGN (See Unity or AC2), but this game is just a soulless, repetitive game. It tries so hard to be like other open world RPGS with meaningful choices (See Witcher 3) and tries to copy the combat of (God of War) and loses it's own identity in the process. All stealth is out the window, get ready to hack and slash your way through a bland world full of fetch quests in a dark, snowy landscape.

    The game is ugly, glitchy and full of generic quests, locations and characters.    … Expand
  62. eronsyla
    Feb 12, 2022
    2
    I don´t know why lots of people hype this game. There are just a few things i like about it:

    1. Theres an ability that allows u to assassinate your opponent with a guaranteed one hit if u manage to time it perfectly 2. The ending in the modern day is really interesting, although theres almost no modern day stuff in Valhalla. Now lets start with all that bad stuff... 1. There is    I don´t know why lots of people hype this game. There are just a few things i like about it:

    1. Theres an ability that allows u to assassinate your opponent with a guaranteed one hit if u manage to time it perfectly
    2. The ending in the modern day is really interesting, although theres almost no modern day stuff in Valhalla.

    Now lets start with all that bad stuff...

    1. There is no linear story. You just have to complete every saga (Theres a saga for every area, so way too many) and it feels like you do side-mission like stuff. There are just a few missions where i didnt have the urge to just skip everything. It makes it even worse that you need about 70 hrs to complete every mission wich is doing the same stuff over and over again - worse than odyssey. But the worst thing is, that from the 70 hours playing the campaign you have to ride your horse 20 hrs because lots of missions take you to another location for each step.
    2. Its a game about vikings, not assassins. Origins was about the beginning of the brotherhood, odyssey about the isu. Valhalla was basically just a viking game that could have existed as a non assassins creed game if u would take away a few missions.
    3. BUGS. I dont want to talk about small bugs like people teleporting or getting thrown a mile into the air. I talk about not being able to end the Story because the last mission is bugged and there is no way to restart it. After 100 hrs of playing the game im unable to even finish it, even after years!#
    4. Gameplay. Again, its not Assassins Creed. Yeah, Black Flag had lots of not Assassins Creed like stuff and Edward Kenway was more like a Pirate than an Assassin but at least it had good stealth mechanics. Assassins WERE NOT warriors. The stealth mechanics where so bad i just rushed into the enemies to kill everyone that is in there.

    It´s just so sad. I was not happy with Odyssey and thought it could only get better if they would get back to the core of assassins creed but this game is even less an Assassins Creed than Odyssey was. If u just want to play the game because youre a fan and at least want to know if there is something important that affects future AC Games: Don´t do it, please! Just see what happens in the present day on YouTube and you know basically everything you have to know. This game is the worst thing Ubisoft could do.    … Expand
  63. Zipfer
    Feb 11, 2022
    3
    The big piece of bug.
    I could spend an hour cleaning an area and then the game will crash.
  64. Cknr
    Feb 7, 2022
    3
    worst assassins creed game ever created. Depresed game compared to other AC. it;s insult after ac odyssey. it;s like back to 2000s... map is empty, control one of the worst i ever see( 0 char control for parkour). main story one of the worst.. grafics huge downgrade from ac odyssey and origin. npc;s dark and without soul. i Dont even talk about upgrade system , 0 new items in game. grindworst assassins creed game ever created. Depresed game compared to other AC. it;s insult after ac odyssey. it;s like back to 2000s... map is empty, control one of the worst i ever see( 0 char control for parkour). main story one of the worst.. grafics huge downgrade from ac odyssey and origin. npc;s dark and without soul. i Dont even talk about upgrade system , 0 new items in game. grind grind s... game with 0 reward. skill tree useless... most disappointed game this year.. ac project is already dead if ubisoft future plans ac series like this. i never ever been so disappointed of game so much, this game cant;t even be called good RPG. Ac odyssey dont have any of old assassins creed mechanic, but it;s was really good RPG not so far from the witcher 3. this is last game i bought from ubisoft this game not even worth pirate...… Expand
  65. Splash86
    Jan 19, 2022
    3
    Bought this game on double promotions during Winter Sales, and I am glad I did. I was expecting Ubisoft to improve on Odyssey by taking on the better points from Origins. Unfortunately, the game is badly executed. Lackluster story overall, far too long for its own good. Everything is pretty much repetitive aftert 2-3 regions, as a Completionist at heart, I couldn't get myself to finishBought this game on double promotions during Winter Sales, and I am glad I did. I was expecting Ubisoft to improve on Odyssey by taking on the better points from Origins. Unfortunately, the game is badly executed. Lackluster story overall, far too long for its own good. Everything is pretty much repetitive aftert 2-3 regions, as a Completionist at heart, I couldn't get myself to finish everything, midway in the game, I started rushing things a bit to get it over with. I would say this is a big downgrade from Odyssey and Origins on many aspects, even on the fighting mechanics. If anything, It felt as if Ubisoft was making this game as a beta test for a future AC MMORPG game, with the collections, daily and weekly quests along with "Mastery tower", which is a ripoff from WoW or FF14. You would know a good game if you would play the game again for reliving the experience, but unfortunately in this game, you are already fed up midway.

    Now, I would usually rate this as a 6, since it is still an "acceptable game" and as biased I am as a AC fan, I have to force my hand and give it a max of 4. Why you may ask? Glitches/bugs everywhere, game crashes every few hours, stuck NPC, your own character stuck(happened 11 times unintentionally), bugged quests and mysteries which won't complete. I never had to manually save/load a game "just in case things mess up". I waited deliberately over 1 year to purchase this game in the hope I would play a polished version, but oh boy was I wrong, all I see is an endless list of Realmoney purchases in store and a game that is barely playable.

    Other AC games got you immersed for hours on time, this game felt like a tormenting chore that you are impatiently waiting to finish. Normally I would buy an AC game without a hesitation, but I would surely check many reviews before purchasing the next one. Next game is coming in November of 2022, I will wait till 2024 before deciding to buy it out on a discount and hopefully this will be a better experience.

    Do NOT buy this game unless you get a 70% discount on it, its not worth it.    … Expand
  66. Hpoonis
    Jan 1, 2022
    3
    Well, as usual, I waited for a bargain buy before purchase. Such a thing also gained me the extra content, etc.

    Very disappointing indeed. I long-since wondered where the 'Assassin' part of the game titles disappeared to and this is certainly the least assassin-like of all. Most notably, castle/fort battles are just a plain ol' slugfest. The title should be changed to 'Melee Creed'.    Well, as usual, I waited for a bargain buy before purchase. Such a thing also gained me the extra content, etc.

    Very disappointing indeed. I long-since wondered where the 'Assassin' part of the game titles disappeared to and this is certainly the least assassin-like of all. Most notably, castle/fort battles are just a plain ol' slugfest. The title should be changed to 'Melee Creed'. The first few raids i undertook saw me lose a participant or two as I didn't have enough food-y things to heal them with. However, these became increasingly easy after I discovering that, if I went in alone, slaughtered everything moving, then called a raid, no one was lost and it was a quicker than pissing about with your NPC colleagues getting in the way all the time.

    As in previous games, Ubisoft go out of their way to slow the play down by making your mount annoyingly slow in and around towns. However, this also extended quite a way from towns. Frustrating in and of itself but when the unmounted character can run fast than on a mount, why the f**k should you actually use one? Alas, no talented individual had come up with any (stable) mod that would bypass the startup garbage and the slow horse annoyance.

    The world seems quite large and exploring it was far more rewarding than the actual game content itself.

    Seriously disappointing was the re-introduction of those f**ked up 'chase the pages' things. Thus, I ignored all of those.

    Far beyond everything was the constant crashing. Literally 5-6 times per hour for hours on end. The tedious, tedious, tedious pre-menu crap that one has to endure, including the "this game was made by people, trannies, and the religiously deluded of all descriptions" disclaimer, that cannot be skipped/bypassed made these crashed even more annoying. I used to think that UNITY had the longest startup of all the games but this crashing crapfest took that to new heights (depths)

    Animus glitch twaddle which required platform jumping around to get to a data cache was also boring and I also skipped these after doing 3 or 4 of them.

    Without the Odyssey ability to create several equipment loadouts, there is no incentive to change gear at all. One shoe will fit all.

    Due to the crashing, river raids were certainly pointless as the raid will not count should the game crash while you are still doing one. Getting killed because, all of a sudden, you end up flying through the air across half the map, or getting stuck between your horse and a rock, or a slew of other bizarre glitchy terminations did nothing to enhance the gaming experience.

    There seemed to be little or no consequence of choice for the main plot. One arm cedes leadership AND his woman quite happily to a character with no personality.

    The ending made no logical sense at all: some random assassin from way back when gets mentally stacked inside some simulation and , magically, this causes his mortal form to not age at all. No sustenance required, no pissing, pooping or physical movement at all. Muscle atrophy after 1000 years of inaction would surely have affected a human body.

    ...and how was it that the long-lived Alexios/Cassandra character had no knowledge of any of the Assassin history at all?

    All-in-all, not a thing I would recommend to anyone, and certainly NOT for 120Euro.    … Expand
  67. VeritasReview
    Dec 29, 2021
    1
    This game is actually really well made. It had a lot of bugs at the release time but one year after I quit and made a new save file everything was fine. It had the typical Assassin's Creed battle animation glitches but this is not an Assassin's Creed. It's good at being a Viking adventure but miserable at being an Assassin's Creed. At least they added some compromises in order to make theThis game is actually really well made. It had a lot of bugs at the release time but one year after I quit and made a new save file everything was fine. It had the typical Assassin's Creed battle animation glitches but this is not an Assassin's Creed. It's good at being a Viking adventure but miserable at being an Assassin's Creed. At least they added some compromises in order to make the stealth more like the old games like the guaranteed assassination option. In general, it's well made but for sure not a good Assassin's Creed. Therefore I give a one-point rating especially because they follow the release first fix bugs later formula and I absolutely hate that this became the standard of the industry. Ubisoft is in general a questionable entity.… Expand
  68. shadeofblack
    Dec 29, 2021
    3
    I really did NOT like the story in this game. It was boring and the characters tired me, in my opinion it was poorly developed. In comparison with Odyssey and Origins Valhalla didn't meet my expectations. The places were mostly dull and felt colourless. The upgrade of skills was hard to accomplish with that complex and massive skill tree, taking hoursbefore its effectiveness can be felt.I really did NOT like the story in this game. It was boring and the characters tired me, in my opinion it was poorly developed. In comparison with Odyssey and Origins Valhalla didn't meet my expectations. The places were mostly dull and felt colourless. The upgrade of skills was hard to accomplish with that complex and massive skill tree, taking hoursbefore its effectiveness can be felt. In my opinion it's like a bad immitation of the previous games. Also, the modern day storyline is getting worse and worse with each game. It was extremely boring and frustrating even in Odyssey, spoiling the rest of the game, but Valhala took it a step further. Travelling was another issue, when desynchronized in a mission you start all over again and stealth isn't the same as it used to be.… Expand
  69. 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
  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. 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?
  73. 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
  74. 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.
  75. JORJI4
    Nov 13, 2021
    0
    спустя год игра превратилась в помойку, дополнения шлак для галочки.
  76. TomasLacerda
    Nov 13, 2021
    3
    Valhalla is an unpolished, messy of an AC.
    The sound, still after months after release's still awful. The combat and stealth are the worse we've had on an AC game. The story is god awful, along with the crappy voice acting. It's unfortunately really bad. I love AC series, loved Odyssey, but this one is just trash.
    Don't buy this game, it's not worth. Ubisoft standards are lowering more and more.
  77. 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
  78. 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.
  79. 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
  80. Mamash
    Oct 3, 2021
    0
    Another good RPG, but it's not "Assasin's creed". If it had been called differently, it would have been a very good game
  81. JonathanFD
    Sep 28, 2021
    4
    Sound is so compressed and low quality I'm gonna lose my mind. They still haven't fixed it and probably never will. Oh speaking of never fixing it- BUGS lots of bugs
  82. Adam95
    Sep 26, 2021
    0
    I do not recommend this game, very cheap animations, terrible and monotonous combat, the game forces you to pay as donated gear is better than any game one. A bunch of subpoenas, women look like mutants, a lot of bugs. Everything is very drawn-out and boring.
  83. 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
  84. 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!
  85. mpalczew
    Aug 30, 2021
    4
    So the first thing that happened is I needed an Ubisoft account for my ps5 game. When trying to skip it the game wouldn't even work, so a big fu from Ubisoft. Then there's the game play. Playing this game is 50% getting to a destination, walking, climbing, or sailing, no puzzle, just set your market on a map, push forward on your controller and ask yourself if this is fun. 30% of theSo the first thing that happened is I needed an Ubisoft account for my ps5 game. When trying to skip it the game wouldn't even work, so a big fu from Ubisoft. Then there's the game play. Playing this game is 50% getting to a destination, walking, climbing, or sailing, no puzzle, just set your market on a map, push forward on your controller and ask yourself if this is fun. 30% of the game is fighting, no not assassinations like previous games, rather just a beat em up game with poor fighting mechanics. The rest is cut scenes and load times. They forgot to add the fun.… Expand
  86. 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
  87. 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.
  88. Shimmeywill
    Aug 21, 2021
    4
    Rough writing, mindless combat/gameplay and an unappealing open world design.
  89. RavenGeret
    Aug 17, 2021
    4
    From the last 3 AC games this is the worst. Everything it does Origins or Odyssey done better.
  90. Yuri_Andropov
    Aug 16, 2021
    0
    Can't skip Startup epilespi warning.
    Can't skip Startup muh diversity info feces.
    Can't skip Startup cutscenes.
    Can't skip generic "first battle my people die" cutscene.
    Scripted scene to force a story.
    No modding support to fix that.
  91. xSkippy
    Aug 13, 2021
    1
    This is not assassin's creed, this is some other game.. I've been playing it for 80 hours and it's not assassin's creed... so sorry
  92. Dragon_Fly
    Jul 27, 2021
    0
    50% of the quests are garbage and you'll know who the villain is long before you get to the end of the game. Dumbest RPG decisions ever for a game and the dumbest outcome.
  93. simonforman
    Jul 16, 2021
    0
    With Assasins Creed Valhalla, Ubisoft has managed to break a wonderful series that had a great flow in the previous two parts. Everywhere in the game artificial obstacles have been built in, like stupid puzzles, doors that can only be opened from the inside, winding corridors that are hard to find out of and uninspiring main characters. Ubisoft apparently wanted to please the old fans ofWith Assasins Creed Valhalla, Ubisoft has managed to break a wonderful series that had a great flow in the previous two parts. Everywhere in the game artificial obstacles have been built in, like stupid puzzles, doors that can only be opened from the inside, winding corridors that are hard to find out of and uninspiring main characters. Ubisoft apparently wanted to please the old fans of the first Assasins Creed parts by adding more puzzle parts to the game. Unfortunately exactly this completely destroys the game flow. I'm really annoyed that I bought the gold edition for over 90 € as a pre-order. I will sell my Ubisoft shares. It's a shame, I was so looking forward to the game. The review of Gamestar is the most honest here. The game is really not worth more than 74 points. And the guys can't get the bugs under control.… Expand
  94. 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
  95. alisherq
    Jul 4, 2021
    4
    blacks, asians and middle easterns in the 9th century viking village. Bravo, ubisoft
  96. Mr_Gamer
    Jul 3, 2021
    0
    The game costs $ 30-60, and you managed to add microtransactions there ?
  97. fundakk
    Jun 26, 2021
    2
    While playing Valhalla I was wondering about the same thing while I was playing any of the previous parts - how can you release 12 games, remaster 5 of them, with core gameplay as a parkour-like terrain traversing, all while being an AAA game developer, and fail at it every single time. Also, if I remember correctly, horse riding was in all previous series and it's still the worst horseWhile playing Valhalla I was wondering about the same thing while I was playing any of the previous parts - how can you release 12 games, remaster 5 of them, with core gameplay as a parkour-like terrain traversing, all while being an AAA game developer, and fail at it every single time. Also, if I remember correctly, horse riding was in all previous series and it's still the worst horse riding experience in all games I've played.
    Gameplay-wise - comparing to Oddysey (since this is basically the same game - Ubisoft is a master of game mechanics recycling) it has all annoying things but has been stripped of fun elements. Character is a block of wood - running like in a dream - fully engaged pressing forward, but moving like in a jar of honey where your enemy can slowly and gently, but at a similar speed, move backward while aiming at you with a bow. Exploration is always the same - run/ride for a minute or two, and do one of few things - throw a jar of oil, shoot door barricade from the window behind or go through the opening in the top of the building. Oh, don't forget to enter a well to collect the key. In Oddysey world was at least interesting - here we have two ruins of colosseums, two models of churches, and other generic ruins. All repetitive and boring. It is also no longer an RPG. If you have preferred alignment you basically stay with the same gear from the beginning to the end since there are so few weapons and armors. And it also doesn't matter which one you choose, they all have similar stats. This game is now a kind of barbie doll house - you complete tasks and gather resources to buy new hair, or decorate your village and boat. Nothing else. Fighting can be brute-forced, assassinations are useless, stealth is kept only for sake of naming the game "Assasin's Creed". The new thing - raids are fun but only for the first three times - later they are extremely repetitive.
    The story is unfinished (like in every other game nowadays) - after the "main character arc", both assassin creed and england conquer arcs are closed as fast as possible, with a lot of plot holes. It really feels like the team didn't had time to think about a proper ending.    … Expand
  98. 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
  99. FoxForce
    Jun 8, 2021
    4
    Ubisoft's game design philosophy mimics that of mobile game designers. They have made a very basic foundation for a game and in each iteration they update or redesign the art by using software that employ procedural content generation(Houdini for example) to automate the process as much as possible.
    The core concepts of gameplay could be described as a very short and average main campaign    Ubisoft's game design philosophy mimics that of mobile game designers. They have made a very basic foundation for a game and in each iteration they update or redesign the art by using software that employ procedural content generation(Houdini for example) to automate the process as much as possible.
    The core concepts of gameplay could be described as a very short and average main campaign that is slowed and hindered to a halt by artificial and unintuitive grinds to keep the player invested and sometimes to encourage purchase of boosters to pass these forced limitations. This review as far as I know could be attributed to all of modern Ubisoft games    … Expand
  100. Hoomanff
    Jun 3, 2021
    4
    Very. Bad fight. This game and. This game very. Repeated works previous series I think. Should. This game finished I hate this ****
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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
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  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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