Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.5

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  1. Spike23
    Dec 9, 2020
    4
    If Odyssey was Origins 2.0 which improved everything that an already solid game had, now we're back at the beginning with Valhalla being Origins 0.5.
    After the first couple of hours with a smooth transfer between animations and cinematic gameplay in a setting that looks interesting even despite the fact that for the past 5 years everything seems to be about Norse history and mythology,    If Odyssey was Origins 2.0 which improved everything that an already solid game had, now we're back at the beginning with Valhalla being Origins 0.5.
    After the first couple of hours with a smooth transfer between animations and cinematic gameplay in a setting that looks interesting even despite the fact that for the past 5 years everything seems to be about Norse history and mythology, everything suddenly changes into a painfully boring routine of filler story arcs with the main story being present only for a few minutes after you finish one of them, before you start another, and from the half of the game not even that anymore.

    Valhalla is an awfully lengthy game with a progressive reduction in quality of just about everything the more time you spend with it, making it feel like your favorite sitcom that turned to trash after 5 seasons, but you still put up with it because of how much time you've already spent watching it.
    I was glad that Ubisoft at least improves their reskinned sequels, because Watch Dogs 2, Odyssey, and even The Division 2 turned out to be solid games, where the developers learned from their mistakes, but somehow it's not the case anymore, and I have no explanation why these third installments using the same formula are failing again in even those aspects and mechanics that were already fixed.    … Expand
  2. whatever523
    Dec 26, 2020
    4
    Ubisoft are so afraid of offending anyone that they act on single Twitter posts and change the game's content. Grow a pair, stand for the content you make and stop changing things because some re**** deems them to be politically incorrect.
  3. Oraakkeli
    Nov 24, 2020
    4
    Positives: It looks pretty good and it has some nice RP elements that break the monotony and present variety in objectives and game play. Combat feels great when it's not infested with bugs like my late grandma's garden.

    Negatives: IT'S SO FULL OF BUGS. This should be a beta release at best. My character died to bugs more than enemies (hard difficulty). Stuck on walls, fences, ground,    Positives: It looks pretty good and it has some nice RP elements that break the monotony and present variety in objectives and game play. Combat feels great when it's not infested with bugs like my late grandma's garden.

    Negatives: IT'S SO FULL OF BUGS. This should be a beta release at best. My character died to bugs more than enemies (hard difficulty). Stuck on walls, fences, ground, stairs, horses. Movement somehow feels worse than previous games. I hate the level progression system. Combat feels good 50% of the time. Decided to just play the main story and then I had to uninstall out of frustration. The story itself is fine, but the main character feels so inconsistent at times. I don't feel like cheering on for him/her.    … Expand
  4. ukrScorpion
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    + Good optimization
    + Good level design

    - Donate
    - storyline so childish and naive as in all games from Ubi for last 3 years
    - prologue so boring
    - side quests
  5. 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
  6. Wolfstooth
    Dec 12, 2020
    4
    I dislike this game. Played like 2 hours. The combat is just joke when comparing for example with Ghost of Tsushima. AI is completely dumb. The world looks nice, thats all. UBI won't refund my money and I feel like they robbed me! UBISOFT only through pirating! Then maybe in few years for money when the game will cost few bucks!
  7. 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
  8. yosh92i
    Dec 2, 2020
    4
    Such a deception. After spending so much time in Odyssey.
    90% of the side quest are boring as **** side story are write with a plot of 2 sentences.
    You just need them, because this is the way, you'll gain the EXP. Fight a guard ? 15exp Give 69 silvers to 2 childs so they can eat : 1500exp The main quests seems good , i mean enough to be played. But everything around, is empty or    Such a deception. After spending so much time in Odyssey.
    90% of the side quest are boring as **** side story are write with a plot of 2 sentences.
    You just need them, because this is the way, you'll gain the EXP.
    Fight a guard ? 15exp
    Give 69 silvers to 2 childs so they can eat : 1500exp

    The main quests seems good , i mean enough to be played.
    But everything around, is empty or boring.
    Forget about going Steal, you'll end up spotted by a random guard behind a wall or more.
    Fight them all straight forward, you'll win time overall.
    IA seems a bit broken right now.
    you have blinded guard, sniper guard able to hit you at 300meters,
    Infinite aggro, Guard running like Usain Bolt...

    The disappointment is huge...
    After 30 hours, i think i'm gonna quit the game, that's all.    … Expand
  9. 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
  10. GiZmoNiSmo
    Dec 9, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. just trash, having played 105 hours Ubisoft release patch 1.0.4 that rendered saved games unplayable crashing instantly to desktop. After finding a workaround i continued through the story and have just got to the Fenrir mission only to find i cant complete the story line because its bugged whereby the wolf stays underground. Ive now deleted this from my system, its my first and last AC game, and i will avoid Ubisoft in general… Expand
  11. 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
  12. RavenGeret
    Aug 17, 2021
    4
    From the last 3 AC games this is the worst. Everything it does Origins or Odyssey done better.
  13. 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
  14. Spudsii
    Dec 1, 2020
    4
    Played all the assassins creed games up to this one was a big fan of the series but this is by far the worst in the series for me, the god awful combat in this game and janky graphic glitches that happen like hanging from thin air to getting stuck in the ground while crouching, never mind the CTD's that happen.
  15. 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
  16. 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 ****
  17. Shimmeywill
    Aug 21, 2021
    4
    Rough writing, mindless combat/gameplay and an unappealing open world design.
  18. 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
  19. AlexFko
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    The first 2-3 hours are good, but then the grinding starts again and the central plot disappears.
    The animation of movement and battles has become worse.
  20. Guido_OldSchool
    Dec 8, 2020
    4
    So many bugs, glitches,(lost my save, game crashed sooo many times) This game need more time before released
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. tdl
    Dec 20, 2020
    4
    So this is the play now from Ubisoft? Release a game, get the reviews without the bad press from microtransactions then release the parasite mechanics? Can't say i'm totally surprised given this is pretty much what they've done since AC:Origins.

    It's a lesson to gamers to seriously reconsider buying a game either by pre-order or even post-order because the bad stuff appears to come    So this is the play now from Ubisoft? Release a game, get the reviews without the bad press from microtransactions then release the parasite mechanics? Can't say i'm totally surprised given this is pretty much what they've done since AC:Origins.

    It's a lesson to gamers to seriously reconsider buying a game either by pre-order or even post-order because the bad stuff appears to come after the review cycle.

    Is it as bad as they say though? Well try restarting the game now they are selling XP boosters and see if its even more grindier than when it released and you'll have your answer.    … Expand
  25. 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.
  26. 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
  27. Rhad3
    Nov 15, 2020
    4
    Good points:
    Main hero feels good and has nice writing for whole of the game.
    Some of the stories are well done. Optimization, bright contrast to Watch Dogs that barely run and look ugly, that is one of nice points of seeing nice England. Now the bad points: Receptiveness at its worst Some stories are B- at best Bugs, never did I play game that had more game breaking bugs, amongst    Good points:
    Main hero feels good and has nice writing for whole of the game.
    Some of the stories are well done.
    Optimization, bright contrast to Watch Dogs that barely run and look ugly, that is one of nice points of seeing nice England.

    Now the bad points:
    Receptiveness at its worst
    Some stories are B- at best
    Bugs, never did I play game that had more game breaking bugs, amongst which were frequent crashes, broken quests, whole save crumbled apart and worst one - main story broke once which was 30 hours of playtime lost.

    Considering the state the game is and lack of clear engaging story puts it at 4/10.    … Expand
  28. Ragnarocek
    Nov 12, 2020
    4
    recycled Odyssey/Origins with less RPG factor and with many bugs and glitches
  29. wifeaggro13
    Nov 12, 2020
    4
    Good lord where do i start. First off the game really is obviously rushed to the point of maybe 70 percent finished. With Odyssey they really hit it out of the park . combat was fluid understandable and finished. this is far from that combat is clunky and so pointedly broken it makes the skill tree and build completely and utterly pointless. Your story arc so unengaging you almost getGood lord where do i start. First off the game really is obviously rushed to the point of maybe 70 percent finished. With Odyssey they really hit it out of the park . combat was fluid understandable and finished. this is far from that combat is clunky and so pointedly broken it makes the skill tree and build completely and utterly pointless. Your story arc so unengaging you almost get lost .Add in the no levels which is not a game enhancement it seems it was a development cost thing it makes progression horrible. It is painfully obvious from looking at Ubi softs forums the game is not matching up with the paid rag reviews . how meta critic is giving this an 8.0 after Odyssey is mind blowing. Developers should strive to make their franchise better not 2 steps down in all directions. this was an obvious cash grab on the success of Odyssey . this franchise has been ruined for me if i could get a refund i would .… Expand
  30. Aciz
    Nov 22, 2020
    4
    Im now done with the main story and it was a real pain.

    Con: - many quests bugged, i skipped the mysterys after ~15 bugs where i needed to reload (completed like ~50) - the sound is awful, i never had any swimming sounds and the echo is a pain - boring combat, after you killed some with every weapon its all in all just boring. the npcs are just stupid (even on hardest difficulty) and    Im now done with the main story and it was a real pain.

    Con:
    - many quests bugged, i skipped the mysterys after ~15 bugs where i needed to reload (completed like ~50)
    - the sound is awful, i never had any swimming sounds and the echo is a pain
    - boring combat, after you killed some with every weapon its all in all just boring. the npcs are just stupid (even on hardest difficulty) and the execute animations are just frustrating after time
    - nearly no rewarding loot or any interesting stuff to get (was bay better in the last AC's)
    - follow quests (please just stop it ubisoft, its boring if you spend the first half of the way with boring dialogues and half speed and then rush the rest of the way)
    - climbing/mount is on some points just a real pain in the a**. your mount swings randomly in any directions on stairs; wont stop after calling him twice because he wont spawn so you cant place a knocked npc on your mount; climbing in general is just awful on some surroundings
    - story is meh at some points
    - skilltree is a joke in my eyes
    - lack of stuff to spend silver on
    - and again: bugfest! fix it ubisoft! no fix since 2 weeks!

    pro:
    - setting overall is just beautiful
    - some hidden stuff is nice to explore
    - voice of eivor is really good
    - music is good
    - interesting ending

    all in all i dont know why i kept playing this bad version of assassins creed....    … Expand
  31. Strongbone
    Nov 13, 2020
    4
    Whenever I start loving this game, it's faults hurts me like an axe to the face.

    This is everything I wanted from an Assassin's Creed viking game, and contains a lot of things i love in games. Large skill trees where I can put points, Base that can be built and upgraded, and running around doing tasks as I explore the open world. It's nothing new from the core gameplay of Origins or    Whenever I start loving this game, it's faults hurts me like an axe to the face.

    This is everything I wanted from an Assassin's Creed viking game, and contains a lot of things i love in games. Large skill trees where I can put points, Base that can be built and upgraded, and running around doing tasks as I explore the open world.
    It's nothing new from the core gameplay of Origins or Odyssey, except for a new twist on a few mechanics. And if you didn't like those games, then this won't be any change to that.

    So far I have completed two first areas in England, in terms of collecting and story. The game so far is great in terms of world building, great sound design, and I find the story both fun and engaging, it's what I expect from an Assassin's Creed game, and a bit more. Sadly all this greatness disappears behind bugs and bad game design.

    The new combat feature that Valhalla brings is stamina. A system that is supposed to bring more excitement and challenge to combat, but instead reveals all the flaws the system has. Compared to Origins and Odyssey if the enemy AI or combat bugged out you could always dodge back, and try again without being punished. With the Stamina system this feels extra punishing and unfair as a player. They have however tried to fix the issue where dodging was far superior to parry by having a stun bar that is chipped away when you parry certain attacks.
    On that note, these attacks are color telegraphed, something that is nice, except for the seemingly different amounts of time before the attack lands and that if you parry to soon, as a response, you fail and take damage. Have you first suffered a blow you get staggered and are having a hard time getting out unless you spend some stamina getting out, something it seems the AI does not have to do as they can get out of the stagger with relative ease, turning the player from a fierce viking to a cautious warrior.

    The other thing that makes this game frustrating beyond the gates of hell is the wall climb. Something I never gave a second thought in Odyssey, maybe because it worked or because those times it failed I knew I wouldn't die. In Valhalla the story takes a different turn, and not the turn many of us wanted. The wall climb is bad and buggy in most scenarios, with the character jumping to the wrong ledge or jumping off instead of up.

    On the side of gameplay, there are some terrible design choices made through the game in terms of level design. On the bright side, there are some good there, as one should expect from this type of game.

    The accessibility features of the game is amazing, and it starts out by giving you a lot of options so you can tailor the game to your needs, be it color options, text to speech or simply removing any nudity or gore.

    In the end Assassins Creed Valhalla is an amazing game, it tries to deliver what it promises, but the many bugs turn this experience into a sour one. It should have spent a couple of more months being polished.
    And if you are thinking of buying the game note this. It's the same gameplay loop as Odyssey and Origins. As of November 2020 it's buggy, if the bugs aren't being fixed, buy it at a sale. If you don't like the gameplay loop, don't waste your money.    … Expand
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. snowte
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    Sorry but this game is really bad in mostly all aspects.
    The combat system is really the worst thing in this game it's bad, in animation, physics, and its a little buggy and unrealistic. I was expecting a combat system similar to for honor which would be way better than what it is now.
    The NPCs look kind of dead, its like Ubisoft keep reusing the old classic NPC system of their old games    Sorry but this game is really bad in mostly all aspects.
    The combat system is really the worst thing in this game it's bad, in animation, physics, and its a little buggy and unrealistic. I was expecting a combat system similar to for honor which would be way better than what it is now.
    The NPCs look kind of dead, its like Ubisoft keep reusing the old classic NPC system of their old games with only changing their clothes.
    And of course not to forget to mention the countless bugs in this game.
    The enemies also have a really broken funny A.I system, it's soo bad it makes you laugh.

    There are just a lot of bad and broken things to mention about this game, the game just feels unfinished, I don't know how there could be others who are rating this 10/10, its just ridiculous.
    I'm giving it 4/10 just because of the graphics and soundtrack.    … Expand
  35. Brain_Bender
    Nov 16, 2020
    4
    Petite critique d'Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Je suis (étais?) grand fan de la série, mais avec cet opus, c'est la douche froide.

    Malheureusement, ce jeu est avant tout un RPG viking et non un Assassin's Creed. Je pense que les bonnes notes attribuées à ce jeu viennent de joueurs qui voulaient avant tout un RPG de viking. Mais au point de vue AC, je suis fort déçu : Au point de vue    Petite critique d'Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Je suis (étais?) grand fan de la série, mais avec cet opus, c'est la douche froide.

    Malheureusement, ce jeu est avant tout un RPG viking et non un Assassin's Creed. Je pense que les bonnes notes attribuées à ce jeu viennent de joueurs qui voulaient avant tout un RPG de viking. Mais au point de vue AC, je suis fort déçu :

    Au point de vue narratif, y'a peu d'élément AC. Vu que la confrérie est bien établie à cette période-là, on aurait pu penser qu'on allait avoir une histoire bien encré dans le myhtos des Assassins. Mais ce n'est pas le cas. On incarne un viking dont la motivation première est d'établir sa colonie et de forger des alliances. Il faut attendre plus de 20h pour que l'histoire devienne (un peu) intéressante au niveau lore AC.
    Le coté infiltration est encore un peu plus nerfé. Non seulement, y'a beaucoup de phase qui oblige les combats corps à corps (raid, assaut, ...) mais ils ont en plus enlevé des compétences et objets liés à l'infiltration. L'infiltration est toujours possible par moment, mais beaucoup moins jouissif du coup.

    Au niveau RPG, c'est devenu fort limité aussi. Odyssey avait ses défauts, mais avait le mérite de proposer un RPG complet, très riche au niveau contenu, et des mécaniques bien ficelées. La comparaison fait mal :

    Un système de loot et de crafting très (trop) limité, remplacé par du grinding, pour avoir des équipement/ ressources, il faut aller là où il y a un point doré, chercher l'accès à un coffre, et espérer qu'il contienne ce qu'il nous faut. Ca devient vite répétitif et lassant.Je peux comprendre avoir retirer le loot pour les soldats de base, mais ils auraient du garder pour les "élites". Même un zealot ne donne rien d'intéressant comme loot, du coup, on n'a pas vraiement de motivation à leur faire la chasse.
    Plus de vrai quêtes annexes. Remplacé par des "world event" fini en 5 minute qui n'ont pas vraiment d'intérêt. En dehors de la quête principale, la seul raison de voyager sur la carte, c'est les points dorées qui, on espère, nous donnera les ressources qu'il nous manque... Ce manque des quêtes annexes provoque non seulement un manque de développement narratif par rapport à Evior et ses compagnons, mais aussi un sentiment de" vide" par rapport à la carte. C'est pas qu'il n'y rien à faire, c'est qu'il n'y a rien d'interessant (impactfull) à faire.
    Système de level supprimé pour les armes. On a encore des stats, mais sans level affiché, c'est difficile à dire si une attaque à 64 est bien ou non par rapport à notre niveau.. idem pour les armures. C'est extrêmement confus...
    Arbres à compétences ou en avance à l'aveuglette... On progresse au hasard plutôt que par stratégie ou par volonté de progresser vers un gameplay que l'on aime.
    Système de némessis supprimé, alors qu'il apportait un gameplay assez intéressant sur Odyssey. Comme mentionné, par rapport au zealots, y'a aucune motivation d'aller les tués. Y'a pas d'aspect narratif, y'a pas de loot, et y'a pas de système "némessis" comme dans Odyssey... Et c'est surement pas le gameplay qui va me pousser à afronter ces sac-à-pv !

    Bref, niveau RPG, perso je n'y trouve pas mon compte non plus.

    Pour le reste du jeu, encore beaucoup de défaut aussi :
    des bugs qui gâchent l'immersion;
    des ennemis sac-à-pv qui en plus se soignent. Ca rend les combats long et ennuyeux.
    des NPC qui font un 180° niveau personnalité en l'espace d'une conversation.
    Une impression de "déjà vu" omni-présante, que cela soit au niveau scénario ou des concepts du jeu. Certaines choses venant d'ancien AC, mais beaucoup d’inspiration prise ailleurs aussi. Peu de choses originales à se mettre sous la dent...
    Des QTE... En 2020, ça fait tâche...
    La traditionnelle mission sans équipement... Ca fait très "old-school" (dans le mauvais sens du terme)...

    Au final, je me suis rendu compte que je me forçais à jouer, et que j'y prenais pas de plaisir. Je le finirai surement un jour, mais en attendant, j'ai de meilleurs jeux qui m'attendent.

    Enfin, bref, AC était une licence que j'achetais les yeux fermés, et j'avais d'ailleurs pre-commandées les éditions collectors des trois derniers opus... mais maintenant, j'y réfléchirais à deux fois avant d'investir mon temps et mon argent dans les prochaines éditions...    … Expand
  36. MrcnP
    Nov 18, 2020
    4
    It feels like you are playing a beta version. AI and combat are just awful. Always the same moves and finishes, enemies hitting the air or allies getting lost. Overall it feels grotesquely innatural.
  37. Veradra
    Nov 21, 2020
    4
    The game isn't bad, in and of itself. If all you want is Assasin's Creed but with Vikings, and you do not mind the obserd amount of bugs, it's fine.

    But the bugs, oh boy the bugs. I have only played around 23 hours so far, and have wanted to quit numerous times. Not exclusively because of the difficulty curve in some areas (Right next to the starting area is an area that is likely many    The game isn't bad, in and of itself. If all you want is Assasin's Creed but with Vikings, and you do not mind the obserd amount of bugs, it's fine.

    But the bugs, oh boy the bugs. I have only played around 23 hours so far, and have wanted to quit numerous times. Not exclusively because of the difficulty curve in some areas (Right next to the starting area is an area that is likely many times your level, for instance), but because of bugs.

    I've had the game at minimum crash 5 times, at least 2 times taking screenshots with UPlay, and another 3 just existing in the world. Sometimes, bows do not fire at all when you press left click.

    Guards will respawn in an area you have cleared if you are not actively in combat, and seemingly more than about 50 meters away. This makes clearing out an area, then hunting for loot without interuption a pain in the ass, in larger settlements especially.

    Get the game when it's on a heavy discount if at all.    … Expand
  38. karma30
    Nov 23, 2020
    4
    Don't buy the game yet. There is way too many game-breaking bugs. It feels like you are playing a Beta-Version of the game. The game itself it's fun, but I've never experienced so many bugs and game-breaking problems since fallout -76

    IPolished game = 8/10
    Current version 4/10
  39. Joester77
    Nov 27, 2020
    4
    Feels like a step back from odyssey. Vikings are a fun idea but a less interesting protagonist, awkward janky dialogue/scenes and the world feels a lot more boring compared to odyssey.

    Miss searching for mercenaries to hunt to complete an armour set or get a new weapon. Days of play in valhalla and I've only found two armour pieces. Sailing has only gone downhill since black flag but    Feels like a step back from odyssey. Vikings are a fun idea but a less interesting protagonist, awkward janky dialogue/scenes and the world feels a lot more boring compared to odyssey.

    Miss searching for mercenaries to hunt to complete an armour set or get a new weapon. Days of play in valhalla and I've only found two armour pieces.

    Sailing has only gone downhill since black flag but still felt more alive and worth it in odyssey than here.

    Not even mentioning how often the games freezes or crashes    … Expand
  40. blob315
    Dec 5, 2020
    4
    Bring a can of bug spray along because you'll run into a new one every three minutes.
  41. Centyre
    Dec 13, 2020
    4
    I have played 100 hours now and I think im able to write a review. Here is what I experienced.

    Tons of bugs. To be honest i didnt expect that much. While im climbing character jumps to water instead of climb the top of the pillar. and its really common. When I jump down from a cliff, i stuck to terrain in middle of the quest. Quests so boring gives nothnig to you and every time you    I have played 100 hours now and I think im able to write a review. Here is what I experienced.

    Tons of bugs. To be honest i didnt expect that much. While im climbing character jumps to water instead of climb the top of the pillar. and its really common. When I jump down from a cliff, i stuck to terrain in middle of the quest. Quests so boring gives nothnig to you and every time you doing the same thing. (go to a person who called you, find his traitor, go kill them, go capture a fort, come back report back, do the same thing over and over until you make a bond with every kingdom in england.

    Mysteries wont show what you should do. And they really worked on hiding things like a chest. They hid very well so players cant find. First raids are good but when you reach 40 hours in the game you figured out that is same thing.

    To be honest they made some skeleton to game and copied every single thing in the game.
    Final reach: BOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!1!1!1!1!!!    … Expand
  42. sadbhoy
    Dec 18, 2020
    4
    Ubisoft, so I was expecting a buggy mess and was not disappointed. PC's port was a terrible as I expected understandable when you keep using your appalling engine. Played like a car with its hand brake on.
    The game has a nice story sadly the usual locked in video predetermined game play that we are all used to with Assassins Creed games but hey ho. I played it on a 3090 with a 9900K it    Ubisoft, so I was expecting a buggy mess and was not disappointed. PC's port was a terrible as I expected understandable when you keep using your appalling engine. Played like a car with its hand brake on.
    The game has a nice story sadly the usual locked in video predetermined game play that we are all used to with Assassins Creed games but hey ho. I played it on a 3090 with a 9900K it felt like I was on a Sega Mega Drive. Decent game but no idea why its getting such good reviews its just decent. I bought 2 games in the last couple of week both disappointed on many levels Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Cyberpunk to be honest I was more disappointed in Cyberpunk as Ubisoft are generally a let down unlike the old CDPR and I state the old as the new CDPR is awful.    … Expand
  43. SaucySalmon
    Feb 1, 2021
    4
    The game just doesn’t feel good. There’s scenes where your character is supposed to be talking, and their mouth just doesn’t move. The climbing is atrocious, I scaled down a mountain with nothing visible to hold on to. It looked like my guy was spiderman. It’s so bad. I miss the fighting of the old AC games, the fighting just doesn’t feel that great. The story is pretty good andThe game just doesn’t feel good. There’s scenes where your character is supposed to be talking, and their mouth just doesn’t move. The climbing is atrocious, I scaled down a mountain with nothing visible to hold on to. It looked like my guy was spiderman. It’s so bad. I miss the fighting of the old AC games, the fighting just doesn’t feel that great. The story is pretty good and interesting, but it’s also stupidly long. All of this together makes a bad game to me.… Expand
  44. Itsunclezed
    Dec 22, 2020
    4
    Waited for the streamers hype to die down before playing. Although A Lot of the collectables took time to find it was fun to play with very little content looping. I was ok with playing the game for EVERYTHING! NOWWW after reviews were out Ubisoft includes pay top play micro transactions to try and squeeze more money out of their consumers. I don't like sneaky and i don't trust Ubisoft.Waited for the streamers hype to die down before playing. Although A Lot of the collectables took time to find it was fun to play with very little content looping. I was ok with playing the game for EVERYTHING! NOWWW after reviews were out Ubisoft includes pay top play micro transactions to try and squeeze more money out of their consumers. I don't like sneaky and i don't trust Ubisoft. They could have throttled progression to help "encourage" us to pay for the booster packs. I WILL NOT BE PLAYING ANYMORE till the remove the exp packs.… Expand
  45. Mazma
    Dec 25, 2020
    4
    Pessimo comparto grafico, trama buona, gameplay tremendamente ripetitivo e noiso... troppo arcade.
  46. alisherq
    Jul 4, 2021
    4
    blacks, asians and middle easterns in the 9th century viking village. Bravo, ubisoft
  47. 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.
  48. Hndn
    May 4, 2021
    4
    This game is totally dissappointed me! I am a former Assassin's Creed gamer. There is no series I didn't play. Firstly, the gameplay sucks. Why should I use shift for heavy attack? And it can't be changed because it involves 2 key For example I want tome make it Q + left button. There should not be a heavy attack anyway. It should be like in Odyssey. But it mosley like in the Origins.This game is totally dissappointed me! I am a former Assassin's Creed gamer. There is no series I didn't play. Firstly, the gameplay sucks. Why should I use shift for heavy attack? And it can't be changed because it involves 2 key For example I want tome make it Q + left button. There should not be a heavy attack anyway. It should be like in Odyssey. But it mosley like in the Origins. Secondly, when you are out of conflict evior won't be healed you should use food or berries. Thirdly, parrying consumes adrenaline… Expand
  49. AdR2602
    May 30, 2021
    4
    A mi m ha parecido mediocre tirando a malo, misiones repetitivas q podría haber hecho yo con el creador d misiones en Odyssey, personajes aburridos q no m apetecen conocerlos ni despiertan nada, diálogos q se siente forzados y no se saben a q vienen, misiones principales muy muy aburridas, los personajes son muy genéricos en cuanto a apariencia, los niños chicos parecen basura. PocosA mi m ha parecido mediocre tirando a malo, misiones repetitivas q podría haber hecho yo con el creador d misiones en Odyssey, personajes aburridos q no m apetecen conocerlos ni despiertan nada, diálogos q se siente forzados y no se saben a q vienen, misiones principales muy muy aburridas, los personajes son muy genéricos en cuanto a apariencia, los niños chicos parecen basura. Pocos elementos para personalizar el pelo. Doblaje asqueroso en español, y un poco malo en inglés, mejor uno bien hecho completamente en inglés. Los "confesionarios" a miembros de la orden es como q cojones hablas, q m están diciendo? No es muy inmersivo dados los bugs y liadas del juego. Lo único q creo q esta bien es el combate, q se siente más tosco y basto en el buen sentido, Dan buen feedback. Y la música es una gozada.… Expand
  50. akarsh_adithya
    Jun 3, 2021
    4
    Its an absolute crash fest of a game, plus grindy as hell. It took me 100hrs to finish this game and its buggy ,grindy. Bland story. Stay away from this.
  51. 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.
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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.
  55. Beyhey
    Oct 11, 2022
    4
    Meh. Usual Ubisoft open world full of icons grind fest micro transactions full game
  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. 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
  59. 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
  60. fnenamg
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    this game sucks.
  61. 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
  62. 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.
  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. froglegs
    Apr 28, 2021
    3
    Great visuals, great world building, average writing, extremely boring, repetitive gameplay.
  65. antzware
    Dec 9, 2020
    3
    I know it is a low score and maybe not a very objective review since I am comparing it with other AC games before it (specially Odyssey) so, it is full of game breaking bugs, crashes, getting stuck in narrow spaces that either require manual restart or causes death after a while, it can even happen 3-4 times in one hour. Comparing the characters to Kassandra for example, they are too muchI know it is a low score and maybe not a very objective review since I am comparing it with other AC games before it (specially Odyssey) so, it is full of game breaking bugs, crashes, getting stuck in narrow spaces that either require manual restart or causes death after a while, it can even happen 3-4 times in one hour. Comparing the characters to Kassandra for example, they are too much of a lifeless brute, you cannot feel for them. I heard historical accuracy something as an argument but that is completely BS from Ubisoft when you think about how much SF is in the game. The world is too boring, you don't find very interesting characters along the way, there are too many "secrets" that you are taunted to discover just to see a bunch of resources and too many skill points and a big skill point tree that can get hard to follow. The "puzzles" are extremely repetitive too and one of the worst things of all is how meaningless assassinating an order member is. Most of the times you can find order members just going about their life totally unprotected and they are so easy to kill that you can do it by shooting an arrow at them while running. In their purgatory style confrontation they give you the usual generic remark about how good they feel that they did something important. I haven't finished the game yet but I have covered about 75% of the zones. I still hope that it can deliver the wow/wtf moment.
    The only positive thing is that you get to see some cool medieval scenery if you are a sucker for that like me.    … Expand
  66. 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
  67. nofakereviews
    Apr 16, 2021
    3
    2021-04-17 Update: Stopped playing after 47h, out of sheer boredom a while ago, and have not started game back up again. I have played through all of the last 4 major AC releases (Unity, Syndicate, Origins, Odyssey) and liked them all. This is alas by far the worst AC game in a while, whoever designed this, did unfortunately not understand what makes AC fun to play in the long run at2021-04-17 Update: Stopped playing after 47h, out of sheer boredom a while ago, and have not started game back up again. I have played through all of the last 4 major AC releases (Unity, Syndicate, Origins, Odyssey) and liked them all. This is alas by far the worst AC game in a while, whoever designed this, did unfortunately not understand what makes AC fun to play in the long run at all...

    Cutscenes are alas not up to AC standard, animations are a bit clunky, and the story (as far as I have seen it) seems a bit lacklustre. But the overall game mechanics and stealth gameplay seem (after 8h of play) to be better than in Odyssey.    … Expand
  68. Dante_Williams
    Nov 22, 2020
    3
    A very repetitive game with not a lot of depth to it. Combat is very poor feeling like a bethesda game with hits not feeling like they have any weight to them, there are not many tactics to be used in fighting and the enemy types dont change things very much.

    Story wise I am the most upset as the there is not really one. The game evolves around you going to the different kingdoms to    A very repetitive game with not a lot of depth to it. Combat is very poor feeling like a bethesda game with hits not feeling like they have any weight to them, there are not many tactics to be used in fighting and the enemy types dont change things very much.

    Story wise I am the most upset as the there is not really one. The game evolves around you going to the different kingdoms to make Allies with the leaders there by doing quests for them and then you return to your base and move onto the next.
    Historically we dont know very much about Vikings as they where illiterate and didnt right down there story's so this gave Ubisoft a clean slate to do whatever they want and they choose to do the bare minimum i feel. Characters like Ivvor the boneless, who was the most famous viking to ever live is a nobody in this game existing only to be a small amount of comic relief, they dont even have an interpretation to why he was called the boneless which was a major lost opportunity that carries over to every aspect of this game with everything being half ass.
    I am also very tired of the god awful modern world story the keep forcing into every game, Ghost of Tsushima proved you can tell a story with game play like this without trying to be too weird and whacky but the animus stuff in this game makes me skip want to skip the cutscenes and just get back to the Viking stuff.

    Character customization is very weak with there not being any real Viking style clothes and Armour to wear. All the outfits look the same with similar colors except for the store items you need to buy with real money that are really wacky and out there.

    Overall dont get this game unless its half off as its nothing special.    … Expand
  69. 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.
  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. Kaleygh
    Nov 16, 2020
    3
    A dumbed down, downgraded Odyssey. Retarded skill tree, stupid ai, no one handed swords, no storage, poor animations, clunky combat, item variety is gone, bugs, bugs and more bugs.
  73. 4life-
    Nov 20, 2020
    3
    Way WAY WAY too long. Its a grind fest and a obvious one at that,because they clearly want you to pay them to make this bore fest come to an end. It starts real strong,but when you see the skill tree you see that this is never going to end,and of course - You are right. IT NEVER ENDS,and the reward in the end is below anyones expectations. At max 30 hours without all the bloat,they couldWay WAY WAY too long. Its a grind fest and a obvious one at that,because they clearly want you to pay them to make this bore fest come to an end. It starts real strong,but when you see the skill tree you see that this is never going to end,and of course - You are right. IT NEVER ENDS,and the reward in the end is below anyones expectations. At max 30 hours without all the bloat,they could allow themselves to polish the content more also,and it would overall been a decent even good game. To all those who rate this at a 10 obviously dont have a life,or they are so hungry to do meaningless tasks over and over an over and over that they would pretty much rate ANY game a 10 (Yeah i know of some of those guys that never fault ANY game)

    My score is the accurate one. YOU ARE WELCOME.    … Expand
  74. Marian504
    Nov 18, 2020
    3
    Гра надто велика...можливо якби вона була на 30 годин то було б норм
  75. effectcre
    Nov 11, 2020
    3
    So many bugs, too far from completion, unattractive terrain design. but good some improved system.
  76. 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.
  77. Styrke
    Nov 16, 2020
    3
    If I had just one word to describe AC Valhalla it would be "boring". And if I had few more words then those would be "shallow", "uninspired", "lazy", "buggy", "bloated". This game is a mess. Visually it looks good, but that's about it for the positives. Voice acting is mediocre at best, character animations (especially faces) are subpar, AI is absolutely terrible, gameplay mechanics areIf I had just one word to describe AC Valhalla it would be "boring". And if I had few more words then those would be "shallow", "uninspired", "lazy", "buggy", "bloated". This game is a mess. Visually it looks good, but that's about it for the positives. Voice acting is mediocre at best, character animations (especially faces) are subpar, AI is absolutely terrible, gameplay mechanics are boring. And story is a bloated, sleep inducing grind. The game is as long as Witcher 3, but without any memorable or lovable characters, without any interesting plot twists and turns. It's just "meh". But that's kind of what I've come to expect from Ubisoft, so I can't say I'm surprised - I'm more disappointed that anything else. And I can't believe how highly most critics have rated this mess, it just doesn't make any sense.… Expand
  78. OrbitalPhoenix
    Nov 12, 2020
    3
    The game shouldn't have released in the state its in.
    Countless crashes, broken animations, blank screens, cut scenes that don't load correctly,
    Its just total BS! Combat is just pathetically easy, even on the hard difficultly. Really miss the days when AC you would be worried if you had 4 enemy's in front of you, it would actually be a challenge! In this its just a piss easy slaughter.    The game shouldn't have released in the state its in.
    Countless crashes, broken animations, blank screens, cut scenes that don't load correctly,
    Its just total BS!

    Combat is just pathetically easy, even on the hard difficultly.
    Really miss the days when AC you would be worried if you had 4 enemy's in front of you, it would actually be a challenge!
    In this its just a piss easy slaughter.

    Very disappointed not the viking game I was hopeing for     … Expand
  79. SergeiZ
    Dec 18, 2020
    3
    For me personally, the best Assassin after the Black Flag. But the best does not mean good. The gameplay is absolutely the same from the beginning to the end of the game, after 20 hours it becomes extremely boring, and it is still far from the end.

    UPD After the last update - trash for donate.
  80. defstm
    Jan 30, 2021
    3
    Yet another bad AC game, this game is the same thing as the last two, the story has nothing interesting and it's poorly written, the characters and animations feel fake and are bad. Microtransactions are present. This was one of the worst games that I played in 2020.
  81. whyiexist
    Dec 18, 2020
    3
    Putting in microtransactions later so it doesn't impact reviews? No Ubisoft. Mediocre game anyway.
  82. charlitoti
    Nov 25, 2020
    3
    Better "no non-optimisation" than their other game WD: Legion.

    For real, 2020 is not a good year. Odyssey was better in all aspects. Game feels emptier. It generally feels like less story/quests, more areas to search like a Dyson vacuum.

    Skill tree is ok. The thing that doesnt make sense is revealing it progressively. Just show it so that I know where I want to go.
  83. kKrasty
    Nov 20, 2020
    3
    After 54h game-play and 90% story done:

    There is nothing fun in this game, I strongly recommend not buying 2 points for combat 1 for graphic 0 for everything else - still bugs in game - sound echo is terrible Story is so far so bad ( i played 4h maybe i re-review after i finish) *Edit: 1.) i played now 15 hours nothing changed, maybe 1 minus point for boring improving your    After 54h game-play and 90% story done:

    There is nothing fun in this game, I strongly recommend not buying

    2 points for combat 1 for graphic 0 for everything else
    - still bugs in game
    - sound echo is terrible
    Story is so far so bad ( i played 4h maybe i re-review after i finish)
    *Edit: 1.) i played now 15 hours nothing changed, maybe 1 minus point for boring improving your settlement
    **Edit 2.) 90% story done, play time 54h ... author of these puzzles must be brain-ded - repetitive not funny, illogical - nothing else to say.    … Expand
  84. 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
  85. coN7r0L
    Nov 16, 2020
    3
    Everytime you buy one of these generic Ubisoft games you are supporting mediocre gaming and bad business practices. Do yourself and all other gamers a favor: don't buy this game
  86. andrebta
    Nov 17, 2020
    3
    It`s just sad how they destroy the gameplay in this game, besides the THOUSANDS of bugs, seriously you see them all the time, it`s almost impossible to get fun in combat, your character has like 2 things to do, attack and dodge, done. Does your enemy have a shield? Wait until he attacks, it can take 1 sec, 10 sec, or until de IA knows what to do. Talking about IA, it just ridiculous howIt`s just sad how they destroy the gameplay in this game, besides the THOUSANDS of bugs, seriously you see them all the time, it`s almost impossible to get fun in combat, your character has like 2 things to do, attack and dodge, done. Does your enemy have a shield? Wait until he attacks, it can take 1 sec, 10 sec, or until de IA knows what to do. Talking about IA, it just ridiculous how stupid the enemies are, a fight 10 meters away from them? They just don`t care, looks like they used the IA from GTA cops on them. But suddenly your enemy jumps in your direction, taking like half of a sec to run 20 meters and he attacks you. The solution for higher difficulty? Just level up your enemy lives and attack and put yours like garbage, done. I played ALL the assassin`s, but this one was just impossible.… Expand
  87. jmck2727
    Dec 11, 2020
    3
    This is not an RPG, this is a puzzle game. For every one minute of combat or story you are going to spend 20 minutes doing puzzles. EVERYTHING you do is locked behind a puzzle. The puzzles aren't even fun, usually it's tracking down a firepot. After the 1000th firepot you get kind of tired of them. Almost EVERY door you run into has a puzzle to get through it... that's noThis is not an RPG, this is a puzzle game. For every one minute of combat or story you are going to spend 20 minutes doing puzzles. EVERYTHING you do is locked behind a puzzle. The puzzles aren't even fun, usually it's tracking down a firepot. After the 1000th firepot you get kind of tired of them. Almost EVERY door you run into has a puzzle to get through it... that's no exaggeration. It gets to the point where it's more annoying then fun.

    Also I experienced numerous crashes running on a top end computer.    … Expand
  88. EL3X
    Dec 4, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the most buggy game I've ever seen. Beginning For some kind of asexual being and then choosing the gender (male), I remained the same creature. I didn't even understand it should be so or not. Open world: boring but beautiful. The only thing you can do is just kiss the other man's and capture villages where sometimes my partners ran to the roosters and did not leave from there. it strained. and sometimes my allies arranged marriage carousels with opponents grappling and spinning around. character: womens leashes and with him They are treated like a woman and he can kiss a man himself. Is the tribal leader a WOMAN? What the **** Ubisoft when the tribal leader was a woman. feminism is already quite ahuel. The clouds are flickering with the **** in this world. boats are spinning in the air, fighting scenes seem to be cool and it seems like only 3 animations for finishing moves. though The ax began to feel. In short, this part is too Bad in terms of everything. There are many bugs, historical lies. And the game is too overpriced. I'd better go back to part 2 or 4 black flag of Assassin's creed ... as a result, solid 3 points… Expand
  89. Djock
    Dec 13, 2020
    3
    Очень скучная и однообразная игра. Игровой мир хуже чем в предыдущей части, персонажи и сюжет неинтересные. Иногда встречаются баги (например, пропадают предметы или нпс с которыми нужно взаимодейсивовать, приходится перезапускать игру и они появляются)
    Из плюсов могу выделить неплохую музыку и графику.    Очень скучная и однообразная игра. Игровой мир хуже чем в предыдущей части, персонажи и сюжет неинтересные. Иногда встречаются баги (например, пропадают предметы или нпс с которыми нужно взаимодейсивовать, приходится перезапускать игру и они появляются)
    Из плюсов могу выделить неплохую музыку и графику.
  90. Toremate
    Dec 13, 2020
    3
    if you see past the bad AI both animals and enemies enemy, you cannot see past the game braking bugs that many have (like me). And that it took over a week to patch. Sorry but for me they dropped the ball on this one.
  91. cjunior45
    Dec 13, 2020
    3
    The game try be a The Witcher 3 cover very repetitive and boring with combat mechanics from PS3
  92. Ahjinjja
    Dec 22, 2020
    3
    게임은 재밌어요! 그런데 xx 1.1.0패치 이후에 CPU 사용률이 50프로 밖에 안 돌아가서 프레임이 15퍼 떨어지는 버그가 생기고 이거 고치라고 일주일 째 얘기했는데 하나도 안 고쳤네요? 크리스마스 안에는 고친다고 얘기 했는데 2일 후면 크리스마스에요......유저들은 고치는데 협력을 그렇게나 많이해줬는데 돌아오는건 겨우 이겁니까? 실망스럽네 ㅡㅡ게임은 재밌어요! 그런데 xx 1.1.0패치 이후에 CPU 사용률이 50프로 밖에 안 돌아가서 프레임이 15퍼 떨어지는 버그가 생기고 이거 고치라고 일주일 째 얘기했는데 하나도 안 고쳤네요? 크리스마스 안에는 고친다고 얘기 했는데 2일 후면 크리스마스에요......유저들은 고치는데 협력을 그렇게나 많이해줬는데 돌아오는건 겨우 이겁니까? 실망스럽네 ㅡㅡ
  93. 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.
  94. 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
  95. 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.
  96. Reed0o0
    Mar 14, 2021
    3
    I have this game a three because it was a great game. Very entertaining, big world, it was good. BUT. There is enough gay bs to leave a stained impression. I’m probably 90% finished with the game, and it may just be a coincidence how I chose to complete the stories, but it seems that the gay stuff is getting more and more frequent. There has probably been at least 5 to 1 advances from gayI have this game a three because it was a great game. Very entertaining, big world, it was good. BUT. There is enough gay bs to leave a stained impression. I’m probably 90% finished with the game, and it may just be a coincidence how I chose to complete the stories, but it seems that the gay stuff is getting more and more frequent. There has probably been at least 5 to 1 advances from gay men to straight women in this game. I would be totally fine if there was no sex at all. If there has to be, AT LEAST start the game with a disclaimer saying your preference whether you’re gay or straight, male or female. It feels like they’re trying to push homosexuality on kids or something. I’m in my mid to late 20s and I never played games that had any hint at sexuality, let alone homosexuality while I was growing up. I am all for gay rights, but the gay sh in this game was annoying enough come here to write a pisses off reviewoff… Expand
  97. 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
  98. 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
  99. lucky3_15
    May 29, 2021
    3
    Полагаю, что 9 баллов и выше ставят те, кто не играл в прошлые игры серии. Абсолютно никакущий сюжет, полное отсутствие какой-либо внятной харизмы у персонажей, колоссальное количество абсолютно бесполезных, одинаковых и неинтересных активностей на карте, криво украденные у третьего Ведьмака случайные события (да и не только события, много чего позаимствовано, и ни один из пунктов неПолагаю, что 9 баллов и выше ставят те, кто не играл в прошлые игры серии. Абсолютно никакущий сюжет, полное отсутствие какой-либо внятной харизмы у персонажей, колоссальное количество абсолютно бесполезных, одинаковых и неинтересных активностей на карте, криво украденные у третьего Ведьмака случайные события (да и не только события, много чего позаимствовано, и ни один из пунктов не сделал должным образом) - это и еще многое другое вас ждет в Assassins Creed Valhalla. Боевые механики чуть-чуть подтянули, но для третье попытки - это очень слабый результат. Открытый мир пуст и неинтересен, потому что все это мы видели в Odyssey, все это мы видели в Origins. Больше скажу, в этой части Ubisoft умудрился облажаться даже в своей самой сильной стороне - это передача атмосферы и проработка сеттинга. В Origins эти 2 параметра на голову выше сделаны. Показав пару CGI-тизеров пару лет назад разработчики ввели в очередной раз всех в заблуждение, выкатив нам на употребление очередной плохо срежиссированный, конвейерный продукт Вы видели графику на простой PS 4 или на Xbox one? А требования системные? Видеокарта за 30 тысяч рублей тянет Origins на "ультра", Valhalla на "низких", а качество графики и технологичность идентичная!!! А видели ли вы то кол-во багов, которое есть в этой игре? А кто "вы" то, я здесь один! Потому что я единственный, кто ставит адекватную оценку игре, которая на ПК стоит всего лишь 2500 рублей, а про консоли я даже говорить не буду, мне жалко этих людей. Сколько можно уже поощрять подобные очень даже средние, посредственный игры. Вы вот 10ки ставите, вы хоть игру прошли до конца? Это средняя игра сделанная только ради продаж, и тому подтверждение - недавний отчет и комментарий руководства компании Ubisoft. Они заявили, что год у них самый прибыльный, и что они и дальше продолжат в том же духе делать игры так, как делают это сейчас, только еще больше, еще масштабнее и еще РПГшнее. Как вам, нравится? Душу сюда не вкладывал никто… Expand
  100. 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
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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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