Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3315 Ratings

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  1. Marian504
    Nov 18, 2020
    3
    Гра надто велика...можливо якби вона була на 30 годин то було б норм
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. drastikk
    Dec 6, 2020
    1
    I liked Origins. I absolutely loved Odyssey. Valhalla is rushed garbage.

    I booted ACV up 4 weeks after I bought it on launch day. So 4 weeks to patch out issues. The opening story cutscene stutters, badly. The story itself was short and empty, watching our character go from the typical AC childhood to adult, but this time in about 2 minutes flat. The game crashes every 5 minutes. It's    I liked Origins. I absolutely loved Odyssey. Valhalla is rushed garbage.

    I booted ACV up 4 weeks after I bought it on launch day. So 4 weeks to patch out issues. The opening story cutscene stutters, badly. The story itself was short and empty, watching our character go from the typical AC childhood to adult, but this time in about 2 minutes flat. The game crashes every 5 minutes. It's literally unplayable for me, and from what I've read, I'm not alone. You can't mark anything with your raven, hitting a crate to loot it is more difficult than actual combat - and these are all issues from playing for only half an hour before my game crashed for the first time. Now it crashes every 5 minutes.

    It is extremely obvious they rushed this out to market before Cyberpunk released. Ubisoft is known for releasing rushed, buggy games, but this - this makes all previous Ubi games look like polished diamonds. I'll echo something I've seen others say as well: with the graphics, story, and polish, Valhalla looks like it came out of 2010. Calling it mediocre would be a compliment - hell, I wish I could play long enough to come to that conclusion.

    TL;DR: Even almost a month after release, the game is unplayable, and what *is* playable is extremely disappointing. I would get a refund if Ubisoft's refund policy didn't exclude games "that have been launched", and everyone who has ever played an Ubisoft game on launch day knows that's insanity.    … Expand
  9. Sooxzay
    May 24, 2021
    1
    Same game like origins and odyssey just different setting. Same issues for ages already. Clunky parcour and clunky combat system. Yes it is "brutal" but thats it. For me it doesnt feel as "deadly" as soulsborne games. Aside the beautiful world design and details the game feels empty.

    Cities and people both wont give me the feeling of a living world like witcher 3 did (especially in    Same game like origins and odyssey just different setting. Same issues for ages already. Clunky parcour and clunky combat system. Yes it is "brutal" but thats it. For me it doesnt feel as "deadly" as soulsborne games. Aside the beautiful world design and details the game feels empty.

    Cities and people both wont give me the feeling of a living world like witcher 3 did (especially in novigrad and smaller villages where people have conversations and react to the player aswell. And this is most important for me in open world rpgs. The world needs to bring the living world feeling.

    Parcour is frustrating for ages now. Stealth has been implemented and is useless too since we wont get any rewards for going stealth and its also frustrating because the detection speed is nuts and broken since sometimes you get caught sneaking around while behind cover which destroys immersion. At the end u just slaughter around anyway.

    Story telling is a bit better than in previous games but still not immersive enough. Some cut scenes are cringe and not even necessary. Even in the main missions.

    Gear and skillsystem is boring and doesnt give me anything special that makes me feel okay i choose the raven path. you will skill everything anyway so why 3 different paths at all?

    100000000 questionsmarks. some of them side events some of them collecting stuff, bandit and animal camps as always and so on.

    Modern day still not important in the game sadly.

    Immersion breaking bugs and mechanics like getting attacked while following npcs in questlines, getting stuck in haystacks when doing a leap of faith and crashes inclusive.

    I dont know if we will ever see a good ac game in the future at all. so many new titles and they all failed to deliver. at least for me.    … Expand
  10. 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.
  11. Yoow
    Nov 28, 2020
    1
    Assassin creed rip 2007-2014
    для меня (как для многих "олдов") серия действительно закончилась на юнити, поэтому просто press F!!!
  12. 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
  13. spilman
    Nov 28, 2020
    1
    Being a fan of the series of this series of games did not expect such disappointment. The game turned out very raw, constantly lags, quests hang. I am generally silent about the balance in the game. I do not recommend buying this series.
  14. 14Freeman88
    Nov 28, 2020
    1
    Фу мерзость гей пропоганда, баги,недороботки,
  15. Fixu
    Dec 3, 2020
    1
    Wrost AC ever, most bugged, wrost story, fight and cut scenes animation are also ugly ,any +
  16. blob315
    Dec 5, 2020
    4
    Bring a can of bug spray along because you'll run into a new one every three minutes.
  17. 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.
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. cjunior45
    Dec 13, 2020
    3
    The game try be a The Witcher 3 cover very repetitive and boring with combat mechanics from PS3
  21. fundakk
    Jun 26, 2021
    2
    While playing Valhalla I was wondering about the same thing while I was playing any of the previous parts - how can you release 12 games, remaster 5 of them, with core gameplay as a parkour-like terrain traversing, all while being an AAA game developer, and fail at it every single time. Also, if I remember correctly, horse riding was in all previous series and it's still the worst horseWhile playing Valhalla I was wondering about the same thing while I was playing any of the previous parts - how can you release 12 games, remaster 5 of them, with core gameplay as a parkour-like terrain traversing, all while being an AAA game developer, and fail at it every single time. Also, if I remember correctly, horse riding was in all previous series and it's still the worst horse riding experience in all games I've played.
    Gameplay-wise - comparing to Oddysey (since this is basically the same game - Ubisoft is a master of game mechanics recycling) it has all annoying things but has been stripped of fun elements. Character is a block of wood - running like in a dream - fully engaged pressing forward, but moving like in a jar of honey where your enemy can slowly and gently, but at a similar speed, move backward while aiming at you with a bow. Exploration is always the same - run/ride for a minute or two, and do one of few things - throw a jar of oil, shoot door barricade from the window behind or go through the opening in the top of the building. Oh, don't forget to enter a well to collect the key. In Oddysey world was at least interesting - here we have two ruins of colosseums, two models of churches, and other generic ruins. All repetitive and boring. It is also no longer an RPG. If you have preferred alignment you basically stay with the same gear from the beginning to the end since there are so few weapons and armors. And it also doesn't matter which one you choose, they all have similar stats. This game is now a kind of barbie doll house - you complete tasks and gather resources to buy new hair, or decorate your village and boat. Nothing else. Fighting can be brute-forced, assassinations are useless, stealth is kept only for sake of naming the game "Assasin's Creed". The new thing - raids are fun but only for the first three times - later they are extremely repetitive.
    The story is unfinished (like in every other game nowadays) - after the "main character arc", both assassin creed and england conquer arcs are closed as fast as possible, with a lot of plot holes. It really feels like the team didn't had time to think about a proper ending.    … Expand
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. Kilouani
    May 1, 2021
    1
    2 for the sake of beautifull landscapes..... Everything else...... 2/10 and generous.
    Constant crashes with bought hard copy, constant walking mist simulator because of it... Buggy climbing... Repetitve traders qith
  27. atom1989
    Dec 18, 2020
    0
    **** you Ubisoft. ****ing rats. Changed balance and added xp boosters after 1 month after release. All the reviews need to be updated.
  28. Wiezzel
    Aug 11, 2023
    1
    I wanted to try with the free trial, long time fan of AC franchise.
    Did not play Od as it was similar to Origins ( which I enjoyed but it is not an assassin game anymore)
    Tho the reason why this game has 1 rating. Is that they still do not have the unbelievable common sense to allow SKIP Cinematic. How despicable. This game also keeps restarting instantly when you save settings    I wanted to try with the free trial, long time fan of AC franchise.
    Did not play Od as it was similar to Origins ( which I enjoyed but it is not an assassin game anymore)

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

    This game also keeps restarting instantly when you save settings without asking. So it repeats every time you adjust ( 6 times last 20 min and still intro scene.)
    There is no real way to make this game look good beside on high otherwise it all looks kind of blurry and disturbing in a odd way, changing monitor did not work. ( HDR)
    I just cannot believe this trash. SItting in front of something I could not care less for 20 min already and I am just walking and nothing else.
    This is beyond stupidity I do not get it.
    If you dont care for story like most do and just want to play a viking game, then you are F and do not buy.
    THis game has over 3 hours of unskippable garbage.    … Expand
  29. CypiBoii
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    By far the worst entry in the Assassin's Creed franchise. Yes Vikings are pretty cool, but when the story is bland and world feels empty. That's not something for me.
  30. WinkyTy
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How could anyone like this ****
    Bad written dialogues and story:
    *bad guy kills mc’s mom and dad*
    @
    16 pr something years later:
    - hey, remember he killed your dad and mom?
    - oh yes, I do he will suffer.
    @
    - hey, have I told you he killed my dad and mom?
    - oh no, he will pay for this

    Not talking about absolutely poor and unexciting gameplay. Thx PSN+, I didn’t have to pay for this    … Expand
  31. Finito
    Jun 4, 2023
    3
    Was buggy at release and its still buggy more than 2 years after release. Trash triple A developer who releases full price unfinished products and uses it's player base as beta testers.
  32. levicecat
    May 30, 2023
    0
    Говноеды продающие то что должно быть в игре изначально за бабки. Не покупайте их игры, это ужасно.
  33. Midyen
    Jun 15, 2023
    1
    Based on the gameplay, graphics, sound, content, and originality of the game, I will give it a rating of 1.
  34. eliahna
    Jul 16, 2023
    1
    This could have been a true classic, but the combat is just horrible, even if you lower it to Saga so you can just play through the campaign it makes you fight incredibly boring, long winded, badly timed boss fights that are so painful I end up just exiting the game after a few minutes.

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

    And the walking / riding cut scenes where you are made to press W on your keyboard for 2 minutes while you listen to some inane chatter to progress the story are an awful game mechanic, please stop it.    … Expand
  35. 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
  36. fnenamg
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    this game sucks.
  37. Accrater
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    one of worst optimized games sutters and hitches framegraph shows constsnt spikes
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#42 Best PC Game of 2020
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#5 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

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Metascore
82

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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