Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.5

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  1. Catchy
    Dec 7, 2020
    7
    I had to google that I actually completed the game because the story just suddenly ended. However, and despite some frustration, in my opinion this game takes the throne out of the past three assassin's creed games.

    When you start in England the game was a lot of fun, combat keeps you engaged with different possibilities to complete quests and the game offers a vast world with lots to    I had to google that I actually completed the game because the story just suddenly ended. However, and despite some frustration, in my opinion this game takes the throne out of the past three assassin's creed games.

    When you start in England the game was a lot of fun, combat keeps you engaged with different possibilities to complete quests and the game offers a vast world with lots to do. The core game-play is not surprisingly your typical Ubisoft grind, after 70 hrs the game became quite repetitive and by 100 hrs I just wanted it to end.

    The game has some serious frustrating bugs and hindering to progress, for example you are forced to play these (in my opinion) boring mini-games to progress the secret order chain (thankfully nothing a homemade trainer wouldn’t fix), and I had to do a few earlier reloads because the game got literally stuck in the story.

    As for side quest, I couldn't stand the Aasgard side-quest, thankfully it was just a side-quest, and I’m not sure why they decided to make 'eliminating the ancient order' a side quest. It baffles me that eliminating the order is not part of the main story, ‘Assassin's creed' is just a corporate branding at this point.    … Expand
  2. fi57yseven
    Dec 7, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have played 102 hours as of writing this review.
    Valhalla is a good game, it is fun and fantastic to explore.
    The story is non existent , you go to each area that you pledge and you play out many short stories, and depending on what you do or where you go effects the outcome of your exchange with NPCs.
    and for no real reason the Assassin which is guiding and helping you for 2% of the story who is supposed to be important TURNS ON YOU, there felt like there was zero explanation as to why other than he is the rebirth of Loki who is still holding a grudge against Eivor and Sigurd for holding his wolf son captive when they were gods who for some reason are reincarnated?, it felt lazy.
    this has to be the buggiest AC game I have ever played, I had to increase my VRam to fix the constant crashing.
    The town you build isn't much of a wow factor and felt kinda pointless, I feel it was overhyped with very little pay off.
    The order of the ancients and the assassin's felt pointless, The order apart from Fulke felt like something of a side quest, and the Assassin's who were the excuse to bring back the hidden blade begrudgingly via Sigurd, and tell you much of what you already knew.
    Going to Asgard felt like a chore, everything was, go and get this then go and get that, then they threw in a boss to take away from the scavenger hunt that is Asgard, then to go back to Asgard ANOTHER SCAVENGER HUNT.

    I know I am ranting and seem like I hated this game, but bare with me, with 102 hours played and every bit of story done, I left the game feeling like I didn't really play it, I felt like I went into side quest simulator and everything including the main story was a side quest.

    The dual wield any weapon annoyed me a lot, you only get a few weapons and it's not a huge variety, you can buy the same 6 or so weapons and shields from the shop in game, and it is the same thing in every shop, making going to a new area thinking you may find a cooler bow a pointless endeavour, so if you like using axes and shields then this will fit you nicely, I was looking forward to going back to the Edward Kenway days and dual wielding me some swords, NOPE, you get two greatswords, one which you buy the other which is in a chest, Excalibur is in the game too but being that you can only really get hold of it end game I never saw the point in even trying to get it, you have completed the game why would I want a bad ass sword now?
    getting money was easy and when you buy your favourite colour horse and upgraded it as much as you could, there was not much point in silver anymore unless you wanted to buy the things rather than find them in the world such as ingots. but it was so easy to get your health up and arrows are literally everywhere.

    anyway I found that to be my biggest gripe with ACV.
    Visually the game is amazing and when you self fix the game it plays amazing with high FPS, the fighting system is the best and the skill tree was a great change, making the weapons not all powerful flaming death monsters was great to me as the previous two games it felt a bit silly to have swords that set people on fire or explosive super saiyen techniques.
    The map was amazing to explore and the game Orlog was addictive as anything (looking forward to the real life release of the game in 2021)

    I have played every AC game and I am one of the first to defend them, this is the lowest scoring AC game I have ever reviewed, I want to blame Covid-19 and the difficulty you would expect with developers working from home and it is why no matter how much the game was not my favourite it still gave me much enjoyment.    … Expand
  3. kayudin78
    Dec 19, 2020
    7
    Assassin’s creed valhalla latest patches ruin balance.The best game in the series start destroing.
  4. crawlord
    Dec 7, 2020
    7
    I played this game for 172 hours .I explored first and gathered materials / xp opened the map and negated the storyline till later .BY hour 100 i was op with twin spears .The graphics are phenomenal. Taking over England is repetitive.

    Pros The story when paced and farmed up is compelling. Graphics Some funny world events Soundtracks are phenomenal cons -bloated map dilled with    I played this game for 172 hours .I explored first and gathered materials / xp opened the map and negated the storyline till later .BY hour 100 i was op with twin spears .The graphics are phenomenal. Taking over England is repetitive.

    Pros
    The story when paced and farmed up is compelling.
    Graphics
    Some funny world events
    Soundtracks are phenomenal

    cons
    -bloated map dilled with filler .
    Little innovation after odyssey
    repetitive
    -do towers open map go to all yellow white and blue spots
    -go into hundreds of barred locations
    -jump into hindered of wells
    -bad fishing mechanics unless you melee
    -bugs bugs bugs and frequent crashed (im running an 19k and 2080 card on my Alienware 15 r2)

    Overall i played this game and now im not sure ill play the DLC even though i pre-bought all that. I think i have had my fill of Ubisoft's copy pasta games .Still enjoyable not at a day 1 price point .    … Expand
  5. Grieferbastard
    Nov 20, 2020
    7
    So combat is way better. Assassination/stealth is pointless though as combat is a stronger solution with no negatives. Stealth/assassination mechanics are inferior to prior AC games, even Odyssey. A lot of the writing is excellent but what really killed it for me is the ending. A series of totally irrational, incredibly stupid out of character choices and some cutscene deaths. I'mSo combat is way better. Assassination/stealth is pointless though as combat is a stronger solution with no negatives. Stealth/assassination mechanics are inferior to prior AC games, even Odyssey. A lot of the writing is excellent but what really killed it for me is the ending. A series of totally irrational, incredibly stupid out of character choices and some cutscene deaths. I'm supposedly an assassin with a raven I can see through with the council of numerous battlefield veterans but apparently we're all too stupid to scout ahead. Use my raven to scout (the raven is worthless all through the game) or just go to assassinate the one guy I'm here to kill. Nope - leave the army behind, take a handful of people into an obvious trap, etc etc.

    Stuff like that. Hey, this seems like a great time to ask some intelligent questions! Nope. Not an option. How about I tell this person the incredibly relevant and important info I know about what's going on? Nope. Then you can't make some incredibly stupid choices later!

    This game would have been better with 0 Assassins Creed stuff too it, no main story. Just two Viking brothers going to settle England. The mechanics for that are excellent. The character lines are often brilliant - the story is absolutely not. The ending makes me miss Mass Effect 3s ending pre-patch.    … Expand
  6. anirudh6k
    Nov 22, 2020
    7
    Starts of great, but game just drags. If you need your rpg fix, play it. the first 20-30 hours, its worth the price. But after that it just gets grindy.
    I dont mind the game being long, but the game gets repetitive on the tasks you do to progress the story.
  7. donanja
    Oct 10, 2021
    7
    I've only played this game for a handful of hours, but I've yet to be blown away like I was with the previous two titles. It's an enjoyable game and the graphics are second to none if that's important to you, but I feel as though the game lacks a lot of the breath-taking views that Origins and Odyssey had.

    I feel as though we don't spend enough time in Scandinavia, which are known to    I've only played this game for a handful of hours, but I've yet to be blown away like I was with the previous two titles. It's an enjoyable game and the graphics are second to none if that's important to you, but I feel as though the game lacks a lot of the breath-taking views that Origins and Odyssey had.

    I feel as though we don't spend enough time in Scandinavia, which are known to have gorgeous sights in real life. But the version of Scandinavia we get in this game is a harsh, frozen land with a few rundown harbor-towns and empty mountains. There's nothing. And before you know it, you're on a boat headed to England where the majority of the game takes place.

    Raiding outside of their homeland was a huge part of Viking history, but I had hoped that there would be more of a focus on what the Viking life was like back home, when they weren't raiding. England in this game also looks painfully plain compared to the sights of Odyssey and Origin; it's just grass, hills, and trees. Nature is pretty, but I can go outside right now and see these same sights. There's nothing too exciting about it to me.

    I'm a huge fan of all things related to Norse mythology, Vikings, etc. so this has been a bit of a letdown for me so far, compared to the previous titles at least. I hope it will grow on me over time, but so far I've yet to be blown away.    … Expand
  8. CharlyPlayman
    Mar 25, 2021
    7
    PROS: Brilliant graphics and game very well executed + Very long game + Blocking with shields + Lots of news (raids, go inside wells, drink game, locked doors, anomaly puzzles, etc)

    CONS: Story become confussing and absurd when near the end (it really doesn't end) + Sometimes the game crashes + Talking with people are often unreal (they aren't watching at you) + In my opinion Valhalla    PROS: Brilliant graphics and game very well executed + Very long game + Blocking with shields + Lots of news (raids, go inside wells, drink game, locked doors, anomaly puzzles, etc)

    CONS: Story become confussing and absurd when near the end (it really doesn't end) + Sometimes the game crashes + Talking with people are often unreal (they aren't watching at you) + In my opinion Valhalla clearly don't beat to Origins or Odyssey    … Expand
  9. sunstorm76
    Nov 19, 2020
    7
    I do not often comment on metacritic mostly because I’m happy with a game and just give the rating. . I’m not even close to the end but I tried a lot with this game and I played all AC’s so far. Not only did I play them, I finished them 100% which means collecting every feather or treasure out there. Yeah I’m a huge fan of the series. I got them both digital and as console version, justI do not often comment on metacritic mostly because I’m happy with a game and just give the rating. . I’m not even close to the end but I tried a lot with this game and I played all AC’s so far. Not only did I play them, I finished them 100% which means collecting every feather or treasure out there. Yeah I’m a huge fan of the series. I got them both digital and as console version, just to have something for my nerd shelf. So with this context given to you: I know all games in and out. I played it on pc.

    Of course you have to rate this game mostly against Origins and Odyssey because they seem to be very similar on first sight. But they are not and I will tell you why I’ve got issues with Valhalla. It seems I’m not the only one I checked some reviews (Skill Up, ACG, Gamestar etc. pp.) and read some reddit posts and also comments here on meta. My problem with metacritic: for most gamer it’s either top or flop. 0 or 10. Which seems to fit this generation of people but I’m Generation X (44) and have a more balanced view with pros and cons.

    Let’s start with the pink elephant in the room: the new combat system. A lot of people love it, a lot of people hate it. After playing and upgrading around with different sets and weapons (there are not many which is another problem for me) I have to say: I absolutely don’t like the combat. It’s way too slow and too clunky for my taste. I had the same issue with RDR2 (which also has the worst pacing ever). On the other side a Nioh 2 gameplay is perfect to me. And I liked the more fluid gameplay in Origins (160h with NG+) and Odyssey (403h with NG+) so much more! And that’s a big deal for me. Alongside the setting the gameplay is the most important part in every AC for me.

    PROS:
    - World Setting: as always it is absolutely georgous. I love Norway, England and the Vikings and the whole AC-series so what could go wrong?
    - Story: so far not that bad.
    - Dice game: I love it! Not as good as Gwent from Witcher 3 but it’s also very nice. Sadly you can’t get any money by playing it (at least so far I’m in the game)
    - Music: I hated the music in Odyssey but this one is great again
    - The world is huge: I love big open world games so I’m ok with that
    - Graphic settings: good job here Ubisoft
    - Side Missions: some of them are funny. And they are short which is good.

    CONS:
    - Combat System: as said above: I hate it. Even with 2x 2H weapons or other combinations (Dagger with shield, other weapon etc. pp) it feels clunky as hell. Not even near Odyssey and Origins I’m sorry. It’s way more boring. Slow. Clunky. Just not fun.
    - Slow fighting animations: the stomp f.e. takes forever and looks odd – and during that time you’re still vulnerable. Which is not a problem on normal but it’s annoying on the highest difficulty setting. Most animations are out of round. The look and feel is just bad!
    - Lack of Loot: yeah this is a big deal for me also. I know a lot of fans didn’t like the Diablo 3 loot system but I loved it. I love to play around with different sets and weapons and also the customization options which leads to:
    - Lack of Customization: there’s none. You either like your fav stats-set also visually or you’re screwed. In Odyssey you could manage your looks which I loved as RPG fan.
    - Lack of sorting items: yeah not possible you have to scroll and scroll and scroll through all tattoos….hair styles, ship skins etc. pp. it’s not good here
    - Arrows: different arrow types why? Hunter Bow’s quiver is limited and you cannot craft your own arrowas anymore – why??
    - Talent system: really Ubisoft? One of the worst “progression” systems I’ve ever seen in any videogame! You don’t know what 2.5 Headshot means – ist it percentage? Is it base damage? WTH? Same goes with almost every singe point in the tree. Also it’s all in the fog again when you reset all talent points once. Why? You cannot playn your way up. What were you thinking?! Odyssey was so much better! Hell even Syndicate was better.
    - Slow pace: one of the worst things from RDR2 they implemented here for no reason: walking like a snail while listening boring stories. Omg nothing kills my patience faster than this.
    - Draengr-Level: very hard. Really? It’s not even close to a dark souls or Nioh difficulty at any time. Yes of course when you go with power lvl 80 after a lvl 200 then it’s impossible but not when you level normally. Which means: very hard is not very hard at all.
    - Stealth-Kill-Animation: 10x slower than in any other AC so far. WHY?! Combinate this with master assassination (hardest level there) and you cannot even chain a second kill.
    - Instant-Stealth-Kill: you can switch a button in the menu I mean wtf again. I want to play a game like it’s meant to be played by the designers NOT “chose whatever you want – we don’t have any clue what WE want you to experience”.    … Expand
  10. Bigzeliboba
    Dec 16, 2020
    7
    после 87 часов в игре: Плюсы: викинги; набеги; неплохой сюжет; развитие поселения от палатки до города. Минусы: абсолютно никакой стелс, отсутствие наград за скрытый захват крепостей, невнятные сеты брони и их плюшки, отсутствие быстрого переключения луков, несоответствие деталей для апгрейда уровню игрока, а только уровню захватываемых областей, идиотская работа каркуши - так и не понялпосле 87 часов в игре: Плюсы: викинги; набеги; неплохой сюжет; развитие поселения от палатки до города. Минусы: абсолютно никакой стелс, отсутствие наград за скрытый захват крепостей, невнятные сеты брони и их плюшки, отсутствие быстрого переключения луков, несоответствие деталей для апгрейда уровню игрока, а только уровню захватываемых областей, идиотская работа каркуши - так и не понял для чего она, показать область внутри области, убитая модернизация корабля.
    P.S. 80% игры носил красные кувшины для взрыва стен, как оказалось, есть взрывной мешочек на стрелу.    … Expand
  11. MadBert91
    Dec 18, 2020
    7
    El juego en sí no está mal, pero no me está cautivando, el Odissey me pareció desde un inicio mucho más interesante, hay muy poca innovación, manejar el personaje siegue siendo un dolor ya que se mueve en todas direcciones menos donde quieres que vaya, gráficamente no es nada del otro mundo se ve bien pero meh no destaca en absoluto, innovación carente es lo mismo todos los años. EstáEl juego en sí no está mal, pero no me está cautivando, el Odissey me pareció desde un inicio mucho más interesante, hay muy poca innovación, manejar el personaje siegue siendo un dolor ya que se mueve en todas direcciones menos donde quieres que vaya, gráficamente no es nada del otro mundo se ve bien pero meh no destaca en absoluto, innovación carente es lo mismo todos los años. Está entretenido y por eso se me ajusta más un 7, pero considero que hay mucho mejores juegos que merecen más nota.… Expand
  12. Midgetelf0585
    Dec 24, 2020
    7
    This game is solid, with really fun gameplay, good raids, a compelling main character background and closest relationships... BUT it's way too long.  It starts off very strong, with the background about why you're in England.  Gets stronger with the base building, lots of fun little world events, but soon becomes a slog of repetition.  Then about 15 hours in, it becomes compelling again.This game is solid, with really fun gameplay, good raids, a compelling main character background and closest relationships... BUT it's way too long.  It starts off very strong, with the background about why you're in England.  Gets stronger with the base building, lots of fun little world events, but soon becomes a slog of repetition.  Then about 15 hours in, it becomes compelling again. Then 5 hours after that, a slog.  You get the picture.  If they wouldn't have as much "forced filler" (just make some of those alliances clearly voluntary), it would serve the main plot and make it feel much more powerful and urgent.  Also the leveling is too fast.  It removes any feeling of accomplishment. So yeah, solid game, fun combat, good core story when you get to it, but to bogged down with fluff.… Expand
  13. Xemnuz
    Nov 19, 2020
    7
    When I started the game in Norway, I was borderlined depressed of how grey and plain the landscape and graphics were, how terrible the ship animations and how dull combat was. The voiceacting in Norway especially, is nausiating. But when I got to England (which is really not that long unless you walk around looting everything like me), then the game became much better. When you get toWhen I started the game in Norway, I was borderlined depressed of how grey and plain the landscape and graphics were, how terrible the ship animations and how dull combat was. The voiceacting in Norway especially, is nausiating. But when I got to England (which is really not that long unless you walk around looting everything like me), then the game became much better. When you get to England it's like they have changed the graphics engine, but at the same time it feels like just he graphics it was like 8 years ago in Black Flag, which is odd, but it's the same graphics engine only updated it seems. I really-really enjoyed Origins, and enjoyed Odyssey, and this seems pretty even to those (I'm prolly 50% done). But I feel as this is the viking age they could have done so much more with it, make it really feel special which they haven't, but I enjoy it nonetheless. I think it's time to stop the Abstergo/real world stuff going on in these games, absolutely no one cares and when you get thrown out of the world the game is in it just makes you annoyed. The main character is actually cool which I liked about Bajek and Edward as well, though he seems very small compared to others? Sigurd on the other hand appears to be a spanish/orange viking which I don't understand really. And for the love of air, why must they always make it 50/50 gender, there weren't raid boats half full of women, women simply cant fight men. Sure there could have been shieldmaidens, but you wouldnt have half your boat of women depending on your life in the fight against full grown men. It's like they are trying so hard for equality, but when you make "bosses" 2.10 meter tall women it's just silly and makes no sense. But as said, enjoy it so far, but for sure some things that could be better, probably no closer to 8 than it's to a 6, but it truly is immense which helps with the score.… Expand
  14. Daermon
    Nov 22, 2020
    7
    Far better than Origin and Odyssey, but Ubisoft WASTE a good viking story. Pro:
    - Grapich
    - Sounds - Male Eivor and the voice actor - Fight system good - Finally Shield + 1H combat - Music - Norway and England is look fantastic - Eivors (male) characters - The main story have good moments - Have blood Cons: - The main story too separated - Too few side characters - Itemization and the    Far better than Origin and Odyssey, but Ubisoft WASTE a good viking story. Pro:
    - Grapich
    - Sounds - Male Eivor and the voice actor
    - Fight system good
    - Finally Shield + 1H combat
    - Music
    - Norway and England is look fantastic
    - Eivors (male) characters
    - The main story have good moments
    - Have blood

    Cons:
    - The main story too separated
    - Too few side characters - Itemization and the skill tree is terrible
    - Every AC thing, like the idiot and boring Order, the idiot modern storyline
    - No really romance
    - “Sex scenes” is childis
    - No nudism
    - The complet ending is B category and boring sh*t
    - Microtransaction
    - Asgard storyline is unnecessary

    Ubisoft you have money and resources, why forced the vikings into this AC bulls*ht? Why not make a good single player viking game?    … Expand
  15. gameking
    Nov 28, 2022
    7
    This is a good game but it has too many repetation. The travel is not good enough. I don't like the combat system. But on the other hand, the story line is good enough.
  16. woopz
    Nov 27, 2020
    7
    Loved the story in the start, got a little worse when all the assassin's creed stuff started later in the game, would have been a 10 if this game was just a viking game. shame they did'nt just start new and made a realistic game more like kingdom come.
  17. Cobrax657
    Feb 5, 2021
    7
    Good viking game but i wish they start making ac games with ac feel in it....
  18. Soullex
    Nov 15, 2022
    7
    Ulan yan görev yapması o kadar keyifli ki, tüm yan görevleri bitirdim neredeyse. Ana hikayede ilerlemek de bir o kadar sıkıcı, önemsiz uzun diyaloglar, saçma sapan görevler.
  19. Willod
    Nov 28, 2020
    7
    Valhalla, Odyssey ve Origins i oynarken hissetmediğim bir sey var o da stres. Bu da bu oyunlari sevmemi sagliyor. Kendini ciddiye alan AAA oyunlarini oynarken, oyun uzerimde baski kuruyor. Bu söyle bir baski, ornegin rdr2 oynarken oyun benden her seye odaklanmami bekliyor kamptaki diyaloglar gorevler acik dunya etkinliklerinde karsilastigim karakterler hepsini gordugumde ciddiye almali veValhalla, Odyssey ve Origins i oynarken hissetmediğim bir sey var o da stres. Bu da bu oyunlari sevmemi sagliyor. Kendini ciddiye alan AAA oyunlarini oynarken, oyun uzerimde baski kuruyor. Bu söyle bir baski, ornegin rdr2 oynarken oyun benden her seye odaklanmami bekliyor kamptaki diyaloglar gorevler acik dunya etkinliklerinde karsilastigim karakterler hepsini gordugumde ciddiye almali ve hikayelerini dinlemeli ve onemsemeliyim cunku oyunun zevki bu sekilde cikiyor. Bu kadar seye odaklanmak da beni yoruyor. Bir sonraki oyuna girisimde su kimdi bu neydi en son ne demisti dememek icin hepsini aklimda tutmam gerekiyor ve dedigim gibi bu yoruyor. Rdr2 gibi bir oyunda evet bunu yapmak güzel, hikayenin içine girmek, butun karakterlerle hasir nesir olmak, o dünyanin parcasi olmak vs. Ama oynadigim her oyunda her detayi takip etmek istemem. Iste Ac Valhalla da bana bunu vaadediyor: Cok fazla detaya takilmadan oyunu oynamayi. Bunu da pek de fena olmayan bir oynanis ve bence bu sefer güzel olan bir hikayeyle yapiyor. Hatta hikaye akisi ac odyssey'den çok daha güzel. Oyuna normalde 8 puan verecektim ama cokme ve animasyon glitchleri o kadar fazla ki bu oyundan aldigim zevki cok fazla etkiledi.… Expand
  20. Soularry
    Dec 20, 2020
    7
    A versy stupid and repetitive story with some good side quests and characters. Combat and parkour are too heavy and borin on a large scale of time. It's an ok game but will be dissapointed for people that love Odessey.
  21. near4422
    Dec 8, 2020
    7
    AC Valhalla is overall a very good game and could be recommended to almost everyone, but it has it's flaws which shouldn't be skipped.
    Let's start with pros - the game looks gorgeous and most of the time runs nicely. I also really like these small eyeball movements and facial expressions of the main characters (others dont have any expressions so such things like screaming only comes to    AC Valhalla is overall a very good game and could be recommended to almost everyone, but it has it's flaws which shouldn't be skipped.
    Let's start with pros - the game looks gorgeous and most of the time runs nicely. I also really like these small eyeball movements and facial expressions of the main characters (others dont have any expressions so such things like screaming only comes to opening mouth for them). But that's all.
    Now for the cons - The game been crashing for me everyday at least once dropping me back to the desktop. If i were lucky enough to play for some time, sooner or later i came onto some kind of bug or error that blocked the progress - NPC i should be following stands like a statue, script didn't triggers even tho i am in a correct possition, or Quest started without it's objective and i couldn't end it (the one with the barrier). That alone had a massive impact on my enjoyment with the game.
    Next up - Plot. The game's being set in RPG genre. Yes Eivor is cool and easy to identify with but the whole story is boring and unnecessarily stretched out. Not a single decision has a impact on story. Everything comes to go to point X and kill bunch of NPC's - all the time. Eivor is a viking right? Forget about sneaking then. Ubisoft was promising 'getting back to the roots of the series' with sneaking within monks - yes you can actually do it. Is there a reason you should do it for? Not at all. 99% of the time you have to use violence (call your crew and raid the place) in order to open up a way to your goal. All this 'assassin's vs templars' plot could be easly removed from the game and nothing would happen.
    The whole 'settlement' thing also does very little for the game. I only returned there whenever the main story ordered me to do so. Of course you can upgrade the gear there (that also has very little impact for the game - you can literarlly go with your starting eq and you'll be fine) or give back gathered collectibles in return for more minningless items.
    Birds fly with 15 FPS (even if you're right next to them) witch makes them look hillarious.
    Sounds are compressed 'to save up some disk space' but they sound just awfully. I also can't remember a single musical background.
    The game is clearly designed to take at least 50 hours if you rush it, so that the regular player will have to buy at least two months of ubisoft+ to finish it. In my honest opinion - less hours but better narration or gameplay is worth more than gigantic world filled with boring activities.
    It doesn't deserve more than 7. It's an okay game but nothing besides that - not a good Assassin's Creed game nor a game about Vikings.    … Expand
  22. severouss
    Nov 12, 2020
    7
    AC Valhalla offers a very beautiful, fleshed out open world to dive in (art direction is, once more, truly exceptional) and an intriguing, enjoyable story, especially for those who like the vikings setting. Moreover, the protagonist is well-balanced, witty and relatable, while, at the same time, (s)he allows some room for role playing. I really liked Kassandra in Odyssey and I didn'tAC Valhalla offers a very beautiful, fleshed out open world to dive in (art direction is, once more, truly exceptional) and an intriguing, enjoyable story, especially for those who like the vikings setting. Moreover, the protagonist is well-balanced, witty and relatable, while, at the same time, (s)he allows some room for role playing. I really liked Kassandra in Odyssey and I didn't believe that they could actually match that, but they did (plus the fact that Magnus Bruun is great as Eivor, better than Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra imo whose performance was good, but uneven). The supporting cast is good as well, with very few exceptions. Last but not least, I really liked the spooky/mystic atmosphere of the game, Ubisoft nailed it in this aspect (the phenomenal soundtrack helps a lot with this of course).

    So, why did I give it a 7, instead of an 8 or a 9? The main reasons are the following 3:

    1. Lack of refinement. This is classic Ubisoft. They craft these amazing open worlds, they put so much effort and passion and love, but they sabotage themselves by not allowing a few more months of production to cover that extra mile and achieve greatness. And in order to achieve greatness you have to tend to the details as thoroughly as possible, take care of those little things very few people notice if they are there, but many people notice if they are not.

    2. The combat is a mixed bag for me. On the one hand they fixed the main issue I had with Odyssey (enemy sponges), on the other the combat doesn't always "connect", it often feels awkward and disjointed. Also, it's too exaggerated/arcadey for my taste (for instance, the heavy attack usually flings the enemies 5-6 meters away, wtf). I think this was the perfect opportunity for a more grounded, tight and impactful combat system which would significantly add to the immersion. Sadly, they missed it.

    3. It drags far too long; obviously this is completely subjective, but I felt that the game would've been far better if they'd removed some of the fat (which, imo, is about 10-15 hours of unnecessary content).

    Don't get me wrong, I'm really enjoying my time with the game. It's a good game. Unfortunately though, it has some serious issues which I think Ubisoft has the knowledge, experience and resources to address, but they didn't. And this is not the 1st time, it is actually the rule rather than the exception with all of their games.

    That's all, Severouss out.    … Expand
  23. ekabon
    Nov 30, 2020
    7
    Leading up to release, the noise around Valhalla did manage to hype me up. And it didn't disappoint... at least that's what I thought at the beginning. And, from my own experience, it seems to be a pattern throughout all of the AC games: they start out strong and slowly fade away towards the end once all of the routines settle in.

    The story is alright, but nothing too exciting. Usual    Leading up to release, the noise around Valhalla did manage to hype me up. And it didn't disappoint... at least that's what I thought at the beginning. And, from my own experience, it seems to be a pattern throughout all of the AC games: they start out strong and slowly fade away towards the end once all of the routines settle in.

    The story is alright, but nothing too exciting. Usual Ubisoft problems there: boring dialogues and poor animation. World events it's the only breath of fresh air in this entry. Most of them seem fun and interesting, although they lack in depth and duration. I've stumbled upon a few quest-breaking bugs with World Events as well.

    Speaking of bugs, there's quite a few. Although sometimes it's difficult to say whether something is a bug or it's a poor game design. Abilities require some serious rebalancing, I ended up using only one ability (the one with the harpoon) as it was dealing much more damage than all the other ones. Skill tree was rather annoying with all the sub-nodes to unlock, as unlocking them didn't add anywhere nearly enough difference to actually notice during gameplay.

    Visually the game looks like Odyssey, in the best-case scenarios that is. But in most cases, it actually looks worse. Very disappointing in that regard.

    And gear and weapons... Oh boy, that was one of the stupidest changes they introduced. The gear system is basically non-existent. I ended up using the first gear set (Berserk) I got at the very beginning of the game throughout the rest of it. Other gear sets had weak buffs and looked much worse next to my upgraded gear. Same with weapons: tons of shields, barely any interesting weapons. I found a badass axe at the beginning of the game and used it for the whole game as I couldn't find anything better.

    Overall experience was very mediocre. The game feels extremely rushed into release and unimaginative. Like with pretty much all of the previous AC games, they could do a much better job if only they invested a decent amount of time into development. 3 years of development is a joke, regardless of how many studios were involved.

    Oh, birds and flames at half the framerate are still there ;)    … Expand
  24. iartaza91
    Nov 19, 2020
    7
    So far I've played 5 hours. The game itself is beautyfull and the world is absolutely filed with thins and places and stories, but there is an ENORMOUS But... The AI. Oh God, enemies they virtually don't exist, even in the ultimate difficulty. And of course there are plenty of bugs. Is a shame, this could have been a masterpiece
  25. andrejS_de
    Apr 18, 2021
    7
    If you liked Odyessy, you will most likely also enjoy this game. It takes what Odyessy did right and capitalizes on it while removing some of the more tedious side content and instead respects your time. Except for one overarching problem that both Odyssey and this game suffer from is the gigantic, open world filled with empty space. It just feels dead and after a long while of playing, IIf you liked Odyessy, you will most likely also enjoy this game. It takes what Odyessy did right and capitalizes on it while removing some of the more tedious side content and instead respects your time. Except for one overarching problem that both Odyssey and this game suffer from is the gigantic, open world filled with empty space. It just feels dead and after a long while of playing, I got tired of it. Even when going back to it months later, I can't get back into it. It isn't worth it to me and I hope Ubisoft can come up with a way to make their open worlds more interesting.… Expand
  26. Asmarath
    Nov 24, 2020
    7
    Pros:
    East England is adorable
    Finally Vikings with some nuances
    The main story is really well told
    Improved loot system

    Cons:
    Bugs - Some even game-breaking, quests that don´t appear. Still not fixed 15 days after launch
    The combat - It´s less precise, has less weight to it and is not as fluid compared to Odyssey
    Conversation choices lack impact
  27. ElSabio
    Dec 26, 2020
    7
    It was pretty decent. Cons:
    It does feel repetitive at some point. Too much mystical stuff for my taste. Ending was underwhelming and confusing. I shouldn't need to read a wiki or complete side missions to get it. Few bugs here and there but they got patched for the most part.
    Pros: Raiding and battles are fun. Male Evior is cool, smart, badass and always knows what to say (didn't play    It was pretty decent. Cons:
    It does feel repetitive at some point. Too much mystical stuff for my taste. Ending was underwhelming and confusing. I shouldn't need to read a wiki or complete side missions to get it. Few bugs here and there but they got patched for the most part.

    Pros: Raiding and battles are fun. Male Evior is cool, smart, badass and always knows what to say (didn't play female Eivor) Skills, weapons and combat are cool and satisfying. The whole setting, time period, map etc is very appealing. The graphics are really good. Highly recommend it on PC at 4K 60fps. Some side characters are interesting    … Expand
  28. Douglasbrown242
    Nov 27, 2020
    7
    I'd give this game a higher rating if there weren't so many bugs and crashes. I really enjoy the settlement idea and the rpg elements of the game. I do wish there were a little more options for the settlement building but I like where they are going. The big issue I have is that I've had more crashes and more of my character getting stuck in a wall and dying than I've had in any game I'veI'd give this game a higher rating if there weren't so many bugs and crashes. I really enjoy the settlement idea and the rpg elements of the game. I do wish there were a little more options for the settlement building but I like where they are going. The big issue I have is that I've had more crashes and more of my character getting stuck in a wall and dying than I've had in any game I've played ever. It seems as though they rushed the release and probably should have waited til some time next year. It's my favorite assassin's creed game so far and I'd change my rating to a 9 if the game didn't crash so much.… Expand
  29. przeprze
    Apr 1, 2021
    7
    I really REALLY wanted to like the game, but alas. The story, I think, is its biggest strength and, at the same time, its biggest flaw. There is "slow burn" and then there is Ubisoft's approach to their games. You want to move the plot? Why of course, do several hours of tedious repetitive quests with uninspired, poorly written and horribly voiced side characters over and over and over andI really REALLY wanted to like the game, but alas. The story, I think, is its biggest strength and, at the same time, its biggest flaw. There is "slow burn" and then there is Ubisoft's approach to their games. You want to move the plot? Why of course, do several hours of tedious repetitive quests with uninspired, poorly written and horribly voiced side characters over and over and over and over again. You want to take a break and try some side content? Why of course, here are your low-quality low-effort "world events" that will baffle you by their presentation more often than by their actual content.

    And, unlike in Odyssey, this time I'm actually sad about all this. Eivor grew on me immensely in the course of the game, as did the combat system. Raids lost their appeal after about the fifth one I did but still were a welcome distraction from the monotonous story quests. And the world itself is incredible, lush and vibrant in ways not many games can achieve. Too bad, then, that it overstays its welcome for about 10-20 hours (of purely story-related content).

    Ubisoft really need to scale down. Valhalla shows that, if their heart is in the right place and the writers actually care about the story, new AC installments can come very close to the legendary ones like AC2, Black Flag and Unity. But as long as they keep making the games more and more bloated and padded with completely arbitrary fluff, aimed at making you skip the grind by buying things at the store to finally FINALLY progress the damn story, they'll stay in this weird limbo of "ah yes, yet another Assassin's Creed game".    … Expand
  30. connorasmith
    Jan 23, 2021
    7
    As a long time Assassins Creed fan, AC Valhalla fell flat for me. By the end of the game, I found myself just wanting it to be over, as if playing the game had been a full-time job and the slog finally came to an end. Overall, Valhalla was an ambitious game, but it's poorly paced and filled so full of repetitive fluff, and so anti-climatic in it's story moments, that I enjoyed only a smallAs a long time Assassins Creed fan, AC Valhalla fell flat for me. By the end of the game, I found myself just wanting it to be over, as if playing the game had been a full-time job and the slog finally came to an end. Overall, Valhalla was an ambitious game, but it's poorly paced and filled so full of repetitive fluff, and so anti-climatic in it's story moments, that I enjoyed only a small portion of the 90 hours I played.

    I'll start with the good: The world of AC Valhalla is absolutely beautiful, with plenty to explore. The world is filled with diverse biomes, with terrain ranging from open fields to mountainous landscapes. This world is filled with short "world events" that, honestly, were my favorite part of the game. As mini-sidequests, they had a much lighter and more playful tone than the story, and many of them were actually hilarious. I think the best writing in the game can be found in these world events, and I always looked forward to reaching and experiencing every single one.

    Starting to get into what I didn't like: The world is also filled with an encumbering amount of collectibles, that are often hidden behind the same generic puzzle (sometimes even the exact same), to the point where solving and collecting the item just becomes tedious. To make matters worse, you can't see what the collectible is before getting near it, so trying to actually grab any meaningful wealth items or collectibles feels almost like a lootbox with little pay-off, with their sole purpose to just take up your time.

    I felt that way throughout the game, even with the main story. That so much of Valhalla just existed to drag out my experience, and force me to commit as many hours as possible in the illusion of it being a "massive" game. Truly, I felt like most of the game was just filler, with key story moments being rushed over and anticlimactic, while random arcs that very well should've been optional were forced on me and got more screentime than what should've been dramatic and critical plot moments. Similarly, the pacing of the story was awful, it felt like every time I started getting interesting in the main story, it would throw more (not optional) filler at me until I lost interest again. By the end, I had put 90 hours in Valhalla, but probably only actually enjoyed about 10 of those hours.

    Don't get me wrong - some of the story is great, especially toward the end, but those moments are so few and far between that it's hard to appreciate them at all (especially when the whole main story arc is so tonally inconsistent, and constantly feels like it alternates between comedy and drama).

    Though I don't usually complain too much about bugs, I did hit a few progression-blockers that really annoyed me. I can't even get to the game's epilogue now after finishing everything in the world, and a specific sidequest remains blocked by a known-issue that I'm just hoping will be fixed in a future update. Also, the bow (my favorite weapon in the game) has a quiver bug that results in me always having a lower arrow capacity I should, which was pretty annoying.

    I loved AC Odyssey and it's world, and to-date, I think it's still my Assassins Creed game. Maybe the Viking setting just didn't interest me enough, or maybe story just wasn't the priority for this game, but if there was anything I could change, I'd wish for a more condensed version of Valhalla that focuses on what it does best, and eliminates the mediocre filler.    … Expand
  31. NIKJOJO
    Dec 2, 2020
    7
    AC Valhalla does alot of things decently well, but nothing great. The combat, quests, map, and story are all decent. After 25 hours of gameplay, I feel like there's nothing more to see. Looking at others' reviews, I might need another 30 hours to complete the game which is far too long.
    There's no urgency or requirement to upgrade your gear; I've been using the same gear from level 1 to    AC Valhalla does alot of things decently well, but nothing great. The combat, quests, map, and story are all decent. After 25 hours of gameplay, I feel like there's nothing more to see. Looking at others' reviews, I might need another 30 hours to complete the game which is far too long.
    There's no urgency or requirement to upgrade your gear; I've been using the same gear from level 1 to level 110.
    The skill upgrade system is convoluted and the skills themselves are boring.
    There isn't enough assassination, AC Odyssey had a better combat and assassination system.
    Graphics are good, but it doesn't run too well on a 1060 6gb.
    decent game overall, not worth full price.    … Expand
  32. Lendas10
    Dec 28, 2020
    7
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a gourgeous game.

    Looks like Ubisoft has been learning by its mistake in the previous games and perfecting on each realease. From this new trilogy (Origins, Odyssey and now, Valhalla) Valhalla is the best one among them. Valhalla has great campaign story, really long campaign lenght by the way even though is shorter in map size and less "RPG" than Odyssey    Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a gourgeous game.

    Looks like Ubisoft has been learning by its mistake in the previous games and perfecting on each realease. From this new trilogy (Origins, Odyssey and now, Valhalla) Valhalla is the best one among them.

    Valhalla has great campaign story, really long campaign lenght by the way even though is shorter in map size and less "RPG" than Odyssey for example. Story is interesting and has some very well developed characters (Eivor being the best)

    In Valhalla, Ubisoft removed the grindy mechanics found in previous games (Origins and Odyssey) and brought back some of the good old stealth that made the series famous. There are some story arcs in the major cities that brought back ACII vibes, and it's really well done.

    England's landscape is a delight. Green pastures, forests, swamps everything is nicely done.

    Now for the bad parts: Game has some visual bugs (I played on PC on ultra), flickering, bugs where characters go under the ground, npcs running to the wall (enemies included), a very annoying bug when you load and your characters becomes drunk (also happens when you die and respawn which is even more annoying), I also had some crashes, all the crashes happened during quests, so once again, really really annoying. Fortunately, I didn't have game breaking bugs.

    NPCs face models is really terrible, if you played the previous games you already know, it's the same engine so no enhancements, all npcs look terrible expect for the major one (3 or 4) and Eivor that is really well made.
    Game has some 1999 fire effects it's ridiculous. Unbelievable, because water effects are so, so good and fire effects sucks. The major problem is that you interact a lot with fire during gameplay so it's really concerning.
    Enemy AI still bad, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.
    Microtransactions. I can't say much because I didn't even open the store during my gameplay, you don't really need to and you don't feel compelled to, at least I didn't. From what I see in microtransactions store you'll find, clothing, weapons, mounts, exp boost, etc.
    Like I said, it didn't bother me because I didn't feel the need to use, but microtransactions in a single player game is always bad, so that's a no-no.

    Ubisoft will probably change engine for the next trilogy (as this one is most likely finished). If they fix those bad parts IMO (characters face models, AI, etc) the next Assassin's Creed might be even greater than this one, which is totally possible.    … Expand
  33. LironesAlviento
    May 13, 2021
    7
    Me pasa que desde un tiempo hacia aquí los Assasins los veo un poco sin alma, aun así tiene cosas muy entretenidas y este en concreto no es un mal juego de vikingos pero me falta un algo, tiene muchas cosas buenas pero no me he conseguido meter en la historia.
  34. ch33zu5
    Nov 13, 2020
    7
    So, It has all the usual Ubi launch day bugs, But we knew that was coming. I have been playing the series since the beginning and as good of a game as this is, It doesn't feel like an Assassins Creed game. If you were a fan of Odyssey, You will like this game........Probably not as much though.
  35. splinter400
    Nov 14, 2020
    7
    Ok, i took my time to write this, i have 25 hours of playtime at the moment... So, this AC is finally after some years a proper AC, i really like Origins and Odyssey, their gameplay was really good, better than the old ACs games in my opinion, but something was wrong, there were no assassins, the stealth was almost completely gone, they were really good games but they weren't ACs anymore,Ok, i took my time to write this, i have 25 hours of playtime at the moment... So, this AC is finally after some years a proper AC, i really like Origins and Odyssey, their gameplay was really good, better than the old ACs games in my opinion, but something was wrong, there were no assassins, the stealth was almost completely gone, they were really good games but they weren't ACs anymore, but woah, this one feels and plays better than old ACs, the stealth is finally back, and with a solution that i love, you can finally kill high level enemies but you have to be good to do it, you need to do a "quick time event" sort of thing and there it is, a one shot kill, like the old days, i loved that, also the combat is brutal, it feels and plays good, the story for now is really on point, the abilities are good and they aren't totally unrealistic like Odyssey, the quest system tho, is probably the best thing about Valhalla, it makes you explore all of the various zones, and it keeps you going by giving you loot or xp. But why did i gave it a 7? Because as always there are some problems, and because it's Ubisoft the problems are the ones that you can find in every other AC game, the animations brake so easily, everything is bugged, it's really rare to do a combat or watch a cutscene where everything goes as planned, 2nd thing is that the map is too big, i mean it's really too enormous, and there are many maps!!! We have England, Norway, Asgard and one more that i have to explore, i mean thats really a lot, and maybe a little bit too much... Anyway this AC is really good, it feels like an AC finally, the reason of my 7 are as always with ubisoft the technical problems that the game has, but really good, Ubi please keep it up for the next games.… Expand
  36. Jamali88
    Nov 22, 2020
    7
    I lost all my loot, weapons, levels, upgrades and abilities, and places to get them are looted so they're just gone. I went to a 5 hours earlier save and the looted places moved there too. So the only way to complete the game is start a new game. The game is broken. Ubisoft offered support on their site, wrote a long text for it, then at send it says chat not working. No refunds, becauseI lost all my loot, weapons, levels, upgrades and abilities, and places to get them are looted so they're just gone. I went to a 5 hours earlier save and the looted places moved there too. So the only way to complete the game is start a new game. The game is broken. Ubisoft offered support on their site, wrote a long text for it, then at send it says chat not working. No refunds, because the play time exceeded 2h. 60€ wasted on this hot piece of garbage.… Expand
  37. Pahomch1k
    Dec 5, 2020
    7
    Она не плохая, но хуже одиссеи практически во всем. Да боевка норм, всё осатльное фу
  38. PJETRO
    Dec 13, 2020
    7
    Not bad, but still boring.

    Lots of same activities ( feels meaningless )
  39. Dullakhan
    Jun 12, 2023
    7
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a fun viking game but a weak/middling assassin's creed game since a lot of the features prioritise open combat over stealth, taking the Assassin's Creed name off of Valhalla is a surefire way to get more enjoyment out of the game
  40. simplytenshi
    Jan 7, 2021
    7
    Before starting I should say that this is my first Assassin's Creed game that I have fully beaten. Now with that out the way I enjoyed my time with the game but I think the biggest problem with it for me was the length of it all. At first the story is pretty dang good. I loved going to parts of England and making alliances with all these different people but after maybe 20 hours I began toBefore starting I should say that this is my first Assassin's Creed game that I have fully beaten. Now with that out the way I enjoyed my time with the game but I think the biggest problem with it for me was the length of it all. At first the story is pretty dang good. I loved going to parts of England and making alliances with all these different people but after maybe 20 hours I began to become tired of it and started realizing that there was a pattern to it.

    1. You go to the region hoping to make an alliance only to realize that there is a problem that needs to be solved before you could make one
    2. You help the fellow people solve their issue (usually ending with an attack on a fort of some sort)
    3. You finally get your alliance and (usually) never see these people again

    I honestly wouldn't have a problem with these style of gameplay if it hadn't been for the fact that these alliances get in the way of the main story. In some cases the main story would come back into the game and this crazy event will take place leaving you on the edge of your seat wondering what is coming next only to realize that in order to get to the next part of the story you have to play through another 10 hrs of alliances. I enjoyed my time with AC Valhalla but near the end it felt like I was just going through the missions hoping that the next alliance I did either got me to the next part of the main story or got me to the ending of the game    … Expand
  41. Molercunart
    Dec 22, 2020
    7
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a game that makes the brand identity crisis more obvious than ever. This game has a passionate team behind it. The writing, especially towards the end may be the best the franchise has seen in a long time. The revival of the modern day and First Civ story are a welcome addition and tie in a lot of open questions that previous entries never cared to answer.Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a game that makes the brand identity crisis more obvious than ever. This game has a passionate team behind it. The writing, especially towards the end may be the best the franchise has seen in a long time. The revival of the modern day and First Civ story are a welcome addition and tie in a lot of open questions that previous entries never cared to answer.

    However, many of the issues that plague the franchise since Origins and became even more obvious in Odyssey are still there and don't seem like they are going to be solved in the near future. Valhalla continues the RPG route and leaves oldschool fans like me unsatisfied again. Just like in Origins and Odyssey, you are greeted with various different RPG mechanics, skills, tons of unimportant side content and a massive world to explore (I don't mean this in a good way). The bloat that especially plagued Odyssey returns again, but is handled a little better since Valhalla tries very hard to tie every little side activity into your main story and the growth of your settlement. Side stories are mostly non existent since all major narrative quests are part of the various main story arcs. Everything else on the map comes down to a bunch of different collectibles, skills, gear and little world events that don't really make an impact whatsoever.

    Theoretically, this doesn't sound so bad, but in reality it just shifts one issue into another location. Yes, it's true that there is no need to do side quests in order to have a high enough skill-level to continue the main story anymore. But the reason for that is that the side content basically became main content and is now mandatory. There are tons of different story arcs in Valhalla. One half is actually amazing, really engaging and makes you want more. The other half however, is often quite pointless and feels like massive filler. Don't get me wrong, they are still well written, but they really damage the quality of the main narrative. Everytime when the story feels engaging and makes you want more, it stops and the game forces you to finish one or two of the filler arcs before you can continue the really interesting arcs. Therefore, the main story never truly picks up until the very end.

    Also, since Origins the AC games don't really have a clear ending anymore. There is no real climax and a satisfying credit roll. Instead, it's just another finished quest and after a short "congratulations!" you are being thrown back into the open world. Part of that probably has to do with the fact that Ubisoft wants to continue the story in future DLC. A practice that I'm not really the biggest fan of. Valhalla with it's sheer size often feels like work, rather than a fun experience. If a game demands so much time and attention, I feel like it needs to earn this right. Games like The Witcher 3 or Red Dead Redemption 2 do this by really pushing forward story-driven open-world games and not releasing regularly. Valhalla, just like Odyssey before it, doesn't. This is just more of the classic Ubisoft content. Nothing that allows it to be as long as it is.

    Overall, Valhalla tries to make the best out of a bad situation. Assassin's Creed has become an RPG franchise now, whether you like it or not. Odyssey embraced this and made very clear that it doesn't want to appeal to the older generation of fans. Valhalla is in a different situation, because it really tries to appeal to both sides. There is quite a lot of lore about Assassins / Hidden Ones, Templars / Order of the Ancients and First Civilization and almost everything of it is really good. In the bigger cities the game tries to emulate the feeling of older titles by including social stealth and blending in with the crowds. But in the end, it still is mostly a Viking fantasy with Assassin's Creed elements and fanservice added into it, never reaching the potential of older titles. It's still better than nothing though (looking at you Odyssey).

    Apart from that, Valhalla often feels clunky and unpolished. There are a lot of bugs and glitches and the presentation at times may be a franchise low. Especially cutscenes, which for a long time were a prime discipline of AC with its fully mocap animations, are mostly nothing more than okay. The reason for that is because they now use AI animation presets to do most of the work, apart from a few mocap scenes.

    But why is that? It's simple: Time. These RPG ACs are massive in every way. And with a development time of 2 1/2 years, the developers had to cut things short in order to deliver such a massive title. Quantity over quality in that case. Therefore, one can only hope that the next-gen AC will return the franchise to its roots. Delivering a smaller, but more thought out world, better cutscenes and a more streamlined story with an actual Assassin vs Templar conflict in the center. If you were looking for any of this in Valhalla, you will be disappointed.    … Expand
  42. NonoCat
    Jun 10, 2023
    7
    TLDR :
    Gameplay: 9
    Graphics: 10 Music&Sound: 9 Story: 1 Total: 7+ Overall a fun game, with beautiful gameplay and really good graphics if it was not for one HUGE problem: the story is PURE WOKE. I really appreciate the idea of treating the story of viking invasion of England, but all the elements which were added together with it have absolutely no logical tie with history, to    TLDR :
    Gameplay: 9
    Graphics: 10
    Music&Sound: 9
    Story: 1

    Total: 7+

    Overall a fun game, with beautiful gameplay and really good graphics if it was not for one HUGE problem: the story is PURE WOKE.

    I really appreciate the idea of treating the story of viking invasion of England, but all the elements which were added together with it have absolutely no logical tie with history, to the point of sometimes being ridicolous: let's start from the first problem: the idea of pairing Normans with Assassin Creed's narrative -thereby being anti-templar and anti-christianism- is so against historical truth to the point of ludicrousness.

    Viking's original religion was in no way a bad copy of the Mujaheeddins, in fact the whole idea that vikings believed that they were fighting to be the best warriors in order to ascend to the Walls of Allah (Wall-Allah or Valhalla) has no logical tie with history : pre-christian Scandinavians believed that fire was the spirit of divine and by the time that they were invading England, the Norwegians had become the Normans thanks to French influence, hence adopted Christianism as their religion and latin as their tongue. I would expect that from a French software house this would be a very much known things, but as it seems wether France has forgotten its history or no-one inside this company is effectively French.

    The only vikings who did believe in Valhalla were those enslaved by saracinians and working for them as pirates in the mediterranean.

    Had one read even the most vague book of history, he would know that one of the greatest kings of the Norman-English kingdom in fact later on led the crusades PRECISELY WITH THE TEMPLARS, his name was Richard the Lionheart.

    So the entire script behind this game looks like an attempt from really non-french and non-european people to cancel European culture.

    The reasons why I am awarding this a 7, still, are purely in order to award the visible effort of non-politicised developers who worked hard to bring very good graphics, music and a very solid and fun gameplay, otherwise the storyline itself could be simply thrown in the trash like the entire Assassin Creed saga.

    Please bring back REALLY French narrative and not this protestant/woke/leftist/nazi-like ridicolous stuff in Ubisoft. Thank you.    … Expand
  43. buddookan
    Feb 26, 2022
    7
    Taka sobie. Przeciwnicy zachowują się jak upośledzeni. Nie widzą śmierci z 3 metrów swojego towarzysza. Gra nam spowalnia ruchy i traktuje jak upośledzonego. Specjalnie strzelałem z łuku obok głowy i... trafiałem. Grafika wygląda bardzo nieostro i jest cukierkowa nawet na ultra. Gra ma spore wymagania a wygląda gorzej niż gry z 2015 roku.
  44. samstrummer90
    Nov 4, 2022
    7
    En realidad el juego es un 8. Pero como persona que disfruta y quiere completar los juegos al 100% he de quitar 2 puntos a AC Valhalla porque algún imbécil de Ubisoft pensó que hacer puzzles con cámara y controles de mierda con piedras que ha nadie importan un carajo era divertido. Esos puzzles asquerosos, mal programados y frustrantes me han hecho tener que rebajar la nota de este, por loEn realidad el juego es un 8. Pero como persona que disfruta y quiere completar los juegos al 100% he de quitar 2 puntos a AC Valhalla porque algún imbécil de Ubisoft pensó que hacer puzzles con cámara y controles de mierda con piedras que ha nadie importan un carajo era divertido. Esos puzzles asquerosos, mal programados y frustrantes me han hecho tener que rebajar la nota de este, por lo demás, magnifico juego.

    Lo primero que he de decir es que para disfrutar este título se ha de jugar con todo a máxima dificultad excepto el combate, que si te cuesta puedes adaptarlo a tu nivel.

    La IA es bastante mala, los niveles no están preparados para el sigilo por lo que esta disciplina deja mucho que desear. La dificultad del combate es absurda y proviene únicamente de los proyectiles que te impactan de manera automática y de conceder invulnerabilidad temporal a ciertos enemigos.

    Dejando de lado eso, el juego es una pasada. Mundo bonito y divertido de explorar, gran narrativa y una jugabilidad que a mi me ha atrapado por más de cien horas.

    Como recomendación, no te obsesiones con el 100% del juego. Juega lo que te apetezca, si comienza a cansarte o abrumarte, déjalo por unos días y retorna luego.    … Expand
  45. Czeslav
    Feb 9, 2021
    7
    Great visual effects and design but quite a boring gameplay and totaly tiresome crashes I meet regularly playing it. It worth to be played but with reservations.
  46. Mareco98
    Feb 16, 2021
    7
    Sin duda esta muy bien respectos con los otros, como el sistema de ir mejorando la aldea, y como hacer mas natural el encontrar las cosas, pero sigo pensando que debería cuidar mas los juegos, me ha craseado varias veces y algunos bugs que no deberían ocurrir.
  47. DaveMD9575
    Mar 9, 2021
    7
    In the opening (tutorial) hours, the game will instruct you to hit a button to smash a crate. I press the appropriate button to smash the crate, only to whiff harder than a 5-year old trying to play T-Ball. That, alone, is just a taste of the frustrations you shall encounter as you adventure across England. Later on in the game, you'll come across barred doors that need to be openedIn the opening (tutorial) hours, the game will instruct you to hit a button to smash a crate. I press the appropriate button to smash the crate, only to whiff harder than a 5-year old trying to play T-Ball. That, alone, is just a taste of the frustrations you shall encounter as you adventure across England. Later on in the game, you'll come across barred doors that need to be opened from the inside. You'll do this by destroying what appears to be a wooden beam locking the door from the inside. Simple, right? Not for me! All I hit is the open air and the lock stays in place until I have to pull out my bow. Or, how about the little beeping sound when you are trying to jump off a rock and the game won't let you? And let's talk about that camera with a mind of its own. Try calling your mount, and see what I'm talking about. Oh, and it's a joy when Eivor is telling his crew the STFU every time you come across a raid opportunity. Not to mention how often the longship would get hung up on the environment and I'd have to manually reverse course to continue on my way.

    It's not all annoyances and frustrations. The world is massive and beautiful. The missions are engaging and well written. The voice acting is excellent, and the music is exquisite! I also appreciate how the game encourages exploration.

    So, how would I rate AC: Valhalla over the course of my 100+ hour playtime? 51% fun/49% frustration! Would I recommend this title? Sure, just not at full price. Wait until all the DLC comes out and you can nab the whole package in a future Ubisoft sale or around $50!    … Expand
  48. jantjehofje
    May 1, 2021
    7
    Overall an OK game. Definitely not the best AC game, nor my favorite.

    The game just doesn't offer enough of a challenge, even on the hardest difficulty settings.
    This can make the game feel pretty repetitive and boring, and is ultimately why I stopped playing this game after around 50h or so.

    Still worth playing in my opinion, but just keep in mind there's better AC games out there.
  49. ItsSlavic
    May 19, 2021
    7
    I liked the story, the combat, that you play as a Viking, but this was not an assassin's creed game.
    The story started going dry at the end and I didn't really like the RPG in it, but it was fun to play
  50. YordanYanakiev
    Jun 8, 2021
    7
    It could really do more.. but well... probably there is just not so much interesting things around the Viking ages. Maybe about 40 hours in the game, and everything start looking like one big repeat of the thing which You just did a minutes ago.
    Let's hope that the next AC will be in the ancient Thracia or Rome, where there is much more to do. ;)
  51. Rybachkablat
    Feb 6, 2022
    7
    And so, where to start ... I'll start with the fact that this game is somehow similar to the usual Assassin. After playing it for 60+ hours, I realized that Ubi took a big step in the series, they added a HIDDEN blade that does not HIDDEN))). Jokes aside, I'll tell you better about the pros and cons of the game.
    PLUSES: 1. Visual (it's amazing)
    2. The plot (in the plot there is a    And so, where to start ... I'll start with the fact that this game is somehow similar to the usual Assassin. After playing it for 60+ hours, I realized that Ubi took a big step in the series, they added a HIDDEN blade that does not HIDDEN))). Jokes aside, I'll tell you better about the pros and cons of the game.
    PLUSES: 1. Visual (it's amazing)
    2. The plot (in the plot there is a brotherhood, YES Odyssey)
    3. Level system (Here you can complete the game without grinding and passing side quests)
    MINUSES:
    1. Not the best networking.
    2. Boring side quests
    3. Very, very how much Donat in the single player.
    Well, like everything, I liked the game, I put 7/10    … Expand
  52. EssZee
    Jul 30, 2021
    7
    Honestly, its an average game. Story is too long in my opinion, and it gets repetitive very quickly. Graphics are fine but a bit, how could I put it, bland in some areas. They are similar to AC Odysseys and Origins but the colour scheme is different. Stealth, especially social stealth is pointless as the few times you could use it in missions, its easier just to go around the enemies onHonestly, its an average game. Story is too long in my opinion, and it gets repetitive very quickly. Graphics are fine but a bit, how could I put it, bland in some areas. They are similar to AC Odysseys and Origins but the colour scheme is different. Stealth, especially social stealth is pointless as the few times you could use it in missions, its easier just to go around the enemies on rooftops and walls. Assassinations are similar to the other 2 recent games. At least the assassins are back this time.… Expand
  53. ZzTopNemesis
    Mar 1, 2022
    7
    Score: 7.2

    Bloated. One word that explains it very well. Yes we have assassin's back, but it's just a side story for some reason, not the main one. Gameplay wise, it's fun, i like it better than origins and odyssey. The graphics are beautifull. The story starts and ends very well, but the middle part of it, that are about 50 hours, nah, i don't even know the names of the    Score: 7.2

    Bloated.

    One word that explains it very well.
    Yes we have assassin's back, but it's just a side story for some reason, not the main one.

    Gameplay wise, it's fun, i like it better than origins and odyssey.

    The graphics are beautifull.

    The story starts and ends very well, but the middle part of it, that are about 50 hours, nah, i don't even know the names of the cities and people i "helped" or killed    … Expand
  54. Szymko7
    Jan 27, 2022
    7
    Spent 170 hours on Valhalla. This game is very solid. It has to be one of the best open worlds ever created. It is beautiful, stunning at times. Music and score is nice, really immersive. I must say Ubisoft is trying to listen to the critics, because I see some improvements within the franchise. Quests are a little better, dialogs don't seem as stupid as it used to be in Odyssey. Game is aSpent 170 hours on Valhalla. This game is very solid. It has to be one of the best open worlds ever created. It is beautiful, stunning at times. Music and score is nice, really immersive. I must say Ubisoft is trying to listen to the critics, because I see some improvements within the franchise. Quests are a little better, dialogs don't seem as stupid as it used to be in Odyssey. Game is a little bit more RPGish now, but is still has a lot of flaws. I liked how different weapons create different combat feeling, but crafting system in general felt odd. I literally levelled up first random set I found and kept it for the entire game. This is how unnecessary crafting was. I liked the blue mysteries on the map. These unique stories were a great idea to fill the map with content. The number of alliances to form was a madness though. I finished this game a week ago, and I can remember maybe two plots of these regional quests. Halfdan in Donecaestre and maybe crimes of Lunden. I never thought I would ever say, that game can be too big, but Valhalla clearly is. It makes you tired. And repetition kills all the brilliance of it. I would be happy to give it a score of 9 if Ubisoft made it around 20% smaller, and made the story stand out a little more.… Expand
  55. sVarus
    Feb 26, 2022
    7
    In short, more from acquaintances AC.

    The game looks beautiful. Fighting is fun and feels great 80% of the time.
    But then comes the typical AC / Ubisoft problem, the quest design. An effort has been made, but it feels irrelevant and repetitive and too long. Each area has its quest line and they are not exciting.
  56. Madbert
    Jul 9, 2022
    7
    Nov 10, 2020

    El juego en sí no está mal, pero no me está cautivando, el Odissey me pareció desde un inicio mucho más interesante, hay muy poca innovación, manejar el personaje siegue siendo un dolor ya que se mueve en todas direcciones menos donde quieres que vaya, gráficamente no es nada del otro mundo se ve bien pero meh no destaca en absoluto, innovación carente es lo mismo todos los    Nov 10, 2020

    El juego en sí no está mal, pero no me está cautivando, el Odissey me pareció desde un inicio mucho más interesante, hay muy poca innovación, manejar el personaje siegue siendo un dolor ya que se mueve en todas direcciones menos donde quieres que vaya, gráficamente no es nada del otro mundo se ve bien pero meh no destaca en absoluto, innovación carente es lo mismo todos los años. Está entretenido y por eso se me ajusta más un 7, pero considero que hay mucho mejores juegos que merecen más nota.    … Expand
  57. PenetratorGod
    Aug 30, 2023
    7
    If its open world wasn't so repetitive and full of boring interactions, I could see it as a successful game. It's not so bad that it can't be played, but it's not a good game because it's made with the logic of classic Ubisoft games. Also, these games have evolved from being historical games to being too fantastical and that's not good.
  58. turgaysenturk
    Aug 10, 2023
    7
    It was fun overall. Gameplay was good, graphics were impressing. Also, Eivor was a good character and his story was fun to play. All the quests had a common purpose and this connected the story well in spite of the big map of the game. Final was unexpected for me and I was happy at the end.
    After completing the base game, playing the DLCs of Assassin's Creed Valhalla hasn't been very    It was fun overall. Gameplay was good, graphics were impressing. Also, Eivor was a good character and his story was fun to play. All the quests had a common purpose and this connected the story well in spite of the big map of the game. Final was unexpected for me and I was happy at the end.
    After completing the base game, playing the DLCs of Assassin's Creed Valhalla hasn't been very exciting for me. The base game didn't provide a proper conclusion to our main character's story, and I was looking forward to wrapping it up. However, the current gameplay isn't really holding my interest.    … Expand
  59. pimentayy
    Dec 25, 2022
    7
    7/10

    I loved Assassin's Creed Odyssey and I was expecting Assassin's Creed Valhalla to be the same formula, same open world with lots of interesting sidequests do make, but unfortunately the game is far worse than Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The setting in Norse Viking age is cool, but the side quests are non existent (i mean it) the whole plot in norse mythology is boring as hell.    7/10

    I loved Assassin's Creed Odyssey and I was expecting Assassin's Creed Valhalla to be the same formula, same open world with lots of interesting sidequests do make, but unfortunately the game is far worse than Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

    The setting in Norse Viking age is cool, but the side quests are non existent (i mean it) the whole plot in norse mythology is boring as hell.

    One thing that is way better here than in Odyssey is the combat system, I really enjoyed it.

    The story was cool i guess, but Odyssey's plot got me more engaged than this.    … Expand
  60. JustSingleGamer
    Jan 27, 2023
    7
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla is way different from AC games(I didn't play Origins yet.), it has a skill tree and level system which I love. I think this is a good game, but it's not an AC game.

    -Terrible climbing controls. (not that terrible as first games.)
    -So long, bro. Last few hours I was crying when I was playing, just wanna scream "Please finish now, I can't take any longer."
  61. Artconnoisseur
    May 6, 2023
    7
    What is cool:
    1) The main story that concludes the entire Assassin's Creed Saga so far
    2) The melee gameplay is great and very enjoyable 3) The feeling of exploring as a viking - as you row a boat on the rivers listening to skalds 4) A nice attempt at reflecting history (in terms of the world depicted and the map) What isn't cool: 1) Stealth doesn't work and is an undeveloped aspect 2)    What is cool:
    1) The main story that concludes the entire Assassin's Creed Saga so far
    2) The melee gameplay is great and very enjoyable
    3) The feeling of exploring as a viking - as you row a boat on the rivers listening to skalds
    4) A nice attempt at reflecting history (in terms of the world depicted and the map)

    What isn't cool:
    1) Stealth doesn't work and is an undeveloped aspect
    2) Parquor is completely unused (not AC3 level)
    3) The outfits are exaggerated, ugly and completely ahistorical (just a nightmare fashion show)    … Expand
  62. Imaizumi
    Aug 21, 2023
    7
    I'd rate Assassin's Creed Valhalla a solid 7/10. The game stands out with its intriguing dual-setting approach, transitioning from the cold expanse of Norway to the warm summer landscapes of England. However, the game's size becomes a hindrance, resulting in both the main story and side stories feeling as insignificant as you towards the person you like.

    Unfortunately, the character    I'd rate Assassin's Creed Valhalla a solid 7/10. The game stands out with its intriguing dual-setting approach, transitioning from the cold expanse of Norway to the warm summer landscapes of England. However, the game's size becomes a hindrance, resulting in both the main story and side stories feeling as insignificant as you towards the person you like.

    Unfortunately, the character development falls flat, leaving many of the characters feeling like they were written by a 5 year old child. Despite these shortcomings, Assassin's Creed Valhalla maintains its appeal through its unique settings and gameplay elements.    … Expand
  63. 0235
    Dec 13, 2020
    6
    What should be an intense 50 hour game with variety and a gripping story is drawn out into a 100 hour fetch quest of unnecessary loot items, side tasks, map marker hunting, and going backwards and forwards across a beautiful, but excessively large map. If you have the time, it is recommended, but expect half of that time to be fluff and filler.
  64. Frisbiek
    Dec 31, 2020
    6
    Valhalla suffers from Ubisoft trying to fuse together old style AC games with the RPG focus of the last two, Origins and Odyssey. With game mechanics such as blending in with crowds, sitting down on benches, and luring drunks, it's clear Ubisoft is trying to make all sides happy with old school AC and RPG. Unfortunately, this is what brings it down. Ubisoft also limited gear, to theValhalla suffers from Ubisoft trying to fuse together old style AC games with the RPG focus of the last two, Origins and Odyssey. With game mechanics such as blending in with crowds, sitting down on benches, and luring drunks, it's clear Ubisoft is trying to make all sides happy with old school AC and RPG. Unfortunately, this is what brings it down. Ubisoft also limited gear, to the point where you have little to look forward to. As a reward for almost everything in the game, you get skill points. You get so many skill points, you are able to fill out the different skill trees half way through the game and become godlike. I bumped all of the game difficulty options to max, and it was still too easy. Add to that, Enemies almost always present themselves in an area with their backs facing you and never moving, almost as if saying, "please assassinate me."

    Zealots- Valhalla's version of mercenaries- just roam in a circle in their respective zone. They never hunt you, even though early in the game you're told they will come after you. The fights are very souls-like, which I would be ok with if given a reward but in most cases, you guest it- more skill points. Later in the game you may actually get some runes, but you will get so many of these and you are so overpowered you won't care.

    The Story is pretty good, and probably one of the highlights. There's no side quests really- instead a bunch of world events scattered throughout the game. A lot of these are actually entertaining. Most are pretty funny. Unfortunately, all you are ever rewarded with are.... more skill points. So after doing a few, there's really no draw to partake in these.

    Combat is much better in Valhalla- you can't just spam abilities and the Stamina bar encourages you to time your moves and abilities just right. I kind of like this- it provides a challenge. Timing your blocks, parry, and hits feels rewarding. Unfortunately, Ubisoft was lazy with the abilities, which are broken down in to ranged and melee. You find books to open up these abilities which is fine- but it's not long before you realize that a lot of abilities are just pointless, and some abilities do the exact same thing for ranged and melee. There's an axe throwing ability which does the same ranged as it does in melee. You also get a skill for poison and fire separate for ranged and melee. Why?

    The Settlement portion was a neat idea, but again very lackluster. I read several interviews where this was supposed to make you care about your settelment inhabitants by improving their respective shelter. What I found was, the only one that mattered was the trading post, the blacksmith, and the hunting lodge. The rest seemed pointless. After upgrading a building, you might get a quest from who lives there, but it's one and done. The barracks is probably the most disappointing- it allows you to customize your own viking guard to go on your boat, but it's pointless. It behaves no different going on raids than the ones already on your boat. You can hire custom made Vikings throughout the game from other players, but again pointless- they do nothing more than the ones already provided.

    Speaking of raids, this seems great at first. But they become boring when you realize there's no urgency. It tries to make it feel like you need to get in, pillage, and get out. But you can actually take your time trying to figure out the never ending "every building requires a puzzle to solve to get in (ugh)." To improve, there should be a limited time until some sort of reinforcements arrive and you are forced to retreat with what you have. Ubisoft should also make it to where your viking crew can die, making custom made viking units a little more valuable.

    The graphics are of course amazing. Playing on an i7 9700k 2070 super setup at 1440P, everything looks great, particularly distant landscapes. There are a few annoying spots in large settlements where FPS drops- and it's frustrating that Ubisoft hasn't figured this out yet.

    I must have replayed Odyssey a dozen times so far. I don't think I will replay Valhalla much because there's not much to bring me back.    … Expand
  65. EyesofWrath
    Nov 13, 2020
    6
    It struck me as interesting that 7/10 reviews have dozens of downvotes while a one-line 10/10 review has several dozen upvotes pushing it to the top. And given that the reviews labeled 'unhelpful' by corporate shills are uniformly the ones that match my own experience with the game, I've decided to write a substantive review that those treating the game like the second coming of Christ canIt struck me as interesting that 7/10 reviews have dozens of downvotes while a one-line 10/10 review has several dozen upvotes pushing it to the top. And given that the reviews labeled 'unhelpful' by corporate shills are uniformly the ones that match my own experience with the game, I've decided to write a substantive review that those treating the game like the second coming of Christ can band together and downvote to their heart's content. Because to a discerning buyer, that seems to be a tick of approval.

    In brief: if you liked Odyssey, then you'll likely like the skeleton of this game. It feeds from exactly the same trough, in typical Ubisoft fashion, and essentailly makes some small, less significant tweaks to the previous release that change the feeling of the game slightly, but unfortunately not enough to make it feel fresh. If you carry with you a sense of fatigue at the expansive and often-repetitive nature of Odyssey's content, then you might find yourself starting this game with that fatigue hanging over you as I did. To be clear - I loved Odyssey. It was the only AC game released in the last decade that didn't eventually bore me. But it was huge and tiring, there can be no skirting around that fact. So the understanding that you're not playing a fundamentally different game sets in very quickly, and so does the exhaustion that Odyssey eventually gave way to, despite how fun it was.

    Those feelings are more or less identical here - Valhalla is fun, and it's a tweaked version of its predecessor, but it never, ever diverges enough to feel like much other than the exact same formula, and while I find that formula less worn-out than that of, say, the formula of the later 'old-style' AC games like Syndicate or Unity, it's still worn-out nonetheless.

    Ubisoft is up to their old tricks, of course, and Valhalla feels like another step slightly too far down the same road. This is exactly why Syndicate tanked in sales and forced the company to revamp for Origins. But because we're 20-something games deep in the series, whatever minor changes Ubisoft make to their releases hold a far-more-quickly diminishing set of returns for long-time players.

    So while I was, for once, excited for what I thought might be something honestly different, Valhalla has ultimately been the game to convince me that the series has reached its natural end. It simply cannot be iterated anymore. Each new release needs to a wild revamp, because there's just not enough 'new' game here for a 90 dollar release. It's one of two dozen other games that all kind of feel the same, and one of three RPG-style games that already feel like they're being spat out of the Ubisoft-open-world-Build-O-Matic 2000 pipeline.

    Which, y'know, if you're not tired of the other games, might be appealing. I must admit that I like the safe and often mindless gameplay loop of the series, and Valhalla offers a beautiful new setting with some fairly engaging story and gory combat. Combat stamina has been introduced to remove the button-mashing of Odyssey, but the combat controls themselves are pretty clunky and lack the finesse needed to maintain a nice flow. You'll often find yourself getting struck simply because you hit the button one-too-many times. On lesser difficulties this is not so much a problem, but when you're one-shotted because you hit the attack button one single time too many it can be enraging. You can dodge to cancel actions, which gives the combat a welcome learning curve - you can get better in-game by improving as a player - but it isn't enough for the fighting to feel less shallow, and the aged engine struggles to meet the demands of the system they've designed. And honestly, that's a pretty good summation of the whole beast - what little they tried to change only works half as well as you'd hope, and it's very likely because the developers suffered horribly at the hands of company management during production.

    It's devastating to know that you're playing a game that *feels* like it was made by overworked people. The reported crunch is worn on Valhalla's sleeve more clearly than ever in the bugs, the glitches, the slapdash animations, the lack of innovation, and the clunky mechanics. This game was forced out before Christmas and could easily have benefitted from, among other things, months of extra development time. But there's no saving a game made simply to make money by a company infamously cruel to its employees, with the tightest possible development schedule and the slimmest allowable window for innovation. It's a deep scar given context by a knowledge of how the game was produced.

    So why am I here? Because you may find yourself uncertain, or willing to compromise your stated values out of curiosity, or, like me, a long-standing enjoyment of the series. But honestly I don't think this product is worth the money. It's not that different from Odyssey, and all things considered, I honestly don't even think it's 'better'    … Expand
  66. TragicShow
    Dec 20, 2020
    6
    This game would be a lot better if the developers bothered to fix the constant bugs before releasing it, or by fixing them at all. We are currently over 1 month into the game's release, and it is still plagued with constant game-breaking glitches and crashes. Here is a short list of my experience:

    -Game crashes on average about every 8 hours. Frequent autosave helps this system from    This game would be a lot better if the developers bothered to fix the constant bugs before releasing it, or by fixing them at all. We are currently over 1 month into the game's release, and it is still plagued with constant game-breaking glitches and crashes. Here is a short list of my experience:

    -Game crashes on average about every 8 hours. Frequent autosave helps this system from being even more annoying than it already is though.

    -Item wouldn't drop from defeating enemy (x2)

    -Died randomly from riding my horse on completely flat terrain

    -Died from an enemy phasing through me

    -Died from getting stuck in the terrain (x3)

    -Quest npcs despawned, forcing me to restart (x3)

    - Destructible barrier respawned while I was still inside a building, trapping me inside.

    -Tied up npc could no longer be picked up, forcing me to restart the mission

    -Quest character wouldn't spawn

    -Escort npc stopped moving (x2)

    -Npc I was escorting stopped following me

    These are just the glitches that forced me to restart, but there were plenty more that weren't as extreme.

    The story is okay. The gameplay is similar to Odyssey. I like the weapon choices and dual wield options, although not having a single one-handed sword in a time period where almost everyone had one-handed swords is stupid. I also like the more meaningful armor and being able to upgrade it. Without the glitches, I'd give the game a 7. But overall REVIEW HAS ENCOUNTERED ERROR    … Expand
  67. Mahdiar
    Apr 7, 2022
    6
    Gameplay : 6
    Graphics : 9
    Story : 7
    Sound : 8
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    Overall : 6 (not finished)
  68. abowman
    Nov 23, 2020
    6
    This has been my favorite setting for a AC game since black flag. If it wasn't for the NUMEROUS game breaking bugs and additional chunkiness that this game has, I would be rating it much higher. For instance there is a bug that will literally delete your weapon if you pull out a torch while dual wielding. This bug has been reported for weeks and Ubisoft has yet to fix it.

    The PC port is    This has been my favorite setting for a AC game since black flag. If it wasn't for the NUMEROUS game breaking bugs and additional chunkiness that this game has, I would be rating it much higher. For instance there is a bug that will literally delete your weapon if you pull out a torch while dual wielding. This bug has been reported for weeks and Ubisoft has yet to fix it.

    The PC port is also pretty horrendous. I'm using a 3080 and I'm still getting about an average of 70-80 frames.

    I'm consistently fighting with controls, dealing with a **** load of bugs, and in general experiencing frustration on a regular basis. I wish I could rate this game much higher, but in its current state (2 weeks after release) it needs a **** load of work.

    Before AC: Vahalla, I hadn't purchased an AC game since black flag, and I will likely won't be purchasing any additional Ubisoft games until they actually properly test their games. This performance is honestly shameful for a AAA studio.    … Expand
  69. CCsckr
    Nov 12, 2020
    6
    It's a re-skin of the previous 2 AC games. Combat is the same, stealth is the same, everything is the same except new gear, dual wield, character customization like tattoos and hair. The new features would be worthy of a DLC, not a stand alone game.

    Story is typical of Ubisoft. Interesting setting, but bland content. Shallow or simply uninteresting characters, conflicts and events.    It's a re-skin of the previous 2 AC games. Combat is the same, stealth is the same, everything is the same except new gear, dual wield, character customization like tattoos and hair. The new features would be worthy of a DLC, not a stand alone game.

    Story is typical of Ubisoft. Interesting setting, but bland content. Shallow or simply uninteresting characters, conflicts and events.

    Sure, the whole setting and map is impressive as always. Ubisoft's environment artists are always top notch - 10/10.

    But still. Cringy voice acting. I honestly cannot understand why Ubisoft can't hire decent actors in any of their games.

    It's the same game. If you expect something different, you'll be disappointed.    … Expand
  70. 4y4
    Dec 29, 2021
    6
    It's an alright game but there are some elements that I didn't like. Some things in the game feel quite repetitive for example and there were some major bugs.
  71. adrii9715
    Nov 17, 2020
    6
    The story is well-builded and the main character is quite good but there is a lack of animations and a poor improvement of the movement, sound and conversation setting that makes the user (me) to be uncomfortable when i try to be immersed on this Viking World, despite a huge graphical improvement (the game looks incredible). I'd rather wait 3 years for a more refined game. Also theThe story is well-builded and the main character is quite good but there is a lack of animations and a poor improvement of the movement, sound and conversation setting that makes the user (me) to be uncomfortable when i try to be immersed on this Viking World, despite a huge graphical improvement (the game looks incredible). I'd rather wait 3 years for a more refined game. Also the optimization for PC is really bad, Ubisoft standards.… Expand
  72. asdfasdf12456
    Jul 1, 2021
    6
    Combats are better than Odyssey but the story is boring. I completely forgot the story halfway while conquering England. This event seems not related to the main character's story, so many new characters keep jumping in and out of the scene. It is too hard to remember all of them since they have very little impact to the main storyline. After finishing conquering all the places, I feelCombats are better than Odyssey but the story is boring. I completely forgot the story halfway while conquering England. This event seems not related to the main character's story, so many new characters keep jumping in and out of the scene. It is too hard to remember all of them since they have very little impact to the main storyline. After finishing conquering all the places, I feel like I got slapped in the face for doing that because it serves no purpose at all.… Expand
  73. EpicSurvivor
    Dec 9, 2020
    6
    Not gonna lie game starts off good but then after years of playing Assassin's Creed you notice that its lacking in many aspects. I feel like one of the best modern Assassin's Creed game was Origins. I just loved it, it reinvented the graphics and the combat system and did a really good job at doing it. The story was rich and deep and I loved the hallucinations of the other world Bayek had.Not gonna lie game starts off good but then after years of playing Assassin's Creed you notice that its lacking in many aspects. I feel like one of the best modern Assassin's Creed game was Origins. I just loved it, it reinvented the graphics and the combat system and did a really good job at doing it. The story was rich and deep and I loved the hallucinations of the other world Bayek had. The story had meaning and direction and felt very original as a refresh to the AC Franchise. So when Odyssey came out I was so excited I was hoping for more of the same on a different package but was disappointed its not that Odyssey is a bad game same like Valhalla it just feels like its lacking in many aspects that Origin's did so well almost like a step back in many ways in trying different formulas instead of sticking to what worked. Valhalla is the same as Odyssey and Origins in that aspect. The game feels like it lacks something. 12 hours in and the world feels bland and empty unlike Origin's the combat feels repetitive, worse than the last 2. The story is stronger than Odyssey but it has no depth. Overall is a good time waster game looks decent but this shouldn't have been called Assassin's Creed game, Ubisoft should have just made a different game based on Vikings because this really doesn't feel anything at all Like and Assassin's Creed game. I'd give it a 6 or 6.5 out of 10
    12 hours in and I am getting bored already.    … Expand
  74. Bakibenz
    Jul 7, 2021
    6
    Visuals: 8/10

    - Quality: Beautiful graphics and landscapes. Lot of clipping issues. 8/10 - Style (-uniqueness): Same engine as Origins and Odyssey. Typical AC style (eagle vision). 8/10 - User Interface: Easy to understand and use. There are some missing options, for example when designing your jormsvikingr. 8/10 Sound: 6/10 - Voice acting: Generally speaking okay. Lot of    Visuals: 8/10

    - Quality: Beautiful graphics and landscapes. Lot of clipping issues. 8/10
    - Style (-uniqueness): Same engine as Origins and Odyssey. Typical AC style (eagle vision). 8/10
    - User Interface: Easy to understand and use. There are some missing options, for example when designing your jormsvikingr. 8/10

    Sound: 6/10

    - Voice acting: Generally speaking okay. Lot of lip-sync issues. 6/10
    - Music: No notable hits, but gives a great vibe. 6/10
    - Sound effects: Combat sounds are somewhat satisfying, but the level up/large chest opening sound is rather annoying. Nothing remarkable. 6/10

    Gameplay: 6/10

    - Controls (ease of use): Very clunky, but parrying and blocking is responsive at least. Climbing and generally just moving is a frustrating experience. 6/10
    - Unique systems: Levelling up feels like a chore. The raid mechanic is a welcome addition. Nothing really new to be honest. 6/10
    - Difficulty (settings, scaling, etc.): Played on the hardest combat and stealth difficulty. Stronger enemies and bosses have an annoying amount of health, but their damage is rather forgiving with good armour and 2-3 portions of HP refill. 7/10
    - Grind: It seems possible to complete the main story without having to force yourself to do side quests. The problem is that even the main story is repetitive. 5/10

    Story/Lore/World: 7/10

    - Characters: There were a few interesting characters, but there are so many characters in the game that after some time you start forgetting who's who. Apart from the main characters nobody really stands out. 6/10
    - Writing quality: Eivor has some really great lines. Language can be witty, so overall I am satisfied. 8/10
    - World design: Trademark Ubisoft copy and paste, rather empty and lifeless world. NPCs do not seem to have a daily routine, they just walk around. Not too convincing. 6/10
    - Story/Lore: not ready to comment yet.

    Technical: 5/10

    - Optimization: Really bad, worse than the previous 2 games. Kind of playable but 60 FPS is impossible. 5/10
    - Bugs: Several game braking bugs. The character gets stuck. Insane amount of visual bugs. 4/10    … Expand
  75. FarkyJTV
    Jul 1, 2021
    6
    what a dissapointment after 20 hours of playing this.
    good stuff
    awesome graphics i like the story and characters but thats all braindead AI almost buggy clunky unresponsive sluggish combat boring repetitive missions and gameplay wierd optimization issues video and audio the most tack on rpg elements i ever seen a game of vikings without a really good loot WTF i can get on    what a dissapointment after 20 hours of playing this.
    good stuff
    awesome graphics
    i like the story and characters but thats all

    braindead AI almost buggy
    clunky unresponsive sluggish combat
    boring repetitive missions and gameplay
    wierd optimization issues video and audio
    the most tack on rpg elements i ever seen
    a game of vikings without a really good loot WTF

    i can get on and on.WDL was pile of trash this is at least mediocre.buy only at a deep sale or ubi+    … Expand
  76. MrBum
    Nov 17, 2020
    6
    AC Valhalla attempts to cast of the trappings of Odyssey (being too large an repetitive for one), but fails miserably in my opinion. They get some points for trying with the world events as they are mostly unique and some are even interesting. But the sheer massive size of the game worlds (yes there are several different playable areas) really starts to bog things down.

    They end up    AC Valhalla attempts to cast of the trappings of Odyssey (being too large an repetitive for one), but fails miserably in my opinion. They get some points for trying with the world events as they are mostly unique and some are even interesting. But the sheer massive size of the game worlds (yes there are several different playable areas) really starts to bog things down.

    They end up suffering from the exact same issue: they've got a bad case of the way-the-hell-too-big-itis. No matter how engaging or interesting they can make the world events (as I said some are actually fun, but others suck hard, like cairn stacking), there are so damn many of them it can't help but get bogged down in repetition.

    There is really no one thing that drags the game down per say, but it does suffer from death by a thousand tiny cuts. There are a lot of little changes they made that are very questionable as well. Unnecessary combat tweaks (which in my opinion they basically already had nailed in Origins), the annoying and repetitive raids on Abbeys, etc.

    And my all time least favorite move on Ubisoft's part in the last several years: their insistence on making everything an RPG and failing to write actual characters, instead pretending to give players choice while being able to cop out of having to write real protagonists (I am of course speaking of their ironclad insistence on keeping both male and female protags an option.) In a franchise like AC, it is far better to have one well written protagonist of a particular gender whether male or female.

    To sum it up, they tried to appease the masses at the cost of staying true to the soul of the franchise and the game has suffered for it. They really NEED to pair the next game down and prune a lot of the fat that has crept in lately. I don't have much faith that they will though.    … Expand
  77. SilverOrlov
    Jun 12, 2023
    6
    When I went through the Origins and the Odyssey, I did not complain that this is "no longer the same assassin as it was", although it is so. I simply enjoyed exploring the beautiful and vast worlds of ancient Egypt and Greece. Well, plus / minus the stories were not bad, albeit they were simple. Even in these games there was a fairly convenient game-play.
    And now we have Valhalla...    When I went through the Origins and the Odyssey, I did not complain that this is "no longer the same assassin as it was", although it is so. I simply enjoyed exploring the beautiful and vast worlds of ancient Egypt and Greece. Well, plus / minus the stories were not bad, albeit they were simple. Even in these games there was a fairly convenient game-play.
    And now we have Valhalla... beautiful graphics? Yes, there is, but it's already 2023, so it should already be just norm. Music? Yes, it's just yes. Story? It is on about the same level as the previous ones, but a little more interesting. There are also a lot of side quests, but almost all of them are five minutes long.
    Now about what I didn’t like, and what made me quit the game, after a certain point:
    A lot of small bugs... ugly and uneven animations... disastrously stupid AI of enemies... Catastrophically disgusting and hacky DLCs... transformation of authenticity into a donation dump of hundreds of tasteless and unnecessary items for the Vikings era... constant changes by the company of various interesting things which were found in the game by the players (as soon as something appears on YouTube, it is deleted by the company).
    But the strongest rejection for me personally was the combination of the terrible appearance of the map and the stub of the "scanning eye" with the fact that these maps are simply incredibly huge. I suddenly realized that I didn't want to explore this World IN THIS way. I don't want to spend SO much time on this using a very unpleasant scanner tool that worked fine before in Origins and Odyssey.
    For me personally, they killed the franchise with their Valhalla game. Rest in peace Assassin's Creed.    … Expand
  78. Ebislav
    Dec 13, 2020
    6
    Визуал 9/10
    Геймплей 8/10
    Музыка 8/10 Сюжет 5/10 Подача сюжета 1/10 Частые лаги, скомканное повествование, отсутствие оригинальности для тех кто играл в AS Origin и AS Odyssey. Игра почти во всём лучше двух предыдущих частей, но тошнотворна для тех кто в них играл. Я догадывался что это будет копипаста, но всё же решил пройти и пожалел об этом в середина, а под конец уже просто всё    Визуал 9/10
    Геймплей 8/10
    Музыка 8/10
    Сюжет 5/10
    Подача сюжета 1/10
    Частые лаги, скомканное повествование, отсутствие оригинальности для тех кто играл в AS Origin и AS Odyssey. Игра почти во всём лучше двух предыдущих частей, но тошнотворна для тех кто в них играл. Я догадывался что это будет копипаста, но всё же решил пройти и пожалел об этом в середина, а под конец уже просто всё пробегал фастом. Она внешне прекрасна настолько, насколько отвратительна внутри. Понять кто глава Ордена Древних можно за долго до конца просто посмотрев в меню Ордена.)) В предстоящие ДЛЦ даже не планирую к ней играть. От оценок критиков недоумеваю.
    Нюанс: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla может быть очень интересна тем, кто не играл в предыдущие части    … Expand
  79. bikergofast
    Feb 25, 2022
    6
    Of all the Ubisoft games that hold your hand to the point of you not needing to think this one does it the least. It's good and bad. On one hand when you just want to let it tell a story you can't because waypoints are so vague that you have to figure out what they mean. On the other it's nice to not have the handholding. But what's the point of the difficulty setting then?
    Also, the    Of all the Ubisoft games that hold your hand to the point of you not needing to think this one does it the least. It's good and bad. On one hand when you just want to let it tell a story you can't because waypoints are so vague that you have to figure out what they mean. On the other it's nice to not have the handholding. But what's the point of the difficulty setting then?
    Also, the music is still broken, they've known for a year and it's not working. That's pretty sad to be honest.    … Expand
  80. watchm824
    Nov 17, 2022
    6
    Another craft from Ubisoft. If the previous two parts looked good, but Valhalla was already boring. The main character's story didn't grab me. And everything that concerns the plot about the Assassins has not been interesting to me at all for 10 years.
  81. PLAYBOYPIJON
    Nov 16, 2021
    6
    Как игра про викингов весьма хороша 7-8/10
    Как серия ассасинов , не о чем 5-6/10
  82. Kelen
    Aug 29, 2022
    6
    [PL]
    6/10 - Niezła
    (po graniu 130h i ukończeniu gry) Przez pierwsze 24h wydaje się naprawdę dobra, ale po tym nie pokazuje nic nowego, wszystko jest wtórne, a z upływem czasu wszystkie postacie coraz mniej mnie obchodziły i coraz mniej pamiętałem o ich istnieniu. Ostatecznie fabuła jak i każda mechanika tylko rozczarowuje i drażni. Fabuła na początku wydaje się ok, ale jest    [PL]
    6/10 - Niezła
    (po graniu 130h i ukończeniu gry)
    Przez pierwsze 24h wydaje się naprawdę dobra, ale po tym nie pokazuje nic nowego, wszystko jest wtórne, a z upływem czasu wszystkie postacie coraz mniej mnie obchodziły i coraz mniej pamiętałem o ich istnieniu. Ostatecznie fabuła jak i każda mechanika tylko rozczarowuje i drażni.

    Fabuła na początku wydaje się ok, ale jest niesamowicie rozciągnięta i ostatecznie zwyczajnie głupia. Pełna jednakowych postaci i niemal nic nie zapada w pamięć.
    To niesamowite, że udało im się sprawić, by bitwy ze zdobywaniem zamków były aż tak jednakowe i monotonne.
    Zakończenie tak nijakie, że nawet można nie zauważyć, że to koniec.
    Ta gra jest trochę jak opowiadanie przez bananowe dzieci jak to jest być biednym.

    Dziwny koncept bohatera o "zmiennej" płci (którego zdecydowanie dominującą jest kobieta), ale możemy narzucić mu 1.

    Bohater/ka przez całą grę tylko szuka czyim być przydupasem, by ten ktoś zaczął ją lubić, mimo że solo mogłaby wygrać wszystkie wojny.

    Krótkie, ale poważniejsze zadania poboczne, lecz mimo tego bez pomysłu i szybko zaczynają nudzić.
    Mechanika szukania samemu tego, co trzeba w nich zrobić, jest spoko i początkowo je ratuje, ale z czasem nawet to im nie pomaga.
    Czasem niemoralne/toksyczne rzeczy są przedstawione jako coś dobrego lub po prostu fajna zabawa. Granie w tą grę momentami odbierało mi chęci do życia.

    "Pyskówki", czyli dialogi będące rymowanymi, słownymi potyczkami są głupkowate. Miałyby więcej sensu z dubbingiem w tym samym języku co napisy, ale nadal byłyby głupkowate.

    Każda czynność wałkowana jest milion razy do porzygu. Gra nie szanuje czasu gracza.
    Mimo upływu lat gra potrafi bugami zepsuć jakieś wyzwanie lub misje i zmusić do powtórki.

    Klimat brudniejszy, niektóre lokacje niczym żywcem wyjęte z Wiedźmina.
    Bardzo ładna trawa.
    Brzydcy ludzie, zwłaszcza dzieci - ich twarze często przypominają dziwacznych, chorych starców, albo dorosłych karłów.

    Ekonomia nie istnieje. Nie kupuje się broni, tylko śmieci.
    Od początku do końca gry używałem tego samego zestawu zbroi, czasem tylko zmieniając jego wygląd (a jest ich mało i wszystkie niezbyt atrakcyjne).
    Odnajdywane skrzynie i innej "wielkie skarby" to zazwyczaj syfiaste sztabkami żelaza czy innego syfu do poprawiania statów ekwipunku.

    W porównaniu do poprzedniej części: nieco mniej przyjemna rozgrywka, ładniejsza grafika, brudniejszy klimat, bardziej nużące i powtarzalne czynności, głupsza fabuła.    … Expand
  83. hoanns
    May 8, 2021
    6
    Forgettable game. The world looks nice and the game is well made, but there is no depth at all to it. It kept me playing to then end, but at that point I wasn't having much enjoyment or fun, you just gonna carry out the same repetitive gameplay loops to some bland story elements.Conquer this region, climb this tower, attack this castle. It's not actively bad, but it lacks creativity andForgettable game. The world looks nice and the game is well made, but there is no depth at all to it. It kept me playing to then end, but at that point I wasn't having much enjoyment or fun, you just gonna carry out the same repetitive gameplay loops to some bland story elements.Conquer this region, climb this tower, attack this castle. It's not actively bad, but it lacks creativity and depth in gameplay.… Expand
  84. Mubarak1992
    Nov 12, 2020
    6
    I tried the Seris version, it is better by stages than the prince of the PC on the PC, it does not deserve more than 6
  85. tobyberg12
    Mar 19, 2021
    6
    If you liked Odyessy, you will most likely also enjoy this game. It takes what Odyessy did right and capitalizes on it while removing some of the more tedious side content and instead respects your time. Except for one overarching problem that both Odyssey and this game suffer from is the gigantic, open world filled with empty space. It just feels dead and after a long while of playing, IIf you liked Odyessy, you will most likely also enjoy this game. It takes what Odyessy did right and capitalizes on it while removing some of the more tedious side content and instead respects your time. Except for one overarching problem that both Odyssey and this game suffer from is the gigantic, open world filled with empty space. It just feels dead and after a long while of playing, I got tired of it. Even when going back to it months later, I can't get back into it. It isn't worth it to me and I hope Ubisoft can come up with a way to make their open worlds more interesting.… Expand
  86. Nburns
    Jan 5, 2021
    6
    Mediocre open world with little in the way of reasons to explore it. Mechanically rather uninteresting though the plot is decent enough to push through the hack and slash combat.
  87. zacharyandreas
    Dec 4, 2020
    6
    literally everything about this game is average. not worth 60 bones, but a good pickup if its on sale for around 30.
  88. The_laggy_one
    Jun 2, 2023
    6
    pros: beautiful game if you play it at ultra-high settings
    the gameplay is fun and easy to understand
    awesome game
    cons: impossible to play assassin's creed odyssey now
    PS4 version looks garbage

    takes wayyy too long to finish and the ending is not worth it.
  89. lxRs451
    Nov 12, 2020
    6
    At first i was blown away, it was so good and fun and refreshing. But the excitement from the well made prologue slowly withers away and once you start doing some of the content over and over again, you will find yourself bored.
    The new gear system sucks, it was stripped down to bare minimum and it is not engaging. Combat looks flashy but unless you put it to the highest difficulty it's    At first i was blown away, it was so good and fun and refreshing. But the excitement from the well made prologue slowly withers away and once you start doing some of the content over and over again, you will find yourself bored.
    The new gear system sucks, it was stripped down to bare minimum and it is not engaging. Combat looks flashy but unless you put it to the highest difficulty it's laughably easy and you will just mash buttons and win - there's no thought needed.
    Assassins - i don't know why are they even there anymore, it feels forced and unnecessary.
    The last part of the game which will last you between 1-2 hours is great but i do not feel like it was worth it.
    It's a step down from AC Oddysey in many ways, which should not happen but i rate it a little better.    … Expand
  90. jappy87
    Nov 19, 2020
    6
    After playing this game for about 10 hours I realize it is more of the same. For veteran players who enjoy stealth, assassination's, and thematic storylines in league with the AC brotherhood, this game will be a let down. It seems they are trending in the direction of open scale combat and placing the role of an assassin on the backburner. Ultimately the identity of the assassins creedAfter playing this game for about 10 hours I realize it is more of the same. For veteran players who enjoy stealth, assassination's, and thematic storylines in league with the AC brotherhood, this game will be a let down. It seems they are trending in the direction of open scale combat and placing the role of an assassin on the backburner. Ultimately the identity of the assassins creed franchise is a confusing blend of gameplay that touches on open combat, stealth, & world exploration with decent scoring. If you dont change the recipe the formula will go stale... which is exactly how I feel about this franchise now. The game feels stale.… Expand
  91. Zometta
    Nov 15, 2020
    6
    Gráficos agradáveis, jogabilidade divertida e muitos bugs. Essa é a melhor maneira de descrever Assassin's Creed Valhalla

    Espero realmente que a Ubisoft se empenhe e corrija logo esses bugs q atrapalham a experiência.
  92. meeplelikeus
    Nov 17, 2020
    6
    Assassin's Creed: Valhalla seems so worried about disrespecting your money that it will instead flagrantly disrespect your time. Needs the middle 20-30 hours chopped out of it.
  93. budbringer
    Nov 17, 2020
    6
    A glitchy game with a beautiful open world, combat that becomes pretty boring and tedious, and a great story that ends up being really anticlimactic. It is a pretty decent game that had the potential to be one of the greatest games I've ever played.
  94. NickjjScott
    Nov 17, 2020
    6
    "1 step forward, 2 steps back"

    I'll start by saying like most newly released AAA titles this game is full of bugs. So much so that it is very noticeable and will impact how much you enjoy the game. Looking past this though this is another decent Assassins Creed experience that will provide over 80 hours of content. However, if you enjoyed the previous two titles Origins and Odyssey then    "1 step forward, 2 steps back"

    I'll start by saying like most newly released AAA titles this game is full of bugs. So much so that it is very noticeable and will impact how much you enjoy the game. Looking past this though this is another decent Assassins Creed experience that will provide over 80 hours of content. However, if you enjoyed the previous two titles Origins and Odyssey then this game is going to feel like a downgrade in many ways.

    Some returning features or new features that the game has included are assassinating bosses, kill conversations, speech checks, mini-games, dual-wielding different weapons, and raiding. Some of these are very welcome additions that make the game feel fresh. Some removed features or features I wish didn't return are killing civilians will desynchronize you instead of increase your bounty, no bounty system, reduced gear/weapon system, less gear variety/customization, combat is very janky, only one finisher animation per weapon, AI is considerably worse than previous titles, stat tree forces you to grab stats you don't want to get the ones you do want, and gear acquired in some locations cannot be kept when returning to the normal area.

    The setting of the game is very interesting and I was hoping for another amazing experience like in Origins and Odyssey (post-launch) but it's clear that the developers were trying to mix both the old and new Assassin's Creed games together in Valhalla. Sadly this meant removing much of what made the new games extremely fun and replacing it with dated mechanics. If I had to sum the game up in one sentence it's "1 step forward, 2 steps back".    … Expand
  95. Slystarz
    Nov 17, 2020
    6
    Bland story, I found the combat in Odyssey to be more engaging than this.
    As for the upgrade system its tedious and unimagnitative, as I am writing this I am wondering why I am
    scoring as high as 6, Assassins Creed is still the title why am I not an assassin ? This game has lost its way.
  96. LaS4l0p3
    Nov 20, 2020
    6
    This Assassin's Creed Valhalla is beautiful , a world magnificent , lot of details and a incredible sound design ( i love the horn noise ) . I love the Nordic Myhtology and loves the stories of vikings . The Assassination System is incredible , put the difficulty in Master Assassin for more challenge .
    But the game is REPETITIVE , the story annoying , characters already seen , the combat    This Assassin's Creed Valhalla is beautiful , a world magnificent , lot of details and a incredible sound design ( i love the horn noise ) . I love the Nordic Myhtology and loves the stories of vikings . The Assassination System is incredible , put the difficulty in Master Assassin for more challenge .
    But the game is REPETITIVE , the story annoying , characters already seen , the combat system is horrible and is resume by Attack Shield Attack Shield...
    Valhalla is a mixed of Origins and Odyssey , but all the mistakes of these two games are in . The Pillage and attack of fortress are too little, and to repetitive and all the outpost are the same .
    If Odyssey was really good with writing Valhalla is a deception .
    I almost finished the game so my Review may be better than others , if you love odyssey i don't recommend to play this one but if you love Origins go for it . I hope that the Dlc's and mostly the Paris siege are going to blow my mine .    … Expand
  97. Heavenshero
    Dec 9, 2020
    6
    For me this game has good, satisfying combat, the graphics are as you'd expect for a 2020 triple A game and the story is decent.

    4 game freezes in the past 24 hours, a bugged romance quest that has been highlighted to the developers for over a month with no fix along with numerous other open world bugs certainly takes the shine off however. The exploration can become very repetitive    For me this game has good, satisfying combat, the graphics are as you'd expect for a 2020 triple A game and the story is decent.

    4 game freezes in the past 24 hours, a bugged romance quest that has been highlighted to the developers for over a month with no fix along with numerous other open world bugs certainly takes the shine off however.

    The exploration can become very repetitive - find house, find crack in wall, shoot lock from door, enter house, find chest, repeat. This certainly takes away from the immersion when you are in the middle of a raid/battle and have to take a quick pause to solve a mini "puzzle". These puzzles being trickier and less frequent would have been welcomed, stick to kicking doors off during raids and battles and leave the puzzles for sneak elements of the game.

    Visiting establishments outside of quests feels quite empty and hollow, further the game has taken the realistic approach to England for the time period (small wood and dirt establishments with the occasional impressive cathedral). The usual ubisoft coins & helix credit cash grab are present.

    Suggest waiting for the price to drop and patches to be released.    … Expand
  98. aeismann
    Dec 15, 2020
    6
    Ubisoft delivered quite a high level in terms of Graphics and overall gaming experience, although I am very troubled with other elements of the game like narrative and history. Except for some exceptions, the game does not really try to tell us who the vikings were, like the history channels' TV show as a good example in that sense. The story itself takes place in what is today England andUbisoft delivered quite a high level in terms of Graphics and overall gaming experience, although I am very troubled with other elements of the game like narrative and history. Except for some exceptions, the game does not really try to tell us who the vikings were, like the history channels' TV show as a good example in that sense. The story itself takes place in what is today England and the protagonist is not really a true viking, but more of a member of a secret order for (modern) liberalism and tolerance. The vikings saw the Christians as their Ragnarök, and those Christians -were- their Apocalypse, they brought an end of their pagan culture, with the help of the cross and the sword. Some modern Norwegians have rebelled against this act of erasing the Native Norwegian pagan culture, it even got expressed in arts and music, in the black metal scene for example. Ubisoft are pretending to represent a part of history, but they are legitimizing only a flat view of it, players who only play this game would not learn a lot about viking history, or what Valhalla could mean for these warriors. Tread lightly !… Expand
  99. Mini1124
    Jan 25, 2021
    6
    I wanted to like this game. I preordered the deluxe edition, I even went back and entirely replayed Origins and Odyssey in anticipation. But replaying those games may be the crux of Valhalla. The world is in no way shape or form as beautiful or varied as the islands of Greece, or the sprawling sandscape of Egypt. It altogether feels very bland and uninteresting. I will say the characterI wanted to like this game. I preordered the deluxe edition, I even went back and entirely replayed Origins and Odyssey in anticipation. But replaying those games may be the crux of Valhalla. The world is in no way shape or form as beautiful or varied as the islands of Greece, or the sprawling sandscape of Egypt. It altogether feels very bland and uninteresting. I will say the character detail, and armor/clothing customization and upgrading system is excellent. I just wish there was more choices of sets compared to odyssey where you could have 30+ entirely unique outfits. Onto the story of Valhalla: it’s not good. You have essentially no choice in various outcomes that Ubisoft makes you think matter. The entire arc as a whole is just so unbelievably dry and devoid of flavor. The romance options feel very forced, and like I said, in many cases no matter what decisions you make the game already has a predetermined outcome. I wanted to love this game, Origins was just a glimpse into the masterpiece that was Odyssey, and I hoped Valhalla would go even further, but it didn’t. It’s worth picking up if it goes on sale, but at full price and compared to previous iterations it’s not that great of a game.… Expand
  100. Taavetti1983
    Apr 12, 2021
    6
    Had to change my Review for this game. Assassins Creed Valhalla was pretty disappointing in the end. So many silly little things. Graphics are very unstable sometimes making the game look muddy and awful. Jank so much jank. I loved Male Eivor and the Story is wonderful. Can’t believe in a game like this you can’t pull out your weapon like a Draw option, also can’t believe your Hood alwaysHad to change my Review for this game. Assassins Creed Valhalla was pretty disappointing in the end. So many silly little things. Graphics are very unstable sometimes making the game look muddy and awful. Jank so much jank. I loved Male Eivor and the Story is wonderful. Can’t believe in a game like this you can’t pull out your weapon like a Draw option, also can’t believe your Hood always falls off when you get into battle. It’s a cool game to play if you get it cheap and have played all the better games and have nothing else to play. 6/10… 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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