Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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  1. shadeofblack
    Dec 29, 2021
    3
    I really did NOT like the story in this game. It was boring and the characters tired me, in my opinion it was poorly developed. In comparison with Odyssey and Origins Valhalla didn't meet my expectations. The places were mostly dull and felt colourless. The upgrade of skills was hard to accomplish with that complex and massive skill tree, taking hoursbefore its effectiveness can be felt.I really did NOT like the story in this game. It was boring and the characters tired me, in my opinion it was poorly developed. In comparison with Odyssey and Origins Valhalla didn't meet my expectations. The places were mostly dull and felt colourless. The upgrade of skills was hard to accomplish with that complex and massive skill tree, taking hoursbefore its effectiveness can be felt. In my opinion it's like a bad immitation of the previous games. Also, the modern day storyline is getting worse and worse with each game. It was extremely boring and frustrating even in Odyssey, spoiling the rest of the game, but Valhala took it a step further. Travelling was another issue, when desynchronized in a mission you start all over again and stealth isn't the same as it used to be.… Expand
  2. Hpoonis
    Jan 1, 2022
    3
    Well, as usual, I waited for a bargain buy before purchase. Such a thing also gained me the extra content, etc.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    All-in-all, not a thing I would recommend to anyone, and certainly NOT for 120Euro.    … Expand
  3. Cknr
    Feb 7, 2022
    3
    worst assassins creed game ever created. Depresed game compared to other AC. it;s insult after ac odyssey. it;s like back to 2000s... map is empty, control one of the worst i ever see( 0 char control for parkour). main story one of the worst.. grafics huge downgrade from ac odyssey and origin. npc;s dark and without soul. i Dont even talk about upgrade system , 0 new items in game. grindworst assassins creed game ever created. Depresed game compared to other AC. it;s insult after ac odyssey. it;s like back to 2000s... map is empty, control one of the worst i ever see( 0 char control for parkour). main story one of the worst.. grafics huge downgrade from ac odyssey and origin. npc;s dark and without soul. i Dont even talk about upgrade system , 0 new items in game. grind grind s... game with 0 reward. skill tree useless... most disappointed game this year.. ac project is already dead if ubisoft future plans ac series like this. i never ever been so disappointed of game so much, this game cant;t even be called good RPG. Ac odyssey dont have any of old assassins creed mechanic, but it;s was really good RPG not so far from the witcher 3. this is last game i bought from ubisoft this game not even worth pirate...… Expand
  4. Geowulf
    May 7, 2022
    3
    Meh... Lost my interest and was a slog to finish. Has beautiful views and good not great gameplay but it's story drags after a bit and I stopped giving a **** about the thousandth viking and their piddly ass problems. The world certainly is not empty but it is boring after doing the same thing over and over and over
  5. WanderinMelmoth
    Sep 10, 2022
    3
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla will be my last Ubisoft game. Ubisoft has reached creative bankruptcy.
    While yes, each Ubisoft game gets better on a technical level, gameplay wise there is ZERO progression. Valhalla plays exactly the same as Odyssey and Origins. Far Cry 6 plays exactly the same as New Dawn and Far Cry 5. Ubisoft is selling you the exact same game over and over again with    Assassin's Creed Valhalla will be my last Ubisoft game. Ubisoft has reached creative bankruptcy.
    While yes, each Ubisoft game gets better on a technical level, gameplay wise there is ZERO progression. Valhalla plays exactly the same as Odyssey and Origins. Far Cry 6 plays exactly the same as New Dawn and Far Cry 5. Ubisoft is selling you the exact same game over and over again with slightly updated graphics and a different theme.
    The open world consists of simple icon hunting - a boring huge open world with minigames scattered all over for you to tick off. Flashing icons everywhere, constantly the game tells you "press x to do y".
    Valhalla has really nothing to do with the original series either anymore. What started as Assassins vs. Templars brought us to Ancient Egypt and Greece and now to the Vikings in England. Stealth kills - the main game mechanic of the original games - are meaningless. You can go in anywhere and just hack & slash your way through armies of enemies. Why call it Assassin's Creed?
    By far the most annoying aspect of the game is when they break immersion and drag you into the present to play as some Layla chick. WHY? I have exactly ZERO interest in this character.    … Expand
  6. CRodrig57
    Aug 6, 2022
    3
    I don't understand where all these great reviews are coming from. This is by far the worse Assassin Creed in the entire line-up when it comes to overall gameplay. The story writing is lackluster and extremely boring and it doesn't help that most of the game mechanics from previous titles like Origins and Odyssey that were contreversial litterally got worse in this title than that of theI don't understand where all these great reviews are coming from. This is by far the worse Assassin Creed in the entire line-up when it comes to overall gameplay. The story writing is lackluster and extremely boring and it doesn't help that most of the game mechanics from previous titles like Origins and Odyssey that were contreversial litterally got worse in this title than that of the previous titles.
    When I'm talking about game mechanics, I'm talking about the RPG looter aspect, combat mechanics, and story progression.

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

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

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

    The only thing that made the game worth playing was the world in which you play in. It's a pretty, detailed world; I like how the snow would leave tracks when you treked through it. It was definitely nowehre near Red Dead Remdemption 2 however. I have no idea what the developers where thinking with this game this time around. Everything they did in Origins and Odyssey progressive got better with each title and then we come to Valhalla and they litterally ruined it. I would definitely pass up on this game and I'm quite let down with this title that I uninstalled halfway through.    … Expand
  7. SynapsyS
    Oct 24, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm gonna start with positives because I'm gonna knock this thing real hard.
    Beautiful artwork, the attention to detail is easy on the eyes and the sun light is amazing, too amazing at times. The back grounds, the forests, the    … Expand
  8. Finito
    Jun 4, 2023
    3
    Was buggy at release and its still buggy more than 2 years after release. Trash triple A developer who releases full price unfinished products and uses it's player base as beta testers.
  9. nysong
    Nov 15, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the first 2 hours are great then you realize you gonna do the same thing for the other 10 zones. raiding is fun for the first 2 time you do it but then it become so tedious. The world is huge yes but its a running simulator. The puzzles are all the same, I spend more time looking for the cave entrance then doing the actual puzzle. There is no actual character level instead you get a skill tree which is basically stats node. That's how they calculate level. Weapons don't matter in power level so you could get a grey starter weapon and be 300 " power level".… Expand
  10. Paulystan
    Feb 14, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This has all the potential of being a good game but it is seriously let down by some high caliber problems.
    1- It simply isn't as good as its predecessor. Odyssey was better in most regards including fighting, ship conflict, style, scaling, characters, story etc.
    2- They have kept that absolute SJW future crap where you totally lose immersion in the actual game by suddenly leaping forward to some irritating American woman wandering about trying to find alien artifacts. I get AC world has this metanarrative woven throughout but I have to be honest, it's a crap narrative and very poorly executed crap at that.
    3- The controls are VERY clunky and unresponsive. In situations where timing is critical, the game totally fails you. I haven't ever become as irritated by a computer game as I have with AC Valhalla... It's worse that Odysseys issues.
    4- The world is filled with treasure but apparently most of them are stupidly hard to get to and require really fiddly little arrow shots or wandering about for 10 minutes until you find a cellar entrance by accident. This is not puzzle solving team, it's just boring crap.
    5- Eivor, the main character, is a nobody who is apparently somebody. He isn't a king, he doesn't have renown, he isn't even a clan chief, he is JUST a warrior. Maybe he is a good one but the character of somebody rolling with the big dogs of the day is nonsense. He is a nobody, he would have not been important enough to become close confidante of the Lothbrocks or kings etc.
    6- In many instances, the Norse and Danes are considered by the game as the defacto good guys. Although I appreciate that Eivor needs to be a good guy in his world, the viking raids and the later Norse/Dane settlers were NOT in anyway good guys. The Saxons, Angles, Celts etc may also have had their dark sides and let's be honest, life in the dark ages was VERY brutal and hard but you cannot in any way write into existence that the fyrd would side with the invaders or that the local people of war torn Mercia would regard the invaders benevolently.
    7- You have once again, like all the post modern age interpretations of faith, shat on Christianity and made paganism that included things like human sacrifice of slaves, legitimised rape and vile actions against Christians because they dared believe something else is just another attack on a Christianity that, regardless of whether you have any faith of any kind now, actually acted as an extremely peaceful and right giving faith. They ensured things like a universal system of laws which made murder wrong and taking a woman against her will illegal. Was it spotless, no of course not but civilisation has somewhat proven that it was a damn site better than the available other options.
    8- The game crashes, regularly. In itself it isn't a huge deal but far out, for a very expensive full price and 'completed' game, it is very trashy.
    9- Silver is useful only for sideline noise stuff like buying a new decoration for your extremely undersized boat. This is dumb. For a leader, jarl, king, lord etc, money was the sinews of war. Vikings particularly ONLY stayed with the man they were sworn to if their leader was a gold giver. Silver and gold should be WAY more critical to success in this game, instead you have put in things like chests full of iron ore and leather (what?) and ingots of metal to be the more important currency. Odyssey did this way better.
    10- Ubisoft have damaged their recent games by being greedy. Making people BUY the game and then trying to sell currency packs or decoration packs etc is absurd. You are becoming dangerously close the EA in your profits first policy. This will be the last Ubisoft game I buy in a very long while, possibly ever.
    11- It is thin. Odyssey felt, rich, vibrant, energised... fun. Valhalla is thin and very easy to put down and stop playing. I doubt I will be able to drag myself across the finish line, what a let down after Odyssey.
    12- As a final remark, your horse riding is crap.    … Expand
  11. Razrback16
    Dec 8, 2021
    2
    Pros:

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

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

    Cons:

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

    Game Length: ~130 hrs.

    Overall Rating: 2/10.    … Expand
  12. Luka1998010
    Oct 28, 2022
    2
    There are rarely moments where I regret buying a game I wanted.
    2 cases : First being Forza Horizon 4, now this.
    When it came out, I was pretty excited, expecting a back to the roots game where a viking goes to become an assassin and joins the brotherhood, like Black Flag did it with the pirate theme...and at the end, pure disappointment. First of all, at launch, it was a buggy mess.    There are rarely moments where I regret buying a game I wanted.
    2 cases : First being Forza Horizon 4, now this.
    When it came out, I was pretty excited, expecting a back to the roots game where a viking goes to become an assassin and joins the brotherhood, like Black Flag did it with the pirate theme...and at the end, pure disappointment.
    First of all, at launch, it was a buggy mess. Plenty of times, I encountered game breaking bugs like not being able to open chests at raids because my stupid followers won`t help, instead just run around like morons.
    Then, there is the disappearance of the E button to talk to important characters when you have to.
    Repetitive moves are also something that is an eye sore.
    The grind to get all the skills is beyond boring.
    But out of all the things that bore the fck out of me, must be the annoying, everlasting parade of pledges.
    Those things drag out across 70h of gameplay, to the point where I beg the game to stop.
    Its not even doing different things at each pledge...No, its all the same s*it !
    Travel across the map with no fast travel, speak to someone, do a task to kill someone, talk to them, start a battle and do it all over again for over 10 times... Not to mention, the story arc of each location is basically the same, like helping one character to become the leader... Why ?
    The map is just terrible. The only location I did like was visiting London. And that is pretty much it.
    Now. Assassin`s Creed should be AC, not Viking Creed. Going back to Black Flag.
    There you play a pirate, who finds a new purpose in life and eventually joins the brotherhood.
    In Valhalla, I truly hoped to see the moment where Eivor becomes an assassin and his story arc goes in that direction, like a lot of other characters in the series do : Ezio, Arno, Connor...
    Seeing him get the hidden blade at the beginning for no reason than just "Here it is" was the icing on the bulls*it.
    After beating Basim, is student Haytham does not say a freaking thing post ending ! Not a single word !
    Tracking down every order member felt like a chore that I have not completed but wanted to since that was the only AC element in the entire game !
    Also, one of my issues that made me shake my head in disbelief is the usage of mythology in this game.
    Asgard, the DLC where you play as Odin... I mean, what the f*ck Ubisoft ??? IF you want to make a game about fantasy s*it, make a new IP, not ruin Assassin`s Creed !    … Expand
  13. error8
    Mar 3, 2021
    2
    Coming after Odiseey, which was one of the greatest games Ubisoft crafted, Valhalla is a very bad joke, a soulless unplayable mess.
    I've tried three times to play this game, but it's impossible for me and this is my favorite genre. Everything feels plastic, dull and artificial in such a way that there is no immersion whatsoever. Voice acting is bad, lips sync is at Playstation 2 level,    Coming after Odiseey, which was one of the greatest games Ubisoft crafted, Valhalla is a very bad joke, a soulless unplayable mess.
    I've tried three times to play this game, but it's impossible for me and this is my favorite genre. Everything feels plastic, dull and artificial in such a way that there is no immersion whatsoever. Voice acting is bad, lips sync is at Playstation 2 level, the sounds that they have recorded for this game are at a low bitrate, repetitive and have no depth. There is no spatial sound for a 2020-2021 game, you just can't figure out from which side the sounds are coming. Eivor voice covers every other sound in the stage and it's louder then everyone else's. These are not bugs to be fixed, it's just the way the game's sound engine has been created, more like the ones in games from 20 years ago.
    I have nothing to complain about graphics, they are ok, there is also a fake HDR and overall the performance is similar to Odiseey.
    The gameplay however is plain and dull, repetitive, doing the same raids over and over to gather resources which is so boring. Ubisoft managed to peak at Odiseey and I thought that Valhalla can at least be at that level, but no, it's a much worse game in every way. Too bad I payed for it. Ubisoft is dead for me with this one. I'll never buy another game from them from now on.    … Expand
  14. Darkys7
    Mar 27, 2021
    2
    Well, another **** from ubisoft. There is no Viking spirit. Again assassins. And as always, they can't even do basic mechanics normally. The only plus is, as always, a beautifully drawn world. This is where the pros end. the gameplay and the plot are just ****
  15. Gelonyx
    Mar 20, 2021
    2
    AC Valhalla is a game with a 10 hour story that did everything to drag it to 100 hours one. The game looses it's focus and forces to go through useless and meaningless story arcs. The story lacs urgency and whenever a major story bit happens the player is forced to go through 20 hours of game to reach the next 5 minutes cut-scene that actually moves the narrative forward. Let alone theAC Valhalla is a game with a 10 hour story that did everything to drag it to 100 hours one. The game looses it's focus and forces to go through useless and meaningless story arcs. The story lacs urgency and whenever a major story bit happens the player is forced to go through 20 hours of game to reach the next 5 minutes cut-scene that actually moves the narrative forward. Let alone the buggy mess taht the game was on launch day : several major bugs were preventing gamers from completing the story.

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

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

    Never have ifalt like i've wasted so many hours of my life before. If I knew the game only revolved around a few pivotal cutscenes i would have spared my money and time and just watched a summary online.    … Expand
  16. gappyz
    Apr 20, 2021
    2
    Graphic and design is good, that's all.
    this game is absolutely the worst thing among AC series.
    be shame on yourself UBISOFT
  17. Bogdanrsc
    Nov 12, 2020
    2
    The game tries to mimic witcher 3 in every aspect possible.
    After almost 10 hours of gameplay, i was so bored of it that i installed back origins.
    Is just boring repetitive gameplay, and the story don't engage you at all in the world. The performance on pc is pure **** Graphics are outdated and horrible looking. By now is like a Ubisoft branding. Wait for a big sale if you really want to    The game tries to mimic witcher 3 in every aspect possible.
    After almost 10 hours of gameplay, i was so bored of it that i installed back origins.
    Is just boring repetitive gameplay, and the story don't engage you at all in the world. The performance on pc is pure **** Graphics are outdated and horrible looking. By now is like a Ubisoft branding. Wait for a big sale if you really want to play it. Don't recommend it to nobody, if you care about your money.    … Expand
  18. Kalakalakin
    Nov 13, 2020
    2
    After excelent relaunch of seria with Origins and good Odyssey this "game" is not playable at all. A very poor plot, stupid quests, idiot cut scenes about nothing, the characters are stupid and uninteresting, absolutely do not involve in the gameplay. The game is not impressive with anything new and it is not interesting to play it. The battle scheme is the same as in Odyssey. And finalyAfter excelent relaunch of seria with Origins and good Odyssey this "game" is not playable at all. A very poor plot, stupid quests, idiot cut scenes about nothing, the characters are stupid and uninteresting, absolutely do not involve in the gameplay. The game is not impressive with anything new and it is not interesting to play it. The battle scheme is the same as in Odyssey. And finaly very poor optimisation on PC! Sound stutters and glitching in some places, while Fps constantly drops from 60 to 25, 30, no matter what resolution: 1080, 1440, or 4k. And it makes game unplayable with all this drops. Core i9 9900, 32 gb, ssd, rtx2080. Two points for beautiful world, nothing else the game has to offer.… Expand
  19. Kagemusha911
    Nov 16, 2020
    2
    If you want clunky battles, a historically inaccurate world, a dull story, and a lot of bugs, then buy it.
  20. Dororo
    Dec 15, 2020
    2
    Очередной конвейер от юбисофт , нечего не изменилось , все та же херня ... Когда вы уже закончите этого ассасина , все из него выжали ....Сделайте лучше что-нибудь новое ...
  21. fundakk
    Jun 26, 2021
    2
    While playing Valhalla I was wondering about the same thing while I was playing any of the previous parts - how can you release 12 games, remaster 5 of them, with core gameplay as a parkour-like terrain traversing, all while being an AAA game developer, and fail at it every single time. Also, if I remember correctly, horse riding was in all previous series and it's still the worst horseWhile playing Valhalla I was wondering about the same thing while I was playing any of the previous parts - how can you release 12 games, remaster 5 of them, with core gameplay as a parkour-like terrain traversing, all while being an AAA game developer, and fail at it every single time. Also, if I remember correctly, horse riding was in all previous series and it's still the worst horse riding experience in all games I've played.
    Gameplay-wise - comparing to Oddysey (since this is basically the same game - Ubisoft is a master of game mechanics recycling) it has all annoying things but has been stripped of fun elements. Character is a block of wood - running like in a dream - fully engaged pressing forward, but moving like in a jar of honey where your enemy can slowly and gently, but at a similar speed, move backward while aiming at you with a bow. Exploration is always the same - run/ride for a minute or two, and do one of few things - throw a jar of oil, shoot door barricade from the window behind or go through the opening in the top of the building. Oh, don't forget to enter a well to collect the key. In Oddysey world was at least interesting - here we have two ruins of colosseums, two models of churches, and other generic ruins. All repetitive and boring. It is also no longer an RPG. If you have preferred alignment you basically stay with the same gear from the beginning to the end since there are so few weapons and armors. And it also doesn't matter which one you choose, they all have similar stats. This game is now a kind of barbie doll house - you complete tasks and gather resources to buy new hair, or decorate your village and boat. Nothing else. Fighting can be brute-forced, assassinations are useless, stealth is kept only for sake of naming the game "Assasin's Creed". The new thing - raids are fun but only for the first three times - later they are extremely repetitive.
    The story is unfinished (like in every other game nowadays) - after the "main character arc", both assassin creed and england conquer arcs are closed as fast as possible, with a lot of plot holes. It really feels like the team didn't had time to think about a proper ending.    … Expand
  22. abdul125a
    Jan 6, 2021
    2
    The only advantages of this game are the atmosphere and the story, the game is full of errors, sometimes making it impossible to complete individual threads. There are problems with catching fish and dying materials. Technical Support provides absurd compensation for the loss of all resources from armor upgrades. The game is in a terrible condition, and I am convinced that I will not buyThe only advantages of this game are the atmosphere and the story, the game is full of errors, sometimes making it impossible to complete individual threads. There are problems with catching fish and dying materials. Technical Support provides absurd compensation for the loss of all resources from armor upgrades. The game is in a terrible condition, and I am convinced that I will not buy another part for the premiere due to the poor technical condition of the entire product.… Expand
  23. 111Lopes
    Jan 27, 2021
    2
    I think Ubisoft took 2 steps back with this one. Odyssey is soooo much better in every sense. After 10 hours of play, I went back to play Odyssey just to make sure and yes, Odyssey way better. Graphics are not any better either so very disappointing. One more thing, Ubisoft changed the button mapping on controllers if you using one on PC. You no longer assassinate with Y but its change toI think Ubisoft took 2 steps back with this one. Odyssey is soooo much better in every sense. After 10 hours of play, I went back to play Odyssey just to make sure and yes, Odyssey way better. Graphics are not any better either so very disappointing. One more thing, Ubisoft changed the button mapping on controllers if you using one on PC. You no longer assassinate with Y but its change to RB for example. Complete waste of my hard earned money.… Expand
  24. KanE38
    Feb 6, 2021
    2
    Игра слишком затянута! И почему нельзя сжигать монастыри и убивать монахов во время набега? Я викингом играю или кем?! Одна пидорасня, аж тошнит! Из-за этого и пригорело, тут зарегистрировался и решил написать отзыв! Да когда уже игры начнут делать для нормальных людей?Игра слишком затянута! И почему нельзя сжигать монастыри и убивать монахов во время набега? Я викингом играю или кем?! Одна пидорасня, аж тошнит! Из-за этого и пригорело, тут зарегистрировался и решил написать отзыв! Да когда уже игры начнут делать для нормальных людей?
  25. FWT0m4tr0N
    Mar 21, 2021
    2
    Has to be a 2!

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

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

    Last game I buy from UbiSoft!

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

    Steady 90-100fps in Very High 3440x1440.

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

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

    BEAUTIFUL GAME! Unacceptable QA!    … Expand
  26. shotgun7
    May 25, 2021
    2
    I can't understand this high score! It's not an RPG and not an action game. I think this is the worst skill "tree" what I have ever seen, i'ts horrible. The fight system is poor like a wood, and you can't craft. It's just a large open worls walking and farming simulator, with some logical jobs, nothing else. One of the worst AC in the series.
  27. Qeeckle
    Sep 20, 2021
    2
    Ok it's a game, but it IS NOT Assassin's Creed! There isn't any reasons why it is Assassin's Creed, assasssin isn't a barbarian! Yes there are good graphic, some actions and for some reason these actions is interesting for my friend... But he always was strange. I really don't know why some people buy this, there are really bad story, do you remember story in first part, second?! Why thereOk it's a game, but it IS NOT Assassin's Creed! There isn't any reasons why it is Assassin's Creed, assasssin isn't a barbarian! Yes there are good graphic, some actions and for some reason these actions is interesting for my friend... But he always was strange. I really don't know why some people buy this, there are really bad story, do you remember story in first part, second?! Why there are brutal combat, for who it is? Assassins shoud be insensibly, like shadow and then kill qeeckle and hide. I haven't enough time to discribe all what shoudn't be in assassin creed. That is my opinion, criticize, suggest, comment. 2 for good graphic and really well-saturated world… Expand
  28. eronsyla
    Feb 12, 2022
    2
    I don´t know why lots of people hype this game. There are just a few things i like about it:

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

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

    Now lets start with all that bad stuff...

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

    It´s just so sad. I was not happy with Odyssey and thought it could only get better if they would get back to the core of assassins creed but this game is even less an Assassins Creed than Odyssey was. If u just want to play the game because youre a fan and at least want to know if there is something important that affects future AC Games: Don´t do it, please! Just see what happens in the present day on YouTube and you know basically everything you have to know. This game is the worst thing Ubisoft could do.    … Expand
  29. Kikkeli007
    Aug 6, 2022
    2
    I was in love with the game at first: Somewhere mid-adventure the repeat mechanics became noticeably grindy and seeing the experience boosts sold in game made me wonder, if they created a problem to sell me the solution later. Another thing I started to notice was the many "moral teachings" in the games narrative. The story makes much effort to justify the assassins' victims alwaysI was in love with the game at first: Somewhere mid-adventure the repeat mechanics became noticeably grindy and seeing the experience boosts sold in game made me wonder, if they created a problem to sell me the solution later. Another thing I started to notice was the many "moral teachings" in the games narrative. The story makes much effort to justify the assassins' victims always deserving some 2020 poetic justice. So, to sum it up: The predatory monetization and tribal messaging turn a otherwise beautiful, imperfect world into a soulless ikea.… Expand
  30. colossusofrhode
    Dec 15, 2022
    2
    Pretty good AC-adjacent game like Odyssey. But no achievements in Steam, sorry no thanks.
  31. Bushido_DZ95
    Feb 27, 2023
    2
    In addition to not being enjoyable, the game manages to look hideous on maximum graphics settings.
  32. Barny
    Mar 5, 2023
    1
    I played quite a few assassin's creed... but this one, can't be bothered to focus on it for more than 15 minutes. It's formulaic, boring, repetitive and uninteresting. uninstall and forget. Don't get me wrong, it's the same on all ubisoft franchises: same thing over and over again, it get's boring really quickly.
  33. bebalien
    Nov 15, 2020
    1
    As usual with Ubisoft :
    +
    the world is great
    animations, DA, visuals, etc... are beautiful

    -
    Everything else

    Where is the gameplay ? Why is the fighting system so lame ? Why is the storytelling so bad ?
  34. rantingwaj
    Nov 12, 2022
    1
    Rating it low only because of the terrible terrible Uplay launcher and how Ubisioft treats its PC customers especially. I bought the game on Epic store which said I needed to download 48 GB's. I let it download thru the night thinking I will play in the morning on Sunday. Well Uplay starts and says I need a further 106 gb update!!!!!

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

    It also bugs out routinely and is such a pain!! Without the Uplay launcher, its a solid 7 at least...    … Expand
  35. jaco111
    Jan 3, 2021
    1
    The combat feels clunky compared to Odyssey, but the story and world seem interesting enough that i won't complain too much about it. After playing for a while i find myself irritated by several issues. While i can understand it makes climbing more interesting, the romans didn't build a world wonder on nearly every single hill in england. Another issue, they claim the game was made by aThe combat feels clunky compared to Odyssey, but the story and world seem interesting enough that i won't complain too much about it. After playing for a while i find myself irritated by several issues. While i can understand it makes climbing more interesting, the romans didn't build a world wonder on nearly every single hill in england. Another issue, they claim the game was made by a team of all religions, but i had some side quests which were simply mockery of christianity. Robbing abbeys for monetary gains is kind of ok for me in a viking game but the side quest about a monk north of middletun for example that's plain mockery. Well it seems to make quite a lie out of the disclaimer about different beliefs and genders. Some weapon animations are also rather ridiculous if you think about it. The final attack with a spear combo for example. The sweeping motion might be an interesting idea with a light saber but with a wooden staff it's simply ridiculous.… Expand
  36. pjmeyer22
    Nov 19, 2020
    1
    I just wasted 120 bucks on Odyssey and Origins. I have a feeling Valhalla is headed in the same direction of regurgitated crap and I am unwilling to waste another 60 bucks. So this is a review of what the Assassin's Creed franchise has become not what it once was. I am going to list what I perceive as being the biggest problems and I will give a solution to all of them.

    1. Controller    I just wasted 120 bucks on Odyssey and Origins. I have a feeling Valhalla is headed in the same direction of regurgitated crap and I am unwilling to waste another 60 bucks. So this is a review of what the Assassin's Creed franchise has become not what it once was. I am going to list what I perceive as being the biggest problems and I will give a solution to all of them.

    1. Controller setup and key mapping. Origins and Odyssey are geared towards console gamers. I was not happy with only 4 melee abilities and 4 ranged abilities. I have over 100 programmable keys and I want access to all of them. Rebinding them was just a big headache.

    Solution: Two complete versions. One for the PC gamers and one for the console gamers. As a PC gamer I am willing to wait longer for a complete version, rather than a port of a console game.

    2. There is a big problem with game play. When playing Origins and Odyssey it feels as if the assassination element is missing. In Origins elite characters needed to be poison them before you can assassinate them. Odyssey required you to hold the assassinate button for five seconds. More often than not this leads to open combat. Open combat means a ton of button smashing. To me this is too easy and too simplistic. I feel like wasted points on the assassination skill tree. If the game was call Warrior's Creed I would not have wasted any points in the assassination skill tree.

    Solution: Be transparent with me. Remove the word assassin from your title. Don't tell me it's about stealth. Completely remove the assassin skill tree.

    An assassin is someone who can kill their target without being detected. In Assassin's Creed 2 and Brotherhood I remember certain quests would fail if you got detected before killing your target. Even in Black Flag certain quests would fail if you get into open combat. Button smashers are easy, boring, and repetitive. What works for one baddie more than likely works for all of them.

    Solution: Stop buying Assassin's Creed games, so I can stop ranting on metacritic.    … Expand
  37. SRKNZ
    Dec 22, 2022
    1
    Shoddy optimisation. So bad, in fact, I couldn't get past the start screen. Seems to be the norm these days but given whats being charged, really unacceptable. Anyone ever heard of beta testing?
  38. cyberdamn
    Apr 10, 2021
    1
    This game is fake history agenda from the very beginning, not to mention it's a ubisoft's money-sucking tool
  39. Kamamura
    Nov 24, 2021
    1
    Female vikings??? Just simply no. Assassin's creed used to teach us great lessons about history. Benjamin Franklin was a man. George Washington was a man. Leonardo Vinci was a man. Roman legionaries were all men. All soldiers during middle ages and ancient era were men. Why do we now have to see ahistorical garbage like female vikings?
  40. Hotcreme
    Mar 24, 2022
    1
    Quite like they took all the polished, unmolested bits from AC: Odyssey and said "let's tweak this until it's unrecognizable."

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

    The story sounds like it was written by a white tech-dude in his 30s. How am I supposed to relate to this character in any meaningful way? Movement is no longer optimized on PC. Colors are horrendous and oversaturated where they shouldn't be, and undersaturated where they should be. Rest in peace AC RPGs.    … Expand
  41. xSilverback87
    May 20, 2021
    1
    Repetitive, you’re not an assassin. Uou have to become friend with the while britain… waste of time
  42. petebaldwin
    Apr 7, 2021
    1
    There is a major bug that is tanking FPS that is affecting a lot of people. It's existed since the patch before Christmas. Here's a 927 post thread about it on the Ubisoft forum - they've stopped responding because they can't/won't fix it.

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

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

    https://discussions.ubisoft.com/topic/88876/pc-after-tu-1-1-0-i-am-experiencing-fps-drops-low-cpu-and-gpu-utilisation?lang=en-US    … Expand
  43. drlife
    Apr 12, 2021
    1
    The game has a lot of bugs and this are MAJOR BUGS for example:
    1. Missing quests from story line
    2. Missing side quests
    3. Glitches on main quest
    I tried to reach their support at this point I have posted this bug a week ago and they still did not solved this MAJOR BUGS.

    Their answer is: our team is looking into it, we apologies bla bla bla.
  44. offyghost
    Dec 17, 2020
    1
    Auto-level and donates for single-game? exp booster? no way. this is no game.
  45. Antor
    Dec 17, 2020
    1
    Patch v.1.1 ruined the whole game balance. Autoleveling was added to the game, and PAID boosts were added to the game store. Ubisoft doesn't change. How greedy you are. Your fans will eventually turn their backs on you
  46. Morgrain
    Mar 25, 2022
    1
    Landscape, cities, graphics in general - 8/10
    Immersion: 8/10
    This is Odin: 10/10
    Fun-factor: 8/10

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

    Game could have been awesome.

    But this attitude towards the playerbase MUST be punished.

    Summary: 1/10 !
  47. Loukanikos
    May 24, 2021
    1
    I regret wasting my money on this.
    Bad gameplay, the character moves slowly/clumsy and have some problems with object collision, jumping from objects and other things, irritating at all times, even the horse moves worse than in Odyssey.
    Item system is terrible, half a dozen itens you take too much time to acquire, expensive to upgrade and boring/unusefull affixes (they are also uglier).    I regret wasting my money on this.
    Bad gameplay, the character moves slowly/clumsy and have some problems with object collision, jumping from objects and other things, irritating at all times, even the horse moves worse than in Odyssey.
    Item system is terrible, half a dozen itens you take too much time to acquire, expensive to upgrade and boring/unusefull affixes (they are also uglier).
    Change appearance system is horrible, how could them change from a perfect system like in Odissey to this? You not only have to pay for it but its expensive, in only one place and after a irritating menu wall.
    The graphics are the same as in Odissey with negletable improving in some areas but England is so much uglyer than Greece i feel depressed after playing a few hours.
    The map is terrible to walk around, irritating stone fences everywhere, beautiful landscapes are scarce, they probably fired the photography guy when they finished Origins... But even Odyssey has better mapping.
    Well but there are good things, the system where u have to cloak yourself in some places and mingle with the locals.
    The instant assassination option in the menu is a plus.
    Fishing option is good but must be flawless, after you fish in RDR2 you cant fish anywhere anymore.
    Also the option to use many different weapon combinations (but with less different strike options).
    But they also got rid of good systems like marking enemy's with ur bird (like wtf?) and other cool things.
    The skill tree is also boring with boring +x status abilities and other things not worthing your time to open the menu and get.
    The flawless difficulty system from Odyssey where u could make all enemys your lvl and adjust separately the combat dificulty and assassination are gone...
    The quests also look less interesting than in Odyssey (they feel more childish).    … Expand
  48. Trofim
    Dec 17, 2020
    1
    One month later they have changed balance and added xp boosters.
    Now it is a horrible online grinder.
  49. bobone95
    Nov 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's just a long, boring, broken and glitchy mess. NOT WORTH 60-70 HOURS. 0/10… Expand
  50. ashes4
    Nov 21, 2020
    1
    Surprised to see that high notation on pc

    There is 0 optimization on pc : you need a 3000$ pc for smooth and beautiful gameplay There is so much bug in the game even more than a bethesda game The world is dead compared to Odyssey Everytime you kill an elite, and there is much much, you have a cutscene, its so annoying after 2hours of play cairn gameplay is bad fishing is long and    Surprised to see that high notation on pc

    There is 0 optimization on pc : you need a 3000$ pc for smooth and beautiful gameplay
    There is so much bug in the game even more than a bethesda game
    The world is dead compared to Odyssey
    Everytime you kill an elite, and there is much much, you have a cutscene, its so annoying after 2hours of play
    cairn gameplay is bad
    fishing is long and useless, i mean for 100% i need fish for mystery, its just annoying, in 1hours yesterday i got only one, and i know where to find them...

    The only positive thing in this game is the remove of level because ubisoft don't know how to deal with. I remember in origins when i was 10 on a 6-8 zone and got a lvl7 quest from reda asking me to kill bandits who had skull because too much high level in the same zone    … Expand
  51. aes23
    Nov 11, 2020
    1
    Valhalla is a very bad game.

    The problem comes from Ubisoft, this company shows games after games that they don’t know how to make games and/or that they employ people with very very very bad design ideas to make their games. So let’s try to start with some positive : Eivor puts the secret blade on the outside, finally someone clever, since the first AC I always found the way they    Valhalla is a very bad game.

    The problem comes from Ubisoft, this company shows games after games that they don’t know how to make games and/or that they employ people with very very very bad design ideas to make their games.

    So let’s try to start with some positive : Eivor puts the secret blade on the outside, finally someone clever, since the first AC I always found the way they put their blade inside the arm to be completely stupid and counter intuitive.

    Now, once we have talked about the positive, let’s talk about the negative.

    The environment are good but like I said for RDR2, nowadays, a junior environment artist is capable of creating those so it’s not impressive anymore. Next.

    Sound design is bad, really bad, unacceptable for this level of budget, sound attenuation is not correct most of the time. Music is inexistant or if you prefer, absolutely not epic.

    Music from Hellblade was epic, there is no epicness here. Worse, the music for the skill tree menu is very very very (did I said VERY ?) much similar to the one in the Witcher 3 for the Skellige theme. So Ubisoft, you’ve been trying to copy the Witcher 3 for how many years now without being able to create a game as good as it ? Pathetic.

    The horse and its animations are unacceptable, pure and simple, there are the same as in Odyssey and they were already bad at that time because of the Witcher 3 and RDR2. Now, there is Ghost of Tsushima also to remind Ubisoft how to properly design a horse and its animation.

    The camera is so far away in some combats that I thought I was playing a top down game and not a TPP game anymore. I do want to see my surroundings, but I want to see my character too.

    The combat is hard to read. Because of the camera and also because sometimes of the general mess. Sometimes, you will fight against ennemies with spears that have the same color as the ground so you can’t see them approaching you. What a great idea Ubisoft !

    The person that designed the menu map needs to be fired. When you summon the map, the character won’t be center on the map. When you zoom in or out, it won’t stay on center or on the position you were last, would it be your character or else. Unacceptable.

    Even though you can change it, the general inertia of some keys like tab or A is enraging, especially since you can diminish it but can’t completely get rid of it. Unacceptable.

    The UI is bad, it seems the designers at Ubisoft don’t know **** about tunnel vision that happens when you fight both in real life and in games. Otherwise they would not have put a life bar. Have they noticed how many game replaced the life bar by a desaturation of the screen ? Maybe other did that for a reason ?……

    The stamina mechanic is the worst idea ever, combined with the fact that you just can’t monitor it during combat as it is humanly impossible, you have here a huge source of frustration for hours to come. When you are out of stamina, you can’t do nothing. Great !
    In the Witcher 3, lack of stamina could be overcome by potion and rage. That’s good game design.

    Mysteries Quest are cryptic to say the least, the game won’t tell you what to do, so it’s a matter or whether or not you consider having the patience to fulfill this useless crap. They don’t add anything in term of storytelling.

    Fortress and Raids are…..boring and combat there is a huge mess that is unreadable, I had lost track of Eivor many times there.

    I’ve only succeeded one raid, the first one you do.

    On my second and third attempt, I was one shot by an enemy that was way above my power level.
    In the first zone of the game, the low level zone of the game, in the nearest abbeys of the first one where the first raid took place…..

    Only after I died did the game tell me that these nearby abbeys were power level 90 when I was only 20.
    This is bad design, this is unacceptable, why put such high level zones near the one the player is starting at ? The game shows you a new mechanic but you can’t then use it by yourself as all nearby spot are too high level, this is really really really bad.

    An obese elephant has less inertia than the boat.

    At some point early in the game, you’ll have to kill a NPC, you can choose to tell him the truth about something and spare him or lie to him and kill him.

    There are no reasons whatsoever that forbids you to tell him the truth and then kill him except Ubisoft bad design decision. It’s absurd and immersion breaking.

    For many years, players have complained about the compass. Why can’t Ubisoft just admit its bad and bring back a mini map ? The compass is unreadable.

    The lack of polish of the game shows every time, for instance, when you finish cleaning a place, after a raid or whatever, the place stills shows as forbidden and dangerous and Eivor will still have his voice over telling you to be careful    … Expand
  52. Immortal2Knight
    Nov 27, 2020
    1
    We cannot trust critics anymore. Gaming journalism is a **** joke. This crap convoluted mess of a game has received praise from every media outlet. Its a downgraded version of Odyssey in every manner. Lead characters have zero personality, combat is RB RT mashing nothing else, story is non-existent, map is restricted and on top of all that it is graphically inferior to the odyssey. Do notWe cannot trust critics anymore. Gaming journalism is a **** joke. This crap convoluted mess of a game has received praise from every media outlet. Its a downgraded version of Odyssey in every manner. Lead characters have zero personality, combat is RB RT mashing nothing else, story is non-existent, map is restricted and on top of all that it is graphically inferior to the odyssey. Do not waste your money, buy watch dogs legion much more worth your time and money.… Expand
  53. Kilouani
    May 1, 2021
    1
    2 for the sake of beautifull landscapes..... Everything else...... 2/10 and generous.
    Constant crashes with bought hard copy, constant walking mist simulator because of it... Buggy climbing... Repetitve traders qith
  54. TierMix
    Nov 22, 2020
    1
    If the game was called "Valhalla", I would have no complaints. But the game is called "Assassin's Creed", so I have complaints! There is no parkour, stealth and Animus. The series of games turned into a set of stories of historical epochs, although at first it was an interesting story of Desmond. Now almost everyone is adding more women to the games, making them strong and independent,If the game was called "Valhalla", I would have no complaints. But the game is called "Assassin's Creed", so I have complaints! There is no parkour, stealth and Animus. The series of games turned into a set of stories of historical epochs, although at first it was an interesting story of Desmond. Now almost everyone is adding more women to the games, making them strong and independent, adding blacks and gays. But instead of making the same blacks and gays interesting characters, the developers just add them to keep them in the game, and it doesn't matter that these characters aren't interesting at all! In the end I will tell you that this game does not deserve more than 1!… Expand
  55. drastikk
    Dec 6, 2020
    1
    I liked Origins. I absolutely loved Odyssey. Valhalla is rushed garbage.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Modern day still not important in the game sadly.

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

    I dont know if we will ever see a good ac game in the future at all. so many new titles and they all failed to deliver. at least for me.    … Expand
  57. Maxmynerv
    Nov 11, 2020
    1
    As always, Ubisoft, the same "sores" from game to game, they only increase. It seems like there are a bunch of ideas, but as always, everyone is not squeezed out, the complexity is not raised, and the mechanics are not polished. But the work on the errors has not been done.
    There seem to be a lot of skills, but in fact they are linear and meaningless, and all skills are one button that    As always, Ubisoft, the same "sores" from game to game, they only increase. It seems like there are a bunch of ideas, but as always, everyone is not squeezed out, the complexity is not raised, and the mechanics are not polished. But the work on the errors has not been done.
    There seem to be a lot of skills, but in fact they are linear and meaningless, and all skills are one button that launches the right animation at the right time.
    Where are the games, where combat depended on your skill and only yours, and not what kind of skill you have in the game. But combat has been expanded a bit and its style changes with weapon options. But at the same time, the enemies are again stupid, although there are more of them than in the same "The Witcher 3". But at the same time, the combat curve with sticking and the damage will constantly stick from where you did not expect. Therefore, fighting a crowd is not at all interesting.
    Well, at least they did some chopping off of body parts, but again it is clear that they were looking at The Witcher 3. They did it there, so we need to do it. Not any new ideas. And it's not so spectacular. And it gets boring after a couple of times.

    But as we know - "the more options and freedom in the game, the faster you choose the easiest version of the game." Ubisoft games have not been framed for a long time and do not create the rules of the game, which contributes to the complete shutdown of the brain in the process. After all, they could turn on and think about a way to solve problems in the game. And then there are constant hints.

    As a result, the game is again a time killer, no more, no less.
    To be afraid of Ubisoft to take risks and this is their main problem. As a result, all their games are gum after the first 10-30 minutes of the game, when there seems to be no taste, but they are still chewing and even the design and locations no longer save their games, because there is nothing in these beautiful locations.
    The game is monotonous, empty and boring.
    It's a shame, annoying, but expected.
    Ubisoft again failed to step over its installations and complexes.
    And this is not to mention grind, donate, pumping - everything is as usual there.    … Expand
  58. said5115
    Nov 11, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Vuruş hissiyatı yok mekanikleri çok hantal kalmış. Yapay zeka çok aptal. Grafikleri de odyssey ile aynı pek birşey değişmemiş. Üstelik optimizasyon sorunu da var dost abim rtx 2070le drop yiyordu. Buglar da tabiki çok fazla, çünkü bu bir ubisoft oyunu. Tek beğendiğim şey level sisteminin kalkması ve hikaye işlenişi. Onun dışında herşeyi çöp.… Expand
  59. Yoow
    Nov 28, 2020
    1
    Assassin creed rip 2007-2014
    для меня (как для многих "олдов") серия действительно закончилась на юнити, поэтому просто press F!!!
  60. spilman
    Nov 28, 2020
    1
    Being a fan of the series of this series of games did not expect such disappointment. The game turned out very raw, constantly lags, quests hang. I am generally silent about the balance in the game. I do not recommend buying this series.
  61. 14Freeman88
    Nov 28, 2020
    1
    Фу мерзость гей пропоганда, баги,недороботки,
  62. Fixu
    Dec 3, 2020
    1
    Wrost AC ever, most bugged, wrost story, fight and cut scenes animation are also ugly ,any +
  63. Wiezzel
    Aug 11, 2023
    1
    I wanted to try with the free trial, long time fan of AC franchise.
    Did not play Od as it was similar to Origins ( which I enjoyed but it is not an assassin game anymore)
    Tho the reason why this game has 1 rating. Is that they still do not have the unbelievable common sense to allow SKIP Cinematic. How despicable. This game also keeps restarting instantly when you save settings    I wanted to try with the free trial, long time fan of AC franchise.
    Did not play Od as it was similar to Origins ( which I enjoyed but it is not an assassin game anymore)

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

    This game also keeps restarting instantly when you save settings without asking. So it repeats every time you adjust ( 6 times last 20 min and still intro scene.)
    There is no real way to make this game look good beside on high otherwise it all looks kind of blurry and disturbing in a odd way, changing monitor did not work. ( HDR)
    I just cannot believe this trash. SItting in front of something I could not care less for 20 min already and I am just walking and nothing else.
    This is beyond stupidity I do not get it.
    If you dont care for story like most do and just want to play a viking game, then you are F and do not buy.
    THis game has over 3 hours of unskippable garbage.    … Expand
  64. sofistes
    Dec 26, 2020
    1
    Its an insane bugfest.. People complaining about cyberpunk but here are the real bugs...Cannot lock on target, lose focus,losing saves,respawn drunk or with missing health, i cannot even write how many bugs it has and trust me they affect the game very much especially when you make 1vs1 on zealots or bosses and it loses the target lock or respawn without life or drunk and have to look forIts an insane bugfest.. People complaining about cyberpunk but here are the real bugs...Cannot lock on target, lose focus,losing saves,respawn drunk or with missing health, i cannot even write how many bugs it has and trust me they affect the game very much especially when you make 1vs1 on zealots or bosses and it loses the target lock or respawn without life or drunk and have to look for previous save.. Awful bugs for the time that its released..… Expand
  65. philly_villy
    Jan 2, 2021
    1
    The worst game from the worst game developers. Absolutely boring storytelling and gameplay
  66. TosciQ76
    Feb 10, 2021
    1
    The game is fine, nice gameplay, graphics BUT UPLAY (launcher) IS **** ****
  67. spirt2623
    Mar 24, 2021
    1
    Я меньше багов в киберпанке за 80 часов встретил чем в этом мусоре за 10 часов...
  68. SlicK007
    May 9, 2021
    1
    Boring story, gameplay and characters.
    Blurry Graphics.
    They shouldn't call it assassin's creed.
  69. xSkippy
    Aug 13, 2021
    1
    This is not assassin's creed, this is some other game.. I've been playing it for 80 hours and it's not assassin's creed... so sorry
  70. CypiBoii
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    By far the worst entry in the Assassin's Creed franchise. Yes Vikings are pretty cool, but when the story is bland and world feels empty. That's not something for me.
  71. magdasearus
    Nov 17, 2021
    1
    По количеству багов оставляет киберпанк далеко позади, в любой момент вылет из игры может повредить все ваши сохранения. Нет смысла тратить время на игру, которую невозможно пройти
  72. VeritasReview
    Dec 29, 2021
    1
    This game is actually really well made. It had a lot of bugs at the release time but one year after I quit and made a new save file everything was fine. It had the typical Assassin's Creed battle animation glitches but this is not an Assassin's Creed. It's good at being a Viking adventure but miserable at being an Assassin's Creed. At least they added some compromises in order to make theThis game is actually really well made. It had a lot of bugs at the release time but one year after I quit and made a new save file everything was fine. It had the typical Assassin's Creed battle animation glitches but this is not an Assassin's Creed. It's good at being a Viking adventure but miserable at being an Assassin's Creed. At least they added some compromises in order to make the stealth more like the old games like the guaranteed assassination option. In general, it's well made but for sure not a good Assassin's Creed. Therefore I give a one-point rating especially because they follow the release first fix bugs later formula and I absolutely hate that this became the standard of the industry. Ubisoft is in general a questionable entity.… Expand
  73. uscm
    Mar 23, 2022
    1
    The game is not fun. I need to fill up the rest of the 75 character minimum
  74. cakemaster228
    May 12, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this series of games is no longer about assassins. She may never be again.… Expand
  75. Eraro
    Oct 3, 2022
    1
    I come from Ac 1,2, Brotherhood, Revelation, 3 and black flag. Wtf happen to this franchise? What made the franchise successful was how they incorporated real life events with a beautifully written fictional story and environment. How in the F did it turn into a “ I gotta grind to be able to kill x enemy because I’m too weak right now” type of game?! This was a exploration game with aI come from Ac 1,2, Brotherhood, Revelation, 3 and black flag. Wtf happen to this franchise? What made the franchise successful was how they incorporated real life events with a beautifully written fictional story and environment. How in the F did it turn into a “ I gotta grind to be able to kill x enemy because I’m too weak right now” type of game?! This was a exploration game with a somewhat okay gameplay but the story vastly covered the weaknesses in the game; that’s how good the story was. Valhalla is pure dog **** with a beautiful scenery. It’s an insult to all real ac fans to have included this game along with Origins and Odyssey to the franchise. Ubisoft is lost in their own sauce for quite some time now and it stinks.… Expand
  76. WinkyTy
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How could anyone like this ****
    Bad written dialogues and story:
    *bad guy kills mc’s mom and dad*
    @
    16 pr something years later:
    - hey, remember he killed your dad and mom?
    - oh yes, I do he will suffer.
    @
    - hey, have I told you he killed my dad and mom?
    - oh no, he will pay for this

    Not talking about absolutely poor and unexciting gameplay. Thx PSN+, I didn’t have to pay for this    … Expand
  77. ohshi
    Dec 11, 2022
    1
    I like this game, but the developers don't like me and other Steam users. Three years later, Ubisoft returned to Steam, but did not add any Steam functionality to their game, in other words, they decided to make money on their old game without making any effort. A large number of people on the forums ask Ubisoft to add Steam Achievements to the game, but the developers refuse withoutI like this game, but the developers don't like me and other Steam users. Three years later, Ubisoft returned to Steam, but did not add any Steam functionality to their game, in other words, they decided to make money on their old game without making any effort. A large number of people on the forums ask Ubisoft to add Steam Achievements to the game, but the developers refuse without giving any explanation. We consider such an attitude absolutely unacceptable, if the company does not respect us, why should we respect them?… Expand
  78. Oddsx
    Dec 11, 2022
    1
    No steam Achivements, why you cant give us thing which is normal in all games and this one should have too, i wanna 100% this game like last two ac
  79. Midyen
    Jun 15, 2023
    1
    Based on the gameplay, graphics, sound, content, and originality of the game, I will give it a rating of 1.
  80. eliahna
    Jul 16, 2023
    1
    This could have been a true classic, but the combat is just horrible, even if you lower it to Saga so you can just play through the campaign it makes you fight incredibly boring, long winded, badly timed boss fights that are so painful I end up just exiting the game after a few minutes.

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

    And the walking / riding cut scenes where you are made to press W on your keyboard for 2 minutes while you listen to some inane chatter to progress the story are an awful game mechanic, please stop it.    … Expand
  81. Marvik
    Nov 13, 2020
    0
    Origin is great !!
    Odyssey is super !!
    Valhala is a national hodgepodge from previous games !! No, thanks!!
  82. Kite
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    Classic dick move to add xp and money boosters in to the game after it has been released and reviewed. Such a great way to make people trust you.

    This is a singleplayer game that you've paid full price to play. It shouldn't require more money, not to buy skins and definitely not to buy boosters. If your game is so long and grindy that people need boosters to play it, then **** include    Classic dick move to add xp and money boosters in to the game after it has been released and reviewed. Such a great way to make people trust you.

    This is a singleplayer game that you've paid full price to play. It shouldn't require more money, not to buy skins and definitely not to buy boosters. If your game is so long and grindy that people need boosters to play it, then **** include the boosters in the game so people can put them on if they want to.

    This is such **** It never stops baffling me how people think this is ok. You use your money to buy entertainment for you and then you use more money so you can be done quicker with the entertainment you bought. Man these are some stupid times I need to live in.    … Expand
  83. mir3k
    Nov 15, 2020
    0
    Very nice game, well optimized, but forget about stealth gameplay. This is not assassins creed game anymore.
  84. Sovereignlol
    Nov 18, 2020
    0
    this is the worst videogame on earth....................................................
  85. Pickle
    Dec 19, 2022
    0
    This game is broken for pc, at least for the Steam version, it crashes time and time again, no performance issues, no stuttering, everything is great about the game except for this.

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

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

    Please stop supporting companies like this, stop giving them your money...    … Expand
  86. alyalin
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    Спасибо за автолевел! Спасибо за ускорители прокачки и сраный внутриигровой магазин!
  87. KenixKill96
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    Sells XP booster for Money! Great job Ubisoft. You're still one of the absolut worst Companies!
  88. Dragon_Fly
    Jul 27, 2021
    0
    50% of the quests are garbage and you'll know who the villain is long before you get to the end of the game. Dumbest RPG decisions ever for a game and the dumbest outcome.
  89. MrBrioche
    Nov 21, 2020
    0
    once again ruined by the leveling system where you cant go where ever you want and ''skull'' enemy 1 shot you. you are the worst develloper ever, you stupid lvl system making you encounter UNKILLABLE enemy that 1 shot you....!!!!! omg you guys are bad
  90. Imhonest
    Nov 11, 2020
    0
    Cons:
    - PC optimizations is f***ing bad, like really bad. Someone in Ubisoft should be fired considering how bad this game runs on a rtx 2070.
    - Animations should be improved - Combat system isn’t great - Same game mechanics since 2012. Copy/paste from Odyssey - General bugs, audio bugs, system crash… - IA is bad! Pros - Great landscapes - Great atmosphere - A lot of content -    Cons:
    - PC optimizations is f***ing bad, like really bad. Someone in Ubisoft should be fired considering how bad this game runs on a rtx 2070.
    - Animations should be improved
    - Combat system isn’t great
    - Same game mechanics since 2012. Copy/paste from Odyssey
    - General bugs, audio bugs, system crash…
    - IA is bad!

    Pros
    - Great landscapes
    - Great atmosphere
    - A lot of content
    - Using a torch to set a house on fire is dope !
    - Sometimes it looks really nice

    I suggest you to buy the game when it is under 30$.

    The score is 0 because I'm trying to play on PC and it runs terrible.    … Expand
  91. Joote
    Nov 11, 2020
    0
    They took everything good from Odyssey and replaced it with something broken, boring or just darn right trash.
    The game is mainly a linear story were your choices main jack ****, the story carry's on the same what ever you do.
    Combat is terrible, like fighting in the dark, it has to be the most boring copy/paste combat in any AC game to date. Exploration is very limited and you don't    They took everything good from Odyssey and replaced it with something broken, boring or just darn right trash.
    The game is mainly a linear story were your choices main jack ****, the story carry's on the same what ever you do.
    Combat is terrible, like fighting in the dark, it has to be the most boring copy/paste combat in any AC game to date. Exploration is very limited and you don't have the free-roam that you had in Odyssey.
    I have no idea why people are giving this POS a 10. Unbelievable.    … Expand
  92. Aralia
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    I hated especially the end fights against Odin and Basim. They were like some pokemon crap. Also the whole Valhalla part, the visions and the visit of the old ruins did not fit into the game. In Odyssey they made sense of it, I liked those parts a lot. The story in the game is really weak, the characters are extremely flat and shallow. I can't really identify with the passions of teh mainI hated especially the end fights against Odin and Basim. They were like some pokemon crap. Also the whole Valhalla part, the visions and the visit of the old ruins did not fit into the game. In Odyssey they made sense of it, I liked those parts a lot. The story in the game is really weak, the characters are extremely flat and shallow. I can't really identify with the passions of teh main character. While teh graphics are indeed grey, I could live with them, if the story was much better. I finished teh game, but it feels liek wasted time, I really tried to like the game and hoped it would get better.… Expand
  93. bendpayen
    Nov 26, 2020
    0
    com on , i'm getting so tired of this kinda formula of AC , Ubisoft com on its not workin , get woke , u r ruining the franchise for all of us ,
  94. NORM4N
    Nov 18, 2020
    0
    They took everything I liked in Odyssey and destroyed it. I hope there'll be another game from Ubisoft Quebec next year.
  95. Mikosevaar
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    В игру добавили ускорители прокачки, и помели баланс под них. Все старые оценки и обзоры уже не про эту игру.
  96. progamerr
    Nov 23, 2020
    0
    I give it "0" to this game. Because the game is terrible? No. The game is fantastic. The reason is clear, the game not available on Steam. That's why I didn't do a fair evaluation of the rating. Ubisoft considers fill up the pockets, instead of satisfied the gamers. Purchasing any game from Steam giving us many benefits and advantages. (achievement system, sharing videos, screenshots,I give it "0" to this game. Because the game is terrible? No. The game is fantastic. The reason is clear, the game not available on Steam. That's why I didn't do a fair evaluation of the rating. Ubisoft considers fill up the pockets, instead of satisfied the gamers. Purchasing any game from Steam giving us many benefits and advantages. (achievement system, sharing videos, screenshots, trading cards, discussion section, and many other countless features, such as workshops, and mod design either for particular games) Which other online gaming platform has that sort of similar services?
    The "thief" developers like Ubisoft don't want to share more profit on sales with distribution networks. They thinking the steam business model outdated. And they are depriving the players of Steam's rich, beneficial content. (The Uplay system also terrible, useless as well, it needs to be removed)Maybe a high authority Ubisoft employee reads this review (which is impossible) and will release future games on steam!    … Expand
  97. OzzTheBozz
    Jan 17, 2021
    0
    Ubisoft review bombing metacritic with fake accounts to boost their user score, what a pathetic company. This is by far the worst AC game ever. This game is empty! Nearly no loot, useless leveling system, empty soulless world, stealth nearly removed, parcour/climbing nearly removed. This game is soooo boring, can only play it for 2 hours then i need a brake from this crap otherwise i wouldUbisoft review bombing metacritic with fake accounts to boost their user score, what a pathetic company. This is by far the worst AC game ever. This game is empty! Nearly no loot, useless leveling system, empty soulless world, stealth nearly removed, parcour/climbing nearly removed. This game is soooo boring, can only play it for 2 hours then i need a brake from this crap otherwise i would fall asleep. I'm honest they should remove Assassin's Creed from the name. This has nothing to do with the AC universe. It feels like a cheap chinese fake AC.
    AC Origins and Odyssey felt great but this here is heavily toned down. This game is an empty soulless shell!    … Expand
  98. Speech
    Jan 9, 2021
    0
    A buggy mess. I could barely get into it before giving up. Either the visuals are ugly or they're glitched as hell because they look like a major downgrade on my pc. And I get occasional major framerate drops which force me to quit the game.

    It MIGHT be good in six months to a year, when the game has been polished to a playable state. Until then, DO NOT BUY.
  99. chumpwithnoname
    Dec 20, 2020
    0
    There is a new way to milk players - to break an initial game balance and offer payed EXP and resource boosters AFTER game was launched and got good reviews.

    Ubitrash company is the worst, after Konami.
  100. ZombiCoon
    Feb 9, 2021
    0
    Microtransactions are getting worse and worse after the game is released. Unacceptable.
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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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