Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3315 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 395 out of 3315
  3. Negative: 692 out of 3315

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  1. zhaodizhou
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    No innovation, as boring as always.I hope Ubisoft can make a different Assassin’s Creed. It’s about the same every year.
  2. Mordor2354
    Nov 30, 2020
    10
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla is Best Video Game Ubisoft has released in 3 years, not only that. It's also one of the Best Assassin's Creed games ever made. There's no need for spoilers or long review, i think that should say it all.
  3. Attention
    Nov 30, 2020
    10
    Extremely fun and beautiful looking game, literally perfect game to play until Cyberpunk 2077 comes out, but i would play it anyway, because i'm huge AC fan.
  4. FlamingSword876
    Nov 30, 2020
    10
    Atemberaubend schöne Grafiken, sehr brutale Kämpfe und interessante Geschichten machen diese zu einer der besten, die es je gab.
  5. doesntmatter_
    Nov 30, 2020
    10
    Surprisingly good AC, i wasn't expecting this after disappointment that Odyssey was.
  6. system_error
    Nov 30, 2020
    10
    How can anyone give this amazing, beautiful Assassin's Creed game 0/10?? It's one of the best in the series, so whoever gives it 0 is clearly not a fan and never has been. I bet these people are just envy that this game gets attention. How tasteless and pathetic someone needs to be to give some good game 0/10 just because they are envy? Well now i'm angry, here's my 10/10, take that.
  7. xplstcx
    Nov 30, 2020
    10
    Good job Ubisoft, hopefully there will be some patches more, but it's already very good! Hopefully Far Cry 6 continues this trend of good Ubisoft games.
  8. Sickillbot
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    Buggy mess, quest breaking bugs everywhere.
    They finally patch the game then the very next quest it bugs up again.
    No answer from Ubisoft.
    Avoid like the plague.
  9. ekabon
    Nov 30, 2020
    7
    Leading up to release, the noise around Valhalla did manage to hype me up. And it didn't disappoint... at least that's what I thought at the beginning. And, from my own experience, it seems to be a pattern throughout all of the AC games: they start out strong and slowly fade away towards the end once all of the routines settle in.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Oh, birds and flames at half the framerate are still there ;)    … Expand
  10. showOFF
    Nov 30, 2020
    9
    Absolutely amazing! Better than Odysse, well done Ubisoft! Norway and England are beautiful
  11. 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
  12. Szternit
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    i have no fckin idea why ppl give this game 10
    this crap i worst assassin ever made
    bugs, glitches, crashes and deleting saves this **** is unplayable with poor story line and retardet npc animations of npc is from AC Origins .... and ppl are like " oh vikings it has to be great game" thats fckin ubisoft they just **** on another greate pice of history (review after 100h in game)    i have no fckin idea why ppl give this game 10
    this crap i worst assassin ever made
    bugs, glitches, crashes and deleting saves this **** is unplayable with poor story line and retardet npc
    animations of npc is from AC Origins ....
    and ppl are like " oh vikings it has to be great game"
    thats fckin ubisoft they just **** on another greate pice of history
    (review after 100h in game)
    (did finish every AC game)    … Expand
  13. DarkFantasy
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    Даже не знаю с чего начать, игра настолько плоха, что хочется придти к этим легушатникам в главный офис и выбить все окна. Ну начнем: 1)повесточка-тут все и так понятно, геи геи геи геи, сильные и независимые, геи, сильные бабы
    2)отсутствие исторической достоверности(даже самой малой)
    3)весь геймплей-унылый гринд, даже одисея была в этом плане повеселей 4)квесты-полное говно,    Даже не знаю с чего начать, игра настолько плоха, что хочется придти к этим легушатникам в главный офис и выбить все окна. Ну начнем: 1)повесточка-тут все и так понятно, геи геи геи геи, сильные и независимые, геи, сильные бабы
    2)отсутствие исторической достоверности(даже самой малой)
    3)весь геймплей-унылый гринд, даже одисея была в этом плане повеселей
    4)квесты-полное говно, действительно интересных квестов настолько мало что можно посчитать на пальцах
    5)сюжет-полная шляпа

    Итог:
    Не рекомендую покупать ни эту игру, не прошлую, не следующую, юбисофт слишком сильно прогнулся под бабский каблук и гей активистов, каждая новая игра полное фуфло да еще и с повесточкой. Тут только торенты, да и только лишь для ознакомления и сравнения чтобы в очередной раз убедиться что ведьмака пока что никому не переплюнуть.    … Expand
  14. bruh_342
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Very good game, but best to be played on PC or PS5. Just saying, but it should be kind of obvious.
  15. RYU289
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Hell yea, that's how you do it. Making actually good games, makes people buy them. It's that simple and it actually works every time. Crazy? I know, i know...
  16. Heartbeat44
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Easy winner from November 2020 gaming line-up, not much competition even. Very good.
  17. Nightmare324
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Story - 8.9 / 10
    Graphics - 9.7 / 10
    Sound / Music - 9 / 10
    Characters - 9 / 10
    Main hero - 9 / 10
    Side activities / Secret locations - 9 / 10
  18. The_Theme
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Very nice, specially Norway because i like this all snowy/ice area. But England has also really interesting locations. Hopefully Ireland brings something new again and i have no idea what to expect from Paris? I have no idea what Paris looked like in 800s so yea.
  19. Sea_095
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    I have only positive things to say, few bugs aside, it's really well made AC game. From graphics to music to story, nice work Ubisoft!
  20. Helldemon89
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Good - Graphics, Story, Main Character, Music, Open-world.
    Bad - Some bugs.
  21. BladeandSword
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Runs well after latest patch, i have still noticed some minor bugs, but these have been very rare, overall it's epic. So much better than i expected.
  22. AC_Symphony
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Amazing game! But Ubisoft come on, you need to bring it to steam. It's so important and you would get so much sales from there as well. I understand that you want to promote your own store and that's completely normal, Rockstar is doing exactly same thing, but they also put their games into steam. Why not both? And AC Valhalla sold a lot anyway from Ubisoft Launcher, so it wouldn't hurt inAmazing game! But Ubisoft come on, you need to bring it to steam. It's so important and you would get so much sales from there as well. I understand that you want to promote your own store and that's completely normal, Rockstar is doing exactly same thing, but they also put their games into steam. Why not both? And AC Valhalla sold a lot anyway from Ubisoft Launcher, so it wouldn't hurt in any way to bring it to steam. Just an idea tho.… Expand
  23. thefly8901
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Very impressive game, huge landscapes and mountains to climb, engaging story, good music, more of this Ubisoft and less of whatever "Breakpoint" was.
  24. This_is_War
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    As longtime AC fan, just came here to show my support, really digging this game so far. I usually don't use sites like metacritic, but seems like some haters are trying to lower this user score, so here's my 10/10.
  25. Lifestyle
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    I have always liked Assassin's Creed soundtracks, they hit the nail basically every time, but this one.....this one might be my favorite. Specially main theme, but there's also so many good themes that play while you just free roam. Very well made soundtrack. Been playing around 25 hours i think and story is well written, but what really impressed me was graphics.
  26. frReal90
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Those who have last of us 2 rated as 10/10 and just come here to give Valhalla 1/10 without even ever caring about this series must some kind of new low. This is beyond pathetic. I don't wanna know what kind of disgusting empty and hateful people these are. Valhalla is amazing.
  27. Wise_Words
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    It's very obvious that those who give anything under 7/10 have been used to play boring, linear story simulators that require no thinking, exploration or freedom of choice. They wouldn't spot a good video game to save their life. But that's the reality of 2020 i guess, bunch of people who buy 1 linear game and think that now they know everything about video games and they can judge everyIt's very obvious that those who give anything under 7/10 have been used to play boring, linear story simulators that require no thinking, exploration or freedom of choice. They wouldn't spot a good video game to save their life. But that's the reality of 2020 i guess, bunch of people who buy 1 linear game and think that now they know everything about video games and they can judge every other game that has never interested them or never even played them. Just pathetic. AC Valhalla is great, recommending to any fan of this series.… Expand
  28. Set_Sail
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla is one of the best games of 2020. Yeah it needs some improvements and bug fixes, but it's generally fun and good game.
  29. thegamer789
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    One of the best in the whole series, surprise hit basically. I was worried it might fail and if it failed it would have been pretty much over for AC, thankfully it's solid.
  30. YourBoyBakes
    Nov 29, 2020
    10
    The graphics, the ambience, the many locations, the world events, main quests, voice acting, everything put into this game was outstanding (the bugs that were impacting my game have been fixed through two different patches ubisoft put out) I have over 80 hours in the game and beaten the main story, there's still so much for me to do, I will go throughout the world and grind out the lastThe graphics, the ambience, the many locations, the world events, main quests, voice acting, everything put into this game was outstanding (the bugs that were impacting my game have been fixed through two different patches ubisoft put out) I have over 80 hours in the game and beaten the main story, there's still so much for me to do, I will go throughout the world and grind out the last world events and bosses and treasures to be found. This game was outstanding the story was good and the many call backs to previous assassins creeds were awesome. Even the modern day was interesting and I haven't felt that way since assassins creed 3 new characters are good and the game itself is worthy of a 10/10 for me, good job Ubisoft and this makes me excited for the upcoming expansions and the next game in the franchise.… Expand
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#42 Best PC Game of 2020
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#5 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. RPG Site
    Apr 5, 2021
    60
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a great-looking open-world game with impressive landscapes and cinematography. However, the checklist collectible open-world still needs some work to feel truly engaging, and combat is too tedious and too frequent to be compelling. As a lapsed fan of Assassin's Creed trying to see if I can click with the series once again, Valhalla didn't quite hook me as I was hoping it would.
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  2. Game Debate
    Jan 11, 2021
    80
    Assassins Creed Valhalla is a lot of fun and easy to sink dozens of hours into. It is the best entry in the more recent trilogy and genuinely elevates the gameplay mechanics. Content could be considered somewhat bloated still, but it is diverse enough and the setting and story is solid most of the way through.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 4, 2021
    80
    Sneaking is fun, fighting is fun, walking through the great outdoors is so much fun. Sightseeing too! Valhalla is free minded and could be innovative, but lacks skills to persuade its players about that. [Issue#308]
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