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  1. Feb 9, 2021
    0
    Microtransactions are getting worse and worse after the game is released. Unacceptable.
  2. Nov 19, 2020
    6
    After playing this game for about 10 hours I realize it is more of the same. For veteran players who enjoy stealth, assassination's, and thematic storylines in league with the AC brotherhood, this game will be a let down. It seems they are trending in the direction of open scale combat and placing the role of an assassin on the backburner. Ultimately the identity of the assassins creedAfter playing this game for about 10 hours I realize it is more of the same. For veteran players who enjoy stealth, assassination's, and thematic storylines in league with the AC brotherhood, this game will be a let down. It seems they are trending in the direction of open scale combat and placing the role of an assassin on the backburner. Ultimately the identity of the assassins creed franchise is a confusing blend of gameplay that touches on open combat, stealth, & world exploration with decent scoring. If you dont change the recipe the formula will go stale... which is exactly how I feel about this franchise now. The game feels stale. Expand
  3. Jul 4, 2021
    4
    blacks, asians and middle easterns in the 9th century viking village. Bravo, ubisoft
  4. Nov 16, 2020
    3
    Everytime you buy one of these generic Ubisoft games you are supporting mediocre gaming and bad business practices. Do yourself and all other gamers a favor: don't buy this game
  5. Nov 16, 2020
    0
    Promising game but we are still waiting for a update to fix for smoke and fire glitches which totally runes the game experience. the official response its not their problem but yours because you have not updated your windows.
  6. Nov 16, 2020
    0
    Way too many bugs, whether they're visual, losing items in the inventory, or just game not working properly (for example, I could not move a crate at all, although the guy on youtube could, sometimes fixing these bugs requires a reload of a past save game, etc.) Today alone I experienced 5 game crashes in 30 minutes. Had it not have as many issues, it could've been a really good game.Way too many bugs, whether they're visual, losing items in the inventory, or just game not working properly (for example, I could not move a crate at all, although the guy on youtube could, sometimes fixing these bugs requires a reload of a past save game, etc.) Today alone I experienced 5 game crashes in 30 minutes. Had it not have as many issues, it could've been a really good game. Totally unacceptable Expand
  7. Nov 13, 2020
    0
    Extremely bad performance, massive fps drops. The game is also extremely boring, melee combat is garbage.
  8. Nov 20, 2020
    3
    Way WAY WAY too long. Its a grind fest and a obvious one at that,because they clearly want you to pay them to make this bore fest come to an end. It starts real strong,but when you see the skill tree you see that this is never going to end,and of course - You are right. IT NEVER ENDS,and the reward in the end is below anyones expectations. At max 30 hours without all the bloat,they couldWay WAY WAY too long. Its a grind fest and a obvious one at that,because they clearly want you to pay them to make this bore fest come to an end. It starts real strong,but when you see the skill tree you see that this is never going to end,and of course - You are right. IT NEVER ENDS,and the reward in the end is below anyones expectations. At max 30 hours without all the bloat,they could allow themselves to polish the content more also,and it would overall been a decent even good game. To all those who rate this at a 10 obviously dont have a life,or they are so hungry to do meaningless tasks over and over an over and over that they would pretty much rate ANY game a 10 (Yeah i know of some of those guys that never fault ANY game)

    My score is the accurate one. YOU ARE WELCOME.
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  9. Nov 26, 2020
    5
    Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is irredeemably bland, over-stuffed, and pointless. The Ubisoft pointless missions are all turned up to 11 and the core story is so very long and so very unremarkable. I still do not know why they bother with the assassin part of the game considering you are a Viking who is dual wielding axes. That is just one of many conglomerated choices much like the dualAssassin’s Creed Valhalla is irredeemably bland, over-stuffed, and pointless. The Ubisoft pointless missions are all turned up to 11 and the core story is so very long and so very unremarkable. I still do not know why they bother with the assassin part of the game considering you are a Viking who is dual wielding axes. That is just one of many conglomerated choices much like the dual gender (they can read holographic memories from DNA but can’t tell a male pelvis from a female one) and of course the Sunny D commercial-like lineup of supporting characters. I am sure their various consultants and Twitterati appointments are well-paid and quiet for now.

    Even if this game’s only problems were just with the story and game play (new combat is dumbed down), this would be an average game. Of course, that is not the case. The PC port is, in typical Ubisoft fashion, terrible. You really should not expect competence after such a well-documented history of anything but. I will not bother knocking the technical problems because it is your own damn fault if you expect better.
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  10. 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 ,
  11. Feb 11, 2022
    3
    The big piece of bug.
    I could spend an hour cleaning an area and then the game will crash.
  12. Dec 18, 2020
    0
    nice update ubisoft thanks for microtransactions in OFFLINE game. 0/10 now for me
  13. Dec 18, 2020
    0
    great game ...buy it's demolished by bugs ... bugs every 10 minutes ... dear gentlemen of ubisoft go f**k yourself
  14. Feb 1, 2021
    4
    The game just doesn’t feel good. There’s scenes where your character is supposed to be talking, and their mouth just doesn’t move. The climbing is atrocious, I scaled down a mountain with nothing visible to hold on to. It looked like my guy was spiderman. It’s so bad. I miss the fighting of the old AC games, the fighting just doesn’t feel that great. The story is pretty good andThe game just doesn’t feel good. There’s scenes where your character is supposed to be talking, and their mouth just doesn’t move. The climbing is atrocious, I scaled down a mountain with nothing visible to hold on to. It looked like my guy was spiderman. It’s so bad. I miss the fighting of the old AC games, the fighting just doesn’t feel that great. The story is pretty good and interesting, but it’s also stupidly long. All of this together makes a bad game to me. Expand
  15. Jan 30, 2021
    0
    Horrible. Origin was pretty nice. Odyseey was very good. But this is just cheap. Eivor is horrible boring. The climbing is bad. The story is boring as f***. I dont like the style overall. Its just all a lesser version of odyseey. Very sad. Could have been a lot more.
  16. Mar 9, 2021
    7
    In the opening (tutorial) hours, the game will instruct you to hit a button to smash a crate. I press the appropriate button to smash the crate, only to whiff harder than a 5-year old trying to play T-Ball. That, alone, is just a taste of the frustrations you shall encounter as you adventure across England. Later on in the game, you'll come across barred doors that need to be openedIn the opening (tutorial) hours, the game will instruct you to hit a button to smash a crate. I press the appropriate button to smash the crate, only to whiff harder than a 5-year old trying to play T-Ball. That, alone, is just a taste of the frustrations you shall encounter as you adventure across England. Later on in the game, you'll come across barred doors that need to be opened from the inside. You'll do this by destroying what appears to be a wooden beam locking the door from the inside. Simple, right? Not for me! All I hit is the open air and the lock stays in place until I have to pull out my bow. Or, how about the little beeping sound when you are trying to jump off a rock and the game won't let you? And let's talk about that camera with a mind of its own. Try calling your mount, and see what I'm talking about. Oh, and it's a joy when Eivor is telling his crew the STFU every time you come across a raid opportunity. Not to mention how often the longship would get hung up on the environment and I'd have to manually reverse course to continue on my way.

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

    So, how would I rate AC: Valhalla over the course of my 100+ hour playtime? 51% fun/49% frustration! Would I recommend this title? Sure, just not at full price. Wait until all the DLC comes out and you can nab the whole package in a future Ubisoft sale or around $50!
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  17. May 29, 2021
    3
    Полагаю, что 9 баллов и выше ставят те, кто не играл в прошлые игры серии. Абсолютно никакущий сюжет, полное отсутствие какой-либо внятной харизмы у персонажей, колоссальное количество абсолютно бесполезных, одинаковых и неинтересных активностей на карте, криво украденные у третьего Ведьмака случайные события (да и не только события, много чего позаимствовано, и ни один из пунктов неПолагаю, что 9 баллов и выше ставят те, кто не играл в прошлые игры серии. Абсолютно никакущий сюжет, полное отсутствие какой-либо внятной харизмы у персонажей, колоссальное количество абсолютно бесполезных, одинаковых и неинтересных активностей на карте, криво украденные у третьего Ведьмака случайные события (да и не только события, много чего позаимствовано, и ни один из пунктов не сделал должным образом) - это и еще многое другое вас ждет в Assassins Creed Valhalla. Боевые механики чуть-чуть подтянули, но для третье попытки - это очень слабый результат. Открытый мир пуст и неинтересен, потому что все это мы видели в Odyssey, все это мы видели в Origins. Больше скажу, в этой части Ubisoft умудрился облажаться даже в своей самой сильной стороне - это передача атмосферы и проработка сеттинга. В Origins эти 2 параметра на голову выше сделаны. Показав пару CGI-тизеров пару лет назад разработчики ввели в очередной раз всех в заблуждение, выкатив нам на употребление очередной плохо срежиссированный, конвейерный продукт Вы видели графику на простой PS 4 или на Xbox one? А требования системные? Видеокарта за 30 тысяч рублей тянет Origins на "ультра", Valhalla на "низких", а качество графики и технологичность идентичная!!! А видели ли вы то кол-во багов, которое есть в этой игре? А кто "вы" то, я здесь один! Потому что я единственный, кто ставит адекватную оценку игре, которая на ПК стоит всего лишь 2500 рублей, а про консоли я даже говорить не буду, мне жалко этих людей. Сколько можно уже поощрять подобные очень даже средние, посредственный игры. Вы вот 10ки ставите, вы хоть игру прошли до конца? Это средняя игра сделанная только ради продаж, и тому подтверждение - недавний отчет и комментарий руководства компании Ubisoft. Они заявили, что год у них самый прибыльный, и что они и дальше продолжат в том же духе делать игры так, как делают это сейчас, только еще больше, еще масштабнее и еще РПГшнее. Как вам, нравится? Душу сюда не вкладывал никто Expand
  18. May 30, 2021
    4
    A mi m ha parecido mediocre tirando a malo, misiones repetitivas q podría haber hecho yo con el creador d misiones en Odyssey, personajes aburridos q no m apetecen conocerlos ni despiertan nada, diálogos q se siente forzados y no se saben a q vienen, misiones principales muy muy aburridas, los personajes son muy genéricos en cuanto a apariencia, los niños chicos parecen basura. PocosA mi m ha parecido mediocre tirando a malo, misiones repetitivas q podría haber hecho yo con el creador d misiones en Odyssey, personajes aburridos q no m apetecen conocerlos ni despiertan nada, diálogos q se siente forzados y no se saben a q vienen, misiones principales muy muy aburridas, los personajes son muy genéricos en cuanto a apariencia, los niños chicos parecen basura. Pocos elementos para personalizar el pelo. Doblaje asqueroso en español, y un poco malo en inglés, mejor uno bien hecho completamente en inglés. Los "confesionarios" a miembros de la orden es como q cojones hablas, q m están diciendo? No es muy inmersivo dados los bugs y liadas del juego. Lo único q creo q esta bien es el combate, q se siente más tosco y basto en el buen sentido, Dan buen feedback. Y la música es una gozada. Expand
  19. Aug 5, 2021
    5
    Short: Decent game, without a direction or vision, yet entertaining.

    Detailled: Positive: * decent graphics * easy to use controls * gameplay stays entertaining throughout Negative: * I would describe the narrative as soulless. I did not care for any character at any point * the sheer size of the map and quests is bloated. even then, few things to do outside of main quests feel
    Short: Decent game, without a direction or vision, yet entertaining.

    Detailled:
    Positive:
    * decent graphics
    * easy to use controls
    * gameplay stays entertaining throughout

    Negative:
    * I would describe the narrative as soulless. I did not care for any character at any point
    * the sheer size of the map and quests is bloated. even then, few things to do outside of main quests feel rewarding
    * most jarring as an AC fan: the world feels less believable than fairly ever. i do not feel like i am in the viking age. i could excuse many small issues in previous titles as i still felt the core was thruthful and i felt in the world. i do not here.
    * the main quest: this is where most of any narrative falls or stands. in this case, well, it is somewhat refreshing not to search for the apple of all damnation. however, the alternative is just bland. invade england, take all. there was so much potential for ethical thoughts that are dear to the AC series. the church is corruptive but keeps order, the vikings are honest but destroy. however, nothing of that gets explored

    Summary:
    The series has strayed far from its core storytelling, but kept it s main user satisfactory gameplay. Graphics are decent (but far from jaw-drapping), gameplay smooth (but ultimately nothing new) and the world somewhat big but also bland. It is fun to go around, but should be condensed to 1/3 of it s play or boosted by actual narrative
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  20. 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
  21. 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.
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  22. Nov 17, 2020
    6
    The story is well-builded and the main character is quite good but there is a lack of animations and a poor improvement of the movement, sound and conversation setting that makes the user (me) to be uncomfortable when i try to be immersed on this Viking World, despite a huge graphical improvement (the game looks incredible). I'd rather wait 3 years for a more refined game. Also theThe story is well-builded and the main character is quite good but there is a lack of animations and a poor improvement of the movement, sound and conversation setting that makes the user (me) to be uncomfortable when i try to be immersed on this Viking World, despite a huge graphical improvement (the game looks incredible). I'd rather wait 3 years for a more refined game. Also the optimization for PC is really bad, Ubisoft standards. Expand
  23. 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 !
  24. Nov 19, 2020
    0
    Юбисофт пробили очередное дно .80 часов в пустую. Юби делают игру для лгбт , но как играть в ЄТО , обичным людям , а я скажу - НИКАК ! И именно обычные люди несут деньги юбикам , а не лгбт сообщество. У меня есть все части асасинов , far cry , watch dogs. Серия far cry пока что норм , а вот асасин - дерьмо , а легион не понятно что!Юбисофт пробили очередное дно .80 часов в пустую. Юби делают игру для лгбт , но как играть в ЄТО , обичным людям , а я скажу - НИКАК ! И именно обычные люди несут деньги юбикам , а не лгбт сообщество. У меня есть все части асасинов , far cry , watch dogs. Серия far cry пока что норм , а вот асасин - дерьмо , а легион не понятно что!
  25. 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
  26. Feb 18, 2021
    5
    If you like AC Odyssey this will feel like a huge step in the wrong direction.

    Graphics is more realistic but colours are extremely oversaturated with drastic colour changes to the point that turning the camera results in repainting the entire world from green/blue to yellow/red. Also sunlight and beams are so strong to the point the they will hurt your eyes... Every action has been
    If you like AC Odyssey this will feel like a huge step in the wrong direction.

    Graphics is more realistic but colours are extremely oversaturated with drastic colour changes to the point that turning the camera results in repainting the entire world from green/blue to yellow/red. Also sunlight and beams are so strong to the point the they will hurt your eyes...

    Every action has been slow down and and received some form of inertia, which makes everything feel slow, heavy and clunky, from simple movement, to changing direction, climbing and fighting, everything feels like a chore.
    To perform some simple actions, like looting a big chest, you now have to call for help and wait until a member of your crew arrives, which is very annoying.
    Opening crates and or harvesting is no longer possible, you have to smash the containers or the mineral nodes, wait for them to be destroyed, wait for the loot to pop up and finally spam the loot button cause you can no longer grab everything nearby with a single action...also hitting a container is a freaking lottery because the aim is completely messed up and your character constantly misses the object that is right in front of him.

    Combat has lost its flow, it's no longer fast paced and has gained a useless stamina bar, also you can no longer craft arrows for whatever reason...!?
    The game constantly take away the control of the camera from you, which could be fine for console but it's extremely annoying for PC; for instance every time you run and call your horse, the camera automatically rotates and show you the freaking ground forcing you to stop and wait for the horse to arrive...and if you try to fix the camera, it automatically turns back in the wrong position...

    The map is a mess, icons that showed locations are now tiny white and yellow lights that you can barely see because the map is also white...genius...

    Exploration is a pain in the ass, every freaking door is barred and you need to find an alternative hidden entrance or you have to find a oil jar to blow a barricade away, too bad the stupid jar is always hundreds of meters away, turning the whole process into an annoying treasure hunt chore.

    Some of the sound effects are very loud and annoying, also some triggers are completely wrong and as you explore you constantly trigger the same sound over and over.

    Music is not as good as in Odyssey, but it's ok.
    Voice acting is great.
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  27. gyk
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    This is terrible. What's next? We can play as dinosaurs. Since the Odyssey, the series has fallen to the bottom.
  28. Nov 15, 2020
    0
    Fighting system is a piece of **** It designed by imbecile. When I want to deflect attack my hero always attack and I die. So I hope the person who decided to use the same button for parry and attack already dead from covid or cancer.
  29. 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
  30. Nov 27, 2020
    4
    Feels like a step back from odyssey. Vikings are a fun idea but a less interesting protagonist, awkward janky dialogue/scenes and the world feels a lot more boring compared to odyssey.

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

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

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

    Not even mentioning how often the games freezes or crashes
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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 31
  2. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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]