Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.5

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  1. Xandl7
    Dec 16, 2020
    0
    another boring game
    and it is again exclusive for epic and ubisoft
    RPG elements are boring
  2. Catchy
    Dec 7, 2020
    7
    I had to google that I actually completed the game because the story just suddenly ended. However, and despite some frustration, in my opinion this game takes the throne out of the past three assassin's creed games.

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

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

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

    As for side quest, I couldn't stand the Aasgard side-quest, thankfully it was just a side-quest, and I’m not sure why they decided to make 'eliminating the ancient order' a side quest. It baffles me that eliminating the order is not part of the main story, ‘Assassin's creed' is just a corporate branding at this point.    … Expand
  3. dryerlaw
    Nov 14, 2020
    10
    Major improvement from Odyssey. While combat is only slightly improved, the questing & gear progression feel more satisfying now.
  4. fi57yseven
    Dec 7, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have played 102 hours as of writing this review.
    Valhalla is a good game, it is fun and fantastic to explore.
    The story is non existent , you go to each area that you pledge and you play out many short stories, and depending on what you do or where you go effects the outcome of your exchange with NPCs.
    and for no real reason the Assassin which is guiding and helping you for 2% of the story who is supposed to be important TURNS ON YOU, there felt like there was zero explanation as to why other than he is the rebirth of Loki who is still holding a grudge against Eivor and Sigurd for holding his wolf son captive when they were gods who for some reason are reincarnated?, it felt lazy.
    this has to be the buggiest AC game I have ever played, I had to increase my VRam to fix the constant crashing.
    The town you build isn't much of a wow factor and felt kinda pointless, I feel it was overhyped with very little pay off.
    The order of the ancients and the assassin's felt pointless, The order apart from Fulke felt like something of a side quest, and the Assassin's who were the excuse to bring back the hidden blade begrudgingly via Sigurd, and tell you much of what you already knew.
    Going to Asgard felt like a chore, everything was, go and get this then go and get that, then they threw in a boss to take away from the scavenger hunt that is Asgard, then to go back to Asgard ANOTHER SCAVENGER HUNT.

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

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

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

    I have played every AC game and I am one of the first to defend them, this is the lowest scoring AC game I have ever reviewed, I want to blame Covid-19 and the difficulty you would expect with developers working from home and it is why no matter how much the game was not my favourite it still gave me much enjoyment.    … Expand
  5. mosessaur
    Dec 18, 2021
    3
    For 3 installments. I think AC had nothing to add except making the make more massive and repetitive.
    I failed to see what's new in this game. The story isn't interesting anymore. It just became more massive. And with being massive. I started to get bored after sometime skipping conversations and just want to get through the game.
    It has some elements of AC III and of course of the    For 3 installments. I think AC had nothing to add except making the make more massive and repetitive.
    I failed to see what's new in this game. The story isn't interesting anymore. It just became more massive. And with being massive. I started to get bored after sometime skipping conversations and just want to get through the game.
    It has some elements of AC III and of course of the previous 2 games AC Origins and AC (Greek) can't even remember the name (that's how forgettable it was).

    I would never recommend purchase of this game. If you get it for free or less than $10 then it could be cover the boredom you'll have while playing it.    … Expand
  6. crawlord
    Dec 7, 2020
    7
    I played this game for 172 hours .I explored first and gathered materials / xp opened the map and negated the storyline till later .BY hour 100 i was op with twin spears .The graphics are phenomenal. Taking over England is repetitive.

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

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

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

    Overall i played this game and now im not sure ill play the DLC even though i pre-bought all that. I think i have had my fill of Ubisoft's copy pasta games .Still enjoyable not at a day 1 price point .    … Expand
  7. 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
  8. 4y4
    Dec 29, 2021
    6
    It's an alright game but there are some elements that I didn't like. Some things in the game feel quite repetitive for example and there were some major bugs.
  9. Cobrax657
    Feb 5, 2021
    7
    Good viking game but i wish they start making ac games with ac feel in it....
  10. Manohar
    Jan 13, 2021
    5
    Maaan this game got boring very fast! Is the same copy-paste RPG formula from the last 2 AC, but with a much more depressing world design. I don't really recommend this game to anyone
  11. Nburns
    Jan 5, 2021
    6
    Mediocre open world with little in the way of reasons to explore it. Mechanically rather uninteresting though the plot is decent enough to push through the hack and slash combat.
  12. Adamaxhu
    Nov 14, 2020
    10
    Very good game, strong recommendation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  13. Pinkpontiac
    Dec 14, 2020
    0
    Игра просто не о чем!!!Сюжет-0 , сэттинг не раскрыли, а было столько пространства и возможностей!!!
  14. 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
  15. realrev
    Jan 23, 2021
    0
    This is a historically illiterate game that I find highly offensive. I suppose it's what I've come to expect from Ubisoft but it really is disgraceful how they are misrepresenting things intentionally in order to mislead a generation of kids.
  16. KAS_113
    Oct 13, 2021
    0
    Its not on Steam therefore I give 0. I wont buy it on some garbage epic games store. And stop making some kind of MMO RPG out of the game, there's only one name left from the Assassins and the hidden blade of the main character, I want to kill enemies with one blow from above, as before, and not spend half a day on it.
  17. GDSM
    Jun 9, 2021
    5
    The game itself is atmospheric, the Viking style is a big plus, but I have a main complaint about women in this game, if you added a lot of main female characters, make them at least beautiful.
  18. NickFok
    Jun 14, 2021
    3
    I GAVE IT A TRY. LIKE A 100 HOURS TRY.

    Let me tell you this game is not the best assassins creed game or anything close to that category. And i get it, a lot of people like to hate Ubisfot. for the sake of it but in this case, thery are right. First, the basics. Slow, boring, repetitive, effortless, horrible actors, lazy clothings, animation. It really seems like a unfinishied game or    I GAVE IT A TRY. LIKE A 100 HOURS TRY.

    Let me tell you this game is not the best assassins creed game or anything close to that category. And i get it, a lot of people like to hate Ubisfot. for the sake of it but in this case, thery are right.
    First, the basics. Slow, boring, repetitive, effortless, horrible actors, lazy clothings, animation. It really seems like a unfinishied game or that they were to lazy to test it. The cons are a lot in comparisson with the pro in this game. For example, the loot or the rewards. You spend literally an hour trying to find a way to figure out how to enter a cave and the reward is a piece of gold that doesnt do **** Then, the weapons, armor stuff, sucks. You have to seek sea, land N air to find something new and when you find it sucks. like you feel your time has been taken as a joke. I hate almost everyting about it and I played it 100 hours, no blufing. I would pick Odyssey or Origins over this **** **** any **** day. Its my very first time writing a review for a game and it really made mad. And i dont even bogght the game it was a gift so you can image if i would ve bought it.

    Also as a 5.3 tall guy is kind of nice to sea a main character being kind of short, BUT COME THE **** ON, you are talkings about vikings, i want to be like thor not a **** midget from middle earth.

    To sum up, ****ty game. Tries hard to be the witcher, god of war, dark souls, prince of persia and the saddest thign? Tries to be an assassin creed game WHEN YOU CANT EVEN **** ASSASSINATE PEOPLE. It sucks. If you are reading this and get to this so far down, do not buying, or watch a lot gamplay videos on ytb. Is not worth anybodies time. Trust me. Incredible dissapointed. And i could go down to write more stuff of how bad this **** **** is but i dont want to. I cant understand those who liked it and call the best of all time. Is one of the worst games i have ever played. **** ubisoft needs to stop milking games franchieses and start to listetnitg to fans about the game preferences.

    3/10. **** dissapoinment. And that 3 out of 10 is beacuse SOME tattoos looked cool with the beard and all. And thats it...    … Expand
  19. Mr_Gamer
    Jul 3, 2021
    0
    The game costs $ 30-60, and you managed to add microtransactions there ?
  20. Zummernights
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    graphics 10, characters 10, overall very enjoyable and cool game, not sure what's with this stupid hate towards masterpieces like this.
  21. Vixian
    Aug 28, 2021
    4
    10-20 hours of unique content stretched across 100+ hours of repetition and MMORPG-like progression grinding. Additionally, the "Order of the Ancients" has reached new levels of stupidity in their latest rendition. Some of the writing in this game is at high school levels of plot-making.
  22. Caoth93
    Aug 29, 2021
    0
    usual ubisoft that does things from ubisoft, yet another game that tries to steal a bit from all sides while losing its identity (like the last 2 Assassin's Creed)
    let's start with the most serious things: as always stupid, repetitive side missions, which add nothing to the game or to the main story and which result in a tedious challenge and you can't wait to finish as soon as possible,    usual ubisoft that does things from ubisoft, yet another game that tries to steal a bit from all sides while losing its identity (like the last 2 Assassin's Creed)
    let's start with the most serious things: as always stupid, repetitive side missions, which add nothing to the game or to the main story and which result in a tedious challenge and you can't wait to finish as soon as possible, huge game map full of collectibles (useless as always) just to give a semblance of longevity and justify such an unnecessarily large map
    Let's talk about optimization on pc? ubisoft ridiculous as always, cares about the pc as always, ridiculous framerates even with hardware from thousands of euros and above all cpu often and willingly 100% (I have a 9700k) thanks to denuvo (was it really necessary?)

    I conclude by saying that we are now in 2021 and that if there are still people who defend this stuff, which is by far, without a doubt the worst gaming company, it means that we deserve this crap, to see a company that percolates in this way its customers, which uses the exact same graphics engine and the exact same animations in 3 different games within 3 years (adding tiny things from title to title just to pretend it's a new game) just to save in production and taking as much money as possible from your customers makes me sick

    stop letting these charlatans steal your money    … Expand
  23. mpalczew
    Aug 30, 2021
    4
    So the first thing that happened is I needed an Ubisoft account for my ps5 game. When trying to skip it the game wouldn't even work, so a big fu from Ubisoft. Then there's the game play. Playing this game is 50% getting to a destination, walking, climbing, or sailing, no puzzle, just set your market on a map, push forward on your controller and ask yourself if this is fun. 30% of theSo the first thing that happened is I needed an Ubisoft account for my ps5 game. When trying to skip it the game wouldn't even work, so a big fu from Ubisoft. Then there's the game play. Playing this game is 50% getting to a destination, walking, climbing, or sailing, no puzzle, just set your market on a map, push forward on your controller and ask yourself if this is fun. 30% of the game is fighting, no not assassinations like previous games, rather just a beat em up game with poor fighting mechanics. The rest is cut scenes and load times. They forgot to add the fun.… Expand
  24. StarkAgentos
    Feb 25, 2022
    6
    Поиграл 2 часа. В принципе игра неплохая, если закрыть глаза на то, что это очередной миллиардный ассасин. Прогресс, по сравнению с истоками есть. Больше не обязательно проходить побочки, чтобы играть в сюжетку. Графон улучшился, что очень логично. На моё удивление, улучшилась и оптимизация. Нынешний сеттинг мне больше нравится. Также можно включить автоматическое управление кораблём. НаПоиграл 2 часа. В принципе игра неплохая, если закрыть глаза на то, что это очередной миллиардный ассасин. Прогресс, по сравнению с истоками есть. Больше не обязательно проходить побочки, чтобы играть в сюжетку. Графон улучшился, что очень логично. На моё удивление, улучшилась и оптимизация. Нынешний сеттинг мне больше нравится. Также можно включить автоматическое управление кораблём. На этом плюсы заканчиваются, дальше идут минусы. Управление с прилипанием к любой поверхности во время паркура, при чём таким, что хрен отлипнешь. Сюжет, что логично бледный и неинтересный. Куча гринда, даже, если считать сюжетку. Игра скучная. Также, в этой игре куча багов, например, я просто хожу по лесу, и тут бац, и на меня с неба падает нпс. Ну и, естественно, самый главный минус - то, что это по сути предыдущий ассасин с минимальными улучшениями.… Expand
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. bndop
    Apr 26, 2021
    0
    The worst assassin's Creed I've ever played and arguably the worst game I've ever played. Clunky and boring combat, Eivor is incredibly weak no matter how much you power him up and boss/legendary animal fights just consist of the enemy spamming its special the whole time. Next time I'm definitely not paying full price for an assassin's creed game. I'll wait until it goes on sale
  29. Szaman
    Apr 27, 2021
    0
    Its not on Steam therefore I give 0. I wont buy it on some garbage epic games store or uplay
  30. 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
  31. Scritty
    Nov 12, 2020
    5
    Summary. Decent game - but spongey controls and a game style far removed from AC. This is a game for people who like War for Middle Earth or similar. It's a mass melee combat game with very little left of the original AC formula. Bows are nerfed, assassinate opportunities are VERY rare and far between. Double wield axes and go in roaring or don't bother playing at all.

    In terms of    Summary. Decent game - but spongey controls and a game style far removed from AC. This is a game for people who like War for Middle Earth or similar. It's a mass melee combat game with very little left of the original AC formula. Bows are nerfed, assassinate opportunities are VERY rare and far between. Double wield axes and go in roaring or don't bother playing at all.

    In terms of stealth, assassination and the efficiency of bow combat this is a HUGE step down from even Odyssey and Origins - which themselves were huge steps down from the first few games.

    Having played every Assassins Creed game. Most to the end. Some several times. This one looks pretty good but the combat on PC using M+K is spongy and inaccurate.
    Firstly, stealth and traditional assassin gameplay is an option for maybe 20% of the game. At most.
    If you want to that - don't buy this game. Whereas Odyssey had a little less in the way of stealth than Origins and Origins about the same as Syndicate.
    This has a TON less than any AC game I've played (And as I said I've played all of them extensively).
    It just isn't an option for most of e game.
    This is far more like a game like War for Middle Earth. All about mass melee combat (even bows are VERY seriously nerfed)
    That might be Ok if the melee combat wasn't also pretty weak compared with previous games.
    Sometimes you can't block, often the knockback on foes does not work, there is a palpable delay between pressing the button and the action taking place. It doesn't feel right at all.
    I've loaded up Origins and Odyssey for comparison ad they are both spot on. Valhalla's combat really does feel spongey, delayed and inaccurate.
    This is not a game for traditional AC fans. This is a hack and slash game with more in common with Diablo than e legacy of AC. What with that and the really poor feel of controls, this is probably the last AC game I will buy.    … Expand
  32. Mow87
    Nov 13, 2020
    5
    This game shows how mainstream gaming is now.
    its average at is best.

    you doing the same **** over and over and over and over.
    copy/past gameplay mechanics from older games.

    this game is not even in the same universe like a got or gow.
    typical game from Ubisoft.
  33. lxRs451
    Nov 12, 2020
    6
    At first i was blown away, it was so good and fun and refreshing. But the excitement from the well made prologue slowly withers away and once you start doing some of the content over and over again, you will find yourself bored.
    The new gear system sucks, it was stripped down to bare minimum and it is not engaging. Combat looks flashy but unless you put it to the highest difficulty it's    At first i was blown away, it was so good and fun and refreshing. But the excitement from the well made prologue slowly withers away and once you start doing some of the content over and over again, you will find yourself bored.
    The new gear system sucks, it was stripped down to bare minimum and it is not engaging. Combat looks flashy but unless you put it to the highest difficulty it's laughably easy and you will just mash buttons and win - there's no thought needed.
    Assassins - i don't know why are they even there anymore, it feels forced and unnecessary.
    The last part of the game which will last you between 1-2 hours is great but i do not feel like it was worth it.
    It's a step down from AC Oddysey in many ways, which should not happen but i rate it a little better.    … Expand
  34. ukrScorpion
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    + Good optimization
    + Good level design

    - Donate
    - storyline so childish and naive as in all games from Ubi for last 3 years
    - prologue so boring
    - side quests
  35. TomasLacerda
    Nov 13, 2021
    3
    Valhalla is an unpolished, messy of an AC.
    The sound, still after months after release's still awful. The combat and stealth are the worse we've had on an AC game. The story is god awful, along with the crappy voice acting. It's unfortunately really bad. I love AC series, loved Odyssey, but this one is just trash.
    Don't buy this game, it's not worth. Ubisoft standards are lowering more and more.
  36. KenixKill96
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    Sells XP booster for Money! Great job Ubisoft. You're still one of the absolut worst Companies!
  37. LazyEzkimo
    Feb 24, 2021
    0
    Ubisoft has made the worst game of the year. And the word "game" is a bit overrated. There isn't anything in this game that works. During 90+ hours in-game and I haven't found anything that works in this game. Also performance is crappy as the game crashes multiple times during playing. At least I got this piece of **** free from MSI. I feel sorry for people who had to pay for this game
  38. froglegs
    Apr 28, 2021
    3
    Great visuals, great world building, average writing, extremely boring, repetitive gameplay.
  39. NothingnessEFLC
    Apr 30, 2021
    0
    It's so boring that is's literrraly imposiible not to fall asleep. The game is 20 hours longer than it should be, Jesus, I hope they will change the concept next time.
  40. Sovereignlol
    Nov 18, 2020
    0
    this is the worst videogame on earth....................................................
  41. Klausmetall
    Nov 13, 2020
    0
    Игра в которой плохо практически всё. Сюжет заканчивается в прологе, и остальные 100 часов вам предстоит заниматься гриндом и квестам из серии -заключи союз со всеми персонажами на карте. Зачем, да просто такая цель, такой сюжет. Н.и какого конфликта, или высшей цели тут нет, вот тебе список квестов, выполняй. Боевка стала чуть лучше от Одиссеи, но все так же можно убивать любыхИгра в которой плохо практически всё. Сюжет заканчивается в прологе, и остальные 100 часов вам предстоит заниматься гриндом и квестам из серии -заключи союз со всеми персонажами на карте. Зачем, да просто такая цель, такой сюжет. Н.и какого конфликта, или высшей цели тут нет, вот тебе список квестов, выполняй. Боевка стала чуть лучше от Одиссеи, но все так же можно убивать любых протиавников одим и тем же алгоритмом действий. Есть несколько неплохих квестов, но вы до них должны дойти через миллионы часов гринда. Исторической достоверности вы иут так же не найдете. Присутствует множество глюков и нелепых багов. Но если вам нравятся гринд дрочильни без особой цели то пойдет… Expand
  42. 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?
  43. 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.
  44. 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
  45. snowte
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    Sorry but this game is really bad in mostly all aspects.
    The combat system is really the worst thing in this game it's bad, in animation, physics, and its a little buggy and unrealistic. I was expecting a combat system similar to for honor which would be way better than what it is now.
    The NPCs look kind of dead, its like Ubisoft keep reusing the old classic NPC system of their old games    Sorry but this game is really bad in mostly all aspects.
    The combat system is really the worst thing in this game it's bad, in animation, physics, and its a little buggy and unrealistic. I was expecting a combat system similar to for honor which would be way better than what it is now.
    The NPCs look kind of dead, its like Ubisoft keep reusing the old classic NPC system of their old games with only changing their clothes.
    And of course not to forget to mention the countless bugs in this game.
    The enemies also have a really broken funny A.I system, it's soo bad it makes you laugh.

    There are just a lot of bad and broken things to mention about this game, the game just feels unfinished, I don't know how there could be others who are rating this 10/10, its just ridiculous.
    I'm giving it 4/10 just because of the graphics and soundtrack.    … Expand
  46. danstew23
    Nov 17, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When this game was announced, I was unconvinced. Why? Because in my mind, the concept of a secret order of assassins who use stealth and parcour and hidden weapons to assassinate from the shadows does not quite fit to the vikings that usually are portrayed in movies, TV shows and games - angry and reckless barbarians charging into battle while yelling obscenities.

    Now, you might say "But why not shake up the formula and try something new?" Well, sure, do that. But if you move too far from the actual "topic/theme" of the series, ASSASSINS, it becomes kinda silly. No, I did not like Black Flag, and I am not happy with this one. Black Flag was a FUN PIRATE GAME. This could be a great game for the TV show "Vikings". But unfortunately, these are supposed to be Assassins Creed games, and that's where they fail IMO.

    The mix of some stealth and some fan service (members of the Assassins order teaching you assassin techniques) do not mix with new mechanics like raiding a monastery or fortress with your fellow vikings. The concept of secrecy and stealth go out the window when there is quite some emphasis on you blowing a horn to get your fellow vikings to charge into battle.

    This looks like a spin-off game for that show, and it may be cool if it was that. But to me, it misses the mark when it comes to AC. If I would have wanted a "play a viking, conquer England" game, this would be a great choice. But I was looking forward to the newest episode of a franchise revolving around assassins. It says so "on the tin", so what the heck?

    Also, this often feels like a themepark. I LOVED Origins, and it did a great job at reinventing the franchise, doing away with many things that were standard in the series, making it much more of an open world game. Odyssey followed in those footsteps, being even bigger, but coming with TOO much filler and side content and not enough actual assassin-gameplay.

    This is pretty much the same. After the "300/greek mythology" themepark (Odyssey), this just feels like another theme stretched over the same mechanics without too much innovation or new stuff. People have been making fun of the "Ubisoft fluff" for quite some time... all those markers on the map, irrelevant and repetitive side content. And here, we have that same thing going on. Wherever you go, you have markers for side quests, loot chests etc.

    And some of those side quests are fun, others are silly. THe first few side quests involved one that was pretty immersive and several ones where I had to escort and protect someone who had lost his mind. I am not kidding. I had 3 side quests in a row where I had to deal with someone who was out of his miond and thought he was a king or a knight, getting into trouble. Also, I followed someone who sleepwalked through a mountain area and used a rope slide WHILE SLEEPWALKING WITHOUT WAKING UP. Sorry, that was pretty silly.

    The shield mechanics are ok, remind me of Dark Souls (blocking/parrying) a little bit, but are really nothng to write home about.

    The raiding stuff is ok. However, after abozut the third monastery you raid, it gets really repetitive. You call for help to open doors or chests, you fight enemies and you start hating the AI, because your "comrades", your companions have a tendency to constantly get between your enemy and you. No friendly fire here, but it still is quite annoying.
    The enemy AI isnt much better. With a fast weapon (I used daggers a lot) you can easily stunlock an enemy. The "skirmishers" are incredibly annoying, as they keep repeating their one maneuver, a weird jump attack, over and over. Predictable and easy to avoid? Yes. Engaging and fun tactical gameplay? Nope.

    The story is ok, even though after all the shows dealign with vikings, it gets a bit tiring to see all those allegories and hints at Norse mythology. And dont get me started at yet another protagonist out for revenge because his parents were killed. Yawn.

    Anyway. I really was not convinced after the announcement. Dont get me wrong. This is a nice viking game, if you are looking for one. Just like BF was a nice pirate game. Unfortunately, these are supposed to be AC-games and fail at it.

    In a nutshell:
    - Not much innovation. This is just more of what Origins and Odyssey did with some slight changes.
    - Boring main character with a boring story.
    - Lack of assassin gameplay, as we now are supposed to raid with a screaming group of vikings
    - Tons of repetitive side content and filler stuff
    - Stupid AI

    + Nice graphics
    + Great soundtrack
    + The few stealth elements are nice, like hiding in crowds etc. AC2 had that a long time ago, and it's back in this game.

    Nice viking game, but a lackluster AC-game, sorry.    … Expand
  47. 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
  48. BethraMahaut
    Nov 15, 2020
    5
    Ok so its a good game. But I honestly preferred both Origin and Odyssey over this offering. Visually its nice but they have done some weird things in it.
    The Raven is now pretty pointless just showing a general area, replaced with some blurry Odins sight thing which is much less clean and crisp. I liked the old system of the bird tagging the enemies, to me it was a good assassin sitting    Ok so its a good game. But I honestly preferred both Origin and Odyssey over this offering. Visually its nice but they have done some weird things in it.
    The Raven is now pretty pointless just showing a general area, replaced with some blurry Odins sight thing which is much less clean and crisp. I liked the old system of the bird tagging the enemies, to me it was a good assassin sitting with a notebook and noting down routes and guard changes, I have no idea what the blurry red things are actually doing and with not the best eyesight in the world it makes the game much less enjoyable.
    I hope they will rethink it and bring it back, maybe as an optional.
    Then there's the sound - I make so much noise when sneaking through bushes (sounds like someone wearing army boots and brand new jeans and apparently carrying a load of bubble wrap) I simply can't understand the entire enemy camp not hearing me and I can't seem to find any way to switch it off, discouraging when I have a sneak build.
    Final remark, side quests that don't appear in the quest log, seem to be in notes when they are anywhere at all but sometimes not even there, and don't allow completion for any number of ridiculous reasons that have nothing to do with the actual side quest itself, both Origin and Odyssey had no problem with this so I have no idea why Valhalla is getting it wrong.
    Other than that its a solid RPG but I'm afraid the issues are wearing me down, I doubt I'll finish it.
    Edit for further play time
    Still playing this as I like to be thorough. Re my above comments the sound issue seems much better once getting to England. Still having problems completing quests and have to do an awful lot of saves and reloads to get certain things to move forward (so they are working, just somehow not getting completed). I am supposed to have a wolf fighting alongside me, if he does he's invisible. Eivor sometimes talks to him but nada, he's back at the longhouse apparently sleeping on top of a candle at the foot of my bed and the Raven is still completely pointless.
    Its fun but still lots of niggles and if I'm honest I wish I'd waited for several gameplay patches before purchase, Ubisoft really need to fix some bugs. I won't be changing my score until some improvement is seen.    … Expand
  49. Kaleygh
    Nov 16, 2020
    3
    A dumbed down, downgraded Odyssey. Retarded skill tree, stupid ai, no one handed swords, no storage, poor animations, clunky combat, item variety is gone, bugs, bugs and more bugs.
  50. AlexFko
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    The first 2-3 hours are good, but then the grinding starts again and the central plot disappears.
    The animation of movement and battles has become worse.
  51. LaS4l0p3
    Nov 20, 2020
    6
    This Assassin's Creed Valhalla is beautiful , a world magnificent , lot of details and a incredible sound design ( i love the horn noise ) . I love the Nordic Myhtology and loves the stories of vikings . The Assassination System is incredible , put the difficulty in Master Assassin for more challenge .
    But the game is REPETITIVE , the story annoying , characters already seen , the combat    This Assassin's Creed Valhalla is beautiful , a world magnificent , lot of details and a incredible sound design ( i love the horn noise ) . I love the Nordic Myhtology and loves the stories of vikings . The Assassination System is incredible , put the difficulty in Master Assassin for more challenge .
    But the game is REPETITIVE , the story annoying , characters already seen , the combat system is horrible and is resume by Attack Shield Attack Shield...
    Valhalla is a mixed of Origins and Odyssey , but all the mistakes of these two games are in . The Pillage and attack of fortress are too little, and to repetitive and all the outpost are the same .
    If Odyssey was really good with writing Valhalla is a deception .
    I almost finished the game so my Review may be better than others , if you love odyssey i don't recommend to play this one but if you love Origins go for it . I hope that the Dlc's and mostly the Paris siege are going to blow my mine .    … Expand
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. Mahdiar
    Apr 7, 2022
    6
    Gameplay : 6
    Graphics : 9
    Story : 7
    Sound : 8
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    Overall : 6 (not finished)
  55. M1lkman
    Jan 27, 2021
    5
    An extremely disappointing step-back from Odyssey. The story is acceptable, and many of the new raid and village-building mechanics are interesting. But it's all overshadowed by the cover-your-eyes awful combat.

    It's hard to understand why, but the developers deliberately made the combat mechanics less precise. Perhaps some focus group feedback though Odyssey was too difficult? The    An extremely disappointing step-back from Odyssey. The story is acceptable, and many of the new raid and village-building mechanics are interesting. But it's all overshadowed by the cover-your-eyes awful combat.

    It's hard to understand why, but the developers deliberately made the combat mechanics less precise. Perhaps some focus group feedback though Odyssey was too difficult? The parry timing window is now so huge that one may accidentally parry the wrong attack, and parrying itself is no longer necessary to win encounters. Also gone is the combo system from Odyssey, where Kassandra's next light/heavy attack would vary based on where it was in a five attack "combo" sequence. I can only assume this was a botched effort to make the combat easier for "casual" players, but the end result is to turn the combat into button mashing.

    Ubisoft also puzzlingly expanded the skill tree and the number of points invested in it. The tree itself is now so huge that you have to scroll and zoom to see it all, like a google maps layout. This means that when you "level up," you can no longer see and feel an instant power difference, as you could in Odyssey. I assume this was to eliminate the "grind" in Odyssey, but a grind is only as boring as the content you're grinding through.

    Naval battles, that gem from Black Flag that was partially resurrected in Odyssey, is gone again too.
    As for non-combat world interaction, it's so clunky and awful that it feels like something from the PS1 or N64 era. It's a huge step back even from the foundational games of the series. For example, in 2009's Assassin's Creed II, when player-character Ezio walks through a crowd, he twists his body and puts his hands on people's shoulders to move them out of the way. In Valhalla, Eivor either walks through them like they're ghosts or gets stopped dead still like they're a brick wall.

    I would add that neither the male for female voice actresses can stand-up to Melissanthi Mahut's portrayal of Kassandra, but that's really an unfair standard. Mahut's performance was one of the best in the history of gaming, comparable with Jennifer Hale (Commander Shepard, Mass Effect), Yuri Lowenthal (Peter Parker, Marvel's Spider-Man), and Roger Clark (Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2).

    I spent $100 on the deluxe edition without hesitation as a result of the goodwill Ubisoft earned with Odyssey, which was one of the best games of 2018. Valhalla wasn't worth it, and I regret the purchase.    … Expand
  56. Alexkhan
    Jan 27, 2021
    5
    Pros
    -Nice graphics
    -music
    Cons
    -poor map contents and side quests
    -rpg system is boring (skill tree, stats)
    -bugs
    -UI for pc is not human friendly
    -stupid healing via food (not available at need moment)
    -crew is useless during raids
    -ship is too often lose speed (when passing raid points, bridges, swamps)
    -enemy AI in stealth (you can kill dozen of guard by hiding in hay)
  57. Wolfstooth
    Dec 12, 2020
    4
    I dislike this game. Played like 2 hours. The combat is just joke when comparing for example with Ghost of Tsushima. AI is completely dumb. The world looks nice, thats all. UBI won't refund my money and I feel like they robbed me! UBISOFT only through pirating! Then maybe in few years for money when the game will cost few bucks!
  58. fetqqq
    Jul 25, 2021
    5
    Buggy, most of the characters are empty(not interesting at all), main story is disgusting, combat system is old for this age, I did not like the graphics(3060ti), gameplay is boring, combat difficulty is too easy, lootable outfit sets are disgusting
  59. Ebislav
    Dec 13, 2020
    6
    Визуал 9/10
    Геймплей 8/10
    Музыка 8/10 Сюжет 5/10 Подача сюжета 1/10 Частые лаги, скомканное повествование, отсутствие оригинальности для тех кто играл в AS Origin и AS Odyssey. Игра почти во всём лучше двух предыдущих частей, но тошнотворна для тех кто в них играл. Я догадывался что это будет копипаста, но всё же решил пройти и пожалел об этом в середина, а под конец уже просто всё    Визуал 9/10
    Геймплей 8/10
    Музыка 8/10
    Сюжет 5/10
    Подача сюжета 1/10
    Частые лаги, скомканное повествование, отсутствие оригинальности для тех кто играл в AS Origin и AS Odyssey. Игра почти во всём лучше двух предыдущих частей, но тошнотворна для тех кто в них играл. Я догадывался что это будет копипаста, но всё же решил пройти и пожалел об этом в середина, а под конец уже просто всё пробегал фастом. Она внешне прекрасна настолько, насколько отвратительна внутри. Понять кто глава Ордена Древних можно за долго до конца просто посмотрев в меню Ордена.)) В предстоящие ДЛЦ даже не планирую к ней играть. От оценок критиков недоумеваю.
    Нюанс: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla может быть очень интересна тем, кто не играл в предыдущие части    … Expand
  60. Codtrash
    May 5, 2021
    0
    This game harassed me, rainbow garbage!!! The plot is delusional graphomania. It's sad, so much work wasted. Donate trash heap
  61. Danilkinds228
    Nov 14, 2020
    10
    Очень классная игра, обожаю ее, самый лучший асасин за последние 3 года! 12 из 10, кота бы продал лишь бы дали 10 копий.
  62. BendisGames
    Jan 9, 2021
    0
    What did you do with the updates? You greedy bastards! Burn you in hell for this!
  63. 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
  64. Mareco98
    Feb 16, 2021
    7
    Sin duda esta muy bien respectos con los otros, como el sistema de ir mejorando la aldea, y como hacer mas natural el encontrar las cosas, pero sigo pensando que debería cuidar mas los juegos, me ha craseado varias veces y algunos bugs que no deberían ocurrir.
  65. krizby
    Mar 18, 2021
    5
    Graphic is meh for a 2020 PC games, performance is also terrible for an uninspiring looking game.
  66. Hndn
    May 4, 2021
    4
    This game is totally dissappointed me! I am a former Assassin's Creed gamer. There is no series I didn't play. Firstly, the gameplay sucks. Why should I use shift for heavy attack? And it can't be changed because it involves 2 key For example I want tome make it Q + left button. There should not be a heavy attack anyway. It should be like in Odyssey. But it mosley like in the Origins.This game is totally dissappointed me! I am a former Assassin's Creed gamer. There is no series I didn't play. Firstly, the gameplay sucks. Why should I use shift for heavy attack? And it can't be changed because it involves 2 key For example I want tome make it Q + left button. There should not be a heavy attack anyway. It should be like in Odyssey. But it mosley like in the Origins. Secondly, when you are out of conflict evior won't be healed you should use food or berries. Thirdly, parrying consumes adrenaline… Expand
  67. EssZee
    Jul 30, 2021
    7
    Honestly, its an average game. Story is too long in my opinion, and it gets repetitive very quickly. Graphics are fine but a bit, how could I put it, bland in some areas. They are similar to AC Odysseys and Origins but the colour scheme is different. Stealth, especially social stealth is pointless as the few times you could use it in missions, its easier just to go around the enemies onHonestly, its an average game. Story is too long in my opinion, and it gets repetitive very quickly. Graphics are fine but a bit, how could I put it, bland in some areas. They are similar to AC Odysseys and Origins but the colour scheme is different. Stealth, especially social stealth is pointless as the few times you could use it in missions, its easier just to go around the enemies on rooftops and walls. Assassinations are similar to the other 2 recent games. At least the assassins are back this time.… Expand
  68. Adam95
    Sep 26, 2021
    0
    I do not recommend this game, very cheap animations, terrible and monotonous combat, the game forces you to pay as donated gear is better than any game one. A bunch of subpoenas, women look like mutants, a lot of bugs. Everything is very drawn-out and boring.
  69. 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
  70. 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
  71. Haider099
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    Great war/fighting game, but definitely not Assassins-Creed. This would be way better if it had its own kind of series.
  72. 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
  73. Kzcrpiol
    Jul 18, 2022
    0
    It is a ok rpg but definitely not a creative amazing rpg and It is not about assassin anymore.
    just change the title and everything is fine for me but with the assassin's creed title,
    I can only give 0
  74. salomk_
    Aug 23, 2022
    6
    The graphics are really good, and the music is solid but the gameplay... is just ok. In some moments I was hooked but for the rest of the time playing Valhalla, I was just playing it just for sake of finishing that game. Tasks are very repetitive, sieges are boring, and the fighting system is wacky. There is no soul in that game, it's too stretched out. Too long. I hope the next AC gameThe graphics are really good, and the music is solid but the gameplay... is just ok. In some moments I was hooked but for the rest of the time playing Valhalla, I was just playing it just for sake of finishing that game. Tasks are very repetitive, sieges are boring, and the fighting system is wacky. There is no soul in that game, it's too stretched out. Too long. I hope the next AC game will fix those things.… Expand
  75. NickRiddman
    Sep 9, 2022
    5
    Начну пожалуй с самого метакритика, сильно возмущает количество ботов убисофт которые восторгаются, тупо накручивая оценку игре и ничем не аргументируя свою оценку, типа "Amazing game 10 of 10, best AC ever" и таких комментов валом, с ником типа assassinscreedforever или butler09, marvel005 ну вы поняли, о чем я. Считаю что убейсофт нужно заканчивать с серией или кардинально менять свойНачну пожалуй с самого метакритика, сильно возмущает количество ботов убисофт которые восторгаются, тупо накручивая оценку игре и ничем не аргументируя свою оценку, типа "Amazing game 10 of 10, best AC ever" и таких комментов валом, с ником типа assassinscreedforever или butler09, marvel005 ну вы поняли, о чем я. Считаю что убейсофт нужно заканчивать с серией или кардинально менять свой подход и создавать что-то новое.
    Мои главные три фу: 1.Отсутствие изменений и нововведений и даунгрейд механик. Казалось бы игра должна эволюционировать, но нет. Я не понимаю как в третьей игре серии анимации и графика может быть ХУЖЕ ЧЕМ В ORIGINS. При том что игра весит 155 гигабайт. 155!! RDR 2 весит 119, и там сравнивать просто не с чем. Valhalla на фоне RDR2, на фоне даже их же игры Far Cry 5, выглядит просто как дешевая халтура. 2. Сценарная импотенция. Думаю не надо объяснять, что тема с анимусом уже просто, от нее реально тошнит от одного голоса этого пустого персонажа Лейлы, линия в современном мире которая никого абсолютно не интересует. 3. 3. Собственно геймплей. Уже сказано было, не знаю как можно было так обгадить боевую систему. Абсолютно плоский, тупейший слешер с корявыми анимациями, хотя добивания действительно неплохие, так и сделали бы битвы как в For Honor которые базируются на добиваниях! Но нет. Мы ничего не хотим менять. Мы хотим высерать каждый год по ассасинс криду и накручивать себе лайки на метакритике. Полное разочарование    … Expand
  76. lemonnandpepper
    Sep 6, 2022
    5
    Lovely but somehow pale views, ok graphics and absolutely nondescript parkour and movement control both on gamepad and keyboard.
    Awful strike targeting. Non-intuitive obstructive fighting mechanics.
    Too big too thin world like a small butter chunk on a large loaf of bread. Plain characters that gave me absolutely no motivation to fulfill their tasks and requests. Absolutely nonsensical    Lovely but somehow pale views, ok graphics and absolutely nondescript parkour and movement control both on gamepad and keyboard.
    Awful strike targeting. Non-intuitive obstructive fighting mechanics.
    Too big too thin world like a small butter chunk on a large loaf of bread. Plain characters that gave me absolutely no motivation to fulfill their tasks and requests. Absolutely nonsensical character creation utilizing agender kid that feels deeply absurd. Lengthy tedious plot without any interesting parts or twists - go, do some biddings, crown your guy, mark county as a friend.
    Totally illogical NPC behavior and reactions. Nordic warrior winning like a tenderling because of main character punching someone's face and so on.
    The game entertained me only until the first villain died. Next few chapters it kept me only by adding promising but eventually dull mechanics.
    Feels kinda like close-in combat Fallout 4 with Vikings.
    Story - 5
    Graphics - 8
    Gameplay - 5
    Sound - 7    … Expand
  77. 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
  78. effectcre
    Nov 11, 2020
    3
    So many bugs, too far from completion, unattractive terrain design. but good some improved system.
  79. burrru
    Nov 12, 2020
    0
    The game forces you to buy a video card that supports DX 12.
    No refunds for those who pre-ordered the game but have no such a card.
    The support ignore opened cases for days.
  80. Camlambelot
    Feb 20, 2022
    4
    Copy and Paste open world: Broken, Boring and Empty.

    I loved the older AC games because of their STEALTH and BEAUTIFUL DESIGN (See Unity or AC2), but this game is just a soulless, repetitive game. It tries so hard to be like other open world RPGS with meaningful choices (See Witcher 3) and tries to copy the combat of (God of War) and loses it's own identity in the process. All stealth    Copy and Paste open world: Broken, Boring and Empty.

    I loved the older AC games because of their STEALTH and BEAUTIFUL DESIGN (See Unity or AC2), but this game is just a soulless, repetitive game. It tries so hard to be like other open world RPGS with meaningful choices (See Witcher 3) and tries to copy the combat of (God of War) and loses it's own identity in the process. All stealth is out the window, get ready to hack and slash your way through a bland world full of fetch quests in a dark, snowy landscape.

    The game is ugly, glitchy and full of generic quests, locations and characters.    … Expand
  81. Raven666
    Feb 7, 2021
    0
    Никакого доната в одиночных платных играх априори быть не должно, люди уже заплатили за продукт и должны пользоваться всем его контентом который только в него заложен

    Дальше с нас за что будут дергать деньги? За возможность сохранять игровой процесс? За возможность повысить/понизить сложность прохождения? За вариативные диалоги и концовки? Здесь речь идет не о FTP проекте    Никакого доната в одиночных платных играх априори быть не должно, люди уже заплатили за продукт и должны пользоваться всем его контентом который только в него заложен

    Дальше с нас за что будут дергать деньги? За возможность сохранять игровой процесс? За возможность повысить/понизить сложность прохождения? За вариативные диалоги и концовки?

    Здесь речь идет не о FTP проекте
  82. Shadowxxx
    Sep 29, 2022
    0
    Disgusting Disgusting Disgusting Disgusting Disgusting Disgusting Disgusting
  83. nofakereviews
    Apr 16, 2021
    3
    2021-04-17 Update: Stopped playing after 47h, out of sheer boredom a while ago, and have not started game back up again. I have played through all of the last 4 major AC releases (Unity, Syndicate, Origins, Odyssey) and liked them all. This is alas by far the worst AC game in a while, whoever designed this, did unfortunately not understand what makes AC fun to play in the long run at2021-04-17 Update: Stopped playing after 47h, out of sheer boredom a while ago, and have not started game back up again. I have played through all of the last 4 major AC releases (Unity, Syndicate, Origins, Odyssey) and liked them all. This is alas by far the worst AC game in a while, whoever designed this, did unfortunately not understand what makes AC fun to play in the long run at all...

    Cutscenes are alas not up to AC standard, animations are a bit clunky, and the story (as far as I have seen it) seems a bit lacklustre. But the overall game mechanics and stealth gameplay seem (after 8h of play) to be better than in Odyssey.    … Expand
  84. bning0822
    Nov 11, 2020
    0
    Just can not believe people are giving more than 5 scores for this piece of crap.

    This is probably my first time buying a Ubisoft game on release date. I kind of liked Origin and Odyssey, but only bought them in less than half price. I am expecting this one would be on pair with them and trying to give some support. What a bad mistake! This one is worse basically in every way. The    Just can not believe people are giving more than 5 scores for this piece of crap.

    This is probably my first time buying a Ubisoft game on release date. I kind of liked Origin and Odyssey, but only bought them in less than half price. I am expecting this one would be on pair with them and trying to give some support. What a bad mistake! This one is worse basically in every way.

    The graphics is slightly better at the cost of much more glitches and bugs everywhere.

    The audio is ridiculously bad in cutscenes and especially in combats.

    The enemy AI is just brainless. I constantly see most of enemies standing there doing nothing in a large scale battle, and you can basically defeat any enemy by hit and walk away and hit again in hardest settings

    I don't know if Ubisoft can really fix a game that is broken in every aspect. Maybe this is how they have been doing and I never tried their game on the release date. I will stop playing this crap until I see substantial improvements    … Expand
  85. FabsKebabs
    Nov 11, 2020
    5
    I've played every main entry AC game. I personally have played about 30 hours of this and it'll be the first one that I'm returning. The game is "fine" - and thats about it. Ubisoft has evolved from this innovative game studio, to this re-release/recycle of the same game now for over 5 years. Assassins Creed, Watch Dogs, Far Cry, Ghost Recon - are all essentially the same game withI've played every main entry AC game. I personally have played about 30 hours of this and it'll be the first one that I'm returning. The game is "fine" - and thats about it. Ubisoft has evolved from this innovative game studio, to this re-release/recycle of the same game now for over 5 years. Assassins Creed, Watch Dogs, Far Cry, Ghost Recon - are all essentially the same game with different character mechanics, overlayed on the same checklist style map. AC Valhalla is the same as AC Odyssey which was the same as AC Origins. The game is a full priced reskin of the same game they've been making for years now.

    If, for some unknown reason, you play Assassins Creed for the story; the story in all of their games seem to have large set peices and at the time appear to be monumental but always end up unmemorable, and fall flat. To any of the die hard fans out there, this isnt the game we wanted nor what we asked for - for the more casual players out there, go play The Witcher or Ghost of Tsushima for a memorable experience and great gameplay.    … Expand
  86. Ragnarocek
    Nov 12, 2020
    4
    recycled Odyssey/Origins with less RPG factor and with many bugs and glitches
  87. 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
  88. thehawk
    Dec 13, 2021
    5
    Vikings meet Taz the Tasmanian Devil. I have mixed feelings about this game. The minuses were 3rd person, Taz's whirlpool combat, raiding monasteries for lumber (not slaves and jewels), quests for worthless armour, the lame DLC, raiding your allies, the dream quests, the blank response when visiting allies, and the animus stuff which really killed off my interest in the game. And IVikings meet Taz the Tasmanian Devil. I have mixed feelings about this game. The minuses were 3rd person, Taz's whirlpool combat, raiding monasteries for lumber (not slaves and jewels), quests for worthless armour, the lame DLC, raiding your allies, the dream quests, the blank response when visiting allies, and the animus stuff which really killed off my interest in the game. And I couldn't kill the person responsible for my brother's torture and mutiiation. The plusses were a Vikings game, good scenery, rpg aspects, believable setting. The endgame was a sad experience for me. It could have been a lot more e.g. a long expedition to the east coast of America. There is so much empty space in the world that a construction kit would be great if only Ubi games could handle one. A missed opportunity to create an rpg masterpiece.… Expand
  89. Blackburna
    Mar 30, 2022
    0
    This game is easily a 10/10, also would replay it again. It innovated so much compared to odyssey.
  90. ShaGan
    Aug 22, 2022
    0
    Only first 30min of play was fine, but after moving to England... didn't feel this game. Assassin's looks like pushed to this game so high without any logic. Store inside game it's another disaster... don't understand why they can move this game to another saga...
  91. Boomcio
    Nov 14, 2022
    0
    Gra jest zbyt duża. Bezsensowny grind. Blokowanie zawartości za koniecznym poziomem. Skończcie robić takie gry.
  92. GG67
    Nov 14, 2020
    10
    To me personally this top 3 Assassin's Creed game ever made. These two maps alone (England and Norway) have so much content and stuff to explore. And then they add Ireland later?? That's everything i wanted from this game, maybe even more.
  93. NevWave
    Oct 23, 2021
    9
    Main story is too long and boring. In Odyssey very short main story, in Origins too, but so much more better than this one. I don't understand why game creators copy Kassandra from Odyssey to this game. It's almost the same character model. Randvi is very good character, but why is copy paste? And some other characters in the game have same hair style like Randvi (from Odyssey's KassandraMain story is too long and boring. In Odyssey very short main story, in Origins too, but so much more better than this one. I don't understand why game creators copy Kassandra from Odyssey to this game. It's almost the same character model. Randvi is very good character, but why is copy paste? And some other characters in the game have same hair style like Randvi (from Odyssey's Kassandra originally). Great game after all. So much better than overrated gta games. gta games is nothing compare to this masterpiece. I said story is too long, but after all this game is great.… Expand
  94. CnPx98
    May 4, 2022
    6
    Its a great game but Ubisoft publish way to many AC games so the improvements don't out way the cost of the game. I would rather have a new AC games once every 3 to 4 years and have a hole new experience then have a new one every 1 to 2 years and have a new story and a couple other changes.

    The textures in this game look mostly the same as Odyssey. Their is slight improvements to the    Its a great game but Ubisoft publish way to many AC games so the improvements don't out way the cost of the game. I would rather have a new AC games once every 3 to 4 years and have a hole new experience then have a new one every 1 to 2 years and have a new story and a couple other changes.

    The textures in this game look mostly the same as Odyssey. Their is slight improvements to the character modals and of course some aspects do look nicer. But the textures overall haven't improved much at all.
    I feel like way to much remains unchanged and that isn't a good thing when spending £60 on a new game. Ubisoft need to stop over working their devs and give them more time to give us a mind blowing experience when we buy a new AC game. I don't wanna pick up a new title and be able to compare them side by side seeing what's new and what isn't. When you compare the original AC games apart its like night and day but now comparing Odyssey to Valhalla is like 12pm to 3pm.

    The horse riding in this game feels like something I would have expected 10 years ago. Even the 1st Red Dead Redemption game had better horse riding. The horses feel like they are imported from a car game and then a horse texture has been applied.
    Certain textures in the game have a really low resolution and then others look amazing? Like the pin on character modals, Snow, smoke, horses... They all look out of place.

    The map in this game makes Odyssey look like a complete planet. Its tiny. At 1st I thought I was just on the tutorial map. Nope that is the map. Like I said if you give the developers more time then they would be able to give us more content. Maps are supposed to get bigger not 1 third of the size. Well if the map is smaller then it must be packed full of content right? WRONG! Some things in this game just felt long and dragged out and didn't drive anything forward. Just unnecessary filler content that felt like just another thing to do and I just wanted to skip over it.

    The monetization in this game sucks as well. I feel like Ubisoft are just creaming the series at this point. You can basically buy everything in this game for cash including weapons and XP. When I see that in a game I know not to expect much from it. That's when they no longer care about the games integrity and they are squeezing every last drop out of it and it really shows in the gameplay.
    Randomly when I was playing the game, after the tutorial I was given loads of OP items out of no where? I think its cos I was playing the Ubisoft+ version but still things like this ruin the game as its not the way its supposed to be played.

    Ubisoft just overall aren't the best place to get games from. I try not to be bias with the stuff I have read the company online. With all their good games they end up killing them with monetization and over saturating the market by releasing a new one every 5 minutes.

    I am not saying this game is terrible thou. It just gets ruined by the publisher rinsing it for easy money. The story is overall quite good. Some of the side objectives are fun, like this dice game for example. The combat overall is fluent although unchanged from the previous game, although more healing supplies would be nice. At times I was running round like an idiot looking for health items. I believe this game would have lived up to expectations if it was given more time and wasn't ruined with buyable weapons, armor and XP. I hope Ubisoft gets brought out by a better company.    … Expand
  95. 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
  96. StAceD
    Jan 9, 2022
    6
    It is not AC anymore... till AC origins...
    Valhalla is beautifull and have enought fun. But it has critical bags on start that. Ant first of all it is BORING. It's make such way to force you buy timesavers... I hate transaction. Shame Ubisoft.
  97. 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
  98. 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
  99. Radi
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    This game is so bug infested is barely playable. You'll find bugs that ruin your experience every 10 minutes. Game breaking bugs, glitches in every single mission and task of the game. Do not buy this game right now, wait for a sale. Ubisoft got so lucky Cyberpunk got delayed, otherwise I'd have never bought this ****
  100. TheSovietUnions
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    Bad game baddddd!!! Bog glitch,.... i hate this ****** game . If you want play ac game go playing ac 2 or ac4 black flag
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

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  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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