Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3315 Ratings

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  1. BlackxDemon
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    “Every strength is also a weakness. The opposite is true as well.”- Neil Strauss
  2. hero300
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    Све у свему, врло лепа игра би се поновила и такође препоручила другима
  3. lionkingdies
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    helvítis mjög flottur leikur myndi spila aftur og mæla líka með öðrum
  4. comicbookhero
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    gioco super molto carino giocherebbe di nuovo e consiglierei anche ad altri
  5. droble
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    超非常に素晴らしいゲームが再びプレイされ、他の人にもお勧めします超非常に素晴らしいゲームが再びプレイされ、他の人にもお勧めします超非常に素晴らしいゲームが再びプレイされ、他の人にもお勧めします
  6. beztgamez
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    un ghjocu super bellu bellu ghjucaria torna è cunsiglierebbe ancu à l'altri
  7. Colossus778
    Jul 12, 2021
    10
    super tre bela ludo ludus denove kaj ankaŭ rekomendus al aliaj!!!!!!!!!!!!
  8. davitolucena
    Apr 17, 2023
    10
    o jogo tem disparado o melhor combate ea maior variaçoes de combos dessa nova trilogia de AC peguei muitos bugs nas primeiras 30 e 40 horas depois disso o jogo nao bugou mais espero que os proximos AC nao tenha tantos bugs to dando 10 pelo o combate
  9. CypiBoii
    Jun 26, 2023
    1
    By far the worst entry in the Assassin's Creed franchise. Yes Vikings are pretty cool, but when the story is bland and world feels empty. That's not something for me.
  10. M4R71N
    Aug 21, 2023
    8
    Miles better than Odyssey in terms of story-telling and characters. An enjoyable experience even though it gets repetitive.
  11. BobbSylar
    Apr 6, 2023
    6
    I really loved this game, it could have been my favourite AC.... if only the number of bugs and crash was reasonnable. I crash in each session, lost my progression. It's not acceptable.

    A part from this buggy aspect, the game is excellent, I love the universe, the soundtrack a part from one of the Raid one which too repetitive. A lot of variety, a lot of quests....
  12. infraRecon
    Jun 1, 2023
    5
    Now Ubisoft, you have to deal with me.
    Before I go on to rate this I will explain the background I come from so you can understand.
    For a Long time, I have been an AC fan, my First AC game was in fact AC1 on the PS3, It was also the first game I paid for after saving a lot of my parents' lunch money. I spent and enjoyed my time in that game so much. At the time I never knew there was a    Now Ubisoft, you have to deal with me.
    Before I go on to rate this I will explain the background I come from so you can understand.
    For a Long time, I have been an AC fan, my First AC game was in fact AC1 on the PS3, It was also the first game I paid for after saving a lot of my parents' lunch money. I spent and enjoyed my time in that game so much. At the time I never knew there was a sequel, so seeing the box for the first time had me surprised and gitty. So I saved and bought that one too and AC II blew my perspective of games out of my mind. So years went on, I Played AC Brotherhood and Revelations, Waited for ACIII and was also amazed by it. AC Black Flag wasn't bad too and then came AC UNITY, and the Last AC Game I played, Syndicate.

    Then something changed, something I've been noticing ever since Unity, The Helix Credits the weirdly marketed content, well that didn't matter because a New AC game was coming out. To my surprise, It wasn't an AC game at all. It was some RPG, Damage based game with soft stealth...This is where my Disolvement of this franchise began and it continued for more than Half a Decade. AC in my Eyes was truly dead.

    But why am I playing Valhalla then, I like it don't I, oh yes I do. No, I hate this game right down to its core. Let me tell you why?

    -Stealth mechanics are some really basic implementations complemented by rubbish-looking animations.
    -Poorly Reused assets, I understand that reusing assets is a normal thing in the game industry but Ubisoft literally used pretty much every asset they made over the 5 years and used it right in front of your face. Literally, the first female character you meet uses assets from Odyssey.
    -Poor Combat Mechanics, The combat is a hack and slash with glorified finishers. It feels like a High budget mobile game.
    -Animation Feedback, I don't know who did the animations but it all feels so generic there is nothing that feels high quality anymore.
    -Character, Eivor is a boring character with a cheap past to make him/her important.
    -Boring level Design, Are We still claiming things to see things? Damn. It's understandable that you want the player out there in the world but who cares if there aren't interesting things to do?

    AC Valhalla uses every trend, marketability, lazy development trend, and modern gaming feature in existence to make sure that it makes money.
    And funny enough people like this. I get it people like content, but is quantity really good as quality?
    Personally no that's why I've waited for so long.

    So if every single thing about this game is designed so cheaply, why am I playing it, why are other people playing it?

    For me at least I am playing it so I get to see where the franchise is and what exactly not to do If I ever Work for Ubisoft or make a game myself.

    For other people, it may seem normal for Assassin's Creed to be like this as it made it easier for them to play. Sadly for veterans like me, we are not so fooled.

    Anyway, I am going to rate this what it feels like after playing a bit of it.
    If I ever finish this game I will update but after playing I guess over 10 hours it feels like a 5/10. This is not an AC game. It is half of something like it was made in such a rush.

    I'm going to be here a while...Oh did I mention this game also tried to destroy my PC by running in unlocked mode and in 4K on start-up, I mean geez Ubisoft, It's bad enough that this game sucks, now you want to suddenly test my PC's hardware on 100% Utilization across the board.

    Definitely don't do that again.    … Expand
  13. Madbert
    Jul 9, 2022
    7
    Nov 10, 2020

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

    El juego en sí no está mal, pero no me está cautivando, el Odissey me pareció desde un inicio mucho más interesante, hay muy poca innovación, manejar el personaje siegue siendo un dolor ya que se mueve en todas direcciones menos donde quieres que vaya, gráficamente no es nada del otro mundo se ve bien pero meh no destaca en absoluto, innovación carente es lo mismo todos los años. Está entretenido y por eso se me ajusta más un 7, pero considero que hay mucho mejores juegos que merecen más nota.    … Expand
  14. Silent-Heal
    Aug 30, 2023
    8
    This is actually a historical value, this part, very interesting and real stories and dialogues, combat (corrected evasion and others unlike Odyssey), characters, weapons (especially the chain), skills. But stretched, yes. A game for one time. And the graphics are hacky in places. Protractedness, monotony and hack-work has already become their law, along with the topic of genderThis is actually a historical value, this part, very interesting and real stories and dialogues, combat (corrected evasion and others unlike Odyssey), characters, weapons (especially the chain), skills. But stretched, yes. A game for one time. And the graphics are hacky in places. Protractedness, monotony and hack-work has already become their law, along with the topic of gender "innovations".
    I'm tired of Ubisoft because of their stupidity and I'm not waiting for a new game.    … Expand
  15. PenetratorGod
    Aug 30, 2023
    7
    If its open world wasn't so repetitive and full of boring interactions, I could see it as a successful game. It's not so bad that it can't be played, but it's not a good game because it's made with the logic of classic Ubisoft games. Also, these games have evolved from being historical games to being too fantastical and that's not good.
  16. WinkyTy
    Jul 20, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How could anyone like this ****
    Bad written dialogues and story:
    *bad guy kills mc’s mom and dad*
    @
    16 pr something years later:
    - hey, remember he killed your dad and mom?
    - oh yes, I do he will suffer.
    @
    - hey, have I told you he killed my dad and mom?
    - oh no, he will pay for this

    Not talking about absolutely poor and unexciting gameplay. Thx PSN+, I didn’t have to pay for this    … Expand
  17. CommanderIW
    Jun 10, 2023
    9
    Ich gebe 8, Hauptstory sehr gut, aber die nebenquests sind so naja. Und das System mit dem Farmen finde ich ganz nice
  18. turgaysenturk
    Aug 10, 2023
    7
    It was fun overall. Gameplay was good, graphics were impressing. Also, Eivor was a good character and his story was fun to play. All the quests had a common purpose and this connected the story well in spite of the big map of the game. Final was unexpected for me and I was happy at the end.
    After completing the base game, playing the DLCs of Assassin's Creed Valhalla hasn't been very    It was fun overall. Gameplay was good, graphics were impressing. Also, Eivor was a good character and his story was fun to play. All the quests had a common purpose and this connected the story well in spite of the big map of the game. Final was unexpected for me and I was happy at the end.
    After completing the base game, playing the DLCs of Assassin's Creed Valhalla hasn't been very exciting for me. The base game didn't provide a proper conclusion to our main character's story, and I was looking forward to wrapping it up. However, the current gameplay isn't really holding my interest.    … Expand
  19. pimentayy
    Dec 25, 2022
    7
    7/10

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

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

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

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

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

    -Terrible climbing controls. (not that terrible as first games.)
    -So long, bro. Last few hours I was crying when I was playing, just wanna scream "Please finish now, I can't take any longer."
  21. Finito
    Jun 4, 2023
    3
    Was buggy at release and its still buggy more than 2 years after release. Trash triple A developer who releases full price unfinished products and uses it's player base as beta testers.
  22. PavelHr
    Mar 31, 2023
    8
    Honestly the 7.5 score it has is the best representation of it. Great fantastical elements dragged down by awful side content and England is just boring to explore. The main questline is quite decent though.
  23. Artconnoisseur
    May 6, 2023
    7
    What is cool:
    1) The main story that concludes the entire Assassin's Creed Saga so far
    2) The melee gameplay is great and very enjoyable 3) The feeling of exploring as a viking - as you row a boat on the rivers listening to skalds 4) A nice attempt at reflecting history (in terms of the world depicted and the map) What isn't cool: 1) Stealth doesn't work and is an undeveloped aspect 2)    What is cool:
    1) The main story that concludes the entire Assassin's Creed Saga so far
    2) The melee gameplay is great and very enjoyable
    3) The feeling of exploring as a viking - as you row a boat on the rivers listening to skalds
    4) A nice attempt at reflecting history (in terms of the world depicted and the map)

    What isn't cool:
    1) Stealth doesn't work and is an undeveloped aspect
    2) Parquor is completely unused (not AC3 level)
    3) The outfits are exaggerated, ugly and completely ahistorical (just a nightmare fashion show)    … Expand
  24. XerNe
    May 23, 2023
    10
    Amazing graphics and story, the way they made Norse Mythology work with the whole story of Eivor, Sigurd and Basim is brilliant.
  25. levicecat
    May 30, 2023
    0
    Говноеды продающие то что должно быть в игре изначально за бабки. Не покупайте их игры, это ужасно.
  26. Midyen
    Jun 15, 2023
    1
    Based on the gameplay, graphics, sound, content, and originality of the game, I will give it a rating of 1.
  27. eliahna
    Jul 16, 2023
    1
    This could have been a true classic, but the combat is just horrible, even if you lower it to Saga so you can just play through the campaign it makes you fight incredibly boring, long winded, badly timed boss fights that are so painful I end up just exiting the game after a few minutes.

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

    And the walking / riding cut scenes where you are made to press W on your keyboard for 2 minutes while you listen to some inane chatter to progress the story are an awful game mechanic, please stop it.    … Expand
  28. tonaudio
    Jul 17, 2023
    9
    Great story! Great Journey! In the end of The Last Chapter, I about to cry when Eivor and Odin talk together!
  29. Dartza
    Jul 21, 2023
    4
    This game offers a huge amount of content, arguably, too much. If you either don't care or find the story missions and setting interesting, this could be a great sandbox experience for you to put in potentially hundreds of hours in. If you, like me, found the story and quests boring and uninspired, you will be dreading having to put another few dozen hours into just completing the story.This game offers a huge amount of content, arguably, too much. If you either don't care or find the story missions and setting interesting, this could be a great sandbox experience for you to put in potentially hundreds of hours in. If you, like me, found the story and quests boring and uninspired, you will be dreading having to put another few dozen hours into just completing the story. Some of the best story missions are in optional side quests, and while the implications of these story moments are interesting, it seems that it will only end up mattering in future entries.… Expand
  30. ElAtismo
    Aug 1, 2023
    6
    Very average Witcher and Dark Souls wannabe. It can hardly be called AC, considering the main gameplay loop is focused on frustrating boss fights and open combat, alongside raiding and pillaging to build your own setllement. While the game has some interesting ideas, it focuses too much on what is considered popular in the media and RPG genre: fantasy elements, because Witcher 3 had themVery average Witcher and Dark Souls wannabe. It can hardly be called AC, considering the main gameplay loop is focused on frustrating boss fights and open combat, alongside raiding and pillaging to build your own setllement. While the game has some interesting ideas, it focuses too much on what is considered popular in the media and RPG genre: fantasy elements, because Witcher 3 had them and tons of boss fights alongside a large focus on combat, because Dark Souls had it. Which is a shame, because i can see a good game beneath it all, but a lot of the games elements are half baked, sometimes systems in place don't work properly, mostly stealth and climbing: You will find Eivor getting detected through walls or by enemies far beyond range of sight, parkour is frustrating; most of the time Eivor will jump down or go to a wrong place, ignoring player input.
    Game looks and sounds beautiful, it's the best part of the entire experience, alongside exploration. Maybe if the game focused on what made the AC franchise great and tried to improve its original parts, instead of focusing on whats popular, the game could have been good, great even. But as it stands, Valhalla overstays its welcome by beign a 300h+ game to fully complete, filled with content and systems that are not compelling enough to justify this sort of game time.    … Expand
  31. fnenamg
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    this game sucks.
  32. Accrater
    Aug 14, 2023
    0
    one of worst optimized games sutters and hitches framegraph shows constsnt spikes
  33. Emilio200
    Aug 17, 2023
    9
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  34. Imaizumi
    Aug 21, 2023
    7
    I'd rate Assassin's Creed Valhalla a solid 7/10. The game stands out with its intriguing dual-setting approach, transitioning from the cold expanse of Norway to the warm summer landscapes of England. However, the game's size becomes a hindrance, resulting in both the main story and side stories feeling as insignificant as you towards the person you like.

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

    Unfortunately, the character development falls flat, leaving many of the characters feeling like they were written by a 5 year old child. Despite these shortcomings, Assassin's Creed Valhalla maintains its appeal through its unique settings and gameplay elements.    … Expand
  35. TIMIDESTONE699
    Aug 31, 2023
    5
    This game was a letdown TBH, so much hype yet it failed to match my expectations, I stopped playing the game roughly 6 hours into it, things became repetitive too quickly and boring and buggy experience, and there was literally no parkour. But ig there is more to the story later down the line but for me it's an okish game that's it.
  36. Normisguy32
    Sep 2, 2023
    8
    some players may feel that the game occasionally suffers from some technical issues and bugs. Nevertheless, Assassin's Creed Valhalla still provides an in-depth experience that allows you to explore the history of the Vikings and their role in Anglo-Saxon Britain. If you're a fan of the series or interested in historical adventures, this game is definitely worth checking out.
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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

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