Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.2

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  1. RefinedInsights
    Aug 16, 2023
    4
    I was looking forward to this game for a while; upon playing it, I found out that it was a clone of dark souls, had way too many bugs, that prevented me from completing it so I had to quit early due to it not being playable. The story also sucked and was not even close to being historically accurate. Overall this one was a major decline in the series.
  2. AdoMobA
    Mar 18, 2023
    2
    Pros
    - flyting is lit
    - orlov is a lot of fun Cons - the combat is just as mind numbingly boring as Odyssey - the most forgettable main story yet - the most garbage, unreliable stealth in the series - the guaranteed assassination skill is useless when the stealth is this broken - meaningless level system with boring skill trees - the map looks samey - fragmented story beats in    Pros
    - flyting is lit
    - orlov is a lot of fun

    Cons
    - the combat is just as mind numbingly boring as Odyssey
    - the most forgettable main story yet
    - the most garbage, unreliable stealth in the series
    - the guaranteed assassination skill is useless when the stealth is this broken
    - meaningless level system with boring skill trees
    - the map looks samey
    - fragmented story beats in each region bleed together without any iconic moments
    - wet fart of a main villain
    - the game overstays its welcome sixty percent through the joke that is the fragmented story and then... just refuses to end, sodomizing this dead horse of a game
    - progression once again choked by microtransactions
    - more armor sets in the Helix store than in the actual game

    I did not think things could get worse than Odyssey but Valhalla obliterates what it means to release garbage. This game is actually so hilariously bad that it is the first time in all the years of playing this goddamn series I dropped it and didn't come back for any of the dlc.

    The main story… I mean what is the main story? You get individual stories for each of the regions and then the main guy in your village runs away, then you chase him and bring him back and then you do a couple more of these disjointed events around the map, then modern stuff happens, then epilogue then zzzzzzzzzzz….. And it just doesn't end.

    The hilarious attempt at stealth is actually sad when looking at it from any objective direction. Valhalla was not designed for stealth. Like not at all. One enemy sees you, the whole entire map knows about you. So just don't let them see your forehead… yeah right. Every game with awareness meters lets you pull enemies around the map. Valhalla? Ping and you are found.

    You can whistle to pull enemies. Lmao ok. Beyond unreliable. More times than not they walk two steps toward you before returning to their route. The guaranteed assassination insta-kill skill? Not a stealth tool. You get one of those, if that and then you automatically get spotted. And once you do, combat ensues.

    Hey, do you enjoy bullet sponges? I mean sword/ax/spear/whatever you are using sponges? Do you like fights that take five minutes each? Oh then you will love this game. If you are doing the mistake of trying to play this thing, abandon stealth and just treat it as a combat game.

    I have never played a game where I was more bored by leveling up. Just me or is max level 99 the threshold for me caring? Each level feels exciting. In Valhalla, the max level is 400. Do I feel a difference between me being level 50 and level 250? I don't know. What doesn't help is the skill tree.

    Boring passive after borning passive only to get to the actual skills. Wow I leveled up, what do I pick 1% more melee, stealth or assassination damage. Woooow, now I am doing 1% more of the damage type I picked, what an accomplishment.

    How about the monetization? Do you want to suffer less of a grind through those 400 levels? Five bucks for 50% more XP for a limited time please. This game ain't grindy we just care about working people with families

    How about armor sets? There are 9 of them in the base game. The best part of finishing this game was hearing about the grief Ubisoft got two months after I stopped playing it, as the real money Helix store had more paid armor sets than the actual game. Some of them cost upwards of 20 dollars aka one third of the initial price of this game. And that was the final push to never return to this thing.

    How far the series has fallen. The fact that the most fun parts of a game about Vikings are flyting, Viking style rap battles, and orlov, a dice mini game is saying something. Ubisoft succeeded in making an unending experience that will have you considering ending it all.    … Expand
  3. Faxthtax
    Mar 7, 2023
    4
    Assassins Creed is at this point purely an assembly line game. By now you should know EXACTLY what get when you buy an AC or any other sequel of another Ubisoft game for that matter.

    Graphically the game is really not that great. Does not pop out as warm as Origins and feels full scale-palette as Odyssey. Feels a little bland, no matter where on the map you are its just the same    Assassins Creed is at this point purely an assembly line game. By now you should know EXACTLY what get when you buy an AC or any other sequel of another Ubisoft game for that matter.

    Graphically the game is really not that great. Does not pop out as warm as Origins and feels full scale-palette as Odyssey. Feels a little bland, no matter where on the map you are its just the same everywhere.
    Wading trough snow is not technically as great as say, RDR2. face animation and textures is not very fluid. And since when was hipster hair fashion a thing in the Viking age?
    Also the kill-animations are cool ONCE. Here they are happening over and over all the time on big brutes and you have to watch them every time until you just want to puke. Let us turn it OFF please Ubisoft.

    The Assassins mechanic is pretty much non-existent in this game. Just don´t bother trying using stealth for garrison infiltrations. It´s broken and corrupted, completely decimated from the game. Stealth is cooked down to only hiding in the bushes. Not ONCE could i do a mission completely stealth. Impossible as i can guarantee you that you will be spotted after 10 seconds.
    The assassins formula is simply not there anymore, which is sad.

    Ubisoft has been very good at designing maps, but here it all feels generic, no wow-factor areas to speak of.
    Instead they make a map to annoy you. The have placed rock fences ALL around the map to kill any fluidity of rising horseback, as to believe if vikings really built so many rock fences. But all in all I was hoping for huge mythical places, temples and norse fables tales areas. This is just whack.
    To be honest, the further out in game you came, the more detached from feeling a Viking era game it became. Thanks to technical stuff and large society cities & villages.

    Audio: Music model follows same suit as previous. The same goes for voice acting that is just as bad as it always have been. accents terrible, comedic at point.

    By far the worst part of AC Valhalla is the combat. God knows what they were thinking designing it. The amount of sluggish feel and lag in response and button registration is the worst i have seen in any game. Gone is fluidity, in comes stagnation and rage. Your protagonist at often just stands there stupid while you mash buttons to counter attacks. It is TOTALLY broken. Blocking only works when it wants to.
    Absolute crap.

    Story is abysmal at best, i was hoping for more mysticism and norse fable episodes as i said. But again the story is the prime motivator here to even complete the game. But the story just dilutes into nothing. So many missions consists of you just riding long paths just to talk to a guy, for then to return to you came from and talk to another. And at the same time, devoid of any action. On another note: Im in England and i do not really know what my main goal in this game is? Make alliance with the brits? I just seem to make alliance in one area after another and it just never ends.
    The side quest must be some of the most sloppiest written and hastily made rubbish by far. Some are borderline no more than map & game fillers. You get a quest to fetch something, yeah its just around the house from here. Play hide and seek with some kids. Burn down a house. One mission i simply just talked to a man, Mission complete, here is 500 exp. I mean come on. No challenge, no frills. Just utter crock of nonsense that ridicules any valid seriousness in this game.

    I was grinding this game hard to begin with. With a slow and uninspiring intro in Norway, England does boost your morale to explore when you get there. But it is too BIG. But after the usual explore, hoard and collect in massive doses, i got tired. Since 60% of all loot is somewhat underground or locked in, you have to spend many boring hours just trying to find the entrance, or the key. Yawn..... Never has hoarding been so boring.

    Bugs.. plenty. Even game breaking ones. Blue-screen of death happens ever so often.

    Nope, sorry Ubisoft. Not only is this game awfully long, but boring storyline in the process. A wasted opportunity of what could have been an epic tale.    … Expand
  4. Sekur
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    Worst game I've ever played in my whole life.....................................
  5. blk_mamba
    Dec 8, 2022
    1
    Boring story. Repetitive gameplay. Uninteresting characters. It only gets 1 point for visual.
  6. Hobojobes
    Dec 5, 2022
    4
    No idea why people are giving this a 10, it's pretty basic, most of the combat animations are on repeat, the map is large but devoid of anything interesting (much of it seemingly randomly generated), random quests lack imagination (burn this down, collect X number of Y or answer a riddle), the map is locked down via power bloat rather than increasing challenge in the enemies move setsNo idea why people are giving this a 10, it's pretty basic, most of the combat animations are on repeat, the map is large but devoid of anything interesting (much of it seemingly randomly generated), random quests lack imagination (burn this down, collect X number of Y or answer a riddle), the map is locked down via power bloat rather than increasing challenge in the enemies move sets (Random footman in X territory does 100 damage while his clone elsewhere does 1000).

    Effectively everything is given just enough polish to make it seem passable at first glance, however once you play it for more than a few hours you'll note how little respect the game has for your time.    … Expand
  7. noobdown
    Nov 27, 2022
    4
    Jogo enjoativo e repetitivo demais! Com uma historia mediana o jogo esta longe de ser bom como seu antecessor.
  8. fredrodi
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    the game even after 2 years is unplayable due to glitches, had to leave it halfway through.
  9. Oaiturriaga
    Nov 4, 2022
    4
    It's hard for me to understand the fuss about this game. While it's fun to be a viking, the story and specially the main character are probably the most boring and least compelling of the whole saga. The ending? Underwhelming would be a generous way to put it.

    I fully realized this with the DLC that involved Kassandra -what a fun and complex character she seemed compared to Eivor! Or if    It's hard for me to understand the fuss about this game. While it's fun to be a viking, the story and specially the main character are probably the most boring and least compelling of the whole saga. The ending? Underwhelming would be a generous way to put it.

    I fully realized this with the DLC that involved Kassandra -what a fun and complex character she seemed compared to Eivor!

    Or if you play Origins again after Valhalla, you'll see how Bayek's journey seems much more important and intense than Eivor's. Yes, Valhalla has some interesting new features compared to its predecessors, but storywise, it's totally underwhelming. Eivor is little more than a Viking seeking to conquer Britain for the sake of it.
    I really think the fuss about this game has more to do with the current interest in Norse culture than anything else. For a game that takes 100+ hours to beat, spending all that time with a boring, plain character feels a bit like a waste of time.    … Expand
  10. Azeemo99
    Oct 23, 2022
    0
    Horrendous game from start to finish, just an excuse to get rich off of poor men and women with their unashamed use of micro transactions.
  11. Mindurbidniss
    Oct 14, 2022
    0
    Mandatory Ubiconnect login for an offline game? No thanks. If I purchase a product, I should be able to engage in it without submitting privacy violating information just to experience it. All that aside the game itself isn't bad, but it's not good either. Very generic and forgettable, also incredibly bloated. Throw in a bunch of whole propaganda and you have more of that good ol' UbiMandatory Ubiconnect login for an offline game? No thanks. If I purchase a product, I should be able to engage in it without submitting privacy violating information just to experience it. All that aside the game itself isn't bad, but it's not good either. Very generic and forgettable, also incredibly bloated. Throw in a bunch of whole propaganda and you have more of that good ol' Ubi cocktail of forgettableness. It's not very good looking either but the combat can be fun sometimes.… Expand
  12. noleme
    Sep 27, 2022
    4
    I feel like I played a different game than the other reviewers because this game sucks. It feels like a pathetic attempt at a Witcher game. Firstly, it is not an assassin's creed game. I don't care that it isn't assassins vs templars but it should at least be a stealth game and this isn't. The game actually discourages stealth. In raids you need your crew to open doors and chests so youI feel like I played a different game than the other reviewers because this game sucks. It feels like a pathetic attempt at a Witcher game. Firstly, it is not an assassin's creed game. I don't care that it isn't assassins vs templars but it should at least be a stealth game and this isn't. The game actually discourages stealth. In raids you need your crew to open doors and chests so you can't be stealthy and in the main missions you often siege a fortress rather than stealthily infiltrate it. Stealth is hard when you try to be stealthy because guards are always looking at each other and instantly become alerted as soon as they glimpse you. Stealth is useless. You can't even assassinate the zealots. In an assassins game you can't assassinate an enemy!

    The game is too long. The length wouldn't be a problem if the game was full of fun and interesting content but it isn't. The main story has you going to each region of England to get an alliance. All regions are required to complete the story and only some of them are fun and interesting. After you've done a few they become boring and repetitive. First you go talk to someone, then you follow them slowly somewhere, where you get in a small fight. Talk to them again. Go more places to talk to more people or get in small fights. Talk some more. Fight a siege. Repeat for next region, unless it is a city. In a city you'll track down three order members and kill them. This game is very dialogue heavy. There is so much following people and talking. It's not interesting or fun, just a chore. It is clear the devs bit off more than they can chew and were forced to copy and paste content.

    The side content is mostly useless and also not fun. Gear stats have little effect so once you've found a weapon type you like there is no reason to get more gear. You find ingots to upgrade your gear so finding them can be useful but there is more than enough ingots in the game. Annoyingly, these things are almost always behind a locked or barred door so it can turn into a chore to find them.
    Artifacts and tattoo/hair designs are completely useless and also often a chore to get.
    The mysteries can be interesting and I did a lot of them early game but the game started feeling long and drawn out so I just stopped doing them. You get more than enough skill points doing the main story anyway.

    Parkour is clumsy. It can be a chore to get through a window.
    Loading times are very long and the game loads a lot.

    Overall, this game's problem is there is a huge map with a ton of content but so much of it is completely useless and repetitive this game feels like a chore to play. Took me 75 hours to beat.    … Expand
  13. MickeyFinn
    Sep 20, 2022
    0
    Technically it's a blast, yet it's the one i played the least in the series. Microtransactions are a big NO for me. They started those slowly, in Odyssey it was still farmable, but no more. U have a store full of op and nice looking stuff on top of paying the game and the dlc. If i want to play like a boomer i play mmos for free with much more content. Yeah sure u want money, u reallyTechnically it's a blast, yet it's the one i played the least in the series. Microtransactions are a big NO for me. They started those slowly, in Odyssey it was still farmable, but no more. U have a store full of op and nice looking stuff on top of paying the game and the dlc. If i want to play like a boomer i play mmos for free with much more content. Yeah sure u want money, u really really like it. Get a real job or go do mobile games… Expand
  14. Pun1sher
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    The game is **** The sound in the game is so disgusting that my ears can not stand this bucket. Donate in single player? Seriously? I downloaded this game from a torrent and immediately deleted it. This is simply impossible to play! 0 / 10 .
  15. nfs7379
    Sep 4, 2022
    4
    4/10.......................................................................
  16. Phuz
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Why are people hell bent on ruining gaming.

    I took a break from games for a while whilst my cock took priority over games. Now I have lived, I am catching up a bit and what a **** load of **** Watch cut scene with some attempt at shock factor. Add some terrible voice acting. Make me run across a big vast space of boringness. Mash a few baddies, spend ages in a big crappy 3D world,    Why are people hell bent on ruining gaming.

    I took a break from games for a while whilst my cock took priority over games.

    Now I have lived, I am catching up a bit and what a **** load of ****

    Watch cut scene with some attempt at shock factor. Add some terrible voice acting. Make me run across a big vast space of boringness. Mash a few baddies, spend ages in a big crappy 3D world, listen to more crap acting, repeat.

    Now any game that is good looking is considered a masterpiece. All it really is, is a long, slow, badly written, drawn out film. Like some shoddy Hollywood flop.

    Maybe a few gay millennials are shocked by some of the scenes. Personally, I find them predictable and pointless.

    These aren't games anymore, they are just **** films.

    No wonder Cobra Kai was so popular. You people seem to love 2 hrs worth of content dragged out over 40 hours. Even at 2 hours it would be mediocre at best.

    These 3D open world games are a gaming disaster. 9 times out of 10, they're ****

    All these 10/10 scores saying hater this, hater that. I'm not a hater. Ubisoft have a massive centre near me. They help the local economy. I have no hate for the company. I don't dislike them. I actually really like some of their other games. I played Ghost of Tsushima recently, which was the same but even worse but bad for the same reasons.

    I feel I would have to be around 13 years old to find this even remotely entertaining. I am not discrediting any quality of graphics, or sound here but to me this is just that - just graphics and sound with bad acting.    … Expand
  17. Godudu
    Aug 16, 2022
    3
    Just, too, long. Too much **** too much uninteresting plots. Combat is junky af, you dodge and its like your jumping 30 meters. Combat has no depth. Exploration is not rewarding which is sad with the size of the map. Everything you get and do is a disappointment. Im not a history professor but im sure that vikings werent stealthy.
  18. Alfanume1991
    Jul 28, 2022
    3
    It's amazing how in a few years a series that was something unprecedented and original lost its uniqueness at its own request. The fact is that money contributed to it, as it usually does when we are dealing with the demise of something great. Graphics, animations, credibility of the world, details, etc. are topics for separate posts, because it's downright reprehensible that a game fromIt's amazing how in a few years a series that was something unprecedented and original lost its uniqueness at its own request. The fact is that money contributed to it, as it usually does when we are dealing with the demise of something great. Graphics, animations, credibility of the world, details, etc. are topics for separate posts, because it's downright reprehensible that a game from 2021 looks worse in every way than, for example, Unity (Which, if it weren't for its flaws, would probably be one of the best assassins ever). Very sad this, and I fear that the days of good games in the Assassin's Creed series are gone forever.… Expand
  19. Waulk
    Jul 15, 2022
    4
    I am unbearably disappointed after buying and waiting for an opportunity to finally play AC Valhalla. besides all the FAKE Ubisoft reviews, I refuse to believe people who gave 10-point reviews played any video game before.

    Combat mechanics feel empty, pointless and also unresponsive. it doesn't make me feel like a Viking. it isn't even half inspiring. I don't feel the bloodlust I am    I am unbearably disappointed after buying and waiting for an opportunity to finally play AC Valhalla. besides all the FAKE Ubisoft reviews, I refuse to believe people who gave 10-point reviews played any video game before.

    Combat mechanics feel empty, pointless and also unresponsive. it doesn't make me feel like a Viking. it isn't even half inspiring. I don't feel the bloodlust I am supposed to feel slashing enemies. instead, it feels like I am cutting a pile of paper, even slashing sounds are underwhelming with all those whooshy-whooshy sound fx. Running feels like eivor floats on some clouds, not interacting with the ground one bit. Even WoW, probably, has more camera shake.
    The game is so plain and simple, almost like an alpha version. Sadly if AC Valhalla were a food, it would be cereal with water.

    This game left me so dissatisfied that I'm almost sad. I am going to give it another shot after a while and hopefully manage to like it this time.    … Expand
  20. daryl83
    Jun 25, 2022
    0
    This game is a buggy, unfinished mess with boring repetitive quests. I fell asleep and did not bother to finish the game. I have sold it since, and will not bother with it again...
  21. itsamirooo
    May 6, 2022
    0
    An other Assassin's Creed game that I fell in love with but that **** ending pissed me offfffff. WHAT THE HELL! From first meeting with Basim I hated him, through the game my hate to him increased so much and the ending. I can't believe it. They just ruined all my experience in Valhalla. Now I'm really mad at Ubisoft. They ignored Layla so easily and now I must go in animus with theAn other Assassin's Creed game that I fell in love with but that **** ending pissed me offfffff. WHAT THE HELL! From first meeting with Basim I hated him, through the game my hate to him increased so much and the ending. I can't believe it. They just ruined all my experience in Valhalla. Now I'm really mad at Ubisoft. They ignored Layla so easily and now I must go in animus with the bastard Basim?????? Really??? Hell no. I will no longer play Assassin's Creed. Shame on you Ubisoft.… Expand
  22. Wadayahno
    Apr 16, 2022
    0
    You'll probably buy the game based on these reviews but understand that the ps4 ver doesn’t hold a candle to odyssey, it’s a stripped down asset flip, when you have bought the game and have reached England go to the top of anything tall and take a look at the trees … spoiler … now you can’t un-see the ps1 mesh and perspective trick they used, ruined the game for me and now you too
  23. shmukk
    Mar 27, 2022
    0
    Альтаир, прости, мы всё просрали...

    Это игра - посредственность. Её графика это жидкое мыло, её геймплей это пластмассовый конвеер одних и тех же действий как убей, подай, найди. Система паркура просто ужасна, персонаж перемещается как старая бабка. Персонажи этой игры все как один одинаковые, а именно, скучные дегенераты. Мне было абсолютно насрать на каждого персонажа этой игры,    Альтаир, прости, мы всё просрали...

    Это игра - посредственность. Её графика это жидкое мыло, её геймплей это пластмассовый конвеер одних и тех же действий как убей, подай, найди. Система паркура просто ужасна, персонаж перемещается как старая бабка.

    Персонажи этой игры все как один одинаковые, а именно, скучные дегенераты. Мне было абсолютно насрать на каждого персонажа этой игры, мне было насрать на их роль в сюжете потому что это не персонажи, это игровые куклы, с которыми ты играешь и выбрасываешь.
    Эта игра встречает игрока ОТВРАТИТЕЛЬНОЙ работой со звуком. Звуки сжаты, на них наложен какой-то стрёмный фильтр и всё звучит ужасным эхом из бочки. Игру с таким звуком нельзя выпускать в 2020-м году, это позор.

    "Найди, убей, принеси, подай. Иди нахуй, не мешай" - тезис всей игры.

    Сюжет очень затянут и он просто уничтожает тебя. Я чуть с ума не сошёл выполняя все эти однотипные идиотские сюжетные задания, которые никак не влияют на сюжет. Да, всё, что вы сделаете в процессе своего пути, никак вам не аукнется. Эта игра и этот сюжет - это издевательство над игроком.
    "Навыки" в игре это отдельный пример того, что в этой игре всё сделано просто для галочки. В игре суммарно 402 "навыка". Почему в кавычках? Потому что это не навыки, как раньше, например, было, двойное убийство, нет, это просто поделенные на кучу частей бафы к текущей статистике игрока. Где-то плюс к урону топором, где-то плюс к урону луком, это бесполезная система, которая не делает твоего персонажа сильнее или уникальнее, она нужна просто для того чтобы ты качал свой уровень и шёл дальше по сюжету.
    За всю сюжетную линию игроку предлагается 4 романтических опции: 3 из низ с мужчиной. Я играл за мужского персонажа. Это выглядит как навязывание своих специфических ценностей и это за гранью нормы. Вы не имете права никому ничего навязывать. Вы не имете права заступать за личные границы человека.
    У меня ни одна игра не вылетала столько, сколько вылетает это говнище. У меня ни одна игра не выдавала столько тупых багов, сколько выдаёт это говнище. Бывает, что персонаж неудачно спустился, застрял в текстурах и спустя время просто сдох. Вы считаете, что это нормально? Ubisoft, алё?

    Время когда Ubisoft делали хорошие и серьёзные игры уже прошло. Сейчас это компания импотент, которая делает пластмассовые family-friendly игрушки для маленьких деток. В их играх нет серьёзности, нет драмы, нет качества, нет оптимизации, нет прикосновения человеческой руки. Игры этой компании делаются очень тупым искусственным интеллектом, а не людьми, на этом у меня всё. Мне очень жаль людей, которые потратили на эту игру деньги.    … Expand
  24. Sbenesh
    Mar 9, 2022
    1
    Of the many games I've played over the years, this is my most hated game. Everything about this game is bad.
  25. JW_FAT
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    I liked the game, but than you cancel me and all my nation...

    So it will be 0 now
  26. Simonyan4ik
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    Awful, disgusting game. I tried, but I threw up. Well, All the games of Ubisoft are terrible, so it's not surprising
  27. Recklessrami
    Mar 3, 2022
    3
    Just big open world, boring quest, like really boring, they put noric mithology in this, its basiclly viking game not Assassin's Creed. I love this long massive games but this is just boring
  28. readysetshoot
    Feb 25, 2022
    0
    So many bugs even two years later unfixed. Randomly appearing next to the raven and dropping to your death, unable to complete storyline quests and the best part, the customer service is trash. Save your money. Storyline would be great if I could actually play it
  29. 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
  30. Chain_Affinity
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    Game-breaking bugs make this game literally unplayable. I have nothing else to say.
  31. Chubarov_German
    Feb 14, 2022
    4
    As separate. The game is good with interesting characters. But as part of the Assassin's Creed series, it's another nail in the series' coffin, turning the good old Assassin's Creed into an RPG game…with a lot of donations. No kidding, donat at least one place chew! And the donat does not affect in any way, and the prices are at the same level as the EA donation!
  32. KaliusMaximus
    Jan 27, 2022
    0
    Probably the worst game in the series. Too much delay on character actions, game feels unresponsive and clunky, combat is the worst in the series by far with unresponsive controls and the story is abysmally bad. Never played such a boring chore in my life and i been gaming for over 30 years. Same copy-pasted fetch quests every time you pledge to a region or you're doing a raid. This gameProbably the worst game in the series. Too much delay on character actions, game feels unresponsive and clunky, combat is the worst in the series by far with unresponsive controls and the story is abysmally bad. Never played such a boring chore in my life and i been gaming for over 30 years. Same copy-pasted fetch quests every time you pledge to a region or you're doing a raid. This game is the definition of money lost in a sewer.… Expand
  33. Llamaguy89
    Jan 19, 2022
    3
    This game is about 60 hours too long. It gets to tedious and boring doing all the little side quests. The game still has a few bugs and glitches. Dont get me wrong. The first 20 to 30 hours are fun, but it is too repetitive.
  34. Nikela
    Dec 26, 2021
    3
    They make the same game every year. They just change locations, change characters and that’s all. Also this is so “history accurate”.
  35. Alizohreh
    Dec 14, 2021
    3
    I've been an assassins creed fan for about 10 years now, I've played almost all of assassins on all types of devices whether it was psp go, pc, ps3, Xbox 360,ps4,i really liked the trailer, people said the game is not as good as the trailer, but i didn't believe it, since i had played assassins creed odyssey i said to myself it's not gonna be that much bad although odyssey had terribleI've been an assassins creed fan for about 10 years now, I've played almost all of assassins on all types of devices whether it was psp go, pc, ps3, Xbox 360,ps4,i really liked the trailer, people said the game is not as good as the trailer, but i didn't believe it, since i had played assassins creed odyssey i said to myself it's not gonna be that much bad although odyssey had terrible horse motions this new one would definitely be much better, man I'm disappointed, i could say assassins creed III had much better graphic quality than Valhalla, everything is weak horse riding, nature, dialogs, faces, assassinations, some times i feel I'm playing an arcade game, after one year since release it has lots of bugs, i wish i hadn't bought this game, UBISOFT i don't know where you are going but you are losing credit.… Expand
  36. lolsummxoxo
    Dec 10, 2021
    2
    I really dislike this game. The graphics are supbar, the gameplay is slow, and the combat is just mashing buttons
  37. John0808
    Dec 4, 2021
    0
    I don't know how this game has such high reviews, I've it on ps4 and it looks like absolute trash, the entire game is blurry, the trees look like ps1 trees, the game is plastered in de-immersive light lines for some reason… the missions are boring, the story is boring how in the **** did they go from the master piece of odyssey to this onscreen vomit, ubisoft deserves its place in historyI don't know how this game has such high reviews, I've it on ps4 and it looks like absolute trash, the entire game is blurry, the trees look like ps1 trees, the game is plastered in de-immersive light lines for some reason… the missions are boring, the story is boring how in the **** did they go from the master piece of odyssey to this onscreen vomit, ubisoft deserves its place in history alongside scum like EA, next to EA ubisoft is the second worst game developer on the planet. These reviews have to be fake, there is no way so many are looking past the trash graphics… the graphics are literal trash… Expand
  38. maucina
    Nov 25, 2021
    1
    what the hell? to finish the game you have to hunt 15 zealots that are not marked on the map. who has time to wander around the map just top bump into them to finish the game. one of very few games i didnt finish
  39. GabrielSR77
    Nov 23, 2021
    1
    Queria falar que como fã da saga Assassins Creed estou muito decepcionado com a Ubisoft, por levar uma saga que começou como um jogo de 3º pessoa AAA, num RPG genérico, eu gosto de RPG porém uma coisa não tem nada haver com outra, quando comprei o Valhala, praticamente foi uma copia do Origins e o Odyssea, jogo com gráfico ruim (joguei no ps4 slim), a jogabilidade a mesma coisa que osQueria falar que como fã da saga Assassins Creed estou muito decepcionado com a Ubisoft, por levar uma saga que começou como um jogo de 3º pessoa AAA, num RPG genérico, eu gosto de RPG porém uma coisa não tem nada haver com outra, quando comprei o Valhala, praticamente foi uma copia do Origins e o Odyssea, jogo com gráfico ruim (joguei no ps4 slim), a jogabilidade a mesma coisa que os outros dois passados, modo de escalar paredes muito genérico também, modo de furtividade que era uma referência no jogo também não existe mais como antes. E além da jogabilidade que me chamava atenção na saga, era o enredo também, ate que a história é boa, porém poderia ser melhor, parece que a empresa está mais focada em fazer genéricos e ganhar dinheiro de modo rápido e fácil do que a focar e fazer obras primas que nem era a Triologia Ezio Auditore foi, o Unity também ficou perfeito aquele jogo, única coisa que comprometeu o jogo foi a quantidade de bug que teve, porém foram corrigidos com um tempo e hoje em dia o jogo está jogável, e considero um dos melhores também, sem falar no modo combate do jogo também, era legal ver os movimentos de revidar, aquilo valorizava muito o jogo, e oque colocaram novamente nesse jogo foi o bloqueio e logo em seguida atacar novamente, algo que todo fã também sabe do que estou falando. Em fim, quem era fã da saga desde a saga do Altair, acho que entende meu ponto de vista e sabe como a saga tinha que continuar tomando seu rumo. A empresa realmente poderia parar de ser mercenária e voltar o legado da franquia.… Expand
  40. agent13
    Nov 18, 2021
    4
    assassin's creed has been going downhill since origins but Valhalla is the worst of rpg ac games, everything is good and exciting as long as the story takes place in norway but in england the story and missions start becoming boring, the characters are bland and they don't have any feeling the world of the game is big and beautiful with convincing graphics but it feels empty filled withassassin's creed has been going downhill since origins but Valhalla is the worst of rpg ac games, everything is good and exciting as long as the story takes place in norway but in england the story and missions start becoming boring, the characters are bland and they don't have any feeling the world of the game is big and beautiful with convincing graphics but it feels empty filled with pointless objectives the main plot is also very stupid comparing to the classic AC games this isn't AC any more.
    the combat is terrible in this game and it becomes repetitive very fast and doing these simple moves for more than 50 hours is also boring and the game is toooo long i've played for 20 hours and I feel this borefest never ends.    … Expand
  41. G0NZ0
    Oct 29, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst combat in any Ubisoft game. Asgard was made by an inbred, a sociopath or an inbred sociopath. If this is the future of Ubisoft, then they deserve to die, and Yves needs to eat **** One of the worst games I've played in 15 years. Every inch screams arrogance, incompetence or just pure bad game design. Only game in my life you can prove is objectively horrible. Not surprised ubisoft is littered with pervs and rapists… Expand
  42. Coolguy7585
    Oct 24, 2021
    1
    The only good thing another this game is the that the combat is marginally better than odyssey. Apart from that the world is empty and bland. The main story quests are repetitive and boring. The hidden ones/Assassins are hardly in the story. Also the fantasy elements have no place in a series based on some level of believability.

    Assassins creed is no longer assassins creed the brand name    The only good thing another this game is the that the combat is marginally better than odyssey. Apart from that the world is empty and bland. The main story quests are repetitive and boring. The hidden ones/Assassins are hardly in the story. Also the fantasy elements have no place in a series based on some level of believability.

    Assassins creed is no longer assassins creed the brand name has become a cash cow for Ubisoft and they are moving to a terrible cut and paste RPG system that promotes micro transactions. Ubisoft if your reading this go back and remake the original trilogy or make some decent story driven games.    … Expand
  43. luckyowl135
    Oct 11, 2021
    0
    The game itself is not bad. I actually enjoyed playing it. HOWEVER, what they did, where you can't play only the main story and you have to grind like crazy, or buy experience from the store so you meet the required lever for the main story (WTF Ubisoft, this is single player) IS A CANCER trend that MUST stopped.
    I am personally not buying Ubisoft game again. I BOUGHT the game and I    The game itself is not bad. I actually enjoyed playing it. HOWEVER, what they did, where you can't play only the main story and you have to grind like crazy, or buy experience from the store so you meet the required lever for the main story (WTF Ubisoft, this is single player) IS A CANCER trend that MUST stopped.
    I am personally not buying Ubisoft game again. I BOUGHT the game and I should be able to play the main story without paying extra money for it!    … Expand
  44. Serg_Svetashev
    Oct 7, 2021
    0
    This is not the game, this is sh**. Gameplay impotence. Waisted time and money.
  45. SpalpIN
    Sep 23, 2021
    0
    If you have a ps4 pro, let alone a regular one, don't even think about buying this game. Not only was it installed for the first time in such a way that it gave an error at startup, nevertheless, after a complete reinstallation, it started up, so much so that it would be better not to start. The dullness in front of the scripts is very large, sometimes you wait 2 seconds, sometimes theIf you have a ps4 pro, let alone a regular one, don't even think about buying this game. Not only was it installed for the first time in such a way that it gave an error at startup, nevertheless, after a complete reinstallation, it started up, so much so that it would be better not to start. The dullness in front of the scripts is very large, sometimes you wait 2 seconds, sometimes the download icon drops, which can hang for 5 seconds or freeze forever. So, actually, my second attempt to play this game ended, having approached the first synchronization point, I got a pause for the game with a loading icon, while it was possible to enter the menu, see the map, but it was impossible to move further. It was decided to restart the game after 10 minutes of waiting, after which it stopped starting, giving an endless load at startup.… Expand
  46. Bellerefon
    Sep 23, 2021
    0
    Two big open worlds full of secrets and treasures, amazing. Nice graphics. Game story solid with interesting plot. Performance could be better, needs patching. Definitely an upgrade from Odyssey, they did a lot of job in characters. Skill tree is a knock out, although bit chaotic. Love getting lost in there.
  47. Qeeckle
    Sep 20, 2021
    2
    Ok it's a game, but it IS NOT Assassin's Creed! There isn't any reasons why it is Assassin's Creed, assasssin isn't a barbarian! Yes there are good graphic, some actions and for some reason these actions is interesting for my friend... But he always was strange. I really don't know why some people buy this, there are really bad story, do you remember story in first part, second?! Why thereOk it's a game, but it IS NOT Assassin's Creed! There isn't any reasons why it is Assassin's Creed, assasssin isn't a barbarian! Yes there are good graphic, some actions and for some reason these actions is interesting for my friend... But he always was strange. I really don't know why some people buy this, there are really bad story, do you remember story in first part, second?! Why there are brutal combat, for who it is? Assassins shoud be insensibly, like shadow and then kill qeeckle and hide. I haven't enough time to discribe all what shoudn't be in assassin creed. That is my opinion, criticize, suggest, comment. 2 for good graphic and really well-saturated world… Expand
  48. theirrelephants
    Sep 15, 2021
    4
    Large downgrade from Assassin's Creed Odyssey, which I enjoyed precisely because it wasn't mindless stabbing and was actually more of a RPG.

    Worse story, plot, and dialogue in every way.
  49. ReVik_Dep
    Sep 8, 2021
    4
    Les Assassin's Creed sont de plus en plus décevant , l'histoire final décevante qui nous laisse un manque amer , déjà que dans odyssée quand vous avait enfin passer un temp gigantesque à terminer les boss légendaire pour accéder à l'atlandide il vous annonce que la suite est en dlc laisse déjà un goût très amer.

    Les quêtes secondaires du style : Coffre, Mystère, Artefacts sont d'une    Les Assassin's Creed sont de plus en plus décevant , l'histoire final décevante qui nous laisse un manque amer , déjà que dans odyssée quand vous avait enfin passer un temp gigantesque à terminer les boss légendaire pour accéder à l'atlandide il vous annonce que la suite est en dlc laisse déjà un goût très amer.

    Les quêtes secondaires du style : Coffre, Mystère, Artefacts sont d'une tristesse sans nom on sent bien que tout ceci à était ajouter dans l'unique but de meubler un maximum pour la durée de vie du jeu les schéma sont ultra répétitif et croyez moi vous allez en avoir beaucoup à faire .

    Les bug sont aussi constant les chargement quand même très long pour une licence avec autant de moyen on s'aperçoit que l'argent est au cœur du sujets :Payer pour double xp ( d'ailleurs l'expérience est plutôt important dans le jeu ont peut pas juste rush l'histoire sans s'occuper du reste à côté) jeu solo mais propose énormément de cosmétiques pour encore plus d'argent .

    En conclusion Valhalla est un jeu vide dans l'âme pourtant grand fan de la mythologie nordique.    … Expand
  50. Beenis
    Aug 31, 2021
    2
    Bloated beyond belief and full of the same annoying, nonsense issues that have been plaguing this series since the original game. How fast is your walking speed? Slower than the NPC you have to follow but you run too fast. Excited to jump in and play? Here's literally 4 minutes and 47 seconds of loading screen to totally kill the vibe. Did you like the climbing sequences in any gameBloated beyond belief and full of the same annoying, nonsense issues that have been plaguing this series since the original game. How fast is your walking speed? Slower than the NPC you have to follow but you run too fast. Excited to jump in and play? Here's literally 4 minutes and 47 seconds of loading screen to totally kill the vibe. Did you like the climbing sequences in any game ever? Neither did ubisoft but here's more climbing than necessary with mountains that look only slightly better than Skyrim. The only positives about this game are the occasionally vibrant scenery and the potentially intriguing story that you don't get to play because you need to level up to level 400 first. Absolutely disrespectful to the players to release this game after giving the players two broken messes of AC games back to back right before this. I've pumped about 75 hours in and have noticed my enjoyment decrease significantly as my play time increased. While I would rather have that time back, at least I can say I gave it a chance instead of leaving a 10/10 48 hours after release. Also the cats look more like Shrek than they look like cats… Expand
  51. Foukaridis
    Aug 26, 2021
    3
    Assassin's Creed: Valhalla... marginally better than Syndicate... and that sucks. Unfortunately, corporations can't create art. Prince of Persia was art. Farcry 1 & 3. Art. AC 1, 2 & 3. Awesome. And everything since has been dead inside. Sure, the budget is high and graphics, etc, top notch... But OMG there's no depth. And no true motivation to explore these soulless and lifeless spaces.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla... marginally better than Syndicate... and that sucks. Unfortunately, corporations can't create art. Prince of Persia was art. Farcry 1 & 3. Art. AC 1, 2 & 3. Awesome. And everything since has been dead inside. Sure, the budget is high and graphics, etc, top notch... But OMG there's no depth. And no true motivation to explore these soulless and lifeless spaces. Ffs... For example, your reward for going through the TEDIUM of collecting The Ymir tears and equivalent is.. Drum roll... 5 Skill Points! This should have been made obvious as I would never have wasted so much time had I known that Ubisoft probably ommitted that knowing some idiots like me would think there's a grand reward for all that boring, boring environment scanning. Ubisoft is becoming the Atari of this generation... That is to say, single-handedly ruining the gaming industry with UNINSPIRED generic copy/paste BS. But to be fair you can't just blame Ubisoft. Gaming has become big business and with big business came big corporations. Corporations are created to focus pretty much solely on profits. It's the nature of the Beast. so ultimately you know game companies come out with people with great ideas inspired you know behind the engines and just needing the company to feel their inspiration and then they become corporations and they just start churning lifeless plastic out to the masses so as to make a buck. Sadness. I fully believe we may very welll find Ubisoft dumping thousands of copies of Assassin's Creed 15 into a landfill in the Nevada Desert one day soon. This is the last time I will even consider purchasing anything from Ubisoft. Rather wait for the real artists like Rock Star & Bethesda's lot to do the industry justice again...… Expand
  52. Vibroman
    Aug 25, 2021
    1
    Much worse than previous game, boring world, boring story, boring visuals(forest,swmps,fields).

    Just go and play Odyssey, it is so much better in every way possible.
  53. daybred
    Aug 15, 2021
    1
    Odyssey was good and you can learn about history about greek and Sparta. But Valhalla about Viking?
    I have no idea why they choose Viking and there is nothing to learn. Extremely boring is Bonus~~~~
  54. Lightangel
    Aug 1, 2021
    0
    ! WARNING - DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ! This piece of crap is one of the most bugged experiences I had in my whole life and within 40 years of gaming experience!!

    Forget AC Unity, forget Cyberbug 2077, THIS ONE tops it all!! With every Update they release, you really hope, that they AT LEAST fix the most obvious and annoying bugs that bother you every time you play the game - not just some    ! WARNING - DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ! This piece of crap is one of the most bugged experiences I had in my whole life and within 40 years of gaming experience!!

    Forget AC Unity, forget Cyberbug 2077, THIS ONE tops it all!!

    With every Update they release, you really hope, that they AT LEAST fix the most obvious and annoying bugs that bother you every time you play the game - not just some simple quest bugs, but REAL annoying stuff like suddenly doubled loading times, constant stuttering, broken textures/LOD/memory management and sound (v1. 3.0) and many more - BUT INSTEAD EVERY FREAKIN' UPDATE BRINGS EVEN MORE AND MORE BUGS!!!! You just cannot believe that!

    The actual Sigrblot event is heavily bugged, like all the others before and the latest egghead-challenge doesn't even work at all!! ATM I am just waiting for the game to fall apart and letting my PS4 explode...?!

    9 Month after the Release I would say this **** needs at least another YEAR of bug fixing and polishing! They will never finish that!

    And at the End you should/will ask yourself: is the game itself even worth all the extraordinary trouble?
    NO it is absolutely not!! I never before felt SO RIPPED OFF after buying a game and I even bought the 110 dollars Ultimate Edition (I own the whole series). FU greedy a-hole Bosses at Ubisoft, I will never buy ANY Ubisoft game again!!

    ! WARNING - DO NOT BUY THIS GAME !    … Expand
  55. yusayr
    Jul 27, 2021
    2
    Awful. Just awful. I started this game after completing ghost of tsushima and excited for some good hack n slash. But this game just sucks. The combat is appalling, frame rate dips every minute, endless walking through empty ways, stealth sucks. Just downright disgraceful. Absolute joke by Ubisoft
  56. xxrubasxx
    Jul 24, 2021
    2
    Worst open world game i´ve played in a long time!
    This game is to this day full of bugs and glitches that break the mood. NPC have little to non gesture or facial expressions.They all look like muppet´s that can´t show any semblance off emotion even as they are "screaming they lungs out".
    And the "puzzles".... the god damn "puzzles" to get treasures....boring and repetitive as    Worst open world game i´ve played in a long time!
    This game is to this day full of bugs and glitches that break the mood. NPC have little to non gesture or facial expressions.They all look like muppet´s that can´t show any semblance off emotion even as they are "screaming they lungs out".
    And the "puzzles".... the god damn "puzzles" to get treasures....boring and repetitive as hell...most of the time I would stop playing the game, its because i´m so damn bored finding the next entrance to a cabin for the 1000 time, which by the way makes no sense at all...why would somebody barred a cabin from the inside without anyway to get in...who closed it? how did they get out? it just breaks the mood and the feeling of any half way "realistic setting".... I actually just stop playing the game right now, because I was so damn bored trying to get into a cabin yet again and I had to write this comment....
    And last but not least....the story... it is so damn boring, half of the time I don´t know why the heck I´m doing whatever, because I dont care about whats happening...there is no reason for me to get invested or to care about anything...
    And if you read this until the end, first of all, thx ;-) and just so I don´t come across as somebody who just wants to review bomb this game, here my List of favorites (semi) open world games, that in my opinion did a far better job then ibusoft:
    - Ghost of Tushima
    - Witcher 3
    - Red death Redemption
    - Fallout 4
    - Sekiro

    Mike drop... ;-)    … Expand
  57. accharbs
    Jul 22, 2021
    1
    This game is abysmal. They released it containing so man bugs and for a supposed triple A game that is shameful. I had invested nearly 140 hours into the game until I came across "A Brewing Storm". For more info pleas see https://discussions.ubisoft.com/topic/88357/reopened-unable-to-progress-with-a-brewing-storm-after-waking-up-post-here/650?lang=en-US to get a better understanding ofThis game is abysmal. They released it containing so man bugs and for a supposed triple A game that is shameful. I had invested nearly 140 hours into the game until I came across "A Brewing Storm". For more info pleas see https://discussions.ubisoft.com/topic/88357/reopened-unable-to-progress-with-a-brewing-storm-after-waking-up-post-here/650?lang=en-US to get a better understanding of what occurred. The game was rendered UNPLAYABLE. You can not proceed past this point even despite 6 updates in the last year since it was reported. This game has completely turned me off of not only the franchise but Ubisoft Montreal altogether. They will never get another dollar from me. If you want a great experience see Ubisoft Quebec's Immortals: Fenyx Rising. Stay the heck away from this game.… Expand
  58. Haxpeh
    Jul 10, 2021
    0
    В следующий раз отдайте студии в Квебеке, Одиссея лучшая игра в серии, истоки фигня.
  59. Doge_Parast184
    Jul 8, 2021
    0
    Undoubtedly assassins creed Valhalla is one of the worst versions of the series, this game can not be called assassin creed at all, and I really can not believe Ubisoft has given us such a thing
  60. Mnobody
    Jul 5, 2021
    3
    This review is 7/1 based on current state of the game with about 50 hours invested.

    Game has good elements: story, character design, graphics, landscapes, city design, immersion, and great variety of weapons and gear that offer cosmetic styles (but not much else). I also like the raiding and siege components where you can experience a bigger combat feeling that plays on newer consoles    This review is 7/1 based on current state of the game with about 50 hours invested.

    Game has good elements: story, character design, graphics, landscapes, city design, immersion, and great variety of weapons and gear that offer cosmetic styles (but not much else). I also like the raiding and siege components where you can experience a bigger combat feeling that plays on newer consoles well. Good value for money based on overall hours of play, just for the story itself.

    BUUUUUT there's a ton to hate also.

    1. First, if playing console seems you MUST be signed on all the time through ubi trashy app. There's no point in this other than to hire another person's crappy npc viking or look at dumb in-game photos. There's a revenge system, but its not even worth doing cause they make the "confirm kill" take about 1 minute. Its boring. Series X also has a bad tendency of d/c on wifi, meaning you often have to reboot system or restart the game - UBI literally wont let you continue playing cause of that crap. I'm regularly spammed at least 1x an hour with "you must be online to play" or "verify you own this game". There is NO offline option I can find for xbox.

    2. Lot of the side action is just tedius crap that was made by people that hate video games or hate their customer base at Ubi. Cairn is a great example of torture stacking rocks like a primate with horrible controls. There's also chasing tattoo papers with bad parkour mechanics across every town. There's even fishing - that i find it's I just easier to shoot with arrows. But Most obnoxious are the anomalies which are parkour puzzle craps that offer no fun or purpose to the story. You're a scientist playing Eivor and transform in for these crap runs, but luckily youre also a parkour expert that is going to climb invisible blocks chasing random data cube while aligning magic light beams. Its dumb, unnecessary, and destroys any immersion of the game. I did a few of them, now avoid all of these now in came since I shouldn't be getting pissed off playing a video game that should be pleasurable. Whatever reward is there, it isn't worth the aggravation.

    3. WTF does almost every chest/door need a lock or need to be barred? Why are undergrad entrances so hard to find? Why put oil pots so far away rather than just have a skill that can wreck a flimsy rubble wall? If you add up all the time looking for keys, oil, or a window to snipe through, its not an exaggeration that 20% of the game time is just that. Its like a crappy easter that never goes away.

    4. Glitches galore (still not as bad as the first 3 though!). I've been climbing walls and suddenly I'm being tossed through the sky and have to reload. I've been killed by invincible wolves with 0 health. I've seen my ship flip on land starting a raid (CyberPunk quality glitches).

    5. There are unpolished design elements. As I like the raids and seiges, they have different shortcomings. The raids are too often generic cookie-cutter situations with no unique elements. They get boring quick. The seiges start off excellent early game, then the laziness sets in. The later seiges (2nd with Ivar; Wrath of Druids) felt like I was the only one in combat. Large castles felt empty and there was no excitement like early ones.

    6. The stealth mechanic is broken or doesn't exist. I have it set on lowest difficulty, but there's no way i can get through more than a few guards before I'm detected by some guy on the other side of the fort - of course with hood up. Pair enemies, and 90% of the time, I cant take both out before I'm spotted by the other.

    7. The parkour seems worse than earlier AC games. It's harder to control as the character runs off in their own directions too often.    … Expand
  61. Firemam
    Jul 5, 2021
    1
    Is this shjt a ASSASSIN game??? Is just a bullshjt story about a viking BECOMING a assassin .... So why they didn't change the game's name to viking life or viking simulator
    Ubisoft is making worse AAA game (i think they are ran out of idea or they think that with the phrase "Assassin's Creed", thier game could be a masterpiece but no, it just a waste of money, all you feel about recently    Is this shjt a ASSASSIN game??? Is just a bullshjt story about a viking BECOMING a assassin .... So why they didn't change the game's name to viking life or viking simulator
    Ubisoft is making worse AAA game (i think they are ran out of idea or they think that with the phrase "Assassin's Creed", thier game could be a masterpiece but no, it just a waste of money, all you feel about recently AC is just the graphic)
    With this money, you should play Ghost pf Tsushima Anyway, 1 is for the good graphic    … Expand
  62. Tenarus
    Jul 2, 2021
    3
    Assasins Creed is a game, that has potential to be a good game, BUT:

    Whilst the story is bland and boring but the regions of Englaland (and other locations i dont want to spoil) are looking good, the game cant live up to its potential. The controls are - in mild words - horrible; half of the time i cant climb walls properly, or climb up further trying to go through a window (just to    Assasins Creed is a game, that has potential to be a good game, BUT:

    Whilst the story is bland and boring but the regions of Englaland (and other locations i dont want to spoil) are looking good, the game cant live up to its potential. The controls are - in mild words - horrible; half of the time i cant climb walls properly, or climb up further trying to go through a window (just to give a few examples). Other then the controlls being bad, the game is full of bugs, that take all fun you could have while playing away. It gets tireing, if you have to reload the game dozends of times, when objectives dont get completed, npcs that you are supposed to follow, dont move... I could go on and on and on - well let me just add one thing: bugs that were reported over 6 months ago (!) and which are stated to be fixed indeed await a patch and await to be fixed until today. In addition to all of this, the game feels really unrewarding. For collecting items in the world or slaying powerful beasts all you get is a new tattoo. Why am I bothering to do this in the first place if the reward is just bad? At least you get some weapons and armor along the way. But your loadout simply does not matter - enemies are far to easy to kill, the combat can't bring any challenge to the game. You could create multiple armor-sets for ranged combat, close combat, stealth - but you wont, just because you cant save loadouts and changing your equipment, putting runes back in, ... is just too tedious to bother doing.

    Over all this game is a big dissappointment after origins and odyssey.    … Expand
  63. phantom2
    Jun 25, 2021
    0
    I could not even force myself to complete 3 hours .. Seriously .. Fighting mechanics ss 15 years old .. the story is boring .. the world is uninspring. even ths basics such as walking, running and jumpingi s distorted. Walk around in a house and the character starts to walk on furniture and tables ,, haha ... I can't imagine how bad this thing is. waste of 50 euros. DO NOT BUY UNLESS YOUI could not even force myself to complete 3 hours .. Seriously .. Fighting mechanics ss 15 years old .. the story is boring .. the world is uninspring. even ths basics such as walking, running and jumpingi s distorted. Walk around in a house and the character starts to walk on furniture and tables ,, haha ... I can't imagine how bad this thing is. waste of 50 euros. DO NOT BUY UNLESS YOU HATE YOURSELF… Expand
  64. WtfIsJasonsHair
    Jun 18, 2021
    0
    this game sucks big greacy hairy ass. Keep your 60$ for a better game #notWorthIt
  65. BazieW
    May 30, 2021
    3
    I really wanna like this game, but amount of crashes and little bugs are just so annoying. I really hope Ubisoft can fix this mess, but now it just bad.

    EDIT 09.12.2020: New problems keep appear, latest is when ropes and grass and other stuff start disappear what makes stealth impossible. Also game still keep crashing at least once per session. EDIT 30.05.2021: So I had few months    I really wanna like this game, but amount of crashes and little bugs are just so annoying. I really hope Ubisoft can fix this mess, but now it just bad.

    EDIT 09.12.2020: New problems keep appear, latest is when ropes and grass and other stuff start disappear what makes stealth impossible. Also game still keep crashing at least once per session.

    EDIT 30.05.2021: So I had few months break from this game and now that I'm back, there is this SAVE issue that is just beyond annoying. I can't believe they can't fix this mess. I have played over 1000 hours Odyssey and never had any problems there, but this is just one big mess.    … Expand
  66. Radium78
    May 30, 2021
    4
    Sorry, worst Assassin's Creed ever. No offense, the graphics is really really great. But I've never been so bored after several hours like in Valhalla. Odyssey wasn't good as all, but Valhalla make so many things wrong, going in a wrong direction. I want have back the old style stealth action. Not this RPG style Skyrim-fake.
  67. Fireboard
    May 29, 2021
    1
    После Одиссеи какой то однообразный и скучноватый сюжет, не изменилась механика боев, быстро надоело.
  68. denied1
    May 28, 2021
    0
    glitchy glitchy mess...constant crashes....horrendous mini games, especially the songs, non loveable characters. Vast open space with nothing in it not even music felt empty.
    nature was lovely but not enough
  69. TobbeCritic
    May 28, 2021
    1
    Barely had anything to do with assassins. So if you're looking for an assassins creed game? You might as well just play the previous titles (excluding Odyssey)

    Its incredibly bloated and by the third or even by the second act you just want it to end. Stealth is pretty much not an option, ever, since enemies can spot you with their backs turned from a mile away.
  70. Eivor
    May 27, 2021
    2
    The game sucks. I forced myself to Britain, but that's it. I will never preorder Ubisoft game again.
  71. SorrowKiller
    May 22, 2021
    4
    If you are really young, still in high school, didn't grow up with the Assassin's Creed games in the 2010s, I get it, you will like the game because yeah, that was how I felt when I first played it. Massive world, quests, combat, everything was good. Yes. I had that feeling IN 2013 when Assassin's Creed: Black Flag came out. It's been seven years and there's barely innovation. You'reIf you are really young, still in high school, didn't grow up with the Assassin's Creed games in the 2010s, I get it, you will like the game because yeah, that was how I felt when I first played it. Massive world, quests, combat, everything was good. Yes. I had that feeling IN 2013 when Assassin's Creed: Black Flag came out. It's been seven years and there's barely innovation. You're playing the same game but with different settings. For people who have played Assassin's Creed for the last 13 years, gaming at least for the past 20 years, Ubisoft will simply not satisfy you anymore unless they change up the formulas a bit.

    The bad:
    - The parry system has a delay. Comparing to Ghost of Tsushima where Jin Sakai instantly holds his blade up to deflect enemy attacks at the exact moment you press L1, Eivor (the main protagonist)tries to deflect an attack in 0.5 seconds after you pressed the L1 button. Not sure if this is a design flaw or done purposely, but I didn't encounter any of this in the last Assassin's Creed.

    - Again, the combat is rather uninspired. Comparing to Ghost of Tsushima where you get 4 fighting styles, you can equip various weapons on your left and right hand. It feels very buggy when your right hand is a heavy weapon and your left hand is a hammer.

    - They look most of the loot away. You can't really collect as many weapons and armor or gear anymore and compare their stats instantly in the menu now. Most of your rewards when you complete quests or raids will result in you getting more crafting components. These crafting components can then use it for upgrading. Not gonna lie, you might just happen to keep every gear without selling any of them when you complete the game.

    -Maps way too huge with nothing to collect. Personal preference. Since there is no gear to actually collect, it's kind of pointless to wander around and plunder. Sure, you can collect the wealth to upgrade your settlement, but it feels pointless.

    - Dull characters and story. The Vikings are rather honorable and tamed, and not as brutal as they are supposed to be in their historical counterpart. Though I suppose they are depicted as the actual heroes of the story so they can't have the brutality shown and portrayed in the game. In the story, you travel from one place to another, constantly having new characters shown in an area where you have to earn their for them to pledge their allegiance to you. Rinse and repeat and that's pretty the story. The amount of characters in this game makes you care less and less the more you are introduced.

    - Frustrating to find the treasures. Is it even worth it?

    So, if you are inexperienced or unfamiliar with Ubisoft games, you will love this game.    … Expand
  72. HotKeys98
    May 20, 2021
    0
    Without a doubt the worst and most offensive game in the series. First and foremost, the main story has a glitch in several spots that prevents you from finishing it. I've been waiting since almost day 1 and I still haven't been able to complete it. The quests, especially the world activities, don't give you any markers or anything in Eagle Vision to know where you are going. As a maleWithout a doubt the worst and most offensive game in the series. First and foremost, the main story has a glitch in several spots that prevents you from finishing it. I've been waiting since almost day 1 and I still haven't been able to complete it. The quests, especially the world activities, don't give you any markers or anything in Eagle Vision to know where you are going. As a male Eivor, I counted only 1 female romance option and lost track around 7 homosexual characters - not very inclusive. The scenery, while probably accurate, is the most dull choice they could've made. It is almost nothing but swamp and field, which is difficult for a climbing-based game. Also, several side quests can't be completed because the game refuses to acknowledge anonymity status after eliminating everyone. Gameplay was fair, but the antagonist was predictable. If they fixed the story and quests, then maybe I'd bump the rating up to a 1. Or if they actually listen to customer submitted glitch reports before releasing unwanted DLC expansions. Not that they probably care. And by the way, this is from multiple gamers, not just me.… Expand
  73. ManiacTaniacc
    May 18, 2021
    3
    Assasin's Creed Valhalla comprehensive review

    I know I have done a 3 (origins & odyssey & valhalla) review before, but this will be a more general descriptive review, thank you to all who read and commented in advance. İyiGame Good Things Story (No spoilers) The story of the game lasts for a minimum of 60 maximum 90 hours according to the gameplay.This is good news for those who    Assasin's Creed Valhalla comprehensive review

    I know I have done a 3 (origins & odyssey & valhalla) review before, but this will be a more general descriptive review, thank you to all who read and commented in advance.

    İyiGame Good Things

    Story (No spoilers)
    The story of the game lasts for a minimum of 60 maximum 90 hours according to the gameplay.This is good news for those who pre-order the game like me or buy it shortly after the release, but it contains a handicap that can be liked in general, but it progresses very disconnected from each other, unfortunately. The 20-minute episode in the final of the game did not satisfy me, but this does not show that it is bad, I can say that it is an Assasin's Creed game with a good final.

    Play
    Even though it feels very strange after experiencing 100+ hours of power fantasy and origins in Assasin's Creed Odyssey, the gameplay of the game depends on the person's ability to parry and attack at the right time is a concept that I always like and generally the finisher animations repeat themselves after 70 hours of playing. I can also say that it is satisfactory, the feeling of the hit is still weak, but it is stronger than origins and odyssey in general, I can say that I did not experience a certain error problem or animation glitch while playing, so it has a nice gameplay but unfortunately it cannot handle a 70-hour game.
    Graphics
    I finished the game on PlayStation 4 and I can say that the water appearance and effects were better compared to the first 2 games of the series, but of course since it is a brand that releases a game every year or 2 years, I did not see a difference, of course, this is my ps4. It may also be due to my playing so I do not go too long here.
    Game's Map
    England and Norway are beautifully reflected, but I think it is too colorful for a country that has constant rainfall and sees the sun once a month, or I look at it in detail.    … Expand
  74. BaBka_YaGGa
    May 17, 2021
    1
    Игра скучная, толерантная и коксакерсная, плюсом еще донат ложится толстенькой подливкой, итог 1 толстый коксакер из 10.
  75. luca-tampellini
    Apr 17, 2021
    0
    Well if you want to play the Holy War against those terrible Christian infidels and hope to be the best of the Mujaheddins this is your game... So of course it is not mine.

    The story is so laughable and so impossible that it can be taken as a commedy: as little as I know about viking history, one of the few things I know is that stealth and assassination were exactly what they considered    Well if you want to play the Holy War against those terrible Christian infidels and hope to be the best of the Mujaheddins this is your game... So of course it is not mine.

    The story is so laughable and so impossible that it can be taken as a commedy: as little as I know about viking history, one of the few things I know is that stealth and assassination were exactly what they considered as the epitome of dishonour, so this historical adaptation is absolutely nonsense.

    To me it looks like the members of a certain religious group following a certain religion of peace are trying to find ways to justify that they are gaining a foothold for their culture the current age all around northern Europe, hence they had the very good idea of attempting to rewrite the history of northern Europe. I guess that is the point of Woke culture. Unluckily I couldn't ask for the purchase to be refunded or I would have asked so.    … Expand
  76. alimsans
    May 9, 2021
    1
    Good game. I’d rate it a sold 8 but micro transactions in a single player game are not acceptable.
  77. thecowofbeef
    May 7, 2021
    4
    A consistently buggy and soulless world. Calling games "designed by committee" is a bit of a cliche but it's rare to find a game so wholly lacking in anything that resembles heart or humanity. It's not devoid of enjoyment, but will likely go down as one of the years least memorable games. I don't hate the new assassin's creed game formula, but this one easily does it worse than the twoA consistently buggy and soulless world. Calling games "designed by committee" is a bit of a cliche but it's rare to find a game so wholly lacking in anything that resembles heart or humanity. It's not devoid of enjoyment, but will likely go down as one of the years least memorable games. I don't hate the new assassin's creed game formula, but this one easily does it worse than the two prior entries. The writing is poor, the parkour is easily the worst it's ever been, the combat is clunky and boring, and it's mostly just an extremely repetitive experience. If you want a game that lets you explore the English countryside, or if you desperately need to know where the main storyline of the franchise is going for some reason, you might be able to make it through, but everyone else would likely be better served elsewhere.… Expand
  78. Reducto
    Dec 12, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 0 points it's only enough for the effort. This is not an AC game anymore, just call it the Vikings Creed BugHalla. Boredom and buggy, a downgrade compared to Odyssey. Save your money for something else.. These fan boys and girls who score the game 7 or higher they are laughable.… Expand
  79. unico
    May 1, 2021
    2
    Disclaimer: I have not completed the game yet. (Updated review below after completing the game in ~85hours)
    I'm about 20 hours in. About to complete the second story arc.
    The gameplay is fine, a little refined in the new format of AC games. Nothing groundbreaking. The main issue is the **** bugs. The bugs break immersion almost evey 10 minutes(minor issues like collision), extremely    Disclaimer: I have not completed the game yet. (Updated review below after completing the game in ~85hours)
    I'm about 20 hours in. About to complete the second story arc.

    The gameplay is fine, a little refined in the new format of AC games. Nothing groundbreaking.

    The main issue is the **** bugs. The bugs break immersion almost evey 10 minutes(minor issues like collision), extremely PATHETIC character animations etc. But I expected all this.
    What I didn't expect were the various game-breaking issues that don't let you complete objectives. And many of them can't be solved be reloading the game. Raiding a fort? Collecting wealth will not register.
    Doing a world event? Can't complete it because the game will prompt you to get out of combat, when you're already out.

    The state that this game is in, I'm honestly so surprised that there's isn't more of a hue and cry about it. Would not recommend.

    The only redeeming thing is the story, which I'm finding interesting (till now at least).

    Edit: My original rating was 3. After completing the game on PS5 in around 85 hours, it has dropped to 2.
    This is perhaps the most frustrating Game I have ever played. Certainly the most frustrating AC game. The issues I mentioned above are still there.
    On top of that, this broken mess is too long. The story stopped feeling good after completing a couple more arcs.
    I was about 45 hours in when I realised I hadn't even completed 50% of the main story yet. This game is like eating 2kgs of bread. It's bland, and boring, but it fills your stomach.

    If you have nothing else to play, you can give this atrocity a try. If you hav literally anything else to do, stay away from this broken, buggy piece of sh*t.    … Expand
  80. Vasvik
    Apr 24, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Отзыв состоит из сообщений для друга про игру.
    Да ппц, сюжет гавно, допы гавно, баги, лаги, система уровней в игре с открытым миром. Прокачка шмота и пух, если есть серебро, то пофиг. Финал, ваще ппц
    Я даже вижу это "Давайте вместо внятного финала сделаем хрень с намеком на продолжение"
    Аа, игра же про викингов
    Боевка просто ппц
    Тактика "затыкивание"
    Press R1 to win
    И самый пиздец, так это поиск
    Ну в разных играх интересно искать входы, пещеры, как открыть сундуки. Где разрабы не наивно, но все же дают тебе какую то логику где искать, а тут же, просто "на похрен" поставим вход тут
    Постоянно закрытые двери заколебали
    Но можно иногда помудохаться, с поиском как открыть дверь, но не в каждом же сюжетном моменте

    А да, очень много в этой игре "активностей" просто чтоб расстянуть время игры

    В финале перед финальным боссом я буквально 30 минут шел! 30 МИНУТ, КАРЛ!!!

    Ска, вы не Кодзима, вы не можете сделать просто ходьбу интересной.
    На вальгаллу потратил 70 часов,
    Я цусиму прошел за 70 часов и мне жалко было, что так быстро игра закончилась .
    Из этих 70 часов в вальгалле , я наверно часов 50 шел, скакал, бежал.
    А, по поводу скакал
    Ска, наймите уже кого нить, кто сделает физику лошади нормальной. из игры в игру, такие конечнные скакуны кочуют.
    Внимание спойлер!!
    основная суть игры была чтоб ты заводил себе союзников в англии и в финале это не играет никакой роли. Ваще, тупо херней занимался. На скок знаю, игра уже оккупилась. На будущее, тот кто прочтет этот коммент, не покупай серию ассасинов, пусть начнут делать нормальную игру.
    Ах да, это донатная помойка, совсем забыл    … Expand
  81. arostislavna
    Apr 18, 2021
    4
    I want to like this, but the game is completely broken with game breaking bugs that halt your entire progress, and has a horrible transmogrification system that only benefits people that give them more money.

    Typical Ubisoft.
  82. Jason8246
    Apr 17, 2021
    0
    first off i payed $130 plus tax for this game. Easily the most trash of the Assassins game. the fighting is clunky, no real combat just rely on ur abilities and dodge roll, roll has 2 many iframes. way too easy on anything but hardest mode, then enemies 1 or 2 hit u even with best heavy armor on. only 2 of every weapon type (2 bear daggers, 2 raven dagger. no real variety) ps4 pro Full offirst off i payed $130 plus tax for this game. Easily the most trash of the Assassins game. the fighting is clunky, no real combat just rely on ur abilities and dodge roll, roll has 2 many iframes. way too easy on anything but hardest mode, then enemies 1 or 2 hit u even with best heavy armor on. only 2 of every weapon type (2 bear daggers, 2 raven dagger. no real variety) ps4 pro Full of Bugs. crashes 5 times playing for 4 hours. Some cant beat the game to this day. i beat it 2 times found at least 20 different bugs each time. cant complete all world events. the devs say no newgameplus because it is only worth playing once. dlcs officially pushed back weeks. river raids are not what they said they were going to be. ur npcs on river raid take massive damage on hardest needing u 2 constantly revive them costing rations. most weapons and armor is real cash only or u have to farm weekly missions that are exactly the same to get opals to buy. u get 5 opal a mission armor cost 125. weapons 150. it seems like they are trying to make where only stuff u buy is worth while and impossible to collect all unless you play every day for 2 years. the story is great but everything else feels like an xbox 360 game. i will never buy an assassins creed game again before release.… Expand
  83. Ridofhate
    Apr 16, 2021
    0
    So buggy... I spent so many hours with this game not because its so exciting but it's full of bugs.. I had to start the game several times new but was still not able to complete the game. I am stuck at about 30% of the game. Terrible and this after all the patches...
  84. DavidHoltzer
    Apr 9, 2021
    4
    Another tedious Ubisoft game, more specifically another ASSASSin's Creed. Fans keep supporting these copied games, the only difference is a new location in almost any AC game
  85. major_rana
    Apr 6, 2021
    0
    AC Odyssey was far entertaining than this, this was a pretty boring game, look at it this way if you are an adult and you can only play a selected games, just pass on this game rather play Days Gone than this generic boring game
  86. Sundropp
    Apr 4, 2021
    3
    I never expected so Much from a game and Got so little before.. they completely downgraded everthing. Graphic are Way Worse
    Fight mode is horrible - compared to What you are used 2 from ac.
    Quests are meaningless and poorly executed.. This game has so Much potential.. and you Can allmost smell all the potential from the poor version the creators made This time .. This is the first time an    I never expected so Much from a game and Got so little before.. they completely downgraded everthing. Graphic are Way Worse
    Fight mode is horrible - compared to What you are used 2 from ac.
    Quests are meaningless and poorly executed.. This game has so Much potential.. and you Can allmost smell all the potential from the poor version the creators made This time .. This is the first time an ac game dissapoints me. Ac is usualy 9-10/10 Ac Valhalla is a 3/10 game .    … Expand
  87. VikingGamer1
    Apr 4, 2021
    0
    Terrible game, mind numbingly boring repetitive gameplay and story, this is far from an AC game just like odyssey, it is a Viking fantasy RPG with a sprinkle of mythology and generous dash of microtransactions. Seems like this game has been the final nail in the coffin regarding Darby's departure from Ubisoft, hopefully he joins a team that will give him freedom to create the story heTerrible game, mind numbingly boring repetitive gameplay and story, this is far from an AC game just like odyssey, it is a Viking fantasy RPG with a sprinkle of mythology and generous dash of microtransactions. Seems like this game has been the final nail in the coffin regarding Darby's departure from Ubisoft, hopefully he joins a team that will give him freedom to create the story he wants to create. It is hard not to see this game as a money grabbing tool that Ubisoft have created with the Helix store, limiting the amount of content (armour sets, weapons) in the base game then adding all other content behind pay walls is disgusting charging £10 - £15 per armour pack for a 'singleplayer' game, I wrote a post on reddit and made a petition regarding this if you want to know more follow the links below I go little further in depth regarding the matter. Reddit post - https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/lzy9l0/petition_remove_helix_store_from_future_ac_games/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

    Petition - https://www.change.org/RemoveHelixStoreSaveAC    … Expand
  88. Adi2ro
    Apr 1, 2021
    3
    I think the first AC I've played that didn't give me any wow feeling. Combat is really boring and weird, that slow-down for every attack is so bad for me, I can't fight more than 5 minutes. The story is meh at the beginning so I dunno, seems like a commercial title.
  89. Exodusas
    Mar 30, 2021
    4
    Story is meh, combat is horrible and with more than 13 years of practice the climbing mechanics are still terrible with a lot to improve. Perfect game if you love escort missions and fetch quests because 90% of this game is just that with some story sprinkled on it but at the end of the day same old escort/fetch quests. Have no clue who payed these reviewers to write such shining reviewsStory is meh, combat is horrible and with more than 13 years of practice the climbing mechanics are still terrible with a lot to improve. Perfect game if you love escort missions and fetch quests because 90% of this game is just that with some story sprinkled on it but at the end of the day same old escort/fetch quests. Have no clue who payed these reviewers to write such shining reviews on a such a mediocre game… Expand
  90. noobplanet
    Mar 29, 2021
    3
    kids game, everything is average and the game doesnt shine in anything.

    You play as kiddy vikings, they make the characters seem like real friendly people to the player even though vikings are murderers and pillagers. There is no viking brutality (only against christians cause apparently christians bad and raping murdering vikings good and wholesome). Can't even kill civillians, only    kids game, everything is average and the game doesnt shine in anything.

    You play as kiddy vikings, they make the characters seem like real friendly people to the player even though vikings are murderers and pillagers.

    There is no viking brutality (only against christians cause apparently christians bad and raping murdering vikings good and wholesome). Can't even kill civillians, only christian religious people cause they "bad" obviously.

    None of the brutality and hardness of vikings is there except for what i mentioned about killing christians. Hardly any customization except cosmetic.

    Combat sucks, its just click, block, shoot, finisher and special attack. story feels like its on rails and very boring ones at that.

    I wish it was on steam cause i would have refunded within the first hour.

    I rate it a kids game, so average it hurts    … Expand
  91. Cha0ticneutral
    Mar 29, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The old saying "Quality over quantity" sums up the problems of this game. For a game with so much "content" it is incredibly boring almost from start to finish. Having said that I couldn't actually bring myself to finish after I'd already sunk around 70 hours into that damn thing, I wasn't even near finished with it. It is a game that keeps you thinking "any minute now it's going to get better and that switch is going to go off where I'm having fun and locked in" but that moment never comes.

    Most if not nearly all of the optional content on the map is absolutely not worth finding and players will learn this very quickly. There are a handful out of the 100s of markers that are interesting but it really does feel like filler to pad out the experience. The story is incredibly boring, dreary, and drawn out beyond comprehension. Once you've taken one region you've taken them all and by the 4th or 5th you're just done with it. You don't care about any of the characters like you might have done in Odyssey say with Kassandra, and as such there is little to no personal investment in any of it.

    If you like running around dreary English fields for 70 - 100 hours doing nothing that matters then try it out. I was warned not to but I took a chance and I feel like I wasted 70 hours.    … Expand
  92. daoni
    Mar 29, 2021
    2
    Nice story. One of the most buggiest and worst AI interactioms in the ac world. Buy when on discount, you will be dissappointed buying this at full price.
  93. cmu
    Mar 27, 2021
    4
    The game would be fun, but it is nearly April 2021 (after the game was released in Nov 2020) and it is inevitable you will run into several game-breaking bugs involving dialogue not working or dead characters. Ubisoft's bug-fixing process is slow, unresponsive and ultimately unhelpful. At least AC Origins had a 'reload quest objective' commmand.
  94. vault2wasteland
    Mar 25, 2021
    0
    Games breaking bugs, quest breaking bugs, egregious mictro-transactions, have to buy armour using microtransactions if you want anything half decent, bad voice acting and animations. Janky stealth

    Now ubisoft have chosen to push more microtransactions instead of fixing game and quest breaking bugs and charging for requested features/improvements instead of adding them to the base game    Games breaking bugs, quest breaking bugs, egregious mictro-transactions, have to buy armour using microtransactions if you want anything half decent, bad voice acting and animations. Janky stealth

    Now ubisoft have chosen to push more microtransactions instead of fixing game and quest breaking bugs and charging for requested features/improvements instead of adding them to the base game

    Avoid this game like the plauge, stick with Odyssey where they don't try to force microtransactions on you at every turn and you can get a tonne of awesome gear just by looting treasure chests and doing quests . You can't even change your look without paying in Valhalla, what a joke

    With all the microtransactions this should be a free to play game. I knew far cry new dawn was a sign of more microtransactions being forced (if you want to enjoy the game) instead of optional

    Ubisoft game now just seem to create problems that can be solved only using microtransactions so they can go to hell. Far Cry, Assassin's Creed and Watchdogs were my favourite game series and I am not interested in buying or playing any of their new games now. Now the ubisoft customer is just a whale to them or they don't want you as a customer if all you give them is $99 for the base game. $99 is not enough for Ubisoft, they want more and more    … Expand
  95. Annoyed123
    Mar 21, 2021
    3
    I've played almost all the AC games since Black Flag and this is by far the one I like the least but the one I wanted to like the most. Odyssey was a delight. Origins -> Fantastic. Valhalla? Sucks. Loot sucks so bad. Combat is so annoying and frustrating (especially shield Zealots). Glad I didn't pay full price for this thing. I'll look long and hard at the next AC game because of thisI've played almost all the AC games since Black Flag and this is by far the one I like the least but the one I wanted to like the most. Odyssey was a delight. Origins -> Fantastic. Valhalla? Sucks. Loot sucks so bad. Combat is so annoying and frustrating (especially shield Zealots). Glad I didn't pay full price for this thing. I'll look long and hard at the next AC game because of this piece of trash.… Expand
  96. babinos87
    Mar 21, 2021
    1
    This is probably the worst AC game after Unity. The bugs are countless. Character stucks in woods or other items, causing character's death. Quests are buggy, only when to unstuck is to reset the game. I am very serious. This has countless bugs. I encounter more than one every time that I play. I have been so disappointed by this game that I am seriously thinking to stop buying AC again. IThis is probably the worst AC game after Unity. The bugs are countless. Character stucks in woods or other items, causing character's death. Quests are buggy, only when to unstuck is to reset the game. I am very serious. This has countless bugs. I encounter more than one every time that I play. I have been so disappointed by this game that I am seriously thinking to stop buying AC again. I have bought all of them so far and finish each story to the end, but this game is really disappointing and bad.… Expand
  97. CitizenCane
    Mar 13, 2021
    4
    This is a very disappointing version of Assassin's Creed, to the point that it really doesn't feel like the franchise. The mini games such as stacking cairn stones and anomalies are a frustrating waste of time. After a while the game play and main story get repetitive and you wonder what on earth you're playing this for.
  98. Opie1069
    Mar 9, 2021
    0
    Controls are buggy, he jumps off cliff for no reason nor does your character go where you want him to. Story line is amazing, if they would put as much time into basic game controls as they did the story line game would easily be a 4
  99. Wicked-V
    Mar 9, 2021
    3
    To break it down, this is very disappointing. Odyssey was awesome. You had a buddy, your bird would harass and hurt ppl, let's do this... The crap they did with this game... No health regeneration, your bird is useless(unless you"program a crappy ability, with you shouldn't have to do!), Your Mount doesn't hunni off hardly anything. You have to be flat ground. You don't have a buddy onTo break it down, this is very disappointing. Odyssey was awesome. You had a buddy, your bird would harass and hurt ppl, let's do this... The crap they did with this game... No health regeneration, your bird is useless(unless you"program a crappy ability, with you shouldn't have to do!), Your Mount doesn't hunni off hardly anything. You have to be flat ground. You don't have a buddy on here(which is fbs!) You get a ability you have to stupidly program (takes a slot) for a Wolf that goes after 2 ppl & leaves(useless). You get no weapons that stay fire or poison, yet again program, you stupidly.. Have to program the normally automatic, hold down R2 to extra dmg... Oh noooo these geniuses made a program slot.... They have stupid missions to do that you get no clue how to do them, your worthless bird doesn't help, you shouldn't have to freaking look up simply missions for help!
    If these ppl would stop worrying about themselves being a blue kangaroo or elephant & having the equality bs, instead of making a game for the fans to enjoy. We don't give a crap about your preferences on things, but don't put that garbage in a game! Adding beastiality angers me, sadly, looking who's making it, not surprising. Just make it for ppl who (will/do) enjoy playing, we don't want to see all the mental issues being displayed.
    From ac3,Adding those stupid pages to chase is retarded, you can blend in a group but doesn't auto follow, on odyssey, you couldn't do some things but it was great none the less! Why the hell you take away us making a lynx/bear/whoever buddy, no health regeneration, so many glitches in the game which is ridiculous too.
    The ONLY good things about the game: the fight scenes (finishers ) are great, super cool. Raiding, is freaking awesome. You can get other players jomsviking(sp), that's pretty neat.
    There are some awesome abilities(several garbage and some that should be automatic no a programing) .Tyr's kick is a fav, i like the axe throwing but waiting on the upgrade.
    The bad weighs out the good, but the good... Thankfully is what saves it, barely... I wish i never spent the money on it and waited for it to be free.
    This is my opinion, take it or leave it. I'm straight forward and tell it like it is.    … Expand
  100. Dryveur
    Mar 5, 2021
    4
    Jeu qui s'éloigne beaucoup trop de son héritage. Une version copier coller de odyssey à la sauce viking, des ennemis qui sont des sacs à coups. Beaucoup trop de beug mais bon de la part d'ubisoft ça m'étonne plus trop.
    Point positif endroit chouette et c'est tout !
    N'est pas à la hauteur pour un Jeu de fin de génération début de next gen.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 50 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 50
  3. Negative: 0 out of 50
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 25, 2020
    80
    There are far fewer cookie-cutter outposts than in previous AC’s, and most sidequests now offer an interesting story, sometimes even with a less-than-obvious solution. While some anti-grind measures have backfired, Ubisoft is on the right track. [Issue#250, page 56]
  2. KeenGamer
    Dec 17, 2020
    82
    Assassins Creed Valhalla is a wonderful addition to the AC franchise. It manages to avoid the tropes that became overplayed and focuses on a small well structured story. The fighting mechanics are enjoyable and offer many choices to fit different playing styles. There are a significant amount of bugs and the AI is underwhelming at times. But it's still another step in the right direction for Ubisoft.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 14, 2020
    80
    When Valhalla is at its best, it evolves series mechanics. And when you’re cruising down river, about to blow your raiding horn, there’s nothing quite like it. [Issue#183, p.71]
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