Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.2

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  1. Terminal-Rex
    Nov 17, 2020
    4
    First Impressions PC game-

    This game is impressively pretty however the amount of game breaking bugs I have come up against are unforgivable in AAA game. Bugs where you can not progress the story unless you find some sort of work around. I have played single dev EA games with less bugs than this mess has. The next thing I unfortunately hate about this game is the environment, the    First Impressions PC game-

    This game is impressively pretty however the amount of game breaking bugs I have come up against are unforgivable in AAA game. Bugs where you can not progress the story unless you find some sort of work around. I have played single dev EA games with less bugs than this mess has.

    The next thing I unfortunately hate about this game is the environment, the color pallet and scenery are not at all suited to what is supposed to be England. The landscape could have been done so much better than it has been, but it feels as if it was designed by artists that have never left the city let alone visited the English countryside.

    Finally I hate the how the vikings are very diplomatic and PC in this game. Vikings would not release hostages and when you plunder if you kill NPC's that are not solders you get told off and told you will de-synchronize. Vikings would have literally killed everyone, especially the clergy.

    I wanted to love this game, i really did, I brought a new graphics card just to play it. But i don't think i actually like it, it feels a bit of a let down, the franchise had the chance to do something completely different with this game but overall the game feels bland and just a bit disappointing.    … Expand
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. leviathonlx
    Nov 11, 2020
    4
    I just can't recommend this game right now. Combat feels terrible, the graphics are honestly a downgrade to Odyssey and especially Origins and are incredibly glitchy, and overall it doesn't even feel like an Assassin's Creed game and feels clucky as can be. I was always wary of Valhalla since it felt like this was Ubisoft wanting to cash in on the Vikings craze all while having the VikingI just can't recommend this game right now. Combat feels terrible, the graphics are honestly a downgrade to Odyssey and especially Origins and are incredibly glitchy, and overall it doesn't even feel like an Assassin's Creed game and feels clucky as can be. I was always wary of Valhalla since it felt like this was Ubisoft wanting to cash in on the Vikings craze all while having the Viking you play as act nothing at all like a Viking.… Expand
  5. 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
  6. Nobilis1984
    Nov 11, 2020
    4
    After watchdogs the next botch.

    Oh Ubisoft what are you doing. Bad watchdogs 3 are followed by bad AC. Even if it looks good, it is still sick inside. The game wants to please everyone and thus destroys itself. There is no clear red thread that the game works on. In addition, the characters have hardly any emotions you could see on their faces. That was better with Origins. The story    After watchdogs the next botch.

    Oh Ubisoft what are you doing. Bad watchdogs 3 are followed by bad AC.
    Even if it looks good, it is still sick inside.
    The game wants to please everyone and thus destroys itself. There is no clear red thread that the game works on. In addition, the characters have hardly any emotions you could see on their faces. That was better with Origins.
    The story of the game is barely noticeable and is told in a boring way.
    What remains is a tough game that is boring after 3 hours. The world events are so pointless and remind you of the old Far Cry collecting frenzy.    … Expand
  7. mishayangg
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    So very many bugs that it is distracting a lot. Almost every cut scene. Just bursting out laughing when I see a man doing the T-pose while being treated for a broken arm... Comparing the combat to Tsushima... GoT is SO MUCH BETTER! AC Valhalla combat feels very bad.
  8. 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
  9. DarthFronz85
    Nov 26, 2020
    4
    Please note that this is two weeks after launch for the review. This is a beautiful, massive game, it's fun to play, has great systems (fishing, anyone?) and would EASILY be a 9 if it worked.
    It doesn't. Twice, I've lost several hours of progress due to save glitches. This is the cardinal sin of the launch game; a beautiful experience that can't be enjoyed because the save system is,    Please note that this is two weeks after launch for the review. This is a beautiful, massive game, it's fun to play, has great systems (fishing, anyone?) and would EASILY be a 9 if it worked.
    It doesn't. Twice, I've lost several hours of progress due to save glitches. This is the cardinal sin of the launch game; a beautiful experience that can't be enjoyed because the save system is, frankly, technically incompetent.
    I have to revire the game so low because it's obviously an awesome experience, well crafted if a little bloated... but that's meaningless if I can't actively save progress. Ubisoft's fix "in the coming weks" isn't heartening for a game I soent $120 on.    … Expand
  10. muttsy13
    Feb 16, 2021
    4
    Utter buggy mess twice ive had to restart first time i got stuck with a bug on heavy is the head second time all my saves where corrupted i was excited for this game i waited till christmas to play it thinking any big bugs should be sorted i was wrong over 50 hrs altogether wasted on this trash if your thinking of buying it dont till all the bugs are fixed
  11. AlKappaccino
    Nov 11, 2020
    4
    It looks fine. Not as good as HZD for example but fine. Parcour gets worse each iteration. Fighting is clunky, way too easy and boring. Story is uninteresting for the most part. And it's way too long again, witch too little interesting content.
  12. TomBurgs99
    Nov 11, 2020
    4
    Fells like a MOD for a previous AC. I gave Watch Dogs Legion 2 or 3 (already uninstalled) - this is SLIGHTLY better. The setting is more interesting - but other than that it's BORING & REPETITIVE! The characters are soulless and uninteresting, the fighting is keep pushing one button and you win all battles/fights. Too many loading screens all the time, looooooong and boring cut screenFells like a MOD for a previous AC. I gave Watch Dogs Legion 2 or 3 (already uninstalled) - this is SLIGHTLY better. The setting is more interesting - but other than that it's BORING & REPETITIVE! The characters are soulless and uninteresting, the fighting is keep pushing one button and you win all battles/fights. Too many loading screens all the time, looooooong and boring cut screen dialogues, feels like a mod for Black Flag, nothing EVER surprises you, or challenge your intellect. Can't see the difference between any of Ubisofts open world titles anymore - the concept is the same over and over again. Ubisoft needs some good story tellers - they really lack qualify and depth...like in REALLY! It's all surface. The animation are not impressive, the music is not something u really notice. Why do a Viking needs poison arrows a d the ability to be stealth?
    Political absolutely correct - of course - though totally unrealistic. Im sick of Ubisoft and they're up there with EA. Maybe The Rad Brad loooves repetitive gameplay - but then again, who said playing games as your living makes you intelligent???? Just ask gamestop and ign!    … Expand
  13. 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.
  14. kakuzu281281
    Nov 26, 2020
    4
    The game would be a solid 8-9 if it wasn't for the endless sea of bugs. Yeah it's a Ubisoft game, yeah it's usual, but these aren't just graphical glitches. 95% of the glitches I've had have been game-ending, forcing an earlier save. With some resulting in no salvation from even that.
    1. Reba quest incompletable. Unable to speak with him.
    2. Being launched into the ground or the sky by    The game would be a solid 8-9 if it wasn't for the endless sea of bugs. Yeah it's a Ubisoft game, yeah it's usual, but these aren't just graphical glitches. 95% of the glitches I've had have been game-ending, forcing an earlier save. With some resulting in no salvation from even that.
    1. Reba quest incompletable. Unable to speak with him.
    2. Being launched into the ground or the sky by enemy hits.
    3. Unable to redirect beams in every animus abnormality.
    4. Quest marked enemy dies and the marker stays resulting in having to reload last save.
    5. Mjolnir hammer had a weight of 4,294,967,296 causing dodging to not work.
    6. Conquest map loaded from a side angle instead of top-down, resulting in the inability to click anything.
    7. The Bell assassination marker is located in the wrong map. How is it not even in the right location, much less the wrong map?
    8. Flaming arrow stuck permanently in Eivors hand, making picking up bombs impossible.
    9. Dead deer preceding to "T-pose" after death. Leaving a fake deer standing after being killed.
    Like I'd accept this from a small creator, but this is considered a triple-A company so, It's pretty ridiculous that half the game is reloading saves.    … Expand
  15. 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
  16. warriorjoy
    Jan 2, 2021
    4
    Very Mediocre
    The system with contrast and brightness is idiotic, and makes parts of the game near unplayable.
    The fighting system needs some serious improvement
    I personally wouldn't bother to play, and will be returning mine on Monday
  17. Pasabor
    Nov 12, 2020
    4
    The game is riddled with boring open world stuff and is totally unpolished. It feels more like a AA-title, not something worth 70 Dollars. Oh, and did i already mention that 50% of the armor and weapon sets are locked behind a paywall? The greed of Ubisoft is unbearable at this point.
  18. SplitMind
    Jan 2, 2021
    4
    I played this game for about 8 hours, and 6 of those hours were pretty similar. Valhalla is just like the last four or five AC games. Somehow, I found Valhalla to be worse.

    The graphics are by far Valhalla’s best feature. The backdrop of English woodland and rivers makes for a very pleasant and vibrant environment. The problem I have with this is the same as Origins and Odyssey; it’s    I played this game for about 8 hours, and 6 of those hours were pretty similar. Valhalla is just like the last four or five AC games. Somehow, I found Valhalla to be worse.

    The graphics are by far Valhalla’s best feature. The backdrop of English woodland and rivers makes for a very pleasant and vibrant environment. The problem I have with this is the same as Origins and Odyssey; it’s just too big. After a few hours things almost seem to ‘repeat’, as backgrounds look familiar no matter where you are on the map.

    The story of Valhalla is as forgettable as previous entries, like a limp attempt at a JRPG. There’s a big battle at the start where you as a child witness people you love dying, leading to revenge quests. I don’t even think there’s a risk of spoiling the story here as it’s so familiar and cropped from every other game of this genre. I found the voice acting of female Eivor to be painfully cringey and forced also.

    The gameplay of Valhalla is where they somehow made the game significantly worse than its predecessors. With Odyssey there was an enjoyable loop with satisfying combat. Valhalla has somehow lost this. Combat is monotonous. Areas are irritating to traverse, with rooms becoming so randomly dark.

    The map of Valhalla is stupidly large and bloated with the same Ubisoft open-world crap that you need to explore and collect. It’s copied and pasted almost identically from previous entries. At first, it’s nice to explore but then I see familiar icons appearing on the map and large distances to unlock fast travel points and become very fatigued by the repetition.

    If Valhalla was the only AC game on PS4, this would be a pretty decent game, but asking us to pay full price for the same old game with a new coat of paint is scandalous.

    Valhalla also suffers massively from a lack of identity. The Viking theme isn’t as vivid and won’t live on in my memory as Origin and Odyssey did with their Egyptian and Greek themes. Games like Greedfall and Witcher have similar woodland environments, making Valhalla feel like it’s treading old ground.

    Let’s also not forget the buggy nature of this game and the exploitative microtransactions.
    Overall, this is a game to be avoided. Origins and Odyssey had refreshing elements, but Valhalla wears out its welcome very quickly, coming across as a game designed by businessmen sat around a table in suits rather than passionate developers keen to expand the limits of videogames. Avoid.    … Expand
  19. empe
    Nov 22, 2020
    4
    The only reason this game is so well received is the current lack of new games in general. Gameplay resembles Odyssey but loot and ability systems are dumbed down. Theres a lot of gameplay without any innovation. It will bore you down after 1/3 of campaign (approx 20 in game hours).

    If you're looking out for something to kill time, this one is for you, but you won't find anything    The only reason this game is so well received is the current lack of new games in general. Gameplay resembles Odyssey but loot and ability systems are dumbed down. Theres a lot of gameplay without any innovation. It will bore you down after 1/3 of campaign (approx 20 in game hours).

    If you're looking out for something to kill time, this one is for you, but you won't find anything meaningful moments with this title.    … Expand
  20. 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
  21. 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.
  22. Bone-Thugs
    Nov 11, 2020
    4
    this game drags on and on and on and on. 70 hours is ridiculous, it becomes so damn repetitive and boring. combat is also terrible and clunky
  23. 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
  24. r2c
    Nov 24, 2020
    4
    Beautiful game, huge potential, nice mechanics BUT filled with bugs (many of which are game breaking).
    They did poor testing and/or rushed out the game to cash in before real games like Cyberpunk are released.
    I am not going to buy again from ubisoft anytime soon.
  25. Dinglebat299
    Nov 17, 2020
    4
    Buggy mess. Whatever was left of assassin's creed has been replaced with generic open world mechanics (which is saying something). Nothing really interesting about it. It's a game for small children disguised as something more.
  26. Ronnyb800
    Dec 20, 2020
    4
    Good looking game with reasonable but repetitive gameplay and meaningless story. Im about 60 hours in the game right now and lost motivation to play any further. Not finished the story and lost track of the plot. Typically a now a days Ubisoft game.. Every game is build up the same... Go here, find that, with 80 percent of the time traveling on a horse of trough the tiny rivers of England.Good looking game with reasonable but repetitive gameplay and meaningless story. Im about 60 hours in the game right now and lost motivation to play any further. Not finished the story and lost track of the plot. Typically a now a days Ubisoft game.. Every game is build up the same... Go here, find that, with 80 percent of the time traveling on a horse of trough the tiny rivers of England. At some point the story seemed to get my attention, but quickly got away cause of meaningless implementations of story parts which that didn't made any sense. The part that you can customize and get your own crew seemed nice at first, but also this element seemes useless because you can't do anything but repetitive raids with them. You can't summon them to aid you during fights or the storyline. You only can summon them when a river is close so you can travel the rivers with them. I really was hyped for this game but it disappoints in almost every way, except for the graphics. The world is beautiful.… Expand
  27. 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
  28. Kimbohdoy103
    Nov 16, 2020
    4
    Dumb AI dumb AI Stupid Ai stupid AI
    Dumb AI dumb Ai stupid Ai stupid Ai dumb dumb dumb makes ya feel like you still in the 2000' era
  29. Holliday47
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    i feel like ubisoft should promote youtube and other forms of game walkthroughs if this is what they are aiming for. story is existing and interesting but, you get easily side tracked and forgetful of it. combat is weak and clunky, with an overly difficult parry system and very easy AI. you find yourself venturing to level up just to get back to the story. same thing they did in origins.i feel like ubisoft should promote youtube and other forms of game walkthroughs if this is what they are aiming for. story is existing and interesting but, you get easily side tracked and forgetful of it. combat is weak and clunky, with an overly difficult parry system and very easy AI. you find yourself venturing to level up just to get back to the story. same thing they did in origins. honestly takes alot of fun away.… Expand
  30. Darbylb
    Nov 26, 2020
    4
    Honestly this game just is not fun to play. The story is not interesting whatsoever, it makes it a chore to get through. The combat is a step down from Odyssey in my opinion. The changes they made for exploration are interesting, but I think they end up taking away from the game.
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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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