Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 2867 Ratings

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  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. wakeboardjake
    Nov 17, 2020
    1
    This game is absolutely TERRIBLE. Do yourself a favor and play more of Odyssey as that was a far superior game. My list of complaints and concessions is as follows:
    1. The fighting is jumpy, unsynchronized, and does not feel polished at all. And what is even the point of a shield given the parry mechanic?
    2. The voice acting for the female Eivor is super disappointing. Switched to the    This game is absolutely TERRIBLE. Do yourself a favor and play more of Odyssey as that was a far superior game. My list of complaints and concessions is as follows:
    1. The fighting is jumpy, unsynchronized, and does not feel polished at all. And what is even the point of a shield given the parry mechanic?
    2. The voice acting for the female Eivor is super disappointing. Switched to the Male Eivor and at least his accent sounds more natural and not as forced.
    3. The loot system is a HUGE bummer. I much prefer being able to switch out a huge variety of weapons like in Odyssey and not have to level up a single weapon. Maybe the endgame is different but 40 hours in and I have decided not to waste my time going further.
    4. The skill system is better. I gave the score a 1 because of that.
    5. Story is okay, I did not finish it so from the 40 hour mark on I'm not sure if it maybe resolves into something super satisfying but I'm writing this review now because I'm upset with this Assassin's Creed offering and think they can do way better.    … Expand
  6. 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.
  7. Supremacy
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
    Alliance Map Bug Preventing Players From Finishing The Game:

    The game while overall ok, although overfilled with horribly time wasting puzzles and copy paste repeatable quests and collectables as well as every map being near the same Do X, Y and Z to finish the main quest there, is also one massive fraud. The game for thousands of people can not be finishes as the Alliance map bug    Alliance Map Bug Preventing Players From Finishing The Game:

    The game while overall ok, although overfilled with horribly time wasting puzzles and copy paste repeatable quests and collectables as well as every map being near the same Do X, Y and Z to finish the main quest there, is also one massive fraud.

    The game for thousands of people can not be finishes as the Alliance map bug that they usually see near the end prevents them from finishing the main quest and seeing the end of the game. And for many this comes up after 100+ hours put it, you cant even re-load back.

    Ubisoft while promising to address this bug and giving excuses like "We cant re-create this bug so it takes time" etc has just continued to create more content for their online store and ignored the problem for 2 patches now.

    I have said it before, I will say it again, horrible company that I will never again pre-order another game from and I say this as someone who has played every single AC game they ever made.    … Expand
  8. 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.
  9. farid77
    Dec 24, 2020
    0
    What a disaster! Probably the worst game in the series...
    I have been struggling with graphic bugs since I started playing. I was an early buyer as I love Assassin's Creed, and was so disappointed to have the game freeze and reset so many times. It still does, and I have a new super powerful gaming PC.
    The story is boring! there is no depth to it, episodes are all similar and there is a    What a disaster! Probably the worst game in the series...
    I have been struggling with graphic bugs since I started playing. I was an early buyer as I love Assassin's Creed, and was so disappointed to have the game freeze and reset so many times. It still does, and I have a new super powerful gaming PC.
    The story is boring! there is no depth to it, episodes are all similar and there is a lot of repetition. I have already finished most of the game.
    The game play is also annoying. A lot of attention has been given to manual ability with the joystick (climbing the right house, finding the right spot to shoot an arrow, searching for an opening in a mountain, etc.) compared to strategy and stealth as in previous games of the series.
    Overall I am so disappointed, this game is so below standard compared to Odyssey or Origins.    … Expand
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. dangyosabyss
    Nov 18, 2020
    2
    I gave ubisoft a chance. I will not be doing it again. This is the same politics-infected mess we have come to expect from them and now is the time to stop funding it. AC games used to be brutal but joyous reveries into history. Now it is giving the Reddit inclusivity treatment to every time period and, as 1984 tells us, the destruction of history is a red flag (pun intended). Ubisoft - weI gave ubisoft a chance. I will not be doing it again. This is the same politics-infected mess we have come to expect from them and now is the time to stop funding it. AC games used to be brutal but joyous reveries into history. Now it is giving the Reddit inclusivity treatment to every time period and, as 1984 tells us, the destruction of history is a red flag (pun intended). Ubisoft - we see through your preaching even if you try to include it as metaphor. There is zero point to making a historical video game if you dont even try to make it reminiscent of the time. We can make do with things left out or changed due to a lack of historical knowledge but ACV outright lies to our faces and that is unacceptable. Surely I dont need to highlight the irony of preaching about justice in a game about Assassins. Gamewise its the same copypasted Origin and Odyssey gameplay with minimal differences no doubt from the equally historically-incorrect Vikings tv show. … Expand
  13. 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
  14. AfroDigits
    Nov 17, 2020
    1
    The game is boring and just like every other game before it. The game is to dark to even play on ps4. I don't recommend buying this game.
  15. vgolev
    Dec 17, 2020
    1
    Ubisoft, Ubisoft never changes. I gate that level of hypocrisy, when they release the game without all additional payments, and later add it, after all reviews, metascores and game awards are finished..
  16. 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...
  17. Mouldyegg
    Dec 18, 2020
    4
    Too long, combat gets boring very quickly. I'm struggling through as I have been such a fan of this series but it feels a shame to swee what stealth and free running has become.
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. Skurwiel89
    Dec 3, 2020
    4
    Booooring, lgbt propaganda for what? Extremely stupid enemies..after 50 hours i give up, waiting for cyberpunk 2077
  21. 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
  22. Baharoth
    Nov 18, 2020
    4
    It would be a good game if it ended after 30h and its story was more relevant. It is a bloated and uninspired grind game.
  23. Havinganicetime
    Nov 18, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story was decent until a point, and it just felt like they stopped paying the writers and it just... ends. The parkour feels clunky and the horse and boat travel is frustrating as hell. Absolutely riddled with bugs (quests disappearing until restart, graphical glitches, game crashes.) The gear system was unrewarding in that you're almost forced to commit to one armor set for the entire game and punished heavily for wanting to use new weapons or armor. Not worth buying, and at the very least wait for the DLC and more stability patches.… Expand
  24. Vanjie85
    Nov 26, 2020
    1
    Seemed promising, but is probably the most buggy game I have ever played. There are constant game breaking bugs and I have been stuck, unable to continue the main story quests since right after launch. Recent patch had no fix. At this point, I give up. What a waste of money. Not buying another Ubisoft game for a loooooong time. I'm giving it a one only because it seemed like it could haveSeemed promising, but is probably the most buggy game I have ever played. There are constant game breaking bugs and I have been stuck, unable to continue the main story quests since right after launch. Recent patch had no fix. At this point, I give up. What a waste of money. Not buying another Ubisoft game for a loooooong time. I'm giving it a one only because it seemed like it could have been fun. Oh well. Here's hoping Cyberpunk goes better.… Expand
  25. charleshanch
    Nov 30, 2020
    3
    If you ever played Odyssey and Origin for more than 200hrs this game is not showing much more new things to you, and here are the pros and cons after played 80+ hrs and finished the main story.
    Pros:
    - the dual weapon system is great, provide lots of way that you can fight and the boss flight is much fun - the skill tree setup is fun, same as the way you get abilities by traveling the    If you ever played Odyssey and Origin for more than 200hrs this game is not showing much more new things to you, and here are the pros and cons after played 80+ hrs and finished the main story.
    Pros:
    - the dual weapon system is great, provide lots of way that you can fight and the boss flight is much fun
    - the skill tree setup is fun, same as the way you get abilities by traveling the world
    - the way that armors are now so scarce prevent you have to deal with hundreds of items like in Odyssey.
    That's the only good points I think and thus I give it 3.0/10.0

    Cons:
    - Bug, the background music sometimes stuck and never change no matter where you go.
    - Bug, the controller stuck in vibration mode and never went off while you are in Asgard.
    - Bug, after playing 3-4 hrs some visual glitches start appearing on screen.
    - Bug, randomly crash entire game.
    - Bad feature, the siege mission is so boring and repetitive, always the same procedure. Its fun for the first time but after that, you will have to do it for at least 10 times without anything new.
    - Bad feature, the main story in England is too long, have to deal with so much area and they all feel the same.
    - Bad feature, with the Odin sight, the bird is useless.
    - Bad feature, cannot wield weapon on mount, can only kick with your legs
    - Bad feature, the vendor all over the world share the same vault, you wont expect to buy something rare from different places.
    - Bad feature, the settlement is not impressive at all.
    - Bad feature, the raid is same as the siege, too repetitive, makes you feel tired of doing it just for the settlement resources.
    - Story, Its not clear why this viking has suddenly become an assassin
    - Story, just grinding England area to get allies is not appealing comparing with family story depicted in Odyssey.
    - Story, did not show a clear story with modern timeline as well as how the ancient knowledge get involved, everything feels like piling up features and not make any sense.

    Overall, I'm pretty disappointed with AC Valhalla, the only good thing is combat system, DONT EXPECT ANYTHING ELSE.

    -    … Expand
  26. Ewaldo
    Dec 1, 2020
    3
    Characters ser just not good. No feelings when certain ‘important’ characters died, and felt like it was made for 10 year olds
  27. SlappyBags
    Dec 2, 2020
    3
    I'm disappointed Ubisoft launched a game that's so full of bugs and actually took people's money. They completely killed the whole AC reputation.
  28. Odin1978
    Dec 2, 2020
    1
    The bugs absolutely ruin it, I'd leave it six months until they fix it, then I'd give it a ten
  29. Highlander109
    Dec 4, 2020
    2
    Ridiculous, almost a month after release and still haven't got the game patched. I can't finish my main mission.
  30. TsongeeXD
    Dec 6, 2020
    1
    This game is a **** It's crashing out randomly and the visual bugs are the worst. Its crashing out a day twice or three times. Sometimes the dialogues are bugged. And it **** me up when the first day patch broke the game and i can't continue this ****bag
  31. Landoska
    Dec 9, 2020
    1
    It's a good looking game, however it has nothing to do with Assassin's Creed. It's main focus is on farming. Poor stealth system. A point for a nice graphics and soundtrack.
  32. DeadSerious
    Dec 11, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’m more disappointed than happy about this AC. The story is ok but it’s missing the big reason why you want to have everyone as an ally. And the fight system is better than origins and odyssey. Also the world looks good. BUT. The Parcours system is trash and I don’t know why but the developers wanted to show how bad it is so they put in some “catch me if you can” thing in it. Never liked it, never will. The game is too packed with small checklist stuff. I have to say that it is nice to have one weapon that you can upgrade from bad to best. But the variety is not there. The simplest and most common weapon is not even included in this game... why is there no normal sword!? I never had a game where I was exhausted before I even started the actual game but Ubisoft did it with AC Valhalla. Thinking about playing this game was good for the first 3 days but then it got boring and it takes too much time away with boring stuff. I think the time of AC has come to an end. Oh and by the way. There is a leveling system in this game. They just gave it another name (power level) but you still have to grind so that you can keep up in a fight, otherwise you get destroyed within one attack. Well played Ubisoft. I’m done with them and AC.… Expand
  33. Ianiank
    Dec 12, 2020
    1
    The controls are terrible and there is no way to edit them in a way that functions. I want a refund, total waste of money.
  34. LaymensLament
    Dec 17, 2020
    1
    Adding micro after all the reviews are in, wow.
    Another company manipulating it's users.
  35. leandro_mohawk
    Dec 18, 2020
    1
    o gráfico é bom,mas parece o mesmo jogo que lança todo ano,e depois do primeiro mês ,esta cheio de micro transação.
  36. Kennetha7710
    Dec 24, 2020
    4
    Would be good if it wasnt buggy as hell. Im lterally stuck in several quests.
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. BaBka_YaGGa
    May 17, 2021
    1
    Игра скучная, толерантная и коксакерсная, плюсом еще донат ложится толстенькой подливкой, итог 1 толстый коксакер из 10.
  43. 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
  44. 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.
  45. 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
  46. Fireboard
    May 29, 2021
    1
    После Одиссеи какой то однообразный и скучноватый сюжет, не изменилась механика боев, быстро надоело.
  47. 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.
  48. WtfIsJasonsHair
    Jun 18, 2021
    0
    this game sucks big greacy hairy ass. Keep your 60$ for a better game #notWorthIt
  49. 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
  50. 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
  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. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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
  55. 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.
  56. inf1n1ty
    Dec 23, 2020
    3
    Mostly it's a reskin of the odyssey. The fighting system still weak, the feeling of the character is bad. The setting is amazing, I liked the camp building. They also changed the LVL system, it's better but not perfect. The sounds in this game are the worst (during the celebration you might find that the crowd is silent). If you liked the odyssey you'll probably like this game, if not justMostly it's a reskin of the odyssey. The fighting system still weak, the feeling of the character is bad. The setting is amazing, I liked the camp building. They also changed the LVL system, it's better but not perfect. The sounds in this game are the worst (during the celebration you might find that the crowd is silent). If you liked the odyssey you'll probably like this game, if not just skip it. Not worth the money.… Expand
  57. 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
  58. Veelights
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
    This game is straight up like going to HR block to get them to do your taxes, except your taxes are a videogame that you wanted to play and will but it will suck because ; "Thats just how life works".

    This game is a tar baby.
  59. sailfast
    Dec 20, 2020
    1
    100+ bloated hours waiting for a payoff that never happens. for being a game about vikings, you don’t do much viking stuff beyond the handful of raids. there’s so much crammed into the game, you only know it’s over when you no longer have any missions. no big finale. no resolution other than the pre-scripted nonsense you saw coming at hour 50. made all the wrong choices, so didn’t get the100+ bloated hours waiting for a payoff that never happens. for being a game about vikings, you don’t do much viking stuff beyond the handful of raids. there’s so much crammed into the game, you only know it’s over when you no longer have any missions. no big finale. no resolution other than the pre-scripted nonsense you saw coming at hour 50. made all the wrong choices, so didn’t get the “good” ending, but after watching videos of the “good” ending, there is nothing there worth suffering though another play through. the only parts of the game close to enjoyable were the boat cat and being able to pet the dogs. I’m so disappointed, I can’t imagine ever investing one more hour into the AC universe.… Expand
  60. Ubichiotte
    Dec 20, 2020
    4
    Jeu à peine fini bourré de bug qui empêche l'immersion et surtout de continuer l'aventure. Ubisoft a de l'or dans les mains mais en fait de la merde pour du profit ! Au lieu de faire 3 Assassin's creed rpg merdique, concentré vous sur un ! La qualité au lieu de la quantité !
  61. HellfireF22
    Dec 22, 2020
    1
    After playing for i encountered multiple bugs that made the game unplayable. Still waiting on ubisoft to release a patch to fix it. Reported the bug over a month ago and I still cannot play the game.
  62. Neurotiix
    Dec 22, 2020
    1
    El juego esta bien si eres una persona casual, si te gusta hacer el 100% del contenido el juego es una basura, no hay ningun tipo de progreso en el personaje y se hace bastante aburrido
  63. 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.
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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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