Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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  1. rikipuk
    Apr 19, 2021
    6
    Non è un brutto gioco ma molto, troppo spesso è incredibilmente noioso.
    Lo stile di gioco rimane simile ad Odyssey con una mappa infinita e vuota. I punti di interesse sono sempre e solo i classico accampamenti. Per il resto, tranne qualche città, l’intero mondo è creato da colline, erba e altre colline.
    La storia incredibilmente allungata diventa quasi uno strazio finirla
  2. Unicron666
    Jan 5, 2021
    7
    So. Many. Bugs and glitches. As soon as I left Norway the bugs came hard and fast. I would definitely have given the game a higher score if it had run well. Also why the American accents in medieval England!? That's just stupid. Other than that though, I think it would have got an 8.not as good as odyssey, but pretty damn good
  3. Igorkurochki
    Nov 29, 2020
    7
    Я бы мог расписать плюсы, но в это невозможно играть из за технического состояния. Это самая неоптимизированная игра от юбисофт. Играл на пс4
  4. GimmePP
    Dec 2, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The reveal that Sigurd is a tainted one genuinely got me excited for the first time in the game. I was so happy that they paid attention to a major assassins creed plot line, yet they never touch on it again once you learn it, Sigurd’s pouty afterwards but that’s it, just more mindless missions that derive you of fun are what follows.… Expand
  5. qkqhqu
    Nov 17, 2020
    5
    Please buy at discount time. Dont buy at full price. Too buggy, too boring, too repetitive etc
  6. ATGIMM
    Dec 13, 2020
    7
    Playing this game on a ps4 pro and the graphics are stunning, the story is entertaining once you go past the tutorial in Norway. This game would have been a 9 if it didn't have so many bugs. They're not game breaking bugs.
  7. Tiivaz
    Nov 27, 2020
    7
    A good Viking game but a bad Assassin game with primitive parkour. A game made to attract the main audio not the fans.
  8. Awesimon75
    Nov 27, 2020
    5
    I’ve played all but one of the AC series and the score of just 5 is relative to the rest of the series, and in consideration of tech advances over time. Valhalla looks great, and being English, can appreciate the attention to detail in geographical changes, and the historical building contained therein. Just brilliant. What i can’t get ocer is the shicking Quality Control and QualityI’ve played all but one of the AC series and the score of just 5 is relative to the rest of the series, and in consideration of tech advances over time. Valhalla looks great, and being English, can appreciate the attention to detail in geographical changes, and the historical building contained therein. Just brilliant. What i can’t get ocer is the shicking Quality Control and Quality Assurance that simply did not go into this game. Block function rarely works as it should; follow this road / the river to your destination, doesn’t work. And worst of all, you know the mapping is duff when you’re worried your character will struggle to walk through a door / climb through a window without getting stuck on the environment. It always been this way and is controlled-throwing annoying. The mapping is at its worst when collecting the history pages - pretty much given up on that for now. The block function also seemingly has a massive lag when executing against harder foes. I’m 80 hours in and am struggling to find the will to continue. The poor mapping would be forgivable because of the sheer size of the map; however, its just something the development team have no fixed, and that just sucks. Last AC game for me - just fed-up with shoddy, half-done mapping.… Expand
  9. HumbleReviews
    Nov 29, 2020
    5
    Pros: Story is good, graphics decent, assasins theme is kind of back.
    Negatives: Lots of copy paste missions, glitched trophies preventing platinum. Most of mid-game is boring (for each area, new characters are introduced and used for the next 2-3 hours, then thrown away once the area arc finishes)
  10. dabefida86
    Dec 1, 2020
    5
    I consider myself a "new" gamer and I like really much the AC saga. Still, I find this game somehow wanting to copy the riddles used on God of War with no sort of preparation to completing a level with something there is no way you can know how to pass. If I´m honest, I find myself searching for gameplay tutorials on YouTube in order to achieve the goal and affecting the way I like playingI consider myself a "new" gamer and I like really much the AC saga. Still, I find this game somehow wanting to copy the riddles used on God of War with no sort of preparation to completing a level with something there is no way you can know how to pass. If I´m honest, I find myself searching for gameplay tutorials on YouTube in order to achieve the goal and affecting the way I like playing the game without help. Other problem, at least it happends to me a lot..it crashes quite often. So far, It has been the game that crashes more since I got a PS4.… Expand
  11. Verestax
    Dec 6, 2020
    5
    Game is absolutely riddled with game breaking bugs. Grass disappearing, screen going black endlessly, quest items not spawning. It's a good time but wouldn't recommend until few a patches later or a sale.
  12. 13enji
    Dec 11, 2020
    5
    Not really an Assassins Creed game.

    I know this is going to sounds strange but this game and the previous 3 Assassin’s Creed game haven’t really been Assassin’s Creed games. I understand that Ubisoft are trying to make the game more modern but it’s lost a lot of what made Assassin’s Creed so fun to play. The last Assassin’s Creed game that I think was fun to play and stuck to the    Not really an Assassins Creed game.

    I know this is going to sounds strange but this game and the previous 3 Assassin’s Creed game haven’t really been Assassin’s Creed games. I understand that Ubisoft are trying to make the game more modern but it’s lost a lot of what made Assassin’s Creed so fun to play. The last Assassin’s Creed game that I think was fun to play and stuck to the Assassin’s Creed style of play was Syndicate.

    Valhalla is much more of an open-world adventure game and is about going around a pretty unpopulated England making alliances. The story never pulled me in and the main story is so loose and is tied to building houses in your settlement. At many time I was lost and thinking how do I advance the story.
    I’m from England and I love playing games set in the country or city that I live in. However, England in this game, as a setting, is not very interesting. The towns and Cities are small with some exceptions. There are no massive cities which you can freely free run around and now the free-running mechanic is basically gone and now all you climb are some cliffs and small buildings.

    It might just be me but it doesn’t feel like an Assassin’s Creed game anymore. Some people might really like the new games but I just don’t know.
    (I quite liked Unity so my opinions may not be super valid)    … Expand
  13. Decx-wolf
    Mar 7, 2021
    7
    so ill start with what i liked about this game, the combat felt pretty damm good each weopan felt differant and workable and you could easily figure out your playstyle, the skills are failly decent with good variety, the story is by ubisoft standards fairly decent and your charcter eivor is pretty intresting and the support wasnt to bad in sigurd and a few of the other side charcters, andso ill start with what i liked about this game, the combat felt pretty damm good each weopan felt differant and workable and you could easily figure out your playstyle, the skills are failly decent with good variety, the story is by ubisoft standards fairly decent and your charcter eivor is pretty intresting and the support wasnt to bad in sigurd and a few of the other side charcters, and there are moments in the story thatll pull on your heart strings, and the graphics werent that bad actully had some pop ins but nothing to nuts so plays pretty decently on the ps4, the boss battles around the world are alot of fun, and i like this new system of needing to go to the location to find out what is there rather then just telling us whats actually there

    now onto the bad things, whilst i enjoyed the story it feels a little disjointed like one minute your hunting for sigurd and hes supposdly your only goal, the next youve completly forgot about him and helping the next side charcter, then we have side missions just this new choice to make them just a in and out was a bad one rather then make trully gripping side missions they instead choose to make them simply in and out i can only rember 1 single side mission and that was helping 2 idiots who wanted to be vikings, maybe if they were a little bit more intresting this would be fine but as it stands its realy boring

    so gonna go 7/10 above average but plenty of gripes    … Expand
  14. SezCoz
    Dec 12, 2020
    7
    A good game, and I like the revamped combat system. A beautiful open world that is fun to explore, but let down by slow loading screens when entering dialogues and far too frequently crashes for no apparent reason.
  15. Marco90
    Dec 17, 2020
    5
    Cool gameplay but nothing more for be in 2020. Story not very interesting. Very avarege game.
  16. Clapek
    Jan 16, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Slow rendering, broken stealth kill animations (sometimes it stabs the blade into the ground and the opponent is 2 meters away), some bugs regarding blocking at some point (fast travel helps then). If the bugs are eliminated, the game can easily be rated 9. The plot and the world are delightful! The adventures of Eivor, the world of Asgard, Jotunheim and Vinland is awesome !!… Expand
  17. Mono12322
    Feb 1, 2021
    7
    En mi ps4 slim el juego se veía decentemente bien y usualmente corría a unos estables 30 fps , los mapas disponibles (Noruega e Inglaterra) están muy bien hechos y parece que se esmeraron en realizar una interpretación de estos lugares históricamente correcta, con sus respectivos monumentos y paisajes. Hay otros tres lugares accesibles en el juego, pero entraría en territorio de spoilers,En mi ps4 slim el juego se veía decentemente bien y usualmente corría a unos estables 30 fps , los mapas disponibles (Noruega e Inglaterra) están muy bien hechos y parece que se esmeraron en realizar una interpretación de estos lugares históricamente correcta, con sus respectivos monumentos y paisajes. Hay otros tres lugares accesibles en el juego, pero entraría en territorio de spoilers, así que solo diré que no están tan bien realizados como los 2 principales y dejan mucho que desear. El combate se basa en un sistema de postura, por decirlo de alguna manera, los enemigos tienen una barra amarilla abajo de su vida la cual disminuye al atacar, bloquear, bloquear perfectamente y dispararles en sus puntos débiles, de los cuales los métodos mas efectivos son los dos últimos, cuando esta barrita se vacía, eivor es capaz de realizar un ataque aturdidor, el cual elimina por completo a la mayoría de los enemigos exceptuando a los jefes a los cuales les quita un gran trozo de su vida, este sistema incrementa increíblemente la utilidad de las armas a distancia, lo cual es un gran plus ya que estas se sentían completamente inútiles en muchas entregas pasadas. Incluso ignorando por completo este sistema, los ataques de eivor quitan una gran porción de vida, lo cual se agradece después de explotar mi dedo presionando R1 y R2 cientos de veces solo para eliminar un enemigo común en AC odyssey. Mencionando AC odyssey las habilidades de este vuelven en esta entrega, pero al igual que en odyssey, muchas se sienten obsoletas comparadas con la utilidad de otras, causando que durante tu tiempo de juego te apegues a 1 o 2. Hay una gran variedad de armas cuerpo a cuerpo y combinaciones que puedes utilizar para derrotar a tus enemigos, pero el juego nunca hace nada para diferenciarlas sustancialmente, causando que el jugador nunca sienta la necesidad de cambiar su equipamiento, y por ende todo el esfuerzo que hizo el equipo en modelar diferentes armas y crear distintas animaciones para cada combinación de armas, se sienta en vano. En lo que respecta a armas de distancia, existen 3 tipos, el arco depredador (preciso, el juego cambia a una perspectiva de primera persona cuando apuntas a este arco), el arco de cazador (el clásico, se controla y se siente igual que todos los arcos de todos los juegos con arco) y por ultimo el arco rapido (este sirve para encuentros cercanos), a la hora de combatir frente a frente, el mejor de todos es el rápido, puedes hacer llover flechas sobre los enemigos y fácilmente darles en sus puntos débiles para aturdirlos y el peor frente a frente obviamente es el depredador, ya que se torna molesto que la cámara cambie cada vez que quieras dispararlo, e incluso cuando los comparamos en una situación de sigilo, el depredador es vencido por el cazador, el cual logra un daño similar o incluso mejor, y te permite llevar muchas mas flechas. Aun con esto dicho se podría decir que los tres arcos tienen sus utilidades y son suficientemente diferentes entre si que el jugador va a usar los 3 al menos un par de veces durante su partida. En lo que respecta al sigilo, este AC intenta volver a sus raíces, trayendo de vuelta la habilidad de esconderse a plena vista y de pagarle a alguien para que distraiga a los guardias, la cual esta realizada decentemente, pero aun así no llega a ser tan prevalente como lo fue en la trilogía de Ezio. Además esconderte en plena vista el juego también te permite esconderte entre la hierba alta, así como en las 2 entregas anteriores a esta, y ,como en todos los AC, te permite esconderte en montones de paja y hojas. En resumen, el sigilo ha sido el mejor en esta trilogía con estilo rpg, pero aun así deja mucho que desear, y se queda corto ante el sigilo en AC2 o Unity. Rápidamente mencionare que el parkour es igualito a los dos pasados, lo cual es muy decepcionante sabiendo que pueden hacer parkour con la precisión de AC2 y la fluidez y animaciones de Unity. La historia del juego se divide en 4, la historia de Eivor, el conflicto entre templarios y asesinos, la historia de Inglaterra y la historia moderna. La historia de eivor es bastante buena, con diferentes giros y decisiones que tienen impacto en tu final, esta es probablemente la mejor escrita del juego. El conflicto entre templarios y asesinos sobrepasa en leguas al de Odyssey, en verdad se siente la presencia templaria en inglaterra, y nosotros con nuestra hoja oculta debemos deshacernos de ella, este sentimiento de asesino solo se agrava gracias al regreso de las confesiones. La historia de Inglaterra (la mas larga) es la peor y llega a ser cansina y repetitiva después de las 30 horas en un juego de 60h Y la moderna sorprendentemente arregla el desastre que hizo Odyssey
    Seria un 8 de no ser por los bugs y crasheos constantes    … Expand
  18. speederly
    Apr 21, 2021
    5
    As in the previous two games, it was a copy and paste game. bad fighting mechanics. bad story. ubisoft doesn't improve anything. just copying and pasting.
  19. fmmaxx
    May 2, 2021
    5
    Versteht die Wertung nicht falsch, ich hatte Spaß mit Assassin's Creed Valhalla, aber es war für mich eines der bisher schwächsten Spiele der Reihe. Alles wirkt irgendwie repetitiv und auch das Anwerben von Verbündeten hilft nicht wirklich, eine packende Story zu erzeugen. Und mir persönlich fehlt auch enorm der Assassinen Bezug im Spiel.
  20. a-certified-dum
    Jul 10, 2021
    5
    Game looks good but is a typical ubisoft game that copy and pastes it assets excessively. Experienced several crashes while playing it thankfully no major bugs. Overall the game was standard and formulaic. This full price game also includes several overpriced micro transactions. Unless you adore vikings then you can safely skip this one.
  21. Kike_RV
    Aug 12, 2021
    6
    The game have the same problem than odissey, is a good game, a good RPG, but is not a good Assassin's creed Game. The game's history Focus on eivor clan not on the history of the creed. If you want to play a AC Game like the PS3 AC games, this is not your Game
  22. Potet69
    Jul 23, 2023
    7
    Good game, but not a AC game‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎.
  23. Artaniel
    Mar 15, 2021
    7
    It's definitely a decent game, but I couldn't push myself to even finish it. While it is beautiful, the combat gets boring fast, the main story doesn't really capture you and eventually the beauty of the surrounding nature gets repetitive. Also this game came out in 2020, 2 years after Red Dead Redemption 2 and it loses to that game in almost every aspect - nature, wildlife, gameIt's definitely a decent game, but I couldn't push myself to even finish it. While it is beautiful, the combat gets boring fast, the main story doesn't really capture you and eventually the beauty of the surrounding nature gets repetitive. Also this game came out in 2020, 2 years after Red Dead Redemption 2 and it loses to that game in almost every aspect - nature, wildlife, game mechanics, graphics in general. So it's a good game to pass the time if you really don't have anything else to play.… Expand
  24. DinoBeam
    Aug 12, 2023
    5
    Just played 8 hours of this for the free weekend, it has a really weak story, very beautiful English land, super clunky combat, a whole lot of collecting different things for god knows what, super clunky attacking of pots, and the **** blacksmith. The blacksmith does not show up on your map, and he is the only place to upgrade your weapons which you will need because you can die prettyJust played 8 hours of this for the free weekend, it has a really weak story, very beautiful English land, super clunky combat, a whole lot of collecting different things for god knows what, super clunky attacking of pots, and the **** blacksmith. The blacksmith does not show up on your map, and he is the only place to upgrade your weapons which you will need because you can die pretty quick. I finally find the blacksmith in the new land and I can't even talk to him. Audio is constantly glitching, people starting their next sentence before the next begins, it's just sad. And the aurora looks insanely pixelated, how does Skyrim have 100x a better sky???

    *also you cannot zoom in far enough to the map, so symbols can overlap and confuse you, opposite experience of Far Cry 5    … Expand
  25. Johny0624
    Nov 18, 2020
    7
    It is a good game,but the biggest issues are the bugs which wasn’t there in Origins and Odyssey... come on Ubisoft you did great but you really need to fix this, can’t finish one of the missions cause it’s bugged,can’t defeat one of the legendary animals cause it’s bugged. Game crashes and I’m not talking about the first 1-20 hours. With Origins and Odyssey didn’t have this issue at all!!It is a good game,but the biggest issues are the bugs which wasn’t there in Origins and Odyssey... come on Ubisoft you did great but you really need to fix this, can’t finish one of the missions cause it’s bugged,can’t defeat one of the legendary animals cause it’s bugged. Game crashes and I’m not talking about the first 1-20 hours. With Origins and Odyssey didn’t have this issue at all!! Now I’m just scared that even tho it will be fixed (Hopefully) my 80 hours of gameppay will be lost and need to start over again...… Expand
  26. VictorKrop
    Dec 20, 2020
    5
    Good game but bugs. Some missions never ends. Some never starts. But still is interesting game.
  27. Killerclown5228
    Nov 21, 2020
    7
    Edit: With the addition of an XP booster the game’s grindy nature Seems near eradicated progression is quicker as it should be and balances the game up more. The story is not groundbreaking but it was interesting enough to keep me invested. Armor diversity is fair as well as the weapons in the open world, the best weapon by far is the Excalibur all in all not bad give it a go if you’reEdit: With the addition of an XP booster the game’s grindy nature Seems near eradicated progression is quicker as it should be and balances the game up more. The story is not groundbreaking but it was interesting enough to keep me invested. Armor diversity is fair as well as the weapons in the open world, the best weapon by far is the Excalibur all in all not bad give it a go if you’re interested.… Expand
  28. Ruless
    Dec 20, 2020
    6
    The game is pretty great, the story is good, characters are good, graphics and gameplay are great, I'm just not a really big fan of the new side quests, but that comes down to personal preference.
    However right now the game is just filled with bugs, most of them will get on your way if they happen, and some of them might even stick through your gameplay (it happened to me btw).
  29. WorstGeneration
    May 25, 2021
    5
    Big empty world with a lot of repetitive stuff to do.. combat is stiff and only was dynamic with two spears equipped. Graphics are amazing, story is ok.
  30. Lec
    Jun 11, 2021
    7
    El mejor Assassins Creed de ps4 una jugabilidad que se reciclada de los anteriores consigue ser mejorada en esta entrega y pese a su larga duración es un juego entretenido y muy aceptable
  31. jnamichalik
    Jul 1, 2021
    7
    Dear Ubisfot - the bigger and longer isn't always better.
    If you make a game that long then at least make a satisfying ending after these >100h. At least one the 3 endings (main story, England conquer, Order) should be satysfying, but they were all just bleh.
    When it comes to the story in general - it's bloated and majority of it just doesn't matter. Some of the arcs don't add anything    Dear Ubisfot - the bigger and longer isn't always better.
    If you make a game that long then at least make a satisfying ending after these >100h. At least one the 3 endings (main story, England conquer, Order) should be satysfying, but they were all just bleh.
    When it comes to the story in general - it's bloated and majority of it just doesn't matter. Some of the arcs don't add anything to the story, the devs just added them there to make your gameplay 10h longer (or more).
    World events were designed to be very short, but due to that they are usually also very forgetable and pointless. I get the idea that Ubisfot is criticized for repetitive side quest, but this is not the best solution. I would like to see less side activities, but at the same time they should be more meaningful to the character and/or the story.
    Apart from that, they game had of course its good points - graphics, some story arcs, exploring the beautiful open world (especially Norway).    … Expand
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Metascore
80

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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