Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 2867 Ratings

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  1. Galliga
    Nov 24, 2020
    5
    Bug bugs bugs and more bugs. They took out the fun ship battles for a lesser more repetitive raiding system that never changes. Recruiting unique people doesn't matter because they just take away their unique weapons and give them the basic generic raider gear. And if you pick male Eivor? they literally refer to you as SHE multiple times in the game, Ubisoft is so afraid of sticking withBug bugs bugs and more bugs. They took out the fun ship battles for a lesser more repetitive raiding system that never changes. Recruiting unique people doesn't matter because they just take away their unique weapons and give them the basic generic raider gear. And if you pick male Eivor? they literally refer to you as SHE multiple times in the game, Ubisoft is so afraid of sticking with a gender, and so busy trying to appease everyone, male players are now having their immersion broken being called a she the whole game lmao. The "romances" are basically all copy pasted from Odyssey, same ol one night stands and then you never see the character again. Like atleast put effort into it Ubi… Expand
  2. Malef
    Jan 7, 2022
    5
    Fail at: story and storytelling, pacing, almost every game mechanics.
    Good at: visual and technical sides.
  3. ischtwan
    Nov 29, 2020
    5
    Too lang, too average, too boring...I'm very disappointed with this game and cannot recommend it to anyone after great games like TLOU2 or Ghost of Rausging in 2020.
  4. Talentino9
    Nov 14, 2020
    5
    Juego que da varios pasos hacia atrás después de Odyssey y Origins. Sistema de combate lento, no parece natural y es pesado. La historia no engancha desde el principio, se la ve coja y sin carisma. Gráficos pasables para un juego de hace 7/8 años, pero para un juego actual no son buenos, solo hay que ver el Ghost Of Tsusima y comparar. Bastante cepcionado la verdad, espero que mejore conJuego que da varios pasos hacia atrás después de Odyssey y Origins. Sistema de combate lento, no parece natural y es pesado. La historia no engancha desde el principio, se la ve coja y sin carisma. Gráficos pasables para un juego de hace 7/8 años, pero para un juego actual no son buenos, solo hay que ver el Ghost Of Tsusima y comparar. Bastante cepcionado la verdad, espero que mejore con horas, pero en las 3 primeras no me resulta un must...… Expand
  5. T0m4550
    Nov 15, 2020
    5
    In short, AC-Valhalla is the worst AC so far. A disgustingly repetitive grind game, with the stupid and embarrassing sidequests the series has ever seen.

    Ubisoft's games are just graphic blenders and pointless occupational therapy that can only be bypassed for an extra charge. This shows Ubisoft's philosophy. Ubisoft bullies single players with pointless and ridiculous tasks to force    In short, AC-Valhalla is the worst AC so far. A disgustingly repetitive grind game, with the stupid and embarrassing sidequests the series has ever seen.

    Ubisoft's games are just graphic blenders and pointless occupational therapy that can only be bypassed for an extra charge.

    This shows Ubisoft's philosophy. Ubisoft bullies single players with pointless and ridiculous tasks to force them to spend money to skip this crappy time-wasting grind.

    The presentation may be ready for a film, but AC Vahalla is a pure waste of time in terms of play. Like every Ubisoft game in recent years.

    The Metascore also proves once again how uncritical the "professional" media are and vote highly for every AAA game. Together with the army of (10er) fake reviews, who deliberately conceal all undesirable developments and the whole pointless time-consuming grind gameplay, it is clear that the voting is being manipulated here.

    I'm done with Ubisoft after this disaster. Three disappointments in a row are enough. I love the Viking setting, but Ubisoft is destroying the entire gaming experience with the repetitive gameplay. After a few hours you realize that you are always doing the same thing. The mass battles, for example, always follow the same pattern. At some point you just run through ...

    AC is dead. Buried by senseless open world gigantism, miserable quest design and completely repetitive gameplay.    … Expand
  6. Jbryan85
    Nov 13, 2020
    5
    Buggy af. Combat is boring, characters aren't interesting. I found the environment underwhelming. You feel like you're just checking boxes as you go. Far cry from Odyssey imo
  7. Geralt123
    Nov 13, 2020
    5
    Basically, it is Odyssey with other landscacpe. Story forgettable, combat spongy, silly side quests, embarrassing dialogues.

    I don't know what is wrong with Ubisoft but obviously their Copy-Paste-System of game developing works for them. Unfotunately.
  8. Sonofocelot
    Nov 13, 2020
    5
    Review after 30 hours - it's okay. nothing special but not a terrible game either. it's not as good as odyssey. negatives: enemy AI is genuinely one of the worst I've seen in a video game, even on its most difficult settings. just watching an NPC trying to walk 10 yards in a straight line is like pulling fingernails. it's excruciating. there isn't quite as much to do as odyssey, noReview after 30 hours - it's okay. nothing special but not a terrible game either. it's not as good as odyssey. negatives: enemy AI is genuinely one of the worst I've seen in a video game, even on its most difficult settings. just watching an NPC trying to walk 10 yards in a straight line is like pulling fingernails. it's excruciating. there isn't quite as much to do as odyssey, no legendary animals, no mercenaries etc, nowhere near as many weapons or upgrades. positives: quite pretty. dismemberment is fun. timed assassinations are a nice feature. Not much more to say. it's an average game. If you don't have it yet, I wouldn't wait for it to drop in price and then buy. Odyssey was a better game.… Expand
  9. Cska_ael
    Jun 29, 2021
    5
    Man it's cool if you are fan of the AC ,but some of these reviews are ridiculous .
    As all AC games it's long as hell so if you want value for money these games always delivered in this regard ,but A LOT of these tasks you need to do (collecting wealth ,artifacts )there are just waaay too many of them and you need to collect them all if you are hunting Platinum trophy ,and a lot of them    Man it's cool if you are fan of the AC ,but some of these reviews are ridiculous .
    As all AC games it's long as hell so if you want value for money these games always delivered in this regard ,but A LOT of these tasks you need to do (collecting wealth ,artifacts )there are just waaay too many of them and you need to collect them all if you are hunting Platinum trophy ,and a lot of them are repetitive sometimes even just ridiculous giving you a run around, skill tree is done so poorly I didn't even bother making sense of it just go for AUTO option.
    Going away from stealth is another thing which annoyed me a lot considering you still need to do stealth for trophy ,they should have kept Eagle abilities ( Ravan in this case) . There are also bugs even tho I waited on purpose all this time for UBISOFT to fix some of them and yet still in middle of mission sometimes I will have my character just fly up in the sky for no good reason forcing me to reload and do whatever I was doing again.
    I always play AC games for Platinum trophy and as long as they are normally I enjoy them ,this game is just a pain in my ass and story is fairly predictable.
    *If you are hunting platinum trophy there is a nice surprise for you when you get to certain mystery towards the end of the game called Saint Faith which was supposed to be fixed and yet still preventing people from getting Platinum trophy.
    And just to clarify this game is FAR from Garbage as some people call it but it's nothing special either.    … Expand
  10. Pannameen
    Nov 15, 2020
    5
    Well, first of, I had my first major bug early on the game, where I wasnt able to complete a story mission because the quest wouldnt trigger. Found out i was because of the day one patch (1.02) - this had me deleting the entire game and reinstalling. - hopefully this will be fixed so new players wont have to go through the same.

    As for the game it self, is nice to look at, beautiful    Well, first of, I had my first major bug early on the game, where I wasnt able to complete a story mission because the quest wouldnt trigger. Found out i was because of the day one patch (1.02) - this had me deleting the entire game and reinstalling. - hopefully this will be fixed so new players wont have to go through the same.

    As for the game it self, is nice to look at, beautiful settings, but it just feels unfinished, so many little glitches making the game feel "robotic" and not smooth - i feel like its too easy to make wrong jumps during free run and overall the freerunning just dont feel that smooth, but this is not exclusive to Valhalla Ive felt this way for almost every Assassin's creed game.    … Expand
  11. DarthMalak92
    Nov 13, 2020
    5
    Es otro assassins más, mejor que el anterior si, pero otro más, dejen descansar la saga
  12. Wingmanwesty
    Oct 25, 2021
    5
    Huuuuge, big, large. Seems great at first, but unfortunately it's a giant empty map. The first area of map has cool objectives, side questline, single one shot quests, and small treasures to collect. Will take probably 7-10 hours to do. Then you just do that over and over and over again in each new map chunk. Way too repetitive. The story is interspersed in here, so you have huge gapsHuuuuge, big, large. Seems great at first, but unfortunately it's a giant empty map. The first area of map has cool objectives, side questline, single one shot quests, and small treasures to collect. Will take probably 7-10 hours to do. Then you just do that over and over and over again in each new map chunk. Way too repetitive. The story is interspersed in here, so you have huge gaps between story moments that are filled with boring mindless junk. The gameplay doesn't do stealth well for going back to it's Assassin's Creed Routes with hidden blades and hoods, feels tacked on and honestly feels like the wrong way to play. The parkour and traversal also doesn't feel fluid, or real, which is a real step-back for the series.… Expand
  13. BallzyDan
    Jan 14, 2021
    5
    The game is very disappointing in comparison to Odyssey and I like it even slightly less than Origins. The game has loaded me into an infinite sequence of my character falling thru the map, but luckily that went away after a few days before the new year. I find the leveling up more grindy than Odyssey. I would love to level up enough to unlock no fall damage, am level 45, going for 280. Fantastic
  14. DoughLir
    Nov 22, 2020
    5
    For me the game is simply in the middle between bad and good. For every aspect that I like there is something I don‘t like. Also there is nothing that‘s extremily bad or good. So a solit 5/10. If it on sale i would buy it. Have a good day :)
  15. Ellgill
    Nov 12, 2020
    5
    Messy.

    Valhalla is fun and entertaining but only on a surface level. It’s far too bloated and long winded considering the lack of depth to characters and story arcs. The biggest blunder by far is the combat.... this is the simplest most unimaginative button mash combat system I’ve seen in a long time. And it’s only more embarrassing and laughable coming off the back of ghost of Tsushimas    Messy.

    Valhalla is fun and entertaining but only on a surface level. It’s far too bloated and long winded considering the lack of depth to characters and story arcs.

    The biggest blunder by far is the combat.... this is the simplest most unimaginative button mash combat system I’ve seen in a long time. And it’s only more embarrassing and laughable coming off the back of ghost of Tsushimas phenomenal combat system of stances and tactics.

    They’ve fluffed the maps and quests and completely diluted the skill set, the apparel, weapons and runes etc... it all feels completely redundant to the point I was purposely fighting bare fisted and nude just to make it interesting. Might sound like a joke, but it was genuinely the only way to make combat any form of challenge.

    You can sink hours away in a Viking land, but you will walk away feeling pretty empty handed. For a much better experience in the same environment, I would recommend god of war.    … Expand
  16. Ignises
    Jan 3, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. too many chests to open. too much gathering at all. shi..y fights with bosses (zeolites And all the rest with fenrir at the head, on which I just have no words how they screwed it up). Keep it up and you will dissolve in the fog of Niflheim.

    Ps. Bug bug bug    … Expand
  17. Drollzico
    Apr 25, 2021
    5
    The weakest one in the RPG trilogy (Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla). I really expected more from this game, but it disappointed me so much. The story is the best part of this game, definitely better than Origins' and Odyssey's, it is nothing awesome, but it's a good and solid story, especially the ending. However, the characters are very uninteresting, bland and not a little charismatic, whatThe weakest one in the RPG trilogy (Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla). I really expected more from this game, but it disappointed me so much. The story is the best part of this game, definitely better than Origins' and Odyssey's, it is nothing awesome, but it's a good and solid story, especially the ending. However, the characters are very uninteresting, bland and not a little charismatic, what makes them pretty much forgettable. Also, all the characters in this game, viking, english or from anywhere else, can speak the same language and understand each other, what totally breaks the immersion of the game. The graphics are good in current gen, nothing to complain. The soundtrack is good too, the only thing i didn't like is that there's no soundtrack in the custcenes, just the character's voices. The minigames are cool as well. Now, let's talk about what i didn't like at all in this game. The combat has many, many problems. When you attack an enemy, sometimes the enemy doesn't feel your punchs and just take damage and attack you in the middle of your combo. Also, some enemies attacks have a strange red effect like they had superpowers in a game that tries to be realistic. The enemy AI is pretty dumb too, the archers are simply blind and the enemies are very predictable. But the main problem is that the game is extremely easy. I played this in the highest difficulty and, even so, the combat was so easy that the stealth became useless. The missions in the game are overwhelming boring and repetitive. Making alliances is the most boring, tedious and dull thing in the world. Every quest you have to kill a bunch of guys, do annoying and generic stuff for someone that you don't care about only to bring this dude to your side, and that lasts for hours and hours. The sidequest are very **** too but at least they're short. But seems like Ubisoft made the game how it is on purpose, because the game is infested with microtransactions that accelerate your progress in the game, it's really disgusting to see a 70$ Single Player Game having microtransactions, so imagine having a bunch of it, just like the previous ones, what a greedy and disgusting company. Really, that's the last time i'm buying an Assassin's Creed game, i'm done of playing 60 hours of an average 70$ game that begs me to pay even more to have a "good experience".… Expand
  18. IvanGeorgiev
    Nov 16, 2020
    5
    The game has a great story. The concept and the idea behind it are actually really immersive and well thought-through. Scenery is also amazingly beautiful. And that is the extend of everything great about this game. The interaction with between the characters and the environment is extremely bad. All movement is choppy and unauthentic. Archers that sheet at you and moving backwards areThe game has a great story. The concept and the idea behind it are actually really immersive and well thought-through. Scenery is also amazingly beautiful. And that is the extend of everything great about this game. The interaction with between the characters and the environment is extremely bad. All movement is choppy and unauthentic. Archers that sheet at you and moving backwards are faster than you while running. 300 pounds bosses move like a the agents from the Matrix - just skip time. They are on top of you in less than a second. All NPCs during cutscenes look like they are crying - they have tears in their eyes. Every interaction between you and the NPCs is flat and unbelievable. It was painful to experience, especially after spending so much money for this game.

    Bottom line, do not buy the game now. Wait until is reaches at least 50% off. Then it will be more or less justified to spend you hard earn cash.    … Expand
  19. khaderIQ
    Nov 13, 2020
    5
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  20. Tacitus_Gaming
    Nov 11, 2021
    5
    A slog to get through and the world is filled with pointless things and every single door is a puzzle to unlock for some reason. I love AC but this current open world formula with nearly infinite uninspired side content to do just isn't fun. It's a chore. Odyssey was at least faster and smoother in doing things. Stealth in Odyssey was also much better and natural. Stealth in Valhalla justA slog to get through and the world is filled with pointless things and every single door is a puzzle to unlock for some reason. I love AC but this current open world formula with nearly infinite uninspired side content to do just isn't fun. It's a chore. Odyssey was at least faster and smoother in doing things. Stealth in Odyssey was also much better and natural. Stealth in Valhalla just didn't feel right in terms of mechanics and lore. The only reason this gets a 5 from me is because of all the references from other better AC games.… Expand
  21. ceeunxttuesday
    Nov 12, 2020
    5
    So many flaws in an otherwise good game. Can't get away from all the bugs. Which leaves the game good, but constantly annoying to play. Its unrefined, unpolished, premature in its release and otherwise clumsy. It is good, and arden fans should get it. For those who don't. You will not miss anything
  22. Dem0nhuntr
    Nov 17, 2020
    5
    This game suffers from a very serious delay in inputs and timing in combat. I booted up odyssey just to compare, and for sure combat is absolute **** in this game. The story is awesome so far, but the terrible combat is killing the game for me. Put a pin in it and buy it later on sale
  23. koyot
    Nov 11, 2020
    5
    I need to slap ubisoft at this one. There is nothing new. Engine is same just different story. And for now this is average
  24. alextorge
    Apr 3, 2021
    5
    Good:
    - graphics - story
    - setting

    Bad (and quite horrible)
    - gameplay / combat (sluggish)
    - horrible animations - voices & motion capture
  25. sethdean0
    Nov 16, 2020
    5
    Well what can i say... I was excited for the game.. But then i played 8 hours and i cant play anymore. Its dull and boring. Combat doesnt feel as good as previous titles. Very DISSAPOINTING
  26. VictorKrop
    Dec 20, 2020
    5
    Good game but bugs. Some missions never ends. Some never starts. But still is interesting game.
  27. Chriztian
    Nov 25, 2020
    5
    I enjoy the game, but it's clearly under-baked, riddled with too many bugs, and frequent crashes, I've had the game crash 3 times in one hour. The combat is different, not better than Origins or Odyssey, but they tried something different. The loot system is improved, making each piece of gear unique, instead of showering you with a multitude of useless loot. The game just lacks polish. IfI enjoy the game, but it's clearly under-baked, riddled with too many bugs, and frequent crashes, I've had the game crash 3 times in one hour. The combat is different, not better than Origins or Odyssey, but they tried something different. The loot system is improved, making each piece of gear unique, instead of showering you with a multitude of useless loot. The game just lacks polish. If you compare it to Ghost of Tsushima, which is a similar type of game, is visually more impressive, it runs smoother, load times are significantly faster, than what AC Valhalla offers, load times are abysmal in Valhalla. The game doesn't have the quality a triple A game should have. I love Assassin's Creed games, and I've played all of them. This one had the potential to be good, but the lack of quality makes it a disappointment. Maybe six months from now the game will be polished and in a much better state. But as it stands, it's worse than AC Unity. AC Unity was in a much better state in comparison. Do better Ubisoft.… Expand
  28. rogal23
    Apr 24, 2022
    5
    Grałem na PS4 PRO.
    Porzuciłem tytuł po ok. 10h. Historia bez emocji, powtarzalny gameplay, walka - czyli serce gry - woła o pomstę do nieba - sztywna jak nieszczęście. Klimat ratuje lekko sprawę, ale na końcu to typowy średniak. Plus jak to w Ubisoftcie, miałem wrażenie, że moja postać nic nie waży, jest z papieru. Czekam na rewolucję w serii.
  29. Nickm1412
    Nov 12, 2020
    5
    A game unsure of itself. Ubisoft comes with the next AC title following the rpg approach introduced by Origins and continues the gradual decline of these games. Once again the world design is great, the world is large and looks fantastic. But this is almost everything positive i can say about this game. The story is almost non existent. It is written in "episodic" parts, which in realityA game unsure of itself. Ubisoft comes with the next AC title following the rpg approach introduced by Origins and continues the gradual decline of these games. Once again the world design is great, the world is large and looks fantastic. But this is almost everything positive i can say about this game. The story is almost non existent. It is written in "episodic" parts, which in reality feels like you are constantly thrown into these huge worlds without really knowing what your motivation is. The main character is always what the current story needs him to be, sometimes a little angry, sometimes a little smart, but never consistent nor interesting. He or she( which is a whole problem in itself, that ubisoft keeps making the main characters sex interchangable, because it takes away any identity of said charcater) walks by everything happening in the world without any individual opinion. AC needs a strong and interesting main character not just a blank projection surface. The worst part of this game is, that it not only coninues the franchises loss of identiy it increased it even more. In the past two games they kept the "supernatural" mythology stuff in the DLCs, so you could say " Ok now im in the bonus content and it gets a little crazy". In this game this is embedded heavily into the main game and it takes AC from a historical drama with hooded assassins set in the big events of our past, into a fantasy rpg inspired by mythology with hooded vikings. All the stealth and "assassinesque" parts of the game feel forced and more alibi than anything else. The franchise keeps losing its identity and the devs know this but instead of going back to this identiy they just put in alibi oldschool mechanics like one-hit assasinations and a badly implemented social stealth system to silence the fans that want assassins creed to be assassins creed. The fighting system feels like a step back, it is close to the one in odyssey and origins but feels less controllable and very delayed. Animations and cutscenes are nowhere near the level they were in origins( odyssey was already a step back imo). Generally a lot of things in the game feel like they still need polishing and are more in a beta state than already released. Ultimatly this is a product made by thousands of people for millions of dollars over the course of years. This is by no means a "trash" game its obviously a AAA-product and you can undoubtedly have fun exploring the beautifull world as a viking, building your city with your own crew, but as an AC fan from the first hour it hurts to see where the franchise went and what they are doing with these games. With a story the writers actually cared about, with a main character with an actual character and with a little more respect and love for what assassins creed really is, this game could have been so much more than just a large, beautifull world. I hope they find people that actually love the AC games to make the decisions for the future games, so this franchise can have a soul again.… Expand
  30. Ragnarocek
    Nov 12, 2020
    5
    - repetitive
    - monotonous
    - bugs and glitches
    - low RPG factor

    + vikings
  31. Beko16
    Nov 12, 2020
    5
    Just like the last AC With better graphics and different story ,
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  32. Filcher
    Nov 12, 2020
    5
    The game is raw at the start, clumsy mechanics of jumping on a horse, after playing for 5 hours, I found around 12 bugs of various sorts ,sometimes they don't start on the first attempt, because the NPCs for some reason break down and stand in a stupor
  33. GeneralClaptrap
    Nov 15, 2020
    5
    Hat sich in nahezu allen Punkten im Vergleich zu Odyssey verschlechtert. Hauptstory ist gut, nebenquests sollte man am besten ignorieren und looten frustriert nur noch. Die Open-World sieht gut aus, ist aber sehr leer und dadurch macht das Erkunden kaum Spaß.
  34. qkqhqu
    Nov 17, 2020
    5
    Please buy at discount time. Dont buy at full price. Too buggy, too boring, too repetitive etc
  35. woogychuck
    Nov 25, 2020
    5
    I've been playing AC for a while and this game just doesn't do it for me. Over the past few games, there has been a big move away from stealth and assassinations and pretty much just making a brawler set in the AC universe. For Origins and Odyssey, I at least felt like the setting and story and decent ranged options made them good games, but Valhalla just isn't doing it.

    If you liked    I've been playing AC for a while and this game just doesn't do it for me. Over the past few games, there has been a big move away from stealth and assassinations and pretty much just making a brawler set in the AC universe. For Origins and Odyssey, I at least felt like the setting and story and decent ranged options made them good games, but Valhalla just isn't doing it.

    If you liked the recent entries better than the typical AC games, you will probably like this. If you don't like the direction the franchise is heading, this game turns further in that direction with less likable characters and worse story telling.    … Expand
  36. Pik3
    Nov 26, 2020
    5
    Combat is bad and broken. Sound is broken. Too much stuff to do for 100% the game. Way too much! Sjw politics all over. Girl power bs. Bad story. Bad jokes. Boring loot. Boring combat. Feels like it's made for kids, but have brutal combat... Makes it a bit wierd. I think this will be my last AC game. It's just sad to see how they screw it all over...
  37. 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
  38. 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)
  39. 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
  40. 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.
  41. 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
  42. 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.
  43. Marco90
    Dec 17, 2020
    5
    Cool gameplay but nothing more for be in 2020. Story not very interesting. Very avarege game.
  44. BlueWolfe
    Jan 3, 2021
    5
    Gameplay: Very fun to go around raiding and killing, Love how now each piece of new gear matters instead of like AC Odyssey where you would get something new every minute, The settlement is cool, but gets a little tedious at times to level up, Climbing and Parkour is just as fun as ever, unlocking abilities is a bit stupid as you have to search around for one you actually want
    Graphics: I    Gameplay: Very fun to go around raiding and killing, Love how now each piece of new gear matters instead of like AC Odyssey where you would get something new every minute, The settlement is cool, but gets a little tedious at times to level up, Climbing and Parkour is just as fun as ever, unlocking abilities is a bit stupid as you have to search around for one you actually want
    Graphics: I don't know if it is just me, but the graphics are not good, there is a bunch of screen tearing and the models look ugly, i have seen PC Gameplay and the graphics seem a lot better so it may just be a PS4 thing ( Or maybe the game is just pissy at me rating it 5 )
    Sound: Voice acting is much better than Odyssey, Eivor sound great and so do all the other characters, soundtrack feels ambient and mysterious, sound when fighting is very nice.
    Characters: i love the Characters, they dont feel like plastic barbie dolls, they feel real, they each have their own personality which i just love because it makes you relate to them and become emotionally attached to them and in turn makes the story an emotional, tense, amazing one, which i would call one of the best in AC History
    Variety: Variety is where i think the game really goes uphill, it has so many places to explore and the don't feel like carbon copies of each other, the enemies each have their own strengths and weaknesses to learn, a lot of gear that CHANGES APPERANCE WHEN YOU UPGRADE IT, which blew my mind when i first saw it.

    But now comes to the reason i have rated this game a 5, if not for this i would have rated it at the very least an 8...

    The crashes and glitches overrun my game, ever hour i have to reload because the game just wants to die, the glitches, while sometimes funny, can ruin the game, i am currently stuck on a quest because it wont play the cutscene to allow me to finish it...

    There is probably al ot more i could have said, but, this is what came to mind as i was writing...    … Expand
  45. Kaldolmar
    Jan 13, 2021
    5
    Honestly, not a fan.

    CONS: The whole game feels clunky and the models are a joke. (Dag) The voice-acting is terrible, main character has perfect English but the other vikings have an accent. Tons of bugs. PROS: Decent story Stunning atmosphere and great map in general. CONCLUSION: If you're in it for the story and sightseeing, buy this game. If you want that dynamic battle    Honestly, not a fan.

    CONS:
    The whole game feels clunky and the models are a joke. (Dag)
    The voice-acting is terrible, main character has perfect English but the other vikings have an accent.
    Tons of bugs.

    PROS:
    Decent story
    Stunning atmosphere and great map in general.

    CONCLUSION:
    If you're in it for the story and sightseeing, buy this game.
    If you want that dynamic battle type of game, like almost every other AC game, give this game a pass.

    With all that said, it's better than the trainwreck that is AC Odyssey.    … Expand
  46. StormHair
    Nov 11, 2022
    5
    Blatantly boring. After playing it for more than 160 hours, I feel empty. Nothing to say to its predecessors, much better games than Valhalla.
  47. Sevenpower
    Apr 19, 2021
    5
    Very very very bad stealth gameplay unlike odyssey graphic is better combat gameplay is better...no parkour
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. Mitchyyy_b
    May 26, 2021
    5
    Worst one I've played imo, played about 20 hours, got boring very fast. Map is far to big and pointless imo, these AAA games seem more focused on whoa got the bigger map than the content in it these days.
  51. 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.
  52. Marsupio
    Sep 1, 2021
    5
    Valhalla is the worst ac in the series. Incredibly boring repeatitive, too damn long (50 hours only for the main quest) and a ton of mandatory fetch quest
  53. Milad1234
    Jun 23, 2022
    5
    Artificial intelligence 7/10
    Graphics 7/10
    Gameplay 5/10
    Story 2/10
    Compare with assasin creed odissey 3/10
  54. TheBigTicket
    Jun 28, 2023
    5
    I really wanted to like this game because I love the entire historic setting of vikings and medieval England but this game is just such a chore. You basically have to spend 100 hours of repetitive sidequests that are required to advance the main story line (which imo is actually pretty good) and i just became tired with it halfway through.

    The combat is fine, it doesnt really feel    I really wanted to like this game because I love the entire historic setting of vikings and medieval England but this game is just such a chore. You basically have to spend 100 hours of repetitive sidequests that are required to advance the main story line (which imo is actually pretty good) and i just became tired with it halfway through.

    The combat is fine, it doesnt really feel challenging nor is there a lot of skill expression.

    The map is beautiful and exploration would be fun if you actually got any meaningful rewards from it but they made loot so rare that you almost never find a cool weapon or armor upgrade.

    Overall not a good game unfortunately and I feel like I wasted a lot of time with it.

    Also there were alot of bugs, one which forced me to restart.    … Expand
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. 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.
  58. 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
  59. 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
  60. 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
  61. 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.
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. 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.
  66. 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
  67. 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.
  68. 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
  69. 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
  70. 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
  71. 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.
  72. 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
  73. 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
  74. 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
  75. 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.
  76. 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
  77. 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
  78. 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.
  79. 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.
  80. 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
  81. 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
  82. 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
  83. 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
  84. 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.
  85. bigboybiggins
    Nov 13, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I enjoyed the game up until it makes you go to asgard. It's a crap part of the story the bosses are to over powered and is just a waste of my time when I could be enjoying the game like I was back in england.… Expand
  86. Cha0ticneutral
    Mar 29, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The old saying "Quality over quantity" sums up the problems of this game. For a game with so much "content" it is incredibly boring almost from start to finish. Having said that I couldn't actually bring myself to finish after I'd already sunk around 70 hours into that damn thing, I wasn't even near finished with it. It is a game that keeps you thinking "any minute now it's going to get better and that switch is going to go off where I'm having fun and locked in" but that moment never comes.

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

    If you like running around dreary English fields for 70 - 100 hours doing nothing that matters then try it out. I was warned not to but I took a chance and I feel like I wasted 70 hours.    … Expand
  87. 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.
  88. cooperstanley36
    Nov 21, 2020
    4
    Don’t let any of the critics fool you, this is just another bloated boring assassins creed game that feels incredibly half baked yet again. Ubisoft is lazy and it shows. I highly recommend you watch SkillUp’s YouTube review if you are even considering this game.
  89. RealDealMcKeel
    Nov 11, 2020
    4
    The Viking aesthetic is the best thing going for it. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla falls victim to the large studio that does not care about the content they put out, and knows you’ll buy their game no matter what. The game is filled with bugs. The audio sometimes abruptly ends or doesn’t match the lips. I’m lucky I’m even able to play it. My brother is stuck at the beginning of the gameThe Viking aesthetic is the best thing going for it. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla falls victim to the large studio that does not care about the content they put out, and knows you’ll buy their game no matter what. The game is filled with bugs. The audio sometimes abruptly ends or doesn’t match the lips. I’m lucky I’m even able to play it. My brother is stuck at the beginning of the game because of a Game Breaking Bug where the Seer’s Solace quest line doesn’t even show up for him so he cannot progress in the game past the 1st quest. It’s been almost two days and there is still no update for it. The combat is so unbelievably bland, boring and easy. It’s actually atrocious. The controls are clunky. The camera is also so far away during combat I can’t see anything. I’m playing on the hardest difficulty and it’s a cake walk. The “social stealth” is an absolute joke. It’s not even a thing. They lied about the fact that they made the world smaller than Odyssey. (It’s actually bigger)
    If this game did not have the Viking aesthetic, it would be an absolute flop. The voice actor for Eivor is amazing, love him. Overall, the game feels like they wanted to do something great, but it lacks heart. The graphics are bad, and the character models move weird.
    It feels like just another “open world AC game” with a different skin. (don’t just be large for the sake of being large) They have completely lost track of what Assassin’s Creed was, and moved on to something new, that could be cooler, but fails miserably. AC needs to be a 3 year cycle game, and they need to listen to their fan base. Ubisoft only seems to care about sh***ing out games and making money, which will end up hurting them in the long run.    … Expand
  90. Awesomness_27
    Nov 12, 2020
    4
    Valhalla is fun to play and has some good elements to it however it feels too similar to odyssey and at often times feels like Ubisoft reskinned too much of odyssey in this game. All though the game world is beautiful and the soundtrack by Jesper kyd is amazing, the game really suffers from a lack of identity especially in what it says it is versus what it actually is. Norse Gods, magicValhalla is fun to play and has some good elements to it however it feels too similar to odyssey and at often times feels like Ubisoft reskinned too much of odyssey in this game. All though the game world is beautiful and the soundtrack by Jesper kyd is amazing, the game really suffers from a lack of identity especially in what it says it is versus what it actually is. Norse Gods, magic and monsters, riding wolves. This game is not Assassins Creed and since odyssey AC has really lost it’s identity. Bring back the old AC, get rid of the heavy rpg elements, revamp the combat, build a better parkour system, and give us Assassins vs Templar’s. The fact that Ghost of Tsushima felt more like an AC game than Valhalla, really says a lot about what Ubisoft is ignoring and what made this franchise great to begin with.… Expand
  91. 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
  92. Sunnydale1909
    Nov 11, 2020
    4
    As the launch title for a next-gen console, this game is everything but what's expected for a launch title. In my experience playing I encountered bugs, the assets just didn't look good in my opinion, the combat was uninspiring, the modeling for the characters feels wooden, and overall I wasn't impressed by the game. I quickly requested a refund.
  93. Skurwiel89
    Dec 3, 2020
    4
    Booooring, lgbt propaganda for what? Extremely stupid enemies..after 50 hours i give up, waiting for cyberpunk 2077
  94. 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
  95. juschnei
    Nov 26, 2020
    4
    Game just feels recycled. Unrefined. Ubisoft phoning it in because they feel as though they'll make money either way. Disappointment for years now. I don't expect there to be changes until the money starts to dry up.
  96. Clblowe
    Nov 13, 2020
    4
    The game is unbelievably buggy. I’m astonished Ubisoft released it in this state. I’ve had multiple raids where I could not loot the chests or trigger certain actions because the game requires you to have an NPC “help you” force the containers open. Unfortunately the AI is dumb as a rock, and cannot seem to find where I’m at when I need them to open these containers. Furthermore, combat isThe game is unbelievably buggy. I’m astonished Ubisoft released it in this state. I’ve had multiple raids where I could not loot the chests or trigger certain actions because the game requires you to have an NPC “help you” force the containers open. Unfortunately the AI is dumb as a rock, and cannot seem to find where I’m at when I need them to open these containers. Furthermore, combat is janky and lacks impact, despite the flashy finishing moves. This makes it really hard for me to get into a rhythm in terms of the combat, which is something I appreciated about AC Odyssey.

    In summary, there’s a lot to like about it, from the setting to some of the game mechanics, but it’s totally bogged down by it being a buggy janky mess. Maybe once they release some patches I’ll try it again but right now it’s just not worth the effort to play.    … Expand
  97. BirkOter
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    I’ll applaud Ubisoft for trying something new-ish with the series and setting the game with a beautiful setting and environment. However almost all of the core gameplay mechanics and design ends up half-baked. The character models either looks fantastic or horrible, same with the nature. I liked the beginning and the beautiful setting of Norway, but when they moved the story to England, itI’ll applaud Ubisoft for trying something new-ish with the series and setting the game with a beautiful setting and environment. However almost all of the core gameplay mechanics and design ends up half-baked. The character models either looks fantastic or horrible, same with the nature. I liked the beginning and the beautiful setting of Norway, but when they moved the story to England, it started to go downhill. The fighting is chaotic (and not in a good way). It felt like i was pressing one button again and again and again, with nothing fun about it! I’m really disappointed with this and Watch Dogs: Legion! They should have waited until they were ready to launch with no bugs!… Expand
  98. snowte
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    Sorry but this game is really bad in mostly all aspects.
    The combat system is really the worst thing in this game it's bad, in animation, physics, and its a little buggy and unrealistic. I was expecting a combat system similar to for honor which would be way better than what it is now.
    The NPCs look kind of dead, its like Ubisoft keep reusing the old classic NPC system of their old games    Sorry but this game is really bad in mostly all aspects.
    The combat system is really the worst thing in this game it's bad, in animation, physics, and its a little buggy and unrealistic. I was expecting a combat system similar to for honor which would be way better than what it is now.
    The NPCs look kind of dead, its like Ubisoft keep reusing the old classic NPC system of their old games with only changing their clothes.
    And of course not to forget to mention the countless bugs in this game.
    The enemies also have a really broken funny A.I system, it's soo bad it makes you laugh.

    There are just a lot of bad and broken things to mention about this game, the game just feels unfinished, I don't know how there could be others who are rating this 10/10, its just ridiculous.
    I'm giving it 4/10 just because of the graphics and soundtrack.    … Expand
  99. DreWy
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    Since launching game there has been numourous pathing error-like glitches where character responds awfully with terrain, the gameplay and movement style feels very clunky and movement looks choppy in animation, the graphics look like something out of Black Flag (A Huge Set Back) and the storyline is very boring. By far the worse of all the franchise games thus far and I only wish I couldSince launching game there has been numourous pathing error-like glitches where character responds awfully with terrain, the gameplay and movement style feels very clunky and movement looks choppy in animation, the graphics look like something out of Black Flag (A Huge Set Back) and the storyline is very boring. By far the worse of all the franchise games thus far and I only wish I could get my money back. Save yourself from this title and wait for them to fix the game if and so they will. it’s just not worth it at this point. Combat style is also horrid epically horrible and it’s not about the weapons. Origins had different combat styles and it was great but here it’s just clunky and feels more like a campaign set style fighter like dynasty warriors or something. Super bad.… Expand
  100. 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.
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  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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