Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 2867 Ratings

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  1. AleisRock1985
    Oct 26, 2021
    10
    One of the narrative i've ever played in my life! Really amazing game! Awesome writing, evolution of the story is really intense with a great moment, outstandig!
  2. Shayanaz
    Oct 26, 2021
    10
    Very very good game . One of the best stories that assassins creed ever had
  3. 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
  4. Coolguy7585
    Oct 24, 2021
    1
    The only good thing another this game is the that the combat is marginally better than odyssey. Apart from that the world is empty and bland. The main story quests are repetitive and boring. The hidden ones/Assassins are hardly in the story. Also the fantasy elements have no place in a series based on some level of believability.

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

    Assassins creed is no longer assassins creed the brand name has become a cash cow for Ubisoft and they are moving to a terrible cut and paste RPG system that promotes micro transactions. Ubisoft if your reading this go back and remake the original trilogy or make some decent story driven games.    … Expand
  5. inmh
    Oct 19, 2021
    9
    I had a lot of fun with this one. I really felt the story and side-characters were fun and well-developed, and there were so many different things to do an explore on the map.

    My only complaints are that A) the graphics got a bit janky at times, and B) they somehow managed to come up with a side activity MORE annoying than paper-chasing, in the form of the Cairn Stacking Challenges.
  6. Oliverjared
    Oct 12, 2021
    10
    Excelente para ser mi primer assassins creed, tiene mucho que explorar y sobre todo accion por doquier, lo unico que no me gusto es que el personaje tiene una barra de resistencia como si fuese un dark souls, lo que aveces frustra un poco
  7. luckyowl135
    Oct 11, 2021
    0
    The game itself is not bad. I actually enjoyed playing it. HOWEVER, what they did, where you can't play only the main story and you have to grind like crazy, or buy experience from the store so you meet the required lever for the main story (WTF Ubisoft, this is single player) IS A CANCER trend that MUST stopped.
    I am personally not buying Ubisoft game again. I BOUGHT the game and I    The game itself is not bad. I actually enjoyed playing it. HOWEVER, what they did, where you can't play only the main story and you have to grind like crazy, or buy experience from the store so you meet the required lever for the main story (WTF Ubisoft, this is single player) IS A CANCER trend that MUST stopped.
    I am personally not buying Ubisoft game again. I BOUGHT the game and I should be able to play the main story without paying extra money for it!    … Expand
  8. Serg_Svetashev
    Oct 7, 2021
    0
    This is not the game, this is sh**. Gameplay impotence. Waisted time and money.
  9. Oinkster
    Sep 25, 2021
    6
    This game seems to have lost all the things that made Odyssey great but doubled down on the chore-like aspects. Ubisoft made a big deal about there being no "side quests". Instead there are "events"; blue dots on the map that are functionally identical to sidequests but don't appear in a menu (very useful). The maps have also lost the colour and variety that made Greece feel so exciting.This game seems to have lost all the things that made Odyssey great but doubled down on the chore-like aspects. Ubisoft made a big deal about there being no "side quests". Instead there are "events"; blue dots on the map that are functionally identical to sidequests but don't appear in a menu (very useful). The maps have also lost the colour and variety that made Greece feel so exciting. The biggest step back for me is the combat. In an attempt to emulate Fromsoftware, there is an emphasis on parrying and stamina management. Unfortunately, parrying feels very inconsistent and the combat does not suit the frequent scenarios when you're facing a Swarm of saxons in a raid. It only works in 1-on-1 boss fights that are few and far between. I do like the more focused selection of weapons but the upgrade and levelling system is atrocious. Upgrades are made in minuscule increments and abilities are not unlocked, instead you must find them on a map that doesn't tell you where they are unless you are already standing near them; eww. Odyssey may have gone a bit too far turning you into an unstoppable demigod but in Valhalla I can barely tell the difference between combat at the end of the game from at the start.
    The narrative is also very sloppy. There are good parts, I admit such as the Sciropescire arc, but the game really whimpers out in the second half. The finale feels so insignificant that it took me another hour before I even realised I had finished the story. I only noticed because there were no significant quests left to do.
    As a Welsh man I also find the map disappointing. There's no Cornwall, no Wales, no Scotland, and a slab of Ireland is saved for the DLC. Considering how massive the scope of Odyssey was it feels weird that we don't get to visit Scotland or Anglessey, yet we do get a piece of America as a reference to Assassins Creed 3? Overall, Valhalla just feels so meh and such a missed opportunity. This is a game where you can literally wield mjolnir, yet it entirely fails to feel satisfying in any manner.    … Expand
  10. SpalpIN
    Sep 23, 2021
    0
    If you have a ps4 pro, let alone a regular one, don't even think about buying this game. Not only was it installed for the first time in such a way that it gave an error at startup, nevertheless, after a complete reinstallation, it started up, so much so that it would be better not to start. The dullness in front of the scripts is very large, sometimes you wait 2 seconds, sometimes theIf you have a ps4 pro, let alone a regular one, don't even think about buying this game. Not only was it installed for the first time in such a way that it gave an error at startup, nevertheless, after a complete reinstallation, it started up, so much so that it would be better not to start. The dullness in front of the scripts is very large, sometimes you wait 2 seconds, sometimes the download icon drops, which can hang for 5 seconds or freeze forever. So, actually, my second attempt to play this game ended, having approached the first synchronization point, I got a pause for the game with a loading icon, while it was possible to enter the menu, see the map, but it was impossible to move further. It was decided to restart the game after 10 minutes of waiting, after which it stopped starting, giving an endless load at startup.… Expand
  11. Bellerefon
    Sep 23, 2021
    0
    Two big open worlds full of secrets and treasures, amazing. Nice graphics. Game story solid with interesting plot. Performance could be better, needs patching. Definitely an upgrade from Odyssey, they did a lot of job in characters. Skill tree is a knock out, although bit chaotic. Love getting lost in there.
  12. 02450ephiz
    Sep 20, 2021
    10
    I preferred Odyssey, but this is still a good, well-produced open world game. The world is so interesting to explore.
  13. Qeeckle
    Sep 20, 2021
    2
    Ok it's a game, but it IS NOT Assassin's Creed! There isn't any reasons why it is Assassin's Creed, assasssin isn't a barbarian! Yes there are good graphic, some actions and for some reason these actions is interesting for my friend... But he always was strange. I really don't know why some people buy this, there are really bad story, do you remember story in first part, second?! Why thereOk it's a game, but it IS NOT Assassin's Creed! There isn't any reasons why it is Assassin's Creed, assasssin isn't a barbarian! Yes there are good graphic, some actions and for some reason these actions is interesting for my friend... But he always was strange. I really don't know why some people buy this, there are really bad story, do you remember story in first part, second?! Why there are brutal combat, for who it is? Assassins shoud be insensibly, like shadow and then kill qeeckle and hide. I haven't enough time to discribe all what shoudn't be in assassin creed. That is my opinion, criticize, suggest, comment. 2 for good graphic and really well-saturated world… Expand
  14. Rondalh
    Sep 18, 2021
    10
    Solid game! Odyssey had awful story and unlikable characters, Valhalla is complete opposite of that game. I'm very happy that i bought this game. Thank you Ubisoft, one of the best video game companies of all time! : )
  15. UbisoftTHEbest
    Sep 18, 2021
    10
    Ubisoft haters are most unlikable people on this planet. Reading these "so called" user reviews makes me sick. I have never seen so much pathetic bitterness, anger and whining towards video game. Specially, because none of this negativity is justified. Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a good game and Far Cry 6 will be good game and This is just fact that these haters need to accept and move on!
  16. 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.
  17. ReVik_Dep
    Sep 8, 2021
    4
    Les Assassin's Creed sont de plus en plus décevant , l'histoire final décevante qui nous laisse un manque amer , déjà que dans odyssée quand vous avait enfin passer un temp gigantesque à terminer les boss légendaire pour accéder à l'atlandide il vous annonce que la suite est en dlc laisse déjà un goût très amer.

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

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

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

    En conclusion Valhalla est un jeu vide dans l'âme pourtant grand fan de la mythologie nordique.    … Expand
  18. 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
  19. Beenis
    Aug 31, 2021
    2
    Bloated beyond belief and full of the same annoying, nonsense issues that have been plaguing this series since the original game. How fast is your walking speed? Slower than the NPC you have to follow but you run too fast. Excited to jump in and play? Here's literally 4 minutes and 47 seconds of loading screen to totally kill the vibe. Did you like the climbing sequences in any gameBloated beyond belief and full of the same annoying, nonsense issues that have been plaguing this series since the original game. How fast is your walking speed? Slower than the NPC you have to follow but you run too fast. Excited to jump in and play? Here's literally 4 minutes and 47 seconds of loading screen to totally kill the vibe. Did you like the climbing sequences in any game ever? Neither did ubisoft but here's more climbing than necessary with mountains that look only slightly better than Skyrim. The only positives about this game are the occasionally vibrant scenery and the potentially intriguing story that you don't get to play because you need to level up to level 400 first. Absolutely disrespectful to the players to release this game after giving the players two broken messes of AC games back to back right before this. I've pumped about 75 hours in and have noticed my enjoyment decrease significantly as my play time increased. While I would rather have that time back, at least I can say I gave it a chance instead of leaving a 10/10 48 hours after release. Also the cats look more like Shrek than they look like cats… Expand
  20. DTanilG
    Aug 29, 2021
    6
    Очень скучная игра, я с трудом заставляю играть в это! Одиссея была немного лучше, купил Валгаллу в надежде... Всё пошло по одному месту, не оправдала ожиданий.
  21. Foukaridis
    Aug 26, 2021
    3
    Assassin's Creed: Valhalla... marginally better than Syndicate... and that sucks. Unfortunately, corporations can't create art. Prince of Persia was art. Farcry 1 & 3. Art. AC 1, 2 & 3. Awesome. And everything since has been dead inside. Sure, the budget is high and graphics, etc, top notch... But OMG there's no depth. And no true motivation to explore these soulless and lifeless spaces.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla... marginally better than Syndicate... and that sucks. Unfortunately, corporations can't create art. Prince of Persia was art. Farcry 1 & 3. Art. AC 1, 2 & 3. Awesome. And everything since has been dead inside. Sure, the budget is high and graphics, etc, top notch... But OMG there's no depth. And no true motivation to explore these soulless and lifeless spaces. Ffs... For example, your reward for going through the TEDIUM of collecting The Ymir tears and equivalent is.. Drum roll... 5 Skill Points! This should have been made obvious as I would never have wasted so much time had I known that Ubisoft probably ommitted that knowing some idiots like me would think there's a grand reward for all that boring, boring environment scanning. Ubisoft is becoming the Atari of this generation... That is to say, single-handedly ruining the gaming industry with UNINSPIRED generic copy/paste BS. But to be fair you can't just blame Ubisoft. Gaming has become big business and with big business came big corporations. Corporations are created to focus pretty much solely on profits. It's the nature of the Beast. so ultimately you know game companies come out with people with great ideas inspired you know behind the engines and just needing the company to feel their inspiration and then they become corporations and they just start churning lifeless plastic out to the masses so as to make a buck. Sadness. I fully believe we may very welll find Ubisoft dumping thousands of copies of Assassin's Creed 15 into a landfill in the Nevada Desert one day soon. This is the last time I will even consider purchasing anything from Ubisoft. Rather wait for the real artists like Rock Star & Bethesda's lot to do the industry justice again...… Expand
  22. Vibroman
    Aug 25, 2021
    1
    Much worse than previous game, boring world, boring story, boring visuals(forest,swmps,fields).

    Just go and play Odyssey, it is so much better in every way possible.
  23. Cturcott
    Aug 23, 2021
    5
    It's not an entirely bad game, but this series sets the bar pretty high as some of them are legit good. Compared to Odyssey (my favorite which I played tons), it's horrible. The combat feels like the character is swimming through molasses, and the parkour no longer feels reliable and secure. They took an incredible game, and botched it. Even as a botched game, some may enjoy it,It's not an entirely bad game, but this series sets the bar pretty high as some of them are legit good. Compared to Odyssey (my favorite which I played tons), it's horrible. The combat feels like the character is swimming through molasses, and the parkour no longer feels reliable and secure. They took an incredible game, and botched it. Even as a botched game, some may enjoy it, especially the more zealous AC fans who are review bombing 10s when it's clearly not that well made. I don't expect I will return to the game, as I have better games to play and I play AC when the games are good, not because AC always=good. Also, having a Danish friend, the acting and accents are typical Hollywood appalling. There is a big splash screen trumpeting the diversity of the development staff, well maybe they need to go out and meet the world instead of circle jerking about how authentic and inclusive they are, because they are NOT. Trendy hairstyles, axes, and vague rolling of Rs does not represent this culture accurately and it's not just bad, it's a stereotype that is immersion breaking.… Expand
  24. fullreviews
    Aug 22, 2021
    10
    Unlike some companies, Ubisoft let's you to upgrade any game from ps4 to ps5 version for free. Even just for that they got my support.
  25. Codwinsin2021
    Aug 22, 2021
    10
    I'm glad that most of the human population seems to like and respect this game and that's all that matters. This minority can hate it, if they want, but that doesn't even matter. It's a great game, end of story. It's not best game of all time, but it's way better than last two AC games. Knowing that next one will be huge fail (because it's live service bs), Valhalla will be basically lastI'm glad that most of the human population seems to like and respect this game and that's all that matters. This minority can hate it, if they want, but that doesn't even matter. It's a great game, end of story. It's not best game of all time, but it's way better than last two AC games. Knowing that next one will be huge fail (because it's live service bs), Valhalla will be basically last AC for a very long time, so instead of hating on it, people should be actually happy that it exists. Valhalla might not become a classic like Black Flag, Unity or Syndicate, but at least Ubisoft tried this time.… Expand
  26. Xtriple
    Aug 22, 2021
    10
    Very good open world design, better than last two games. You can do so much in this game. Great!
  27. daybred
    Aug 15, 2021
    1
    Odyssey was good and you can learn about history about greek and Sparta. But Valhalla about Viking?
    I have no idea why they choose Viking and there is nothing to learn. Extremely boring is Bonus~~~~
  28. 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
  29. RedBull101
    Aug 4, 2021
    10
    Anyone who says that Valhalla is more buggy than Cyberbug2077 is simply liar and bad one at that. Just look at some youtube videos and you can see how great this game is. Haters are just losers who want this series to go back to it's pathetic roots like AC 1 or AC 3 (worst in the series). What they should actually do would be combination of Black Flag and Unity (basically best open worldAnyone who says that Valhalla is more buggy than Cyberbug2077 is simply liar and bad one at that. Just look at some youtube videos and you can see how great this game is. Haters are just losers who want this series to go back to it's pathetic roots like AC 1 or AC 3 (worst in the series). What they should actually do would be combination of Black Flag and Unity (basically best open world and best parkour and combat).… Expand
  30. AbsoluteTruth
    Aug 4, 2021
    10
    Seems like certain type of haters are trying to manipulate people with their pathetic lies that this game has more bugs than Cyberpunk 2077. What a joke. Sure, Valhalla is not perfect, but it has less bugs than Witcher 3 at release. It's very much playable all around. And saying that "AC Unity" is buggy is another bs. Unity was fixed by february 2015. I feel like some people still live inSeems like certain type of haters are trying to manipulate people with their pathetic lies that this game has more bugs than Cyberpunk 2077. What a joke. Sure, Valhalla is not perfect, but it has less bugs than Witcher 3 at release. It's very much playable all around. And saying that "AC Unity" is buggy is another bs. Unity was fixed by february 2015. I feel like some people still live in past or something. But for example Cyberpunk was not only half delivered and misses tons of promised content, but it's so broken and buggy, has 2001 NPC's and driving and they still haven't fixed it. So my bottom lines is that anyone who tries to tell that Valhalla is extremely buggy/unplayable and in worse state than Cyberpunk 2077, is simply pathetic hater who is spreading lies and nothing else.… Expand
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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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