Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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  1. The_marsy
    Nov 26, 2020
    4
    The game leaves alot to be desired, while its not the worse way to spend your time I can't help but feel that if it was anything else but the Vikings theme it would be the Bomb of 2020
  2. MouldyFishStick
    Dec 1, 2020
    0
    First mission was glitched so I had to do another mission to reset it, but most of all I’m sick of dying by fire, this part ruins the whole game for me.
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. Makari
    Nov 26, 2020
    2
    Fix the bugs, i can't finish the principal history. so many players with the same mistakes.
  6. 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...
  7. LessHypaCrtical
    Nov 14, 2020
    6
    Ubisoft learnt nothing and instead enhanced the features that make previous Assassins creed title long and unnecessary.

    The world map in Valhalla is ridiculously large and the content is stretch too thin. The side missions and activities are so bland and a waste of time that I ignored them after following a man "sleepwalking" for 200m and after chatting with him the side quest was    Ubisoft learnt nothing and instead enhanced the features that make previous Assassins creed title long and unnecessary.

    The world map in Valhalla is ridiculously large and the content is stretch too thin. The side missions and activities are so bland and a waste of time that I ignored them after following a man "sleepwalking" for 200m and after chatting with him the side quest was finished, you would only do these uninspiring side quests just to get EXP to level your character.

    The RPG system, the notorious RPG system is back and it's a grind. The reason Ubisoft deliberately added the RPG system to the game again is to make money out of it, crafting and upgrading in this game requires materials such as metals, leather and fabric in which you need to acquire exploring the ludicrously large map and the required amount of materials to upgrade gears is in the range of 10-100. The amount you collect are single units thus making it a grind to collect them.

    The combat in Valhalla feels clunky compared to the previous title. The combat animation is slow and unpleasant, intentionally due to the stamina system that's implemented.

    The story is below average as the first few minutes was interesting and for there it just falls flat on its face, The characters are inmemorable and uninteresting especially the main characters plot in the story. The plot of the story is in short a revenge story not told well.

    In short, this is more of a short rant review of the game. I was keen on picking this game up hearing good impressions of early demos from you tubers, but now playing the game I realised this game is not for everyone specially for players that enjoy a good story and good gameplay.

    Remember that this game was delayed by Ubisoft as well as all the other game titles because of their games having similar gameplay mechanics and here we are with the same game with a Viking skin on and let's not forget that they've added a in-game store that can be spent with real money.
    UBISOFT HAS NOT LEARNT A THING.    … Expand
  8. YoungSonyBoy
    Dec 3, 2020
    0
    Как была отвратительной тупой гринделкой без сюжета так ею и осталась, теперь еще и полагается на Донаты, ну что Юбисофт вот и оценка за это! И да графика отстала года на 3!
  9. Daniel_Campbell
    Nov 13, 2020
    5
    Every hour I spend with the game, I like it a little less. In Odyssey there were camps/outposts/fortresses that you'd locate, clear out, loot, ETC and then move on to the next one. It was a satisfying loop. But in Valhalla...everything is replaced with these colored dots. Even if you go into a fortress and clear it out...there's no feedback letting you know you've accomplished anything.Every hour I spend with the game, I like it a little less. In Odyssey there were camps/outposts/fortresses that you'd locate, clear out, loot, ETC and then move on to the next one. It was a satisfying loop. But in Valhalla...everything is replaced with these colored dots. Even if you go into a fortress and clear it out...there's no feedback letting you know you've accomplished anything. Was there a treasure here? Did I actually complete anything? The only thing you've succeeded in doing it killing a bunch of dudes in a fort.

    And speaking of "killing a bunch of dudes", stealth feels like an afterthought in this game. Sneaking up on an enemy is more difficult and it seems like the enemy placement and number is randomly generated? They are everywhere, they act like lemmings with the IQ of 2, they are never doing anything interesting, wonder aimlessly, but all swarm to the player's position 3 soldiers at a time.

    So, the map objective have been boiled down into colored dots. At least that will make it easy to find them and check them off the list. Not so fast...a seemingly large percentage of these dots are locked behind unbreakable doors or under the ground. Time to frustratingly waste 5 to 10 minutes looking for a cave entrance for an ultimately uninteresting trinket.

    The game looks awesome and there are some definite design improvements. The skill tree, ability, and equipment systems have improved in a myriad of ways. The attention to historical detail is astounding and above and beyond what most other game series attempt to do. It's a level of commitment that should be commended. That commendation however shouldn't forgive the poor design choices of the rest of the game's sections.

    Oh, and the whole "Chase and catch the floating paper!" minigame has made its return...    … Expand
  10. kratos_krack
    Nov 15, 2020
    0
    Hay un bug en la misión el solaz de la vidente y no puedo avanzar en la historia porque no se inicia y no compensa pagar 70 euros sólo para dar vueltas sin hacer nada
  11. LastRanger
    Nov 15, 2020
    1
    Honestly it looks and plays great my only complaint is the Uplay + option for some reason all games on this platform close after 20 mins of play on the dot. Submitted a support ticket and got a automated response 5 days later. This was first happening on Watch Dog Legions and now this game. There must be kind of protection in place that checks and connects to a server to check if its aHonestly it looks and plays great my only complaint is the Uplay + option for some reason all games on this platform close after 20 mins of play on the dot. Submitted a support ticket and got a automated response 5 days later. This was first happening on Watch Dog Legions and now this game. There must be kind of protection in place that checks and connects to a server to check if its a legit copy or not. This is unacceptable to the people that are paying $15 dollars a month.… Expand
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. Thetick42
    Nov 20, 2020
    6
    Extremely buggy, full of pervasive visual and animation bugs, as well as game breaking bugs that kept people from progressing in the story at all; crashed once about every 5-7 hours into the game for me. Ubisoft online based missions were bugged and unable to complete. The combat is clunky and uninspired and the raids become frankly boring. Good story, voice acting and characters and myExtremely buggy, full of pervasive visual and animation bugs, as well as game breaking bugs that kept people from progressing in the story at all; crashed once about every 5-7 hours into the game for me. Ubisoft online based missions were bugged and unable to complete. The combat is clunky and uninspired and the raids become frankly boring. Good story, voice acting and characters and my love of viking are the only reason I feel it earned a 6. If you like vikings and norse mythology grab it, but on sale and once it's had a few months of patches.… Expand
  15. Tenarus
    Jul 2, 2021
    3
    Assasins Creed is a game, that has potential to be a good game, BUT:

    Whilst the story is bland and boring but the regions of Englaland (and other locations i dont want to spoil) are looking good, the game cant live up to its potential. The controls are - in mild words - horrible; half of the time i cant climb walls properly, or climb up further trying to go through a window (just to    Assasins Creed is a game, that has potential to be a good game, BUT:

    Whilst the story is bland and boring but the regions of Englaland (and other locations i dont want to spoil) are looking good, the game cant live up to its potential. The controls are - in mild words - horrible; half of the time i cant climb walls properly, or climb up further trying to go through a window (just to give a few examples). Other then the controlls being bad, the game is full of bugs, that take all fun you could have while playing away. It gets tireing, if you have to reload the game dozends of times, when objectives dont get completed, npcs that you are supposed to follow, dont move... I could go on and on and on - well let me just add one thing: bugs that were reported over 6 months ago (!) and which are stated to be fixed indeed await a patch and await to be fixed until today. In addition to all of this, the game feels really unrewarding. For collecting items in the world or slaying powerful beasts all you get is a new tattoo. Why am I bothering to do this in the first place if the reward is just bad? At least you get some weapons and armor along the way. But your loadout simply does not matter - enemies are far to easy to kill, the combat can't bring any challenge to the game. You could create multiple armor-sets for ranged combat, close combat, stealth - but you wont, just because you cant save loadouts and changing your equipment, putting runes back in, ... is just too tedious to bother doing.

    Over all this game is a big dissappointment after origins and odyssey.    … Expand
  16. Wh33lers26
    Nov 20, 2020
    0
    Full of bugs, has ruined my experience as a bug has prevented me from progressing in the main story.
  17. CHlKEN
    Nov 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've played for ten hours as of this review and I gotta say I'm not impressed at all. The world feels small, the enemies are either super easy or super hard, the bow is the best weapon, no need to actually go stealthy (in the mission where you have to learn where the king of Mercia is hiding you need to get the info from some lady in a tight security fortress and it was easy as cake to just jump in and kill everyone Rambo style), the way they emphasize you're creating your own story feels over exaggerated cause I feel like I can count on one hand how many times I've had to pick my own dialogue option, the game is generally clunky as in your character goes everywhere, the weapon animations are very repeating so you get tired of them quickly, the finishers are all the same on on each class as in the standard bearer has one and so on, and I dont feel like the order of the ancients or whatever has been tied in to the main quest at ALL. I killed one of them voluntarily and they just jumped into some random dialogue without an explanation of who she, the order member, was and what she was doing.

    Greatly disappointed sadly    … Expand
  18. dannygards
    Nov 20, 2020
    2
    This will be my last AC....Poor combat, extremely glitchy, the usual ubibloat, microtransaction grind for materials, and possibly the most bland, dull writing I've experienced in a game... I don't know if this is a ubi thing or a 2020 thing.
  19. gn5188
    Nov 29, 2020
    0
    the worst story, the worst battle,
    the worst game bug, the worst game system
    and There is no have Game character charm
    this is a the worst assassin's creed series ever.
  20. Emaytch
    Nov 28, 2020
    3
    It's really a huge disappointment. I played 32h. It's fulll of bugs. The story is 1h in Norway, a lot in England, and the rest is a pale copy of god of war

    Pros : graphics, good 'mood' of the game (at the begining) I like the skills presentation, but it's a shame that you can't see every skills you can unlock from the beginning... but i'ts a choice, it's a : 'choose your path' kind of    It's really a huge disappointment. I played 32h. It's fulll of bugs. The story is 1h in Norway, a lot in England, and the rest is a pale copy of god of war

    Pros : graphics, good 'mood' of the game (at the begining)
    I like the skills presentation, but it's a shame that you can't see every skills you can unlock from the beginning... but i'ts a choice, it's a : 'choose your path' kind of thing, and it's ok
    I like the fact that when you swim, the water is really cold, and it's affect your health immediately, and the screen start to freeze on the side. really nice
    The fact that you can put different markers (with numbers) on the map is real plus for the explorations options

    Cons : where to begin.... First, I like AC : Black flag : Great. Origines : naaahh. Odyssee : Awesome. I was really looking forward to that game. But here, the rhythm of the game is just terrible (after about 7h of gaming, it's just : movie, movie, (you can't skip by the way, just accelerate sometimes).... you go on a boat that you do not control, change map... have the impression that you really played like 1h hour...
    The playability is just really sad, and terrible. It was nearly perfect on Odyssey, but here, the camera is just terrible. They put walls where they shouldn't, it's an epic journey if you just want to get out of a window of a little hut, fights are really not created for the 'assassin' strategy (you have to use a horn, most of the time).
    During a battle against a boss, I fell under the level... no way to escape or continue the combat... seriously, just after downloading a patch.
    Graphics (as I said, the mood is ok), but you have so much apple and cheese on tables (that you cannot get), but you have to get berries in nearly frozen bushes for supplies.. come on... please, take back the time you took for that and FIX the camera !

    It's not a good game, that's all, and it's really sad. You have to watch 10 minutes of discussion before not having control of the game, and finally get a treasure that you will not use, because you already update your gear with better stuff during the presentation of the game.
    For 20$, maybe, enjoy.    … Expand
  21. DSouls_guy
    Jun 30, 2022
    10
    I'm no fan boy, but I love where ubisoft has been taking the assassin's creed series, I mean assassin's creed was getting old and needed change! And ever since origins I've been hooked on AC again!!! I mean open world with rpg and awesome loot was exactly what this series needed and I hope ubisoft continues with this formula.
  22. 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
  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. 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.
  25. digidoggie18
    Dec 1, 2020
    2
    Game is unfinished man.. I'm so disappointed, unity was horrible, this is just about as bad... Can't collect the wealth of some characters with already limited resources, after completing the winchester missions I got a faded black line through the screen and had to restart, after restarting and doing another mission I had my guide bar at the top disappear. Had the guide bar stuck with theGame is unfinished man.. I'm so disappointed, unity was horrible, this is just about as bad... Can't collect the wealth of some characters with already limited resources, after completing the winchester missions I got a faded black line through the screen and had to restart, after restarting and doing another mission I had my guide bar at the top disappear. Had the guide bar stuck with the zealot Woden's info for I dunno how many hours too. Some quests fully disappear. The movement is crazy glitchy as in eivor not climbing then when you redo it climbs right up the exact same spot. Sometimes eivor will get stuck but dodge gets him in stuck. Controller disconnection doesn't pause the game. When the game pauses you get the keyboard pop ups. Overall a bad port at about the glitchiness of unity. Must have been a reason a patch came 3 days prior to release. Other than the unplayability and crashing every 30 mins it's not bad... … Expand
  26. Levin
    Dec 6, 2020
    7
    Instalments in the AC series varies a lot in quality, with games like Unity and Syndicate being two of the worst games I ever bought. I had high hopes in Valhalla after Origins and Odyssey that I think both took major steps in the right direction. But Valhalla is a step back to frustration, bugs, moving away from the shadowy creed we all love. Poor controls often let you down when sneakingInstalments in the AC series varies a lot in quality, with games like Unity and Syndicate being two of the worst games I ever bought. I had high hopes in Valhalla after Origins and Odyssey that I think both took major steps in the right direction. But Valhalla is a step back to frustration, bugs, moving away from the shadowy creed we all love. Poor controls often let you down when sneaking and turn a game of shadows into a repetitive hack and slash bore. It would have been ok if the fighting was any good, but somehow they messed that up. Without spoiling too much, there is a place similar to that odd tropical island in RDR2 that I just can't understand why they added to the game. You play a bloodthirsty viking in a foreign land, but too often do you have to engage in politics (walk around and talk to different people) and compete in rhyme (game of words). Graphics are also a rather big step back from the latest 2 instalments that were very impressive. And don't get me started on the singing. I want to run that longboat aground as soon as the *** crew starts that tedious mumbling. Any psalm is more upbeat than that torture. Vikings high on mushrooms going on a raid, and you think that is the sort of songs they chant? I will most likely play through this one as well, but it's just due to lack of options right now. I can't keep playing dead cells forever...… Expand
  27. donMyrmi
    Nov 22, 2020
    2
    Sure, this game packs a lot of promise. But on its current stage it's unplayable, with a major, massive, stupidly silly bug the blocks progression quite early in the game.official workaround - restarting the game is not an option for me. Until fixed - can't give more than 2/10
  28. Haxpeh
    Jul 10, 2021
    0
    В следующий раз отдайте студии в Квебеке, Одиссея лучшая игра в серии, истоки фигня.
  29. phantom2
    Jun 25, 2021
    0
    I could not even force myself to complete 3 hours .. Seriously .. Fighting mechanics ss 15 years old .. the story is boring .. the world is uninspring. even ths basics such as walking, running and jumpingi s distorted. Walk around in a house and the character starts to walk on furniture and tables ,, haha ... I can't imagine how bad this thing is. waste of 50 euros. DO NOT BUY UNLESS YOUI could not even force myself to complete 3 hours .. Seriously .. Fighting mechanics ss 15 years old .. the story is boring .. the world is uninspring. even ths basics such as walking, running and jumpingi s distorted. Walk around in a house and the character starts to walk on furniture and tables ,, haha ... I can't imagine how bad this thing is. waste of 50 euros. DO NOT BUY UNLESS YOU HATE YOURSELF… Expand
  30. 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.
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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 50 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 50
  3. Negative: 0 out of 50
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 25, 2020
    80
    There are far fewer cookie-cutter outposts than in previous AC’s, and most sidequests now offer an interesting story, sometimes even with a less-than-obvious solution. While some anti-grind measures have backfired, Ubisoft is on the right track. [Issue#250, page 56]
  2. KeenGamer
    Dec 17, 2020
    82
    Assassins Creed Valhalla is a wonderful addition to the AC franchise. It manages to avoid the tropes that became overplayed and focuses on a small well structured story. The fighting mechanics are enjoyable and offer many choices to fit different playing styles. There are a significant amount of bugs and the AI is underwhelming at times. But it's still another step in the right direction for Ubisoft.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 14, 2020
    80
    When Valhalla is at its best, it evolves series mechanics. And when you’re cruising down river, about to blow your raiding horn, there’s nothing quite like it. [Issue#183, p.71]
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