Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 2867 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 1,851 out of 2867
  2. Mixed: 337 out of 2867
  3. Negative: 679 out of 2867
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  1. alimsans
    May 9, 2021
    1
    Good game. I’d rate it a sold 8 but micro transactions in a single player game are not acceptable.
  2. 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.
  3. cableguy3333
    Nov 13, 2020
    1
    Anyone who gives this game a higher score hasn't played it for long, game breaking bugs, unholly father being one of them.
  4. Kustosh
    Nov 12, 2020
    1
    Questing and map is done far worse than in previous assassins creed games. Story is boring, the only fun after 10 hours of playing was first introduction cinematic, the further in the game the worse. Odyssey was doing everything better. I like vikings but this one is not so good... I lost my money, gonna sell this game, dont even wanna finish main story.
  5. AfroDigits
    Nov 17, 2020
    1
    The game is boring and just like every other game before it. The game is to dark to even play on ps4. I don't recommend buying this game.
  6. vgolev
    Dec 17, 2020
    1
    Ubisoft, Ubisoft never changes. I gate that level of hypocrisy, when they release the game without all additional payments, and later add it, after all reviews, metascores and game awards are finished..
  7. blk_mamba
    Dec 8, 2022
    1
    Boring story. Repetitive gameplay. Uninteresting characters. It only gets 1 point for visual.
  8. 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
  9. mrgamer234
    Nov 13, 2020
    1
    I started playing AC Valhalla on the launch day despite me knowing that Ubisoft hasn't released a bug free game in years.
    I played the main story until you could free roam and that I did. I finished most of the side quests and collectibles in the first area and then I went to progress in the main story. I couldn't progress in the main story it is bugged. Literally one of the first main    I started playing AC Valhalla on the launch day despite me knowing that Ubisoft hasn't released a bug free game in years.
    I played the main story until you could free roam and that I did. I finished most of the side quests and collectibles in the first area and then I went to progress in the main story. I couldn't progress in the main story it is bugged. Literally one of the first main story quests is bugged so that you can't progress any further.

    As for the gameplay:
    They removed quality of life things like filtering of photos on the world map. I don't want my world map to be cluttered with pictures I haven't looked at.
    The second thing that they negatively changed is the duration of the enemy highlighting after using eagle sense. Previously the enemies were highlighted until you left the area, but now you have to use eagle sense every 30 seconds and they made it a skill to "highlight all nearby enemies when you are crouched and undetected". I guess they ran out of skills and just said: "Let's take away a skill they had forever and give it back, but this time make it so that they have to spend skill points"
    You don't the full skill tree, but only parts that you are adjacent to, so you can't plan your character development ahead , which is for me one the stupidest things they could have done in an action RPG game.

    The free climbing mechanics are still wonky as they ever have been.
    The sounds seems to be off sometimes. I played the female, but it felt like the soundfiles for the male character were played instead of the female.

    The game looks beautiful though, that's why it's not a zero score    … Expand
  10. Aykollin
    Nov 13, 2020
    1
    Maybe a 3 depends where your at in the game. I've clocked far over 500 hours into this series I always finish them. I love assassin's creed but a reskin would have been better than a broken combat system. It's like for honor the game you suffer from and ai that penalizes you for ubisheet at its finest. 60 was a highway robbery.
    ry. It glitches like wwe 2k20. The story like any other ac you    Maybe a 3 depends where your at in the game. I've clocked far over 500 hours into this series I always finish them. I love assassin's creed but a reskin would have been better than a broken combat system. It's like for honor the game you suffer from and ai that penalizes you for ubisheet at its finest. 60 was a highway robbery.
    ry. It glitches like wwe 2k20. The story like any other ac you either love or hate. If your going to play I would not do it on a high difficulty. Once you hit all but one loot cache you get a one shot and loose your progress. That's fine right except when you glitch in close quarter combat. Patches should not constitute for ubisoft lack of effort. Patches are meant to fix parts not an entire wwe2k20 glitches. Shame on you ubisoft you failed this time. Good thing it's is free for ps5 if you own it on 4. Sarcastic this should make whoever approved the release to have 7 years of diarrhea with no toilet paper.    … Expand
  11. Havinganicetime
    Nov 18, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story was decent until a point, and it just felt like they stopped paying the writers and it just... ends. The parkour feels clunky and the horse and boat travel is frustrating as hell. Absolutely riddled with bugs (quests disappearing until restart, graphical glitches, game crashes.) The gear system was unrewarding in that you're almost forced to commit to one armor set for the entire game and punished heavily for wanting to use new weapons or armor. Not worth buying, and at the very least wait for the DLC and more stability patches.… Expand
  12. Pwp21
    Nov 23, 2020
    1
    The bug make the game horrible to play. It feels like you are playing an unfinished game. Ubisoft should have taken more time to work on this game.
  13. Aldoogie
    Nov 24, 2020
    1
    Call this anything but a game. A good game at it's core, should have you not wanting to put the control down -- have you canceling plans so that you can stay in and eagerly lose track of time. There is NO game play here. All the focus is in creating some half ass movie. If you can press B to skip, then your game isn't worthy to begin with. Let that set in developer.

    In short: - There    Call this anything but a game. A good game at it's core, should have you not wanting to put the control down -- have you canceling plans so that you can stay in and eagerly lose track of time. There is NO game play here. All the focus is in creating some half ass movie. If you can press B to skip, then your game isn't worthy to begin with. Let that set in developer.

    In short:

    - There isn't any real gameplay here; it's like a two year old board game, except checkers is more fun
    - The challenges are tedious and BORING and just a worthless grind
    - The fighting is awkward
    - There are glitches galore
    - The Parkour is like slow mountain climbing

    I am a four days into playing and going to put it on Ebay. So glad I got the CD version of this so that I can sell it. Let's see what Cyberpunk brings to the table.

    Such a shame, was really looking forward to it.    … Expand
  14. Vanjie85
    Nov 26, 2020
    1
    Seemed promising, but is probably the most buggy game I have ever played. There are constant game breaking bugs and I have been stuck, unable to continue the main story quests since right after launch. Recent patch had no fix. At this point, I give up. What a waste of money. Not buying another Ubisoft game for a loooooong time. I'm giving it a one only because it seemed like it could haveSeemed promising, but is probably the most buggy game I have ever played. There are constant game breaking bugs and I have been stuck, unable to continue the main story quests since right after launch. Recent patch had no fix. At this point, I give up. What a waste of money. Not buying another Ubisoft game for a loooooong time. I'm giving it a one only because it seemed like it could have been fun. Oh well. Here's hoping Cyberpunk goes better.… Expand
  15. Odin1978
    Dec 2, 2020
    1
    The bugs absolutely ruin it, I'd leave it six months until they fix it, then I'd give it a ten
  16. TsongeeXD
    Dec 6, 2020
    1
    This game is a **** It's crashing out randomly and the visual bugs are the worst. Its crashing out a day twice or three times. Sometimes the dialogues are bugged. And it **** me up when the first day patch broke the game and i can't continue this ****bag
  17. Landoska
    Dec 9, 2020
    1
    It's a good looking game, however it has nothing to do with Assassin's Creed. It's main focus is on farming. Poor stealth system. A point for a nice graphics and soundtrack.
  18. Ianiank
    Dec 12, 2020
    1
    The controls are terrible and there is no way to edit them in a way that functions. I want a refund, total waste of money.
  19. Migas82
    Dec 14, 2020
    1
    I went through the trouble of creating an account at Metacritic, just so I could leave this review, that's how bad this game is. Ubisoft has given itself and all the gamers out there a major shot in the foot with this one. They have unsuccessfully tried to bring to the AC world things that worked brilliantly in other titles (such as the fishing and hunting missions, so good at RDR2, but soI went through the trouble of creating an account at Metacritic, just so I could leave this review, that's how bad this game is. Ubisoft has given itself and all the gamers out there a major shot in the foot with this one. They have unsuccessfully tried to bring to the AC world things that worked brilliantly in other titles (such as the fishing and hunting missions, so good at RDR2, but so terrible here). The open world is probably one of the worst I have seen in any AC game before, the new combat mode is too bad to put into words, and the story is dull and unoriginal to say the least. But to top it all off, it's possibly one of the worst games I have ever played when it comes to bugs. It is so very bad, that at this point I am not even able to go through with the story because there was a major issue with the latest patch released for the game, where you are unable to advance in the story from the moment you start the mission "A Seer's Solace". Starting this mission will mean that your game will stop working, as the so-very-terrible-to-begin-with open world becomes even worst (it turns into raw unfinished shapes), and the character simply starts falling from the map, not giving out any possibility to keep playing. For the lucky ones who purchased a physical version, I heard it is possible to reinstall, and not updating to the latest patch seems to be a poor man's workaround for the issue, but for the unlucky ones like me who have purchased the digital version, there is no way at all to keep playing. I never thought in my wildest dreams that Ubisoft would be able to screw up this bad. I used to be a fan of the AC franchise, but this game seems to have managed to completely ruin it for me. I don't think I'll ever buy another AC game, and I am avidly expecting that Sony reimburses me for this absolutely terrible purchase, as I don't believe there are enough patches in the world that will be able to salvage it.… Expand
  20. LaymensLament
    Dec 17, 2020
    1
    Adding micro after all the reviews are in, wow.
    Another company manipulating it's users.
  21. leandro_mohawk
    Dec 18, 2020
    1
    o gráfico é bom,mas parece o mesmo jogo que lança todo ano,e depois do primeiro mês ,esta cheio de micro transação.
  22. sailfast
    Dec 20, 2020
    1
    100+ bloated hours waiting for a payoff that never happens. for being a game about vikings, you don’t do much viking stuff beyond the handful of raids. there’s so much crammed into the game, you only know it’s over when you no longer have any missions. no big finale. no resolution other than the pre-scripted nonsense you saw coming at hour 50. made all the wrong choices, so didn’t get the100+ bloated hours waiting for a payoff that never happens. for being a game about vikings, you don’t do much viking stuff beyond the handful of raids. there’s so much crammed into the game, you only know it’s over when you no longer have any missions. no big finale. no resolution other than the pre-scripted nonsense you saw coming at hour 50. made all the wrong choices, so didn’t get the “good” ending, but after watching videos of the “good” ending, there is nothing there worth suffering though another play through. the only parts of the game close to enjoyable were the boat cat and being able to pet the dogs. I’m so disappointed, I can’t imagine ever investing one more hour into the AC universe.… Expand
  23. HellfireF22
    Dec 22, 2020
    1
    After playing for i encountered multiple bugs that made the game unplayable. Still waiting on ubisoft to release a patch to fix it. Reported the bug over a month ago and I still cannot play the game.
  24. Neurotiix
    Dec 22, 2020
    1
    El juego esta bien si eres una persona casual, si te gusta hacer el 100% del contenido el juego es una basura, no hay ningun tipo de progreso en el personaje y se hace bastante aburrido
  25. Milono001
    Dec 28, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They have worked 3or so years writing glitches that you have to pick your way slowly through if you actually want to play the game. Not much more to it any fun you may have is totally eclipsed by glitchfest… Expand
  26. Firemam
    Jul 5, 2021
    1
    Is this shjt a ASSASSIN game??? Is just a bullshjt story about a viking BECOMING a assassin .... So why they didn't change the game's name to viking life or viking simulator
    Ubisoft is making worse AAA game (i think they are ran out of idea or they think that with the phrase "Assassin's Creed", thier game could be a masterpiece but no, it just a waste of money, all you feel about recently    Is this shjt a ASSASSIN game??? Is just a bullshjt story about a viking BECOMING a assassin .... So why they didn't change the game's name to viking life or viking simulator
    Ubisoft is making worse AAA game (i think they are ran out of idea or they think that with the phrase "Assassin's Creed", thier game could be a masterpiece but no, it just a waste of money, all you feel about recently AC is just the graphic)
    With this money, you should play Ghost pf Tsushima Anyway, 1 is for the good graphic    … Expand
  27. roivas99
    Jan 27, 2021
    1
    I don't care how good of a game you make. When you introduce minigames where you stack rocks for 3 hours & relies on pixel perfect placement of 3D objects, you've made a bad game.
  28. juchira
    Jan 30, 2021
    1
    This would be a good game without the game breaking bugs. This game keeps crashing all the time. Sometimes I can play an hour without crashing and sometimes few minutes. But everytime I play it crashes at some point.
  29. babinos87
    Mar 21, 2021
    1
    This is probably the worst AC game after Unity. The bugs are countless. Character stucks in woods or other items, causing character's death. Quests are buggy, only when to unstuck is to reset the game. I am very serious. This has countless bugs. I encounter more than one every time that I play. I have been so disappointed by this game that I am seriously thinking to stop buying AC again. IThis is probably the worst AC game after Unity. The bugs are countless. Character stucks in woods or other items, causing character's death. Quests are buggy, only when to unstuck is to reset the game. I am very serious. This has countless bugs. I encounter more than one every time that I play. I have been so disappointed by this game that I am seriously thinking to stop buying AC again. I have bought all of them so far and finish each story to the end, but this game is really disappointing and bad.… Expand
  30. BaBka_YaGGa
    May 17, 2021
    1
    Игра скучная, толерантная и коксакерсная, плюсом еще донат ложится толстенькой подливкой, итог 1 толстый коксакер из 10.
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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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