Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.2

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  1. Parzival_89
    Jan 2, 2021
    3
    The game goes out of its way with all the politically correct silliness that has ravaged so many games and other forms of entertainment lately. The ending is dreadful, and it crashes pretty regularly. I was expecting a Viking game, and didn't really get one. This will most definitely be my last assasins creed game.
  2. Ibringtruth
    Dec 18, 2020
    10
    Anyone who gives Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0 out of 10 is worthless piece of sht
  3. Username1008
    Feb 6, 2021
    10
    Best game ever The combat is good
    Performance is good with120fps
    Story is better than any games
  4. OnlyGames
    Jan 3, 2021
    0
    The game has too many bugs the animation of the characters is like games from ps2. In all a poor development of Odyssey. Less quantity and more quality who better .
  5. Dear_Insanity
    Jan 4, 2021
    3
    If you want a decent experience, go for Origins or Odyssey. A lot of the secondary missions cannot be completed due bugs, the game is full of vissual glitches including bosses flying and enemies walking on walls. Bad response comands and the combat overall is a downgrade form previous games.
  6. valhallasucks
    Jan 8, 2021
    0
    Buggy piece of **** Have lost data 4 times (hours of play) regardless of how many times the game saves, or I manually save. This was a rushed job, and it really shows. Tons of other bugs apart from this, do they even bother testing their games. TRASH.
  7. blutobotbijl
    Jan 16, 2021
    0
    Two months after release and still broken. A half assed platform for microtransactions
  8. BuBBleGUm1000
    Feb 12, 2021
    10
    Assassin's Creed is back, better than ever! Well, okay it's not best AC game (that would be AC 4), but it's still great and way better than Odyssey. I'm not able to understand why someone would say that they like Odyssey more. I guess these people don't like actual Assassin's Creed? Either way it seems like they are slowly moving back to what AC used to be and that's amazing. I have readAssassin's Creed is back, better than ever! Well, okay it's not best AC game (that would be AC 4), but it's still great and way better than Odyssey. I'm not able to understand why someone would say that they like Odyssey more. I guess these people don't like actual Assassin's Creed? Either way it seems like they are slowly moving back to what AC used to be and that's amazing. I have read that some people want fall damage to be removed. To me that's BS. Why remove fall damage? AC games have ALWAYS had fall damage, because it makes parkouring more risky/interesting. If you know that you gonna fall and nothing happens, then where's the fun?… Expand
  9. Jennifer33
    Feb 12, 2021
    10
    Very fun, addicting and beautiful looking game. Would recommend to old and new fans.
  10. SpringisComing
    Feb 12, 2021
    10
    Assassin's Creed: Valhalla restored my faith in Ubisoft. I was really worried after Ghost Recon Breakpoint. It's actually understandable that all their games can't be hits, because they have so many studios working on different games, so no wonder some of these games are great and some are not.
  11. proof8766
    Feb 24, 2021
    10
    I have both pc and ps4 versions. pc version is better obviously, but ps4 version is still solid enough. You can't expect miracles on 2013 hardware and it's still miles better game than cyberpunk 2077.
  12. Fixfix
    Feb 25, 2021
    10
    Very underrated game. Better than Origins, it has more likable characters and generally more interesting open world.
  13. Fallenx
    Apr 19, 2021
    10
    Beautiful graphics (not best), better parkour than Odyssey, Better story than Odyssey, would recommend!
  14. Ardho
    Dec 8, 2021
    8
    it doesn't feel like an AC game anymore, the beginning of the game is great but in the end the story is stupid, this game is also too long and the mission is not important. I love man eivor as the main character tho
  15. SpiderMan4
    Dec 11, 2021
    10
    Very decent ending for AC series, next one will be live service, so i think Valhalla was last true AC game.
  16. XboxisKing2022
    Dec 12, 2021
    10
    It's pretty okay Assassin's Creed, nothing great or amazing, but still fun enough. Have to give it 10, because some people think it's really funny to give 0/10 to game they have never played.
  17. Pjjja
    Jan 11, 2022
    9
    Gráficos 10/10
    Historia 9.5/10
    Combate 7.5/10
    Voces 8/10
    Mapa 9/10
    Diseño del mundo 10/10
  18. MoniWhite
    Feb 7, 2022
    8
    It's too long and doesn't look quite as nice as I would like for such a long game, combat is shallow but there are still fun things to do, mostly just exploring, I look some of the story, some real high points but you have to get through the boring bits to get to the next good part
  19. Tornadoz
    Feb 23, 2022
    10
    Amazing game, after last update there is absolutely no excuse for anyone to hate this game, because Ubisoft has done so much. They added new difficulty option, so you can play exactly like old games and assassinate even highest level enemies with one hit. Anyone who still hates on this game from now on, is just whiny loser who wants attention.
  20. TheHigh_Ground
    Feb 23, 2022
    10
    As of Ubisoft reported few days ago, Assassin's Creed Valhalla is Highest-Earning Assassin's Creed Game To Date. So that basically speaks for itself, Valhalla is EXTREMELY popular. All the hate just comes from small group of haters, but these are thankfully minority. Game is now especially solid after last update 1.5 where they made graphics even better and added story difficulty whichAs of Ubisoft reported few days ago, Assassin's Creed Valhalla is Highest-Earning Assassin's Creed Game To Date. So that basically speaks for itself, Valhalla is EXTREMELY popular. All the hate just comes from small group of haters, but these are thankfully minority. Game is now especially solid after last update 1.5 where they made graphics even better and added story difficulty which means basically, that you can assassinate absolutely anyone with one hit now, so basically literally same as Black Flag, Unity, etc. It's not best AC game ever, but it's in top 5 and that's good.… Expand
  21. Artzio
    Feb 26, 2022
    10
    La cúspide de la experiencia Assassin’s, feliz con el rumbo y fan desde siempre
  22. SWPrequelsRule
    Mar 11, 2022
    10
    Pretty good game! I wish it wasn't so long, because i feel like this game has little bit too much content, so maybe in next game less content, but more focused content and less random stuff. Other than that, it's fun, beautiful, open world.
  23. Tonnom
    Mar 17, 2022
    10
    Awesome awesome game. Ac games never fail to amaze me . I really loved the story as well as the gameplay and eivor.
  24. nfs7379
    Sep 4, 2022
    4
    4/10.......................................................................
  25. Wadayahno
    Apr 16, 2022
    0
    You'll probably buy the game based on these reviews but understand that the ps4 ver doesn’t hold a candle to odyssey, it’s a stripped down asset flip, when you have bought the game and have reached England go to the top of anything tall and take a look at the trees … spoiler … now you can’t un-see the ps1 mesh and perspective trick they used, ruined the game for me and now you too
  26. whatisgaming_
    Apr 19, 2022
    10
    Million times better than Odyssey in every way imaginable. Odyssey isn't even Assassin's Creed game, Odyssey is just random RPG that takes place in Greece and has Assassin's Creed name, also story in Odyssey is an absolute joke, very bad writing. Valhalla is actual Assassin's Creed game with all basic elements you would expect. Avoid Odyssey at all cost, if you actually like AC. People whoMillion times better than Odyssey in every way imaginable. Odyssey isn't even Assassin's Creed game, Odyssey is just random RPG that takes place in Greece and has Assassin's Creed name, also story in Odyssey is an absolute joke, very bad writing. Valhalla is actual Assassin's Creed game with all basic elements you would expect. Avoid Odyssey at all cost, if you actually like AC. People who like Odyssey, were never fans of AC games, so therefore their opinion on this series means nothing.… Expand
  27. Major_tom1969
    Oct 23, 2022
    8
    -story 8/10 good story with likeable character
    -Graphics 8/10 very stunning
    -parkour 3/10 with very small area for parkour it was dissapointed
    -combat 7/10 it was good

    Overall its still a good game but i do hope next game would have more complex area map so you can do more parkour
  28. fredrodi
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    the game even after 2 years is unplayable due to glitches, had to leave it halfway through.
  29. noobdown
    Nov 27, 2022
    4
    Jogo enjoativo e repetitivo demais! Com uma historia mediana o jogo esta longe de ser bom como seu antecessor.
  30. SuperkenGaming
    Jan 10, 2021
    8
    Assassins Creed Valhalla
    One step forward, 2 steps back.
    Assassins Creed is my favrotie series of all time, so im harder on this series than I am with any other game.. and while Valhalla is a great game and my score will reflect that, as an assassins creed game, assassins creed Valhalla isa complete disappointment. Here you play as avore, becauseubisoft cares more about its precious    Assassins Creed Valhalla
    One step forward, 2 steps back.
    Assassins Creed is my favrotie series of all time, so im harder on this series than I am with any other game.. and while Valhalla is a great game and my score will reflect that, as an assassins creed game, assassins creed Valhalla isa complete disappointment.
    Here you play as avore, becauseubisoft cares more about its precious sales you chose either man version or female version because ubisoft is afraid to commit and want to make everyone happy.. you set off on a Viking adventure to basically take over England during the dark ages.. and sadly this is more of a Viking game with assassins creed mechanics rather than an assassins creed game where you play as a Viking, the lore of the Templars and the assassins is there.. infct the whole uncovering the order side thing odyssey had going on is valhallas main focus, and I love that… however the game built around it is the most hallow money grab of a game in probably the entire assassins creed series… they sold you on Vikings, rob and pillage, this is fun about 0 times, its never fun going into an area for a raid, opening chests and collecting all of the loot, its repetive and bland, and that can be said for the entire game… im one to uncover every inch of an assassins creed game, read very document, platinum it.. but assassins creed Valhalla is so hollow that I found myself skipping through a lot of its dialog as the story is broken up into individual kingdoms you go out and help… this is less of an assassins creed game, you know.. a game where you relive memories of someone that was supposed to have actually existed to learn more about the orer and the places of the pieces of edden, and just a boring Viking game where you go from kingdom to kingdom taking care of that kingdoms individual problems, it’s a 70 hour long game of individual mini stories that by themselves could be okay experiences, but in an assassins creed game they feel like a waste of time not adding anything to the overall world of assassins creed, no one will remember Valhalla as a step forward for the series, infact in a lot fof places Valhalla steps back, for example its loot, there is next to none, yet you still collect it from time to time, its such an awkward system that you forget there are other weapons and armorus you can pick up.. youll mpost likely stick to the first or second piece of gear you find in the game and stick to that all the way through, especially thanks to the grind heavy upgrading system here that require a ridiculous amount of recourses to upgrade weapons… where Valhalla steps forward though is you making choices that actually matter, your choices have consequences, you have different paths with different characters you can go down that don’t feel empty like odyssey did.. but back to the intial point, this is great if assassins creed were an rpg seres set in different time periods… but its not, its meant to be an experience of a story already told, not an unwritten story of your grandpa and you get to chose if he banged other Vikings or not… tell me if avor was gay or not, don’t let me chose, again.. commit to a character, tell me their story… this is not a solution to the story telling critques players have.. this is assassins creed, not dragon age.. tell me the story as it happened… but this is thebiggest assins creed game to date, though bigger isn’t always better, another first, this s the first time I gave up on collecting all the things in an assassins creed game, for one,, again the world felt boring pointless and hallow, even the side quests that were supposed to be the talk of the town, except for the mini game orlog, it had its hooks in me like gwent, and I love hunting down the zealots of the land, bringing my back to the original assassins creed.. but the colelctables here, the game just makes you work too hard to get, one too many are locked behind story progress – why even put it on the map then… and evry other one ios locked behing an environment puzzle.. I don’t mind this eveyr once in a while , but map cleaning in assassins creed is a form of meditation, if I have to figure out how to get to literally every chest in the world, it isn’t meditation anymore, it’s a puzzle game outside of the story, no thanks. Also traversal here is probably the worst in the series too, its wakward, plenty pof annoying deaths at the hands of climbing, The biggest disappointment overall is this games story, the worst ending in history if you can even call it an ending and the outside of the animus world features the least likably protagonist of all time, smoking doesn’t make you look like a badass, it makes you look inconsiderate of the people around you, but again, assassins creed Valhalla is a great game, the combat is fun, you can go down different paths to play the way you prefer, brute, ranged, stealth, or a mix of all 3…
    [cont YT: Superkengaming]    … Expand
  31. nandika
    Jan 10, 2021
    8
    This could have been a masterpiece, but it's like those hollywood epics that want to show everyone that they provide the bang for your buck and ending up being 30 minutes longer than needed. Valhalla is just like 20 hours longer than needed. Other than that it's easily one of the best AC games.
  32. 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.
  33. AnnualLeopard
    Jan 26, 2021
    10
    My true rating of this game would be an 8/10, but I have seen so many low scores from people who can't see this game for what it does so well that I feel like I need to give it a higher score than it deserves to make the overall rating a more fair representation of the games quality. While some of the gameplay mechanics and AI programming are poor, the storytelling and characters, as wellMy true rating of this game would be an 8/10, but I have seen so many low scores from people who can't see this game for what it does so well that I feel like I need to give it a higher score than it deserves to make the overall rating a more fair representation of the games quality. While some of the gameplay mechanics and AI programming are poor, the storytelling and characters, as well as the beautiful setting makeshift not just a great Assassins Creed game, but a great game overall.… Expand
  34. Edwardassasins
    Dec 31, 2020
    10
    Best AC game and one of the best RPGs of the last decade and J love this masterpiece of Ubisoft
  35. aqnguyen96
    Dec 29, 2020
    10
    Very good game, lots of content and visually beautiful. Probably best rpg of this year.
  36. Cody89mason
    Mar 31, 2021
    8
    I’m saddened to write this review, because I love assassin’s creed. But this game had so much potential and fails to capture said potential. It is clearly unfinished. The combat is fun, but very clunky. At a very annoying level. Some of the boss fights are near impossible, if not up to power level. I enjoyed that up to a certain point. As long as you used skill. You could still kill offI’m saddened to write this review, because I love assassin’s creed. But this game had so much potential and fails to capture said potential. It is clearly unfinished. The combat is fun, but very clunky. At a very annoying level. Some of the boss fights are near impossible, if not up to power level. I enjoyed that up to a certain point. As long as you used skill. You could still kill off enemies that were too high for you. This game on hard mode or beyond, does not reward skill. But instead, punishes you for trying to take on much harder enemies. Some bosses seem to almost teleport to you to use unblockable attacks. This game needed much more polish. Even now months later. It still lacks a lot of polish. Had it gotten more love and attention. This game could have easily been a 9 to 10 rating.… Expand
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. KaliusMaximus
    Jan 27, 2022
    0
    Probably the worst game in the series. Too much delay on character actions, game feels unresponsive and clunky, combat is the worst in the series by far with unresponsive controls and the story is abysmally bad. Never played such a boring chore in my life and i been gaming for over 30 years. Same copy-pasted fetch quests every time you pledge to a region or you're doing a raid. This gameProbably the worst game in the series. Too much delay on character actions, game feels unresponsive and clunky, combat is the worst in the series by far with unresponsive controls and the story is abysmally bad. Never played such a boring chore in my life and i been gaming for over 30 years. Same copy-pasted fetch quests every time you pledge to a region or you're doing a raid. This game is the definition of money lost in a sewer.… Expand
  41. 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
  42. Bartolomewo
    Jan 6, 2021
    10
    Un trabajo excelente de Ubisoft, me ha encantado, y por mi parte, no he sufrido bugs que afecten mi experiencia como jugador, nada fuera de lo normal que no se pueda encontrar en cualquier otro videojuego. Los que dicen que el juego está bugueado, no es verdad, es totalmente jugable y disfrutable de principio a fin. Y la historia también es muy buena, me ha atrapado por completo.Un trabajo excelente de Ubisoft, me ha encantado, y por mi parte, no he sufrido bugs que afecten mi experiencia como jugador, nada fuera de lo normal que no se pueda encontrar en cualquier otro videojuego. Los que dicen que el juego está bugueado, no es verdad, es totalmente jugable y disfrutable de principio a fin. Y la historia también es muy buena, me ha atrapado por completo. Recomebdable 100%… Expand
  43. Dima87
    Jan 25, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. классная игра, мне очень понравилась...замечательная… Expand
  44. KaluBilbao
    Jan 7, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graficos: 9. Musica: 9.5. Historia: 9.5. Jugabilidad: 10. Diversion: recontra asegurada.
    Realmente el juego me encanto, no le tenia fe para nada, pero me termino gustando muchisimo,    … Expand
  45. 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
  46. 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.
  47. Shayanaz
    Oct 26, 2021
    10
    Very very good game . One of the best stories that assassins creed ever had
  48. free-meerkat
    Jan 12, 2021
    9
    Builds upon the mechanics of the last 2 games in the series. Way more refined and inspired than the massive disappointment that was odyssey. More grounded in reality, with streamlined loot, better story (albeit still a mediocre one), and mechanics that mesh together better than the previous one.

    By itself, Valhalla is a solid third-person ARPG with good exploration, some clever    Builds upon the mechanics of the last 2 games in the series. Way more refined and inspired than the massive disappointment that was odyssey. More grounded in reality, with streamlined loot, better story (albeit still a mediocre one), and mechanics that mesh together better than the previous one.

    By itself, Valhalla is a solid third-person ARPG with good exploration, some clever mini-puzzles, world events, and the raiding feature is fun.

    As an Assassin's Creed game, Valhalla is still sorting out the identity issues of this trilogy, in a positive direction, with some new additions which fit together better than its predecessor.    … Expand
  49. WhiteClad
    Mar 22, 2021
    7
    I was so excited for the next AC game after playing Odyssey and Origins. I remember how I used to play Odyssey all day long like no game before or after it. But when I saw the first trailer my excitement started to fade away - robotic animations, graphics unworthy of 2020 and gameplay that didn't seem to improve in any way. And that is a Ubisoft game trailer, meaning they showed us theI was so excited for the next AC game after playing Odyssey and Origins. I remember how I used to play Odyssey all day long like no game before or after it. But when I saw the first trailer my excitement started to fade away - robotic animations, graphics unworthy of 2020 and gameplay that didn't seem to improve in any way. And that is a Ubisoft game trailer, meaning they showed us the best parts! Anyway, I didn't lose hope and bought the game on release day. And let me tell you after 50 hour into the game - this is such a disappointment after Odyssey.
    I love long open-world games, because I love exploring the map and getting a home-like feeling from the environment, but in this case I'm trying to finish the storyline out of respect for the series and my complenionist personality, and not because I actually want to.
    Maybe as a standalone game or for someone who never played AC, this game seems like fun, but for me it is the most boring of them all.
    They got rid of side quests and replaced them with loot hunt which is one of the worst downgrades of them all. Side quests are the best part! What genius decided to get rid of them? I don't feel any urge to go looking for the new gear or upgrades for one simple reason - I don't need them. The game is laughably easy. Sometimes I even get too lazy to spend my upgrade points because they have so little effect on the battle outcome. Sure, sometimes you get bosses here and there that might need up to 5-6 takes to beat them, but nothing that would motivate me to spend hours on a grindfest to upgrade my specs. The same goes for the gear - in Odyssey there were tons of armor that I would actually pay attention to and frequently upgrade or change, in Valhalla I just stick with my original gear for the entire game.
    Next - the story is dull and the characters are bland. At some point I just didn't even bother following the story of reading into awful dialogues. Myriad of forgettable characters come and go too quickly - why remember someone's story and personality if I will be killing them within 20 minutes and never see them again?
    Although it's not developer's fault this time, but the map is very uninspiring. Every single town looks exactly the same, countryside looks identical wherever you go. I loved exploring the surroundings in Odyssey and Origins. Here, I don't have that urge whatsoever. I'm bored to the death by the view.
    I know they tried to make their own gwent or whatever, but I literally played every single mini game in the town once and never wanted to go back. Even when it was required by the quest, I just wanted to get it over with and move on.
    And don't even let me started on attacking the forts. In Odyssey I remember how I was planning the entire thing while looking at it with my bird and then carefully executing the plan. In this one, I either just go front attack (again, because the game is too easy, so I have no motivation to go stealth) or, during raid, just open the doors and wait for my army of vikings to do the fighting.
    All in all, they downgraded pretty much every single fun part of Odyssey I can think of, so I'm pretty sure I won't be buying the next game on day one, even though I'm a fan of the series. Be better, Ubisoft.    … Expand
  50. 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
  51. rey_valhalla29
    Jan 20, 2021
    9
    El mejor AC. Ambientación y jugabilidad brutal. El mejor gráficamente en su versión PS5, de los pocos que voy a por el Platino
  52. skyisburning
    Dec 18, 2020
    10
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  53. Sirenicskill
    Dec 18, 2020
    10
    Я бы сказал, что это, пожалуй, один из лучших. Графически абсолютно потрясающе, куда бы вы ни пошли, освещение в этой игре очень хорошее. Эффекты снега в Норвегии также почти на высшем уровне. История действительно длинная и в большинстве случаев интересная. Хорошо.Я бы сказал, что это, пожалуй, один из лучших. Графически абсолютно потрясающе, куда бы вы ни пошли, освещение в этой игре очень хорошее. Эффекты снега в Норвегии также почти на высшем уровне. История действительно длинная и в большинстве случаев интересная. Хорошо.
  54. Syttorak
    Jan 1, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was never really "that into" the assassin's creed games, until I saw the trailer for odyssey, the idea of building a spartan warrior was awesome to me, but alas this is about AC VALHALL!!! So I loved odyssey, and then a few months after I bought and played it I saw the early trailers for AC Valhalla, and I was hooked before it even had a release date!! I pre-ordered it - which I don't do that often mind you. I am super glad I picked up a copy of Valhalla. The story is amazing, and the graphics are even better. I love how you can go on raids, and have a settlement you can build, and a longship to customize. They finally outdid themselves over there at Ubisoft, that is for sure. I enjoyed the Asgard arc as well, getting to see (Ubisoft's version of) Asgard and take part in some of their most well known tales was A GREAT IDEA!! I can't wait to get Mjolnir and Odin's spear Gungnir!! Trust me Broder you will love this game!… Expand
  55. JDemoh57084
    Dec 28, 2020
    10
    WAW! One of the best AC games in long time. Might be Ubisoft's best open world they have ever created.
  56. DanielTree
    Dec 28, 2020
    9
    Great game. Tip for anybody who is going to play or still playing like me: (80 hours in, little over halfway done) play it slow. Meaning literally walk when near wealth, mysteries, when raiding and assaulting fortresses, when walking around towns and hamlets etc, taking your horse instead of fast traveling to destinations (unless quickly going to kill world boss in region you were in 20Great game. Tip for anybody who is going to play or still playing like me: (80 hours in, little over halfway done) play it slow. Meaning literally walk when near wealth, mysteries, when raiding and assaulting fortresses, when walking around towns and hamlets etc, taking your horse instead of fast traveling to destinations (unless quickly going to kill world boss in region you were in 20 hours ago) and just looking around villages and camps carefully. Don't play the game to finish. You miss beautiful aspects of the game. For example: fishing, - going to every body of water in a region and discovering + catching big new fish that make you feel cool - the extra finishers, - sorry to burst the triggered guys bubbles, but there are more finishers than just a sword through a Saxon and cutting arms off from behind (ie. each weapon + some combos has 2 more finishers that happen when you 1. use backstab perk from skill tree when enemy is one shot and 2. when you kill enemy from the front when they are one shot and staggered (not stunned) ) - riding all around some destinations, - (so far) East Anglia, Oxenefordschire and Cent is so dope just layout wise (they did coastline regions really well [talking about East Anglia and Cent] / maybe personal preference / my vibe) - confession boxes after killing order members, - makes them way more 3D and genuinely love seeing personalities matched with character models - burning straw houses with my torch every time around the open world - love the smoke effect you see from a far, the sort of red sky effect that happens when you burn enough houses close to each other and I just love being a manic viking - and talking with important characters after their "arc" - ie. I got an invitation to go to an ealdormans anointment in a region I was in previously with no quest being popped up after reading the invitation, so me being curious I wanted to see if the "world event" would actually occur and sure enough when I went to the last place I saw this important character, a cutscene ensued where he was of course annointed and a small dialog bubble with him was present. Small details like these make me love the game and make me feel like I actually changed something in the open world - fulfilling payoff. Yes you may complain that its not really "Assassin's Creed" but they brought back small things that may not be major to the story but help capture the essence (ie. hidden blade, social stealth and city arcs like Lunden, Jorvik and Winchester or Winchestre, I forgot ) so I can see Ubisoft still somewhat cares and I appreciate that. Some small gripes of the game: one of the arcs - Asgard - is relatively boring due to its lack of interesting narrative and overall region layout (still pretty though), I experience crashes on my base PS4 which can be justified because its a 7 year old console (mine is literally the first model) and I leave the console on rest mode which continues to run the game while I'm away just for convenience but at the end of the day the crashes are so minor because even though the game takes 2-3 minutes to launch back up, I only maybe lose 1 minute of progression because of the constant auto saves which I appreciate immensely. The narrative is an acquired taste. I personally like all but one arc in terms of narration (Asgard) but I can see why some people think the narrative is a little boring because of some pointless main story quests but I personally still get some fun out of them. Finally, I personally disliked the first arc of the game in Norway just plainly because I hate "tutorial regions" and its way to easy but again personal preference and I understand why it's their like in every mainstream game because not everybody is a sweaty narc like me (case in point: my dad - he's so bad but I love him). Some more small tips: play normal first - get the feel of the game - but aim to play very hard (challenge is fun, just trust). Stealth difficulty is fine at normal - I don't have it any higher because npcs still notice you relatively quickly and I have more of a warrior build for style in the battlefield. Recommend playing two handed weapons alone (not with shield or other weapon) - great sword and dane axe alone have brutal finishers. Other points I missed: 1. settlement is awesome - love building an entire town as I become more well known in the game + reminds me of AC3 (great game). 2. You'll love male or female Eivor - can be boring in beginning, but becomes such a badass as story progresses. Conclusion: Buy this game, play it slowly and you'll find enjoyment. Don't play just to check it off of "games I completed". What's the point of buying a $60 game to be the first to complete it? The only people who can justify being the first to finish is of course game devs and reviewers + Youtubers who want to be the first to post a specific part of story like the ending for maximum view potential. If you aren't any of those people who have a quota to fill, play slow.… Expand
  57. homey_phone3
    Jan 1, 2021
    10
    Ive played this game for about 15 hours so far and i can say that this game is underrated
  58. 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
  59. TheGoldenDucky
    Jan 14, 2021
    8
    The storyline as AMAZING, character development as flawless, likeable characters, gameplay fun and easy to get the hang of as it's the same controls as Origins and Odyssey, the **** you actually learn that REALLY happened was interesting as well, and as learning about Norse mythology.
    There was only a couple things that I didn’t really like. Like how they got rid of naval combat, a    The storyline as AMAZING, character development as flawless, likeable characters, gameplay fun and easy to get the hang of as it's the same controls as Origins and Odyssey, the **** you actually learn that REALLY happened was interesting as well, and as learning about Norse mythology.
    There was only a couple things that I didn’t really like. Like how they got rid of naval combat, a couple of my fav characters dying which was really upsetting, and viewpoints not having a place to jump down to at the bottom. EVERY game in the series has usually a pile of hay or whatever that your character lands in when they jump off the view point but in this game it was either hard to find said piles or they weren’t there at all so I would be jumping to my death a lot    … Expand
  60. kyle9431oilers
    Jan 17, 2021
    8
    While not as good as Odyssey in my opinion,the open world is fantastic. The PS4 version still looks really good sure PS5 has a higher framerate but it looks identical. The combat is a step back from Odyssey but still satisfying and fun.
  61. Peyet99
    Jan 19, 2021
    10
    Truly beautiful game with nice story/side stories, amazing graphics, decent combat and so much to explore. Deserves to be nominated at The Game Awards!
  62. Curtisj91
    Jan 22, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing game, the best out of the AC rpg trilogy in my opinion. The bugs and glitches that impact the game (it's a Ubisoft game so not that surprising) are frustrating but not game breaking *spoiler* although I'm currently stuck on finishing the order of the ancients saga that occurs after the main campaign, hopefully it will be fixed soon, but overall great story, great characters, would highly recommend it but probably wait a bit till Ubisoft irons out most of the bugs and glitches.… Expand
  63. Anessssss
    Jan 23, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ... .............................................. .............................nice one… Expand
  64. Tyman222
    Jan 31, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love the length of the game. Interesting health recovery gameplay having to always find rations and not automatic recovery like previous games. Having to build the settlement and unlocking benefits from it like health, changing a companion, design of tattoos or the ship, and missions. I get skyrim like vibes with that gameplay. With the animus data glitch puzzles we see more of Layla, and I'm not complaining. I look forward to continuing the game, not that far into it yet. I believe this installment has what it takes to compete with Origins for the best overall Assassin's Creed game.… Expand
  65. Youfall_IWin
    Feb 24, 2021
    10
    Beautiful game that has insane amount of content. Haters are just envy and likely never ever cared about AC games, so i would recommend just ignoring every review that gives it anything below 7.
  66. AlltheGods
    Mar 17, 2021
    10
    I'm really confused how someone can leave 0 out of 10 review, while not explaining absolutely anything. All reviews like that should be deleted. It's solid game. 7 out of 10? Sure, even 6 maybe. But 0? Hell no.
  67. Freeedom
    Apr 15, 2021
    10
    Message to Ubisoft : Keep doing what you do and just ignore these haters. They have never understood your games. All they want are some mindless fast-paced nonsense games. They don't wanna think, they don't wanna explore, they don't wanna learn. They will never understand what you do. Just ignore them and focus on people who actually support / love your games. Thank you for the games youMessage to Ubisoft : Keep doing what you do and just ignore these haters. They have never understood your games. All they want are some mindless fast-paced nonsense games. They don't wanna think, they don't wanna explore, they don't wanna learn. They will never understand what you do. Just ignore them and focus on people who actually support / love your games. Thank you for the games you have done in past 10 years. This message goes to everyone who has worked on these games and who feel that fans don't respect their work. They do and i do and i have huge respect for everything you have done. Can't wait for AC Valhalla DLC's, Far Cry 6 and all your future projects.… Expand
  68. UbisoftisGreat
    Apr 20, 2021
    10
    Thank you Ubisoft for this amazing game. Ubisoft truly is great game making studio, easily one of the best. Keep doing what you do and just ignore these salty haters. They have zero idea what good game even means.
  69. siVitiCt
    May 5, 2021
    10
    In general, it's nothing special, but if you like Assassin's Creed, there's no reason to not like this. I had fun with it, waiting for dlc's.
  70. Jazzhands
    Jul 2, 2021
    10
    Ubisoft or to be more specific, Assassin's Creed haters are some very, very special kind of people. I think i could never write AC review without mentioning them. It's so obvious that they are just some typical conservatives, but they don't wanna admit it, so they act like there's some "other" issues in this game. Like "uh oh story is boring for my taste, here's your 1 out of 10 score".Ubisoft or to be more specific, Assassin's Creed haters are some very, very special kind of people. I think i could never write AC review without mentioning them. It's so obvious that they are just some typical conservatives, but they don't wanna admit it, so they act like there's some "other" issues in this game. Like "uh oh story is boring for my taste, here's your 1 out of 10 score". Pathetic. Anyway, game itself is solid enough. Better and more interesting than two previous mainline AC games. Ironically this game isn't Liberal either. It's as Centrist as you can get in 2021. But obviously conservatives don't like that. It confuses them. Like "how can you possibly be so open minded and see both sides". Sad world we live in. In a way Red Dead Redemption 2 is way more Liberal than this game with it's forced feminist mission and i'm saying that as die-hard Rockstar fan. I guarantee GTA 6 has even more stuff like that, possibly more than any Ubisoft game ever. That's the gaming in 2020s and onward, forever. Deal with it. Witcher 4 will have way more focus on female characters and it will include many black characters. That's just how it will be. Witcher 3 will absolutely NEVER happen again. Never. Inclusion is not bad thing, in fact it is necessary and i think it's time for "certain gamers" to understand that there are all kind of people on this planet.… Expand
  71. 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
  72. GabrielSR77
    Nov 23, 2021
    1
    Queria falar que como fã da saga Assassins Creed estou muito decepcionado com a Ubisoft, por levar uma saga que começou como um jogo de 3º pessoa AAA, num RPG genérico, eu gosto de RPG porém uma coisa não tem nada haver com outra, quando comprei o Valhala, praticamente foi uma copia do Origins e o Odyssea, jogo com gráfico ruim (joguei no ps4 slim), a jogabilidade a mesma coisa que osQueria falar que como fã da saga Assassins Creed estou muito decepcionado com a Ubisoft, por levar uma saga que começou como um jogo de 3º pessoa AAA, num RPG genérico, eu gosto de RPG porém uma coisa não tem nada haver com outra, quando comprei o Valhala, praticamente foi uma copia do Origins e o Odyssea, jogo com gráfico ruim (joguei no ps4 slim), a jogabilidade a mesma coisa que os outros dois passados, modo de escalar paredes muito genérico também, modo de furtividade que era uma referência no jogo também não existe mais como antes. E além da jogabilidade que me chamava atenção na saga, era o enredo também, ate que a história é boa, porém poderia ser melhor, parece que a empresa está mais focada em fazer genéricos e ganhar dinheiro de modo rápido e fácil do que a focar e fazer obras primas que nem era a Triologia Ezio Auditore foi, o Unity também ficou perfeito aquele jogo, única coisa que comprometeu o jogo foi a quantidade de bug que teve, porém foram corrigidos com um tempo e hoje em dia o jogo está jogável, e considero um dos melhores também, sem falar no modo combate do jogo também, era legal ver os movimentos de revidar, aquilo valorizava muito o jogo, e oque colocaram novamente nesse jogo foi o bloqueio e logo em seguida atacar novamente, algo que todo fã também sabe do que estou falando. Em fim, quem era fã da saga desde a saga do Altair, acho que entende meu ponto de vista e sabe como a saga tinha que continuar tomando seu rumo. A empresa realmente poderia parar de ser mercenária e voltar o legado da franquia.… Expand
  73. 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
  74. maucina
    Nov 25, 2021
    1
    what the hell? to finish the game you have to hunt 15 zealots that are not marked on the map. who has time to wander around the map just top bump into them to finish the game. one of very few games i didnt finish
  75. John0808
    Dec 4, 2021
    0
    I don't know how this game has such high reviews, I've it on ps4 and it looks like absolute trash, the entire game is blurry, the trees look like ps1 trees, the game is plastered in de-immersive light lines for some reason… the missions are boring, the story is boring how in the **** did they go from the master piece of odyssey to this onscreen vomit, ubisoft deserves its place in historyI don't know how this game has such high reviews, I've it on ps4 and it looks like absolute trash, the entire game is blurry, the trees look like ps1 trees, the game is plastered in de-immersive light lines for some reason… the missions are boring, the story is boring how in the **** did they go from the master piece of odyssey to this onscreen vomit, ubisoft deserves its place in history alongside scum like EA, next to EA ubisoft is the second worst game developer on the planet. These reviews have to be fake, there is no way so many are looking past the trash graphics… the graphics are literal trash… Expand
  76. Killingstep
    May 1, 2022
    10
    The best game so far.
    Amazing graphics
    Very good story
    Gameplay the best
    Very big opwn world where you can explore every single part... No linearity... almost everything is interactive
  77. Sekur
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    Worst game I've ever played in my whole life.....................................
  78. AdoMobA
    Mar 18, 2023
    2
    Pros
    - flyting is lit
    - orlov is a lot of fun Cons - the combat is just as mind numbingly boring as Odyssey - the most forgettable main story yet - the most garbage, unreliable stealth in the series - the guaranteed assassination skill is useless when the stealth is this broken - meaningless level system with boring skill trees - the map looks samey - fragmented story beats in    Pros
    - flyting is lit
    - orlov is a lot of fun

    Cons
    - the combat is just as mind numbingly boring as Odyssey
    - the most forgettable main story yet
    - the most garbage, unreliable stealth in the series
    - the guaranteed assassination skill is useless when the stealth is this broken
    - meaningless level system with boring skill trees
    - the map looks samey
    - fragmented story beats in each region bleed together without any iconic moments
    - wet fart of a main villain
    - the game overstays its welcome sixty percent through the joke that is the fragmented story and then... just refuses to end, sodomizing this dead horse of a game
    - progression once again choked by microtransactions
    - more armor sets in the Helix store than in the actual game

    I did not think things could get worse than Odyssey but Valhalla obliterates what it means to release garbage. This game is actually so hilariously bad that it is the first time in all the years of playing this goddamn series I dropped it and didn't come back for any of the dlc.

    The main story… I mean what is the main story? You get individual stories for each of the regions and then the main guy in your village runs away, then you chase him and bring him back and then you do a couple more of these disjointed events around the map, then modern stuff happens, then epilogue then zzzzzzzzzzz….. And it just doesn't end.

    The hilarious attempt at stealth is actually sad when looking at it from any objective direction. Valhalla was not designed for stealth. Like not at all. One enemy sees you, the whole entire map knows about you. So just don't let them see your forehead… yeah right. Every game with awareness meters lets you pull enemies around the map. Valhalla? Ping and you are found.

    You can whistle to pull enemies. Lmao ok. Beyond unreliable. More times than not they walk two steps toward you before returning to their route. The guaranteed assassination insta-kill skill? Not a stealth tool. You get one of those, if that and then you automatically get spotted. And once you do, combat ensues.

    Hey, do you enjoy bullet sponges? I mean sword/ax/spear/whatever you are using sponges? Do you like fights that take five minutes each? Oh then you will love this game. If you are doing the mistake of trying to play this thing, abandon stealth and just treat it as a combat game.

    I have never played a game where I was more bored by leveling up. Just me or is max level 99 the threshold for me caring? Each level feels exciting. In Valhalla, the max level is 400. Do I feel a difference between me being level 50 and level 250? I don't know. What doesn't help is the skill tree.

    Boring passive after borning passive only to get to the actual skills. Wow I leveled up, what do I pick 1% more melee, stealth or assassination damage. Woooow, now I am doing 1% more of the damage type I picked, what an accomplishment.

    How about the monetization? Do you want to suffer less of a grind through those 400 levels? Five bucks for 50% more XP for a limited time please. This game ain't grindy we just care about working people with families

    How about armor sets? There are 9 of them in the base game. The best part of finishing this game was hearing about the grief Ubisoft got two months after I stopped playing it, as the real money Helix store had more paid armor sets than the actual game. Some of them cost upwards of 20 dollars aka one third of the initial price of this game. And that was the final push to never return to this thing.

    How far the series has fallen. The fact that the most fun parts of a game about Vikings are flyting, Viking style rap battles, and orlov, a dice mini game is saying something. Ubisoft succeeded in making an unending experience that will have you considering ending it all.    … Expand
  79. 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
  80. C0rbec
    Nov 13, 2020
    7
    This game is not bad but its not good either, They do good things with the story and graphic, but with all of this I feel unrewarded, the loot pool compared to odyssey is barely existing, exploration is not as fun as it should be the whole map despite is look gorgeous feel like just empty checklist
  81. 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.
  82. Oaiturriaga
    Nov 4, 2022
    4
    It's hard for me to understand the fuss about this game. While it's fun to be a viking, the story and specially the main character are probably the most boring and least compelling of the whole saga. The ending? Underwhelming would be a generous way to put it.

    I fully realized this with the DLC that involved Kassandra -what a fun and complex character she seemed compared to Eivor! Or if    It's hard for me to understand the fuss about this game. While it's fun to be a viking, the story and specially the main character are probably the most boring and least compelling of the whole saga. The ending? Underwhelming would be a generous way to put it.

    I fully realized this with the DLC that involved Kassandra -what a fun and complex character she seemed compared to Eivor!

    Or if you play Origins again after Valhalla, you'll see how Bayek's journey seems much more important and intense than Eivor's. Yes, Valhalla has some interesting new features compared to its predecessors, but storywise, it's totally underwhelming. Eivor is little more than a Viking seeking to conquer Britain for the sake of it.
    I really think the fuss about this game has more to do with the current interest in Norse culture than anything else. For a game that takes 100+ hours to beat, spending all that time with a boring, plain character feels a bit like a waste of time.    … Expand
  83. Farmerlynch
    Feb 6, 2021
    2
    While it is an enjoyable game, I can no longer support this franchise. The amount of micro transactions in a single player FULL priced game is disgusting. Ubi$oft have been going down hill for awhile but this is the final straw. Congratulations on joining EA as a company I will no longer support
  84. Gonoru
    Mar 7, 2021
    6
    Gameplay is boring and too simple, graphics are mediocre and there are a lot of bugs
  85. Shahid646
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    All time favouriate game. a games with I can spend time with. I'm much impressed with the new Mysterious sections and puzzle solving is a grate fun. Expensions DLC are superb too.
  86. LunarBeamOfSun
    Jan 12, 2021
    3
    Менять баланс в строну гринда и, будто невзначай, добавлять больше вещей, в том числе влияющих на баланс, в игровой магазин за реальные деньги - рак индустрии.
  87. ShinishiKudo
    Aug 4, 2022
    9
    Of to Valhalla
    Assassin's Creed is back and its sticks to the system I love and some hate from Origins and Odyssey. So keep this in mind if you are not a fan of the new Assassins Creed this one is not for you. But if you are this is just another banger. Visually it is stunning as always and Gameplay wise it a lot of fun. The story is on par with the one from Odyssey in my opinion and some    Of to Valhalla
    Assassin's Creed is back and its sticks to the system I love and some hate from Origins and Odyssey. So keep this in mind if you are not a fan of the new Assassins Creed this one is not for you. But if you are this is just another banger. Visually it is stunning as always and Gameplay wise it a lot of fun. The story is on par with the one from Odyssey in my opinion and some additions like you own village are great. This game is like Odyssey very big in map and things to explore. The game also has like Odyssey a very long story. So if you want to enjoy it to the fullist you have to invest many hours. So if you like Origins and Odyssey this should be a no brainer and you should buy Valhalla if you are an old Assassin's Creed some changes to the past won't be enough to convince you.    … Expand
  88. alextorge
    Apr 3, 2021
    5
    Good:
    - graphics - story
    - setting

    Bad (and quite horrible)
    - gameplay / combat (sluggish)
    - horrible animations - voices & motion capture
  89. Facts_Feelings
    Feb 12, 2021
    10
    It's crazy how evil and tasteless some people can be. Ubisoft takes years to make these amazing game and all they get back is some whining losers who give them 0 out of 10. Great game.
  90. Sevenpower
    Apr 19, 2021
    5
    Very very very bad stealth gameplay unlike odyssey graphic is better combat gameplay is better...no parkour
  91. Recklessrami
    Mar 3, 2022
    3
    Just big open world, boring quest, like really boring, they put noric mithology in this, its basiclly viking game not Assassin's Creed. I love this long massive games but this is just boring
  92. Pun1sher
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    The game is **** The sound in the game is so disgusting that my ears can not stand this bucket. Donate in single player? Seriously? I downloaded this game from a torrent and immediately deleted it. This is simply impossible to play! 0 / 10 .
  93. highlifeee
    Sep 18, 2022
    10
    Ubisoft truly is one of the best modern developers left. Despite all the constant whining, hate and complaining by 36-46 year old virgins, Ubisoft is still going strong and giving real fans what they want! Unlike some other company's that make 2 games in 10 years, Ubisoft is constantly making new games, every single year. Every year! Of course not everything can be hits and some games areUbisoft truly is one of the best modern developers left. Despite all the constant whining, hate and complaining by 36-46 year old virgins, Ubisoft is still going strong and giving real fans what they want! Unlike some other company's that make 2 games in 10 years, Ubisoft is constantly making new games, every single year. Every year! Of course not everything can be hits and some games are meh at best, but the ones that are good, will last forever! Valhalla wasn't bad at all, it was just different kind of AC and now with AC Mirage they are giving fans more classic style AC. They literally do so much more than other companies. Long live Ubisoft, i mean it.… Expand
  94. givefomindireti
    Nov 19, 2020
    0
    Many faults. No internet connection. No hot fixes. Broken NPCs that do not allow the storyline to pass. Inability to cancel the quest! And this is in the game in the 21st century! Greatest hack on the part of a developer. Odyssey is a million times better than this squalor.
  95. VatruHa
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    Вы добавили платные бусты спустя месяц после выхода игры, чтобы собрать хорошие оценки. Доверия к вам, лицемерным мразям, нет. Получайте от меня прекрасную десятку без единички. Говно-творения я вашего больше не куплю.
  96. Wooty
    Nov 16, 2020
    0
    Outdated graphics and horrible animations. Im sorry but this is pure garbage .
  97. Brother3Wright
    Mar 25, 2021
    5
    On paper Valhalla seems like an 11 out of 10. An epic viking adventure in a giant open world filled with secrets to discover, a myth filled landscape to explore and the usual great AC storytelling. In execution it buckles under the weight of expectations that Origins and Odyssey built. Trying to bridge the gap between the old and new AC titles Valhalla fails on both fronts. Rushed, badlyOn paper Valhalla seems like an 11 out of 10. An epic viking adventure in a giant open world filled with secrets to discover, a myth filled landscape to explore and the usual great AC storytelling. In execution it buckles under the weight of expectations that Origins and Odyssey built. Trying to bridge the gap between the old and new AC titles Valhalla fails on both fronts. Rushed, badly planned, development problems due to upheaval and COVID; whatever the reason Valhalla lacks any polish of the series previous titles. It's gameplay systems don't tie into each other to make any meaningful impact and half the time you're not sure if they're working and just aren't very good, or they're flat out broken. Combine that with a wold that is plenty large, but filled with trivial side content like stacking cairn stones. Say what you will about Odyssey and it's endless fetch quests, they were presented well felt like they fit in the world. Valhalla removes all side quests, making this beautiful world nothing but an empty path that goes from main quest to main quest.

    The main story is good, but too often it suffers from the same storytelling issues that Origins had. Important conversations are presented in the most basic manner, zooming in on the two characters and having them replay the same animations over and over again while you can rotate the camera around. By far this is a huge step back from Odyssey and it's Bioware-esq presentation. And that's the main problem with Valhalla, while trying to bridge the old and the new it feels too new for the fans that love the old games, and too old for fans that love the new games.

    There's a lot of craftsmanship that went into this game, but it's unfinished and badly presented.    … Expand
  98. Alexkhan
    Jan 27, 2021
    0
    Pros
    -Nice graphics
    -music
    Cons
    -poor map contents and side quests
    -rpg system is boring (skill tree, stats)
    -bugs
    -UI for pc is not human friendly
    -stupid healing via food (not available at need moment)
    -crew is useless during raids
    -ship is too often lose speed (when passing raid points, bridges, swamps)
    -enemy AI in stealth (you can kill dozen of guard by hiding in hay)
  99. RageoftheGODs
    Jan 4, 2021
    8
    This is easily the best Assassins Creed game Ubisoft has put out in a very long time. I never post any kind of review for a game until I’ve put in at least 20 hours playing the game or have beaten the game (if it takes less than 20 hours to beat). Now having played the game for about 22 hours I can confidently say this is my favorite Assassins creed game they’ve ever made. I’ll list theThis is easily the best Assassins Creed game Ubisoft has put out in a very long time. I never post any kind of review for a game until I’ve put in at least 20 hours playing the game or have beaten the game (if it takes less than 20 hours to beat). Now having played the game for about 22 hours I can confidently say this is my favorite Assassins creed game they’ve ever made. I’ll list the positives and negatives from here...
    + They’ve finally improved the graphics over Odyssey and Origins which basically just felt like re-skins of each other. + Animations are vastly improved over the last two games, and that goes for everything from execution sequences, to climbing to riding your horse, everything looks and feels much better and more lifelike. + Like the other Assassins’s creed games, they is tons to do, you’ll easily be able to put in over 100 hours and still have more to do. +Story in this one is actually decent, I care somewhat for the characters in Valhalla which I couldn’t say for the last games. +Sound design is equal to the last games, nothing wrong with it. + I got the game the day it launched and I have only run into maybe a couple bugs. One bug wasn’t allowing a quest to progress, but I just reloaded the game and it worked fine after that. Other bugs have been minimal and nothing game breaking. +Combat and abilities are basically the same as the last two games which I really liked so this is a plus for me, if you didn’t like the combat in the last games then you won’t like it in Valhalla either. + The map is really well made with countless places to loot and explore just like the last games, but Valhalla has more interesting and challenging puzzles in my opinion. The size of the world also seems to be about as big as the last two games as well. - The story is improved but still pretty underwhelming, so it’s a positive and a negative. I don’t really have any other negatives for the game so far after 22 hours, if I had to pick more negatives I would say combat is too similar to the last games and not much was really added or changed, I actually can’t think of anything that was added or changed. The game also has a very similar system to the cultist system they had in Odyssey, actually, it’s exactly the same with a different name. 8/10 from me, much of the same formula from the last games but much more polished, if you’ve liked the last Assassin’s Creed games, you’ll like this one.    … Expand
  100. AKthaBeast
    Feb 5, 2022
    8
    I felt like this game is actually one of the largest AC games to date. Took me so long to beat. It is a good game however the ps4 version was hampered with so many bugs and dialog lines overlapping with each other.
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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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