Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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  1. The_marsy
    Nov 26, 2020
    4
    The game leaves alot to be desired, while its not the worse way to spend your time I can't help but feel that if it was anything else but the Vikings theme it would be the Bomb of 2020
  2. MouldyFishStick
    Dec 1, 2020
    0
    First mission was glitched so I had to do another mission to reset it, but most of all I’m sick of dying by fire, this part ruins the whole game for me.
  3. DarthFronz85
    Nov 26, 2020
    4
    Please note that this is two weeks after launch for the review. This is a beautiful, massive game, it's fun to play, has great systems (fishing, anyone?) and would EASILY be a 9 if it worked.
    It doesn't. Twice, I've lost several hours of progress due to save glitches. This is the cardinal sin of the launch game; a beautiful experience that can't be enjoyed because the save system is,    Please note that this is two weeks after launch for the review. This is a beautiful, massive game, it's fun to play, has great systems (fishing, anyone?) and would EASILY be a 9 if it worked.
    It doesn't. Twice, I've lost several hours of progress due to save glitches. This is the cardinal sin of the launch game; a beautiful experience that can't be enjoyed because the save system is, frankly, technically incompetent.
    I have to revire the game so low because it's obviously an awesome experience, well crafted if a little bloated... but that's meaningless if I can't actively save progress. Ubisoft's fix "in the coming weks" isn't heartening for a game I soent $120 on.    … Expand
  4. juschnei
    Nov 26, 2020
    4
    Game just feels recycled. Unrefined. Ubisoft phoning it in because they feel as though they'll make money either way. Disappointment for years now. I don't expect there to be changes until the money starts to dry up.
  5. Makari
    Nov 26, 2020
    2
    Fix the bugs, i can't finish the principal history. so many players with the same mistakes.
  6. Pik3
    Nov 26, 2020
    5
    Combat is bad and broken. Sound is broken. Too much stuff to do for 100% the game. Way too much! Sjw politics all over. Girl power bs. Bad story. Bad jokes. Boring loot. Boring combat. Feels like it's made for kids, but have brutal combat... Makes it a bit wierd. I think this will be my last AC game. It's just sad to see how they screw it all over...
  7. LessHypaCrtical
    Nov 14, 2020
    6
    Ubisoft learnt nothing and instead enhanced the features that make previous Assassins creed title long and unnecessary.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Oh, and the whole "Chase and catch the floating paper!" minigame has made its return...    … Expand
  10. kratos_krack
    Nov 15, 2020
    0
    Hay un bug en la misión el solaz de la vidente y no puedo avanzar en la historia porque no se inicia y no compensa pagar 70 euros sólo para dar vueltas sin hacer nada
  11. LastRanger
    Nov 15, 2020
    1
    Honestly it looks and plays great my only complaint is the Uplay + option for some reason all games on this platform close after 20 mins of play on the dot. Submitted a support ticket and got a automated response 5 days later. This was first happening on Watch Dog Legions and now this game. There must be kind of protection in place that checks and connects to a server to check if its aHonestly it looks and plays great my only complaint is the Uplay + option for some reason all games on this platform close after 20 mins of play on the dot. Submitted a support ticket and got a automated response 5 days later. This was first happening on Watch Dog Legions and now this game. There must be kind of protection in place that checks and connects to a server to check if its a legit copy or not. This is unacceptable to the people that are paying $15 dollars a month.… Expand
  12. GeneralClaptrap
    Nov 15, 2020
    5
    Hat sich in nahezu allen Punkten im Vergleich zu Odyssey verschlechtert. Hauptstory ist gut, nebenquests sollte man am besten ignorieren und looten frustriert nur noch. Die Open-World sieht gut aus, ist aber sehr leer und dadurch macht das Erkunden kaum Spaß.
  13. Pannameen
    Nov 15, 2020
    5
    Well, first of, I had my first major bug early on the game, where I wasnt able to complete a story mission because the quest wouldnt trigger. Found out i was because of the day one patch (1.02) - this had me deleting the entire game and reinstalling. - hopefully this will be fixed so new players wont have to go through the same.

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

    As for the game it self, is nice to look at, beautiful settings, but it just feels unfinished, so many little glitches making the game feel "robotic" and not smooth - i feel like its too easy to make wrong jumps during free run and overall the freerunning just dont feel that smooth, but this is not exclusive to Valhalla Ive felt this way for almost every Assassin's creed game.    … Expand
  14. Thetick42
    Nov 20, 2020
    6
    Extremely buggy, full of pervasive visual and animation bugs, as well as game breaking bugs that kept people from progressing in the story at all; crashed once about every 5-7 hours into the game for me. Ubisoft online based missions were bugged and unable to complete. The combat is clunky and uninspired and the raids become frankly boring. Good story, voice acting and characters and myExtremely buggy, full of pervasive visual and animation bugs, as well as game breaking bugs that kept people from progressing in the story at all; crashed once about every 5-7 hours into the game for me. Ubisoft online based missions were bugged and unable to complete. The combat is clunky and uninspired and the raids become frankly boring. Good story, voice acting and characters and my love of viking are the only reason I feel it earned a 6. If you like vikings and norse mythology grab it, but on sale and once it's had a few months of patches.… Expand
  15. Tenarus
    Jul 2, 2021
    3
    Assasins Creed is a game, that has potential to be a good game, BUT:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    It's not a good game, that's all, and it's really sad. You have to watch 10 minutes of discussion before not having control of the game, and finally get a treasure that you will not use, because you already update your gear with better stuff during the presentation of the game.
    For 20$, maybe, enjoy.    … Expand
  21. DSouls_guy
    Jun 30, 2022
    10
    I'm no fan boy, but I love where ubisoft has been taking the assassin's creed series, I mean assassin's creed was getting old and needed change! And ever since origins I've been hooked on AC again!!! I mean open world with rpg and awesome loot was exactly what this series needed and I hope ubisoft continues with this formula.
  22. thecowofbeef
    May 7, 2021
    4
    A consistently buggy and soulless world. Calling games "designed by committee" is a bit of a cliche but it's rare to find a game so wholly lacking in anything that resembles heart or humanity. It's not devoid of enjoyment, but will likely go down as one of the years least memorable games. I don't hate the new assassin's creed game formula, but this one easily does it worse than the twoA consistently buggy and soulless world. Calling games "designed by committee" is a bit of a cliche but it's rare to find a game so wholly lacking in anything that resembles heart or humanity. It's not devoid of enjoyment, but will likely go down as one of the years least memorable games. I don't hate the new assassin's creed game formula, but this one easily does it worse than the two prior entries. The writing is poor, the parkour is easily the worst it's ever been, the combat is clunky and boring, and it's mostly just an extremely repetitive experience. If you want a game that lets you explore the English countryside, or if you desperately need to know where the main storyline of the franchise is going for some reason, you might be able to make it through, but everyone else would likely be better served elsewhere.… Expand
  23. Cturcott
    Aug 23, 2021
    5
    It's not an entirely bad game, but this series sets the bar pretty high as some of them are legit good. Compared to Odyssey (my favorite which I played tons), it's horrible. The combat feels like the character is swimming through molasses, and the parkour no longer feels reliable and secure. They took an incredible game, and botched it. Even as a botched game, some may enjoy it,It's not an entirely bad game, but this series sets the bar pretty high as some of them are legit good. Compared to Odyssey (my favorite which I played tons), it's horrible. The combat feels like the character is swimming through molasses, and the parkour no longer feels reliable and secure. They took an incredible game, and botched it. Even as a botched game, some may enjoy it, especially the more zealous AC fans who are review bombing 10s when it's clearly not that well made. I don't expect I will return to the game, as I have better games to play and I play AC when the games are good, not because AC always=good. Also, having a Danish friend, the acting and accents are typical Hollywood appalling. There is a big splash screen trumpeting the diversity of the development staff, well maybe they need to go out and meet the world instead of circle jerking about how authentic and inclusive they are, because they are NOT. Trendy hairstyles, axes, and vague rolling of Rs does not represent this culture accurately and it's not just bad, it's a stereotype that is immersion breaking.… Expand
  24. theirrelephants
    Sep 15, 2021
    4
    Large downgrade from Assassin's Creed Odyssey, which I enjoyed precisely because it wasn't mindless stabbing and was actually more of a RPG.

    Worse story, plot, and dialogue in every way.
  25. digidoggie18
    Dec 1, 2020
    2
    Game is unfinished man.. I'm so disappointed, unity was horrible, this is just about as bad... Can't collect the wealth of some characters with already limited resources, after completing the winchester missions I got a faded black line through the screen and had to restart, after restarting and doing another mission I had my guide bar at the top disappear. Had the guide bar stuck with theGame is unfinished man.. I'm so disappointed, unity was horrible, this is just about as bad... Can't collect the wealth of some characters with already limited resources, after completing the winchester missions I got a faded black line through the screen and had to restart, after restarting and doing another mission I had my guide bar at the top disappear. Had the guide bar stuck with the zealot Woden's info for I dunno how many hours too. Some quests fully disappear. The movement is crazy glitchy as in eivor not climbing then when you redo it climbs right up the exact same spot. Sometimes eivor will get stuck but dodge gets him in stuck. Controller disconnection doesn't pause the game. When the game pauses you get the keyboard pop ups. Overall a bad port at about the glitchiness of unity. Must have been a reason a patch came 3 days prior to release. Other than the unplayability and crashing every 30 mins it's not bad... … Expand
  26. Levin
    Dec 6, 2020
    7
    Instalments in the AC series varies a lot in quality, with games like Unity and Syndicate being two of the worst games I ever bought. I had high hopes in Valhalla after Origins and Odyssey that I think both took major steps in the right direction. But Valhalla is a step back to frustration, bugs, moving away from the shadowy creed we all love. Poor controls often let you down when sneakingInstalments in the AC series varies a lot in quality, with games like Unity and Syndicate being two of the worst games I ever bought. I had high hopes in Valhalla after Origins and Odyssey that I think both took major steps in the right direction. But Valhalla is a step back to frustration, bugs, moving away from the shadowy creed we all love. Poor controls often let you down when sneaking and turn a game of shadows into a repetitive hack and slash bore. It would have been ok if the fighting was any good, but somehow they messed that up. Without spoiling too much, there is a place similar to that odd tropical island in RDR2 that I just can't understand why they added to the game. You play a bloodthirsty viking in a foreign land, but too often do you have to engage in politics (walk around and talk to different people) and compete in rhyme (game of words). Graphics are also a rather big step back from the latest 2 instalments that were very impressive. And don't get me started on the singing. I want to run that longboat aground as soon as the *** crew starts that tedious mumbling. Any psalm is more upbeat than that torture. Vikings high on mushrooms going on a raid, and you think that is the sort of songs they chant? I will most likely play through this one as well, but it's just due to lack of options right now. I can't keep playing dead cells forever...… Expand
  27. donMyrmi
    Nov 22, 2020
    2
    Sure, this game packs a lot of promise. But on its current stage it's unplayable, with a major, massive, stupidly silly bug the blocks progression quite early in the game.official workaround - restarting the game is not an option for me. Until fixed - can't give more than 2/10
  28. Haxpeh
    Jul 10, 2021
    0
    В следующий раз отдайте студии в Квебеке, Одиссея лучшая игра в серии, истоки фигня.
  29. phantom2
    Jun 25, 2021
    0
    I could not even force myself to complete 3 hours .. Seriously .. Fighting mechanics ss 15 years old .. the story is boring .. the world is uninspring. even ths basics such as walking, running and jumpingi s distorted. Walk around in a house and the character starts to walk on furniture and tables ,, haha ... I can't imagine how bad this thing is. waste of 50 euros. DO NOT BUY UNLESS YOUI could not even force myself to complete 3 hours .. Seriously .. Fighting mechanics ss 15 years old .. the story is boring .. the world is uninspring. even ths basics such as walking, running and jumpingi s distorted. Walk around in a house and the character starts to walk on furniture and tables ,, haha ... I can't imagine how bad this thing is. waste of 50 euros. DO NOT BUY UNLESS YOU HATE YOURSELF… Expand
  30. arostislavna
    Apr 18, 2021
    4
    I want to like this, but the game is completely broken with game breaking bugs that halt your entire progress, and has a horrible transmogrification system that only benefits people that give them more money.

    Typical Ubisoft.
  31. kakuzu281281
    Nov 26, 2020
    4
    The game would be a solid 8-9 if it wasn't for the endless sea of bugs. Yeah it's a Ubisoft game, yeah it's usual, but these aren't just graphical glitches. 95% of the glitches I've had have been game-ending, forcing an earlier save. With some resulting in no salvation from even that.
    1. Reba quest incompletable. Unable to speak with him.
    2. Being launched into the ground or the sky by    The game would be a solid 8-9 if it wasn't for the endless sea of bugs. Yeah it's a Ubisoft game, yeah it's usual, but these aren't just graphical glitches. 95% of the glitches I've had have been game-ending, forcing an earlier save. With some resulting in no salvation from even that.
    1. Reba quest incompletable. Unable to speak with him.
    2. Being launched into the ground or the sky by enemy hits.
    3. Unable to redirect beams in every animus abnormality.
    4. Quest marked enemy dies and the marker stays resulting in having to reload last save.
    5. Mjolnir hammer had a weight of 4,294,967,296 causing dodging to not work.
    6. Conquest map loaded from a side angle instead of top-down, resulting in the inability to click anything.
    7. The Bell assassination marker is located in the wrong map. How is it not even in the right location, much less the wrong map?
    8. Flaming arrow stuck permanently in Eivors hand, making picking up bombs impossible.
    9. Dead deer preceding to "T-pose" after death. Leaving a fake deer standing after being killed.
    Like I'd accept this from a small creator, but this is considered a triple-A company so, It's pretty ridiculous that half the game is reloading saves.    … Expand
  32. Lightangel
    Aug 1, 2021
    0
    ! WARNING - DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ! This piece of crap is one of the most bugged experiences I had in my whole life and within 40 years of gaming experience!!

    Forget AC Unity, forget Cyberbug 2077, THIS ONE tops it all!! With every Update they release, you really hope, that they AT LEAST fix the most obvious and annoying bugs that bother you every time you play the game - not just some    ! WARNING - DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ! This piece of crap is one of the most bugged experiences I had in my whole life and within 40 years of gaming experience!!

    Forget AC Unity, forget Cyberbug 2077, THIS ONE tops it all!!

    With every Update they release, you really hope, that they AT LEAST fix the most obvious and annoying bugs that bother you every time you play the game - not just some simple quest bugs, but REAL annoying stuff like suddenly doubled loading times, constant stuttering, broken textures/LOD/memory management and sound (v1. 3.0) and many more - BUT INSTEAD EVERY FREAKIN' UPDATE BRINGS EVEN MORE AND MORE BUGS!!!! You just cannot believe that!

    The actual Sigrblot event is heavily bugged, like all the others before and the latest egghead-challenge doesn't even work at all!! ATM I am just waiting for the game to fall apart and letting my PS4 explode...?!

    9 Month after the Release I would say this **** needs at least another YEAR of bug fixing and polishing! They will never finish that!

    And at the End you should/will ask yourself: is the game itself even worth all the extraordinary trouble?
    NO it is absolutely not!! I never before felt SO RIPPED OFF after buying a game and I even bought the 110 dollars Ultimate Edition (I own the whole series). FU greedy a-hole Bosses at Ubisoft, I will never buy ANY Ubisoft game again!!

    ! WARNING - DO NOT BUY THIS GAME !    … Expand
  33. wakeboardjake
    Nov 17, 2020
    1
    This game is absolutely TERRIBLE. Do yourself a favor and play more of Odyssey as that was a far superior game. My list of complaints and concessions is as follows:
    1. The fighting is jumpy, unsynchronized, and does not feel polished at all. And what is even the point of a shield given the parry mechanic?
    2. The voice acting for the female Eivor is super disappointing. Switched to the    This game is absolutely TERRIBLE. Do yourself a favor and play more of Odyssey as that was a far superior game. My list of complaints and concessions is as follows:
    1. The fighting is jumpy, unsynchronized, and does not feel polished at all. And what is even the point of a shield given the parry mechanic?
    2. The voice acting for the female Eivor is super disappointing. Switched to the Male Eivor and at least his accent sounds more natural and not as forced.
    3. The loot system is a HUGE bummer. I much prefer being able to switch out a huge variety of weapons like in Odyssey and not have to level up a single weapon. Maybe the endgame is different but 40 hours in and I have decided not to waste my time going further.
    4. The skill system is better. I gave the score a 1 because of that.
    5. Story is okay, I did not finish it so from the 40 hour mark on I'm not sure if it maybe resolves into something super satisfying but I'm writing this review now because I'm upset with this Assassin's Creed offering and think they can do way better.    … Expand
  34. daoni
    Mar 29, 2021
    2
    Nice story. One of the most buggiest and worst AI interactioms in the ac world. Buy when on discount, you will be dissappointed buying this at full price.
  35. JeepDaddyMac46
    Apr 7, 2021
    7
    I would score this much better if the graphics on PS4 PRO didn’t look so dated and if the combat was more fluid. AC4, Origins and Odyssey all look and play better. There are new elements here like settlement building and the plot (I’m early in the game) seems to be alright.
  36. Supremacy
    Dec 19, 2020
    0
    Alliance Map Bug Preventing Players From Finishing The Game:

    The game while overall ok, although overfilled with horribly time wasting puzzles and copy paste repeatable quests and collectables as well as every map being near the same Do X, Y and Z to finish the main quest there, is also one massive fraud. The game for thousands of people can not be finishes as the Alliance map bug    Alliance Map Bug Preventing Players From Finishing The Game:

    The game while overall ok, although overfilled with horribly time wasting puzzles and copy paste repeatable quests and collectables as well as every map being near the same Do X, Y and Z to finish the main quest there, is also one massive fraud.

    The game for thousands of people can not be finishes as the Alliance map bug that they usually see near the end prevents them from finishing the main quest and seeing the end of the game. And for many this comes up after 100+ hours put it, you cant even re-load back.

    Ubisoft while promising to address this bug and giving excuses like "We cant re-create this bug so it takes time" etc has just continued to create more content for their online store and ignored the problem for 2 patches now.

    I have said it before, I will say it again, horrible company that I will never again pre-order another game from and I say this as someone who has played every single AC game they ever made.    … Expand
  37. DTanilG
    Aug 29, 2021
    6
    Очень скучная игра, я с трудом заставляю играть в это! Одиссея была немного лучше, купил Валгаллу в надежде... Всё пошло по одному месту, не оправдала ожиданий.
  38. 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.
  39. ischtwan
    Nov 29, 2020
    5
    Too lang, too average, too boring...I'm very disappointed with this game and cannot recommend it to anyone after great games like TLOU2 or Ghost of Rausging in 2020.
  40. farid77
    Dec 24, 2020
    0
    What a disaster! Probably the worst game in the series...
    I have been struggling with graphic bugs since I started playing. I was an early buyer as I love Assassin's Creed, and was so disappointed to have the game freeze and reset so many times. It still does, and I have a new super powerful gaming PC.
    The story is boring! there is no depth to it, episodes are all similar and there is a    What a disaster! Probably the worst game in the series...
    I have been struggling with graphic bugs since I started playing. I was an early buyer as I love Assassin's Creed, and was so disappointed to have the game freeze and reset so many times. It still does, and I have a new super powerful gaming PC.
    The story is boring! there is no depth to it, episodes are all similar and there is a lot of repetition. I have already finished most of the game.
    The game play is also annoying. A lot of attention has been given to manual ability with the joystick (climbing the right house, finding the right spot to shoot an arrow, searching for an opening in a mountain, etc.) compared to strategy and stealth as in previous games of the series.
    Overall I am so disappointed, this game is so below standard compared to Odyssey or Origins.    … Expand
  41. luca-tampellini
    Apr 17, 2021
    0
    Well if you want to play the Holy War against those terrible Christian infidels and hope to be the best of the Mujaheddins this is your game... So of course it is not mine.

    The story is so laughable and so impossible that it can be taken as a commedy: as little as I know about viking history, one of the few things I know is that stealth and assassination were exactly what they considered    Well if you want to play the Holy War against those terrible Christian infidels and hope to be the best of the Mujaheddins this is your game... So of course it is not mine.

    The story is so laughable and so impossible that it can be taken as a commedy: as little as I know about viking history, one of the few things I know is that stealth and assassination were exactly what they considered as the epitome of dishonour, so this historical adaptation is absolutely nonsense.

    To me it looks like the members of a certain religious group following a certain religion of peace are trying to find ways to justify that they are gaining a foothold for their culture the current age all around northern Europe, hence they had the very good idea of attempting to rewrite the history of northern Europe. I guess that is the point of Woke culture. Unluckily I couldn't ask for the purchase to be refunded or I would have asked so.    … Expand
  42. Mnobody
    Jul 5, 2021
    3
    This review is 7/1 based on current state of the game with about 50 hours invested.

    Game has good elements: story, character design, graphics, landscapes, city design, immersion, and great variety of weapons and gear that offer cosmetic styles (but not much else). I also like the raiding and siege components where you can experience a bigger combat feeling that plays on newer consoles    This review is 7/1 based on current state of the game with about 50 hours invested.

    Game has good elements: story, character design, graphics, landscapes, city design, immersion, and great variety of weapons and gear that offer cosmetic styles (but not much else). I also like the raiding and siege components where you can experience a bigger combat feeling that plays on newer consoles well. Good value for money based on overall hours of play, just for the story itself.

    BUUUUUT there's a ton to hate also.

    1. First, if playing console seems you MUST be signed on all the time through ubi trashy app. There's no point in this other than to hire another person's crappy npc viking or look at dumb in-game photos. There's a revenge system, but its not even worth doing cause they make the "confirm kill" take about 1 minute. Its boring. Series X also has a bad tendency of d/c on wifi, meaning you often have to reboot system or restart the game - UBI literally wont let you continue playing cause of that crap. I'm regularly spammed at least 1x an hour with "you must be online to play" or "verify you own this game". There is NO offline option I can find for xbox.

    2. Lot of the side action is just tedius crap that was made by people that hate video games or hate their customer base at Ubi. Cairn is a great example of torture stacking rocks like a primate with horrible controls. There's also chasing tattoo papers with bad parkour mechanics across every town. There's even fishing - that i find it's I just easier to shoot with arrows. But Most obnoxious are the anomalies which are parkour puzzle craps that offer no fun or purpose to the story. You're a scientist playing Eivor and transform in for these crap runs, but luckily youre also a parkour expert that is going to climb invisible blocks chasing random data cube while aligning magic light beams. Its dumb, unnecessary, and destroys any immersion of the game. I did a few of them, now avoid all of these now in came since I shouldn't be getting pissed off playing a video game that should be pleasurable. Whatever reward is there, it isn't worth the aggravation.

    3. WTF does almost every chest/door need a lock or need to be barred? Why are undergrad entrances so hard to find? Why put oil pots so far away rather than just have a skill that can wreck a flimsy rubble wall? If you add up all the time looking for keys, oil, or a window to snipe through, its not an exaggeration that 20% of the game time is just that. Its like a crappy easter that never goes away.

    4. Glitches galore (still not as bad as the first 3 though!). I've been climbing walls and suddenly I'm being tossed through the sky and have to reload. I've been killed by invincible wolves with 0 health. I've seen my ship flip on land starting a raid (CyberPunk quality glitches).

    5. There are unpolished design elements. As I like the raids and seiges, they have different shortcomings. The raids are too often generic cookie-cutter situations with no unique elements. They get boring quick. The seiges start off excellent early game, then the laziness sets in. The later seiges (2nd with Ivar; Wrath of Druids) felt like I was the only one in combat. Large castles felt empty and there was no excitement like early ones.

    6. The stealth mechanic is broken or doesn't exist. I have it set on lowest difficulty, but there's no way i can get through more than a few guards before I'm detected by some guy on the other side of the fort - of course with hood up. Pair enemies, and 90% of the time, I cant take both out before I'm spotted by the other.

    7. The parkour seems worse than earlier AC games. It's harder to control as the character runs off in their own directions too often.    … Expand
  43. dangyosabyss
    Nov 18, 2020
    2
    I gave ubisoft a chance. I will not be doing it again. This is the same politics-infected mess we have come to expect from them and now is the time to stop funding it. AC games used to be brutal but joyous reveries into history. Now it is giving the Reddit inclusivity treatment to every time period and, as 1984 tells us, the destruction of history is a red flag (pun intended). Ubisoft - weI gave ubisoft a chance. I will not be doing it again. This is the same politics-infected mess we have come to expect from them and now is the time to stop funding it. AC games used to be brutal but joyous reveries into history. Now it is giving the Reddit inclusivity treatment to every time period and, as 1984 tells us, the destruction of history is a red flag (pun intended). Ubisoft - we see through your preaching even if you try to include it as metaphor. There is zero point to making a historical video game if you dont even try to make it reminiscent of the time. We can make do with things left out or changed due to a lack of historical knowledge but ACV outright lies to our faces and that is unacceptable. Surely I dont need to highlight the irony of preaching about justice in a game about Assassins. Gamewise its the same copypasted Origin and Odyssey gameplay with minimal differences no doubt from the equally historically-incorrect Vikings tv show. … Expand
  44. Cska_ael
    Jun 29, 2021
    5
    Man it's cool if you are fan of the AC ,but some of these reviews are ridiculous .
    As all AC games it's long as hell so if you want value for money these games always delivered in this regard ,but A LOT of these tasks you need to do (collecting wealth ,artifacts )there are just waaay too many of them and you need to collect them all if you are hunting Platinum trophy ,and a lot of them    Man it's cool if you are fan of the AC ,but some of these reviews are ridiculous .
    As all AC games it's long as hell so if you want value for money these games always delivered in this regard ,but A LOT of these tasks you need to do (collecting wealth ,artifacts )there are just waaay too many of them and you need to collect them all if you are hunting Platinum trophy ,and a lot of them are repetitive sometimes even just ridiculous giving you a run around, skill tree is done so poorly I didn't even bother making sense of it just go for AUTO option.
    Going away from stealth is another thing which annoyed me a lot considering you still need to do stealth for trophy ,they should have kept Eagle abilities ( Ravan in this case) . There are also bugs even tho I waited on purpose all this time for UBISOFT to fix some of them and yet still in middle of mission sometimes I will have my character just fly up in the sky for no good reason forcing me to reload and do whatever I was doing again.
    I always play AC games for Platinum trophy and as long as they are normally I enjoy them ,this game is just a pain in my ass and story is fairly predictable.
    *If you are hunting platinum trophy there is a nice surprise for you when you get to certain mystery towards the end of the game called Saint Faith which was supposed to be fixed and yet still preventing people from getting Platinum trophy.
    And just to clarify this game is FAR from Garbage as some people call it but it's nothing special either.    … Expand
  45. ManiacTaniacc
    May 18, 2021
    3
    Assasin's Creed Valhalla comprehensive review

    I know I have done a 3 (origins & odyssey & valhalla) review before, but this will be a more general descriptive review, thank you to all who read and commented in advance. İyiGame Good Things Story (No spoilers) The story of the game lasts for a minimum of 60 maximum 90 hours according to the gameplay.This is good news for those who    Assasin's Creed Valhalla comprehensive review

    I know I have done a 3 (origins & odyssey & valhalla) review before, but this will be a more general descriptive review, thank you to all who read and commented in advance.

    İyiGame Good Things

    Story (No spoilers)
    The story of the game lasts for a minimum of 60 maximum 90 hours according to the gameplay.This is good news for those who pre-order the game like me or buy it shortly after the release, but it contains a handicap that can be liked in general, but it progresses very disconnected from each other, unfortunately. The 20-minute episode in the final of the game did not satisfy me, but this does not show that it is bad, I can say that it is an Assasin's Creed game with a good final.

    Play
    Even though it feels very strange after experiencing 100+ hours of power fantasy and origins in Assasin's Creed Odyssey, the gameplay of the game depends on the person's ability to parry and attack at the right time is a concept that I always like and generally the finisher animations repeat themselves after 70 hours of playing. I can also say that it is satisfactory, the feeling of the hit is still weak, but it is stronger than origins and odyssey in general, I can say that I did not experience a certain error problem or animation glitch while playing, so it has a nice gameplay but unfortunately it cannot handle a 70-hour game.
    Graphics
    I finished the game on PlayStation 4 and I can say that the water appearance and effects were better compared to the first 2 games of the series, but of course since it is a brand that releases a game every year or 2 years, I did not see a difference, of course, this is my ps4. It may also be due to my playing so I do not go too long here.
    Game's Map
    England and Norway are beautifully reflected, but I think it is too colorful for a country that has constant rainfall and sees the sun once a month, or I look at it in detail.    … Expand
  46. tortuga64
    Dec 7, 2020
    7
    i had a lots a bugs, it crash many time and some time I needed to restart my save because the mission did not load. is not a bad game the gameplay is really fun, the story I though it was fine.
  47. Poko88
    Nov 28, 2020
    6
    M-am așteptat la ceva mult mai bun. Cred ca e un DLC la Asasinul precedent. Nu văd multe schimbări și plus foarte multe greșeli in joaca. Nu e gata pentru consumatori. Jocul e de nota 6
  48. grudgeoms
    Mar 18, 2021
    9
    I barely touched any of the previous games so im going into this story and type of game as a new person in the AC series. Personally for me im having a blast playing Valhalla! I love the time and place this game takes place in, I love the environments, I love the skills and the skill tree setup. The story also has been keeping me entertained, well worth the price for the base game.

    I    I barely touched any of the previous games so im going into this story and type of game as a new person in the AC series. Personally for me im having a blast playing Valhalla! I love the time and place this game takes place in, I love the environments, I love the skills and the skill tree setup. The story also has been keeping me entertained, well worth the price for the base game.

    I have some concerns with the game personally for me and I feel like it will insult somebody if I mention them on here so ill reserve that for myself. Other than those few concerns the game has crashed on me a few times but just a few days ago they released a big patch so im glad they are still improving on the game and fixing bugs because ive run into a handful of them playing so far.

    I was pleasantly surprised by this game, 35+ hours in right now and I haven't even gotten half way done yet. I love these long immersive open world RPG games.    … Expand
  49. 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.
  50. 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..
  51. Goodkall
    Nov 20, 2020
    6
    This is the best out of the trilogy but so far away from being amazing. They really need to change a lot of things up to compete with some of the biggest open world games like Ghost of Tsushima, RDR2... the art direction just isn’t good. World is too colorful and unrealistic, combat is horrible.... story is the reason why I’m giving this a 6. Otherwise it’d be lower.
  52. rikipuk
    Apr 19, 2021
    6
    Non è un brutto gioco ma molto, troppo spesso è incredibilmente noioso.
    Lo stile di gioco rimane simile ad Odyssey con una mappa infinita e vuota. I punti di interesse sono sempre e solo i classico accampamenti. Per il resto, tranne qualche città, l’intero mondo è creato da colline, erba e altre colline.
    La storia incredibilmente allungata diventa quasi uno strazio finirla
  53. Unicron666
    Jan 5, 2021
    7
    So. Many. Bugs and glitches. As soon as I left Norway the bugs came hard and fast. I would definitely have given the game a higher score if it had run well. Also why the American accents in medieval England!? That's just stupid. Other than that though, I think it would have got an 8.not as good as odyssey, but pretty damn good
  54. Ridofhate
    Apr 16, 2021
    0
    So buggy... I spent so many hours with this game not because its so exciting but it's full of bugs.. I had to start the game several times new but was still not able to complete the game. I am stuck at about 30% of the game. Terrible and this after all the patches...
  55. Mouldyegg
    Dec 18, 2020
    4
    Too long, combat gets boring very quickly. I'm struggling through as I have been such a fan of this series but it feels a shame to swee what stealth and free running has become.
  56. Vasvik
    Apr 24, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Отзыв состоит из сообщений для друга про игру.
    Да ппц, сюжет гавно, допы гавно, баги, лаги, система уровней в игре с открытым миром. Прокачка шмота и пух, если есть серебро, то пофиг. Финал, ваще ппц
    Я даже вижу это "Давайте вместо внятного финала сделаем хрень с намеком на продолжение"
    Аа, игра же про викингов
    Боевка просто ппц
    Тактика "затыкивание"
    Press R1 to win
    И самый пиздец, так это поиск
    Ну в разных играх интересно искать входы, пещеры, как открыть сундуки. Где разрабы не наивно, но все же дают тебе какую то логику где искать, а тут же, просто "на похрен" поставим вход тут
    Постоянно закрытые двери заколебали
    Но можно иногда помудохаться, с поиском как открыть дверь, но не в каждом же сюжетном моменте

    А да, очень много в этой игре "активностей" просто чтоб расстянуть время игры

    В финале перед финальным боссом я буквально 30 минут шел! 30 МИНУТ, КАРЛ!!!

    Ска, вы не Кодзима, вы не можете сделать просто ходьбу интересной.
    На вальгаллу потратил 70 часов,
    Я цусиму прошел за 70 часов и мне жалко было, что так быстро игра закончилась .
    Из этих 70 часов в вальгалле , я наверно часов 50 шел, скакал, бежал.
    А, по поводу скакал
    Ска, наймите уже кого нить, кто сделает физику лошади нормальной. из игры в игру, такие конечнные скакуны кочуют.
    Внимание спойлер!!
    основная суть игры была чтоб ты заводил себе союзников в англии и в финале это не играет никакой роли. Ваще, тупо херней занимался. На скок знаю, игра уже оккупилась. На будущее, тот кто прочтет этот коммент, не покупай серию ассасинов, пусть начнут делать нормальную игру.
    Ах да, это донатная помойка, совсем забыл    … Expand
  57. SpalpIN
    Sep 23, 2021
    0
    If you have a ps4 pro, let alone a regular one, don't even think about buying this game. Not only was it installed for the first time in such a way that it gave an error at startup, nevertheless, after a complete reinstallation, it started up, so much so that it would be better not to start. The dullness in front of the scripts is very large, sometimes you wait 2 seconds, sometimes theIf you have a ps4 pro, let alone a regular one, don't even think about buying this game. Not only was it installed for the first time in such a way that it gave an error at startup, nevertheless, after a complete reinstallation, it started up, so much so that it would be better not to start. The dullness in front of the scripts is very large, sometimes you wait 2 seconds, sometimes the download icon drops, which can hang for 5 seconds or freeze forever. So, actually, my second attempt to play this game ended, having approached the first synchronization point, I got a pause for the game with a loading icon, while it was possible to enter the menu, see the map, but it was impossible to move further. It was decided to restart the game after 10 minutes of waiting, after which it stopped starting, giving an endless load at startup.… Expand
  58. Igorkurochki
    Nov 29, 2020
    7
    Я бы мог расписать плюсы, но в это невозможно играть из за технического состояния. Это самая неоптимизированная игра от юбисофт. Играл на пс4
  59. GimmePP
    Dec 2, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The reveal that Sigurd is a tainted one genuinely got me excited for the first time in the game. I was so happy that they paid attention to a major assassins creed plot line, yet they never touch on it again once you learn it, Sigurd’s pouty afterwards but that’s it, just more mindless missions that derive you of fun are what follows.… Expand
  60. Skurwiel89
    Dec 3, 2020
    4
    Booooring, lgbt propaganda for what? Extremely stupid enemies..after 50 hours i give up, waiting for cyberpunk 2077
  61. SorrowKiller
    May 22, 2021
    4
    If you are really young, still in high school, didn't grow up with the Assassin's Creed games in the 2010s, I get it, you will like the game because yeah, that was how I felt when I first played it. Massive world, quests, combat, everything was good. Yes. I had that feeling IN 2013 when Assassin's Creed: Black Flag came out. It's been seven years and there's barely innovation. You'reIf you are really young, still in high school, didn't grow up with the Assassin's Creed games in the 2010s, I get it, you will like the game because yeah, that was how I felt when I first played it. Massive world, quests, combat, everything was good. Yes. I had that feeling IN 2013 when Assassin's Creed: Black Flag came out. It's been seven years and there's barely innovation. You're playing the same game but with different settings. For people who have played Assassin's Creed for the last 13 years, gaming at least for the past 20 years, Ubisoft will simply not satisfy you anymore unless they change up the formulas a bit.

    The bad:
    - The parry system has a delay. Comparing to Ghost of Tsushima where Jin Sakai instantly holds his blade up to deflect enemy attacks at the exact moment you press L1, Eivor (the main protagonist)tries to deflect an attack in 0.5 seconds after you pressed the L1 button. Not sure if this is a design flaw or done purposely, but I didn't encounter any of this in the last Assassin's Creed.

    - Again, the combat is rather uninspired. Comparing to Ghost of Tsushima where you get 4 fighting styles, you can equip various weapons on your left and right hand. It feels very buggy when your right hand is a heavy weapon and your left hand is a hammer.

    - They look most of the loot away. You can't really collect as many weapons and armor or gear anymore and compare their stats instantly in the menu now. Most of your rewards when you complete quests or raids will result in you getting more crafting components. These crafting components can then use it for upgrading. Not gonna lie, you might just happen to keep every gear without selling any of them when you complete the game.

    -Maps way too huge with nothing to collect. Personal preference. Since there is no gear to actually collect, it's kind of pointless to wander around and plunder. Sure, you can collect the wealth to upgrade your settlement, but it feels pointless.

    - Dull characters and story. The Vikings are rather honorable and tamed, and not as brutal as they are supposed to be in their historical counterpart. Though I suppose they are depicted as the actual heroes of the story so they can't have the brutality shown and portrayed in the game. In the story, you travel from one place to another, constantly having new characters shown in an area where you have to earn their for them to pledge their allegiance to you. Rinse and repeat and that's pretty the story. The amount of characters in this game makes you care less and less the more you are introduced.

    - Frustrating to find the treasures. Is it even worth it?

    So, if you are inexperienced or unfamiliar with Ubisoft games, you will love this game.    … Expand
  62. qkqhqu
    Nov 17, 2020
    5
    Please buy at discount time. Dont buy at full price. Too buggy, too boring, too repetitive etc
  63. Baharoth
    Nov 18, 2020
    4
    It would be a good game if it ended after 30h and its story was more relevant. It is a bloated and uninspired grind game.
  64. 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
  65. ATGIMM
    Dec 13, 2020
    7
    Playing this game on a ps4 pro and the graphics are stunning, the story is entertaining once you go past the tutorial in Norway. This game would have been a 9 if it didn't have so many bugs. They're not game breaking bugs.
  66. 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
  67. Tiivaz
    Nov 27, 2020
    7
    A good Viking game but a bad Assassin game with primitive parkour. A game made to attract the main audio not the fans.
  68. Awesimon75
    Nov 27, 2020
    5
    I’ve played all but one of the AC series and the score of just 5 is relative to the rest of the series, and in consideration of tech advances over time. Valhalla looks great, and being English, can appreciate the attention to detail in geographical changes, and the historical building contained therein. Just brilliant. What i can’t get ocer is the shicking Quality Control and QualityI’ve played all but one of the AC series and the score of just 5 is relative to the rest of the series, and in consideration of tech advances over time. Valhalla looks great, and being English, can appreciate the attention to detail in geographical changes, and the historical building contained therein. Just brilliant. What i can’t get ocer is the shicking Quality Control and Quality Assurance that simply did not go into this game. Block function rarely works as it should; follow this road / the river to your destination, doesn’t work. And worst of all, you know the mapping is duff when you’re worried your character will struggle to walk through a door / climb through a window without getting stuck on the environment. It always been this way and is controlled-throwing annoying. The mapping is at its worst when collecting the history pages - pretty much given up on that for now. The block function also seemingly has a massive lag when executing against harder foes. I’m 80 hours in and am struggling to find the will to continue. The poor mapping would be forgivable because of the sheer size of the map; however, its just something the development team have no fixed, and that just sucks. Last AC game for me - just fed-up with shoddy, half-done mapping.… Expand
  69. HumbleReviews
    Nov 29, 2020
    5
    Pros: Story is good, graphics decent, assasins theme is kind of back.
    Negatives: Lots of copy paste missions, glitched trophies preventing platinum. Most of mid-game is boring (for each area, new characters are introduced and used for the next 2-3 hours, then thrown away once the area arc finishes)
  70. charleshanch
    Nov 30, 2020
    3
    If you ever played Odyssey and Origin for more than 200hrs this game is not showing much more new things to you, and here are the pros and cons after played 80+ hrs and finished the main story.
    Pros:
    - the dual weapon system is great, provide lots of way that you can fight and the boss flight is much fun - the skill tree setup is fun, same as the way you get abilities by traveling the    If you ever played Odyssey and Origin for more than 200hrs this game is not showing much more new things to you, and here are the pros and cons after played 80+ hrs and finished the main story.
    Pros:
    - the dual weapon system is great, provide lots of way that you can fight and the boss flight is much fun
    - the skill tree setup is fun, same as the way you get abilities by traveling the world
    - the way that armors are now so scarce prevent you have to deal with hundreds of items like in Odyssey.
    That's the only good points I think and thus I give it 3.0/10.0

    Cons:
    - Bug, the background music sometimes stuck and never change no matter where you go.
    - Bug, the controller stuck in vibration mode and never went off while you are in Asgard.
    - Bug, after playing 3-4 hrs some visual glitches start appearing on screen.
    - Bug, randomly crash entire game.
    - Bad feature, the siege mission is so boring and repetitive, always the same procedure. Its fun for the first time but after that, you will have to do it for at least 10 times without anything new.
    - Bad feature, the main story in England is too long, have to deal with so much area and they all feel the same.
    - Bad feature, with the Odin sight, the bird is useless.
    - Bad feature, cannot wield weapon on mount, can only kick with your legs
    - Bad feature, the vendor all over the world share the same vault, you wont expect to buy something rare from different places.
    - Bad feature, the settlement is not impressive at all.
    - Bad feature, the raid is same as the siege, too repetitive, makes you feel tired of doing it just for the settlement resources.
    - Story, Its not clear why this viking has suddenly become an assassin
    - Story, just grinding England area to get allies is not appealing comparing with family story depicted in Odyssey.
    - Story, did not show a clear story with modern timeline as well as how the ancient knowledge get involved, everything feels like piling up features and not make any sense.

    Overall, I'm pretty disappointed with AC Valhalla, the only good thing is combat system, DONT EXPECT ANYTHING ELSE.

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  71. dabefida86
    Dec 1, 2020
    5
    I consider myself a "new" gamer and I like really much the AC saga. Still, I find this game somehow wanting to copy the riddles used on God of War with no sort of preparation to completing a level with something there is no way you can know how to pass. If I´m honest, I find myself searching for gameplay tutorials on YouTube in order to achieve the goal and affecting the way I like playingI consider myself a "new" gamer and I like really much the AC saga. Still, I find this game somehow wanting to copy the riddles used on God of War with no sort of preparation to completing a level with something there is no way you can know how to pass. If I´m honest, I find myself searching for gameplay tutorials on YouTube in order to achieve the goal and affecting the way I like playing the game without help. Other problem, at least it happends to me a lot..it crashes quite often. So far, It has been the game that crashes more since I got a PS4.… Expand
  72. Ewaldo
    Dec 1, 2020
    3
    Characters ser just not good. No feelings when certain ‘important’ characters died, and felt like it was made for 10 year olds
  73. SlappyBags
    Dec 2, 2020
    3
    I'm disappointed Ubisoft launched a game that's so full of bugs and actually took people's money. They completely killed the whole AC reputation.
  74. 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
  75. Highlander109
    Dec 4, 2020
    2
    Ridiculous, almost a month after release and still haven't got the game patched. I can't finish my main mission.
  76. Verestax
    Dec 6, 2020
    5
    Game is absolutely riddled with game breaking bugs. Grass disappearing, screen going black endlessly, quest items not spawning. It's a good time but wouldn't recommend until few a patches later or a sale.
  77. 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
  78. 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.
  79. 13enji
    Dec 11, 2020
    5
    Not really an Assassins Creed game.

    I know this is going to sounds strange but this game and the previous 3 Assassin’s Creed game haven’t really been Assassin’s Creed games. I understand that Ubisoft are trying to make the game more modern but it’s lost a lot of what made Assassin’s Creed so fun to play. The last Assassin’s Creed game that I think was fun to play and stuck to the    Not really an Assassins Creed game.

    I know this is going to sounds strange but this game and the previous 3 Assassin’s Creed game haven’t really been Assassin’s Creed games. I understand that Ubisoft are trying to make the game more modern but it’s lost a lot of what made Assassin’s Creed so fun to play. The last Assassin’s Creed game that I think was fun to play and stuck to the Assassin’s Creed style of play was Syndicate.

    Valhalla is much more of an open-world adventure game and is about going around a pretty unpopulated England making alliances. The story never pulled me in and the main story is so loose and is tied to building houses in your settlement. At many time I was lost and thinking how do I advance the story.
    I’m from England and I love playing games set in the country or city that I live in. However, England in this game, as a setting, is not very interesting. The towns and Cities are small with some exceptions. There are no massive cities which you can freely free run around and now the free-running mechanic is basically gone and now all you climb are some cliffs and small buildings.

    It might just be me but it doesn’t feel like an Assassin’s Creed game anymore. Some people might really like the new games but I just don’t know.
    (I quite liked Unity so my opinions may not be super valid)    … Expand
  80. Decx-wolf
    Mar 7, 2021
    7
    so ill start with what i liked about this game, the combat felt pretty damm good each weopan felt differant and workable and you could easily figure out your playstyle, the skills are failly decent with good variety, the story is by ubisoft standards fairly decent and your charcter eivor is pretty intresting and the support wasnt to bad in sigurd and a few of the other side charcters, andso ill start with what i liked about this game, the combat felt pretty damm good each weopan felt differant and workable and you could easily figure out your playstyle, the skills are failly decent with good variety, the story is by ubisoft standards fairly decent and your charcter eivor is pretty intresting and the support wasnt to bad in sigurd and a few of the other side charcters, and there are moments in the story thatll pull on your heart strings, and the graphics werent that bad actully had some pop ins but nothing to nuts so plays pretty decently on the ps4, the boss battles around the world are alot of fun, and i like this new system of needing to go to the location to find out what is there rather then just telling us whats actually there

    now onto the bad things, whilst i enjoyed the story it feels a little disjointed like one minute your hunting for sigurd and hes supposdly your only goal, the next youve completly forgot about him and helping the next side charcter, then we have side missions just this new choice to make them just a in and out was a bad one rather then make trully gripping side missions they instead choose to make them simply in and out i can only rember 1 single side mission and that was helping 2 idiots who wanted to be vikings, maybe if they were a little bit more intresting this would be fine but as it stands its realy boring

    so gonna go 7/10 above average but plenty of gripes    … Expand
  81. DeadSerious
    Dec 11, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’m more disappointed than happy about this AC. The story is ok but it’s missing the big reason why you want to have everyone as an ally. And the fight system is better than origins and odyssey. Also the world looks good. BUT. The Parcours system is trash and I don’t know why but the developers wanted to show how bad it is so they put in some “catch me if you can” thing in it. Never liked it, never will. The game is too packed with small checklist stuff. I have to say that it is nice to have one weapon that you can upgrade from bad to best. But the variety is not there. The simplest and most common weapon is not even included in this game... why is there no normal sword!? I never had a game where I was exhausted before I even started the actual game but Ubisoft did it with AC Valhalla. Thinking about playing this game was good for the first 3 days but then it got boring and it takes too much time away with boring stuff. I think the time of AC has come to an end. Oh and by the way. There is a leveling system in this game. They just gave it another name (power level) but you still have to grind so that you can keep up in a fight, otherwise you get destroyed within one attack. Well played Ubisoft. I’m done with them and AC.… Expand
  82. 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.
  83. SezCoz
    Dec 12, 2020
    7
    A good game, and I like the revamped combat system. A beautiful open world that is fun to explore, but let down by slow loading screens when entering dialogues and far too frequently crashes for no apparent reason.
  84. Marco90
    Dec 17, 2020
    5
    Cool gameplay but nothing more for be in 2020. Story not very interesting. Very avarege game.
  85. Clapek
    Jan 16, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Slow rendering, broken stealth kill animations (sometimes it stabs the blade into the ground and the opponent is 2 meters away), some bugs regarding blocking at some point (fast travel helps then). If the bugs are eliminated, the game can easily be rated 9. The plot and the world are delightful! The adventures of Eivor, the world of Asgard, Jotunheim and Vinland is awesome !!… Expand
  86. LaymensLament
    Dec 17, 2020
    1
    Adding micro after all the reviews are in, wow.
    Another company manipulating it's users.
  87. starzzz
    Dec 18, 2020
    10
    Thank you Ubisoft so much for making this awful year little bit better. One of the best PC games of 2020!
  88. fallenangel33
    Dec 18, 2020
    10
    It's one of the best games of 2020 no matter how many fake 0's it gets. Get a life, if you hate AC Valhalla.
  89. The_greatergood
    Dec 18, 2020
    10
    People who never cared about this game or AC series in general are coming here and they think they have any right to just review bomb it? No you don't, nope. First buy it. Then play it for 100 hours and then you have a right to say something.
  90. FireBallx
    Dec 18, 2020
    10
    All this hate just proves is that Assassin's Creed is extremely popular and that makes me just so happy as longtime fan of the series. AC fans usually rarely care to comment on sites like metacritic, etc. They simply don't care. They are most busy enjoy the game. But thanks to this games popularity it brings all the sad haters out. That's just sad reality, but no matter how many 0/10'sAll this hate just proves is that Assassin's Creed is extremely popular and that makes me just so happy as longtime fan of the series. AC fans usually rarely care to comment on sites like metacritic, etc. They simply don't care. They are most busy enjoy the game. But thanks to this games popularity it brings all the sad haters out. That's just sad reality, but no matter how many 0/10's they give, it doesn't matter. It doesn't change absolutely anything. Odyssey has pretty low metascore and it's still "very positive" on steam with over 70 000 rating, so these fake 0/10's mean nothing. Good luck wasting your time.… Expand
  91. Scars777
    Dec 18, 2020
    10
    Might be best of Ubisoft in terms of creating an open world and story is also really solid.
  92. 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.
  93. Argi
    Dec 21, 2020
    10
    Let me start by saying that if you thinking about buying the game at full price, then you should because it is totally captivating. Imagine a character being introduced to the Creed's world while facing his viking nature. Chaos! Graphics are very good, the combat system fun (especially the executions), you never get bored because you have like hundreds of tasks, mysteries, and treasureLet me start by saying that if you thinking about buying the game at full price, then you should because it is totally captivating. Imagine a character being introduced to the Creed's world while facing his viking nature. Chaos! Graphics are very good, the combat system fun (especially the executions), you never get bored because you have like hundreds of tasks, mysteries, and treasure huntings to do. You also have access to stories from the Scandinavian pantheon. The world is vast with many places to see and full of strange and amusing encounters. My favorite assassin's creed game since Ezios games. Don't be bothered by those who criticised the irrelevance with traditional assasin ways. If you enjoy the stealthy way of doing things the skill tree offers you plenty of opportunities to build Eivor that way.… Expand
  94. Kennetha7710
    Dec 24, 2020
    4
    Would be good if it wasnt buggy as hell. Im lterally stuck in several quests.
  95. 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
  96. Mono12322
    Feb 1, 2021
    7
    En mi ps4 slim el juego se veía decentemente bien y usualmente corría a unos estables 30 fps , los mapas disponibles (Noruega e Inglaterra) están muy bien hechos y parece que se esmeraron en realizar una interpretación de estos lugares históricamente correcta, con sus respectivos monumentos y paisajes. Hay otros tres lugares accesibles en el juego, pero entraría en territorio de spoilers,En mi ps4 slim el juego se veía decentemente bien y usualmente corría a unos estables 30 fps , los mapas disponibles (Noruega e Inglaterra) están muy bien hechos y parece que se esmeraron en realizar una interpretación de estos lugares históricamente correcta, con sus respectivos monumentos y paisajes. Hay otros tres lugares accesibles en el juego, pero entraría en territorio de spoilers, así que solo diré que no están tan bien realizados como los 2 principales y dejan mucho que desear. El combate se basa en un sistema de postura, por decirlo de alguna manera, los enemigos tienen una barra amarilla abajo de su vida la cual disminuye al atacar, bloquear, bloquear perfectamente y dispararles en sus puntos débiles, de los cuales los métodos mas efectivos son los dos últimos, cuando esta barrita se vacía, eivor es capaz de realizar un ataque aturdidor, el cual elimina por completo a la mayoría de los enemigos exceptuando a los jefes a los cuales les quita un gran trozo de su vida, este sistema incrementa increíblemente la utilidad de las armas a distancia, lo cual es un gran plus ya que estas se sentían completamente inútiles en muchas entregas pasadas. Incluso ignorando por completo este sistema, los ataques de eivor quitan una gran porción de vida, lo cual se agradece después de explotar mi dedo presionando R1 y R2 cientos de veces solo para eliminar un enemigo común en AC odyssey. Mencionando AC odyssey las habilidades de este vuelven en esta entrega, pero al igual que en odyssey, muchas se sienten obsoletas comparadas con la utilidad de otras, causando que durante tu tiempo de juego te apegues a 1 o 2. Hay una gran variedad de armas cuerpo a cuerpo y combinaciones que puedes utilizar para derrotar a tus enemigos, pero el juego nunca hace nada para diferenciarlas sustancialmente, causando que el jugador nunca sienta la necesidad de cambiar su equipamiento, y por ende todo el esfuerzo que hizo el equipo en modelar diferentes armas y crear distintas animaciones para cada combinación de armas, se sienta en vano. En lo que respecta a armas de distancia, existen 3 tipos, el arco depredador (preciso, el juego cambia a una perspectiva de primera persona cuando apuntas a este arco), el arco de cazador (el clásico, se controla y se siente igual que todos los arcos de todos los juegos con arco) y por ultimo el arco rapido (este sirve para encuentros cercanos), a la hora de combatir frente a frente, el mejor de todos es el rápido, puedes hacer llover flechas sobre los enemigos y fácilmente darles en sus puntos débiles para aturdirlos y el peor frente a frente obviamente es el depredador, ya que se torna molesto que la cámara cambie cada vez que quieras dispararlo, e incluso cuando los comparamos en una situación de sigilo, el depredador es vencido por el cazador, el cual logra un daño similar o incluso mejor, y te permite llevar muchas mas flechas. Aun con esto dicho se podría decir que los tres arcos tienen sus utilidades y son suficientemente diferentes entre si que el jugador va a usar los 3 al menos un par de veces durante su partida. En lo que respecta al sigilo, este AC intenta volver a sus raíces, trayendo de vuelta la habilidad de esconderse a plena vista y de pagarle a alguien para que distraiga a los guardias, la cual esta realizada decentemente, pero aun así no llega a ser tan prevalente como lo fue en la trilogía de Ezio. Además esconderte en plena vista el juego también te permite esconderte entre la hierba alta, así como en las 2 entregas anteriores a esta, y ,como en todos los AC, te permite esconderte en montones de paja y hojas. En resumen, el sigilo ha sido el mejor en esta trilogía con estilo rpg, pero aun así deja mucho que desear, y se queda corto ante el sigilo en AC2 o Unity. Rápidamente mencionare que el parkour es igualito a los dos pasados, lo cual es muy decepcionante sabiendo que pueden hacer parkour con la precisión de AC2 y la fluidez y animaciones de Unity. La historia del juego se divide en 4, la historia de Eivor, el conflicto entre templarios y asesinos, la historia de Inglaterra y la historia moderna. La historia de eivor es bastante buena, con diferentes giros y decisiones que tienen impacto en tu final, esta es probablemente la mejor escrita del juego. El conflicto entre templarios y asesinos sobrepasa en leguas al de Odyssey, en verdad se siente la presencia templaria en inglaterra, y nosotros con nuestra hoja oculta debemos deshacernos de ella, este sentimiento de asesino solo se agrava gracias al regreso de las confesiones. La historia de Inglaterra (la mas larga) es la peor y llega a ser cansina y repetitiva después de las 30 horas en un juego de 60h Y la moderna sorprendentemente arregla el desastre que hizo Odyssey
    Seria un 8 de no ser por los bugs y crasheos constantes    … Expand
  97. FireandWaterx
    Mar 17, 2021
    10
    Altair's outfit is really cool, but in case anyone from Ubisoft reads this, i would absolutely love to have Unity or Black Flag outfit!
  98. Exodusas
    Mar 30, 2021
    4
    Story is meh, combat is horrible and with more than 13 years of practice the climbing mechanics are still terrible with a lot to improve. Perfect game if you love escort missions and fetch quests because 90% of this game is just that with some story sprinkled on it but at the end of the day same old escort/fetch quests. Have no clue who payed these reviewers to write such shining reviewsStory is meh, combat is horrible and with more than 13 years of practice the climbing mechanics are still terrible with a lot to improve. Perfect game if you love escort missions and fetch quests because 90% of this game is just that with some story sprinkled on it but at the end of the day same old escort/fetch quests. Have no clue who payed these reviewers to write such shining reviews on a such a mediocre game… Expand
  99. noobplanet
    Mar 29, 2021
    3
    kids game, everything is average and the game doesnt shine in anything.

    You play as kiddy vikings, they make the characters seem like real friendly people to the player even though vikings are murderers and pillagers. There is no viking brutality (only against christians cause apparently christians bad and raping murdering vikings good and wholesome). Can't even kill civillians, only    kids game, everything is average and the game doesnt shine in anything.

    You play as kiddy vikings, they make the characters seem like real friendly people to the player even though vikings are murderers and pillagers.

    There is no viking brutality (only against christians cause apparently christians bad and raping murdering vikings good and wholesome). Can't even kill civillians, only christian religious people cause they "bad" obviously.

    None of the brutality and hardness of vikings is there except for what i mentioned about killing christians. Hardly any customization except cosmetic.

    Combat sucks, its just click, block, shoot, finisher and special attack. story feels like its on rails and very boring ones at that.

    I wish it was on steam cause i would have refunded within the first hour.

    I rate it a kids game, so average it hurts    … Expand
  100. major_rana
    Apr 6, 2021
    0
    AC Odyssey was far entertaining than this, this was a pretty boring game, look at it this way if you are an adult and you can only play a selected games, just pass on this game rather play Days Gone than this generic boring game
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#43 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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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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