Assassin's Creed Valhalla

 PlayStation 5
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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2106 Ratings

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  1. RogerioAlexandr
    Aug 21, 2023
    0
    Este jogo é tão bonito quanto divertido. A história é boa. Adoro a personalização e a capacidade de alternar gêneros sem problemas. Os tempos de carregamento no PS5 são rápidos. O que estou tentando dizer é que o jogo parece um jogo entre gerações. Gamesrgo
  2. Mirror006
    Jul 11, 2023
    3
    Juego en PC y la experiencia es PÉSIMA el juego se cierra inesperadamente de forma recurrente y eso que tengo un hardware aceptable (RTX 3070). Lo peor de todo es que incluso en los diálogos de misión se cierre siempre en el mismo punto. UBISOFT NO LO ENTIENDO y eso que ha pasado un tiempo desde el lanzamiento. Me hago a la idea de porque están atravesando malos momentos. Voy a dejar deJuego en PC y la experiencia es PÉSIMA el juego se cierra inesperadamente de forma recurrente y eso que tengo un hardware aceptable (RTX 3070). Lo peor de todo es que incluso en los diálogos de misión se cierre siempre en el mismo punto. UBISOFT NO LO ENTIENDO y eso que ha pasado un tiempo desde el lanzamiento. Me hago a la idea de porque están atravesando malos momentos. Voy a dejar de jugar y me tendré que pensar mucho si volver a confiar en ellos. Por cierto, me pongo en contacto con ellos y parece que me responde el becario. No me dan confianza para el futuro. GENTE NO COMPREN EL JUEGO GASTENSE EL DINERO EN OTRO PRODUCTO.… Expand
  3. sajalhsn13
    May 2, 2023
    2
    Honestly speaking, if I missed the game I would miss NOTHING. This is one of the most tedious and garbage games I have ever played. There is no good story, and the gameplay is very repetitive. From this game, I enjoyed NOTHING. Total waste of money and valuable time.
  4. Macintosh1001
    Apr 25, 2023
    4
    Uhg...seems so cliche to say, but just another open world Ubisoft game...

    Big empty world with a lot of heights to climb, stuff to collect and grind, and a story that just has no weight. Gameplay is the same as its predecessors , with little innovation. I will say that Eivor can be a compelling character at times, but the eye-rolling story trying to connect it with the Assassin's Creed    Uhg...seems so cliche to say, but just another open world Ubisoft game...

    Big empty world with a lot of heights to climb, stuff to collect and grind, and a story that just has no weight. Gameplay is the same as its predecessors , with little innovation. I will say that Eivor can be a compelling character at times, but the eye-rolling story trying to connect it with the Assassin's Creed story was jarring. I can't help think this would've been better if it was just, and only a viking game.    … Expand
  5. greenbeard
    Apr 1, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Too long. No saving available. In Chapter 3 they set up a trap unexpectedly where you lose magically all your all the arms (Bug?/ stupid plot)and your are meant to fight or flight. He kills me. Just lost before more than 1 hour of exploring and collecting items in this city. 1 hour as an adult is all I can get average to play during a week. Following this unconsiderate system that does not allow for more freedom, I give the good news 4 out of 5. If there was a better save system it will be 7 out of 10. Enough for me to play. Ed… Expand
  6. HeitorCampos
    Mar 15, 2023
    4
    Bleh. Nothing in this game feels good to do, it feels lazy and unfun. I know it's not a very in depth comment, but this game is just a waste of everything that went into it.Leave it to AC to make a viking game boring. Pretty impressive to make something this mediocre at everything. Not to mention this is just too bloated and grindy.
  7. Sekur
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    Worst game I've ever played in my whole life...............................
  8. Jorge360
    Feb 8, 2023
    4
    Boring is the first word that comes to mind, there’s no reason a game should be this long and be this boring! Repetitive as hell, and the characters other than the ACTUAL assassins are forgettable. Overall wouldn’t recommend unless you enjoy doing the same thing over and over again with a boring story thats only good at the end.
  9. Inen
    Feb 5, 2023
    0
    Where is Jesus? This halal-like games make me a goodnight.
    But it is what it is
  10. Phamtom25
    Jan 30, 2023
    4
    The most boring AC game i have ever played (played every one last of them). Eivor has 0 charm, Basiim is interesting but only appears in literally 5 missions. Combat system is worst than Odyssey, the animations are trash and the "parkour" is like C-3P0 climbing a wall. Worst AC high diff
  11. Mogmog000
    Jan 24, 2023
    0
    I get bored with the repetition of similar quests that are work-intensive.
    The action is slow and unexhilarating.
    The map is large, and moving around by boat is tedious.
  12. archangel2424
    Jan 7, 2023
    2
    Garbage. I'm convinced half these reviews are bots. They drop you into this game with little backstory or what you're trying to accomplish. The controls are spotty and the combat system is broken. Trying to emulate Dark Souls combat while simultaneously destroying what built your franchise (stealth) is not a good look. Couldn't get more than 10 hours into this travesty.
  13. grafpsycho
    Dec 17, 2022
    2
    The WORST AC of all time and I played everyone since the first one. Shoulda called this the searching for explisive barrels hours on end simulator, because thats what the majority of your time spent with this game will be. I'm 30 hrs in and give up, this is not anything closely resembling fun
  14. NekoKhunar
    Nov 22, 2022
    4
    By far the worst of the new 3 Games. The Story is absolutely stretched and doesn bring anything to the Game World. A Bunch of forgettable Characters get introduced. This Game could have been so much more but it seems Ubisoft just didnt want that. Also Stealth in this Game doesnt Work. In Odyssey and Origins it does though? (also dont tell me i dont know the game, i have the Platinum forBy far the worst of the new 3 Games. The Story is absolutely stretched and doesn bring anything to the Game World. A Bunch of forgettable Characters get introduced. This Game could have been so much more but it seems Ubisoft just didnt want that. Also Stealth in this Game doesnt Work. In Odyssey and Origins it does though? (also dont tell me i dont know the game, i have the Platinum for all 3 including Valhalla)… Expand
  15. EggMooz
    Nov 14, 2022
    2
    It's boring, just boring. It's not even fun worst Assassin's Creed game by far.
  16. shay30060
    Nov 12, 2022
    2
    A poor game that is so swallowed up in itself, everything is cumbersome, incomprehensible and of course so full of nonsense, really Ubisoft I expected more or at least like Odyssey.
  17. Jfksj
    Oct 26, 2022
    1
    This is not assassin's Creed. It's just a game about walking and talking. Most boring game i ever played
  18. GamingReality
    Oct 9, 2022
    0
    Played every assassin's creed game from the first one up to this one. Never finished Odyssey because it was just poorly made by then I saw this. I've played it for a couple of hours for free on PS plus, well no wonder they gave it away for free. As a huge fan of the series I couldn't even play it for free. The most boring game I've ever saw in my life, assassin's creed used to be one ofPlayed every assassin's creed game from the first one up to this one. Never finished Odyssey because it was just poorly made by then I saw this. I've played it for a couple of hours for free on PS plus, well no wonder they gave it away for free. As a huge fan of the series I couldn't even play it for free. The most boring game I've ever saw in my life, assassin's creed used to be one of the best series of all times now it has been better off dead. Assassin's creed is dead for me, was a huge fan but not any more, bloated boring repetitive chore of a game. Anyone who is really into gaming should boycott this game just to teach developers a lesson so that never again will we have to witness such a spit to the face by cash grabbing free eaters developers who aren't worth a cent… Expand
  19. Shaaheen88
    Oct 6, 2022
    0
    Nonsense and huge map, boring and super childish side missions, lots of glitches
    but I liked male Eivor and customization
  20. GhXc7oPS
    Oct 4, 2022
    0
    This is one of the worst open world games i have ever played. This game made me almost quit gaming. Ubisoft has not really made a good game since Splinter Cell, but this one takes the cake as the longest, time-wasting, directionless open world they have done. It is also historically inaccurate which is the only thing Assassins Creed 1/2 had going for it, THE HISTORY. Also if you likeThis is one of the worst open world games i have ever played. This game made me almost quit gaming. Ubisoft has not really made a good game since Splinter Cell, but this one takes the cake as the longest, time-wasting, directionless open world they have done. It is also historically inaccurate which is the only thing Assassins Creed 1/2 had going for it, THE HISTORY. Also if you like to play an open world game and kill civilians, you're out of luck again. Ubisoft loves to micro-manage your next 300 hours.… Expand
  21. chilla77
    Sep 28, 2022
    0
    I have played every Assassin's Creed until now, but i can't even express how bad this game was for me. It feels even more soulless than it's predecessor. And i can't tell you how bad the combat is. I'm coming from games like horizon, elden ring, god of war and then you have to play with this clubky mess. Unbelievably frustrating. Puzzle quests and other little missions feel like a chore toI have played every Assassin's Creed until now, but i can't even express how bad this game was for me. It feels even more soulless than it's predecessor. And i can't tell you how bad the combat is. I'm coming from games like horizon, elden ring, god of war and then you have to play with this clubky mess. Unbelievably frustrating. Puzzle quests and other little missions feel like a chore to do, which i never had in any game. Really disappointed with this version of assassin's Creed.… Expand
  22. gregphillip23
    Sep 16, 2022
    3
    Bloated, boring and endless, when will Ubisoft learn that bigger is not better? It’s baffling they made a much better entry with Odyssey on so many levels then made the decision to cut systems that actually worked well like factions and naval combat.

    Ubisoft already did Valhalla but better in Odyssey. If you really want to to play these new iterations of AC games that are now action RPGs,    Bloated, boring and endless, when will Ubisoft learn that bigger is not better? It’s baffling they made a much better entry with Odyssey on so many levels then made the decision to cut systems that actually worked well like factions and naval combat.

    Ubisoft already did Valhalla but better in Odyssey. If you really want to to play these new iterations of AC games that are now action RPGs, don’t waste your time with Valhalla. Even if you make it through the whole game which you probably won’t due to its bloat and monotonous and tedious game design, you’re rewarded with a one and a half hour cutscene that wraps up the plot (which I have to point out has nothing to do with what you spend most of the game doing).

    I’m normally a very generous gamer, I try to see the game for its intentions first and execution second, in Valhalla I realized at about the halfway point their intention was: let’s make a game that’s bigger than Odyssey but with Vikings. Then they stripped good mechanics away for no reason I can deduce, then they managed to churn out a mind numbingly boring story with what might be one of the laziest and insulting payoffs for the player I’ve ever experienced. Don’t even get me started on the side quests.

    To top all of this off, my biggest critique and ultimately what turned this game from passable to downright failure for me, was the length of the game. The amount of filler and bloat injected into this game is almost insulting. Like yes, we’re in the age of peak capitalism and yes we’re all consumers that want to, well… consume. But Valhalla turns media content consumption into a giant pile of flavorless slop, poured into a trough for us to mind numbingly eat like livestock.

    I felt almost disrespected playing this game. Is this really what you see gamers as Ubisoft? Too stupid to figure out where to go so we’re inundated with a record number of map markers, and too lazy for a challenge so even at harder difficulty and with more challenging level scaling, so everything is way to easy and once again, something becoming a common theme in my play through: boring.

    I don’t know how Ubisoft managed to make the Viking conquest of England set in the AC universe boring, but once again Ubisoft never fails to move the bar in the wrong direction and surprise us in all the wrong ways.    … Expand
  23. Hgfhjjgghj
    Sep 12, 2022
    1
    it's a formula game, typical ubisoft game, spend few hours of time playing then completely get bored.
  24. natgreystar
    Sep 7, 2022
    4
    I thought I would love this but the early reviews of this game still apply years later. It's unplayable, boring, and lacks fun. Very slow starting and just slow pacing overall. I really liked Odyssey for a good while thanks to the story but started getting bored with that one further in. This starts out as a snoozefest and then just keeps getting worse. The bugs are plentiful and you'dI thought I would love this but the early reviews of this game still apply years later. It's unplayable, boring, and lacks fun. Very slow starting and just slow pacing overall. I really liked Odyssey for a good while thanks to the story but started getting bored with that one further in. This starts out as a snoozefest and then just keeps getting worse. The bugs are plentiful and you'd think years later these would be fixed but no.

    The story is so nothing. I didn't feel invested at all and it isn't engaging. It was very generic and written like a bunch of Americans read a couple of grade school books about vikings and watched too many Marvel movies. The phrases they use and the way they talk sound more like they pray to the Marvel Odin than the Norse Odin. You have all these one off interactions with people like you're supposed to know them and have a rapport but why do I the player care? I just met them and they're supposed to matter? This is just bad storytelling.

    Okay graphics, it's a step back. On PS5 you'd expect more but the snow effects are bad and it looks like I'm a rolling pin through a mountain of cake icing, the rigging and character models look outdated, the Odin object indication lacks definition and there are no settings to fix it. I hear things ping but even gold items barely show up on my OLED screen. The bird mechanic is half useless most of the time until you upgrade their functions.

    Gameplay is pretty awful. Parry just doesn't work right. The button layout is bad but customizing it is like a 20 minute task as you can't just remap a button you have to remap every function and they all seem to collide. I've gotten stuck in a few spots, enemies see me in hiding at times, view distance for enemy archers is insane far and their accuracy is ridiculous. Staggering enemies seems broken and a lot of the battles you just dodge a lot. A lot of missions require you head on fight and with how broken fighting is I feel like I'm playing a bad GoW war clone.

    The sailing is so bad. It's unrealistic but also clunky. I like the auto sail mechanics but sailing seems like an afterthought where they just shoved in black flag mechanics on a tiny boat.

    Navigating and interactions are probably the worst part. Climbing is essential to AC and when it's bad it breaks the game. Want to climb a roof? Well scramble around until you see a prompt come up that says you can climb here then do it because if you guess you're always wrong and you just come out of hiding and get spotted. Go into a window? Better make sure you're at the right angle in the right spot or you just stand there. Climb down a cliff? Crouch then hold crouch otherwise you just stand there. Half the time you're better off just jumping and taking the damage.

    Using a horse is also important. Too bad most of the time when you call it the horse rushes right past you and keeps running. You never even get the chance to get on it like the horse is mocking you. If you're not near enough to a road auto nav doesn't work either you just get a message that says "cannot auto navigate".

    Oh and I saved the worst for last. The sound mixing and music. For the most part either the music in this game doesn't exist or it's mixed terribly. At the very beginning of the game you're at a party with a guy playing music yet you hear no music, just people. Why? The audio either sounds muffled or distorted and I have a nice home theater. The worst is the horrid tin high pitched triangle sound that marks the start of world music and lasts far too long while also being way too high frequency. If you have tinnitus it will trigger it. Then any time you open menus you might get the title song and it goes on for a while. You hear that song when you sync, when you do certain things, at certain mission points, way way too much and what should be a beautiful title theme is an annoying everything theme. In other games it was a minor song that lasted as long as the interaction but this is very loud, very abrupt, the loudest thing in the game by far, and it plays for a few minutes after the event stopped.

    It also sounds like a lot of the audio samples were done in a sound booth or bathroom. Real world sounds you expect in most games just aren't there.

    This was obviously a rushed game, it's one of their worst. I didn't even get half way I hated playing it.    … Expand
  25. dr-kenobi
    Sep 6, 2022
    2
    Viking crap. The story gets worse and worse from the time they've switched to action focused style. Odyssey and Origins were much better.
  26. Lewwildy
    Sep 5, 2022
    0
    Yet again another boring generic game from Ubisoft, they ruined the franchise after unity.
  27. Staviklotz
    Sep 5, 2022
    3
    This game is a chore. For every quest (story was mediocre at best) there is a 40(sic!) collectibles. for the 120h to complete 20 is for a pretty poor storyline, rest is just running around finding keys for chest, or fire barrels for walls. Definitley worst of the last 3 assassins games.
    Dull, boring and repetetive. Dont hurt yourselves and stay away from this bs
  28. PanchoTaffy
    Aug 27, 2022
    4
    I've tried so hard to like this game but I've come to the conclusion it's just not a good game. Graphics are good and so is there voice acting, but this is not assassins creed. This is Viking simulator. And not a good one. Sloppy controls that have you falling everywhere instead of being a stealthy killers. Add to that the lack of a decent story. Forty hours I've wasted on this just toI've tried so hard to like this game but I've come to the conclusion it's just not a good game. Graphics are good and so is there voice acting, but this is not assassins creed. This is Viking simulator. And not a good one. Sloppy controls that have you falling everywhere instead of being a stealthy killers. Add to that the lack of a decent story. Forty hours I've wasted on this just to realise I don't care about the story. Is there a story? I can't even remember what it was I'm supposed to be doing anymore. Deleted and moving on to something else. Don't waste your time like I did.… Expand
  29. notumurugesh
    Aug 17, 2022
    0
    notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh
  30. Oksanen4
    Aug 12, 2022
    0
    Audio on PS5 version has been recorded with equipment from 80’s. That is so poor quality no matter do you have good hometheather or premium headset. Also, game is half assed on every category. Voice acting is in english, but actors try to fake norwegian accent. Makes me want to puke
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Gaming Nexus
    Dec 15, 2020
    80
    There are two competing experiences here: that as as Assassin, and that as a Viking, that either on its own feels like it might have been a triumph and better than this good but not great Assass-king hybrid we have.
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  2. TheSixthAxis
    Dec 3, 2020
    80
    Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla effortlessly plants its banner as the best open world RPG available for the new consoles. This Viking epic flexes its gore-soaked, tattooed muscles when it comes to world-building, and medieval England wows with its enchanting untamed vistas. It’s also portioned out at a steady pace and, if not for the repetitive, limited combat, Valhalla could have ranked even higher among our favourite games in the series.
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  3. PlayStation LifeStyle
    Nov 27, 2020
    90
    Is Assassin’s Creed Valhalla the best entry in the series yet? Some would be tempted to say so. While the map size might overwhelm some players, it remains an easy game to mainline with the right navigation mode turned on. In fact, the quick load times help to make this an even easier task than in previous generations. This is an iteration of Assassin’s Creed that has a bit of everything from the previous games, as refined as we have seen to date.
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