Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2106 Ratings

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  1. bjgallardo
    Apr 1, 2021
    1
    Xbox series S: this game crashes every 1 to 2 hours. Its ok if your on the main missions because of auto save but of you go on a raid then be careful. I've stopped raiding because I just always loose my progress or I have to stop two raids in. This game is not ready for prod.
  2. SlicK007
    May 9, 2021
    1
    Boring story, gameplay and characters.
    Blurry Graphics.
    They shouldn't call it assassin's creed.
  3. McTavis
    Apr 26, 2021
    4
    After completing the previous AC entry - Odyssey, I was hoping Ubisoft would trim off a lot of the filler content and focus in on what makes an AC game worth playing. Valhalla's map may be slightly smaller than Odyssey's, but Ubisoft still seem intent on stretching their content as thin as it will go. Valhalla doesn't veer from Ubi's open world formula, which involves littering the mapAfter completing the previous AC entry - Odyssey, I was hoping Ubisoft would trim off a lot of the filler content and focus in on what makes an AC game worth playing. Valhalla's map may be slightly smaller than Odyssey's, but Ubisoft still seem intent on stretching their content as thin as it will go. Valhalla doesn't veer from Ubi's open world formula, which involves littering the map with busywork. At least Odyssey's loot was interesting - in Valhalla it's mostly reduced to a ingots, 'supplies' and 'raw materials' - hardly an exciting reward for completing a raid.

    Valhalla structures its story into chapters set in various English counties. For me this brings with it an issue with the characters - not only is the main character pretty dull, but the supporting characters are never around long enough to be fleshed out to the point of being interesting or likeable. The story is stretched out over so many hours that it lacks any kind of momentum, but it boils down to this - the good guy Vikings want to take over England because we're told the Saxons are bad. This includes any settlement you can raid, which involves slaughtering hapless guards minding their own business. But it's worth it to collect yet another iron ingot...

    The game beings to take an interesting turn by transporting you to the realm of Asgard, although this quickly becomes just another area crammed with icons and pointless collectibles.

    The gameplay follows Odyssey with light and heavy attacks, God of War-style abilities with cool-downs mapped to face buttons, and the use of Witcher senses to investigate crime scenes and follow trails etc. Some set pieces and large scale battles can be enjoyable, but really there's no point in taking on the endlessly spawning enemies, and instead you're better off just running to the next objective.

    I never thought this would be the case, but I think I enjoyed Odyssey more, as at least it had stunning locations, Greek myths and interesting loot. Valhalla is the last AC I'll buy.    … Expand
  4. DeFreak
    May 10, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After completing everything, found a bug with the settlement for a completed progress bar but stuck at 5/6. After doing what Ubisoft recommended and uninstalled and reinstalled. All my data is corrupted and now 128H has to be RESTARTED for one minor issue. That doesn't make sense. Be warned if your progress bar is stuck don't listen to ubisoft and uninstall just keep playing and MAYBE UBISOFT ACTUALLY FIX THINGS INSTEAD OF ADDING MICRO TRANSACTIONS!… Expand
  5. bananabrainok
    Mar 20, 2022
    4
    Too much doing the same poo.. too much game... Combat feels clunky the industry has moved on.. feels old
  6. guttingfish
    Jun 23, 2021
    2
    The audio on this game is woeful. It’s so bad that any time I try to play something will sound so crap it’ll ruin the immersive feeling and I’ll end up searching the net for fixes rather than playing the game. It sounds like you’re listening to a bad recording being played down a tin can telephone. The balance of voices vs scene noises is disorienting. The sound of footfalls through snowThe audio on this game is woeful. It’s so bad that any time I try to play something will sound so crap it’ll ruin the immersive feeling and I’ll end up searching the net for fixes rather than playing the game. It sounds like you’re listening to a bad recording being played down a tin can telephone. The balance of voices vs scene noises is disorienting. The sound of footfalls through snow is grating. I use a usb dac and a good pair of wired headphones, and other recent games have sounded great (Returnal was amazing). For me the audio issues makes the game unplayable and a waste of money. I’ll leave it on my machine in the vague hope that an update will have fixed this in a few months but I’m not holding my breath :(… Expand
  7. BerserkWolf
    Jul 15, 2021
    2
    Yo creo que es por la gran cantidad de juegos que tienen este titulo, que sentí que la diversión ya no es parte de la ecuación creo que termino siendo un juego de nicho, es bastante repetitivo en sus acciones y los combates son simples, y los personajes principales se sienten vacíos tanto de personalidad como en diseño, esperemos que el próximo assasin's tome un rumbo totalmente diferente
  8. Eurotruckenjoye
    Sep 10, 2021
    0
    molto brutto non guidi i camion molto meglio euro truck simulator 2 e non puoi pilotare il personaggio con il volante
  9. Qeeckle
    Sep 20, 2021
    2
    Ok it's a game, but it IS NOT Assassin's Creed! There isn't any reasons why it is Assassin's Creed, assasssin isn't a barbarian! Yes there are good graphic, some actions and for some reason these actions is interesting for my friend... But he always was strange. I really don't know why some people buy this, there are really bad story, do you remember story in first part, second?! Why thereOk it's a game, but it IS NOT Assassin's Creed! There isn't any reasons why it is Assassin's Creed, assasssin isn't a barbarian! Yes there are good graphic, some actions and for some reason these actions is interesting for my friend... But he always was strange. I really don't know why some people buy this, there are really bad story, do you remember story in first part, second?! Why there are brutal combat, for who it is? Assassins shoud be insensibly, like shadow and then kill qeeckle and hide. I haven't enough time to discribe all what shoudn't be in assassin creed. That is my opinion, criticize, suggest, comment. 2 for good graphic and really well-saturated world… Expand
  10. RizSan
    Sep 20, 2021
    3
    I just recently got back into gaming after several years so I don’t own many games nor have I played any Assasin’s Creed games before this but this is easily the worst game I have ever purchased. The combat mechanics are so frustrating. The game isn’t fluid enough which is a big factor for me when playing story-based games. And the story isn’t good enough to make up for the poor combat.I just recently got back into gaming after several years so I don’t own many games nor have I played any Assasin’s Creed games before this but this is easily the worst game I have ever purchased. The combat mechanics are so frustrating. The game isn’t fluid enough which is a big factor for me when playing story-based games. And the story isn’t good enough to make up for the poor combat. The presentation of Viking culture is, I’d say, the best part of the game. The visuals are pretty great too. However, the game itself falls short. I’m glad I bought this on discount and was able to sell it for almost how much I payed for it. Again, I am not an avid AC player so I don’t have anything to compare to. I’m sure the previous games are probably better. But this game put me off the series as a whole.… Expand
  11. PatchWurk777
    Nov 29, 2021
    2
    This is the worst AC game by far. The game is long, grindy, mediocre, and a downgrade in every conceivable way from Odyssey. The story line is convoluted, and it makes me yearn for the days of Desmond Miles, Arno Dorian, and Jacob and Evie Frye. The story is so bad that I routinely would drop the game just to go back to old AC games to see if I was dreaming about the greatThis is the worst AC game by far. The game is long, grindy, mediocre, and a downgrade in every conceivable way from Odyssey. The story line is convoluted, and it makes me yearn for the days of Desmond Miles, Arno Dorian, and Jacob and Evie Frye. The story is so bad that I routinely would drop the game just to go back to old AC games to see if I was dreaming about the great characters and story (Spoiler Alert: I was not). Parkour is easily the worst it's ever been, in Unity we had the most stylish and cool parkour we've seen in the AC franchise. Syndicate was a downgrade, but it was passable. Origins and Odyssey had bad parkour, some of the worst in the entire franchise, and Valhalla does not improve on their already low starting point in origins in the parkour standard. Even the combat is lackluster, in origins you had great combat since the environment and presentation was so good, along with the bar system. Odyssey had even better combat as it introduced these crazy abilities which spiced things up. Valhalla adds a stamina bar, and that's it. Every single encounter can be cheesed from a range with the exception of 4 off the top of my head. The game goes on for way too long. I cannot recommend this game to anybody. It's a horrible game.… Expand
  12. PLaystationBoyB
    Sep 26, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SPOILER!!! Em primeiro lugar devo dizer que o game não passa a sensação de evolução e upgrade dos equipamentos, em segundo lugar o som é péssimo pois gera um eco absurdo toda vez que vc chega em um local habitado ou um vilarejo, por outro lado os bosques na maioria das vezes possuem um som sepulcral não há canto dos pássaros ou sequer barulhos da vegetação em terceiro lugar a saturação de itens para explorar, a Ubisoft ainda não aprendeu a fazer um balanço em seus jogos, tudo é em excesso, os mistérios, os colecionáveis, chega um momento em que vc cai no tédio, porém no meu caso gosto de deixar o mapa limpo devido a uma espécie de TOC, entretanto a saturação me desanimou, em quarto lugar o desfecho da narrativa é um fiasco total, os bugs me atrapalharam para adquirir os troféus, não há uma história imersiva o que há, são conquistas indeterminadas de territórios e em muitos casos a cinemática é a mesma para iniciar um ataque final a fortaleza inimiga, não há sequer 'assassinos' no game, pois os que aparecem são na verdade encarnação do deus Loki (Basim) e um aprendiz pé de break (Haytham) que logo no inicio do game ja toma um knockout cabendo a vc guerreiro viking salva o mesmo. Demorou para eu entender que o protagonista é uma espécie de encarnação de Odin e o suposto assassino tbm é encarnação de Loki. Como fã de AC devo dizer que este game é o pior da saga em minha opinião. Depois de 136 hrs de game não consegui platina-lo devido a bugs, ( a feira gigante que tem que me obrigar a me batizar no mistério próximo a Winchester simplesmente não lutou comigo, será que ela descobriu que sou agnóstico?) não houver uma conclusão da história, muito rasa ao meu ver. No final senti uma ira de Berserker com a Ubisoft. Sou tbm grande fã da mitologia e história nórdica, porém esse game não contemplou minhas expectativas.… Expand
  13. Adam95
    Sep 26, 2021
    0
    The worst animations I've ever seen, the game forces you to pay like donate gear is better and more beautiful, a bunch of subpoenas, women look like mutants, everything is very long, side quests are very short.
  14. TonyBoyBR
    Oct 29, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SPOILER!!! First of all I must say that the game doesn't have the feeling of evolution and upgrade of equipment, secondly the sound is terrible because it generates an absurd echo every time you arrive in an inhabited place or a village, on the other hand the woods in the most of the time they have a sepulchral sound there is no birdsong or even vegetation noises thirdly the saturation of items to explore, Ubisoft has not yet learned to take stock in its games, everything is in excess, the mysteries, the collectibles , there comes a time when you fell into boredom, but in my case I like to leave the map clean due to a kind of OCD, however the saturation discouraged me, fourthly the outcome of the narrative is a total fiasco, the bugs hindered me to acquire the trophies, there is no immersive story, there are undetermined conquests of territories and in many cases the cinematics is the same to start a final attack on the enemy fortress, there aren't even 'killers' in the game, because the q that appear are actually the incarnation of the god Loki (Basim) and an apprentice break foot (Haytham) who at the beginning of the game already takes a knockout and it's up to you viking warrior to save the same. It took me a while to understand that the protagonist is a kind of Odin incarnation and the alleged killer is also Loki's incarnation. As an AC fan I must say that this game is the worst in the saga in my opinion. After 136 hrs of game I couldn't platinum it due to bugs, (the giant fair that has to force me to baptize myself in the mystery near Winchester just didn't fight me, did it find out I'm agnostic?) there is no conclusion of the story, very shallow in my view. In the end I felt Berserker's anger at Ubisoft. I'm also a big fan of Norse mythology and history, but this game didn't live up to my expectations.… Expand
  15. Ak290
    Oct 21, 2021
    0
    How about you make a pile of rocks on your stupid face, Ubi***? Boring, bugged, repeative, like every trashy game coming out of UBI hands
  16. UltanCombo
    Jan 11, 2022
    4
    This is disappointing. There is some parts of this game that are great but it doesn't feel right. Its better than Odyssey, no doubt but it's going further away from the assassins theme. I don't know how you can call yourself an assassin when your a war lord of sorts. Doing raids, going into full on army battles. There is nothing stealthy about it. Now you might be thinking that's notThis is disappointing. There is some parts of this game that are great but it doesn't feel right. Its better than Odyssey, no doubt but it's going further away from the assassins theme. I don't know how you can call yourself an assassin when your a war lord of sorts. Doing raids, going into full on army battles. There is nothing stealthy about it. Now you might be thinking that's not totally out of character for an AC game but not at this level. Play the first six or so games and they feel like AC games but this is so far from it.

    I don't know what this game is but it isn't an AC game. Finish the series and call this the Battle Through Time series or something cause slapping on the AC badge on this isn't fooling me.

    But if I'm to judge this on its own it looks fantastic and the story isn't half bad. The combat isn't great and the leveling up systems are terrible. Certain areas require you to be at a power of 90 when you could only be at a power of maybe 25 if you were only doing story missions. The game requires you to go around doing random repetitive tasks to move through the game. That's crap.

    This game requires you to loose your mind doing repetitive crap or for you to be crazy enough to pay for an XP boost on top of your 80 euro game. Seriously!

    I think the AC franchise is done. I'm done with it. I'm giving this a four. Some will love it but I'm bothered by it. Damn micro transactions.    … Expand
  17. JW_FAT
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    Make games not politics

    You canceling hole nation, why? You have no rights to do this
  18. Pu55yLicker
    Feb 24, 2022
    0
    Типичный новый Ассассин. Никакого братства, кругом одни феминистки и гомосексуалисты. Донать для более менее нормального геймплея. Уж про графику, сюжет и персонажей я лучше промолчу, потому что говорить больно.
    Пугает только одно, что хомячки продолжают жрать и кормить Юбисфот с такими продуктами.    Типичный новый Ассассин. Никакого братства, кругом одни феминистки и гомосексуалисты. Донать для более менее нормального геймплея. Уж про графику, сюжет и персонажей я лучше промолчу, потому что говорить больно.
    Пугает только одно, что хомячки продолжают жрать и кормить Юбисфот с такими продуктами.
  19. daarxis
    Dec 14, 2021
    0
    Created an account just for this. It's a year later, the game has had massive updates, but still has the exact same game breaking bugs from launch and no workarounds. More armor as microtransactions than actually exist in the game, and the worst support I've ever dealt with. The whole thing should be burned down
  20. xEmkayx
    Dec 28, 2021
    1
    Bland and far too drawn out game. Boring gameplay loop, story was okay but got sidelined by the awful errand-boy main plot and the DLCs are the worst ones in the franchise so far. The only game I ever experienced fatigue in. Would not recommend.
  21. Alambosh
    Feb 2, 2022
    3
    Stretched narrative, the developers do not respect your time. Not everyone has the opportunity to spend 100 hours on your empty worlds. Every year it gets worse and worse. I hope you go bankrupt and don't waste people's time and money.
  22. vaskaop
    Feb 15, 2022
    0
    For me AC died after Odyssey. Ubisoft decided make games for lgbt communities. All woman characters became ugly and fat. Man characters became stupid and sick. I wanted buy new videocard, but now i understand that new AAA games is garbage, so i can stay on my RTX 1070, because i dont know how much time it takes to understand that fight against fans is the way 2 stay alone with small amountFor me AC died after Odyssey. Ubisoft decided make games for lgbt communities. All woman characters became ugly and fat. Man characters became stupid and sick. I wanted buy new videocard, but now i understand that new AAA games is garbage, so i can stay on my RTX 1070, because i dont know how much time it takes to understand that fight against fans is the way 2 stay alone with small amount of lgbt ppl.… Expand
  23. Blvck_shark
    Feb 28, 2022
    3
    My first time playing an assassins creed game. I love history and i love viking mythology so i thought i would enjoy this game. It starts good and the game looks great but after getting to the middle of the story viking raids become very repetitive and the story so so boring. I began skipping through everything just to finish the game and play other things and the ending left me with aMy first time playing an assassins creed game. I love history and i love viking mythology so i thought i would enjoy this game. It starts good and the game looks great but after getting to the middle of the story viking raids become very repetitive and the story so so boring. I began skipping through everything just to finish the game and play other things and the ending left me with a feeling of “was that it?” I played more than 100hrs since it was the only game i had when the ps5 came out but i regret even buying this game full price.… Expand
  24. SquATime
    Mar 25, 2022
    4
    Scénario mise en scene : 3/10
    Gameplay : 5/10
    Univers : 4/10
    Réalisation technique: 4/10
    Réalisation graphique : 5/10
  25. AlexLleut
    Apr 9, 2022
    4
    Malo, para ser un juego Next-Gen tiene gráficos deficientes, el juego es difícil porque casi no indican los objetivos y uno se queda en el mundo sin saber qué hacer (aunque lo configures para que te de pistas). A diferencia de AC Origins y Odyssey donde los días eran largos y coloridos, en AC Valhalla los días son extremadamente cortos y el juego tiene un color rojizo y oscuro, la historiaMalo, para ser un juego Next-Gen tiene gráficos deficientes, el juego es difícil porque casi no indican los objetivos y uno se queda en el mundo sin saber qué hacer (aunque lo configures para que te de pistas). A diferencia de AC Origins y Odyssey donde los días eran largos y coloridos, en AC Valhalla los días son extremadamente cortos y el juego tiene un color rojizo y oscuro, la historia no engancha, los saqueos fluviales son aburridos. Definitivamente el peor de la trilogía… Expand
  26. Ismakill
    Jun 18, 2022
    0
    Simplesmente o PIOR jogo que eu ja joguei na minha vida! sistema de combate horrível!
  27. Dragon4m2
    May 2, 2022
    2
    First of all, I have to say that the environment looks really good, that's probably the only thing I like about this game, other than the Viking style.
    The rest of the game is a bloated mess of a game, full of characters I couldn't care less about, a combat system that simultaneously makes the player feel like a superhuman and bored as Sh*t as the enemies are either weak ass mulch for    First of all, I have to say that the environment looks really good, that's probably the only thing I like about this game, other than the Viking style.
    The rest of the game is a bloated mess of a game, full of characters I couldn't care less about, a combat system that simultaneously makes the player feel like a superhuman and bored as Sh*t as the enemies are either weak ass mulch for your axe or a big old health sponge.
    I haven't skipped so many cutscenes in a game for a while, I would happily never talk to another NPC in this game again.
    I played this game during a free weekend and I wanted to like this game, but I had to force myself to play the game for most of the time I played it. I couldn't bring myself to play it long enough to complete the first main settlement takeover, because it was a chore to get through.
    On top of the trash fire that this game has become, it has the gaol to charge full price And has over £200 of microtransactions, it's INSANE that this is the state of triple-A games nowadays.
    It's fallen SO far from what it used to be, it's laughable and ungodly frustrating.    … Expand
  28. Dmitryfiona
    May 21, 2022
    0
    Ужасно растянутая игра, сюжет абсолютно неинтересный, побочные квесты одинаково скучные
  29. clausgaming
    May 25, 2022
    3
    Very disappointed. Graphics are phenomenal, the story is OK too, but the steering is SO BAD - especially when you have just played Ghost of Tsushima - where it feels a lot more dynamic. In AC Valhalla, it is too stiff and feels like a classic game: When you dodge an attack e.g., the character throws himself 4 metres to the side.

    Even Odyssey was miles better to play.
  30. iagai
    Jul 8, 2022
    0
    mano nem joguei mas fds isso é uma bosta .
  31. Bojanovic
    Jul 30, 2022
    1
    Bad graphics, bad sound quality, very repetative and to long. Very easy to get OP so it’s hard to enjoy this game, maybe the first hours is good then it’s meh for 40-50 more hours
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. Inen
    Feb 5, 2023
    0
    Where is Jesus? This halal-like games make me a goodnight.
    But it is what it is
  38. Sekur
    Feb 13, 2023
    0
    Worst game I've ever played in my whole life...............................
  39. illuser
    Apr 19, 2021
    1
    Generally disappointing in comparison to Origins and Odessey.

    The main draw of this sequel should have been river raiding, but the content is poorly fleshed out, offers to few good rewards, and isn't repeatable as a part of the main story. Stealth is pretty much dead in this iteration. I brute-forces pretty much every encounter because the mechanics for good stealth simply aren't in    Generally disappointing in comparison to Origins and Odessey.

    The main draw of this sequel should have been river raiding, but the content is poorly fleshed out, offers to few good rewards, and isn't repeatable as a part of the main story.

    Stealth is pretty much dead in this iteration. I brute-forces pretty much every encounter because the mechanics for good stealth simply aren't in this game. Truly disappointing.

    The main story is okay but ends on an Assasin's Creed 3 level of bad/poorly written ending.

    Overall, the game simply is just not as fun as it predecessors and is a step backwards for the series.    … Expand
  40. 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
  41. BradMorgan
    Apr 11, 2021
    3
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla feels like the climax of all the shortcomings Ubisoft games have seen over the years. I seriously wonder if Ubisoft is years behind in the feedback they get on their games.

    Positive points such as the beautiful graphics on the PS5 or the art design unfortunately do not go up against my negative experiences. A world that even feels bigger than it’s predecessors    Assassin's Creed Valhalla feels like the climax of all the shortcomings Ubisoft games have seen over the years. I seriously wonder if Ubisoft is years behind in the feedback they get on their games.

    Positive points such as the beautiful graphics on the PS5 or the art design unfortunately do not go up against my negative experiences.

    A world that even feels bigger than it’s predecessors bloated with lots of filler content (despite the attempt to replace icons for colored dots), an enviroment (of England) that feels bland except for a number of cities, akward cutscenes because the characters are looking like dolls and pause way too long between sentences, a story that just doesn't seem to get going before the 30 hour mark and a ridiculous skill tree that is so detailed that you don’t feel your progression in game. As much as I wanted to meet with my excitement, this game is too far removed from the Assassin's Creed experience that I enjoy which resulted in a game that felt like one big chore.

    Pros:
    - Graphics
    - Art Design
    - Atmosphere of the cities

    Cons:
    - Bugs
    - Worst audio in a game I have ever experienced
    - Again a map that is too large bloated with filler content
    - Characters in cutscenes
    - Main character(s)
    - Story and length of the game(story)
    - Bland environments of England
    - Compared to the previous parts, the function of the raven has become totally meaningless.
    - Huge and way too detailed skill tree
    - Short gameplay loop    … Expand
  42. Scebol
    Mar 21, 2021
    3
    AC Valhalla could have been a great game, but it's full of bugs. Also, I started it on ps4 and now that I purchased a ps5 I have to start from the beginning because it doesn't give me the trophies I've already earned on ps4. Nioh and nioh 2 remastered allows the player to transfer savegames and trophies, why this one doesn't? Even metal gear solid hd collection and final fantasy x/x2AC Valhalla could have been a great game, but it's full of bugs. Also, I started it on ps4 and now that I purchased a ps5 I have to start from the beginning because it doesn't give me the trophies I've already earned on ps4. Nioh and nioh 2 remastered allows the player to transfer savegames and trophies, why this one doesn't? Even metal gear solid hd collection and final fantasy x/x2 remake allowed the player to transfer savegames and trophies from the ps3 to the ps vita but valhalla doesn't.. I will never purchase ubisoft title at day-one again, it's a waste of money, the games are impossible to play until they're patched...… Expand
  43. koida48
    Apr 16, 2021
    0
    Игра гавно, сюжет гавно, боевка гавно, глючит, фризит, баги, лаги, уровень киберпанка, даже ниже
  44. Kells_ExE
    May 20, 2021
    1
    Story is boring and lackluster this isn't Assassins Creed they're just using the name for clout, the Graphics and Textures leave much to be desired with grass not loading in and the textures on animals also not appearing and they just look like brown blobs. Also fps is definitely now above 30
  45. vuchass
    May 24, 2021
    0
    Отвратительно неинтересная устаревшая игра!
  46. Carlos42
    Jun 4, 2021
    1
    This game just gets overhyped because of the viking storylkne which is really bad. Ubisoft only had profit in mind when making this. Horrible game
  47. Rikimaru8
    Jan 3, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After all the patches there still many Bugs.
    Graphics big step back... the graphics looks terrible for a AAA-Game.
    Story not good for me... the third ac without being a real part of the brotherhood    … Expand
  48. AlexA1
    Feb 13, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is an OK rpg about vikings it is not an assassins creed game in fact the last game as well was not about assassins creed ubisoft has rewritten their lore behind their games and I don't like it


    In valhalla as havi we are to believe that they are isu(and that eivor is a sage another reincarnation) (they have many different sages now) they did this in the past with minerva and juno well that was OK but they killed off juno in the comics and we never hear so much as a word about that in the games because ubisoft doesn't want to continue that saga do they
    This isn't an assassins creed game and they shouldn't keep pretending I would pay double for another game like what we got from ezio and altiar the story is terrible it was OK for the first 15 hours or so and then it went stale I was 93 hours in when I realised that this game would not get any better it was a broken mess filled with bugs plot holes and ivar being a tool there were some moments when the game shone like its older versions and I felt the story could go somewhere but they were short lived and forgotten by the ever growing ass faced characters of dag and siggurd being the literal worst and me wanting to uninstall the game and make room for cyberpunk which nomatter how broken had a brilliant story and interesting characters

    The places in the game were many and similar and I found myself unable to differentiate any of the towns and villages the side quests were mostly the same and largely the same save someone or collect something or fall for an obvious trap or lie because heaven forbid eivor the reincarnation of the god of wisdom is interesting

    In the end I googled the endings was disappointed by all outcomes and u installed the game Maybe its my fault for holding the previous games in such high regard but in ubisofts attempt of diversifying their creation they lost sight of the aspects we loved about the franchise each game was building towards something even after Desmond death syndicate gave us insight towards what juno was doing and what assassins in the present were up to and the memories in the past all lead up to the Poe that abstergo was still locating the assassins were an organisation not one man with a hidden blade who can either sneak or fight you could have your initiates rain arrows or cause a distraction while you would slip by and kill your target in the old games some missions required stealth at least unti a certain point and I liked that the protagonist's had a perpous and a personal reason to fight
    Some people may have liked this game some people may have loved this game I almost loved this game in the early hours and I am glad I didn't because after that time frame the game became a repetitive pile of manure with the only loveable thing being a dog and a happy reminder of assassins creed 3 that lasted less than an hour    … Expand
  49. Jazznyul
    Feb 18, 2021
    1
    As a big fan of assassins creed, I’m really disappointed in Valhalla. To the point when I’m not even sure I want to finish it. The story is boring, the characters are boring, no ISU vaults... You had so much potential with norse mythology... I’m actually angry at myself for buying it. That’s just my opinion, of course.
  50. Jan_Sobiepan
    Feb 27, 2021
    4
    This is my first AC game. I came into it mostly interested in the Valhalla part rather than the Assasins's creed one and I'm extremely disapointed. The "Viking Vibe" is simply not there. Music is sometimes good but most of the time is just ambient, boring and lacking energy. Characters are either over the top or just badly written (except maybe for Basim and Sigurd and very few otherThis is my first AC game. I came into it mostly interested in the Valhalla part rather than the Assasins's creed one and I'm extremely disapointed. The "Viking Vibe" is simply not there. Music is sometimes good but most of the time is just ambient, boring and lacking energy. Characters are either over the top or just badly written (except maybe for Basim and Sigurd and very few other exceptions). Dialogue is very mediocre. Combat is bad at first, then it gets better only to then get worse. Ubisoft makes an extremely violent game where you can kill your enemies in a 1000 brutal ways but everything else such as historical realities and the fact that Vike-boys were brutal slavetraders, rapists, pillagers and murderers gets sugar coated with Raven Clan being the good guys and other compromises because Ubisoft has no balls to even GRAZE the area of controversy. I mean really lol. Raven Clan is basicaly a hippie commune where people live in harmony with the nature, where people of all ethnicities, religions and cultures are welcome, almost everyone is bisexual (XD) and people get high with shrooms to enter other dimensions (XDD). It is subjective but IMO games that aren't even about vikings get the whole "vikingness" better like Witcher 3 with Skellige or even Skyrim. The open world at first looks beautiful and exciting but ends up being really empty and devoid of character. It's almost tragic how shallow it is. You go up the cathedral and gaze upon the foggy hills of England and marvel at it's vastness and beauty. Then you jump down and realise that there isn't anyhting interesting. No funny or immersive NPC dialogue to overhear, no random events taking place where you can interfere and get in trouble, almost zero historical or geographical lore about incredible places you visit. Music is also virtualy always the same for every location. For example: In Oxenforda (figure out which city it is) the only thing that ads any characteristic stuff to the place is some funny letter about how Oxenforda will never be famous for anything but it's fish (very funny). Then there are side quests. Again it's subjective but IMO side quests are bad because almost every single one of them revolves around some freak having a ridiculous problem. They are memorable and original - true but, again IMO, are another nail to the coffin of the vibe of the game as they are so over the top you can't take vast majority of them seriously. And now worst of all- sound quality. All of the in-game audio sounds like total SH*TE. As if you put a layer of cloth between your ear and the headphone which makes it so much harder to immerse yourself in the world you are in.

    I'm being harsh because the game tries to be what the Witcher 3 and RDR2 was and it fails miserably with it's bad to average design decisions. I won't deny- some of the aspects of the game are good. Combat can be epic at times but it gets repetitive and audio-design diminishes it by a lot, side activities can be fun but they feel like an afterthought, story is interesting but... SEE THAT? "BUTS" EVERYWHERE. There is not a single thing besides Orlog in this game that isn't spoiled in some way by a bad design decisions and the fact that Ubisoft team lacks any talent. And I didn't even mention the bugs that ruin it further (I could seriously talk for hours abut how lacking ACV is). It's not even a bad game with a good one hidden inside like Cyberpunk it's far worse than that: it's an average game trying to be a great game while being a very bad game inside. I would've given it 6/10 but the Audio quality+infuriating bugs+MICROTRANSACTIONS IN A GOD DAMN SINGLEPLAYER GAME FOR 60€ make it a 4/10 AT MOST. I'd rather play Skyrim for a 1000th time than Assasin's Creed Valhalla for the first time.    … Expand
  51. ML800813
    Mar 15, 2021
    4
    Hate the cairns, I hate most of the collectibles they introduced. Actually being stealthy seemed like an afterthought in this game. Still crashes relatively frequently for a next gen console. Basically a lot of the game play was annoying and too grindy. Feels like a second job trying to complete this game.

    I can’t count how many times it pissed me off due to gameplay mechanics or doing    Hate the cairns, I hate most of the collectibles they introduced. Actually being stealthy seemed like an afterthought in this game. Still crashes relatively frequently for a next gen console. Basically a lot of the game play was annoying and too grindy. Feels like a second job trying to complete this game.

    I can’t count how many times it pissed me off due to gameplay mechanics or doing the god awful side quests. I skip most of the dialogue, it can be cringe.

    Just really disappointed compared to some of the other AC games. Would not recommend or spend 80$ on this game. If I could time travel and get the hours I spent playing it back, I would.

    **** THE CAIRNS    … Expand
  52. Vertigo3030
    Mar 22, 2021
    0
    Online features don't work. If you want them to work you have to do the job of a Ubisoft employee to even attempt to get it to work.
  53. readwithout
    Jun 6, 2021
    1
    It was sadly a very disappointing experience, from muffled audio to mindless combat button mashing, i had overall a bad time with Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Combat is the one thing that i hate the most, it takes about 30 hits to kill one enemy, all you do is spam R1 and click square once every 10 hits, it's very unsatisfying and becomes boring after a few raids. The Raids... Raids are aIt was sadly a very disappointing experience, from muffled audio to mindless combat button mashing, i had overall a bad time with Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Combat is the one thing that i hate the most, it takes about 30 hits to kill one enemy, all you do is spam R1 and click square once every 10 hits, it's very unsatisfying and becomes boring after a few raids. The Raids... Raids are a train wreck, you run around spamming R1 next to every enemy around, there's not much threat really, well besides the broken fire effect. All around the enemy villages there are these stupid vases containing, i have no idea, some kind of explosive that can be triggered by hitting it with an axe. Once it explodes it takes half of your HP, and then puts a fire effect on you, the fire effect is just straight up terrible, it kills you in about 2 seconds and there is nothing you can do about it, you have to use your rations to survive it. The problem is, that the whole enemy village is burning, so once you use up your rations, you'll probably die by the next stupid explosive vase, or by burning to death trying to climb a building, you know, like Assassin's should. But of course, these aren't Assassin's Creed games anymore, Ubi just uses the name to get more more sales, the games itself have absolutely no connection to the story of Assassin's, besides Eivor having a 'hidden' blade of course, which i have no idea why would Assassin's give the blade to some random viking.
    That's about it, i'm incredibly disappointed, considering Assassin's Creed was once one of my favorite game series.    … Expand
  54. Uptonic
    Jun 8, 2021
    3
    After playing and completing Assassins Creed Odyssey and absolutely loving it..... I moved onto the next chapter in the assassins series.... Only to find a weak and rushed version of its previous game. A great story line and setting... but the amount of glitches and flaws in the game... both on the PS4 and then the migrated continuation on the PS5. Sadly, there are so many glitches, youAfter playing and completing Assassins Creed Odyssey and absolutely loving it..... I moved onto the next chapter in the assassins series.... Only to find a weak and rushed version of its previous game. A great story line and setting... but the amount of glitches and flaws in the game... both on the PS4 and then the migrated continuation on the PS5. Sadly, there are so many glitches, you can even win certain battles by luring your opponent into a glitchy part of the screen, so he is paralysed. Equally, you can disappear under the ground or stick your head through a rock. There’s so many of these glitches, that after a while... you feel you’ve been robbed by a quick and lazy update from the previous assassins game you played. Still, because of my love for odyssey, I will give it an undeserved 3.… Expand
  55. LightGuardian07
    Aug 28, 2021
    4
    It has a good combat System the Story is somewhat ok. But the Stacking Stones activity is **** I can't 100% the game because of the **** Stones I CAN'T. **** THIS GAME AND **** UBISOFT FOR KILLING AC!!!!!!!!
  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. 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.
  59. 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
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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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