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  1. Sep 9, 2023
    5
    I just can't with this game... I love AC and enjoyed the newer titles in Odyssey and Origins, but this game is just to freaking long. There's basically no side quests and every quest is mandatory. Despite the cool setting and interesting story, I just can't keep playing it knowing that it took me 30 hours to complete like 25% of the game. I just can't do it... Each area has it's own storyI just can't with this game... I love AC and enjoyed the newer titles in Odyssey and Origins, but this game is just to freaking long. There's basically no side quests and every quest is mandatory. Despite the cool setting and interesting story, I just can't keep playing it knowing that it took me 30 hours to complete like 25% of the game. I just can't do it... Each area has it's own story and they are just not interesting enough to keep me engaged for 150 hours. Expand
  2. Sep 3, 2023
    7
    Wait for a sale, but worth giving a shot.

    AC Valhalla being the latest installment of the AC franchise sees great graphical and performance upgrades in the next-gen variation of the games and is very impressive. The combat is fun and engaging and the inclusion of the feature to allow instant assassinations allow you to focus easier on stealth. The map is also vast with tons of areas
    Wait for a sale, but worth giving a shot.

    AC Valhalla being the latest installment of the AC franchise sees great graphical and performance upgrades in the next-gen variation of the games and is very impressive. The combat is fun and engaging and the inclusion of the feature to allow instant assassinations allow you to focus easier on stealth. The map is also vast with tons of areas with beautiful scenery to explore.

    The story, however, is incredibly long and stretched way further than it needs to be. Several arcs feel incredibly repititive in story structure and poor pacing affects different storylines in the game. The actual characters are not super interesting despite some solid voice acting. The best being Eivor who still feels a bit bland but still badass. but the side characters fall flat more often than are actually interesting. The game also feels very shallow the further you get into it with side quests that get less and less interesting over the course of the game.
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  3. Aug 29, 2023
    6
    This game is good. Though.. It is worse than Odyssey in all and i mean all aspects. I compare it with Odyssey cause they are the latest assa games. Weak pop corn story, rough graphics, worse music, worse mechanics, ridiculous stealth. Just climb to a high point in Odyssey and Valhalla day and night and make your own decisions. Just try to break a box in a corner with Eivor. HecticThis game is good. Though.. It is worse than Odyssey in all and i mean all aspects. I compare it with Odyssey cause they are the latest assa games. Weak pop corn story, rough graphics, worse music, worse mechanics, ridiculous stealth. Just climb to a high point in Odyssey and Valhalla day and night and make your own decisions. Just try to break a box in a corner with Eivor. Hectic movement, slower and way worse in battles. Stealth i think its the worst in all assassin games. I don't know why but i think this took 2 steps back. On the other hand it's a big, rich game, with multiple things to do, plenty of side stories etc. Its a 6/10 game while odyssey was easily a 9. Thats why it's way behind origins and odyssey in all player's lists as i saw on the net too. Expand
  4. Aug 22, 2023
    5
    Running around and killing stuff is probably the only thing that is good about this game. And the ending. The story is weak, the story is all about finding your brother and conquering provinces and rallying people to your cause, fighting your enemy. The game loop is reminiscent of AC1. Enter a new zone, kill stuff, kill more stuff, kill leader, rinse and repeat.
    The world is too big for
    Running around and killing stuff is probably the only thing that is good about this game. And the ending. The story is weak, the story is all about finding your brother and conquering provinces and rallying people to your cause, fighting your enemy. The game loop is reminiscent of AC1. Enter a new zone, kill stuff, kill more stuff, kill leader, rinse and repeat.
    The world is too big for what it is, empty, filled with a checklist of useless collectibles. The few city that you'll visit are boring, the rest of the time you'll fight your way in strongholds.
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  5. Aug 8, 2023
    6
    It's kinda hard to write a mixed review on a game that you played for 130+ hours.
    Probably it's the biggest time spent by me on single player game. For a single run, for sure.
    And yet, if I had to describe AC Valhalla in one word, it would be - "mediocre". Even the best of the missions can be called quite good at most, the rest are rather average or completely boring and repetitive.
    It's kinda hard to write a mixed review on a game that you played for 130+ hours.
    Probably it's the biggest time spent by me on single player game. For a single run, for sure.

    And yet, if I had to describe AC Valhalla in one word, it would be - "mediocre".

    Even the best of the missions can be called quite good at most, the rest are rather average or completely boring and repetitive.
    Unfortunately, there wasn't a single moment in the game that could be called awesome or masterpiece.

    Even the final twist wasn't a twist at all, since we were spoiled a lot in Eivor/Odin memories and just waited when it happens in main quest already.

    However, here we will have one ending, and then another, and then another and another. It’s hard to even say how many "final quests" the developers have included in this game. Probably it suits to the size of the game itself.

    In addition, even for "Ragnarok" we have a fantasy version scene and the same scene in a sci-fi futuristic style, close to the first games in the series.
    So we spend all those dozens of hours traveling through 9 worlds, with all their magic, creatures, potions, spells, Scandinavian lore and close to 0 scientific explanations of all what's happening. The game says that this, although not completely accurate, but still the memories of Odin.
    But then the game shows Aesir is much closer to Isu in terms of technology, costumes, culture etc.
    For me, this is sincerely incomprehensible.

    Yeah, yeah. Perhaps this is explained in more detail in comics, books, etc.
    But if you not able to properly connect the fantasy and scientific parts of the story in 100+ hours of gameplay, where did you even get the idea that I'd have any interest to know about it from your cross-selling products?

    The trend began with the Odyssey I suppose, where Isu stopped looks like people of the future with flying cars, skyscrapers, urban cities, etc. and rather turned into ancient gods with shiny sword, shields, spears and so on. The same thing happened with Valhalla.
    By the way, with such a scale of the game, writers could tell at least a little whether all the Isu were a single people or they also had some kind of "nationality" with their differences in culture, technology and mentality.

    England is a separate disappointment. Despite the scale of the map, all locations feel very same. Yes, some places are greener, others are greyer, some are more foggy, others are more snowy.
    But overall, you feel like you're traveling around several of the same places in circles, but spending a huge amount of time moving from one to another that looks quite like the previous one.

    In addition, fast travel implementation in the AC maybe the worst comparing to any other open world game.
    If in most games, after icon discovery, you can travel to fires, camps, cities, often even to mini-quests and all sorts of similar icons, there are just towers, the opening of which is itself tedious.
    It feels like the game wants you to spend even more time on it, even despite the insanely huge amount that it already requires to complete it.

    However, I continued to play the game until I finished it, why?

    I think the best comparison I can make is the experience of playing some kind of MMORPG or any other multiplayer game when you just spend some evening nights on something basic and familiar while waiting for the release of a new cool AAA game like God of War or Spider-Man.

    Funny, but AC Valhalla it's some kind of single player analogue of multiplayer gaming for people who don't like multiplayer that much. Just a time killer.
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  6. Aug 7, 2023
    6
    Decent game but not a very good story. Never felt very engaged. Graphics and draw distance weren’t very good either.
  7. Jun 11, 2023
    6
    Ох, как де это было долго
    84 часа весёлого и не очень гейплея, что могу сказать вначале было слишком нереально аж до бреда, особенно все первые боссы, потом когда одупляешь и собираешь нормальную снарягу становишься попкой нагибатором и анстапбл машиной для нарезки мяса, но всё же боссы вафли или ваншотные атаки или груша для битья
    6 из 10
    Ох, как де это было долго
    84 часа весёлого и не очень гейплея, что могу сказать вначале было слишком нереально аж до бреда, особенно все первые боссы, потом когда одупляешь и собираешь нормальную снарягу становишься попкой нагибатором и анстапбл машиной для нарезки мяса, но всё же боссы вафли или ваншотные атаки или груша для битья
    6 из 10
  8. Jun 4, 2023
    5
    Unethically bloated. I will fulfil the 75 characters requirement to repeat it. Unethically bloated.
  9. May 26, 2023
    6
    bien mais beaucoup trop de bugs qui gâche le plaisir du jeu sinon graphiquement il est très beau
  10. May 19, 2023
    7
    É um jogo com conteúdo massivo, muitas horas de gameplay, contudo há muita repetição nas estruturas das missões e até grinding, o roteiro não é muito profundo. Já a gameplay e a exploração são o foco principal do jogo.
    Mesmo com as suas 50 horas, aproximadamente, para completar a linha principal, o jogo tem pressa para contar a história. É até compreensível, mas tira um pouco da imersão.
    É um jogo com conteúdo massivo, muitas horas de gameplay, contudo há muita repetição nas estruturas das missões e até grinding, o roteiro não é muito profundo. Já a gameplay e a exploração são o foco principal do jogo.
    Mesmo com as suas 50 horas, aproximadamente, para completar a linha principal, o jogo tem pressa para contar a história. É até compreensível, mas tira um pouco da imersão. Histórias secundárias possuem missões simples e roteiro bem superficial.
    O ponto mais alto de Valhalla é a liberdade para completar as missões. Stealth, Incursão, limpar uma área sozinho com confronto direto, as possibilidades são diversas, e ainda por cima é possível mesclar as abordagens para cada desafio.
    A gameplay é boa, a adição do vigor confere mais desafio. Muita variedade de estilos de jogabilidade. Tipos variados de arco, machado e escudo. Adagas e lanças. Além da personalização de todos esses elementos. Só recomendaria a quem já é experiente na franquia jogar um nível acima do "normal", pois o jogo continua bem fácil como o Assassin's Creed anterior.
    Os desafios como coletar colecionáveis, repente, orlog e muitos outros são situações mais pessoais, vai do gosto de cada um. Particularmente gostei muito do orlog e do repente.
    As competições de bebida são bacanas, mas poderia haver mais possibilidades de desafio, mais combinações de botões a medida que o adversário é mais forte, por exemplo.
    O tutorial aparece praticamente no jogo todo, mas no início sempre chega atrasado. A maioria das coisas aprendi a fazer antes de ser mencionado.
    Os gráficos são bons, a Ubisoft conseguiu extrar bem esse quesito mesmo com a imensidão do mundo criado.
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  11. Mar 28, 2023
    7
    Homosexuality?

    This game has been amazing the detail, story line and graphics. It lacks in NPC behavior but one aspect that bothers me considerably is the amount of in game moments where they insert homosexuality. Once maybe twice okay but countless times they put you in situations where homosexuality would be a norm obviously they're not going for any kind of historical accuracy. They
    Homosexuality?

    This game has been amazing the detail, story line and graphics. It lacks in NPC behavior but one aspect that bothers me considerably is the amount of in game moments where they insert homosexuality. Once maybe twice okay but countless times they put you in situations where homosexuality would be a norm obviously they're not going for any kind of historical accuracy. They insert homosexuality situations where they would not fit or absolutely makes no sense here is a brief description on Vikings view and beliefs in regards to homosexuality

    Homosexuality was not regarded by the Viking peoples as being evil, perverted, innately against the laws of nature or any of the other baggage about the concept that Christian belief has provided Western culture. Rather, it was felt that a man who subjected himself to another in sexual affairs would do the same in other areas, being a follower rather than a leader, and allowing others to do his thinking or fighting for him. Thus, homosexual sex was not what was condemned, but rather the failure to stand for one's self and make one's own decisions, to fight one's own fights, which went directly against the Nordic ethic of self-reliance. (Sørenson 20). Being used homosexually by another man was equated with cowardice because of the custom of sexual aggression against vanquished foes. This practice is documented in Sturlunga saga, most notably in Guðmundar saga dýra where Guðmundr takes captive a man and his wife, and plans for both the woman and the man to be raped as a means of sexual humiliation (Ok var þat við orð at leggja Þórunni í rekkju hjá einhverjum gárungi, en gera þat vi Björn prest, at þat þaelig;tti eigi minni svívirðing.) (Sørenson 82, 111; Sturlunga saga, I, 201). In addition to rape, defeated enemies were frequently castrated, again testified to in several places by Sturlunga saga. Grágás records that a klámhogg or "shame-stroke" on the buttocks was, along with castration, a "major wound" (hin meiri sár), ranked with wounds that penetrated the brain, abdomen, or marrow: the klámhogg was thus equated with castration as "unmanning" the victim, and classed with wounds that cause major penetrations of the body, strongly suggesting that the term refers to rape or forced anal sex such as was inflicted on a defeated combatant (Sørenson 68). It is not known how widespread the practice of raping defeated foes actually was, or if it existed before the advent of Christianity, but in other cultures which have had as strong an ethic of masculine aggression as existed among the Vikings, the rape of defeated foemen was obligatory. The attitude that homosexual usage of an enemy was a means of humiliation in turn would have weighed heavily against men in homosexual relationships: if it was a shameful humiliation of an enemy, performing intercourse with a beloved friend would have been regarded as a the worst sort of betrayal or lack of loyalty (Sørenson 28). Since all the references in literature and especially insults indicate that to be sansorðinn, ragr, níðingr or to be accused of ergi is to be a man who is the passive recipient of anal sex, we do not know if the Vikings regarded oral sex between men unfavorably or not (or, in fact, how they regarded oral sex in general, no matter who, male or female, was doing it, or to whom, male or female, it was being done). It is interesting to note that the Vikings considered that old age caused a man to become argr. A well-known proverb stated svá ergisk hverr sem eldisk, "everyone gets argr as he gets older." This possibly could point to an increasing acceptance of homosexuality after a man had raised a family and grew older (Sørenson 20), although a man such as the chieftain Snorri goði who fathered 22 children, the last at the age of 77 (just before he died), certainly proves that a man never was really too old to father children! (Jochens 81). For a man who could not have children (whether due to impotence, sterility, age, etc.) homosexual relations may have been acceptable. One slang term for such a man seems to have been kottrinn inn blauði, or "soft cat" as reported in Stúfs þaacute;ttr, an epilogue to Laxdæla saga, in a conversation between the Norwegian king Haraldr harðráði and Stúfr, the son of Þórðr kottr (Þórðr the Cat): puzzled by the unusual nickname, Haraldr asks Stúfr whether his father Þórðr was kottrinn inn hvati eða inn blauði, "the hard or the soft cat." Stúfr declines to answer despite the implied insult, but the king admits that his question was foolish because "the person who is soft (blauðr) could not be a father" (Jochens 76).
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  12. Mar 20, 2023
    7
    this game mid bro idk if yall wanna buy this game lol. Way too long for an ac game.
  13. Mar 15, 2023
    7
    o jogo nao me conquistou. depois de umas 20 e poucas hrs larguei. mas é bonito e tal. nota 6,8
  14. Feb 9, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly was not that great and barely an Assassin's Creed game. If they just released this as "Valhalla" then I wouldn't have a problem with it but it being an Assassin's Creed game just is not right. Story is just boring and repeats itself over and over as well as the modern day story simply not making any sense. How the hell can Basim be a Norse god when he is an assassin from Jerusalem? It just doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Expand
  15. Jan 15, 2023
    7
    عالم أكبر من اللازم فغالبة فارغ وفيه تكرار ممل وكذلك الأمر في قتال الأعداء
    تمطيط في المهمات وتكرار المهمة بشكل مختلف وبلغ البطئ إلى الشخصيات عند المشي خلفها فتمشي الشخصية ببطئ
    القصة ممتعة في مهماتها
  16. Jan 14, 2023
    6
    It took me 74 hours to beat the game and the story is extremely underwhelming. 70% of the story is filler and doesn’t feel related to the games main story at all. The game felt amazing at the start and to the middle but after that, you need to do 30+ hours of alliances for the story to continue, and even then, it was very disappointing. The world i feel is very fun to explore though andIt took me 74 hours to beat the game and the story is extremely underwhelming. 70% of the story is filler and doesn’t feel related to the games main story at all. The game felt amazing at the start and to the middle but after that, you need to do 30+ hours of alliances for the story to continue, and even then, it was very disappointing. The world i feel is very fun to explore though and the combat is pretty fun. I really love that you can use the first weapon and armor the game gives you to beat the whole game without any trouble. I used the first weapon the game gave me and it was able to carry me through the entirety of the playthrough, which was a big step up from Odyssey and Origins where you feel like you have to switch weapons often. Expand
  17. Jan 10, 2023
    7
    Visually stunning and AC combat mechanics at its peak. Let down by a narrative with no real pay-off and a liberal sprinkling of bugs.
  18. Dec 24, 2022
    6
    Answer: 75 characters is between 10 words and 19 words with spaces included in the character count. If spaces are not included in the character count, then 75 characters is between 12 words and 25 words.
  19. Dec 16, 2022
    6
    AC Valhalla is an unfinished, buggier-than-usual title of a fantastic game series which I have enjoyed all the way from the very first game. Gameplay-wise Valhalla feels like a stripped-down version of the previous games, Origins & Odyssey: boat battles are gone, the combat and even overall movement around the game's world feels very clunky, and the graphics are surprisingly lacklusterAC Valhalla is an unfinished, buggier-than-usual title of a fantastic game series which I have enjoyed all the way from the very first game. Gameplay-wise Valhalla feels like a stripped-down version of the previous games, Origins & Odyssey: boat battles are gone, the combat and even overall movement around the game's world feels very clunky, and the graphics are surprisingly lackluster (even though the world's design itself looks gorgeous). A certain big boss fight in the Wrath of the Druids expansion, which is still bugged to the point of the player not being able to finish it to this day in the Year of Our Lord 2022, inspired this review, and just when I was starting to enjoy Valhalla a bit more after the initial shock – progress-hindering bugs not being fixed after more than a year is simply unacceptable.

    The game also feels "emptier" than the previous titles, sure there are still tons to do around the large world of AC Valhalla, but it all lacks a sense of accomplishment, for instance half of the chests you collect contain the same two or three resources that you have an abundance of before you even hit mid-game, and so you're left wondering why even bother. The story for the most part is a decent one and the characters are not super memorable, but I have to give special credit to the game's side missions or "mysteries", which are almost consistently noticeably more fun and creative than the main story itself. Overall the game seems to repeat the same old viking cliches the Vikings series already covered extensively, which makes Valhalla seem like a bit of an obvious, cheap copycat.

    All in all, if the game were technically finished, if it were better written, and if the gameplay mechanics were a step forward rather than back, AC Valhalla could have had the potential to be one of the best titles in the series, as vikings seem to always be in fashion. As it stands, though, we have gameplay that you couldn't call smooth even if you really wanted to, and we have stone stacking to boot. If that doesn't give you completionists out there gray hairs, I don't know what will.
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  20. Dec 7, 2022
    5
    like it's... fine? i forgot about the story about 3 hours into it and just used it to fight enemies and loot cool gear. much in the vein of Fallout 4, the story is so lacking and the open world so vast (and i should say empty of any real driving force) that it's easy to lose yourself in fetch quests.
  21. Dec 4, 2022
    7
    It's the best out of the "RPG trilogy" by far. The graphics of this game are breathtaking, the world (not the open world) they have built is interesting and beautiful. The combat system is a mixed bag for me, the story is pretty bad, and the pacing is very bad. The open world isn't as bad as odyssey and origins but it's not good either. Also there is a general feeling of bugginess to the game.
  22. Dec 1, 2022
    7
    Вот вроде все есть в этой игре, что бы быть хорошей, но постоянные однотипные завоевания могут помешать вам пройти игру до конца.
  23. Nov 19, 2022
    5
    Um jogo muitíssimo chato, história fraquíssima, não empolga, foi difícil jogar até o final, eu tinha esperança que fosse melhorar, mas depois de quase 100h de jogo... decepcionante.
  24. Nov 16, 2022
    5
    Sıkıcı tekrara düşen uzun yorucu bi oyundu ambiyans güzel değildi beğenmedim.
  25. Oct 19, 2022
    6
    Un juego mediocre y mal Assassins Creed, un título que da la sensación de estar estirado cual chicle pero con muy buena ambientación, la orden es bastante predecible y los dlcs bastante flojos, un título que podría estar mucho mejor trabajado.
  26. Sep 27, 2022
    5
    Valhalla is extremely mid. The game play, soundtrack and graphics are good, the setting is good. The story is not so good.

    It is incredibly repetitive, the missions are all the same. I could not complete a side quest without falling asleep. It is another classic Ubisoft copy and paste job. I hope that Mirage is different.
  27. Sep 21, 2022
    7
    pretty much decent game with a strong story, level design and graphics. I dont like the Asgard part of the game as it seems bit more like a side story that should have been covered in a separate DLC.
    Game have more fps/graphics options on ps5, futher more I really liked the approach UBI soft used to give free next gen upgrade, so even you own a physical disc you can still upgrade a ps4
    pretty much decent game with a strong story, level design and graphics. I dont like the Asgard part of the game as it seems bit more like a side story that should have been covered in a separate DLC.
    Game have more fps/graphics options on ps5, futher more I really liked the approach UBI soft used to give free next gen upgrade, so even you own a physical disc you can still upgrade a ps4 version to a digital ps5 version for free.
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  28. Aug 28, 2022
    7
    The only thing that makes me give this game 7 stars itself is the gore.I completely loved this type of gore in an ac game which has never been done before
    On the other hand gameplay wise this game is not ac and hell even odyssey was more fun
  29. Aug 25, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. More meaty and dirty then Odyssey.

    + less repeating then Odyssey.
    + Beautiful environment and materials.
    + Less loot. The items you have becomes more important and you can focus on other stuffs.
    + It feel interesting to explore the land in Valhalla.
    + the raids was cool at start. Becomes a bit the same after a while.

    - A bit flat when it comes to story and characters.
    - Sure in the end you will notice the copy paste quests but now as bad as it was in odyssey.
    - no real climax in the end.
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  30. Aug 20, 2022
    5
    The good reviews are genuinely shocking. This feels like such a half-baked game in almost every area. It's not awful, but it's also not very good. It feels like nowhere near enough care went into this game. I believe the devs worked hard because there are a lot of aspects of this game that are almost really, really good. There's a lot of content overall, but it feels like an absolute slogThe good reviews are genuinely shocking. This feels like such a half-baked game in almost every area. It's not awful, but it's also not very good. It feels like nowhere near enough care went into this game. I believe the devs worked hard because there are a lot of aspects of this game that are almost really, really good. There's a lot of content overall, but it feels like an absolute slog most of the time. The characters are mid, the combat is below average, and severely lacks depth despite the game's seemingly "deep" skill tree, the stealth is hit or miss - mostly miss - and not fun at all, and the big moments don't do much for me at all. Side missions have become an important part of the AC games, as they take up a large portion of the game if you're into stuff like that. The side missions in Valhalla are some of the weakest in the series yet. The game itself is also very buggy, and it came out nearly two years ago. This game was massively disappointing and it doesn't feel complete despite all the 'content' the game has in it. Expand
Metascore
84

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. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.