Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2106 Ratings

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  1. Slaag
    Jun 7, 2021
    6
    This series needs to get back to its roots. Where are the assassins and templars?
  2. Tactical_camel
    Jun 22, 2021
    7
    as valhalla my first as. i like open world is as valhalla. Open world is very saturated. i dont like this plot.
  3. MRetox
    Jun 27, 2021
    7
    The first hours are very good but after that you will repeat the same actions for tens of hours.
    Monotonous gameplay, trivial plot and silly equipment, don't buy this game if you played a previous chapter, this is the same game with a different setting.
  4. NyanFish
    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
  5. TheSashi
    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
  6. RasmusLuostarin
    Jul 27, 2022
    7
    Todella laaja maailma, pitkälle kehitettävä hahmo ja tarvikkeet, paljon tehtäviä. Tarina vähän hukkuu tehtävien määrän alle. Hitaasti etenevä peli, sopii hyvin ihmisille joilla on paljon aikaa. Maailma on yksityiskohtainen, mutta saisi olla hieman henkäsalpaavampiakin paikkoja, sillä pelissä on paljon saman tyylisiä vuoria ja laaksoja pitkälti koko ympäristö.
  7. klausfiedler8
    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
  8. JOF7
    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.
  9. DaveyJD
    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.
  10. Gpeterson1
    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).    … Expand
  11. BigKidPlays
    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
  12. Nekoking698
    May 26, 2023
    6
    bien mais beaucoup trop de bugs qui gâche le plaisir du jeu sinon graphiquement il est très beau
  13. lazyssj
    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.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

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  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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