Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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7.7

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  1. danilogan7
    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.    … Expand
  2. Ponds98
    May 21, 2021
    7
    A good game, nothing less nothing more.
    It's a really good game if you're a fan of Vikings (tv series) but the 'assassin's part" lack so much of plot.
    The RPG combat system is boring and not natural, the movements are too much solid like a robot. The map and the landscapes are the strong point of this game, the plot is TOO MUCH LONG. 80 hours to finish the main story with only few    A good game, nothing less nothing more.
    It's a really good game if you're a fan of Vikings (tv series) but the 'assassin's part" lack so much of plot.
    The RPG combat system is boring and not natural, the movements are too much solid like a robot.
    The map and the landscapes are the strong point of this game, the plot is TOO MUCH LONG.
    80 hours to finish the main story with only few interesting parts.
    Male Eivor is a joke of a character, a clown that act not like a Viking but...female Eivor was really insane; you will say "it's the same character only female", nope guys.
    The dub and the acting change it all, if you want a strong character trust me, choose female Eivor.
    The other characters are...nothing of memorable honestly.
    The dream parts are so bad done...it was a way to compete with Santa Monica's GOW but so much worse.
    Overall a good game but not worth so much money, if you want to purchase it maybe with discounts    … Expand
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Sain4k
    Mar 13, 2022
    7
    Игра классная, открытый мир, крутые файты и сюжет норм. Но иногда кажется что игра находится в бетте потому-что присутствует множество кривых анимаций, кривые катсцены, множество персонажей и MPC багается, и в конце сюжета разрабы немного намудрили. Проходил я эту игру 62 часа, для сюжетной игры это невероятно много и к сожалению большинство контента розтянуто.Игра классная, открытый мир, крутые файты и сюжет норм. Но иногда кажется что игра находится в бетте потому-что присутствует множество кривых анимаций, кривые катсцены, множество персонажей и MPC багается, и в конце сюжета разрабы немного намудрили. Проходил я эту игру 62 часа, для сюжетной игры это невероятно много и к сожалению большинство контента розтянуто.
  6. alchemist_man
    Jan 14, 2022
    7
    this game was good .. but i saw so many bugs and AI problem ... and i couldn't finish the game because my quest got bugged and i couldn't even reload ... i didn't like it much but i don't hate it ..
  7. Eshll
    Mar 20, 2022
    7
    Personally I didn’t like the ending Cuz I finished all the alliance’s and after that I knew that I beat the game
  8. Carloss1997
    Mar 31, 2022
    7
    Hard to say anything. The game is way too long and just repetative at all. Gameplay however so much better than before.
  9. warriorwhip
    Apr 22, 2022
    7
    The game might be good, i really like the environment(Ubisoft games in general has very good looking environments). But this game is called ASSASSINS CREED, you are not supposed to be a Viking beating everyone up, you are supposed to be stealthy assassin. On top of that this game is too long, this game is supposed to be a 60 hour game.

    There is also way too many microtransactions which    The game might be good, i really like the environment(Ubisoft games in general has very good looking environments). But this game is called ASSASSINS CREED, you are not supposed to be a Viking beating everyone up, you are supposed to be stealthy assassin. On top of that this game is too long, this game is supposed to be a 60 hour game.

    There is also way too many microtransactions which makes the game look like its taking the path of EA.

    These are things ubisoft can easily improove on but choose not to    … Expand
  10. AgresywnyKafar
    May 10, 2022
    7
    I finished this game only because I love norse mythology, its way too long and at times it just drags. By the time I got to the endgame I just forgot many key plot points and was confused by the ending.
    +good for viking and mythology lovers
    +good combat +good plot +many open world activities -its just way too f*****g long -story has too much filler between important parts -ammount of    I finished this game only because I love norse mythology, its way too long and at times it just drags. By the time I got to the endgame I just forgot many key plot points and was confused by the ending.
    +good for viking and mythology lovers
    +good combat
    +good plot
    +many open world activities
    -its just way too f*****g long
    -story has too much filler between important parts
    -ammount of collectibles is nuts, good luck completionists    … Expand
  11. 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.
  12. NishSJ
    Jul 31, 2022
    7
    First AC game in a short while since Unity, I haven’t played one. I feel mitigated in the same the game is well thought the concepts are great. However the gameplay loop is just not it. First of all the bugs, in the opening scene a pig was hanging mid air for nothing. I don’t expect bugs starting the game.
    Secondly I cringe seeing the climbing/parkour mechanics. The climbing in previous    First AC game in a short while since Unity, I haven’t played one. I feel mitigated in the same the game is well thought the concepts are great. However the gameplay loop is just not it. First of all the bugs, in the opening scene a pig was hanging mid air for nothing. I don’t expect bugs starting the game.
    Secondly I cringe seeing the climbing/parkour mechanics. The climbing in previous games was realistic, being able to climb mountains without anchor points annoys the gamer in me. Unity parkour was unrefined but great. They could have made a serious development on it.
    In addition the combat gameplay, is not bad but they could’ve taken a serious hint from Sekiro or Ghost of Tsushima in their approach, button mashing is obsolete. Finally the A.I, instead of increasing the counts of npc, they could have seriously focused on their lay out in respective sets and give them core strenghts so the player have an element of fast thinking.

    In conclusion it looks like an unrefined gem. I will not be returning to the series soon, but I hope Ubisoft will read what we share and think. And maybe try to make and even more immersive game. Looking at how the industry is evolving game have become an experience, here I felt like I was just playing a game no different that what I feel in excitement while playing tetris.    … Expand
  13. BLACKnPROUD
    Aug 15, 2022
    7
    I had a great time playing this game, but there are far to many missions in the main story that could be cut out in order to make the game a good overall experience. The combat system was very fun, but I found myself fatigued by the large amount of mainline missions that added very little to the game.
  14. obilleimai
    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
  15. 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
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. FFirefly
    Mar 20, 2023
    7
    this game mid bro idk if yall wanna buy this game lol. Way too long for an ac game.
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. SebboBastian
    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.    … Expand
  22. christos12137
    Dec 31, 2020
    6
    F@@k all these Ubisoft employees with the fake accounts giving 10s! This game deserves a 6-7, not 0 and definitely not 10.
  23. pmrooter
    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.    … Expand
  24. AlexBert
    Nov 2, 2021
    6
    Beautiful game graphically but honestly that's it. Incredibly long story, around 60 hours of game play and it gets boring after 30. Story is just alright, you get repetitive things to do and the world feels soulless. Would be interesting for Ubisoft to try out some new ideas with its games and finally come out with some new IPs. I'm not buying any more AC games or FC from them. You reallyBeautiful game graphically but honestly that's it. Incredibly long story, around 60 hours of game play and it gets boring after 30. Story is just alright, you get repetitive things to do and the world feels soulless. Would be interesting for Ubisoft to try out some new ideas with its games and finally come out with some new IPs. I'm not buying any more AC games or FC from them. You really have to move on Ubisoft recycling these games over and over again...… Expand
  25. RowanBlack
    Jan 13, 2021
    6
    Assassins Creed Valhalla is not a bad game. If fact it is excellent in many ways but one I have major issue with. Length. Some people will be fine with sinking 100+ hours into a game and arrive at the end feeling great. After 80 hours it becomes more difficult to start playing each time I think of starting up a run. I'm not 10 hours to completion. I'm looking at 30+ hours remaining.Assassins Creed Valhalla is not a bad game. If fact it is excellent in many ways but one I have major issue with. Length. Some people will be fine with sinking 100+ hours into a game and arrive at the end feeling great. After 80 hours it becomes more difficult to start playing each time I think of starting up a run. I'm not 10 hours to completion. I'm looking at 30+ hours remaining. Maybe 60 hours (the way I play a game). I play all the Assassins creed games and will continue to do so but I would have liked a more concentrated world, tighter story and just less bloat. Too much of a good thing.… Expand
  26. xxxsssjjjk
    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.
  27. MakZz_48
    Sep 4, 2021
    6
    Наиграл примерно 30 часов, вывод могу сделать уже сейчас. Это самая неинтересная часть, в которую я играл. Лично для себя понял, что минусы игры перевешивают её плюсы и скорее больше разочаровывает, чем удивляет. К сожалению, AC у Ubisoft чем дальше - тем хуже..Наиграл примерно 30 часов, вывод могу сделать уже сейчас. Это самая неинтересная часть, в которую я играл. Лично для себя понял, что минусы игры перевешивают её плюсы и скорее больше разочаровывает, чем удивляет. К сожалению, AC у Ubisoft чем дальше - тем хуже..
  28. redbutnotdead
    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
  29. denni5m
    Jun 15, 2021
    6
    this is a big step backwards from Oddessy and Origins. The stealth has even less of a emphasis now and its never really explained to you again that you should be stealth through the cities you find. they assume you have played the last two.
    even on the harder difficulty i never had a need to use stealth at all for any part of the game, so the game becomes extremely shallow very quickly.    this is a big step backwards from Oddessy and Origins. The stealth has even less of a emphasis now and its never really explained to you again that you should be stealth through the cities you find. they assume you have played the last two.
    even on the harder difficulty i never had a need to use stealth at all for any part of the game, so the game becomes extremely shallow very quickly.
    if you haven't played either of the last 2 games then buy one of them instead they are much better in every way.    … Expand
  30. berkae
    Jun 17, 2022
    6
    Is it a good game? Well, it's decent.
    Is it something new? Absolutely no, everything is safe.
    The game is ok to play, but oh-god, it's so boring after 20 hours. Like, you are doing the same things over and over and over. The problem is they are not fed-ex quests, it's the main story.
    So even if the game looks good, the boredom I got is a no-go for me here.
  31. Denis94
    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.
  32. jbabkin
    Dec 11, 2020
    6
    So I just wasted 30 minutes of my life typing out a huge review of this game just to have the site crash when I hit submit. I'm just going to quickly type out why I don't find this game fun because I really don't want to do this again. The structure of the main quests makes them feel disconnected and uneventful. The lack of traditional side quests leaves the game filled with boring "worldSo I just wasted 30 minutes of my life typing out a huge review of this game just to have the site crash when I hit submit. I'm just going to quickly type out why I don't find this game fun because I really don't want to do this again. The structure of the main quests makes them feel disconnected and uneventful. The lack of traditional side quests leaves the game filled with boring "world events" that have no plot to them whatsoever. The change to the loot and upgrade system makes it way too easy to max out your weapons early on and removes any reason to loot anything throughout the game. I was a huge fan of AC Origins and AC Odyssey and this game was a huge let down.… Expand
  33. CarolusMagnus
    Dec 21, 2020
    6
    Je n’attendais pas spécialement assassin’s creed valhalla, dès les images de trailer, il y avait comme une sensation de déjà vu. Comme si c’était Odyssey avec de nouveaux skins, qui était lui même un skin de Assassin’s Creed Origin.

    Mais, dans une période de lancement de nouvelle génération de console un peu fade, je me suis laissé tenter. Après un passage à dormir debout en Norvège qui    Je n’attendais pas spécialement assassin’s creed valhalla, dès les images de trailer, il y avait comme une sensation de déjà vu. Comme si c’était Odyssey avec de nouveaux skins, qui était lui même un skin de Assassin’s Creed Origin.

    Mais, dans une période de lancement de nouvelle génération de console un peu fade, je me suis laissé tenter. Après un passage à dormir debout en Norvège qui représente le tuto du jeu, nous pouvons enfin aller en Angleterre. À partir de ce moment là, les 10h de jeu qui ont suivi ont été excellentes. On fonde notre colonie, on forge des alliances avec les voisins et surtout on s’associe avec les fils de Ragnar Lothbrok. Mais ensuite, AC Valhallah retombe dans les travers de la licence. Répétitif à souhait, à forger des alliances avec TOUTES les factions d’Angleterre, de manière très linéaire, un scénario absolument pas réaliste sachant qu’à cette époque, les vikings après avoir échoué au Wessex ont fini par perdre face aux saxons.. Un passage à Asgard nul que je n’ai pas eu la motivation de terminer. La motivation, le grand mot de ce jeu, les moments intéressants sont entrecoupés de pans de scénarios dignes de l’écriture d’un écolier de 10 ans, il faut donc trouver la motivation de faire 3 heures de jeu chiantes avant de retomber dans quelque chose de passable. Les fins des 3 axes du jeu sont toutes bâclées et absolument nulles.
    Techniquement le jeu est beau... quand il veut, les villes sont jolies mais les textures sont très baveuses même en mode « qualité ». Les bugs sont très présents, ça peut être rigolo quand ça concerne l’affichage, mais les bugs de script où on doit recharger les sauvegarde, pour moi c’est éliminatoire, et pour ça valhallah est un très mauvais élève. Bref, c’est divertissant quand il veut mais pas très intéressant. Un nouveau moteur graphique et 2 ans de développement en plus auraient pu être dignes de ce qu’aurait dû être AC Valhalla.    … Expand
  34. Luusika
    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.    … Expand
  35. Remielle
    May 25, 2021
    6
    A lesser game if you compared to the new saga of AC like Odyssey, offers no new fun aspect compared to its predecessor, in fact the amount of not-fun activities you have to do in order to get a platinum for this game is increased.
    (took me 169 hours to gained platinum for the main game, compared to 122 hours for Odyssey)
    Notable mentions, the Cairn, the Animus Anomaly, and even though    A lesser game if you compared to the new saga of AC like Odyssey, offers no new fun aspect compared to its predecessor, in fact the amount of not-fun activities you have to do in order to get a platinum for this game is increased.
    (took me 169 hours to gained platinum for the main game, compared to 122 hours for Odyssey)

    Notable mentions, the Cairn, the Animus Anomaly, and even though it has a lot of map activities, most of them are very repetitive, you will get bored halfway the main campaign, it's like the quests just there for the sake to make the game longer.

    The story also pretty weak with a weak MC (who's supposed to be a God), it's like the MC just become important halfway towards the main campaign.

    This game also trying a bit hard to copy The Witcher 3, but without a real supernatural aspect.    … Expand
  36. Nadir_ALzadjali
    Jun 1, 2021
    6
    after 6 months from release the game is still buggy and faces a lot of frame hiccups on performance mode.
    the way the story was told is so bad and boring.
    levelling up is grindy for little content.
    after 60 hours i finished the game without even realizing it's done because there was no end game credit or compelling ending.
  37. Kosm
    Dec 30, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 80 HEURES!!!! Juste pour finir la quête principale et de m'occuper de quelques annexes. La narration est beaucoup trop dilué, en gros pour faire avancer l'histoire, il faut impérativement aider une région, dans l'ordre que l'on souhaite, le problème c'est qu'on se concentre beaucoup plus sur l'histoire de chacune des régions que sur la Trame principale qui nous est distillé de temps a autre a travers 80 heures!!! je ne vais pas parler du présent, a part a la toute fin du jeu ou on nous tease clairement quelque chose de gros pour la suite!!

    Le problème de ce jeu, c'est que l'ordre des assassins est encore une fois au second plan, beaucoup trop de choses a faire qui n'ont pas necessairement d'utilité, les quetes secondaires sont bien intégrer au jeu mais malheureusement, une fois que vous avec lancer une quete annexe, vous êtes quasi dans l'obligation de la terminer sur le champ, car vous n'aurez aucune info écrite que ce soit dans le HUD ou dans le journal de quêtes, si vous avez décider de stopper votre partie pour reprendre plus tard, vous n'aurez aucun moyen (si ce n'est internet) de savoir a quoi consister votre mission annexe que vous aviez enclencher précédemment.

    Pour les point positifs, je note l'ambiance encore une fois UBI sais très bien gérer ca, la map est plutôt belle, même si on aura tendance a traverser de longues plaines sans âme qui vive, la encore la map n'est pas suffisamment bien rempli. Les combats sont vraiment très bon, on prend un certain plaisir, a balancer quelques exécutions par-ci par la.

    En définitive cette Assassin's creed est clairement pour moi l''un des moins bon de la saga, la formule initier par Origins est ici pousser a son paroxysme, et on se retrouve avec beaucoup trop de choses a faire, et pour la plupart pas très intéressante!!    … Expand
  38. lucoutz2017
    Nov 30, 2020
    6
    Finally after almost 43 hours finished this game , what can i say ? Ubisoft please stop making this , just copy and paste every year , why dont u stop for a while , breath, rest , and start a new ip? For me assassins creed should stopped in The third game , after desmond miles death to save The world, and that was awesome, first assassins creed was great, The second with Ezio was The bestFinally after almost 43 hours finished this game , what can i say ? Ubisoft please stop making this , just copy and paste every year , why dont u stop for a while , breath, rest , and start a new ip? For me assassins creed should stopped in The third game , after desmond miles death to save The world, and that was awesome, first assassins creed was great, The second with Ezio was The best one of The franchise , but The reast... instead of Origins that they ve stopped for a while and refresh it a Little bit , this valhalla is repetetive, looks like a very mecanic game , has so few cutscenes, idk why... , The only good part of The game was The parts of envor dreams, and why every year has to be at least 40 hours of gameplay?! Quantity is not quality! Graphics i would give a 8 , sound 6 , story 5 , gameplay 7 , maybe this The last assassins creed game that i Will buy , i cant stand more this , exausting game thankfully of The 40 hours of gameplay, and The poor history, its a shame Ubisoft, and im not telling The bugs, and The poor engine of every year game that u présent to us , cause for pc idk why this is so **** heavy game and so bad optimized cause it doesnt really is a so gorgeous game at all , and dont know The price of it, thankfully im playing at The best plataform possible, sad that years pass and Ubisoft doesnt learn from their mistakes.… Expand
  39. WWWW223
    Nov 30, 2020
    6
    I like the story. But there are too many bugs. I died several times without any reasons when I try to climb the house or hill surrounded by trees. And I cannot continue the quest "In a Strange Land" and "A Rivalry for the Ages" because there is no dialogs about the quest for Randvi and I cannot collect the key on the table. And I cannot solve this by reloading the map or the game. And I amI like the story. But there are too many bugs. I died several times without any reasons when I try to climb the house or hill surrounded by trees. And I cannot continue the quest "In a Strange Land" and "A Rivalry for the Ages" because there is no dialogs about the quest for Randvi and I cannot collect the key on the table. And I cannot solve this by reloading the map or the game. And I am tired of looking for keys of chests (Usually, killing the guards to get the key). Some world events are interesting.… Expand
  40. Johanides
    Nov 29, 2020
    6
    Game with stunning visuals and excellent music. Yet, story is quite shallow and lacks more continuity with previous games, and if you want any "Assassin" story, you have to dig really deep.
    Open world is large which gives opportunity to hide some mysteries all around it, but on the other hand it is mostly empty and you will use fast travel, most of the time, not remembering anything from    Game with stunning visuals and excellent music. Yet, story is quite shallow and lacks more continuity with previous games, and if you want any "Assassin" story, you have to dig really deep.
    Open world is large which gives opportunity to hide some mysteries all around it, but on the other hand it is mostly empty and you will use fast travel, most of the time, not remembering anything from it.
    Viking atmosphere works pretty well, from Norse mythology to architecture and customs.
    Skill tree can be overwhelming but it makes sense in time. Interesting feature is variety of weapon combinations you can wield (although I played shield and axe all the time).
    All in all, AC Valhalla is game that can provide hours of fun but instead of making the best of what's missing in AC world history and storyline, it is wasting its potential focusing too much on graphics pushing all other aspects to background.
    Final thing that needs to be mentioned is number of annoying bugs that will follow you everywhere and appear in worst time.    … Expand
  41. Maxiking
    Dec 1, 2020
    6
    So i played Valhalla for 67 hours and im still not finished with the story. But I think I am able to say a lot about the game and how good it is. Im gonna start with the good Parts and continue with the bad ones.

    GOOD PARTS: Loot: I really disliked the loot system in Origins and Odyssey. It was just to much of everything. But now you have just a few items but you can upgrade them a lot    So i played Valhalla for 67 hours and im still not finished with the story. But I think I am able to say a lot about the game and how good it is. Im gonna start with the good Parts and continue with the bad ones.

    GOOD PARTS:
    Loot: I really disliked the loot system in Origins and Odyssey. It was just to much of everything. But now you have just a few items but you can upgrade them a lot which will save a lot of time switching armor everytime you find something new.

    Story: I REALLY like the story. Almost every character is interesting and have a lot of personality. The story is kinda simple but still entertaining.

    Graphics and sounds: The world looks amazing on my midrange PC (ryzen 3600, RTX 2060) and the sounddesign is just wonderful.

    Sidequests: I like that most of them are short.

    BAD PARTS:
    Fighting: I mean its cool that you can rip somebodys head of but it becomes boring and just steals time after the 10th time. And it happens a lot in a fight. More annoying then the finisher is the timing for dodging. Don't get me wrong sometimes you know exactly when to dodge or block but othertimes they show you the indicator and only attack you after 5 seconds.

    Stealth: It's sadly really bad. The thing that made AC so wunderful and special is almost gone. It's unnecessary and just time consuming. You get nothing out of it. No boosts, no money. And sometimes Avoir ist just doing weird things and jumps out of the bush when you want to get him in the bush. I think the only implement it to call the game a AC game.

    Climbing: Awful. If you want to climb up a mountain it's ok but if you want to do some parkour it's terrible. He just drops down or jumps to the other side of the wall and I have to admit it made me very angry a lot of times.

    Bugs: Just a lot of different bugs. Can't say so much because it's just really bad programmed.

    CONCLUSION:

    I love the idea of the game and I love the writing. But the gameplay lost it track a long time ago. And it's just so badly programmed. I mean you should think of somebody like Ubisoft a bit more. It's not just a random Indie studio it's **** Ubisoft, a bilion company.    … Expand
  42. Gallywagget
    Dec 9, 2020
    6
    This is a very disappointing entry in the series, full of clunks and poor storytelling.

    I’m a huge fan of the Assassins series, and apart from a few truly bad games (e.g. AC3 and Unity), I love most of them, despite some flaws. While not terrible, Valhalla is a huge letdown after Odyssey. The controls are extremely clunky, and climbing/jumping around is a huge pain now. It’s also very    This is a very disappointing entry in the series, full of clunks and poor storytelling.

    I’m a huge fan of the Assassins series, and apart from a few truly bad games (e.g. AC3 and Unity), I love most of them, despite some flaws. While not terrible, Valhalla is a huge letdown after Odyssey. The controls are extremely clunky, and climbing/jumping around is a huge pain now. It’s also very buggy, I’ve found myself getting stuck many times. Characters often don’t look at each other when they’re speaking, audio cuts in and out, and the facial expressions/body language can be flat out embarrassing. This game doesn’t look or feel like it belongs in 2020 or on the PS5, but unfortunately that can be par for the course for Ubisoft sometimes.

    The storytelling is also a huge letdown. Most of the main quest arcs are separated into standalone stories, none of which are particularly compelling, but instead are predictable and redundant. This format also fails to allow you to develop any particular attachment to the characters. As such, you don’t really care what they’re saying or what happens to them. It’s also the third consecutive game with almost no connection to the Assassin’s brotherhood, something that was forgivable with the previous titles, but now just completely lacking. Also it’s supposed to be set around the late 800s, so ostensibly the brotherhood should be getting pretty established by this point. That entire part of the lore made these games unique and exciting, instead this now just feels like a fairly week and rushed game about vikings. Finally, it seems as though stealth is on the way out too.

    I could say a lot more, but simply put, this is a generic and uninspired game.    … Expand
  43. SushiMess
    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
  44. Zeppelinfh
    Dec 19, 2020
    6
    Really boring compared to the last two games. Takes forever for the plot to develop.
  45. Carnifex93
    May 24, 2021
    6
    Valhalla ha il problema critico di tutti gli Assassin's Creed. Troppo ripetitivo e monotono. Superate le prime ore di gioco, non ha più nulla da offrire di interessante. Gameplay fiacco a dir poco, con meccaniche abusabili fin dail'inizio. Collezionabili sparsi qua e là per una mappa tanto estesa quanto vuota. Lo shop interno al gioco, seppur non influisca pesantemente sul gameplay l'hoValhalla ha il problema critico di tutti gli Assassin's Creed. Troppo ripetitivo e monotono. Superate le prime ore di gioco, non ha più nulla da offrire di interessante. Gameplay fiacco a dir poco, con meccaniche abusabili fin dail'inizio. Collezionabili sparsi qua e là per una mappa tanto estesa quanto vuota. Lo shop interno al gioco, seppur non influisca pesantemente sul gameplay l'ho sempre trovato fastidioso e troppo invadente.

    Salvano la scena l'ottimo doppiaggio e la resa grafica. Il resto è sempre il solito Assassin's Creed, ma con una skin diversa.    … Expand
  46. Slaag
    Jun 7, 2021
    6
    This series needs to get back to its roots. Where are the assassins and templars?
  47. 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
  48. penmumble
    Feb 21, 2022
    6
    I'm a little torn by this game. The vikings were great, Eivor was great, the combat and exploration was great. I loved the opening few hours, and the closing few hours. The whole middle section of the game really drags; I think they just made it too long. I think Viking England is cool but the landscape didn't feel as phenomenal as previous titles, because the landscape of Viking EnglandI'm a little torn by this game. The vikings were great, Eivor was great, the combat and exploration was great. I loved the opening few hours, and the closing few hours. The whole middle section of the game really drags; I think they just made it too long. I think Viking England is cool but the landscape didn't feel as phenomenal as previous titles, because the landscape of Viking England just isn't that interesting. I think it could have been better if the whole game had been set in Norway, because the sections of the game set there were FAR more interesting. I also hated the male/female Eivor choice. It was so obviously just their way of giving butthurt male players an option to play as a male, instead of Ubisoft just giving us a sole female protagonist for once.
    In Odyssey, it made sense; whoever you didn't pick still featured in the game as the antagonist, and it works very very well. Male Eivor had no place in this game, considering female Eivor was the canon, and the male one is stuffed into this Valhalla story that has NO place in the game. No hate to the voice actor of course! Just a cowardly choice by Ubisoft.    … Expand
  49. Ragedragon
    Mar 18, 2022
    6
    Too long, story is boring, Eivor isn't a compelling character like Ezio, Bayek or even Alexios. The best thing about this game was the loading times - and that's just a PS5 feature. If you loved the Ezio trilogy, or Origins/Odyssey, then avoid this game. It's nowhere near as good. The first ever AC that I returned for a refund.
  50. 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
  51. Mychaelwo
    Jul 16, 2022
    6
    Jogo mediano, após jogar Ghost of Tsushima, este jogo parece ser de duas gerações atrás, Ubisoft se contenta em ser mediocre, maior produtora de jogos nota 6 do mundo.
  52. AngryRaccoon
    Jul 21, 2022
    6
    The game became repetitive real quick. The map is overwehlming. The world is stunning, as usual, but i found myself bored in like 10 hours in game. If you're tired of all the viking/norse mythology we're getting and not an absolute fan of the AC franchise, it might not be your smartest move to buy this game.
  53. Anasbln
    Aug 7, 2022
    6
    To long, story does not exist, ending is bad, many plot holes. But still enjoyable, nice world, it makes fun to play and the viking feeling exists. Nevertheless, many aspects must be better for the game to be really good.
  54. goodgriff33
    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.
  55. Nekoking698
    May 26, 2023
    6
    bien mais beaucoup trop de bugs qui gâche le plaisir du jeu sinon graphiquement il est très beau
  56. Edison76
    Apr 9, 2021
    5
    J’ai l’impression que la licence est arrivée au bout de ce qu’elle peut nous proposer. Le jeu est toujours beaucoup trop répétitif, mal scénarisé et surtout buggé. Après, peut être que ma qualité de Ghost of Tsushima est participé indirectement à mon jugement ...
  57. CKhound
    Mar 16, 2021
    5
    I really love Assassins Creed. I mean realllllly love it. I want to state that first so that this isn't construed as somebody just peeved at Ubisoft or the series as a whole. I find AC2 to be one of the best games of all time, and I loved AC3 even though it was very poorly received. I even really liked Origins and Odyssey (though the latter was a bit long in the tooth by my completion).I really love Assassins Creed. I mean realllllly love it. I want to state that first so that this isn't construed as somebody just peeved at Ubisoft or the series as a whole. I find AC2 to be one of the best games of all time, and I loved AC3 even though it was very poorly received. I even really liked Origins and Odyssey (though the latter was a bit long in the tooth by my completion).

    That is why this hurts me to say it. But this game just isn't fun.One of the first offputting things is when the only thing I heard about the game was that it was ludicrously long. Now usually thats a sometimes good/sometimes bad thing. Previous to starting this game I started and completely platinumed Ghost of Tsushima (a fair length game). One of my all time favorite RPGs is FF XIII so I am not averse to longer games. However, this was just absurdly long. And while it seems weird to complain about length, it just wasn't interesting in those hours. The combat seems fairly similar to the past two entries, the story is very dry and bland, and the characters as a whole aren't very interesting.

    It doesn't help that I felt like Eivor (Main Character) was a bystander in this game. I felt like everything was happening around him/her but not that he was really doing anything all that interesting.

    On top of all this, the amount of random crap you would have to pick up or do to 100% this game is just stupid and tedious. There are things like a section in Jotunheim that I literally looked at a guide and it was still going to take forever to just get things to work/appear.

    I ended up, 54 hours in, quitting the game. I had made it to the last few quests and just didnt have the power level to complete the game. I could have turned the difficulty down but it was just a grind by this point and I was not going to go and grind to get more levels.

    Overall it is a 5/10 for me. It is a gorgeous game, but the story, length, quests, and overall feel just arent good.    … Expand
  58. guiletheguiles
    Feb 24, 2021
    5
    I have very few pleasant words for Assassin's Creed Valhalla. I simply disliked the game.
    There are many reasons why I think this game is mediocre, but I'll start with what I liked about it.
    First, the story. Eivor's tale was what kept me going through the game. If it wasn't for this story filled with good characters, well-written dialogues, action-packed moments, twists and turns, I    I have very few pleasant words for Assassin's Creed Valhalla. I simply disliked the game.
    There are many reasons why I think this game is mediocre, but I'll start with what I liked about it.

    First, the story.
    Eivor's tale was what kept me going through the game. If it wasn't for this story filled with good characters, well-written dialogues, action-packed moments, twists and turns, I would've abandoned this game. The ending is pretty lackluster and the credits doesn't even roll, but the journey told here was incredible.
    One other thing that impressed me was the combat. At first, I found it very stiff and basic, but as the game progresses it gets better, more visceral and entertaining. Also, the boss battles make up for some really fun fights.
    Other than those two key points that made me stay withstand this game for 80 hours, I also want to give praise to the STUNNING graphics, the very unique and quite original sidequests that made me laugh or got me invested and the soundtrack, which isn't anything special, but did a good job nonetheless.

    As for Valhalla's missteps, well... It's everything else!
    What bothered me the most in this game was the sheer amount of bugs. Game-breaking bugs, quest-hindering bugs, immersion-shattering bug... you name it. I had to restart the game several times due to some gruesome experiences. It was not good.
    The fact that the game is bloated as hell also does not help at all. The maps are beautiful, sure (especially Asgard), but it's unnecessarily big, filled with unrewarding treasure hunting and some annoying mini-games like stacking up rocks on top of each other. Most of the puzzles revolved around getting inside a house locked by a hidden key or blocked from the inside and that got old VERY QUICK! Also, the "Find and Speak" quests made little sense to me. If everything else points me in a direction in this game, why would you waste my time with petty chasing??
    There were many other reasons why I had a hard time having fun here, like the aforementioned tasteless ending to a fantastic story, the movement being EXTREMELY unyielding, tiresome level grinding, repetitive environments, useless abilities and etc.

    Valhalla isn't bad, it's just overly unexceptional. Few and far between were my moments of fun.
    I do not recommend this game at all. Maybe if you're a fan of the series, since the story and its combat are the only two things that matters here.    … Expand
  59. mfmaxpower
    Apr 14, 2021
    5
    No idea how this gets rated so high. For example, Valhalla is NO WHERE near the quality of Ghost of Tsushima. Janky animations. Poor and super outdated combat. And my god the writing can be so awful.

    Think this has to be my last AC game. Ubisoft just makes cookie cutter games now in this series with nothing exceptional while asking the player to commit so much time, it's just not worth it.
  60. poudigne
    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.    … Expand
  61. tanonero
    Jun 4, 2023
    5
    Unethically bloated. I will fulfil the 75 characters requirement to repeat it. Unethically bloated.
  62. Fredskapolsky
    Dec 29, 2020
    5
    Nice game and way better than its predecessor Oddesy! But those damn bugs!!!!! Very annoying!
  63. Droideka75
    Dec 27, 2020
    5
    What is this sound, it's all muffled? Is this an MP3 player from 1999 or am expensive triple AAA game? I want a refund!
  64. spacedog114
    Dec 4, 2020
    5
    Assassin’s Creed Valhalla patch has made performance on PS5 worse in the 60fps mode
  65. Detty
    Mar 3, 2022
    5
    The audio is atrocious, I mean so bad that it's unplayable. Combat isn't great and feels like you're just punching air. Can't say much for the story as I have only played 3 hours. Overall not great.
  66. LoudMusic
    Aug 22, 2021
    5
    Outdated and clunky animations, bad AI, PS5 upgrade its not worthy, a huge downgrade from Odyssey and Origins, boring story, boring characters, dull sound, really, the sound it's very very bad, stealth it's non-existent. I really don't understand all the 10s from other accounts, this game it's not good. If you want very good, fun combat and stealth, you should try Ghost of Tsushima instead.
  67. ManiacTaniacc
    May 18, 2021
    5
    Assasin's Creed Valhalla comprehensive review

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

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

    İyiGame Good Things

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

    Play
    Even though it feels very strange after experiencing 100+ hours of power fantasy and origins in Assasin's Creed Odyssey, the gameplay of the game depends on the person's ability to parry and attack at the right time is a concept that I always like and generally the finisher animations repeat themselves after 70 hours of playing. I can also say that it is satisfactory, the feeling of the hit is still weak, but it is stronger than origins and odyssey in general, I can say that I did not experience a certain error problem or animation glitch while playing, so it has a nice gameplay but unfortunately it cannot handle a 70-hour game.
    Graphics
    I finished the game on PlayStation 4 and I can say that the water appearance and effects were better compared to the first 2 games of the series, but of course since it is a brand that releases a game every year or 2 years, I did not see a difference, of course, this is my ps4. It may also be due to my playing so I do not go too long here.
    Game's Map
    England and Norway are beautifully reflected, but I think it is too colorful for a country that has constant rainfall and sees the sun once a month, or I look at it in detail.    … Expand
  68. lleogus
    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.
  69. drcoomer
    Jan 3, 2022
    5
    This game just doesn't do it for me. I like the environments/graphics, but that's about it. I know there's a ton of content for hours and hours of gameplay, but it still just feels empty to me.
  70. Andrei20
    Jul 13, 2022
    5
    This game isnot very based im not gonna lie to you my friend not a very based game
  71. Milansan777
    Nov 14, 2020
    5
    Ubisoft has done it again, created one of the most beautiful stunning worlds to explore, and then fill it with mediocre content. The a.i. this time round is especially bad. For a game that promised ferocious combat it is especially easy and ultimately unfulfilling. Im actually so dissapointed after all the hype. Never have i had such a love hate relationship with a developer. I so wantedUbisoft has done it again, created one of the most beautiful stunning worlds to explore, and then fill it with mediocre content. The a.i. this time round is especially bad. For a game that promised ferocious combat it is especially easy and ultimately unfulfilling. Im actually so dissapointed after all the hype. Never have i had such a love hate relationship with a developer. I so wanted this game to be excellent!!!! :/… Expand
  72. ehtaco
    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
  73. Pacmarn
    Nov 16, 2020
    5
    The AI is so easy even on expert difficulty. It's just not polished. It feels like the content was rushed
  74. jsarte3
    Nov 29, 2020
    5
    I was so excited for this game especially me being a fan of the Viking era. My favorite AC of all time is AC: Origins, and not only I was happy with the changes they have made with the game, but the story of AC Origins and Protagonist Bayek is also the one that won me over. Unfortunately, I can't say the same with AC Valhalla. My experience with AC Valhalla was filled with more cons thanI was so excited for this game especially me being a fan of the Viking era. My favorite AC of all time is AC: Origins, and not only I was happy with the changes they have made with the game, but the story of AC Origins and Protagonist Bayek is also the one that won me over. Unfortunately, I can't say the same with AC Valhalla. My experience with AC Valhalla was filled with more cons than pros. The story for example was blandly filled with repetitive quests with a clunky combat system. It took me about 50 hours to finish the story and it just felt unsatisfying at the end. I am biased I guess. I love scripted engaging storytelling and the RPG element like dialogue and decision choices of the previous AC and now AC Valhalla isn't a real AC experience for me. The last straw for me is apparent under the development of this game. The facial animation felt outdated, all AC protagonist movements are the same (i.e., running) and I can't tell what type of emotion the characters of this game are trying to portray. This is not a spoiler since it was shown in the trailer, but the character Randvi looks just like Kassandra from AC Odyssey. I love the changes to AC Origins and it is my favorite AC of all time, but not to the extent of what AC Valhalla and Odyssey. Now it just feels like they are just slapping the name Assassins Creed to a game with a few AC elements.… Expand
  75. woodcookie
    Nov 18, 2020
    5
    Feels like there are a lot of Ubi-bots on this site... Have all these positive reviewers never played an AC game before? I've been a huge fan of the entire main series (minus Unity—couldn't get past the out-of-place British accents) but this game has been a disappointment so far.

    The story is interesting, but poorly executed. And I do really enjoy the new gear upgrading system, as well    Feels like there are a lot of Ubi-bots on this site... Have all these positive reviewers never played an AC game before? I've been a huge fan of the entire main series (minus Unity—couldn't get past the out-of-place British accents) but this game has been a disappointment so far.

    The story is interesting, but poorly executed. And I do really enjoy the new gear upgrading system, as well as the new talent tree (which is really the only thing that motivated me to keep playing). Those are really the only good things I can say about the game. I understand the development team was forced to work around the pandemic, but I'd have gladly waited however long it takes to fully polish this game.

    My enjoyment of this title was consistently hamstrung by moments of stunning sloppiness. Didn't RDR2 already show us how to do snowy environments? Honestly—and very disappointingly—playing Assassin's Creed: Odyssey on my PS4 looks miles better than Valhalla on my PS5. I sincerely hope Ubisoft can patch in some graphical improvements ASAP, but it's so much more than that. The animations are unnatural, the combat is often unresponsive, and the company's refusal to fully commit to a female protagonist is perennially disappointing.

    It still scratches the AC itch, but I know from playing past games that it could have been so much better. Maybe I *will* just go back to Odyssey...    … Expand
  76. Rolandos
    Dec 5, 2020
    5
    I actually loved first 15 hours of Valhalla, felt like amazing game, but then you do the same stuff again and again and again and again, insane repetitive, if ubisoft just cut this game by 2/3, it would be actually amazing, but its extremely bloated with useless stuff, i have basically same experience as skillup, who also loved the game and even recommended it in first 15 hours, but thenI actually loved first 15 hours of Valhalla, felt like amazing game, but then you do the same stuff again and again and again and again, insane repetitive, if ubisoft just cut this game by 2/3, it would be actually amazing, but its extremely bloated with useless stuff, i have basically same experience as skillup, who also loved the game and even recommended it in first 15 hours, but then you do the exactly the same thing for another 50h, story boring, everything repetitive, characters extremely not interesting. This game has bug potentional but its ruined by ubisoft copy and paste formula.

    The 10/10 reviews here everywhere must be paid scam, trust me, this game isnt worth of your time at all.    … Expand
  77. Maciar
    Dec 21, 2020
    5
    Boring, left it after 3-4h. If u are ac fan u should like it, but if not better dont buy.
  78. MacG
    Mar 14, 2021
    5
    Was really looking forward to this one after Odyssey but sadly it is nowhere near as fun and ends up just being a chore. The combat is very repetitive, the side missions (mysteries) are mind numbingly dull and even the story fails to entertain. Building up your settlement was a great idea but is sadly undercooked. The A.I. is extremely dumb and a downgrade from the previous title.

    Wait    Was really looking forward to this one after Odyssey but sadly it is nowhere near as fun and ends up just being a chore. The combat is very repetitive, the side missions (mysteries) are mind numbingly dull and even the story fails to entertain. Building up your settlement was a great idea but is sadly undercooked. The A.I. is extremely dumb and a downgrade from the previous title.

    Wait for a sale or just buy Odyssey if you haven't already.    … Expand
  79. ChachiTrash
    Mar 9, 2021
    5
    This game is a significant downgrade from Origins. The gaming mechanics are pure trash. Advertised as a "PS5 Upgrade" the graphics and atmosphere are not even comparable to Black Flag. Another cut and paste game from a series that is getting worse, not better.
  80. BaloghAkos
    Mar 16, 2022
    5
    Medium as all AC games in the last few years the same **** just in a different environment. The developers thought a good graphics is enough nowadays and looks like yes, they are right. Nowadays the gamers are pretty stupid and satisfied with a good graphics with zero story. Dramas dramas everywhere i this games just like a soap opera in 90s. Ubisoft has the same boring template all inMedium as all AC games in the last few years the same **** just in a different environment. The developers thought a good graphics is enough nowadays and looks like yes, they are right. Nowadays the gamers are pretty stupid and satisfied with a good graphics with zero story. Dramas dramas everywhere i this games just like a soap opera in 90s. Ubisoft has the same boring template all in their games (AC, watch Dogs, Horizon etc). I do not recommend this game, just if you are a 15-20 years old kid, who never played with the first 3-4 AC games.… Expand
  81. OscarBoots
    Mar 21, 2022
    5
    Stopped playing after about 20 hours because it had none of the mystery of the last two games and none of the Assassin's Creed of any of the games. Just because e a chore to play. And, of course, there are the increasingly intrusive microtransactions.
  82. Gax_nzen88
    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.
  83. Razorxide
    Nov 16, 2022
    5
    Sıkıcı tekrara düşen uzun yorucu bi oyundu ambiyans güzel değildi beğenmedim.
  84. witchrott
    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.
  85. 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
  86. 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
  87. 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
  88. Camlambelot
    Feb 20, 2022
    4
    Copy and Paste open world: Broken, Boring and Empty.

    I loved the older AC games because of their STEALTH and BEAUTIFUL DESIGN (See Unity or AC2), but this game is just a soulless, repetitive game. It tries so hard to be like other open world RPGS with meaningful choices (See Witcher 3) and tries to copy the combat of (God of War) and loses it's own identity in the process. All stealth    Copy and Paste open world: Broken, Boring and Empty.

    I loved the older AC games because of their STEALTH and BEAUTIFUL DESIGN (See Unity or AC2), but this game is just a soulless, repetitive game. It tries so hard to be like other open world RPGS with meaningful choices (See Witcher 3) and tries to copy the combat of (God of War) and loses it's own identity in the process. All stealth is out the window, get ready to hack and slash your way through a bland world full of fetch quests in a dark, snowy landscape.

    The game is ugly, glitchy and full of generic quests, locations and characters.    … Expand
  89. feather7
    Feb 25, 2021
    4
    I really dont u nderstand this score. This game is 3 steps back against Odysse. There is too much bugs and glitches one per hour. When you fighting you fell like this game has no physic. Heavy enemy flying like paper. There are any foot steps in the dirt. NPC are totaly stupid. See videos about it. If you compare this scrap agains other Owords, then you have to see that this is like badI really dont u nderstand this score. This game is 3 steps back against Odysse. There is too much bugs and glitches one per hour. When you fighting you fell like this game has no physic. Heavy enemy flying like paper. There are any foot steps in the dirt. NPC are totaly stupid. See videos about it. If you compare this scrap agains other Owords, then you have to see that this is like bad Indie. Ubisoft spend lot of money for scritics than for our studio development....… Expand
  90. 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
  91. KOHTPOLEP
    Jan 9, 2021
    4
    In this game from Assassin Creed 10 minutes (beginning, end of the plot and video for collecting items).
    No mention of Isu in the main company.
    The Order of the Ancients (Templar) is a side quest. And half of the quests: finish talking and that's it. Oh and yes, the ending: you run as directed and, instead of starting the cutscene, you go through the stairs. BECAUSE NO ONE SAYS YOU    In this game from Assassin Creed 10 minutes (beginning, end of the plot and video for collecting items).
    No mention of Isu in the main company.
    The Order of the Ancients (Templar) is a side quest.
    And half of the quests: finish talking and that's it.

    Oh and yes, the ending: you run as directed and, instead of starting the cutscene, you go through the stairs. BECAUSE NO ONE SAYS YOU TAKE YOUR WEAPON AWAY !!! NO !!! ANYWHERE !!! READ FORUMS !!!!    … Expand
  92. Invader12
    Mar 21, 2022
    4
    I like the original Assassin's Creed. Tried this game for 1 hour and delete it. I don't know why. Maybe this game should be named: Viking's Valhalla or something like that. Waste of my $17
  93. Aliti
    Nov 14, 2020
    4
    Okay... Let me explain why i gave this a four even though i wanted it to be the next big hit after Assassin's Creed Odyssey. - This score is meant to be "they tried very hard but still failed"

    Now the explanation: The "story" feels blant. None of the characters made me feel something. I simply didn't care what these peoples problems are. AND its super repetetive (at least it feels like    Okay... Let me explain why i gave this a four even though i wanted it to be the next big hit after Assassin's Creed Odyssey. - This score is meant to be "they tried very hard but still failed"

    Now the explanation:
    The "story" feels blant. None of the characters made me feel something. I simply didn't care what these peoples problems are. AND its super repetetive (at least it feels like it to me - can't speak for all people).

    The so called "gameplay" - OKAY... now... where to begin. Lets begin with exploration. I LOVE exploration games but climbing a humongous mountain to reach something AND NOT EVEN GET REWARDED other than a **** synchronization point and an overview over some plains you just travelled in is not something i was looking forward to. It feels forced and blant and frankly boring. Again like the characters.

    The raiding mechanic is fine i guess and fits the theme.

    The base-building is also "somewhat important" but not so much that i would say you need to build anything except the Brotherhood building and maybe the smithy. Feels bare boned and not really thought through.

    Combat. - they sell diverse combat but it really is combat that a toddler could do. The animations are so telling, the build-up to an attack so obvious that there really is only a chellenge if you are surrounded. And even that is not much of a problem when you can dodge really. They stripped everything that made the combat of Odyssey/Origins and the other more combat focussed games they did in the series great and are now selling it in a worse state than ever back to us. The "skilltree" is even worse. This huge tree is only suggesting depth. Practically no Min-Maxing possible without getting useless junk in the build you want to play. Same with loot. The things that i LOVED about Odyssey was that it was leaning in further in the RPG direction than Origins and it was fantastic. In Valhalla they are in a limbo state between "we want to be a RPG but dont try very hard to be one" and "lets **** mess around with this until nothing good is left". I understand why people disliked Odyssey but i think it did alright. It found the means to connect Assassin's Creed to the RPG Genre and it was fun to play. Part of which is because of the skill tree and diverse loot you could find in the world. Which is completely lacking here.

    Like i teased already. The loot and item acquisition. Yeah... uh... practically all the items you can find are scattered around in the world in chests. There is a finite number of them. Not like an RPG where you can loot everything, not like an action game where you find basically no items at all. Like i said. I think they couldn't decide in which direction to go and made a mess of it on the way.

    If they make an Assassin's Creed game they should either:
    a) incorporate Assassin's Creed GAMEPLAY (stealth, information gathering, assassinations, espionage, templars, etc) or
    b) stay on route with the RPG they already made. Where the main characters ARE (technically or not) part of the order and where players can CHOOSE hwo they want to play. But please give people AT LEAST the chance to play stealthy if they want.
    AND FFS GIVE ME MY HOODS BACK AND LET ME HAVE IT IN COMBAT TOO.

    TL:DR
    They tried to make an Assassin's Creed game with a Viking setting and failed miserably. They instead build a game with an identity crises. It doesn't want to be a RPG or full action game. It feels like a Frankenstein version of Odyssey, suggested depth, trying hard to be a good game sprinkled with a quickly assembled story and it is blant and not fun to play. This Game does not want to be an Assassin's Creed game. And, if i am honest with you... It shouldn't be called Assassin's Creed in the first place. People say Odyssey was an abomination... than this piled higher on the **** heap than that (even tho i liked Odyssey).

    Sincerely A huge fan of the series.    … Expand
  94. TPOCTO4KA
    Nov 29, 2020
    4
    Люди, вы что ебанулись? как можно ставить этой помойке 85 баллов? не вводите в заблуждение игроков. этот помоечный высер юбисофта - очередное каловое извояние на ваши головы. и если вы и дальше будете боготворить такие игры, то только в них и будете играть.
    1. отвратительное управление. пиздец. персонаж приклеивается ко всему к чему не надо. если не верите. попробуйте поймать хоть один    Люди, вы что ебанулись? как можно ставить этой помойке 85 баллов? не вводите в заблуждение игроков. этот помоечный высер юбисофта - очередное каловое извояние на ваши головы. и если вы и дальше будете боготворить такие игры, то только в них и будете играть.
    1. отвратительное управление. пиздец. персонаж приклеивается ко всему к чему не надо. если не верите. попробуйте поймать хоть один ебаный листочек с первой попытки. ЭТО не возможно. вместо того что бы бежать в правильном направлении ваш персонаж будет спрыгивать не в ту сторону, хвататься не за те уступы но чаще все просто блять прыгать ВНИКУДА! ебаное и обоссаное управление вы можете вкусить в боёвке. ДААААА ДАРКСОУСЛ блять. пусть все кто так обожают эту боевку отсосут мне залупу! перекаты? НЕЕЕЕТ тут отскоки!. в какую сторону? НЕЕЕЕБЕТ. уворачиваясь от врагов ты будешь натыкаться на других.. КАК АХУЕННА. я же для этого уворачиваюсь от атак одних уродов что бы натыкаться на другие. а как вам боевка в три кнопки??? а? замечательно не правда ли? парирование удар добивание! ШИКАРНО. тот кто это придумал предлагаю что бы всю оставшуюся жизни он мог делать только три действия. идти прямо. сидеть. парировать. посмотрим как ему это понравится.
    2. сюжет. ЧТОООО сюжет! да тут его нет! вам может показаться что он есть, но нет уёбки. вам кажется. почему так? да потому что на лор тут кладут с первых же моментов появления ассасинов. что? скрытый клинок носится на внутренней стороне руки? как бы не так! я сраный барака! и могу носить на внешней. мне похуй! но как же тихие убийства? ОЙ ЧУВАК! можете даже не качать эту ветку навыков. она нахуй не нужна. вся суть ассасинов и скрытого убйиства была похоронена под огромной кучей дерьмовый миссий.
    на самом деле я уже устал писать тут все это. игра говно! вот честно. Я как фанат всех частей. даже ориджин был в чем то хорош. но это....просто КАЛ    … Expand
  95. Sim152
    Jan 25, 2021
    4
    Full of meaningless content. Extremely Grindy. Unnecessarily expansive. Pointless decision making. Awful story arcs and side missions. Despite some good mechanics, this is the most boring game and story in the series. Avoid. I have played every main game since AC2, this falls short of previous titles by some margin.
  96. Tomekk87
    Mar 13, 2021
    4
    To many homoseaxual plots, to many bugs, and ending is disapointing. So definetly could be better.
  97. feststeller
    Feb 12, 2021
    4
    Utterly disappointing. Even after buying it on sale. It's hard to name a good thing really. Graphics are somewhat below average. Odyssey felt better looking to me. I had so many glitches in the first hour I was furious. The story is not engaging. Characters are overall boring. Building your village is a cute feature. But not implemented in an interesting way.
  98. 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
  99. 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
  100. 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
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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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