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  1. May 2, 2022
    2
    First of all, I have to say that the environment looks really good, that's probably the only thing I like about this game, other than the Viking style.
    The rest of the game is a bloated mess of a game, full of characters I couldn't care less about, a combat system that simultaneously makes the player feel like a superhuman and bored as Sh*t as the enemies are either weak ass mulch for
    First of all, I have to say that the environment looks really good, that's probably the only thing I like about this game, other than the Viking style.
    The rest of the game is a bloated mess of a game, full of characters I couldn't care less about, a combat system that simultaneously makes the player feel like a superhuman and bored as Sh*t as the enemies are either weak ass mulch for your axe or a big old health sponge.
    I haven't skipped so many cutscenes in a game for a while, I would happily never talk to another NPC in this game again.
    I played this game during a free weekend and I wanted to like this game, but I had to force myself to play the game for most of the time I played it. I couldn't bring myself to play it long enough to complete the first main settlement takeover, because it was a chore to get through.
    On top of the trash fire that this game has become, it has the gaol to charge full price And has over £200 of microtransactions, it's INSANE that this is the state of triple-A games nowadays.
    It's fallen SO far from what it used to be, it's laughable and ungodly frustrating.
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  2. May 21, 2022
    0
    Ужасно растянутая игра, сюжет абсолютно неинтересный, побочные квесты одинаково скучные
  3. May 25, 2022
    3
    Very disappointed. Graphics are phenomenal, the story is OK too, but the steering is SO BAD - especially when you have just played Ghost of Tsushima - where it feels a lot more dynamic. In AC Valhalla, it is too stiff and feels like a classic game: When you dodge an attack e.g., the character throws himself 4 metres to the side.

    Even Odyssey was miles better to play.
  4. Jul 8, 2022
    0
    mano nem joguei mas fds isso é uma bosta .
  5. 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.
  6. Jul 30, 2022
    1
    Bad graphics, bad sound quality, very repetative and to long. Very easy to get OP so it’s hard to enjoy this game, maybe the first hours is good then it’s meh for 40-50 more hours
  7. 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.
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  8. 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.
  9. Aug 17, 2022
    0
    notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh notu da ubisoft by notu murugesh
  10. Sep 16, 2022
    3
    Bloated, boring and endless, when will Ubisoft learn that bigger is not better? It’s baffling they made a much better entry with Odyssey on so many levels then made the decision to cut systems that actually worked well like factions and naval combat.

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

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

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

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

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

    I don’t know how Ubisoft managed to make the Viking conquest of England set in the AC universe boring, but once again Ubisoft never fails to move the bar in the wrong direction and surprise us in all the wrong ways.
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  11. Sep 28, 2022
    0
    I have played every Assassin's Creed until now, but i can't even express how bad this game was for me. It feels even more soulless than it's predecessor. And i can't tell you how bad the combat is. I'm coming from games like horizon, elden ring, god of war and then you have to play with this clubky mess. Unbelievably frustrating. Puzzle quests and other little missions feel like a chore toI have played every Assassin's Creed until now, but i can't even express how bad this game was for me. It feels even more soulless than it's predecessor. And i can't tell you how bad the combat is. I'm coming from games like horizon, elden ring, god of war and then you have to play with this clubky mess. Unbelievably frustrating. Puzzle quests and other little missions feel like a chore to do, which i never had in any game. Really disappointed with this version of assassin's Creed. Expand
  12. Nov 12, 2022
    2
    A poor game that is so swallowed up in itself, everything is cumbersome, incomprehensible and of course so full of nonsense, really Ubisoft I expected more or at least like Odyssey.
  13. Nov 16, 2022
    5
    Sıkıcı tekrara düşen uzun yorucu bi oyundu ambiyans güzel değildi beğenmedim.
  14. Jan 7, 2023
    2
    Garbage. I'm convinced half these reviews are bots. They drop you into this game with little backstory or what you're trying to accomplish. The controls are spotty and the combat system is broken. Trying to emulate Dark Souls combat while simultaneously destroying what built your franchise (stealth) is not a good look. Couldn't get more than 10 hours into this travesty.
  15. Jan 29, 2023
    8
    Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla were my favorite iterations of the series. Huge world, lots of challenges and things to find. Reasons to explore. A very solid experience
  16. Feb 5, 2023
    0
    Where is Jesus? This halal-like games make me a goodnight.
    But it is what it is
  17. Feb 13, 2023
    0
    Worst game I've ever played in my whole life...............................
  18. 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 ...
  19. 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.
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  20. Jan 5, 2021
    8
    This comes from someone who HATED Odyssey and has 180 hours+ (and counting) on Valhalla. Is it the perfect AC game? No it isn't. AC Valhalla has glitches, bugs, repetitive gameplay and a lack of proper closure but these aspects do not prevent this one to be an amazing game.

    I absolutely LOVED exploring the maps, finding rare items and super cool, smaller quests. The main story is
    This comes from someone who HATED Odyssey and has 180 hours+ (and counting) on Valhalla. Is it the perfect AC game? No it isn't. AC Valhalla has glitches, bugs, repetitive gameplay and a lack of proper closure but these aspects do not prevent this one to be an amazing game.

    I absolutely LOVED exploring the maps, finding rare items and super cool, smaller quests. The main story is interesting and kept me engaged to the end. The graphics are beautiful and the game runs smoothly on 60fps on the PS5. Eivor is a fantastic character and so is the cast of characters around her/him.

    Not once I got bored with Valhalla. Odyssey was bloated and boring and endless but I never had this feeling from this one. Hope Ubisoft stays on this track.

    I have only 2 complaints, though: 1) the game can be buggy sometimes and this has an impact on quests and sidequests (fishing is broken TO THIS DAY, January 05th 2021) which means you cannot finish the fishing quests, as 2 fishes cannot be found. And 2) I did miss a "proper closure", a sense of finishing the game, seeing the credits roll. The game simply "ends" and you start the exploration. I know Ubisoft does not want us to feel the game has ended since this is business and they want to keep expanding it. But the game - and the team behind it - deserves an ending and recognition.

    All that being said, Assassins Creed Valhalla is amazing and deserves to bem played.
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  21. Dec 13, 2020
    9
    My No BS REVIEW

    If you enjoy the AC series i promise you will enjoy Valhalla. Its not perfect; and as of version 1.04 still buggy in some areas but they will fix these as they have fixed many issues so far. My personal opinion so far is it is my favourite AC since AC 2. I have played as the male character and he is very likeable; i struggled with Origins and Odyssey to feel much for
    My No BS REVIEW

    If you enjoy the AC series i promise you will enjoy Valhalla. Its not perfect; and as of version 1.04 still buggy in some areas but they will fix these as they have fixed many issues so far.

    My personal opinion so far is it is my favourite AC since AC 2. I have played as the male character and he is very likeable; i struggled with Origins and Odyssey to feel much for the protagonist but i really like Eivor.

    I like the platinum my games and this one is a biggy, 120 hours to plat; but it doesnt feel quite as overwhelming as the previous two titles. Also the various collectables and side stories feel much more varied and enjoyable. So much to do, and most if not all are very enjoyable.

    Id rate this a 10 but for now it does have a few bugs that can be annoying, but not game breaking that i have experienced. A big game is practical too, because games arent cheap so this can really give you your monies worth.

    Overall id say if you like AC this is a must buy; and if you are new to the series then id say its a really good open world action adventure. The lore and history is interesting. I dont think many will be disappointed with this game.

    9/10 - great game
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  22. Apr 19, 2021
    1
    Generally disappointing in comparison to Origins and Odessey.

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

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

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

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

    Overall, the game simply is just not as fun as it predecessors and is a step backwards for the series.
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  23. Aug 25, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. More meaty and dirty then Odyssey.

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

    - A bit flat when it comes to story and characters.
    - Sure in the end you will notice the copy paste quests but now as bad as it was in odyssey.
    - no real climax in the end.
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  24. 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
  25. Dec 11, 2020
    9
    A big, fabulous game with great writing and an engaging storyline. And probably the first AC game with a great ending, and not just danbrownian "duh! aliens!" plot twist.

    I think it would be just as good with fewer meaningless side-quests, but then again, no one forced me to do all of them, and there were some gems in those side-stories so it's a small complaint.
  26. Dec 20, 2020
    9
    Great story depth and love the smooth 60fps. Is playing well on my ps5 and constantly being updated.
  27. 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.
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  28. Dec 4, 2020
    8
    Although fire is stupid in this game, you can get killed by fire you aren’t even seeing and I also don’t like how the game makes you either go full completionist or you need to lower the difficulty because I did a LOT of side quests and yet I’m below the recommended level for the next story mission. Other then that the game is awesome.
  29. 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.
  30. Jan 10, 2021
    8
    Assassins Creed Valhalla
    One step forward, 2 steps back.
    Assassins Creed is my favrotie series of all time, so im harder on this series than I am with any other game.. and while Valhalla is a great game and my score will reflect that, as an assassins creed game, assassins creed Valhalla isa complete disappointment. Here you play as avore, becauseubisoft cares more about its precious
    Assassins Creed Valhalla
    One step forward, 2 steps back.
    Assassins Creed is my favrotie series of all time, so im harder on this series than I am with any other game.. and while Valhalla is a great game and my score will reflect that, as an assassins creed game, assassins creed Valhalla isa complete disappointment.
    Here you play as avore, becauseubisoft cares more about its precious sales you chose either man version or female version because ubisoft is afraid to commit and want to make everyone happy.. you set off on a Viking adventure to basically take over England during the dark ages.. and sadly this is more of a Viking game with assassins creed mechanics rather than an assassins creed game where you play as a Viking, the lore of the Templars and the assassins is there.. infct the whole uncovering the order side thing odyssey had going on is valhallas main focus, and I love that… however the game built around it is the most hallow money grab of a game in probably the entire assassins creed series… they sold you on Vikings, rob and pillage, this is fun about 0 times, its never fun going into an area for a raid, opening chests and collecting all of the loot, its repetive and bland, and that can be said for the entire game… im one to uncover every inch of an assassins creed game, read very document, platinum it.. but assassins creed Valhalla is so hollow that I found myself skipping through a lot of its dialog as the story is broken up into individual kingdoms you go out and help… this is less of an assassins creed game, you know.. a game where you relive memories of someone that was supposed to have actually existed to learn more about the orer and the places of the pieces of edden, and just a boring Viking game where you go from kingdom to kingdom taking care of that kingdoms individual problems, it’s a 70 hour long game of individual mini stories that by themselves could be okay experiences, but in an assassins creed game they feel like a waste of time not adding anything to the overall world of assassins creed, no one will remember Valhalla as a step forward for the series, infact in a lot fof places Valhalla steps back, for example its loot, there is next to none, yet you still collect it from time to time, its such an awkward system that you forget there are other weapons and armorus you can pick up.. youll mpost likely stick to the first or second piece of gear you find in the game and stick to that all the way through, especially thanks to the grind heavy upgrading system here that require a ridiculous amount of recourses to upgrade weapons… where Valhalla steps forward though is you making choices that actually matter, your choices have consequences, you have different paths with different characters you can go down that don’t feel empty like odyssey did.. but back to the intial point, this is great if assassins creed were an rpg seres set in different time periods… but its not, its meant to be an experience of a story already told, not an unwritten story of your grandpa and you get to chose if he banged other Vikings or not… tell me if avor was gay or not, don’t let me chose, again.. commit to a character, tell me their story… this is not a solution to the story telling critques players have.. this is assassins creed, not dragon age.. tell me the story as it happened… but this is thebiggest assins creed game to date, though bigger isn’t always better, another first, this s the first time I gave up on collecting all the things in an assassins creed game, for one,, again the world felt boring pointless and hallow, even the side quests that were supposed to be the talk of the town, except for the mini game orlog, it had its hooks in me like gwent, and I love hunting down the zealots of the land, bringing my back to the original assassins creed.. but the colelctables here, the game just makes you work too hard to get, one too many are locked behind story progress – why even put it on the map then… and evry other one ios locked behing an environment puzzle.. I don’t mind this eveyr once in a while , but map cleaning in assassins creed is a form of meditation, if I have to figure out how to get to literally every chest in the world, it isn’t meditation anymore, it’s a puzzle game outside of the story, no thanks. Also traversal here is probably the worst in the series too, its wakward, plenty pof annoying deaths at the hands of climbing, The biggest disappointment overall is this games story, the worst ending in history if you can even call it an ending and the outside of the animus world features the least likably protagonist of all time, smoking doesn’t make you look like a badass, it makes you look inconsiderate of the people around you, but again, assassins creed Valhalla is a great game, the combat is fun, you can go down different paths to play the way you prefer, brute, ranged, stealth, or a mix of all 3…
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

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