Assassin's Creed Valhalla

 PlayStation 5
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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2106 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 300 out of 2106
  3. Negative: 357 out of 2106
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  1. NY788
    Dec 7, 2020
    10
    Seems like Cyberpunk 2077 didn't live up to expectations. I watched some gameplay and nothing looked extremely new or interesting. More like same old, same old. Bough AC Valhalla instead and so far it's really fun. Of course AC Valhalla isn't anything new either, but at least it's fun and less buggy unlike Cyberpunk 2077.
  2. Ignsc
    Dec 8, 2020
    10
    I really enjoyed the game, spent almost 100 h there without any regret. The climate and environment are superb, music and content also!
  3. Fatality_900
    Dec 8, 2020
    10
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla is nice game that takes place in 800s Norway and England. Graphically one of the best of 2020, story is solid, combat is very brutal.
  4. The_NightSky
    Dec 8, 2020
    10
    Ubisoft has lots of hits and misses and that's because they make so many games.
    But for almost every miss they have at least two hits.
    Ubisoft hits : Far Cry 3 (2012) , Far Cry 4 (2014), Watch_Dogs (2014) (PC Version, but PS4/Xbox One versions look decent as well), AC 4: Black Flag, AC Origins (2017), AC Valhalla (2020), Immortals: Fenyx Rising (2020), AC Unity (2014) (PC Version    Ubisoft has lots of hits and misses and that's because they make so many games.
    But for almost every miss they have at least two hits.

    Ubisoft hits : Far Cry 3 (2012) , Far Cry 4 (2014), Watch_Dogs (2014) (PC Version, but PS4/Xbox One versions look decent as well), AC 4: Black Flag, AC Origins (2017), AC Valhalla (2020), Immortals: Fenyx Rising (2020), AC Unity (2014) (PC Version (after patches), Heroes of might and magic V (2006), Rainbow Six Siege (2015), South Park Games, Prince of Persia Games.

    Decent Ubisoft games: Far Cry 5 (2018), The Division 2 (2019), AC Syndicate (2015), Steep (2016), AC Odyssey (2018), Cold Fear (2005), Ghost Recon Wildlands (2017), Watch Dogs 2 (2016), Far Cry: Primal (2016), Rayman Legends (2013)

    Ubisoft Fails: The Division (2016), Ghost Recon Breakpoint (2019), Watch Dogs: Legion (2020) If DLC and Online turn out to be REALLY good, it can go to "Decent category, right now it's too bland), Assassin's Creed 3 (2012), Heroes of might and magic VI (2011)

    Of course they have more games, but i tried to mention mix of modern and older games. My point stands that they have made some really good and even decent stuff. Valhalla easily belongs to "Ubisoft hits" category.    … Expand
  5. suchislushi
    Dec 8, 2020
    10
    Valhalla is the best game Ubisoft has put out since 2013's Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. The narrative choices are superb in this game.
  6. GABXANDER
    Dec 9, 2020
    9
    I completed the game and is awesome, yea still have some bugs and issues but nothing to be worry about it, the game gives me a Witcher game vibe, lots of side quest and a open world to explore, romance, choices, a rrally good game
  7. Reenterer
    Dec 10, 2020
    10
    Somehow it reminds me a little bit of Witcher 3. And also 60fps is very addictive. Once you try...
  8. AntonelliAraras
    Dec 12, 2020
    9
    The game is awesome, I loved but I can't rate with 10 because there's a lot of bugs that is necesary to be fixed
  9. CloudAtlas
    Dec 12, 2020
    10
    Graphically very beautiful game, easily one of the best assassin's creed's and also one of the best PC games of 2020 alongside Doom Eternal and Hades.
  10. Assassin100
    Dec 12, 2020
    10
    So far i'm very happy with AC Valhalla, beautiful open world, lots of places to discover and explore, cities look interesting enough, story is mostly cool.
  11. Immortalwarrior
    Dec 12, 2020
    10
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla has 3 (at least so far) beautifully crafter maps, each one has it's own tone. Voice acting is good, graphics are amazing at times, runs well.
  12. TheHiddenBlade
    Dec 12, 2020
    10
    assassin's creed is back and better than ever!!! Good - graphics, story, world, enemies
    Bad - some minor bugs, nothing bad.
  13. barberpolecatt
    Dec 14, 2020
    8
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla takes a lot from its predecessors, to build on what is a familiar, yet fresh approach to the AC series. There are however a few changes to the traditional game that create a more immersive, organic gameplay experience than previous entries.

    The world is lush and feels alive on the PS5 with a decent level of asset diversity with changes in NPC Accents, foliage    Assassin's Creed Valhalla takes a lot from its predecessors, to build on what is a familiar, yet fresh approach to the AC series. There are however a few changes to the traditional game that create a more immersive, organic gameplay experience than previous entries.

    The world is lush and feels alive on the PS5 with a decent level of asset diversity with changes in NPC Accents, foliage type/density, climate and topography. But you will notice a pattern of scripted dialogue, or reactions that are unchanged through every place you visit over time.

    Combat feels great most of the time, but can get frustrating. Whilst it does add extra ‘weight’ to combat, I had difficulty getting used to the slower speed of attacking, parrying and blocking, often pressing a button, only to have my character respond late and miss combos.

    Your conquest of England is split into topple or instate a new leader objectives. This does come with more variety than “Go there, kill the thing, come back” approach from previous games, though that can still happen at times. Some conquests have investigative elements, giving you the opportunity to side with one individual over another to gain the leader’s loyalty. Investigate poorly or accuse incorrectly and you may be in dire straits. Don’t worry, regular autosaves allow you to undo these mistakes, if you’d rather correct them. The push and pull between the Eivor and their brother and his loyalists is an interesting dynamic to navigate. You’ll feel bound to the plot, desperately needing to know what happens next.

    There is SO much to do in Valhalla, even after completing the game. Tandem side missions running in parallel to the Main Quest are excellent and some even transport you to new worlds (I’ll say no more). Throughout the sizeable map you’ll find most icons replaced by dots, which are split by colour into 3 categories - Wealth, Mysteries and Artifacts. Each side pursuit will require a different approach - be it exploration, a retrieve this or protect this, a raid, out of the box thinking or flat out combat and there’s enough variety to not feel like you’re “grinding” to get to the next level, because whilst you do level up, you also receive resources to progress your settlement, allow you to upgrade weaponry or unlock another piece of a unique armour set furthering your badass-ery. 

Some side missions can be failed easily, since a lot of them leave things up to the power of suggestion, without detailing objective information. Annoyingly, once you make a mistake, you are usually unable to complete said mission… In particular anything involving a crate moved from point a to point b was problematic. It would be nice to have the ability to reset World Missions to be able to complete a region when a mistake is made.



    A consistent theme with this saga (Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla) is the developer's inability to fully commit to to the Modern-Day plot and the order of Assassins itself. Both of which are treated like a side-piece now, when they were once considered the very foundation of the game. The lack of connection from future to past within the Modern-Day plot, really removes the layer of believability it once had. Present day scenes are now wafer thin in substance and meaningless contributions that do nothing for the game, other than furthering the present day plot at an excruciatingly slow pace.

    Some glitches were present within the game, I have been launched across the map randomly by a gust of glitch wind, bosses would leave the combat circle and be unable to return, enemies would frequently re-spawn after being killed and ruin a stealth mission, rag-doll physics would occasionally turn corpses into projectiles and combat finishers were performed on thin air.

    I have to mention the huge disparity in the quality of Voice Acting between Male Eivor and Female Eivor. In my experience Female Eivor had the dynamic acting range of a brick, often giving generic, dry delivery for every line with a teaspoon of gravel in every line. I don’t doubt the voice actor’s ability or training in the slightest, but I do get the sense there wasn’t any consistency in the way the actors were directed. 



    Overall, I predominantly focused my gameplay on main missions, with the occasional side quest I came upon in exploration, I managed to sink around 90 hours into the game. The game’s ending opens up huge possibilities for the future of the franchise. This game exceeded my expectations but did still lack some magic ingredients to make it a perfect game. I can’t wait to see where AC takes us next and for Ubisoft to once again raise the bar for this franchise.    … Expand
  14. VisualsandSound
    Dec 13, 2020
    10
    Good story? - Check!, Good main character? - Check!, Good graphics? - Check!, Interesting open world? - Check!
  15. will-riker
    Dec 14, 2020
    8
    Game overall is good. However itemization of gear is a huge flaw (I never really swapped gear at any point of the game), and towards the end, the majority of side quests, main quests get repetitive (after over 60 hours of game play). Go there, talk to them, go there talk to them, go there kill one person. Still very good
  16. Sparker1108
    Dec 15, 2020
    8
    The world is huge and looks very nice, but it feels a bit empty in some places. The main quest is very long but feels a bit repetitive at times. There are a lot of side activities to do, with more variety than the previous Assassin's Creed games. There are many bugs, I had to reload previous saves a few times because my character got stcuk, and on a couple of occasions My game crashed andThe world is huge and looks very nice, but it feels a bit empty in some places. The main quest is very long but feels a bit repetitive at times. There are a lot of side activities to do, with more variety than the previous Assassin's Creed games. There are many bugs, I had to reload previous saves a few times because my character got stcuk, and on a couple of occasions My game crashed and the save file was corrupted. The game is fun, but at times can feel like a grind.… Expand
  17. NextYearBetter
    Dec 16, 2020
    10
    I have played pretty much every 3xA game of 2020 and i can safely say that AC:Valhalla is one of the best PC games of this year. After yesterday's update it feels even smoother imo. Would recommend to gamers who like brutal combat, huge world to explore, tons of different quests and good main character or in other words, to anyone who likes Assassin's Creed games.
  18. RadioSilencc
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    Assassin's Creed game that goes deeper into lore of AC than Origins and Odyssey combined, very good experience.
  19. Making_History
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    At times, absolutely stunning graphics, beautiful landscapes, forests or snow Norway. It's all there, better than ever.
  20. modernwarrior
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    All the missing elements from Origins and Odyssey are back and they literally fixed everything that was wrong with these two previous games. Amazing comeback Ubisoft!
  21. TrueACFan
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    It's absolute joy to play video game that look graphically beautiful, has so much variety in locations, absolutely beautiful ambient music in a year where absolute broken unfinished messes like Cyberpunk 2077 have been released. Thank you Ubisoft, seriously!
  22. ShadowHood
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    Good graphics? - hell yea, Good main character? - It's there, Lots of side activities? - Yeah.
    Basically very good AC, would recommend.
  23. NemoIsMyName
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    People who give 0/10 to this game are absolutely lowest or the low people. They literally make me sick. How can someone be so tasteless and ignorant at the same time? Not your type of game? Fine, don't play it! But to come here and just give 0/10 with some nonsense explanation is just next level pathetic. There's tons of games that doesn't interest me, but i'm not giving 0/10's to them. IPeople who give 0/10 to this game are absolutely lowest or the low people. They literally make me sick. How can someone be so tasteless and ignorant at the same time? Not your type of game? Fine, don't play it! But to come here and just give 0/10 with some nonsense explanation is just next level pathetic. There's tons of games that doesn't interest me, but i'm not giving 0/10's to them. I just ignore these games. It's simple, trust me.… Expand
  24. WW_1984
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    --------------------------------------------Very Very Very Good----------------------------------------------
  25. ForallTheAngels
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    Perfectly working beautiful game with interesting story and good main character, big interesting world to discover. AC Valhalla is basically everything that Cyberpunk 2077 wishes to be.
  26. NOTIME88
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    This beautiful game literally made this awful year so much better. I was waiting for it since April and it's finally here. I was expecting decent game, but it still managed to surprise me with tons of different locations and secret areas.
  27. HateDestoryer
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    It's so obvious that tons of these 0/10 are 100% fake. These people haven't even played it. I don't believe for a second that someone actually bought it for 60 dollars/euros, played it 50-60 hours and then comes here to give it 0/10. Hell no. This game is way too good for that and these hate comments like "Ubisoft sucks blah blah blah" and other stereotypical nonsense that these peopleIt's so obvious that tons of these 0/10 are 100% fake. These people haven't even played it. I don't believe for a second that someone actually bought it for 60 dollars/euros, played it 50-60 hours and then comes here to give it 0/10. Hell no. This game is way too good for that and these hate comments like "Ubisoft sucks blah blah blah" and other stereotypical nonsense that these people say, it just proves they don't have this game. Also having Last of Us 2 or Cyberpunk 2077 as 10/10 also proves it. Because these tasteless people are envy that their trash games sucks and are hated on (and for a good reason), while Assassin's Creed Valhalla is doing better than ever. Good game, would recommend!… Expand
  28. gamereviews888
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    I'm 20 hours into game right now and really enjoy it so far. Haven't encountered any bugs, runs just fine. Longer review later, but i wanted to give my early expressions because seems like some haters are trying to lower this user score with 0's and i can't stand something like that. Good game so far.
  29. goodgames90
    Dec 17, 2020
    10
    My game of the year is either Assassin's Creed Valhalla or Doom Eternal. Both are very well made games.
  30. CallofSea
    Dec 18, 2020
    10
    I don't understand the hate, even tho yes i get that most people are enjoying the game, but these few 0's make no sense. There's no way that these people have this game.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Gaming Nexus
    Dec 15, 2020
    80
    There are two competing experiences here: that as as Assassin, and that as a Viking, that either on its own feels like it might have been a triumph and better than this good but not great Assass-king hybrid we have.
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  2. TheSixthAxis
    Dec 3, 2020
    80
    Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla effortlessly plants its banner as the best open world RPG available for the new consoles. This Viking epic flexes its gore-soaked, tattooed muscles when it comes to world-building, and medieval England wows with its enchanting untamed vistas. It’s also portioned out at a steady pace and, if not for the repetitive, limited combat, Valhalla could have ranked even higher among our favourite games in the series.
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  3. PlayStation LifeStyle
    Nov 27, 2020
    90
    Is Assassin’s Creed Valhalla the best entry in the series yet? Some would be tempted to say so. While the map size might overwhelm some players, it remains an easy game to mainline with the right navigation mode turned on. In fact, the quick load times help to make this an even easier task than in previous generations. This is an iteration of Assassin’s Creed that has a bit of everything from the previous games, as refined as we have seen to date.
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