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  1. Mar 16, 2021
    5
    Dull and boiler plate game. This series has slipped so far it is ridiculous. Pick another Ubi franchise, replace the names in the story, retexture the activities and you have the same gam over and over again.

    Bad: Things that were supposed to be different in this version: less open world activities to do (wrong, there are just as many boring icons to look at as before), no side
    Dull and boiler plate game. This series has slipped so far it is ridiculous. Pick another Ubi franchise, replace the names in the story, retexture the activities and you have the same gam over and over again.

    Bad:

    Things that were supposed to be different in this version: less open world activities to do (wrong, there are just as many boring icons to look at as before), no side quests (they just renamed them to something else), more "assassin-y" (not really).

    Valhalla is even more boring than the last game. It reminds me of AC3, a place I had no interest in visiting that is just a bunch of woods with towns laying around. Nothing in the world made me want to explore. The voice acting is pretty bad, especially the female Eivor. It is like they told the actress to make herself sound like Odin or Zeus. It just sounds dumb. The story it the same typical story in every game.

    The bugs, even after all the patches, are bad. After installing the latest patch and playing for 5 minutes I saw vikings pop in and out as they ran, some vikings were running on air and clipping was common. Reminds me of Unity actually.

    The combat is even worse than the previous 2 ACs. It's like I'm playing a strategy game now. You are so far zoomed out that it is a couple of puppets hitting each other. The combat speed also seems very wrong. I can dodge backwards but in combat it is a leisurely stroll as whatever enemy is hitting always seems to hit you anyway. Whatever combat tweaks were made to the game need to be reverted.

    The skill system, which AC never needed, has gone off the deep end. Taking a page from MMOs or PoE there are now lots of little dots that you can select to get minimal benefits. It takes a lot of dots to truly have any meaning and among the list of "what were they thinking" you cannot see some dots until you can unlock them which makes planning impossible. At least if you couldn't already just go online and look up the full tree. This is a stupid mechanic probably introduced so people wouldn't realize how dumb the whole skill tree system is. This isn't an MMO...

    The power level makes no sense whatsoever. I was power level 15 before leaving Norway even though I have no idea how that relates to anything because I didn't get skill points or whatever they are called. At the same time areas I look at in the map say they are power level 1 but the enemies can stomp me in seconds. In an attempt to hide "levels" I guess, Ubi has managed to create a system that is useless. What exactly is wrong with levels?

    Side activities are just as dull. Again, think AC3. Flyting makes no sense and is one of the stupidest mini-games I've ever seen in a game. The other activities, like raids, fit in better but are just as dull. You raid a settlement, kill everyone there and then...nothing. Why?

    The Good:

    Assassin abilities come back into play a little more than recent entries in the series. I felt I could pull it off more often in this game.

    Summary:

    Dull environment - AC 3
    Bugs - AC Unity
    Revamped skills, "side quests", leveling - meaningless

    This is overall a boring, generic viking adventure game filled with a map of icons that lead you to things that are just as boring for the most part. There is nothing that really lifted the gameplay up.

    Complete disappointment compared to the generally excellent Immortals Fenyx Rising.
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  2. Nov 26, 2020
    6
    A gay viking conquering lands in England and lands of the Nordic gods/giants. Its upsetting the company is forcing a sexual preference on the player and they went in some different(not particularly better) directions in the gameplay itself. I was a little let down by some of the sloppy writing and some aspects that make parts tedious. All in all, I'm disappointed in the company, but theA gay viking conquering lands in England and lands of the Nordic gods/giants. Its upsetting the company is forcing a sexual preference on the player and they went in some different(not particularly better) directions in the gameplay itself. I was a little let down by some of the sloppy writing and some aspects that make parts tedious. All in all, I'm disappointed in the company, but the game is worth playing through. Expand
  3. Dec 6, 2020
    6
    Let's get to the point, just not as good as Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

    Okay, let's start with the good. The graphics are best in class for the whole series. The game's progression without a stupid high gear or skill level is very rewarding. If I want more of a challenge I could up the difficulty at any time. But if I just want to get through the story this is excellent. UNLIKE UNITY! But
    Let's get to the point, just not as good as Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

    Okay, let's start with the good. The graphics are best in class for the whole series. The game's progression without a stupid high gear or skill level is very rewarding. If I want more of a challenge I could up the difficulty at any time. But if I just want to get through the story this is excellent. UNLIKE UNITY! But hey I had smoke bombs for that.

    I love the story format. Going to a new land, building your settlement, gathering allies, doing raids, all that good stuff. It's very good. The direction is on point and the best in any Assassin's Creed game.

    Now for the bad, the puzzles, I guess I'm just not a big fan. I hate the combat, it's not as good as Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The parry maneuver is terrible, the blocking with shields is clunky and slow. I want fast pace super combat, so this isn't it.

    The story is boring, except for the real world parts. That's the reason I still play. At least they got that down.
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  4. Nov 20, 2020
    6
    I'd love to give this game a higher rating, but it's so buggy I just can't. The 'Assassin's creed' part of this game is great. As someone who is a hardcore fan of the older games, but hates the new RPG style, the narrative for the assassins/templar stuff and modern day story reminds me of the older games.

    The 'side quests' in this game are improved also, there's a much bigger variety of
    I'd love to give this game a higher rating, but it's so buggy I just can't. The 'Assassin's creed' part of this game is great. As someone who is a hardcore fan of the older games, but hates the new RPG style, the narrative for the assassins/templar stuff and modern day story reminds me of the older games.

    The 'side quests' in this game are improved also, there's a much bigger variety of them, some are kinda boring and take literally seconds to do, but they are all neat little bits of flavour in the map compared to the boring 'Go kill these bears in a cave, go clear this bandit camp' quests Odssey was full of. There's also significantly less grind and there's no need to keep chasing new gear every time you level up, since you can upgrade any type of gear.

    HOWEVER, that's basically where the praise ends.

    The combat feels sluggish and heavy. Even with 'Light' attacks with axes, your character isn't attacking quickly, every swing feels like you're dragging a 10 ton weight around with you. This especially annoying because there are enemy types that attack much quicker than you do with bigger weapons, so these encounters just become overly frustrating, especially when there's multiple enemies.

    Although its not as bad as it was previously, areas are still 'level gated' by pointless power levels, that seem to only exist to artificially inflate the game since you're still forced to mess around doing side activities to gain levels before you can do certain areas. The worst part about this is that they didn't even bother to make the 'power' levels make sense - e.g. the higher power enemies dont have more armour, or a bigger shield etc. They are the same enemy types, just with an arbitrary higher number. Even if you drop the game to Easy difficulty, some areas are impossible without some grinding, making it harder for people who dont have time to play much.

    Next, the map is just too big. There are multiple settings you travel to in the game (America, Norway, England) but they all suffer from the same problem. They are gigantic, but full of mostly nothing. This makes sense since Norway and England have a lot of mountaints, hills and fields, but from a gameplay perspective it's just boring. Compared to the older games in the franchise, where the maps were smaller but much more compact, with more detail. This game is just a series of boring looking villages and ruins, separated by giant fields and cliffs you have to run around. It ruins the immersion because it interrupts gameplay with tedious running to and fro. This is to be expected given the setting and time period, but Ubisoft chose to make a game set during this time.

    As a result of this bland looking world, many of the things that added to the experience of playing as an assassin during the older games just don't exist. Parkour for example, like Oddysey, is a complete afterthought. You can't run from building to building, you can't dodge guards by darting through a window and coming out of the other side of the street like in Unity, you can't use the architecture to escape or chase your prey. Instead, like Odyssey, buildings are really far apart and either one-story, or giant towers, so there's no fluid movement between the two. You climb one building, run across the street, climb the next, run across the street, climb the next. You're not living on the rooftops like Altair or Ezio, jumping from wall to wall, you're just gently climbing buildings like a slow, heavy oaf.

    This also affects other aspects like Blending in with crowds, or benches. The buildings are so far apart that you can't dart round corners to hide, because every area is just large open spaces. Despite the reintroduction of some of the classic stealth elements, you can't act like a proper stealthy character due to the level design.

    Next, the problems with the 'multiple choice' dialogue that the previous two games had persists - the flow of dialogue is constantly interrupted because every time you need to make a dialogue choice ,the conversation comes to a dead stop whilst everyone is silent till you say something. This ruined the immersion before and still does now.

    And finally, the bugs. This is the buggiest game i've ever played. I have a folder on my computer that i've started stockpiling full of screenshots and videos. It ranges from small bugs, like dead guards floating above the ground, or objects flapping around on the ground, to large bugs, like characters being stuck in thin air that you can no longer talk to, stopping quests from progressing, or in a few cases, I had the black & white 'hazy' screen from when you eat the mushrooms nad plants as soon I booted up the game and it wouldn't go away until I quit and reloaded again.

    This is incredibly unpolished, to a point that even if you enjoy the combat, and don't care for the story beyond "I wanna be a badass viking and smash stuff up and chop off heads" your gameplay will constantly be interrupted by bugs
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  5. Nov 18, 2020
    7
    I have been an avid fan of the more recent AC games, unfortunately I have only become invested in Valhalla at the 17th hour, which is a lot to push through, some of it is downright messy, choose the wrong path and you can land in a quest that is 50 levels above where you are and the only way out is loading a previous save, looking at you Asguard, or hunting an enemy for Reda that turnsI have been an avid fan of the more recent AC games, unfortunately I have only become invested in Valhalla at the 17th hour, which is a lot to push through, some of it is downright messy, choose the wrong path and you can land in a quest that is 50 levels above where you are and the only way out is loading a previous save, looking at you Asguard, or hunting an enemy for Reda that turns out to be 100 levels above, I really hope they address the issues with a really good patch, heaps of potential but failing for me at the moment Expand
  6. Nov 29, 2020
    7
    Gameplay,graphics,England,mini games,improving your clan...Very good...But main story arc is really boring you are doing same things over and over again.You cannot feel the side charecters, there is no background story for them they just like normal npc
  7. Nov 11, 2020
    6
    Analise vinda de um fã de longa data da franquia que jogou todos os jogos , gostou do Origins e odiou o Odyssey , meu AC favorito é o Brotherhood.

    O jogo é bem medíocre , se vc espera um AC raiz vc vai se desapontar , OS ASSASSINOS NÃO SÃO O FOCO DO JOGO , eles estão no jogo porém a participação deles é minima na campanha. o combate do jogo é um pecado , tudo é muito duro as
    Analise vinda de um fã de longa data da franquia que jogou todos os jogos , gostou do Origins e odiou o Odyssey , meu AC favorito é o Brotherhood.

    O jogo é bem medíocre , se vc espera um AC raiz vc vai se desapontar , OS ASSASSINOS NÃO SÃO O FOCO DO JOGO , eles estão no jogo porém a participação deles é minima na campanha.

    o combate do jogo é um pecado , tudo é muito duro as animações são uma merda os comandos não respondem direito , é uma carniça sem sombra de duvida o pior combate dos 3 AC RPG.

    Furtividade , é bom eles capricharam nessa área , porém é necessário criar uma build furtiva se não vc vai sofrer.

    Enredo , tem seus altos e baixos , as escolhas afetam pouca coisa na campanha , e é muito comprido , (sim eu estou reclamando que a campanha é muito comprida) tem muita encheção de linguiça , parece que a campanha não se move , demorei umas 50 horas pra terminar a campanha dessas 50 , 30 são só encheção de linguiça que poderia ter sido cortado do jogo.

    Loot , sem sombra de duvida é a melhor parte do game , o jogo tem pouco loot , porém tudo é muito único , nessa área o jogo sacrifica quantidade por qualidade , algo que eu queria que a ubi fisese para outras partes do game.

    gráficos , o mundo aberto é lindo , na verdade a unica coisa que incomoda no jogo é a modelagem dos personagens , NPCs e personagens importantes , as expressões faciais são horríveis , de resto o gráfico é muito bom.

    Upar , a arvore de habilidades é uma enganação , é extensa de mais , e a maioria das coisas que vc desbloqueia nela são inúteis exemplo "1% a a mais de dano com arcos" é muito pouco e não deveria tá ali enchendo linguiça.

    o jogo é bem medíocre , eu esperava bem mais.

    6/10

    espera a versão ultimate do jogo estar com 75% de desconto daí tu pega

    Bonus , a monetização do jogo é um lixo , o game já custa 250 pau daí vai ter sesson pass de 100 pau , e o jogo ainda tem a audácia de enfiar microtransação de itens não cosméticos , a ubi devia ter vergonha.
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  8. Nov 12, 2020
    7
    Game continues on from Odessey. Looks good, combat feels descent although should feel more weighty by boosting vibration. Loads of things to do and areas to explore. Yes it is only AC in name but that does not mean it isn't a good game. Have played all AC games and this is worth it. Stop living in the past and enjoy the new direction they have taken. Have rated it 7… will be an 8 if combatGame continues on from Odessey. Looks good, combat feels descent although should feel more weighty by boosting vibration. Loads of things to do and areas to explore. Yes it is only AC in name but that does not mean it isn't a good game. Have played all AC games and this is worth it. Stop living in the past and enjoy the new direction they have taken. Have rated it 7… will be an 8 if combat is weightier and bugs are patched out. Expand
  9. Jan 28, 2021
    5
    It's beautiful, but what a step back from origins and odyssey.

    All the amazing progress made in origins are gone. The ability to easily loot around you by pressing Y wheter you face the object or not. Odyssey pushed things further by allowing you to loot everything around you by pressing Y only once. Now you have to face each object precisely and laboriously, making any loot a long
    It's beautiful, but what a step back from origins and odyssey.

    All the amazing progress made in origins are gone.
    The ability to easily loot around you by pressing Y wheter you face the object or not. Odyssey pushed things further by allowing you to loot everything around you by pressing Y only once. Now you have to face each object precisely and laboriously, making any loot a long and boring ajustment of camera.

    The ability tree is simply impossible to read so I felt I had no choice but to let fate decide each upgrade.

    You can define point of interest on the map but you can never see them on foot and you have to call your 'eagle' to maybe see them, that is if you are looking in the direction. It's basically impossible to clearly see where you need to go when on foot.
    The 'eagle' has completely changed regarding survey: it's now useless when infiltrating a camp since it marks no enemies.

    Origins and Odyssey were also about history. It was really interesting to discover Egypt and Greece. Here, you are no longer encourage to explore to discover history: at most, you'll find a roman mask with no more explanation, just a stuff to collect, like in FarCry3, 10 years ago.

    Last but not least: remember those towers to discover new activities? Yes, well they're back. So, get ready to climb tons of towers and mountains to reveal 'activities' and 'treasures'.

    It felt obvious that the team watched too much Vikings TV Series and just wanted to play Ragnar Lothbrok.

    Everything feels heavy, laborious and clunky.

    It saddens me to know that Valhalla was a commercial success because I fear that we'll get more of Valhalla's dated gameplay and much less of Origins' fresh restart...
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  10. Nov 14, 2020
    5
    12 hours into the game and all saves became corrupted except a single cloud save at 5 hours. 7 hours of gameplay lost.

    Graphics are beautiful. Sometimes the boat looks a bit funky while sailing, like it's not really in the water. Camera angles can be a bit rough during combat, sometimes pulls to far back in one on one fights. Still has all the control issues that the previous titles in
    12 hours into the game and all saves became corrupted except a single cloud save at 5 hours. 7 hours of gameplay lost.

    Graphics are beautiful. Sometimes the boat looks a bit funky while sailing, like it's not really in the water. Camera angles can be a bit rough during combat, sometimes pulls to far back in one on one fights.

    Still has all the control issues that the previous titles in the franchise has.
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  11. Apr 5, 2022
    6
    It's a decent-ish game; but unfortunately it is really getting to the point where if you've played one Assassin's Creed game, you've played them all. Ubisoft really needs to come up with some new, innovative, fresh ideas to spice up the franchise. I love the IP, but it's starting to feel like the games are nothing more than reskins of the previous title.
  12. Jan 5, 2021
    6
    The bugs completely ruin the experience,such a shame as somewhere in there is a good game.
  13. Dec 19, 2020
    5
    Geez, where do I begin. To make things clear, this is a good game when working. However, this game on the x box one has way too many bugs, glitches and technical problems. It's unbelievable because both AC Origins and Odyssey didn't have anywhere near the amount of technical issues this game has. You also have bugs where if you do certain missions in the wrong order, you can't continue theGeez, where do I begin. To make things clear, this is a good game when working. However, this game on the x box one has way too many bugs, glitches and technical problems. It's unbelievable because both AC Origins and Odyssey didn't have anywhere near the amount of technical issues this game has. You also have bugs where if you do certain missions in the wrong order, you can't continue the story. Overall, this game is a big disappointment which is unfortunate because I am a huge fan of the series. amount of of glitches Expand
  14. Dec 28, 2020
    5
    Désolé d’avoir donné une mauvaise note, mais j’ai mes propres raisons, un fan d’AC:

    1. Graphisme : moyen C’est plutôt beau, mais par apport à Origin(les déserts impressionnants) et Odyssey(tout est MAGNIFIQUE), on peut dire que Valhalla est MOCHE, à part les paysages d’hiver, il ne reste que des villages replis de boue, oui c’est moche. 2. BOSS : médiocre Aucun plaisir de conquérir les
    Désolé d’avoir donné une mauvaise note, mais j’ai mes propres raisons, un fan d’AC:

    1. Graphisme : moyen
    C’est plutôt beau, mais par apport à Origin(les déserts impressionnants) et Odyssey(tout est MAGNIFIQUE), on peut dire que Valhalla est MOCHE, à part les paysages d’hiver, il ne reste que des villages replis de boue, oui c’est moche.

    2. BOSS : médiocre
    Aucun plaisir de conquérir les boss, aucun, c’est ennuyeux, rien de nouveau, rien de surprenant, rien de beau et rien d’exceptionnel.

    Honnêtement, je n’ai pris aucun plaisir d’affronter les soit disant animaux légendaires, ni les boss de l’histoire principale.

    C’est NUL.
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  15. Dec 19, 2020
    6
    Enjoyed the game but countless bugs are kind of ruining the experience on Xbox One x..
  16. Dec 17, 2020
    5
    my a 5 well quest are buggy to hell most of opal are buggy boosters added to game even odyssey works better on day one than this trash and Ubisoft are never testing there games or quest they like quest made out it goes to public and missions don't work right Ubisoft need to start testing there stuff first
  17. Nov 24, 2020
    7
    This is a decent game for me, im personally not intressted in viking lore, and most things take place in England, my big trouble with it is that it has crashed 3 times, and the saving is very bad, i had to re-do allot of this because of the trash saving
  18. Dec 14, 2020
    5
    Unfortunately feels like a major step backwards from odyssey in virtually every way.
  19. Dec 22, 2020
    6
    Torn between giving this game a 6 or a 7. It's a bang average game at worst, a solid game at best. It's kind of a let down in a lot of areas that Ubisoft has nailed withe the previous 2 games. A lot of it starts with Eivor, whom sucks as a main character to put it bluntly. Eivor isn't as well written or well voice acted or well anything in comparison to Bayek or Kassandra.(I say KassandraTorn between giving this game a 6 or a 7. It's a bang average game at worst, a solid game at best. It's kind of a let down in a lot of areas that Ubisoft has nailed withe the previous 2 games. A lot of it starts with Eivor, whom sucks as a main character to put it bluntly. Eivor isn't as well written or well voice acted or well anything in comparison to Bayek or Kassandra.(I say Kassandra because I felt Odyssey story was meant to be told from her perspective). I've played every console released Assassin's Creed and none of them had a character as meh as Eivor. What sucks is there is a lot about this game that is good, it's combat isn't as good as the 2 previous titles, but it's still good. The skill tree is great and open. But the world is meh, the loot you find around the world is disappointing.

    I've been streaming this game and I feel like my streams are telling on the game. One moment i'm having a ball, next moment i'm bored out of my mind or not interested in whats going on. When I bored I don't mean the slow paced storytelling or exploring and open world. I feel like when you call this game boring people assume you mean it lacks action.

    It could've been better, and comparison to Origins and Odyssey it does nothing better.
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  20. Jan 31, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sinceramente las primeras 20 horas es un buen juego. Gráficamente es muy bonito y está muy bien ambientado. La pena es que pasadas esas primeras 20h el juego se vuelve aburrido y repetitivo. Todos los campamentos son similares. Todas las misiones para aliarse con territorios son similares. Son fallos que han hecho que deje de jugarlo por repetitivo. Llega un momento en que es tan repetitivo que te llegas a "olvidar" de la historia, ya que se resume en campamentos y conquistar nuevos territorios que tendrán unas 3 grandes conquistas, siempre la última es para el jefe final de la zona. Expand
  21. Feb 6, 2021
    5
    Origins było fantastyczną odsłoną taki powiew świeżości. Odyseja pomimo błędów które posiadała to wciągneła mnie swoim światem jak bagno.

    Co do Walhalli...nudna jak flaki z olejem, dodam że wcześniejsze assasiny przechodziłem, tak ta gra mi się znudziła w połowie. Liczyłem na ciekawsza rozgrywkę.
  22. Dec 29, 2021
    7
    Atmosphere: 8
    Enjoyment: 7
    Gameplay: 7
    Graphics: 8
    Music: 5
    Story: 7
    Total: 7.00
  23. Dec 27, 2022
    6
    Ubisoft open-world games are awful. Formulaic. Woke. Redundant. Repetitive. Dull. Worst of all it butchers Viking and Anglo-Saxon English history. I was hoping for a beautiful Viking mythological tale and adventure, instead, I got whatever this abomination is. Still, the game is graphically nice and plays well enough, with only the occasional bug.
  24. Jul 5, 2023
    5
    In other assassin's Creed games even in assassin's Creed rogue I never felt like the bad guy here I kind of feel like the bad guy but not in a good way
  25. Sep 4, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is so strange in that it is possibly the most average game I've ever played.

    Pros:

    - The graphics are good

    - The combat, skill tree and abilities give you plenty of choice in playstyle

    Cons:

    - The game definitively outstays it's welcome by a great deal.

    - Some of the side quests are fairly terrible. Stacking rocks or fishing x10 of an item in a single player RPG is not my idea of fun.

    - Some of the narrative in the game is questionable. After spending less than a day with Basim your brother suddenly loses all sense and refuses to listen to you, Dag wants to fight you because you're doing what your brother asked and he doesn't like you for some reason that's not explained.

    - The biggest relief in getting 100% in the game is that I don't have to play the game anymore.
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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Jun 28, 2021
    80
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla isn't a light, fast and pragmatic Viking ship. It's a Titanic, magnificent, massive, and majestic, made to lead players through a 9th-century epic. With enough content to keep players busy for hours and hours, it's not threatened by any iceberg but rather by the weight of its own size. For the most dedicated, this can be a treat, but for many others, it could be a game they'll leave unfinished, living forever in the backlog.
  2. Jan 25, 2021
    80
    Even with its technical shortcomings on last-generation hardware, it is hard to not call Assassin’s Creed Valhalla an amazing open-world RPG. It’s obvious that Ubisoft did its homework and learned from Origins and Odyssey. Valhalla’s story is one of the best not only in the franchise but in the open-world RPG genre. The world is vast but not laden with empty, pointless space. Combat is addicting, character customization is the best the franchise has ever seen, and the welcome return of composer Jesper Kyd makes for one of last year’s most immersive and satisfying experiences.
  3. Nov 30, 2020
    80
    Assassin’s Creed brings beautiful English countryside to the masses whilst fixing a lot of the series’ recent missteps. Some genuinely fun and surprising moments with some great writing make for a fun time.