Assassin's Creed Valhalla

 Xbox One
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7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 570 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 368 out of 570
  2. Mixed: 60 out of 570
  3. Negative: 142 out of 570
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  1. SSD74
    Nov 17, 2020
    10
    If This games doesn't get absolutely any "The Game Awards" nominations, i might leave gaming forever. Like i wouldn't even care anymore at that point, because it would be biggest injustice in history of gaming, ever. This is game is great and i absolutely don't care, if some people don't understand that. If they actually think 6 hours long spider-man miles morales is worth that nominationIf This games doesn't get absolutely any "The Game Awards" nominations, i might leave gaming forever. Like i wouldn't even care anymore at that point, because it would be biggest injustice in history of gaming, ever. This is game is great and i absolutely don't care, if some people don't understand that. If they actually think 6 hours long spider-man miles morales is worth that nomination more, then that's just pathetic. I'm not saying spider-man don't deserve it, but leaving Valhalla completely out, while giving some short games spot JUST BECAUSE they are console exclusives is pathteic. Absolutelty pathetic. I'm not saying AC Valhalla needs to get "game of the year" nomination, i'm saying, give it ANY nomination. Music, art direction, best action / adventure game, ANYTHING. It doesn't even have to win, just nomination would be enough. I have been gaming over 10 years, it's my biggest passion and hobby and if this game gets no nominations i might just give up gaming. Literally any joy i feel from gaming would be gone and it would be gone because i would know that i'm part of community that doesn't understand greatness. But hopefully it gets some nominations, i'm really hopeful, because i have some faith left in this community, not much, but still, some.… Expand
  2. medal_of_honor
    Nov 17, 2020
    10
    Been playing over 30 hours and i absolutely love it so far, would recommend to anyone who likes big open world games.
  3. Vonshania
    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
  4. Reduxx
    Nov 18, 2020
    10
    Yes, i'm so happy, Nomination for Best Action/Adventure Game! This one truly deserved it!
  5. JanainaSiqueira
    Nov 20, 2020
    9
    O jogo inovou várias mecânicas com relação ao combate, assentamento e etc. Foi feito para agradar os antigos e novos jogadores da franquia. O que estraga a experiência é os bugs nas missõesv ou o risco de perder o save
  6. jackhack
    Nov 21, 2020
    10
    Could i have asked a bit more from this one? Honest answer is, NO. It has so much already, but people who don't explore will never find these things. Their loss.
  7. singing_
    Nov 25, 2020
    10
    Been fan of this series past 7 years and i gotta say Valhalla is one of the better ones.
  8. intothemist
    Nov 25, 2020
    10
    Beautiful game that has more content than any recent release and i would say 80% of that content is actually interesting.
  9. forethewin
    Nov 25, 2020
    10
    Story is surprisingly good, it almost sucks to bring it out like some BIG thing, but Odyssey's story was too "all over the place" and boring, at least to me. It had way too much pointless filler. Valhalla actually innovates a lot and feels more like Black Flag and Unity in 2020.
  10. wakeupwakeup
    Nov 25, 2020
    10
    Assassin's Creed: Valhalla sold more copies during its first week of release than any other Assassin's Creed game, and the PC version also had the most successful launch of any PC game published by Ubisoft. On November 17, 2020, Ubisoft confirmed that the game had over 1.8 million players. The PlayStation 4 version sold 45,055 physical copies within its first week on sale in Japan, makingAssassin's Creed: Valhalla sold more copies during its first week of release than any other Assassin's Creed game, and the PC version also had the most successful launch of any PC game published by Ubisoft. On November 17, 2020, Ubisoft confirmed that the game had over 1.8 million players. The PlayStation 4 version sold 45,055 physical copies within its first week on sale in Japan, making it the second bestselling retail game of the week in the country.… Expand
  11. theDagger
    Nov 26, 2020
    10
    No wonder it sold over 1.8mil copies, it's really good. I could listen that main menu music for hours lol.
  12. Nhuruk
    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
  13. system_error
    Nov 30, 2020
    10
    How can anyone give this amazing, beautiful Assassin's Creed game 0/10?? It's one of the best in the series, so whoever gives it 0 is clearly not a fan and never has been. I bet these people are just envy that this game gets attention. How tasteless and pathetic someone needs to be to give some good game 0/10 just because they are envy? Well now i'm angry, here's my 10/10, take that.
  14. Attention
    Nov 30, 2020
    10
    Extremely fun and beautiful looking game, literally perfect game to play until Cyberpunk 2077 comes out, but i would play it anyway, because i'm huge AC fan.
  15. Mordor2354
    Nov 30, 2020
    10
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla is Best Video Game Ubisoft has released in 3 years, not only that. It's also one of the Best Assassin's Creed games ever made. There's no need for spoilers or long review, i think that should say it all.
  16. TryAgain000
    Nov 30, 2020
    10
    Don't trust any reviewers who say that "Immortals: Fenyx Rising" is better than Valhalla or some nonsense like that. All they are trying to do is to get rid of Assassin's Creed, so Sony could replace it with something similar. They know that Assassin's Creed is extremely popular and sells extremely well, so they want to make it exclusive and they want that Ubisoft would instead focus onDon't trust any reviewers who say that "Immortals: Fenyx Rising" is better than Valhalla or some nonsense like that. All they are trying to do is to get rid of Assassin's Creed, so Sony could replace it with something similar. They know that Assassin's Creed is extremely popular and sells extremely well, so they want to make it exclusive and they want that Ubisoft would instead focus on some indie type games like "Immortals: Fenyx Rising". These reviews are just misleading. Thankfully Assassin's Creed Valhalla has been huge success and nobody seems to even care about "Immortals: Fenyx Rising", so seems like these lies aren't working.… Expand
  17. Hidden_Blade101
    Dec 2, 2020
    10
    Ghost of Tsushima shouldn't be even compared to AC Valhalla. Yes they share similar elements, but overall they are completely different games. AC Valhalla world is way bigger, deeper and it's part of long series. Ghost of Thusima is completely different thing. There you wont climb mountains and assassinate people with hidden blade. It's pretty obvious that losers who give Valhalla lowGhost of Tsushima shouldn't be even compared to AC Valhalla. Yes they share similar elements, but overall they are completely different games. AC Valhalla world is way bigger, deeper and it's part of long series. Ghost of Thusima is completely different thing. There you wont climb mountains and assassinate people with hidden blade. It's pretty obvious that losers who give Valhalla low scores and have Ghost of Thusima as 10/10 in their profile have either never cared about Assassin's Creed series / never played them or are just sony fanboys. Either way Valhalla is without a question better game, but i'm not saying Ghost of Thusima is bad, they are just different and seems like some people don't understand that at all. If you want Assassin's Creed to be like Ghost of Thusima, then that just shows that you have never understood what Assassin's Creed is and these games are clearly not for you.… Expand
  18. Free_World
    Dec 4, 2020
    10
    One of my new favorites in Assassin's Creed series along with AC4:Black Flag, Unity, Syndicate and Origins.
  19. FallenDemon_
    Dec 5, 2020
    10
    What a great game, these user scores are jokes right (specially on ps4 version) ? Some nonsense trash or overhyped exclusive gets 9/10's and actually good games like Valhalla have so low score? This site is literally useless. No wonder nobody takes it seriously anymore. Even tho i strongly doubt anyone even cares what this user score is, after all this game sold millions anyways alreadyWhat a great game, these user scores are jokes right (specially on ps4 version) ? Some nonsense trash or overhyped exclusive gets 9/10's and actually good games like Valhalla have so low score? This site is literally useless. No wonder nobody takes it seriously anymore. Even tho i strongly doubt anyone even cares what this user score is, after all this game sold millions anyways already and takes just one look at youtube to see that most people like it a lot. Well i would like this game regardless, even if everyone hated it, because if something is good, then it's good. It's that simple. Just nice to know that other people like it as well.… Expand
  20. metascore91
    Dec 7, 2020
    10
    After playing it nearly 60 hours i can say that it's very nice game. Like seriously. Whoever is giving it low scores is just afraid that "Cyberhype 2077" gets less attention. I personally like both games, but i just hate when something is extremely overhyped.
  21. Text_Insert
    Dec 7, 2020
    10
    I'm so happy that Assassin's Creed Valhalla turned out to be better game than "CyberDelay 2077". One of the actual real ones, Youtuber "Michael Does Life" said it how it really is. Cyberpunk 2077 as of right now is buggier than Fallout 76 at launch (i'm talking about Cyberpunk 2077 PS4 Version, i don't care about PC version). PC version was supposed to be great anyway, but apparently evenI'm so happy that Assassin's Creed Valhalla turned out to be better game than "CyberDelay 2077". One of the actual real ones, Youtuber "Michael Does Life" said it how it really is. Cyberpunk 2077 as of right now is buggier than Fallout 76 at launch (i'm talking about Cyberpunk 2077 PS4 Version, i don't care about PC version). PC version was supposed to be great anyway, but apparently even PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 has tons of bugs, just read Gamespot review. That is the truth. I don't care what fanboys say.… Expand
  22. 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
  23. Nefra
    Nov 12, 2020
    0
    Ubisoft never send my collector, so at this day i can rate what i have so nothing, for 150$ nothing. So that is my rate.
  24. GalletaSuprema
    Nov 14, 2020
    0
    this is the worst assassins creed i've ever played, this saga is getting more boring by every game they drop, you can't play it more than 2 hours after you get bored, the graphics are disapointing and the story is the worst of everything
  25. labuschin
    Nov 12, 2020
    9
    Amazing world, good graphics, interesting locations, awesome system for getting new weapons, characters okay, story good so far.
  26. Skyklar
    Nov 16, 2020
    0
    Reading all of these reviews I can certainly say - congratulations Ubisoft! You lost the fan base that brings you money all these years before you completely finished them off by Odyssey. And you somehow managed to disappoint your new fans. I don't know how you did this those people really love Odyssey, don't know what piece of garbage should it be to make them dissatisfied.
  27. XIPartyPoisonIX
    Nov 20, 2020
    0
    I was Cautiously excited for this Title. After being let down by Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Origins and Odyssey i became cautiously optimistic for this title after the Devs had said they took feedback from fans seriously and made changes to bring it more in line with Classic Assassin's Creed Gameplay. upon Launch the game had a fully functioning in game item store, I'm talking minute one.I was Cautiously excited for this Title. After being let down by Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Origins and Odyssey i became cautiously optimistic for this title after the Devs had said they took feedback from fans seriously and made changes to bring it more in line with Classic Assassin's Creed Gameplay. upon Launch the game had a fully functioning in game item store, I'm talking minute one. this was my first knock on it. upon starting up the game i'm given the option to play either Female or Male. like whatever i don't care. went Male, upon trying to play the game on my Xbox One X, the Game experiences Load Times up to 5 Minutes. and in true Ubisoft Fashion the game features an incredible amount of game breaking bugs. from frequent crashing sending me back a few hours of play time despite there being a autosave system. to getting stuck on the side of a 1 Meter Hill. the Game experiences frequent frame rate drop, and audio and video loss. during one such occasion one of the Brothers Ragnarsson completely disappeared and lost Audio. so when addressed by Eivor or Ubba the Camera would pan to a Empty Space and the Characters would just stare at the Space in Silence. the Audio Loss is far more frequent. and by that i mean constant. the game also does not feature Norse, Dane, or Briton Swords of any type usable by the Character except for Gigantic almost unbelievably sized Darks Souls Esc Greatsword. so if you thought you would be rushing in with a Longsword you are wrong. this is despite Sword Models Existing in game for Longswords and Norse and Dane Weapons. and you will even see NPC's using them. Additionally when you put your weapons away onto your back or into the weird Loopy things all of your weapons shrink dramatically in size. which is very immersion breaking. once you see it. you cannot unsee it. a War Hammer goes from being the Size of a Paper weight to the Size of Mjlonir from the Avengers movie in a Instant. this is true for all weapons and Swords in the game. the Boat Adventures seem neat and they feature the ability for you to enable singing, or to have a crewmate tell a tale. unfortunately anytime they spot a Bandit Camp, or you go under a Bridge or see a Monestary they stop singing until you pass. and this is frequent. All in all going into this Title i said that this is Ubisofts last chance from me. i don't understand how a dev can fall so far. from creating something truly groundbreaking with the story of Altair to the lazy development shown in any of their recent titles which are blatant cash grabs featuring no actual passion like we saw in 2007. this will be the last time i spend a Dollar on a Ubisoft Title.… Expand
  28. deftones034
    Nov 28, 2020
    0
    Game is a MESS on xbox. Do not buy!!!!! Wait for sale. It's a buggy screen tearing fest. Wish I could get a refund.
  29. mykellinden
    Nov 24, 2020
    4
    It would be a very beautiful and satisfying experience if I didn't have to keep resetting the game because it froze or glitched on me. A MAJOR step down performance-wise from Odyssey. I do not recommend this game AT ALL unless the glitches and too-constant game freezes can be fixed.
  30. Joellemm
    Dec 7, 2020
    4
    Valhalla isn't too different from the previous two AC instalments. Why then, do i dislike it so much more? It looks just as pretty, it plays much the same, but it is also such a chore.

    Jarring cutscene transitions, annoyingly timed check-points, annoyingly placed fast-travel points, weird selection of NPC accents (an American in Viking age England?), NPC merchants that won't stop    Valhalla isn't too different from the previous two AC instalments. Why then, do i dislike it so much more? It looks just as pretty, it plays much the same, but it is also such a chore.

    Jarring cutscene transitions, annoyingly timed check-points, annoyingly placed fast-travel points, weird selection of NPC accents (an American in Viking age England?), NPC merchants that won't stop flailing their arms, and so many little, sometimes not so little, bugs.

    Worse, is the way the narrative is split across so many clearly defined zones, meaning you always know your progress, but more specifically, how much progress is left to do. It also makes the story itself easy to forget. I literally had to google whether i'd finished the story. I wasn't sure. I was so lost with what i had even been working towards. It's incredibly bizarre how moral the protagonist is, and yet we spend so much time burning down villages. Could we have not leaned into the character's dark side at all, or would that be asking too much of the writers?

    The combat is not good enough considering how much of it there is. You can just button mash most of the time. The entire game is very, very easy. It was only when i was severely under-levelled and at the end of the game, that i found any sort of challenge. This suggests a balancing issue as well. The RPG mechanics are more pointless than ever, with you even able to re-spec your skills at any time. That's not an RPG. That is just giving me busy-work in the menu's after every mission.

    To conclude, there is way too much of everything in Valhalla. It means a lot of repetition, and most significantly, a lack of quality.

    I like Orlog though, which is a side activity in the game, and the world events. Everything else, however, is devoid of any creativity.    … Expand
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#24 Best Xbox One Game of 2020
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#7 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2020

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. IGN Portugal
    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.
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  2. RPGamer
    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.
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  3. GameGrin
    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.
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