Assassin's Creed Valhalla: The Siege of Paris

 Xbox Series X
Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Atomix
    Aug 18, 2021
    85
    The Siege of Paris, the new DLC for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, is a nice expansion, which just leaves you wanting more.
  2. SomosXbox
    Aug 23, 2021
    75
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Siege of Paris is a good DLC that keeps expanding Eivor's story. The infiltration missions return to make it clear that they should be a must for the future of the series.

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#68 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2021
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#68 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2021

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User Score
6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
  1. eva3si0n
    Jul 28, 2022
    3
    The Siege of Paris is Ubisoft's biggest lie. Everything that was promised in the trailer is not in the game. An empty and boring open world,The Siege of Paris is Ubisoft's biggest lie. Everything that was promised in the trailer is not in the game. An empty and boring open world, dull tasks that were still trying to return the mission to the game to eliminate goals as an original or Unity. Paris, which looks like a 100-person village. The Siege of Paris is what Ubisoft has become in the last couple of years. Complete degradation. I'll never buy Ubisoft's Season Pass again… Full Review »
  2. ThisGuy1
    Feb 9, 2022
    3
    I rated Valhalla a 7 and Druids a 6, but I'm finally letting the bottom fall out with Paris. This game has been a chore. All of the DLC thusI rated Valhalla a 7 and Druids a 6, but I'm finally letting the bottom fall out with Paris. This game has been a chore. All of the DLC thus far has been an enormous chore to get through without any payoff. Druids and Paris expanded Eivor's story by basically saying "Eivor went to Ireland/France and did the exact same thing he did in England." Not even a hint at continuing the story from the main game regarding Eivor, Basim, and Sigurd.

    This DLC has cemented me in my opinion that Odyssey is a far better game. Odyssey had the tightest gameplay. People complained that the parkour was unrealistic, it was too big, unexplored areas (?) on the map were too repetitive, it delved too deep in fantastical elements, and there was too much of a grind. This game brought back "realistic parkour" and it's just as frustrating as I remember from the original games. This game seems just as big but without nearly as much to do and no naval battles. Although at first, Valhalla dials it back on fantasy, then it leans into it with Eivor running around with mythical weapons that can send a lightening bolt your way. Then there's the grind... which is where I circle back to Paris and other DLCs.

    These infamy quests are the worst. The river raids are the worst. The royal demands missions are the worst. For everyone complaining about the "grind" in Odyssey, THIS is a grind. With the infamy missions... the play loop consisted of: accept mission, fast travel to nearest point, complete objective (kill person, kill people, steal something), fast travel back to mission giver to accept reward, accept new mission, rinse and repeat about 20 times. Then - even once you've "completed" the quest - you still don't have enough resources from completing the previous missions to purchase everything from the store... so the game wants you to keep doing this cycle another 20 or so times in order to 100% this. No thanks. Grinds can be acceptable - look at Muspelheim and Nilfheim in God of War - as long as the story is good and the grind isn't too overwhelming... which leads to my next point.

    As for the main quest, I couldn't have cared less. Character decisions made no sense. Eivor quickly realizes that Charles can't be trusted - meaning that his people will never be safe as long as he is in power - and he continues to try and make a truce with him several more times. Furthermore, the story could have easily taken place with different characters in England and it wouldn't have made any difference. More of the same and it wasn't even that fresh when it all started.

    I'll give Dawn of Ragnarok a try whenever it comes out - as long as it comes with the season pass I purchased (which looks like a wasted investment at this point). However, if it doesn't hit the ball out of the park, I may hit pause on the AC franchise similar to what I did after AC 3 came out.    … Full Review »
  3. OKdrummer87
    Aug 30, 2021
    5
    This gets a 5 for being average. If you played through the 100+ hours of Valhalla then you are well aware of what awaits you in this DLC...This gets a 5 for being average. If you played through the 100+ hours of Valhalla then you are well aware of what awaits you in this DLC... more of the same. I could barely get through the Druid expansion for all it's blandness and this is exactly the same. This franchise needs a big overhaul and I don't mean turning it into a live service game...… Full Review »
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