Assassin's Creed Valhalla

 Xbox Series X
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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1096 Ratings

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  1. anbl
    Mar 29, 2023
    4
    Pretty bad game, poorly optimized and the worst in the series, a very slow and disconnected story, repeated characters
  2. TolgaBudak
    Nov 13, 2020
    0
    Edit (February 9, 2023): I must’ve been high on shrooms writing this because this game is actually ass.

    A perfect combination between classic Assassins Creed and the new RPG format. Assassins Creed Valhalla brings a new experience to Assassins Creed, an experience where choices actually matter. Where looting matters. Where upgrading your settlement matters. Valhalla focuses on story    Edit (February 9, 2023): I must’ve been high on shrooms writing this because this game is actually ass.

    A perfect combination between classic Assassins Creed and the new RPG format.

    Assassins Creed Valhalla brings a new experience to Assassins Creed, an experience where choices actually matter. Where looting matters. Where upgrading your settlement matters. Valhalla focuses on story instead of endlessly grinding your character for a higher gear set and creating your own unique build. Everything in Valhalla matters, from weapons to gear. A great experience for old AC fans and new ones.    … Expand
  3. Inen
    Feb 6, 2023
    0
    Them banana breads are too late :(
    My mommy bought me robux so I could buy the 2.000 $ hat from 2010.
  4. WillGoss
    Dec 4, 2022
    2
    This is the worst Assassin's Creed game so far. I was hoping that it would be better then Odyssey but sadly it's not. First of all it's NOT an Assassin's Creed. You play as a viking that have NOTHING to do with the Assassin's. There is no story line, it's more like a 100h game of side quests. The game also offer you the worst parkour in the entire franchise. Eivor make you feel like youThis is the worst Assassin's Creed game so far. I was hoping that it would be better then Odyssey but sadly it's not. First of all it's NOT an Assassin's Creed. You play as a viking that have NOTHING to do with the Assassin's. There is no story line, it's more like a 100h game of side quests. The game also offer you the worst parkour in the entire franchise. Eivor make you feel like you are 500 pounds and they want you to do collectibles with a lot of parkour. At the moment that im writing this, I played the game in November 2022. And guess what : STILL A LOT OF GLITCHES BUT 482 DLCS ! The game is so broken that it's not even fun. And the DLCs are just boring stories... Again. What made be fall in love with the franchise is everything that the franchise offers, and soundtracks are a big part of it. ALL the games have insane soundtracks. Sadly Valhalla is the ONLY GAME OF THE ENTIRE FRANCHISE with **** soundtracks like that. Sorry but Jesper Kyd let me down on that one. The map is so huge but so empty. I know that Ubisoft want to do 300 hours game but come on, at least put some good stories and side quests... This game is a disgrace to the Assassin's Creed franchise, at this point Ubisoft should reconsider to rename their boring games. Everything is bad in this game.… Expand
  5. Alkpote
    Aug 18, 2022
    0
    I really loved Odyssey but this game is really bad,no fun,boring story, weak missions...
  6. notumurugesh
    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
  7. Gearsong
    Jun 15, 2022
    4
    A horrible storyline for kids. Classic Ubisoft plastic world and NPCs. But if you're under 11 in any sense, you should enjoy it.
  8. TherealW
    Apr 10, 2022
    1
    A true waste of time, good game play mostly but unbelievably bad story that robs you from enjoying the game. Truly I was shocked.

    Something happened at the end. It is a badly thought twist that makes you feel that you are violating someone. Violating your character that you spend all the time building and experiencing it trauma. How they didn't see that is problematic in a bad way, I    A true waste of time, good game play mostly but unbelievably bad story that robs you from enjoying the game. Truly I was shocked.

    Something happened at the end. It is a badly thought twist that makes you feel that you are violating someone. Violating your character that you spend all the time building and experiencing it trauma. How they didn't see that is problematic in a bad way, I will never know.

    And yes, don't worry about your decisions, the game doesn't really care.
    AVOID!!!    … Expand
  9. Broyax
    Apr 1, 2022
    2
    On aurait pu croire qu’après les deux précédents AC (les décevants Origins et Odyssey) Ubisoft aurait mis de l’eau dans son vin mais il n’en est rien ou si peu…! on change de décor(s) certes mais le grind et le farming demeurent, inexpugnables dans ce Valhalla ! soit en mauvais franglais le farmage de crevard à la coréenne et le limage jusqu’à l’intox de choses répétitives à répétition !On aurait pu croire qu’après les deux précédents AC (les décevants Origins et Odyssey) Ubisoft aurait mis de l’eau dans son vin mais il n’en est rien ou si peu…! on change de décor(s) certes mais le grind et le farming demeurent, inexpugnables dans ce Valhalla ! soit en mauvais franglais le farmage de crevard à la coréenne et le limage jusqu’à l’intox de choses répétitives à répétition ! une putain de mine pour stakhanovistes ludo-décérébrés !

    Afin bien entendu de vous faire craquer vis-à-vis des microtransactions prédatrices comme celle -à grand succès, n’en doutons pas- du doublage d’expérience (pour environ 10 euros !) qui transforme de facto le rythme et la progression du jeu, le rendant deux fois moins lourdingue même s’il reste… chiant quand même ! sauf qu’on y passera au bas mot deux fois moins de temps. Potentiellement en tout cas.

    En effet, tout est fait là-dedans comme dans les deux précédents AssCreed, à savoir vous faire « jouer » comme un véritable abruti jusqu’à en devenir totalement abruti au sens le plus littéral du terme. Et pourtant le farmage-grindage ici est quand même un peu allégé… mais en apparence seulement, vu la quantité de merdes à ramasser, collecter (dans ces putains de forts ou maisons verrouillées) afin d’être au niveau requis pour la prochaine opération de la campagne principale ! dire qu’il faut même du titane (sic !) au Moyen Age pour améliorer ses armes et armures, ça troue le cul… et les quantités (habituelles) astronomiques de fer et de cuir bien entendu.

    De toute façon, l’espèce d’histoire racontée ici montre assez vite son vrai visage, celle des stagiaires qui s’y sont attelé… c’est tellement bidon, mal fait, ridicule qu’on arrive évidemment jamais à y croire… comme par exemple mettre sur le trône un couillon bisounours à couilles molles ou aider deux folles… Tout est constamment écrit ici sous le joug d’un agenda très actuel du multi-culturalisme, de la justice sociale à deux balles et d’un agenda woke très chargé… chez les Vikings !

    Ainsi, parmi les Vikings ou parmi les Anglais, on croise quantité de gens à la couleur de peau plus ou moins foncée ou basanée comme si tout le jeu se déroulait au Moyen-Orient et au Maghreb, c’est complètement dingue… et aberrant !

    Quant à l’héroïne viking, elle ressemble à une camionneuse lesbienne qui a trop forcé sur les stéroïdes : bonjour les dégâts et bonjour la sale gueule. C’est le cas de toutes les gonzesses qu’on peut croiser ou côtoyer dans le jeu : aussi sexys, aussi féminines que du fil barbelé, ils ont vraiment un problème avec la représentation des femmes chez Ubisoft !

    De toute manière, l’infiltration est devenue le parent pauvre et même si une option permet (enfin) d’assassiner n’importe quelle cible (mais certainement pas les boss !) l’arrangement de l’environnement et l’IA privilégient toujours les grosses bastons de bourrins. En tant que jeu à Vikings (afghano-pakistanais) pourquoi pas mais ne l’appelez pas « Assassin’s Creed » dans ce cas ! même l’arbre de compétences est désormais un foutoir où l’on a tout balancé n’importe où et n’importe comment…

    Quoi qu’il en soit, la répétition qu’on rince et qu’on répète ad nauseam est souvent bien pénible… Cependant, une grosse mise-à-jour près d’un an après la sortie a rajouté un niveau de difficulté (plus facile) et surtout la possibilité de tout personnaliser, aussi bien l’infiltration que les combats. En se plongeant dans les nouvelles options, on peut régler l’expérience à sa guise, ce qui rend le jeu beaucoup moins farmeux par défaut. Et infiniment plus facile et agréable : on devient alors une machine à tuer, un vrai Viking enfin ! On peut désactiver aussi le ‘level scaling’ par exemple, ce qui là encore, rend le jeu beaucoup moins désagréable.

    Mais la chasse perpétuelle aux coffres (verrouillés les trois quarts du temps), aux clés, à tous ces machins planqués, les évènements (des mini-quêtes ridicules) ou l’espèce d’histoire vraiment très mauvaise (et la fin est encore pire) continuent de plomber le jeu durablement, hélas.    … Expand
  10. Guitarrero
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    Perdí todo mi progreso porque el juego no guardó automáticamente mi partida. Después de todo este tiempo aún en Marzo 2022 tiene fallas y bugs
  11. Camlambelot
    Feb 20, 2022
    4
    Copy and Paste open world: Broken, Boring and Empty.

    I loved the older AC games because of their STEALTH and BEAUTIFUL DESIGN (See Unity or AC2), but this game is just a soulless, repetitive game. It tries so hard to be like other open world RPGS with meaningful choices (See Witcher 3) and tries to copy the combat of (God of War) and loses it's own identity in the process. All stealth    Copy and Paste open world: Broken, Boring and Empty.

    I loved the older AC games because of their STEALTH and BEAUTIFUL DESIGN (See Unity or AC2), but this game is just a soulless, repetitive game. It tries so hard to be like other open world RPGS with meaningful choices (See Witcher 3) and tries to copy the combat of (God of War) and loses it's own identity in the process. All stealth is out the window, get ready to hack and slash your way through a bland world full of fetch quests in a dark, snowy landscape.

    The game is ugly, glitchy and full of generic quests, locations and characters.    … Expand
  12. ImNuclear
    Dec 15, 2021
    0
    buy season pass - buy dlc = bye bye ubisoft........
    very good policy..........
  13. SouthpawSaint
    Nov 14, 2021
    4
    So odyssey may have been "generic" but I would rather know what im paying at least 60$ for than the shtshow that is Valhalla its buggy af even active gameplay is buggy so many corners I get stuck on ledges I cant nav like I used too and still do in ODD the gameplay of all the creeds before this was at least based off the same reliable system and now you have to invest countless hours intoSo odyssey may have been "generic" but I would rather know what im paying at least 60$ for than the shtshow that is Valhalla its buggy af even active gameplay is buggy so many corners I get stuck on ledges I cant nav like I used too and still do in ODD the gameplay of all the creeds before this was at least based off the same reliable system and now you have to invest countless hours into building up a settlement you should of called this viking warrior with maybe 10-15% creed elements added so we dont get sued...… Expand
  14. StarkLalo117
    Oct 17, 2021
    4
    The history is Dah, you are not assassin, you work for them, that's not cool, lastly, the outfits are rough and repetitive
  15. Atyzer
    Oct 3, 2021
    2
    I bought ultimate edition on xbox series x to get maximum for money during 50% discount but still feel ripped off:

    Lots of model overlapping – people going through the ground, eyes/mouths desync, corpses falling through ground etc. Problems with motion tracking – teleportation, getting stuck in climbing, getting suck with mount Sound problems – things sound off everywhere with    I bought ultimate edition on xbox series x to get maximum for money during 50% discount but still feel ripped off:

    Lots of model overlapping – people going through the ground, eyes/mouths desync, corpses falling through ground etc.

    Problems with motion tracking – teleportation, getting stuck in climbing, getting suck with mount

    Sound problems – things sound off everywhere with different dynamic range, different pitch, dialogues/ambient/music all sound different with some things sounding super low quality or like from under water.

    Model recycling – game has like 50 character models and main characters often reused for NPC models

    Lots of recycled missions/areas from Origins/Odyssey

    I'm almost at the end of the story and just forcing myself to complete the game because i've endured so much suffering getting to the point where I'm so giving up is not an option.

    Lots of glitches: glitched quests, glitched drunken, glitched regen, glitched graphics.

    Quality of Life Deterioration: torches are useless at dark places and at night still can't see anything, climbing types of walls may look the same but some can't be climbed, eagle sight useless, talents basically useless as the whole game can be completed without investing anything into any talents, Itemization useless as the whole game best weapons are at start and in the end, tedious rinse repeat tasks of breaking in houses with blocked doors and climbing between 2-3 towers for a chest with 1 paper inside.

    This game should have been an expansion pack for Odyssey as it doesn't bring any quality of life improvements rather brings quality of life deterioration.

    I had much much much more smooth experience in Origins and Odyssey than in Valhalla.    … Expand
  16. Qeeckle
    Sep 20, 2021
    2
    Ok it's a game, but it IS NOT Assassin's Creed! There isn't any reasons why it is Assassin's Creed, assasssin isn't a barbarian! Yes there are good graphic, some actions and for some reason these actions is interesting for my friend... But he always was strange. I really don't know why some people buy this, there are really bad story, do you remember story in first part, second?! Why thereOk it's a game, but it IS NOT Assassin's Creed! There isn't any reasons why it is Assassin's Creed, assasssin isn't a barbarian! Yes there are good graphic, some actions and for some reason these actions is interesting for my friend... But he always was strange. I really don't know why some people buy this, there are really bad story, do you remember story in first part, second?! Why there are brutal combat, for who it is? Assassins shoud be insensibly, like shadow and then kill qeeckle and hide. I haven't enough time to discribe all what shoudn't be in assassin creed. That is my opinion, criticize, suggest, comment. 2 for good graphic and really well-saturated world… Expand
  17. Piotor
    Jun 25, 2021
    1
    After 70 hours of forcing myself to go in in the hope the game will get better i stopped. The story is boring and unintereresring. Character posture is terrible since the look like trolls more than people. Dont remember the last time i hated the character i was playing. Male Eivor sounds like a wuss and female Eivor to looks badass sound like a truckstop whore who smokes 3 packs of cigarettes.
  18. willdapod
    May 31, 2021
    4
    A boring bloated buggy mess of game. A map scattered with boring nothing side objectives and pseudo side missions that would have been a good idea had they had the option to put quest markers in because if a quest glitched out (which it did a lot) when you come back to it weeks later you'll have no clue what you're doing with it. Having played a lot of games this might be one of theA boring bloated buggy mess of game. A map scattered with boring nothing side objectives and pseudo side missions that would have been a good idea had they had the option to put quest markers in because if a quest glitched out (which it did a lot) when you come back to it weeks later you'll have no clue what you're doing with it. Having played a lot of games this might be one of the buggiest, I had far more bugs especially game breaking ones in this game then even Cyberpunk. The story is laughably boring and repetitive. And a small complaint Eivor is just too small, I assume to accommodate the female version they've made the male version tiny and it just looks dumb. Not the worst in the series because Odyssey exists but easily a close second to last.

    The phrase "as vast an ocean with the depth of a puddle" comes to mind. The combat is dull and repetitive, the stealth doesn't work, the "distrust" system is completely pointless. If you're going to make a game like this don't call it Assassin's Creed, call it anything else so I won't even think to buy it next time. Please just make a proper AC again and get away from this boring crappy nothing game.

    P.S I hope whoever designed those cairn stones steps on Lego every single day of their life.    … Expand
  19. SlicK007
    May 9, 2021
    1
    Boring story, gameplay and characters.
    Blurry Graphics.
    They shouldn't call it assassin's creed.
  20. VikingGamer1
    Apr 4, 2021
    0
    Terrible game, mind numbingly boring repetitive gameplay and story, this is far from an AC game just like odyssey, it is a Viking fantasy RPG with a sprinkle of mythology and generous dash of microtransactions. Seems like this game has been the final nail in the coffin regarding Darby's departure from Ubisoft, hopefully he joins a team that will give him freedom to create the story heTerrible game, mind numbingly boring repetitive gameplay and story, this is far from an AC game just like odyssey, it is a Viking fantasy RPG with a sprinkle of mythology and generous dash of microtransactions. Seems like this game has been the final nail in the coffin regarding Darby's departure from Ubisoft, hopefully he joins a team that will give him freedom to create the story he wants to create. It is hard not to see this game as a money grabbing tool that Ubisoft have created with the Helix store, limiting the amount of content (armour sets, weapons) in the base game then adding all other content behind pay walls is disgusting charging £10 - £15 per armour pack for a 'singleplayer' game, I wrote a post on reddit and made a petition regarding this if you want to know more follow the links below I go little further in depth regarding the matter. Reddit post - https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/lzy9l0/petition_remove_helix_store_from_future_ac_games/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

    Petition - https://www.change.org/RemoveHelixStoreSaveAC    … Expand
  21. InfamousAim
    Mar 4, 2021
    1
    The game has a huge amount of bugs to the point where it wouldn't even load on most consoles the game looks good though,
  22. Gameerguys
    Feb 16, 2021
    0
    This game is so unfinished lol. Boss fights are scaled soooooo yeah grinding is fun. And now you can literally buy horse armor! Well done at making this franchise like any other. I'm literally running though this game like dark souls there is no reason for stealth. Please dont buy dlc till they actually polish the game. To add to that make peoples lips work adding in the mask really ****This game is so unfinished lol. Boss fights are scaled soooooo yeah grinding is fun. And now you can literally buy horse armor! Well done at making this franchise like any other. I'm literally running though this game like dark souls there is no reason for stealth. Please dont buy dlc till they actually polish the game. To add to that make peoples lips work adding in the mask really **** up the whole game not for immersion its literally because mouths stop moving. Nice job bioware lol… Expand
  23. AllMight87
    Feb 9, 2021
    0
    Nice game, I reach 100 hour game and 2 times lost the saving , in total I wasted 8 h gameplay to then lose the save, because this game is bugged. Many people reported this bug. My advice... play it on ps5, or don’t play it at all.
  24. Raven666
    Feb 7, 2021
    0
    Никакого доната в одиночных платных играх априори быть не должно, люди уже заплатили за продукт и должны пользоваться всем его контентом который только в него заложен

    Дальше с нас за что будут дергать деньги? За возможность сохранять игровой процесс? За возможность повысить/понизить сложность прохождения? За вариативные диалоги и концовки? Здесь речь идет не о FTP проекте    Никакого доната в одиночных платных играх априори быть не должно, люди уже заплатили за продукт и должны пользоваться всем его контентом который только в него заложен

    Дальше с нас за что будут дергать деньги? За возможность сохранять игровой процесс? За возможность повысить/понизить сложность прохождения? За вариативные диалоги и концовки?

    Здесь речь идет не о FTP проекте
  25. Bursuc08
    Feb 2, 2021
    0
    I’m giving 0 because ...i’m soo disapointed about this game. I’m a huge fan of Assassin’s Creed Franchise, so i waited this release for a long time. The hype around the game before release was huge, the cinematics were amazing, but..that’s all.. the game becomes boring and very repetitive, annoying...very annoying. For someone who plays AC for first time, it’s something, but for someoneI’m giving 0 because ...i’m soo disapointed about this game. I’m a huge fan of Assassin’s Creed Franchise, so i waited this release for a long time. The hype around the game before release was huge, the cinematics were amazing, but..that’s all.. the game becomes boring and very repetitive, annoying...very annoying. For someone who plays AC for first time, it’s something, but for someone who played all , i mean all of their games...i feel like it’s the same , the same as Origins, the same as Odyssey...0 % originality. They had such an amazing subject to play with (viking era) , but they choose to create something that looks like modded version of odyssey...i’m so disapointed..… Expand
  26. MatuRica
    Jan 30, 2021
    4
    Decepcionante port de Assasins Creed para XBOX. Realmente no se ve tan mal pero teniendo ambas consolas me pongo a comparar y oye, creo que podría dar más de sí. Muy meh.
  27. beanofwar
    Jan 14, 2021
    1
    Excellent game with progress-stopping bugs. Wait until they fix bugs like the "pricking the needle" bug where you cannot assassinate the target and you can no longer progress in the story. This bug has been there for 2 months. I've seen 3 ubisoft forum threads. I've submitted a ticket. Others have submitted tickets. Until Ubisoft either fixes these types of bugs OR provides a way toExcellent game with progress-stopping bugs. Wait until they fix bugs like the "pricking the needle" bug where you cannot assassinate the target and you can no longer progress in the story. This bug has been there for 2 months. I've seen 3 ubisoft forum threads. I've submitted a ticket. Others have submitted tickets. Until Ubisoft either fixes these types of bugs OR provides a way to restart a mission, I would not recommend a purchase. Buy it on sale later after patches resolve issues.… Expand
  28. Nerevarinho
    Jan 3, 2021
    3
    Refunded after 3 hours of play because of too laughable and broken mission design, broken AI, clunky combat, and too many Bugs/Glitches.
    Graphics and characters seem good, and story interesting so far.
  29. Mrztztlp
    Jan 1, 2021
    0
    Germany: Einfach weil es so ist das dieses Spiel entstanden ist unter schlechten Bedingungen bzw.
    Mit Sexistichen Führungspositionen
  30. Dzikoo
    Dec 21, 2020
    0
    XP boost in store magically appeared in store month after original reviews. Enemies scaling implemented in latest patch, that cannot be turned of, makes leveling up pointless.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 46
  3. Negative: 0 out of 46
  1. Cubed3
    Dec 23, 2021
    80
    It is highly satisfying completing a story arc or traversing the world and finding things that you felt that other players might not have stumbled across due to the nature of the open world and its use of way finders. The lack of load times on Xbox Series S is truly impressive given the nature of environments, landscape, and elements that are present on screen. There were a few issues from characters floating in mid-air, bizarre enemy AI, and straight up freezes, although these were far and few between given the scope of it all. Intuitive and varied combat help keep things fresh, even if it does take a fair few hours of gameplay to really get going. Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a thoroughly enjoyable, open-world RPG that is an absolute must for Xbox owners.
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  2. CD-Action
    Feb 8, 2021
    85
    In many aspects Valhalla resembles most of Ubisoft’s games, but fortunately progression feels a lot more natural this time around. The game’s not perfect but I had lots of fun conquering new territories, plundering churches, and pillaging coastal villages while following a mature story and enjoying gorgeous, believable medieval Britain. [13/2020, p.26]
  3. Edge Magazine
    Dec 3, 2020
    80
    What could have been an elephants' graveyard of forgotten ideas instead feels like a series-wide victory lap. [Issue#353, p.96]
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