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. Positive: 794 out of 1096
  2. Mixed: 91 out of 1096
  3. Negative: 211 out of 1096
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  1. remakexx
    Nov 15, 2020
    10
    This game is incredible! Even just small details how insanely beautiful water looks when sun sets in England or Ice caves in Norway. There's so much to do and explore. But this game is very clearly not for people who just wanna finish quick game and move on to next one. I think everyone should know that at this point.
  2. xmessengerx
    Nov 21, 2020
    10
    It's absolute shame that everyone can just make account on this site and spread misinformation, lies and hate without buying / playing the game. Steam is so much better in that regard and Steam user scores (while not perfect either) are way more accurate.
    For example Far Cry 5 has very low user score on metacritic based on 1700 reviews, while literally same game on steam has over 67 000    It's absolute shame that everyone can just make account on this site and spread misinformation, lies and hate without buying / playing the game. Steam is so much better in that regard and Steam user scores (while not perfect either) are way more accurate.
    For example Far Cry 5 has very low user score on metacritic based on 1700 reviews, while literally same game on steam has over 67 000 reviews and 76% of them are positive. That just shows that random bots can't make accounts on steam and write fake reviews, but on this site, they can and they always have. This 6.8 score in reality should be more like 7.6-8.1 but thanks to bots who give this game endless 0's, this score is lower. This usually only happens with extremely popular games and Assassin's Creed Valhalla indeed is extremely popular game. Another good comparison is RDR2 PC version score here and on steam, night and day difference and there's so many more like that.    … Expand
  3. Mikezero0
    Nov 15, 2020
    10
    I have been Assassin's Creed fan over 5 years and i'm so happy this one was big success. Now i have something to play whenever i feel bored and that's exactly what i needed in this awful year when there's not much else to do anyway.
  4. findtheway
    Nov 16, 2020
    10
    Support this game, if you wanna see more good Assassin's Creed games. If you don't support this then they will go back to Odyssey with next one. Whoever says that these games are generic or pointless are clearly very clueless people. Absolutely no other gaming company makes these kinds of historical fiction games where you can climb on top of every building, etc. Haters don't care aboutSupport this game, if you wanna see more good Assassin's Creed games. If you don't support this then they will go back to Odyssey with next one. Whoever says that these games are generic or pointless are clearly very clueless people. Absolutely no other gaming company makes these kinds of historical fiction games where you can climb on top of every building, etc. Haters don't care about historical locations at all. They most likely don't even know / care about history that much. They just wanna whine about every game Ubisoft makes, because they think it makes them look cool, but in reality it makes them look stupid, because Assassin's Creed has millions of fans all over the world and they clearly understand the appeal of these games. These are likely more level headed people, so no wonder they don't come to sites like metacritic, they don't even care about places like that. But this site attracts losers who just wanna hate and whine. I Found this news-site from 2017 that was about "fake reviews on AC Origins". Then why has nobody removed all these fake zeros?? Or maybe they don't care anymore, because last of us 2 gets 100s of fake positive and negative reviews every single day. I can say one thing, i will support Ubisoft till the day i die, they make good video games and it's very clear that they get hate because they are popular. If haters would get their way and all these other companies would go away then gaming would be dead because we would get 1 game in 5 years. Because that's all they want. They want only CDprojectred to exist and they hate absolutely everything else and i think i know why. Because they can pirate their games and of course losers will automatically support them.… Expand
  5. petrovich_zfx
    Nov 28, 2020
    9
    Assassin's creed ended for me with the conclusion of the third instalment. Next chapters were missing a lot. Good story or interesting gameplay or both at the same time. Thought Valhalla would be another aniversary AC game. Large, but with an empty soul. I never been that mistaken. Its not about significant roots Valhalla brought, but at last AC game have a good and interesting story,Assassin's creed ended for me with the conclusion of the third instalment. Next chapters were missing a lot. Good story or interesting gameplay or both at the same time. Thought Valhalla would be another aniversary AC game. Large, but with an empty soul. I never been that mistaken. Its not about significant roots Valhalla brought, but at last AC game have a good and interesting story, characters and well made protagonist. Not over written for the player to be able to assosiate with, and written enough to have his or her own personality… Expand
  6. troyan3346
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Penguinz is almost like anime villain, because you know when he gives low score to games he don't like or understand (he has never liked AC games) then his minions will give 0's to that game without even trying it. He also looks like anime villain, so it actually makes perfect sense. Valhalla is good by the way, so much better than Odyssey.
  7. imjusttourist
    Nov 14, 2020
    10
    Truly beautiful open world, specially England, but Norway is stunning as well. Norway has polar bears for example, really cool stuff. There's also different hidden cave entrances on Norway you can go inside and explore. It's huge game with so much stuff to do and you can choose to do whatever you feel like. I love this freedom and like in any Assassin's Creed game you can climb on top ofTruly beautiful open world, specially England, but Norway is stunning as well. Norway has polar bears for example, really cool stuff. There's also different hidden cave entrances on Norway you can go inside and explore. It's huge game with so much stuff to do and you can choose to do whatever you feel like. I love this freedom and like in any Assassin's Creed game you can climb on top of any building, church, etc. To me this is best Assassin's Creed world they have ever created. One of the best games of 2020.… Expand
  8. spider_234
    Nov 15, 2020
    10
    Finally good assassin's Creed game, there's so much to do and explore, amazing.
  9. HiddenOne
    Nov 20, 2020
    10
    Amazing game! i will support and play this game for years to come with all my heart. If you give it anything less than 7 go to hell. I wouldn't even talk with you in real life, you literally don't exist for me. I'm done with Ubisoft haters, forever.
  10. The_Assassin
    Nov 28, 2020
    10
    Hear me out. It's very good modern Assassin's Creed game. Reminds me combination of Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag, Unity and Origins and then obviously making it it's own thing at the same time. Now, if you are someone who has not really enjoyed any AC games since AC 3, take my advice and i mean it, please just give up this series, it's clearly not for you. I personally absolutely, deeplyHear me out. It's very good modern Assassin's Creed game. Reminds me combination of Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag, Unity and Origins and then obviously making it it's own thing at the same time. Now, if you are someone who has not really enjoyed any AC games since AC 3, take my advice and i mean it, please just give up this series, it's clearly not for you. I personally absolutely, deeply hate Assassin's Creed 3, i have played it only 1 time and i will absolutely never play it again. It takes you 7 hours to play as actual main character while doing most boring missions possible. Just no. While i have finished Unity, Black Flag and Origins at least 3 times. So there's that. I personally really like Valhalla and it reminds me these three games i mentioned. It's not me trying to hate people who like AC 3, even tho i'm very, very tired of them whining about Desmond's death, but again, if you don't like these new games, just give it up. That's it. But to other millions of fans who have played and enjoyed this series past 7 years i would recommend this! All the classic elements like hood, hidden blade, one shot assassinations are back. They removed all the grind from Odyssey, you get 2 skill-points at the time and it's very easy to get them. Story is interesting, characters are likable, graphics look incredible. That's all i have to say.… Expand
  11. Place_and_Time
    Dec 2, 2020
    10
    That's why sites like "Steam" are so much better, because there you actually need to show that you own the game. Over 50% negative reviews here are fake or double fake accounts. I did some investigation and it's so obvious. Most of them haven't even played it and just watch some youtube videos of other games or are fanboys of other games and are envy that Valhalla gets so much attention,That's why sites like "Steam" are so much better, because there you actually need to show that you own the game. Over 50% negative reviews here are fake or double fake accounts. I did some investigation and it's so obvious. Most of them haven't even played it and just watch some youtube videos of other games or are fanboys of other games and are envy that Valhalla gets so much attention, so they need to fill their empty life with giving 0/10 scores to games they don't even play.… Expand
  12. Denmarkforever
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    It's so cool to see Ubisoft making comeback with hit game like this. This actually might be one of the best AC games ever made, i'm serious. Way better than Odyssey.
  13. Greekmyth
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    Solid 60fps on Xbox Series X, looks beautiful too. Some bugs but nothing game-breaking. Overall amazing game.
  14. gecko_9
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    Impresionante juego de Ubisoft, que ha sabido cambiar lo suficiente el juego respecto a los dos anteriores como para que sea lo suficientemente fresco sin perder la esencia de los assassins creed.

    -La historia está muchisimo más trabajada que en Odyssey y está contada de mejor manera, casi te parece estar viendo una serie de HBO. -Graficamente es espectacular en Series X, 4k 60fps.    Impresionante juego de Ubisoft, que ha sabido cambiar lo suficiente el juego respecto a los dos anteriores como para que sea lo suficientemente fresco sin perder la esencia de los assassins creed.

    -La historia está muchisimo más trabajada que en Odyssey y está contada de mejor manera, casi te parece estar viendo una serie de HBO.
    -Graficamente es espectacular en Series X, 4k 60fps.
    -La ambientación como en todos y cada uno de los Assassins es perfecta, un 10 para esos desarrolladores que se encargan de recopilar los datos de cada epoca de los juegos y las plasman de esa manera.
    -El tema de las misiones, personalmente prefiero un sistema de misiones clasico como en Odyssey, con misiones secundarias que tengan una historia cada una de ellas y una cadenita de misiones de 2 o 3 que te la cuentan, aqui son muy parecidos a los eventos de RDR2, encuentras a alguien, haces algo y adiós, no hay ningun desarrollo, pero bueno, es lo que pedía la gente, quitar las secundarias y se les da, también se quejarán seguro xD

    En fin, un juego redondo, muy entretenido!    … Expand
  15. Arti6002
    Nov 11, 2020
    10
    One of the best AC games so far. The side quests is now really good and interesting
  16. dreadfulxx
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    It's so weird watching some youtubers talking about this game, almost feels like they have been told by someone to not be very positive, but at the same time they want to be positive. So it will be this weird mix of "i like it, but there's these bugs". Good example is "before you buy" video, even tho it seemed that he simply didn't care about Norway-England culture and setting, almostIt's so weird watching some youtubers talking about this game, almost feels like they have been told by someone to not be very positive, but at the same time they want to be positive. So it will be this weird mix of "i like it, but there's these bugs". Good example is "before you buy" video, even tho it seemed that he simply didn't care about Norway-England culture and setting, almost feels like he liked Odyssey more and that's weird because Odyssey was way weaker game than this. Or maybe he is just tired of these huge game-worlds, i guess that happens when you start taking gaming as a job, instead of fun hobby. This one has million times more interesting content than Miles Morales, so i guess if someone just wants games to be quickly over, then Miles Morales is better choice. I personally love long games that have tons of content, so i would very much recommend Valhalla. To each their own i guess.… Expand
  17. z99
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    ---------------I WOULD SUPPORT THIS AMAZING GAME EVEN IF NOBODY ELSE DID--------------
  18. jack675
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    One of the best AC games, beautiful landscapes, good graphics, nice story, interesting characters.
  19. rzlatan
    Nov 23, 2020
    0
    Absolutely full of bugs. Save (both auto and manual) are not working properly, I and based on the blogs tons other customers) lost the progress and hours of playing. Gameplay full of bugs as well ! Waste of time and money !
  20. Doom5layer
    Dec 10, 2020
    1
    I mean what can I say about this game besides Assassins Creed Bughalla. I even looked past most of the garbage side quest bugs, the phanton crashes, the teleportation into the middle of the map for no reason because I enjoyed the game play and the story. Well that all changed when the Alliance map broke for some players in the game. If you complete a pledge and don't immediately goI mean what can I say about this game besides Assassins Creed Bughalla. I even looked past most of the garbage side quest bugs, the phanton crashes, the teleportation into the middle of the map for no reason because I enjoyed the game play and the story. Well that all changed when the Alliance map broke for some players in the game. If you complete a pledge and don't immediately go back to talk to Randvi that area will always show on the map as incomplete. Apparently the devs have known about this for weeks but have done absolute nothing to fix it. I had roughly 80 hours in the game and the suggestion of going back to a save before that is insane. Yes let me crap 30 hours down the drain because you are too lazy to fix this. However what do you know they keep updating the Valhalla store so you can spend more money to make look cool in a game you can't freaking complete.

    Great job of dumping all of your customer base with this release. Should have learned from CDPR and at least released a game without game breaking glitches, and a support team that doesn't give a **** enough to respond with real answers.    … Expand
  21. Cmortonwvu
    Nov 12, 2020
    6
    Cant rate the game high because although it is more of an AC game than Odyssey, Odyssey was a superior game due to combat being way way way better. Steering the ship is a nightmare. They did return to their old ways, best example Black Flag, you're fighting a guy here, then you turn the other way, focus on another guy while the guy you have been fighting kills you. The Odin Site isn't asCant rate the game high because although it is more of an AC game than Odyssey, Odyssey was a superior game due to combat being way way way better. Steering the ship is a nightmare. They did return to their old ways, best example Black Flag, you're fighting a guy here, then you turn the other way, focus on another guy while the guy you have been fighting kills you. The Odin Site isn't as good as in the past. You can't mark enemies at least I haven't been able to yet. Took a giant step back from Odyssey. People didn't like the story and endless fluff in that game but the combat was great. Story needed some work though. You should have taken the idea of AC games, the assassinations, the parlour etc but took odyssey and built upon it. Not take Black Flag. I honestly think the combat is a step back from Origins and that combat was bland and terrible. Hit them, if they have A shield use the other button, heavier attack. N… Expand
  22. sshadow
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    -------------------------------------very good game, ignore negative losers-----------------------------------
  23. Z679
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    One of the best Assassin's Creed games ever made. Very mystical and beautiful open world. High recommendation from me.
  24. bring_it_on
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    No matter what these awful youtube channels are trying to say (who have been payed to trash this game) it's not boring, this game is amazing. There's so much to do and explore and it's actually interesting this time, unlike Odyssey that was hit or miss. This one reminds me more like Black Flag and Black Flag is basically best Ac game, so there's that. There's many youtube channels whoNo matter what these awful youtube channels are trying to say (who have been payed to trash this game) it's not boring, this game is amazing. There's so much to do and explore and it's actually interesting this time, unlike Odyssey that was hit or miss. This one reminds me more like Black Flag and Black Flag is basically best Ac game, so there's that. There's many youtube channels who actually understand this game and gave it positive/decent review, search for those, because unlike these "this is so boring", these people actually knew what game they were playing. It's Assassin's Creed not Devil May Cry. Both good, but very different and that's how it should be.… Expand
  25. ZFZ
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    One of the best Ac games in years, i'm absolutely shocked Ubi made this huge comeback.
  26. best_games34
    Nov 14, 2020
    10
    Haven't had so much fun with Assassin's Creed game since i played Black Flag back in 2013.
  27. weworkinshadowz
    Nov 14, 2020
    10
    About million times better Assassin's Creed game than Odyssey. Great comeback Ubisoft!
  28. Rhonya
    Nov 15, 2020
    5
    They improved several things, but sadly, they forgot the story. It's so incredibly boring, bloated, meaningless and dull that I don't even want to finish it. Eivors personality is basically non-existent and I just completely fail to care about any of it.
  29. Forrealtho
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    So far impressions: Graphics are absolutely beautiful, one of the best i have seen in any game ever and i play tons of different games, story is good, voice acting is good, but real standout is open world, actually two of them, there's two huge maps. So far i really like it.
  30. DmitriiAn
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    Absolutely stunning game! Great map design, beautiful locations, nice rpg system
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Awards & Rankings

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#4 Best Xbox Series X Game of 2020
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#1 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2020

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Metascore
84

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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