Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: 4 Years Later

If you’ve been watching my videos for a while, you’d know that I'm not exactly the biggest fan when it comes to Assassin's Creed Valhalla. When the PlayStation 5 was first released back in 2020, the very first game I bought for it was Valhalla and I was so excited to play it. Even though the series usually centers around a group of Assassins, Valhalla switches this up, and this time we became a Viking.
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0:00 - Intro
2:02 - Exploration
9:28 - Raids & Sieges
12:23 - Ravensthorpe
14:12 - Assassin or Viking Story
20:12 - The Three Pillars
25:44 - Forgettable Characters
28:08 - Bugs
29:22 - Final Thoughts
Assassin's Creed is an open-world, action-adventure, and stealth game franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil and its more advanced derivatives. Created by Patrice Désilets, Jade Raymond, and Corey May, the Assassin's Creed video game series depicts a fictional millennia-old struggle between the Order of Assassins, who fight for peace and free will, and the Knights Templar, who desire peace through order and control. The series features historical fiction, science fiction, and fictional characters intertwined with real-world historical events and historical figures. In most games, players control a historical Assassin while also playing as an Assassin Initiate or someone caught in the Assassin-Templar conflict in the present-day framing story. Considered a spiritual successor to the Prince of Persia series, Assassin's Creed took inspiration from the novel Alamut by the Slovenian writer Vladimir Bartol, based on the historical Hashashin sect of the medieval Middle East.
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[@radored7750]

Am I the only one who feels really old when hears that Valhalla is now 4 years old?

[@editating_2614]

3 years and 3 months

[@zackvnoone]

Yes. Yes you are

[@NenMagem9106]

I do XD

[@Blackkky96]

Feels like yesterday :/

[@shaggyyyy]

Yep

[@davidhrabec5761]

This game had unironically good modern day, raids and sieges were fantastic, graphically its beatiful. But story, the bloated map and long story with forgettable characters really put it down. First DLC was okay, second DLC was great, third DLC was garbage. Enjoyed my time with it for most of the time. But it is not memorable as Odyssey or Origins.

[@aqracy1055]

It was on par with origins if it were a bit more condensed

[@FinkaBernard]

@@aqracy1055😐😐

[@johnappleseed8146]

​@@aqracy1055be fr Orgins story and world are way better, i know it's cool to hate on orgins but it's not close vahalla is trash

[@benjaminmayall2679]

I don’t know the siege’s and raids were so buggy and just exasperated the terrible ai. The combat also didn’t feel very impactful going from comedic to tedious (heavy’s sending enemies into mars then watching the same finisher for 100hrs). The cutscenes were awful and their presentation bar 1 or 2 ugly. Dark age Britain was completely wasted as the game had no direction and didn’t know whether to be serious (like a dark age saga should be) or a poorly designed fever dream designed to sell micro transactions. No one was left happy unless you played the game completely high.

[@sleektoneofficial]

I like the longer story gives you more to do. After the story and the dlcs im like what do i do

[@MrBossFML]

The sad thing about Valhalla is it had so much good that was ruined by Ubisofts greediness, laziness and cheapness, the scene where Eivor and Basim sit around the campfire is unironically one of the best scenes in the series because it had actual care and wasn't there just to bloat the players time.

[@Novacki_]

"A Man you trust with anything can take everything"

[@Timbo6669]

Not even mentioning the naval battles and bigger raids that were taken out all because of Skull n bones (which was a sole naval game). Sigh…what is Ubi doing?

[@MrBossFML]

@@andrewog3516 didn't luckily, got it from a friend and still felt scammed lol

[@mcw-lg2dm]

Yeah I remember that scene sticking out like a sore thumb, in a good way. It was one of the only parts where the dialogue felt real. Game would have been amazing if more of it was done that way.

[@kristiankurti3121]

Your name is funny af lmao

[@hasbimahardad3328]

One thing i really liked about Ac Valhalla is all those dialogues. I agree that the cutscenes are clumsy but eivor's straight up witty quotes are impressive

[@skxlter5747]

Better than odyssey that's for sure

[@ervinmolnar7890]

Played it a couple of months ago, finished it with 130 hours, now starting the 2 main DLC-s. I can understand those who are into the AC universe and don't like this game, however for those who want a great action RPG with vikings and a solid but not amazing AC lore, it is a remarkably good game. Loved it from start to finish, same with Origins and Odyssey.

[@Dabberdans]

i agree, ppl say map is empty... the games are based on history and during this time period this is how it wouldve been lol. its a great game

[@exiledcowboy298]

Same, same.

[@Richard-qd8tz]

First AC game I’ve played. It’s a good game. I got Excalibur and Mjolnir and Gungnir. It has cool armors and the DLC were all good. I have Odessy and the Egypt one to play. Are they worth the time.

[@seamustheplatypus]

I haven't played Origins, but Odyssey was a great game yeah.

[@2genders-tk2ue]

They went for quantity over quality unfortunately

[@mohammedjamal3992]

I always loved how Eivor looks when you go on 'stealth mode'. How the entire cape and hood looks and how he walks

[@Shiva-05]

Like one eyed Odin himself walking, which he really is atleast his persona.

[@aidan7646]

It's just over 3 years old - pls stop making me feel old 😅

[@dreameazy8873]

I was about to say “it’s been four years?!” 😭😭😭 where tf does time go

[@TheKingOfHarrtz]

i had to look up the release date cos i was like aint no way this game is four years old lol

[@redfoofan4618]

Damn, time must really be in a hurry!

[@Steveo0547]

Yup I am old 😂

[@terryprice1691]

@@dreameazy8873Well technically still 3. Barely 3 1/2. The game came out in November of 2020 but still feels like yesterday lol

[@razorcortex0789]

I mostly loved background music in this game and songs while in our longboat. When horns resound is my fav. Background music in Norway is just Great

[@Angina272]

I have 100% completion. Now only doing weekly logins for free item. And always staying in Ravensthorpe for few minutes to hear perfect background music :) It always gives me this "i would like to live here" vibe :)

[@MatiZ815]

My only real issue is a way too long campaign. Once Sigurd returns about halfway through, nothing happens in the story until you complete the remaining regions.

[@jordangreen7191]

That my issue as well. I'm currently playing for the first time and they make getting Sigurd back such a huge deal and then when he's back you don't talk to him or Basim for so long you almost forget about them. And they're main characters! The regional arcs are so long and there are so many of them it just feels like a chore to complete them all just to get to the important parts of the story.

[@MatiZ815]

@@jordangreen7191 It didn't bother me when I first played it because I always do everything anyway but when I replayed it it absolutely sucked to have to complete all the regions. In a way it was worse than level gating from previous games because I could always use NG+ for the replays so I wouldn't have to do the side quests again.

[@ferrenberg]

My main issue with Valhalla is the amount of puzzles the game has. Everything is a puzzle. The game would be much better without them

[@romeywirtz1219]

So true. It’s a grind to gather resources to upgrade gear, and so many times I found myself trying to loot a chest of iron and leather only to find that I needed to break a barred door to get a key so I could get an oil barrel to blow up a wall to get the chest. And that’s how it is for 80% of the chests. Like this is not what time should be spent doing in a game like this

[@ferrenberg]

@@romeywirtz1219 I was playing the game again to get some achievements and... puzzles! Not only chests, but literally everything else is a puzzle. Sometimes puzzles within puzzles. I spent almost one hour getting 5 cursed symbols. And there are 40 of them acroos the map

[@jimbeaux89]

Odyssey and Black Flag are my favorites. Mostly because I absolutely love the historical setting of both games, and the historical accuracy found within. (For the most part). I feel like I haven’t given Valhalla a fair chance. I’m going to go back and play it again, because I think post Roman Britain is extremely fascinating.

[@christiancalderas5198]

Ironically enough, I found my 2nd play-through way more enjoyable by actually role-playing. With the “hood always on” feature, I equipped Basim’s robes and sword after leaving Norway (Having this equipped, it reduced a lot of time spent looting for gear). My head canon was that Eivor joined the Hidden Ones, and acts as a representative/diplomat for the Hidden Ones and Ravensthorpe every time you pledge to a territory. That’s why Eivor is involved in all politics of the game. You said a Viking climbing the walls of a castle, and breaking the wood pieces that block the gates was dumb, and it’s true. But, having Eivor in Basim’s robe and climbing the walls to do the exact same thing is actually cool and feels more satisfying imo. Reminds me of Unity intro when the Assassins capture Jacques de Molay.

[@lukasusdaordon2406]

This is so good

[@Gu5A2]

I did something like this but I ran and found all the hidden one armor pieces asap. If you look at it like you’re playing a person sympathetic to the assassins like the factions from 2-revelations that were in business with the assassins but not really tied to them it lowered my guard a lot

[@MeggaMann_theBlueLion]

Imagination is key. And many forget to play games with “imagination “ if a game inspires me personally and I find myself enjoying it. My second and/or newgame+ play through is much more imaginative and it becomes a comfort game.

[@lukasusdaordon2406]

@@MeggaMann_theBlueLionFacts

[@noob4head]

I've always been into Valhalla, just like Odyssey. Yeah, they're not your typical Assassin's Creed games, but I still have a blast running around and exploring these open-worlds. Ubisoft nails it with the details, making these worlds come alive. I haven't tried the Valhalla DLC, heard it's not great. But the main game? Totally enjoyable, even if it's not your typical Assassin's Creed stuff. I ditched stealth and just went full Viking, raiding every time that prompt popped up - felt like a proper warrior XD. The story and length could've been better, but for the exploration, combat, and overall vibe, I'd give it a solid 7.5/10.

[@Solaxer]

Could you give an example of some details that make the world feel alive?

[@marvinpohl302]

So I am that type of player who wants to achieve 100% in every game… And I can say that I play games for the fun, not because something is accurate or fits in a story line. And for me Assassins Creed is just perfect. Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla have so much to offer in the worlds, not just events, Discoveries oder Items to collect, but also beauty and Amazing landscapes that I can enjoy and look at for a moment or two. Of course, the thought of an assassin being silent and a killer got lost in the latest games, however, there still is plenty to enjoy in the games🙏

[@JSGaming0327]

Amazing video my friend!!! I love Assassin’s Creed Valhalla so much because it feels like Skyrim but much better looking. It took me a couple years to really get into this game but within the last few months I’ve finished almost everything in the game. I also love Mirage very much, I’ve just started playing it recently and it’s a fantastic game to me. 😁😁😎😎💯💯💯♥️♥️♥️✨✨✨

[@LikeVapor65]

your ost picks are amazing for the video, the soundtrack is so dam good being done by the 3 major composers of games past

[@juancarlosponce6664]

It is. Shame rest of the video was not so proper for it.

[@ethanford3232]

Valhalla was great because it wasn’t over saturated with horrible side quests and copy and paste armor and weapons like odyssey. And the towns feel more unique in Valhalla. Most importantly we didn’t have those stupid bounty hunters that took hours to kill the previous game.

[@corruptedpoison1]

There's just so much padding and level gating that it took like 5 attempts between a span of 2 years before I finally forced myself to beat it. Never buying a RPG Assassins Creed at full price at launch again.

[@FuZzOtagE]

F-ing level gating. That makes me never touch certain games...or that: never completing them.

[@hyattonwyattboys]

skill issue bro

[@praxitelis4644]

I have played every Assassin Creed game ever and i can say that Valhalla on my ps5 is my favourite...The graphics are amazing and the games is so big that keeps you playing for weeks or months...Lets respect the time Ubisoft spend to make this game and stop loving games just because they are old and give us nostalgia...

[@mikesmith145]

lol you live the game cuz of the graphics 😂

[@user-fk7qq4bz8l]

I agree brother this game is pretty impressive

[@juancarlosponce6664]

@@mikesmith145 and wrong part is?

[@GraceAlone614]

Weird how female Eivor is considered canon, yet the majority of people prefer male Eivor.

[@xvadmins5689]

male eivors voice actor just gave a more interesting performance, female eivor just feels too aggressive and angry, while male eivor feels a lot more diplomatic and calm

[@Anonymous-fn8nj]

@@xvadmins5689disagree, i played with both through the entire story each and i think female eivor pulls off this „intelligent, collected yet savage warrior“ alot better. Its prolly my fav female voice performance ever

[@Robert_Rankin]

Male Eivor was the one shown in the reveal trailer, he's the one most people we're sold on and he's also the one who makes the most sense story wise. Edit: and beards are cool

[@GraceAlone614]

@@Anonymous-fn8nj not gonna lie, she sounded like she smoked 5 packs of menthols a day. It was annoying. Male eivor was far more composed and showed far more emotion.

[@Anonymous-fn8nj]

@@GraceAlone614 i think they were just very different. I understand why ppl prefer male eivor, i just really think the voice and the performance really suited the character and how her personally adapted with the along story.

[@EliaZGmod]

For me this is my favourite assassins game, next to origins and blackflag. As a fan of the vikings series, it really felt like i was a part of that. You get to meet the famous sons of ragnar (which for me was so awesome), they implemented the nordic mythology in a fantastic way. I actually liked the landscape. It felt cold and dark and mysterious. I had so much fun playing and exploring in this game. But i agree with you, if you are to really enjoy Valhalla, go in with the mindset that you are a viking, trying to reach fame and glory to be welcome into the halls of, well Valhalla. I feel like Eivor is very much inspired by Ragnar lothbrok aswell, especially the depiction of him in the Viking series. If you havent played it and you are a fan of the RPG genre, i'd strongly recommend you to give this one a try! Thanks for another great review The Hidden One.

[@bruh4628]

Not really, nothing about this game felt Assassin's Creed, it was a good viking game but its a trash AC game, that along with the unrealistic microtransaction armors and weapons made it worse, the story was also bogged down and saturated, along with the stealth mechanics being almost nonexistent.

[@The_Apothecary]

100% agree, I find Valhalla relaxing and peaceful to play, and its so immersive with no HUD, graphically the world is one of the best games Ive ever played.

[@user-gn4vu8lb7r]

you literaly earned my sub because you said your fav are origins and 2

[@shamusteakiawa]

I enjoyed Valhalla, and I still can't believe I 100% completed everything in it. I also got it for the series X along with an HDR 4k tv and the game looked incredible considering it's size.

[@joshsanders2820]

I’m familiar with The AC line and have dibble and dabbled with them only playing them for a couple hours. But Valhalla was the first one I actually purchased for myself and I played it in increments and I enjoyed every minute of it. A breathe of fresh air to me so that’s probably why I liked it so much

[@inferno1738]

I kid u not. As soon as you mentioned the hikous in ghost of tsushima I was actually doing one of them in the game. This is so surreal

[@darckfantom7580]

something interesting that I found in my game is that you can find random dead bodies in random places its usually in enemy territories but the dead bodies are where players had died before and then you can go kill the enemy that killed those players I got mostly xbox players probably because I'm on xbox but I did get a few PlayStation players

[@thorodinsson5684]

Cain stones are like another form of the mediation it supposed to help center your mind

[@5aluten]

Its a good Viking game but a bad Assassians Creed game

[@BenDPB]

As someone who has always been fascinated by Vikings since I was young I personally really enjoyed the game.

[@ferdyhoshigakitube]

For me my rank for RPG Assassin game 1.Odyssey 2.Origin 3.Valhalla Open world game need not only need good story, but the felt of the world. Valhalla just felt empty, too bloated. Now Odyssey on the other hand, felt so much alive.

[@georgekantartzis]

Origins has the most boring combat ever and odyssey is goofy Valhalla goes 1 30

[@MrIgorQu]

Odyssey is most boring actually xD Too many small islands, which look exactly the same, not mentioning that 60% of world is water

[@codygoldade3984]

Biggest annoying bug is the glitch where the walking in grass sound plays twice and doubled up and also starts playing when walking around everywhere on rock etc after it happens until you reload

[@dblundz]

Biggest issue I had is we never get the question answered why eivor is buried in North America

[@GHXST_O1]

Oh wow just started a play through and I was hoping they’d answer that. Now I’m annoyed

[@danielbeasley4259]

Evior says they want to go back to North America eventually later in life

[@JarlBalgruff_]

It comes in a DLC. Years later (889 or 890) Eivor wants to reconnect with Odin and gain more knowledge and insight. So they go and say goodbye to everyone (King Aelfred, King Harald, King Guthrum, Hytham and Valka). They want to go far away because most won't understand. So Eivor goes to Vinland and spends the rest of their life with Odin and talking about Isu tech, Solar Flares and stuff until they're dead. You're welcome.

[@reknakcf585]

I played this game during lockdown and i wasn’t familiar with Assassins creed but this game was really enjoyable to me and i now finished some AC games like origins, Mirage, AC 3 and now playing AC Black Flag

[@truthhurts79]

Loved black flag

[@randomhero6365]

Never played this game. Started it up this week and its been fking amazing.

[@Daletheallfather]

One part about the game that I agree about is that I wish there were more dense populations in the game but the game seems to be somewhat accurate historically with the population size since during this time period there seemed to only be around 1 million people in Britain at most.

[@alexsanchez5681]

Valhalla is visually beautiful but criminally boring

[@AxelOwnz]

I have played every AC game and got this game on PS4 as a christmas gift when it came out. I had no hype for it and even waited until I got a PS5 about a year later. I ended up loving the game and it has become my favorite AC game, which was Origins before. I just had a blast with it and ran through the game and both DLC's. I shouldn't love it as much as i do since there are better worlds and better main characters, but I just found the game fun. I loved how brutal the combat was and dual wielding any 2 weapons. I know that's an unpopular opinion though.

[@jackball1968]

Great reviews on this channel origins review is the best review on you tube

[@ShadyPlumber]

Valhalla wasy first AS game and I loved it, so much so I also picked it up on the PC and finished it again.

[@drippiebeatz]

About the stealth. Most people think parkour in AC Valhalla is for moving around, just like in Syndicate or Unity. But very few people understand that AC Valhalla only added parkour so that you can better attack fortresses or something similar in stealth mode. The focus in the game was never on parkour And if you only think about that point, Assassin's Creed Valhalla was never a bad game.

[@MPR0930]

(LIGHT SPOILERS ALERT!) I personally feel that this game's narrative, modern day and isu/ hidden truth lore is probably the best from the RPG trilogy (although the mythological filter is kinda enigmatic and difficult to understand it the first time you play it imo). The problem tho, is that darby mc devitt's excelent writing gets diminished by the forced long length of the storyline, which forces you to play this kingdom arcs that, although fulfills the viking fantasy, kills the flow and focus on the odin's, tyr's and loki's fight for reincarnation after the ragnarok/toba catastrophe. The idea of eivor not joining the hidden ones, although going against the game's title, it's still interesting because eivor still has a position in the long lasting assassin/templar philosofical conflict: helps hytham in killing the order of ancients, while also unknowingly helps king arthur in paveling the way of a christian based organization: the poor soldiers of christ, known in the future as the templars.

[@tsunamie1015]

I'm late to the party, but to me the absolute biggest improvement over the other 2 rpg games is that the side content actually tells some stories and aren't just fetch quests. In Odyssey pretty much every quest and side quest involves "go here, kill or steal, come back", while in valhalla you actually have conversations with people, walk with them, and have objectives that go above just killing someone. It's a huge step away from Odyssey and towards Witcher 3, a change i enjoy a lot. Also helps that Eivor isn't as over the top in terms of trying to be funny or emotional as Kassandra.

[@danielradina1330]

Well said man, I totally agree with you.

[@Boss26621]

I platinum the game, it’s great if you play slow and let game come to you & use KZbin guide for some mystery, animus, stone building, shards in Asgard & Jotunheim and you’ll be fine. If you rush you’ll feel like a chore or bored you’ll never finish it.. relax and conquer game. I enjoy Valhalla cinematic story, I like raiding and helping kings conquer, it’s like Viking movies. I also platinum Origins Odyssey and I feel like Valhalla plat is more accomplished, it was hard to get.

[@typeofguyto]

I had a ton of fun playing valhalla. But I think I only made it 70 maybe 80% through the story. I got bored as every city was the same exact things. I know previous AC are notorious for that but this one seemed so big that I saw no end and never went back to finish it. But I did have a blast playing it up to that point. It was really fun to explore and do sieges

[@razorcortex0789]

I love norway more than anything in valhalla

[@EVERYDAYGames00]

Odin?

[@nulpe4836]

The game was good but had extremely poor level design. After a main quest I was lvl 90 and had to be lvl 120 for the next main quest, which is no fun at all and that's why I never finished it

[@beadelf8158]

im on my second play through. about 100 hours in. going to play the DLC towards the end. this is my fave assassins creed due to the setting.

[@iamthenati]

19:56 Yep. I was extremely fatigued playing this game despite having numerous breaks. Worst part is i didn't even remeber what happened in most of the region arcs/storylines I usually see everything an Assassin's Creed game has to offer, but i chekced out before the last DLC

[@thorodinsson5684]

I got a theory that fulke is a recalcitrant of Fenrir she takes sigards arm and Fenrir takes tyrs arm also and we know sigard is tyr reincarnated

[@psychiartist122]

I was power level 513 something,after 115 Hours grinding,I didn’t even knew what’s going on,i was grinding the DLC druids or something and Dawn of Ragnarok. By the time i back to main game,i was overpowered and felt like using trainer or cheat to go through the game. I quit playing it,and never went back. Valhalla is really insane. Everytime game threw a whole new game,insanely big map,a total new gameplay mechanics. I even remember going Paris. But the main story was not soo gripping. Note : I did play AC Odyssey for 169 hours,level 99( only main story) the game was “fun”.

[@mrowley7300]

The thing with Dag is in his character profile he was Sigurd's second in command till Eivor

[@jehandebethune7338]

I feel exactly the same way ! I enjoy much more Odyssey and can't wait for Red as it is the same team who worked for Odyssey

[@PowerNapp]

Currently doing another play through of Valhalla and it's one of my favorites, I get everyone has different opinions but I don't agree with the forgettable characters. Eivor forms strong bonds with several characters and you can feel that through the missions, Soma's and coelbert (the kid I forgot spelling) fate always makes me sad. There's plenty of sync points to reduce having to move through the dead lands on map to make the map smaller as far as getting to points of interest so the empty farm areas don't bother me. Finish artifact and world event finds and continue to cities.

[@justinkendall2461]

First 30-40 hours was pretty good! But then it just keeps going and going without anything new

[@ashtafari9346]

I’ve just passed the 100hr mark in this game, there’s so much to explore in this game - it’s an excellent world. Definitely the best looking in the series without a doubt, mind blowing views and detail in the world. The combat is meh up to a certain stage though, but that’s AC games for you I guess and I’m playing on hardest difficulty, only customised by drawing down energy damage output by one click. The different areas and countries the game gives you definitely feels like it has massive amounts of longevity :)

[@rafsanpantho364]

Wasted potential. this sums up the whole franchise. The unique concept of the first civ the twist on adam and eve and slavery secret wars lasting thousands of years the assassins the templars pieces of eden the message through time characters being prophets and sages the world order and illuminati A pile of amazing concepts and ubisoft still shat on the whole pile

[@TheCaveJunkie]

I've been replaying it recently, the only major glitch i can remember is in boss fights, like with Fenrir, the cutscene right before the animation is all janky. or in others like with Balor at the end of the Ireland dlc at the beginning of each phase he would just stand there, and even cower like a civilian if i aimed my bow on him, allowing me a couple free hits before he fought back. but other than those as of 2024 the glitches are pretty minimal. i should add this experience in on xbox series x so other people may have more or less issues

[@johntexas6989]

As a norwegian, I really thought it was fascinating to explore places I knew. Some spots were spot on when it came to landscaping which was extremely cool

[@Jay3up]

That’s something that Ubisoft has always excelled at

[@johntexas6989]

@@Jay3up yes! Was so cool exploring known landscapes

[@immortal6280]

I tried to replay to play it again on Ps5 before Mirage release. I couldn't finish the Prologue.

[@muhammadbilalkhan9870]

Loved the video, Also please can u tell me which song was used during 28:09 it sounds beautiful

[@TheHiddenOne690]

It's called 'The Tree of Life' and its an AC Valhalla soundtrack.

[@cezarstefanseghjucan]

This is my favorite AC game and I played most of them.

[@Renma57]

Those who said its a bad game they dont know about vaikings

[@Largentina.]

​@@Renma57You clearly don't know about them either since you can't even spell the word lol

[@momymishra6227]

Dude what Graphics mod you use for these games you show neither my Valhalla not my RDR2 look even close in max settings

[@ozyyy009]

"So much for the historical accuracy, right" bro come on man, the first game in the series featured the apple of Eden and the Isu, almost every game in the series featured an overpowered Isu weapon which had fantastical powers, how is Thor's hammer any different?

[@JaimeNyx15]

I've been playing this game over the last couple of months and a lot of these mission-breaking bugs are still in the game. I sympathize with QA and the coders trying to fix what must have been hundreds of these kinds of bugs in such a massive game, but I can't deny it was annoying at times. It also crashes fairly frequently, despite running on a high-spec PC.

[@Jerome3]

I honestly loved this game but the annoying part were most of the side quests that dont make sense. Just doesnt add up to the game. And i wanted to ask i cant seem to download the Paris dlc nor Ireland idk why. I was hoping maybe u have an idea.

[@Jon0387]

Yes I got burned out as well from playing this game. I had a lot of fun with this game and was really enjoying it. But I finished the main campaign and conquered all of England, but not any of the DLC’s or extras. I just stopped playing months ago and have been meaning to pick it up again but I just don’t have the motivation to do so. I don’t even feel like play Mirage - maybe I just need a break from the series. Also a tip for river raiding - go in solo, stealth kill or use range to clear it out. Then blow your horn and start the raid. It’s much less frustrating than going in with your entire crew.

[@joshyboy474]

Strangely enough, I came to appreciate mirage after completing the story, I picked up Valhalla partially to see where Basims story goes

[@vini-ix8yt]

I was just watching the show Vikings when this game dropped back in 2020 and I was so fucking hyped to played. I spent 200 hours in my first playthrough.

[@anythingrandom1900]

I loved it because of the majestic scenery.

[@toddmccorkle8309]

I never finished this game. Good to see I wasn't the only one underwhelmed by it. So much potential unrealized.

[@JORDAN-CHRISTOPHERSPENCER]

This is how to make collectables fun: Step 1: have a unique dialogue for each collectable like marvels spiderman and the ability to see it in 3D in the menu maybe hide secrets in some of them you can rotate and click on it retrieve. Step 2: don't have 200 of them, make different kinds of collectables that are marked on the map but able to be changed so you can't see them. Step 3: once you collect a quarter or half give a unique quest and when you get all of them give a big unique quest that isn't just kill this or fetch this. Step 4: like ghosts of Tsushima, make it an interactive little game or activity where you do something fun that isn't too easy or too hard and make it unique for each type of collectable. Step 5 when you complete the unique quest for getting all of them, make the reward something worth collecting, not some ugly cosmetic item no one wants.

[@stonedbeanstv]

I waited so long for a setting like this (and I play AC since the first game), but after Origins and Odyssey, I lost my will to finish a holy-long game with the same stuff over and over again. I really like the world design of Ubisoft, but there was nothing hided in the world, everything was seeable as a point and you was able to show whats behind that point easily. Then Mirage came out and I loved it.

[@Caleberigby]

I think they should have had replayable battles and siege’s including pitched battles, there are very few in the game and none of them use a shield wall. Also what if you could be attacked at Ravensthorpe like this guy says or build an army and fleet and invade Wessex over and over again but have to assassinate key targets to trigger the battles. I mean you could raise the Raven Clan’s personal army not just their allies like in the game and put them on the ships and set up a small camp somewhere and go raiding from that while also taking people out with the hidden blade or ambushing patrols. There could have also been a mechanic where Alfred sends more soldiers to fight you.

[@TroyAshley]

4 years later and I haven’t completed this game yet . I play it like once every 6 months

[@Gu5A2]

I actually really liked this game. It CERTAINLY has its flaws but after odyssey this was a big breath of fresh air to me

[@Amarth13]

I've already beaten this twice and will probably at some point play again.

[@MRFIKSIT31]

I really enjoyed this game. Odyssey is my favorite but I liked this one alot too.

[@MRFIKSIT31]

Also, it’s impossible to compare pretty much any game and rdr2. That game is the extremely rare masterpiece. Lol

[@CurranDesigns]

My fav assassins creed game! odyssey close second!

[@NelStone1]

No New Game Plus really REALLY discourages me from ever picking this one back up. Valhalla's *okay*, but some of the region's stories seemed like filler. It also took too long to get one-handed swords and wearing the hood when not incognito. Dual-wield the Gungnir and Gae Bolg spears and Eivor's unstoppable. Those two together can even take any boss down within seconds.

[@Nick-cy2tn]

As a viking nerd I really like this game despite its flaws. It's more of an rpg than traditional AC game, the amount of side quests is crazy

[@whitemamba0089]

I picked it up years after I first played it an im enjoying it way more then before but well see how long till I drop it again since it's so long

[@wackshackgames8951]

I only started this game this yeah and cant understand why so much hate its a very well designed game where the mechanics work to make you behave more vinking ❤

[@manitolas]

Odyssey and valhalla its great games, for me at least 😍🤟 and waiting for the red..

[@matatoto9805]

People in general were too harsh with this game. Elden Ring is a +100 hours long game and has a lot of recycled content, like recycled enemies, bosses, locations, dungeons, weapons (yea, for each type you have like 30 weapons which pretty much 90% of them feels the same), etc and still, it won the GOTY in 2022. But one game is from Ubi and the other one is from From Software. Theres the true explanation why one game got (and still gets) so many free passes…

[@rgggtv1451]

The game is their highest selling game. It was insanely popular. Trying to rewrite history because some vocal minority didn’t like it is ridiculous

[@davincisama]

This take is so outlandishly ridiculuous that you can only be trolling.😂

[@matatoto9805]

@@davincisama Oh look, another Elden Ring-tarded offended by a fact about their praised game.

[@Solaxer]

Comparing Elden Ring to Valhalla is like comparing a chefs signature dish to a McDonald’s happy meal. One is the culmination of years of refinement, a product you can feel the passion that was put into it. The level design, the boss fights, the unorthodox story, character progression. It’s a work of art. The other is slop churned out on a consistent schedule to appease the masses. It’s generic, formulaic, and uninspired. Happy meals are high in calories but completely devoid of nutrients; it’s junk food. Comparing the two is just disrespectful to Elden Ring lol. Edit: and this is coming from someone who didn’t even particularly like Elden Ring but can respect what it is and what it does.

[@matatoto9805]

@@Solaxer Ok, now say it again without crying.

[@user-tn5jd8vk5b]

I played this game for around 4 hours... I got a headache from this game and put it down 😌

[@mrowley7300]

I have tried and tried to get into Valhalla but I remember I was running through the countryside thinking....what am I doing

[@Iceaxehikes]

I started playing and got a ways into Valhalla. Just began to like it and get better at combat. Then the Asgard bullcrap took me right out of it. I finish the first quest of that and the damn next potion sends me to Hel with a bunch more blue guys to take down. I spent all this time building up my Eivor skills and equipment and they take it all away for some side quest crap I am not interested in.

[@user-hj5tc2qd7v]

I actually really enjoyed the main story, I mean the “main” main story, travel to England for your clan’s survival, be a Viking, remove the Orders, fight Alfred’s army, and while doing this find the secret of your Isu life. The problem is that between those interesting main stories are numerous chapters that are just meaningless. I can see the main story being just as fine, even better, without for example the Lincolnshire story. I think only half of all the shires’ stories are really connected and necessary for the main story line. Even the whole game is like this. There are actually plenty of very well made moments in this game, for me I really love the last talk with Alfred and the long ride after. But between those enjoyable moments are just plain boringness. The game is unnecessarily large and that really destroys most of the fun of this game

[@ItzNiekoyo]

Valhalla was my first full assassins creed game. It was leaving PS Plus when I subscribed so I decided to play it. I really enjoyed it at first and had a month to beat it. I played every day and finished Oswald’s arc, then the insane level spike grinded my enjoyment into the ground and I wasn’t able to finish the story. I later played every AC game except the first game and now it’s my favorite game series. Origins, Unity, AC 3, and Odyssey are my faves. Maybe one day I’ll buy Valhalla and give it another shot. Update: Got a lot of notifications so wanted to check in and say I resubscribed just to play the game; right now I’m lvl 200 in Lunden. I’m having a lot of fun but good god, this game has wayyyy too much content. Multiple realms to explore as Odin, a rogue like mode, the Kassandra arc, the endless things to do. I stg it feels like I’ll never finish it lmaoo. Update #2: I finished it. Finally. I stg if AC Red is this long I’m gonna chest bump a speeding car.

[@mitchh5596]

Since you played it via PS Plus you should be able to just redownload it from your library, you don't need to buy it again.

[@thebrotherscrib7043]

Pov: it's returning on the game catalog on the 20Feb

[@AdrianCooper-if5yl]

Yep it's back, go finish it

[@B-A-L]

Good luck trying to download it!

[@AdrianCooper-if5yl]

@@B-A-L what u mean, I'm playing it right now

[@joshXnovak1]

Holy shit…it’s been 4 years?!

[@janhergesel4650]

Watching this video sometimes feels like you played a different game

[@JuiceHater]

the fact valhalla is almost 4 years old gives me a life crisis 😭

[@Stoney192]

A total MASTERPIECE! Simple.

[@princeblasian3735]

I actually really enjoyed Valhalla but my biggest issue is that the game starts with the A Plot (Plot with Sigurd) and it really does a great job at grabbing the audience’s intrest. People want to know where the relationship between Eivor and Sigurd goes. But once the B Plot (Plot of uniting Viking clans in England) starts, you have to wait FOREVER to get back to the A Plot. The A Plot is the most interesting but its only about 16% of the main story. People will get impatient with the B Plot and either quit the game or try to rush through it just to get back to the A Plot for about 20 minutes, just to get thrown back into the B Plot for about 15 hours

[@assassinscreedislife7636]

Yes. Yes you were too harsh. This game is truly phenomenal. Gameplay, story, characters, settings are all perfect. My biggest disappointment was with Kassandra dlc which felt so forced, and the Last Chapter which did not do Justice to any of these amazing characters.

[@ObviouslyKieran]

Tell me 5 characters in the game who aren't main ones...

[@assassinscreedislife7636]

@@ObviouslyKieran 1) Sister Frideswit - the Leech who posed as a pious nun in the Lunden Arc 2) Geadric - the nobleman who was put into power in Oxenefordscire 3) Faravid - Halfdan’s right hand man and the reincarnation of Sif 4) Deirdre an Linni - the Druid mystic woman who was friends with Ciara in Ireland 5) Gallin - the man who betrayed Soma Jarlskona in Grantebridgescire I’ve got way more than that that I could name too, but to me, they were all pretty main in their own ways, since there were many different characters added between each arc and dlc.

[@user-zp5ed5tu9b]

I played this game for 60hours but still couldn't completely it

[@Pharesm]

I just played it without theorizing and loved it.

[@thorodinsson5684]

Also we were able to go to other lands like how sigard said we are goin to greener shores like England Ireland isle of sky and Paris

[@Scroooper]

Isnt riveraid supposed to be repetitive? It was implemenented because players demand raiding which was a great feeling in the game so they added river raid

[@darckfantom7580]

I literally just finished the story of AC Valhalla after having the game over 2 years and now I'm going to finish the AC syndicate game I haven't gotten very far threw that game mostly because I got sick of it after dying over and over and over again in the combat part of the game

[@Sleepingwillow2006]

I hate this game as an assassins creed game, but i love this game as a Viking game.