Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Making The Most of a Broken Mess (My Review)

[@Fizhy]

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[@karthikcv8104]

Seems like they really enjoy your content.

[@boufenarafetooh]

Fizhy I am curious to know how you will rank Valhalla in the AC franchise

[@jonboyuchiha4421]

I still think origin's is the best game when comparing it to odyssey and valhalla valhalla is good but origin's is still better for me.

[@thewilhelmscream7912]

Hey I just want to thank you for doing a review with zero to barely any spoilers, I'm still excited to play it, but I always like to see your and the other ac bros reviewing ac content before I get the game on sale, but you're one of the few that didn't ruin any story for me, so gracias hermano!!!!

[@seancoady102]

Nice Viking beard man

[@davormiho]

I think social stealth is almost useless, most of the blending spots are stationary, sitting on a bench or table, pretend to do some work or something like that, that would be really useful if you had to avoid patrols, but most guards and enemies are stationary, so...

[@karolwokowski4031]

you're right but there are some places where it's very usefull. For example in the city of essexe, i don't remember the name. there are actualy many patrols. But still you're right

[@warpcore9681]

I don't understand why distrust areas exist After you form an alliance. Just video game stuff I quess

[@thenexus9902]

I liked the game overall... I'm more interested to see where will the franchise go from here... Obviously, the next game will have a new engine, and will continue the modern day story from the bizarre ending in Valhalla.. Hope the higher ups understand this, and give the development all the time it needs

[@AussieMarine123]

XP Boost was just added *

[@Jimothyjohns]

I only had three problems with this game. The first one is that I've had around 3 crashes. Albeit, I'm like 40 hours in so I should expect some crashes, but still. 2nd is occassionally during fist fight battles, even when I'm right next to the person, sometimes my blows don't connect, leading me to get hit one or two extra times can be annoying. Three, the entire Yule event and the Yule fighting is full of bugs and glitches. I suggest playing the Yule fighting event, but be prepared for not always hitting your opponent, for hovering above the ground for about 10 seconds until you role away, and not always managing to hit your target at the beginning of the fight because there is an invisible wall there.

[@Zireael08]

Hopefully next AC is about Assassins vs Templars

[@chriskw4362]

Good my game for Christmas 2021

[@mike7887]

God I've not stopped hearing so many conflicting views on this game. AC is my jam, but Odyssey just killed it for me. So i'm seeing people saying Valhalla revived AC for them.......but I'm also seeing people say it's full of bloat, its a chore, story is meh - everything Odyssey was to me. So I'm really not sure. The people saying they liked Valhalla probably adored Odyssey, so in turn they would enjoy Valhalla and say it's "even better" ...............this'll have to be my first AC game I wait till in realllly cheap. Can't trust them. AC Origins is top 3 for me in terms of story (and location and graphics) and I know the same team made Valhalla......anyone else love Origins, hate Odyssey, but love Valhalla?

[@rice-man9254]

Me. I loved Origins (Or at least Bayek). I hated Odyssey with a passion. Valhalla is fantastic. I think James (Lazerzz) has a pretty similar opinion

[@Bayuuk]

I LOVED origins, dislike Odyssey, and finished Valhalla, but I wouldn’t say it’s Top 3. But it’s probably 6th for me. Better than the shit ones like odyssey, syndicate, 3, and it edges out unity for me. But it’s not as good as the ezio collection, or black flag

[@Agito4774]

I absolutely love Origins, fucking hate Odyssey, and can't wait to play Valhalla so I can have a proper insight to it once and for all

[@naFarto]

Me. Loved origins, hated odyssey and loved Valhalla

[@mike7887]

@@rice-man9254 Oh damn okay that sounds good because I thought Bayek was the best thing since Ezio

[@vinu3104]

Can someone please tell me what cloak is ethan using in 16:00 ? I've trying to get it since launch!

[@classified9583]

U content is more polished than my crepes

[@maxbrown7250]

I love the game, played 40 hours only experienced a bug twice

[@shabcity123]

i just really hope we get to play an actual assassin in the next game. I would love a 60+ hour main story of actually playing an assassin from novice to master.

[@neilvandeloo429]

I agree. I like this generation of assassin's creed a lot, but ubisoft can call it a trilogy I think and get back to the roots a bit more with the next installment.

[@chrisj320ac3]

Give us a master or at least somewhat skilled assassin imo. Give us a lot to work with in there beginning and expand on it throughout

[@kitsune2146]

We don't need modern scenes anymore. Just leave it for the old games.

[@shabcity123]

@@kitsune2146 I do disagree with this. I know its fun to rip on the modern day but it is an important part of the series. It gives a sense of urgency to all our protagonists when the modern is done well. We don't to spend more then 10 min throughout the game there but the way Valhalla handled it was fine. It also does a really good job of making the world feel connected and gives these people relevancy to us and why it matters to us. Assassins creed is more then a history simulator. If you don't want to care the segments are very very skippable. You spend 99% of the time in there. Assassins creed is not an arthrology.

[@kitsune2146]

@@shabcity123 Valhalla was great. Especially with the ending including the twist. I'm just saying the despite the fun stuff with looking at the past to save the world will be come be repetitive. Looking at you Assassin Creed 3&4. This will hopefully give writers a better opportunity to evolve with franchise with new ideas.

[@SebastianFocsa]

Also, the fact that Eivor can't perform a leap of faith until learned from the Hidden Ones.

[@bosepischeavontuur7556]

Fucking amazing

[@rickblaine9670]

YES. And I hope the next game set exclusively in urban areas (if there will ever be one) will introduce parkour the same way. Like, you can only stay on ground level until you’re actually trained in parkour/free running.

[@sirsmokesalot2939]

he didn't really learn to do it he more so was shown to not be afraid of doing it

[@adamdam]

No, I achieved a couple before I even activated that quest, so that felt really silly during my playthrough lol

[@furkano8574]

I wanna see one in the time of the ottoman empire

[@Lima7210the1st]

How the 4 pillars will review this game George: negative Ethan: try’s to be positive Tyler: It’s decent James: Loves it

[@Agito4774]

How can you tell about George cuz he just started playing the game a few days ago

[@Lima7210the1st]

@@Agito4774 I’m just comparing him to how James was at that point

[@Agito4774]

@@Lima7210the1st Oh okay

[@Arthur-zb9eh]

Tries

[@ant6132]

I have faith that George will end up at decent its pretty obvious he hates the combat but I think he'll like the story.

[@splinterborn]

"THE NARRATIVE HAS A CONCISE DIRECTION" I REMEMBER WHEN THE SERIES DID.

[@Ghost12314]

@@Night_Man333 No

[@Ghost12314]

@@Night_Man333 this is fake

[@Night_Man333]

@@Ghost12314 wat is I’m genuinely giving it away it’s not exactly expensive people acting like I trying to offer them a house if you don’t want to enter don’t I’m not asking for any thing

[@Largentina.]

@@Night_Man333 Just leave. Nobody likes your kind around these parts.

[@kazekagejichujisoo7838]

Literally same

[@sorrowcult]

24:03 aged poorly lmao. They added EXP boosters to the Helix store with Title Update 1.1.0 on 15/12/2020.

[@fearlesscrusader007]

Yeah they added them but it’s not like in Odyssey where they’re necessary in order to level up, unlike in Valhalla where’s there’s no level gating (at least in my play through I didn’t encounter it at all)

[@joshuapietsch7602]

Yeah they did that so they wouldn't recive critisim from reviewers and boost their sales then when people had it they added it to tempt them

[@darudysandstorm3455]

This is the first time in a while where an AC story actually impressed me

[@animelust9425]

Ya i love the environment gameplay gore and story after long time a real ac game

[@martinh1309]

What was impressing about it? Im bored after 55 hours and im a norwegian who loves vikings

[@ilmentore7]

@@martinh1309 this game wasn't as much about Vikings, it was as it was intended to be. ASSASSIN'S CREED.

[@animelust9425]

@@martinh1309 everywhere I go there new boss fights legendary animal fights gore is too much that i like finishers are also very good. I plaied 30 hours and i am still enjoying it

[@jeremiahhunt8868]

You don’t like origins?

[@rohit_parashar]

Ok, the most anticipated review is here.

[@dalermehndi3366]

Damn I wanna like but your comments at 69 likes

[@smurf1578]

@@dalermehndi3366 ruined it hehe

[@Largentina.]

Damn I wanna like your comment but there's nothing to like.

[@dalermehndi3366]

@@Largentina. HAHAHAHA YOU DID THE BIG BIG BIG FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rohit_parashar]

@@dalermehndi3366 ah that's sad, nvm looks like someone ruined it.

[@boufenarafetooh]

I am really hoping the next gen AC will be less RPG focused and more story focused

[@TheIvoryDingo]

Considering how well this game sold, maybe don't get your hopes up.

[@Agito4774]

I really hope so too because I desperately want the franchise to go back to it's roots

[@boufenarafetooh]

@@TheIvoryDingo I know and that's because odyssey sold well too, but let's hope they will still focus on the AC formula and Assassin's VS Templars saga

[@ant6132]

Remember you're dealing with ubisoft not a company that cares about its fanbase

[@a.g.i1612]

Meh. Ubisoft using the same engine for 3 games and yet the latest one is the most buggy. The interaction between character in first game (origins) feel more "alive" than the latest game. The character models in the latest game is bad (ex : ubihard just copy-paste kazzzzzzzzandra hair model to most female npc). Origins still the best of layla trilogy, both the story and gameplay. I didn't expect anything from ubisoft now. They selling more hype than good AC games.

[@shamefulwingingit5480]

I love this game but the bugs annoy me even tho I've encountered very few game breaking ones

[@Veelaru]

I’ve lost an 100 hour save due to the cloud save overwriting bug and somehow managed to get back on track because I was interested in the plot so much 😅

[@shamefulwingingit5480]

@@Veelaru respect?!

[@nooneknows19]

@@Veelaru I cant tell if that’s dedication or stupidity.

[@jakoda2514]

@@Veelaru christ, I had the same thing happen shortly after the PROLOGUE and I thought that was a setback

[@Veelaru]

@@nooneknows19 me too 😂

[@vpwavv]

first 16 seconds are my exact thoughts

[@Traeknald]

Dude that one cutscene in cent i think where you sit down with basim by a fire and he talks about loss is so good you can see the emotion in eivors face

[@ilmentore7]

This game revived my love and hope for AC. Amazing work by Ubisoft.

[@anakinskywalker9759]

I'll be getting the game for Christmas, I'm glad to see a lot of people enjoying the game even if it is still like an rpg game

[@thanos5897]

Yes this game is the first ac game since black flag that I can call epic. Absolutely epic

[@ilmentore7]

@AlCeeProd2.0 exactly, hopefully the only team that works on AC from now on.

[@SRosenberg203]

Amazing work by the writers and devs. That's not necessarily the same thing as Ubisoft.

[@ilmentore7]

@@SRosenberg203 Ubi Montreal then. Darby McDevitt is the saviour of AC.

[@savagelogic8674]

We may have not gotten our Bayek sequel, but at least he was given his fair acknowledgment via a tearful letter 😭.

[@DustyChakra]

@Altaïr ibn la'Ahad bought it to do the same

[@elitereptilian200]

Yes the letter was amazing to hear Bayek again..

[@EternalNightingale]

This game doesn’t feel long like odyssey which I’m so grateful for I’m 90 hrs in and Sigurd just got took by Fulke

[@Anonymos185]

How did it take you 90 hours to get that far? Did you do every single other zone beforehand? According to Uplay i finished all the story content after 120 hours, but the Fulke-arc is just around the halfway point.

[@varshithjackson]

Damnn I am 80 hours in and the only quest I am left with is getting settlement to level 6 lol 😅

[@unc54]

@@varshithjackson If you rush story this game takes about 60 hours. My bet is the guy above spent a lot of time exploring.

[@samghazi1881]

@@unc54 I rushed the game and I reached 85% progression in 57 hours

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[@alexpac8502]

Oh man, the confession room assassinations felt so disappointing compared to the ones from origins. The origins ones were so theatrical and great. Also, the facial animations were great, unlike in odyssey and valhalla where the characters seem like they are forcing themselves to be expressive.

[@shaheenziyard5631]

Tbh the memory corridors were pretty much the best ever in origins. I mean in its theatricality and not its narrative part which was okay. Valhalla's memory corridors are fine when comparing then to all the og AC games memory corridors in what happens in them.

[@lorenzorizzi864]

Well because in valhalla they are like 44, in origins like 5?

[@alexpac8502]

@@lorenzorizzi864 still I don't see how that's an excuse for the huge downgrade on the facial animations and the poor quality of the cutscenes. It just ruins the narrative for me, personally, as a player

[@limitless7705]

The ones in the main story were good, like the Fulke one or the ones in Lunden, obviously they can’t do that for all of them but I wish they at least did a bit more theatrics for them.

[@user-zd6cn4zw8e]

@@alexpac8502 idk, I don’t have an issue with the facial animations in cutscenes, the confession rooms were great, every person you kill seems to have a unique personality to them and are often quite interesting.

[@jackwarr4251]

That trailer at the end was great, I miss when the trailers were really exciting and interesting.

[@MattReVAmPHlivjak1]

It was amazing. Better than anything Ubisoft released about it lol

[@knichols8899]

Not enjoying Valhalla at all, trying to though, I keep grinding away with it, but if feels too clunky, too clumsy as far as the combat & game play mechanics go. Game feels unfinished, but that's the norm isn't it, they finish games by paid DLCs these days. IDK, to me Origins & Odyssey are much better games.

[@robbybobby4373]

I feel the same way. I loved Origins and Odyssey and put in a ton of hours into those games. But unfortunately I'm just not feeling Valhalla. Too buggy, animation/cutscenes are choppy, and the gameplay doesn't feel as smooth as the previous AC games. Very disappointing.

[@DysonGainz]

To me odyssey is ass and Valhalla is ass , I don’t feel like a assassin when playing those games , the combat is dry and non cool lol I wanna press square and eliminate all the enemies again and execute enemies with cool ass moves , I’ll take unity back over those games

[@Fastwalker27]

Valhalla IS the best Assassin's Creed game since black flag It's not better than black flag , but it's at least as good as origins

[@nathanielpettersen2560]

Agreed

[@Agito4774]

I can agree with this

[@kjsdpgijn]

I love Origins, and think it's wonderful. Odyssey kinda missed the mark... a lot. Glad to see Valhalla seems good with long-time fans. I'll be picking it up soon! :)

[@a.g.i1612]

For me, this game is far from origins standard. I didn't find any good "reason" to the story. Why eivor do this, why eivor do that, why u must go to point A or point B, why u need to kill that dude. What is the point, revenge? No, eivor already kill the dude that kill. his parents in the opening arc. This game title is ASSASSINS CREED, but the story in main game is focused on the viking that conveniently is odin descendant raid this and that and then give us an assassins/hidden ones-focused DLC.

[@Fastwalker27]

@@a.g.i1612 All the reasons were set up in the prologue Eivor's goal is to win political control in England , and eliminating the order of the ancients . All targets were standing in Eivor's way to seize control of England , or members of the order . Did you seriously want another revenge story?

[@fodspeed]

I honestly didn't experience any of the bug other than few quest bugs on basic ps4. I guess it's a different experience for everyone.

[@stars_and_tarot_YT]

After having played Fallout76... Well this game I consider bugless, or they ll be quickly fixed... Unlikef76

[@Max1990Power]

i havent had much bugs. but i have had quite a few crashes. but since i played a lot of kingdom come deliverance before I can handle it :) nice review! and i enjoy the game(120 h into it now)

[@domfabio8850]

from my personal experience, most bugs i had were audio related, but it did crash for me 3 times from 80 hours of gameplay, and had to reload the save file a few times to fix a bug, every other bug i had was pretty minor/funny, and i was playing on the PS5 version. definitely a lot buggier experience than what i had with Origins and Odyssey. nothing i would really consider game breaking though. i will definitely agree that it is the buggiest AC game since Unity (not as bad as Unity, but still pretty buggy and needed more time in the oven)

[@yousseftarek9015]

I've had no bags but lots of crashes on ps4

[@Brapgod]

From what I have heard, Valhalla is a current gen game, it’s just that it was releasing close to the next generation, hence it was ported to them. And it seems that most of the bugs seem to be on PS5, XBOX one X, or PC

[@GRH_Roadhouse]

Thanks again for the help moving my fridge freezer fizhy mate appreciate it Roadhouse

[@155inator6]

YAHA

[@migueq77]

Some of my thoughts after completing the game (if anyone cares).. -The story its ok imo, way better than Odyssey, but i have to say i was more immerse in Origins than in Valhalla. Bayek and Aya left a bigger impression on me than Eivor. I remember playing Origins and i couldn't wait to know what was gonna happen with the story, in Valhalla i felt that at specific times, but overall i felt the story was much longer that it needed to be. Some secondary characters didn't make me care enough to even remember their names at the end of the game. -Sound and music its at the same level than Origins (very good). -Graphics.. well it's the same engine so not much difference there (they really need to improve draw distance, distant terrain textures looks very flat and unappealing). -The combat its a little bit heavier and with more weapon customization, but its the same essence than Odyssey (some people like it, others don't). -They downgraded the level of grind (which is much appreciated). -Stealth its still secondary and bad implemented imo, same as Odyssey, the game is clearly focused on combat and stealth is just a choice you can take (still there are a lot of missions that force you into combat). Social stealth is there but i find myself almost never using it, there's really no need even in max difficulty. -Order members are too generic and easy to kill (except for a couple that are story related and have more work put into their missions). Just discover their location and kill them like any other target like if they were a contract from Reda. Small confession cutscenes, sometimes interesting (story related members) others not so much. -Regions and cities are better designed and different between each other (something that Odyssey did very badly but Origins did very good) -Parkour is awefull, just that, not much else to say. It's true that cities are better designed to parkour but the mechanic is to buggy. -Character animations, some are ok, the rest very bad (lip sync, facial expressions, body expressions) -PC optimization, same as always, not the worst but far from the best. The game consumes to much for what delivers. Anyway those are my opinions, if have to say it in only one sentence it would be :"Valhalla is a step forward from Odyssey"

[@kalo_yanis]

For me PC optimization is miles ahead of Origins and Odyssey now that they use DX12 and utilize all CPU cores. The game runs smooth as butter (when there are no bugs).

[@migueq77]

@@kalo_yanis It's true that Origins had some issues with cpu cores, but i never struggled to keep 60fps except in Alexandria. Odyssey had issues in Athens, and Valhalla doesn't have a city that big but Winchester and some other cities keeps lagging for me.

[@paris-ml1gy]

I agree with every one of your points. Overall, it’s a very average AC game. Gameplay got really repetitive after the first 40+ hours. The story was good especially towards the end, but overall it felt pretty dragged out with very forgettable side characters. Only a handful of them were interesting like Halfdan and Ivarr, but a majority of them I could barely even remember their names. Valhalla is definitely far better than Odyssey, but Origins is still the best of the trilogy in my opinion.

[@Sp33ddialz]

Friend: "What's your favorite Assassin's Creed Game?" Me: "Ghosts of Tsushima" :)

[@Brunolauri]

It's not AC though.

[@Sp33ddialz]

@@Brunolauri that’s...that’s the point. It’s like saying Galaxy Quest is the best Star Trek movie 😂

[@louisjefferies2733]

Well we got to wait till he makes his review

[@user-or2ik4xn4v]

My game glitched so I couldn't finish the story line ;-;. Literally the last mission was when it decided to glitch.

[@justuraveragecunt9005]

Last minute of the game?

[@user-or2ik4xn4v]

@@justuraveragecunt9005 No, the mission "Holy day" wouldn't start. Some of the people who you rally were at the place where the mission was supposed to start, but the quest didn't even appear in my quest log.

[@shurik121]

In my case, the game finished itself. I had 7 or 8 Order members left to hunt, when suddenly I got messages that all of them are dead and I had their medallions. Then the game revealed me the grand master and gave me his medallion, but also didn't finish his quest so I still had to travel and talk to him. I also had every possible bug and ended up being annoyed by the game and hated almost everything in it.

[@stars_and_tarot_YT]

They gonna fix, within the week

[@domfabio8850]

@@shurik121 I had the same issue, not sure if it was the same quest though, but reloading the game helped fix it for me.. if that doesn't work for you though then i dunno what to say, sucks that it glitched on you. (edit: sorry, i @ the wrong person haha)

[@theyounglizardperson7808]

I thought the intial conversation with Ceobelrt was strange because he knew more information than he should, for instance he didn't know that Norway existed but somehow knew that King Harald was 6 years older than him. It made no sense

[@skinnyballlz3673]

110 hours on this game, I honestly loved it. Odyssey for me was disappointing but this was very fun. I honestly got attached to Evior lol, haven't felt attached to a character like that for a while..

[@MainKick2000]

I have spent 104 hours in the game now and i finished it and i can say that i enjoyed it. It has its flaws but i loved the story. I hope the series improves from here on

[@BigBlockChoc1]

I agree bro it was great and I hope the next one is as good as this one

[@andyknight4175]

Class game

[@asellape9270]

Feels like I’ve seen Ridge Wallet sponsors in the past ten videos lmao. Not complaining, it’s just interesting Edit: 21:01 hahaha

[@KurtCaneOfficial]

Loved the review! I think anything better than Odyssey is a step in the right direction imo... At least the 120+ hours I sank into the game didn't feel wasted 👌🏻

[@Michaelthegrape7680]

To be honest I appreciate the fact that they didn’t make you into a Greek Demi god that can plummet of a 1000 meter tall cliff and not take a single bit of damage and then swing his or her mace like a madman and kill 30 people while slowing down time.

[@bobzilla7894]

The boss fight with the builder had me in therapy

[@Elchinodiabolero]

This soundtrack is so stupidly good the video could be 34 min of scenes of the game with just the soundtrack without your voice and I'd like it just as much

[@mathijsrikken]

The problem is that we are NOT PLAYING AS AN ASSASSIN

[@Jack-ff8ri]

You’re basically an assassins in Valhalla .

[@kazekagejichujisoo7838]

Well at least Eivor acts like an assassin but yeah I miss when you used to play as an actual assassin but it would be cool if we could play as a Templar again

[@zero2darlingxx447]

I really enjoyed this game, one of my favourites, I was lucky enough not to see any bugs. :)

[@shadymello9146]

The game feels a lot like unity.... Marketed a bit too much and a lot of bugs...the detection of enemies seemd unchanged by the hood almost breaks stealth and since the removal of desynchronization of not getting full synchronisation on not following a certain discrestion in mission makes the social stealth quite shallow...which just leaves a great deal to be desired 😔

[@justuraveragecunt9005]

What was the price of unity at launch n at the the time what was the usual prices of games?

[@therandom.cowboy5526]

Marketed way too much lol? There’s barely been any marketing, they basically just released a cinematic trailer and then 2 gameplay trailers and gave every random youtuber the game in which they uploaded trash gameplay footage.. if anything it need way more official marketing.

[@Blubiman]

Unity is the best AC

[@justuraveragecunt9005]

@@therandom.cowboy5526 o lol. I thought he was talking abt the price

[@shadymello9146]

@@Blubiman in some aspects yes I myself replayed it just last month while waiting for valhalla but the fact remains though it does not have the best story it isn't completely polished till date

[@themythicfire]

Fizhy if someone told me I'd believe that Ubisoft had made that trailer

[@ant6132]

Assassin's creed has never had good combat. Just my opinion.

[@Fizhy]

I've been saying this for months: the best AC combat is in Ghost of Tsushima.

[@nathanielpettersen2560]

Ac valhalla combat is solid if you use a sword excalibur is so good

[@coffinmyface4237]

Ac unity was pretty good

[@yonatankuper1953]

I liked it when it was more realistic and interactive in 1 - revelations

[@nathanielpettersen2560]

@@yonatankuper1953 its a video game not reality show or what you expect it to be you play games to get away from reality thats why games even exist

[@lokzu2622]

Finally your review

[@CxstaOfficial]

him and lazzerz

[@Fizhy]

This video matters no more than anyone else's opinion.

[@lokzu2622]

@@Fizhy for me

[@lokzu2622]

@@CxstaOfficial true

[@bikkyychaudhry4510]

@@CxstaOfficial Lazzerz's reviews are mostly inconsistent. He'll love it now and then hate it a year later.

[@Bori.1776]

I’m just sad that no AC intro can emulate the beginning cutscene of Origins. First impressions matter.

[@domfabio8850]

Gives me chills every fucking time, Bayek is a legend

[@christophergroenewald5847]

Revelations is all im going to say Revelations

[@thebatmanofneo-gotham5667]

Dude, yes! Origins' opening was amazing. So well done.

[@Bori.1776]

@@christophergroenewald5847 true, that’s a good one two

[@kingkesh3858]

What a banger of an edit at the end. That really wanted me to play the game again 😂

[@sensoeirensen]

AC Valhalla is the worst since AC3. Never had so many chore minigames without any fun. Never was the combat sooo bad. Awful, clunky mess!

[@westwind4599]

“The skill tree is disorganized” Final Fantasy X has a similar skill tree and that is really disorganized T__T

[@meblijebli2152]

Look up path of exile's skill tree

[@ThomasPapas.]

I dont agree with you..., you overhyped aspects of the game that they are actually very bad....specially with the open world, you say that players have many thing to do and explore and the map is satisfying , I strongly disagree with you, the map is unessecery HUGE and flat, most of the time i felt like i was in an empty pointless world with zero Immersion, the map is huge and about 40% is just pointless territories with nothing to do...and talking about the mysteries, after 10 hours of gameplay they becoming boring repetitive activities with no elements of surprise, i cant understand how you figure out that the world is well crafted.....

[@mariosuarez6656]

is a problem just cause 3 suffers, is damn huge, but what do i do in there? is empty boring, only content is on bases and cities and are the same, i had fun tho but, what makes skyrim always win at the best open wrold game is that skyrim has interesting places to explore

[@yungk1ng5jr]

You can tell Ubisoft learned from their mistakes in Odyssey.

[@fiel81]

You mean the black flag team came in and carried ubi again

[@EmmanuelMoralesPetti]

@@fiel81 yeah lol it seems as though AC is stuck in a cycle of quebec making a huge mess, and Montreal coming back and cleaning it up and giving the franchise hope, only for quebec to make an even bigger mess. It'll keep going until Quebec makes a good game (pipe dream) or until Montreal just can't fix the mess that quebec made (which was almost the case with odyssey). I'm honestly surprised at how well Montreal did in trying to fix odyssey, while still making a really good game

[@koui4449]

@@fiel81 no Valhalla is still trash . While also ruined the loot system which was already mastered in origins/odyssey . AC Valhalla a pathetic game really

[@amayreka]

106 hours playing. Done all the pledge. Killed all the order. Got the good ending. I have to say this is top tier AC game. I love the story, the AC element and the weapons. But i do hope future AC would focus more on Assassin lore aspect. That's what I've been craving for. I give it a 7. Should have been a 8 or 9 but the game has a lot of bugs. I had to turn my game off and on a lot.

[@josuemartinez6865]

15:50 I mean fizhy almost got it right at least he tried

[@AnthonyBlamthony]

Nah he did ur just smooth on one side

[@Marquis-Sade]

28:28 - To be fair, every AAA open world game has something like this. Sadly. But it doesnt mean that they dont have confidence about their open world.

[@PaxBisonica89]

Valhalla is the best AC game since black flag and its not even close.

[@Fastwalker27]

It's definitely better than unity and syndicate

[@gretta2bgabe]

@@Fastwalker27 I kinda liked unity but I thought syndicate was hot garbage

[@nathanielpettersen2560]

@@gretta2bgabe unity was pretty solid imo

[@jadynescobar9118]

@@Fastwalker27 unity is better than vallhala

[@coffinmyface4237]

@@Fastwalker27unity is much better than most assassins creed game

[@AnInsaneOstrich]

The Red, Blue and Yellow in the skill tree represents the 3 forms of weapons and armour; Bear, Wolf and Raven respectively. Bear is heavy hitting attacks and beefy armour at the expense of requiring a lot of stamina to dodge and being slow to attack, Wolf is the middle of the road and Raven is light defense but low stamina consumption and rapid attacks. In the Raven tree you'll be more likely to find % damage increase for light attacks only, Wolf you'll find % increases for light AND heavy attacks and Bear is more heavy oriented. In each tree you'll find bonuses to stun, damage and the like if you are wearing the armour or using the weapons of that tree, like a Bear weapon would gain the benefits of the "bonus to stun when using bear weapons" and a Wolf weapon wouldn't. One thing that baffles me about this system is that some weapons and armour aren't consigned to certain groups, like you can find a dagger that is under the Bear tree, despite being a low damage fast attack weapon which would be more leaning to the Raven tree and there is a Raven greatsword, despite leaning into more Bear tree territory. So not all Greatswords gain bonuses from the heavy weapons tree and not all Daggers gain bonuses from the light weapons tree. With that said though, I am glad that we get to mix and match our weapon sets instead of being stuck with a Sword, Spear, Daggers, Hammer or a Giant Axe, now we can have a greatsword and a flail if we want, or a dagger and a hammer.

[@thestarlord7673]

Raven = Stealth Bear = Melee Wolf = Ranged By the end game, they are all irrelevant. You'll have enough points to fill out the entire tree. It's only a matter of when you unlock the skill as you level up.

[@AnInsaneOstrich]

@@thestarlord7673 I was more talking about what the "buffs to Wolf items" and "buffs to Bear items" skills applied to, even though they are kind of nonsensical at times.

[@mrmeme2917]

This is the Best AC Since BlackFlag ! Don't even @ me

[@cameronsteidel3610]

But origins thi

[@Agent_3141]

Except you actually become an assassin in Black Flag....

[@cameronsteidel3610]

@@Agent_3141 yeah

[@cameronsteidel3610]

Even if you hunt all the order members you don't become an assassin, you only get thors cloak

[@mrmeme2917]

@@Agent_3141 in BlackFlag you become in Assassin in England so After The Main Story ! And In Vallhala we Still have 2 DLCs to go so Who knows Maybe Eivor become an Assassin there . Also in my Opinion Vallhala Handled AC gameplay better Than BlackFlag

[@trashbag3086]

I do like Valhalla, a hell of alot more then I liked Odyssey. And it really feels like they are trying this time around, especially with the modern day. But for me this isn't an Assassin's Creed game because you don't play as an Assassin. You are a Viking - the polar opposite of what an Assassin is. An Assassin is supposed to stick to the shadows and be precise with who they target, not loud and brash like you are in the game. I now feel like Ubisoft want to make historical games, set in popular time periods rather than Assassin's Creed games. They really should have stuck to making a Bayek Trilogy...

[@williammunroe8181]

I put 90+ hours into this game and can’t remember a single bug

[@assassin_770]

28:04 "I will give a positive here: At Least There's No XP Boost Time Saver This Time Around." ....wow that didn't age well. XD Really shows how far Ubisoft has fallen as a game developer. Disappointed doesn't even begin to describe the feeling I have for the company who made my favorite game franchise...

[@abhinavsamavedula9683]

That trailer edit was absolutely masterful, oh and I guess the review was alright😌

[@ethantombs2608]

My issue is that while female Eivor is the true Canon character, why suggest its male Eivor in marketing? They did this with Odyssey. AC shouldn't hv 'Choose your Gender' options in it. There should be a preset, well written, interesting, coherent main character. Gender should be a second thought in that regard. Also the male Eivor VA is far superior to the female Eivor VA imo.

[@Agito4774]

I agree with this and if you want a female AC game, just goddamn make one already cuz there's no problem with it Ubisoft

[@ethantombs2608]

@@Agito4774 thank you! They had a perfect female character we could follow and explore in Shao Jun but they relegated her to Chronicles! If they did a mainline game again with her we could see Ezio again and train under him (Roger Craig Smith must return,)

[@Agito4774]

@@ethantombs2608 Yeah that would be awesome if Ezio would be mentoring Shao Jun in an actual game with her but sadly I don't think that would ever happen

[@kritizismmusics9737]

Speaking of disasters this is my second day in a week finding myself with 3rd degree burns both from butane gas house fires. And i bought this game at full price. Man i got shit luck. Atleast fizhy made this video i can watch while licking my waterblistered by gas legs. Lmao

[@Marquis-Sade]

21:26 - I had this and the bug after that sooo often!

[@zefem]

No parkour and same rpg souls wanna be combat? No thx ubi if want this will play the witcher for a rog. Elden ring fpr a combat focused action rpg. Back to black flag and rouge remastered for my ac fix

[@gino8381]

They are adding timesavers !

[@TheR3alBoazB]

The gearsystem is BROKEN af. I don't understand how u didn't noticed.... perks aren't working and gearsets AREN'T giving the advantages told. BY FAR

[@Kau_adh96]

That trailer edit is beautiful man.

[@Agito4774]

It's like an actual movie trailer which was so fucking sick and epic! :D

[@MuzammilParkar16]

I personally don't like this game, i like origins and Odyssey more

[@mrenigma1564]

yeah AC valhalla is actually a great game better than origins and odyssey for sure i liked the story a lot

[@bryantorres7926]

The gameplay is the most boring it has ever been. Combat, assassinations, hell even the raids don’t excite me so much to do, and this is coming from someone that liked both Origins and Odyssey

[@isakisak9989]

Hope next ac game is with shao jun set in china, still bothers me how they did nothing with her after setting her up so well in embers, also hope they bring back mocap cutscenes the animations are horrible in rpg ac’s, origins is the only decent one.

[@chilloutlemur9979]

I'm fairly certain the next AC will be set in either China or Japan. Since Ubisoft likes to follow trends and Ghost of Tsushima sold so well they are definetly going to invest in east asian settings

[@kazekagejichujisoo7838]

U know Ubisoft isn't gonna do that

[@EbonizerScourge]

A broken mess? In my playthrough of around 60 hours i saw only like 2 glitches, which were extremely tiny and I barely cared about them. I'm almost certain that the visual bugs that you showed were a compilation of other people's playthroughs and not yours.

[@CPNTT]

Nobody cares about your flawless playthrough, the fact is that most people got glitches and crashes throughout the game I did two playthroughs months apart and got the same bugs twice

[@reality_is_sin]

Just a nitpick at your review its not called engine its called game design This game uses the same engine as unity and syndicate, you can even see this in a GDC talk about origins

[@kronosleblu888]

Same engine as unity and syndicate? Yet the parkour combat and animations in Valhalla are absolute garbage?

[@Largentina.]

@@kronosleblu888 Correct

[@tylerberryhill8029]

Started playing valhalla and after 5 minutes I really started to miss Cassandra this game is already boring me not only that but this damn blue stamina bar is really stupid

[@yourpaljake6024]

Its honestly mind boggling how you encountered soo many bugs, while I do say I experienced a couple as well. Its definitely waaay less than you got.... I got really lucky I guess?

[@thestarlord7673]

In my playthrough, I didn't encounter many bugs. The worst offender was a few crashes (less than 5) over a 90 hr playthrough (95% complete). Though, seeing the bugs that were encountered in this video made me laugh (especially the boat one). P.S. I now want a flying boat.

[@berthein5476]

valhalla is an even bigger downgrade in terms of gameplay and depth and cutscenes compared to Odyssey. which is sad really.

[@elliottduprat368]

I feel this may be controversial but, I greatly disliked the Assassins part of this game. Personally I don’t think it’s cos that part is bad but the bits when your just doing what Vikings do in the story are ten times more enjoyable The modern day ending overall left a sour taste in my mouth I just can’t get rid of.

[@jjnet123]

So basically you don't like assassin's creed games being about assassin's? 😂

[@abrahamhimself]

My pet peeve is them including battles with God-like enemies and showing mythical creatures like riding a giant wolf. It takes away that historical fiction I got from Assassin’s Creed.

[@the_seer_0421]

Yeah but most of them are either hallucinations or just big ass animals so it's not that bad.

[@PULVERIZER01]

I was legit SHOCKED when I saw that the draugr longship body, and sails were included in one pack, but the figurehead and tailpiece were included in ANOTHER pack which cost the SAME price!

[@jessicastrike5640]

I started this game on Xbox 1 in early January and it’s still broken! Achievements and side quests bugged out and this game is too long to go through it all again just to kill all the order again and get that really underwhelming ending when it’s so obvious who the father is if you look at the silhouette

[@cameronsteidel3610]

Love the game, but I keep encountering a glitch were Eivor falls in place then dies

[@Jmb0910]

Always after aggroing a pack of wolves on horseback. Just dying for no reason

[@BenthewildchildE750]

Huh an assassin‘s creed KZbinr, that likes assassin‘s creed Valhalla?cool!❤

[@bigbeanburrito1595]

REVIEW TIME

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[@nickn5419]

I don't know man. Oddysey was super enjoyable. Valhalla is only somewhat enjoyable.

[@TheOldBlackShuckyDog]

4:37 the only thing I disagree with u about is the fact that you can’t plunder somewhere a take a shite load of innocents as slaves, cause that’s kinda against Assassin rules. Felt a little taken out every time killing an innocent on a raid made me desynchronise. Other than that though I pretty much agree. Liked the game as a whole

[@Fizhy]

Creative liberty to account for Assassin's Creed

[@MichaelMedici61W2]

Awesome review Fiz. I as a fan since day 1 am VERY happy with everything in this game minus the crashes, little bugs and the fact that I have to go to my menu to change my bows but other than that I’m loving it. Is it crazy that I have over 100 hours in and only like 8 or 9 story wise Order of Ancients kills and 4 Zelots? 🤣 I explore and do the side quests A LOT and also I have now started randomly running into over guarded fortresses and going on rampages... I even started streaming some of them just for laughs. Cant wait to see the DLC’s

[@callum493]

Well done in this video mate! Smashed it as always

[@seancoady102]

I myself didn't encounter too many bugs but my game did crash a lot I played on ps4

[@pikeydentist78]

I’ve been waiting patiently for this. Your opinions have been bang on the money when it comes to AC as far as I’m concerned, and I appreciate your honesty. Nice edit at the end too 👍🏻

[@tio_prieto1693]

Assassins creed made in 2020 feels like a ps1 game

[@alexman378]

No

[@splinterborn]

Hopefully next gen ac will actually be ac.

[@aungsandoonkhaing2768]

Wdym?

[@unc54]

I hope so too but I wouldn't hold my breath. God imagine the hype if the next AC came out in 2023 and the gameplay mechanics were like classic Assassin's Creed.

[@domfabio8850]

I personally enjoy the RPG style, but then again i'm bias toward RPG games but i do really hope we finally get a AC game where the main focus is on the brotherhood, feels like forever since we've had a AC game like that

[@grahamlawson402]

The next Assassin's Creed could possibly be an RPG where we actually get to role-play as an Assassin, a member of the Brotherhood. We could play as an Assassin who eventually works his way up to the rank of Master or even Mentor as he explores the open world and takes on assassination contracts for either the order or civilians, much like the Witcher Contracts from The Witcher 3. It could also be a game that would prioritize stealth over combat, investing in items and equipment that would make the former a more preferable approach. Upgrading the hidden blade for faster assassinations, equipping gear that make enemies take longer to detect you, a more in-depth parkour system, crafting bombs, poison darts, recruiting NPCs into the Assassins, etc. I'm just spit-balling here, but I would personally would love to see something like this!

[@unc54]

@AlCeeProd2.0 Critics like anything that looks pretty by AAA companies nowadays. Ubisoft still haven't picked up on that,

[@Reza-hz1ce]

Yep story is good to excellent (never bad), you don't forget characters and want to know what happens next. Eivor is quite charismatic, and actually amongst my favourite playable characters in ac (certainly my favourite of the last 3). There are plenty of mysteries that you want to encover and actually finnaly encover (with plenty of ties to the other games). You feel the presence of the order throughout the game and it is always justified, and even though you're not an assassin, you're basically doing the work of one (like ezio during almost all of ac2). As always the environments look gorgeous but the character models have serious issues (in particular their skins). The gameplay is not bad, the combat and stealth are enjoyable at times but like the parkour, a lot of times they feel more like a means to an end. A lot of the boss battles are quite good though. The engine is getting old and you can feel it, the game is unpolished as shit, it crashes many times (less than a modded skyrim but more than any game should crash), and silly glitches are plenty (not more than in other ac games though). There are more game breaking bugs though like corrupt saves, impossible to finish quests character stuck in place. So in summary the game is good, but you should wait for a sale. It gives me hope for the franchise but saddened me because with a few more month it could have been very good, and with a new engine it could have been excellent. The microtransactions are as always a scumbag move though. There is no reason for their existence so people, for the love of god don't fall for them

[@Modulates]

This game was good, better than odyssey, this felt VERY...short. it felt like it fell short. Oh also Radnvi

[@Ox_OJ]

aelfred: my city is not a Battlefield Eivor: ok ima good viking so no war and revenge and have a nice day

[@lisaashby1547]

I've only just started playing this and I really like it and it feels like the old Ezio AC games.