We Played Assassin's Creed: Valhalla! - First Impressions

Greg and Barrett talk about everything they loved and not-so-much loved from their hands-on demo with Assassin's Creed: Valhalla!
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[@kevingallagher717]

Came for Assassin’s Creed impressions and got a Bob Dylan reference. Only Barrett lol

[@lawrencelawson7829]

That actually really helped me understand the approach Ubi took to this game. I was surprised but it clicked for me.

[@hriatchhungachhangte9024]

These guys lost credibility when they called last of us 2 a masterpiece. Definitely not a bad game but never a masterpiece.

[@jlp8916]

Greg is such a sell out. He would sell his mom for more subs

[@adamneumann248]

I can't tell if the character models look jarringly low-res, or if I've been absolutely spoiled by TLOU2.

[@X5J2UY]

Probably both. Character models in Ubisoftgames never look high-res, but games like RDR2,GoW and especially TLoU2 are leaps ahead. TLoU2 character models looks unbelievably good

[@ERoBB1]

It looks bad. Low-res but not really stylized either. Comparing it to Witcher 3, Spider Man, Ghost of Tsushima, Red Dead.

[@ERoBB1]

KingJohnMichael Are you trying to tell me Ubisoft doesn’t have the resources to make a game that good? Fuckin please. They’re one of the largest companies making one of the largest IP’s and they can take as long as they choose. If they put out a lesser game to cash in, that’s on them. But they absolutely ought to be compared to other peers in the genre.

[@T800CS101]

I thought the same thing To be fair though, AC is more open world, so it is expected they would have lower detail. The facial animations on AC also looked just animated, compared to performance capture in Tlou. That makes a big difference

[@ca20mn]

Antics Semantics they should have a rotation of smaller more SP/story focused assassin games that focus on the only gameplay style and then these massive era war like RPGs they have recently been doing

[@RyMann88]

The entire premise of Valhalla appears to be Ubisoft trying to find a compromise between the original games, and the newer RPG-lite direction they've been going. And I love it. If they can stay on this path and continue compromising, they'll find the new spirit of AC games (FYI, I loved Odyssey as a standalone game, loathed it as an AC game).

[@X5J2UY]

TLoU2 makes AC graphics look reeeeeeal old. First party (and rockstar) games really spoiled me

[@shingetsu10]

@@timytimeerased 2077 is open world and looks way better than this drivel

[@ERoBB1]

Terence Caron Ghost of Tsushima, Horizon, Witcher 3, Spider Man, Red Dead 2 to all of that.

[@scaryhorror5986]

TLOU2 is bullshit game

[@longjohn526]

"They kept playing the same shanties in Black Flag and I wished I could change it" ..... Well you could with the D-pad .... ditto with Odyssey It's not a new feature ...... I think left on the D-pad changed the song and right turned them on and off

[@AirBarber22]

fake AC fans haha

[@Crashme222]

Lmao, all you need to know is Greg loves Assassin's Creed Odyssey to death, but didn't love The Witcher 3 and Red Dead Redemption 2, not throwing any shade I love Greg. But that helps understand his perspective better as a huge fan of Witcher 3 & RDR2

[@geeerwin]

I know right. As far as I know he didn't even finish RDR 2 or did he eventually?

[@Crashme222]

@@geeerwin I believe he stopped at 20 hours so he didn't get very far. He complained about having to play as a "bad guy" but it's literally a redemption story lmao

[@Daniel145D]

*throws shade at greg* "not throwing shade at greg" hahahah

[@MrHarryGray]

I think it’s fun seeing someone obsess over their favourite game, sure it might not be the most accurate or reliable review but it’s still cool

[@X5J2UY]

@@Crashme222 Tbf If someone still doesn't enjoy a game after 20hours, then he/she should stop. I really liked RDR2, didn't love it because of the main missiondesign and gameplay, but I know tons of people who stopped after 10-20 hours. Witcher 3 is fucking incredible though :D

[@ThtDamnKyle]

My only major gripe with everything I've seen so far are the character models. The environment looks solid. Some of the water animations could use some work, but it is mostly the character models that look.... meh. They look really bland and clayey. I hope they fix that. But if the movement feels sticky, as Greg says, I hope they fix that too.

[@AllThatJuice-]

Yeah all the characters kinda have a generic bland NPC look to them

[@kylerpolson4811]

I heard building Karens instead of building cairns and thought "that is an interesting side quest, how does old build a karen? A robot? Putting a blond wig on and asking for the manager?"

[@vinnybastos]

Good to see RDR2 exploration mode of storytelling is being implemented in Valhalla. Ubisoft relies too much on the checklist mode of games which I hate, so this is a nice change.

[@MRBarton369]

Odyssey was a wonderful joy. It was my goty that year played GoW this year... But Odyssey was an awesome Video Game experience

[@graememowat2322]

Greg/Barrett, was just wondering from your time with the game did it seem like there would be any references to Scotland at all in the game? When they finally announced it would be the world of Vikings and that you would travel to Britain I was really hoping for Scotland to play a part. Obviously historically they struggled to get anywhere through Scotland due to us being crazy bastards but some characters or interactions with the country would be brilliant to see!

[@KRob811]

AC odyssey exploration mode barely makes you work to find anything. It tells you where the thing is and then Icaros finds it when you are anywhere remotely close

[@Fair_Lady_Frey]

Okay, but is it assassin's creed? Like if I'm a big bad thor-looking viking then what's my incentive to stealth? Like ever. And what's the parkour/ movement like? Back in the numbered AC days I really lived for the locomotion of these games, culminating in the masterful mobility options of unity and the amazing implecations of the grappling hook in syndicate. But ever since origins, I feel like there has been absolutely no focus on evolving the movement in the series, and that kinda sucks for those of us who really loved the series for those aspects. Like the whole original pitch of AC 1 way back when was the parkour over rooftops and stealth assassinations, hiding bodies, escaping enemies. I dunno, just feels like they coulda just called it something else if they wanted to go all epic fantasy battle rpg

[@tarekahmed992]

IDK but Greg keeps mentioning that the camera is pulled further back that changes the experience. Judging by memory & scanning AC Odyssey gameplay, it looks kinda similar

[@MatthewNovak]

This looks fun, but a little too familiar. The dual wielding sounds fun. So I just realized that this comes out 2 days before Cyberpunk, so I definitely won't get this at launch

[@refugee522studios]

doesn't this come out in october and cyberpunk is november 18th. Regardless like you i won't get it at launch due to cyberpunk being right around the corner.

[@LastMinuteGuess]

it releases two days before cyberpunk

[@councilornevec8249]

Love the AC games, Origins is my favorite AC for the story and characters. I liked Odyssey, but felt very little for the characters and story and world was too big for me. Valhalla looks good and loving the combat changes and raid stuff and exploration changes, but getting more odyssey vibes from this, in that I does feel like I'm not going to care much about the Eivor. That might be because it doesn't have a "main" voice actor and that is what made Origins so good imo. Bayek was his own character, not "my" character, the performance of Abubakar Salim was fantastic. Alexios/Cassandra felt stale to me because it felt like they were reading from stript with little emotion and getting that same feeling from this. With that said, still looking forward to more AC.

[@LurchLand]

Just watched the Ubisoft Forward and then this.. I gotta say, Valhalla is my most hyped game for the remainder of the year.

[@mdro9627]

Looks very similar to last two AC games hopefully it is not so much of a grind.

[@face76]

It’s not. Ismail said that you don’t have to level up to play through the story. But it’s still a long game for those of us that want to do everything and see everything.

[@jtPrime]

The grind in Odyssey was ridiculously long, like unnecessarily long, I killed Medusa but didn't find the cult leader

[@WhopperCheeseDota]

I dont understand how you can pay for a AAA priced game and complain about it having too much to do haha. This is why games devs are so fucking lazy and can get away with premium priced games with only like 10-15 hours of content

[@gabinidal6908]

Hope they push back the release date... game overall is outdated.. not worth $70 imo

[@Jacobstoddy]

Why would they release this against cyberpunk ?!

[@capntonydanza]

I’m pretty sure they had this date set before CP delayed their game 100 times. Lol

[@redneckgamer0]

@@capntonydanza It only got delyaed twice. The second one was by like two months.

[@MatthewNovak]

@@KingJohnMichael They want to releasd a polished game. How is it shitty of them to not release a broken product?

[@joshsny143]

@@KingJohnMichael yeah I have no issue with delaying a game to make it more polished. Something Ubisoft could learn from with their yearly turn around rate. Though granted Valhalla was 2 years since Odyssey

[@alexdonnelly5193]

Looks outdated but it could still be good.

[@shamnarayan9582]

Barret is a fucking treasure. Good job man.

[@JohnDoe-fq2yd]

Bob Dylan was a folk singer, not a folk/blues singer...but I get your point.

[@JohnDoe-fq2yd]

In the 60s...he was not a blues artist. He was a folk artist.

[@fumioshwartz7114]

Why not use for honor combat? That would be awesome in a single player open world.

[@FSdogdad]

Dog Dad Drew here, just wanted to say i appreciated Barrett's Bob Dylan analogy more than you could know! Haha

[@GuitarByChance]

Wow, I never thought I'd see the insult duels from Curse of Monkey Island make a comeback.

[@EggsByGray]

Honestly this was what caught my attention the most.

[@sashakujo]

Question, does this new game feel as soulless as the other assassin's creed games after the second one lol? It seems like the games are formulaic so it's been hard for me to wanna get into them again

[@jjungo65]

Was hoping they went back to their roots with this game and well it’s not for me.

[@jxm8284]

I dont think its ever going to happen.

[@evanjones6657]

@@jxm8284 honestly gonna be so sad if it never happens, but agree you're probably right

[@lilro4738]

odyssey was incredible imo. excited for this game

[@BobaVett]

I’m like, pretty excited like, about this game like, it looks like Odyssey like, but better like imo. Like, I’m going to like, probably like, love it. Like.

[@eugenecheong7066]

For that your comment gets a Like...

[@Lord_ofcinder]

finally someone who is optimistic...god i fuckin hate these babies crying its not AC

[@adriancursaru2163]

horse with stamina?!!! fight pick flowers, fight pick flowers?!!!!! WTF?!!!! where is the pleasure of playing the ubisoft motto?!!!! you turned AC into o boring game. Ghost of Tsushima is the assassin's creed we were expecting from Ubisoft. good job Sucker Punch. shame Ubisoft.

[@madisonmoore6431]

The healing sounds very very very very very very similar to Horizon Zero Dawn

[@bmw1995bmw]

@Feverroneous I feel like many games borrow from each other. Plus, I definitely preferred the healing system in Horizon to Odyssey!

[@SuperNolanMan]

29:09 - are y’all saying “RAT battle” or “RAP battle”?!? Plz respond, this significantly affects my interest in this game.😂

[@doorshotel]

I also loved Odyssey Greg. Looking forward to what they do with Valhalla. People complain the games aren't full assassination simulations. But I really dig what they started with Origins, tweaked with Odyssey and hopefully have nearly perfected with Valhalla.

[@jacobmccandles8097]

Barret can be so cringy, but gDAMN if I don’t LOVE the BABY!😍 #LongLiveTheBoss

[@MumonguGaming]

Surely they delay Valhalla with Cyberpunk killing every other game that launches around that time. Unless it's for the nonfuturists among us

[@paulcollier3268]

The real question would be to ask Ubisoft can you pillage a village. 😂😂

[@milovankalinic1227]

The only game that can stand up to Cyberpunk is in fact this game, sales-wise, because we AC fans are going to play ACV first, then Cyberpunk, just for the guys who say, Cyberpunk is going to kill it

[@markreeve5790]

Hahaha you described exactly my experience with Odyssey - fast travel over here, go on my phone during load screen, run to a place, go on my phone during some dialogue, go do the thing. Still, I picked the game up not too long ago (I know, late to the party) and having fun with it!

[@RedMisfit]

I don’t know about anyone else but this time I slightly preferred the male Eivor voice acting versus the female..

[@Lord_ofcinder]

so the parkour seems weighty and not floaty and folks are complaigning about that ?

[@likewow111]

So healing u explained Greg is the same basically as horizons method of filling up a pouch of medicinal flowers

[@bmw1995bmw]

Searched the comment section before saying this exact thing. A welcome change for me!

[@jamster126]

Will wait and see how the reviews turn out. Because right now it looks like Odyssey with a new coat of paint . Which is fine I guess but I expected more after they took a year out.

[@capntonydanza]

Greg is such a simp for Female AC protagonist lol.

[@Crashme222]

Legit LOL

[@Arno_TG]

For someone who loved Origins but hated Odyssey i really hope that this game changes that and gets me back to the series

[@GhostOfBane]

Valhalla or Cyberpunk, both come out about the same time, which are you playing first

[@ERoBB1]

Boy. That did not look good. The graphics, combat, traversal, voice acting, writing.

[@AllThatJuice-]

Was rlly hoping for the next evolution in the series, a more immerseive, cinematic experience...defintely spoiled by tlou2...

[@noobz4hire290]

Looks like Origins, and Odyssey. I hope it’s not as bloated as AC OD

[@soapa4279]

Why does Barrett look like a young Greg Miller

[@portionsforcam]

This game looks rough.

[@X360PHILNUMBR1]

it IS an early EARLY build of the game bro.

[@ERoBB1]

@@X360PHILNUMBR1 It's coming out soon. If this is what they're showing, don't expect huge improvements.

[@JJaqn05]

@@ERoBB1 All it needs is polishing

[@ERoBB1]

JamieJa I don’t think the combat looks good, the writing, voice acting, character animations. It all looks subpar. Even compared to Ubisoft games. I’m really surprised at how low rent this looks.

[@JJaqn05]

@@ERoBB1 I don't think the voice acting is bad but the character animations do look shit. There is nothing bad with the writing the game just needs polishing

[@bobtallman5209]

I'm nervous about the story. Greg keeps saying it feels like a Vikings RPG which isn't an issue in itself, but I need some assassin's element - mysterious organization running things from the shadows or the like - not just a tale of Nordic immigration.

[@evg0708]

Bob Tallman I think (Ubisoft) doesn’t want to talk about the assassins & Templar aspect of game just yet.

[@bobtallman5209]

@@evg0708 I'm hoping that's the case, since I don't think they mentioned the Cult of Kosmos before Odyssey was released, but the focus on building a settlement and some of the other mechanics make it feel like the story is further removed right now.

[@The_Bug0222]

Idk if I can trust Greg anymore. Odyssey is trash.

[@HEARD201]

This game is gonna get fucked by cyberpunk

[@mikeybeeee07]

Why isn't Barrett on all Kinda Funny content??

[@donvitcor]

Krogaro is live on twitch with some cool valhalla gameplay

[@nickgaynor8292]

I'm stoked for this game. Loved Odyssey (300 hrs+) and I know that scale isn't for everyone, but I love games that offer enough content for me to enjoy for years... Literally. Anyway, video games are cool and we should all be happy there's something for everyone.

[@HugoRodallega20]

Was relatively satisfied with what a saw of Valhalla at the Ubi show. But man it looks way more cooler/fresh after watching your impressions. Missions encounters sound real fun too. Loved the Vikings TV show so it's a perfect blend for me. Shame Cyberpunk comes out pretty much the same time tho 😑

[@invalidude]

I can't recommend Parsec more. It's free and it works flawlessly. I used it from the other end of Europe to stream my PC on another Windows device to do some hard video editing and rendering. No lag, no nothing. Worked like this for weeks. Did need assistance from my fiancee to boot the PC up, every morning tho, haha!

[@MikeOlsen12]

I was pretty excited for this game but I think I’ll wait for the up-res version in PS5

[@AceHardy]

Keep at it

[@That1randomguy92]

I was a huge fan of odyssey but sadly this comes out 2 days before cyberpunk. So I’ll end up waiting till it’s on steam to play it

[@TheHeroOfTime73]

I just wanna shout out the video editing for those gameplay clips because the transitions were SO seamless!

[@drehscheibchen]

So ridiculously excited about this one, despite the leaks and whatnot. I really like the new AC games. Bring it on

[@michaelpduggan]

Barrett was great in this. I haven't been the biggest fan of his hosting and contributions. I have often found them to be trying too hard to be over polished and professional or trying to sound smarter than everyone else. But I thought he fit in great here in a casual game discussion. Keep up the good work and keep improving in those hosting reps.

[@epicwolf]

I played every single main AC game even liberations so yes I love AC series however for some reason I am not excited for this game. Maybe its because I wanted a Ninja style of AC. Playing a bunch of european places kind of make it stail. I want an actual assassin game in Asia

[@vincevirtua]

Loving what I'm seeing of Valhalla so far. I want a 120 hour game at least, 80 hours is for wimps.

[@piusdoe8984]

If they remove the forced grind so u buy booster packs then ill consider getting it. The rock thing dumb tho xD

[@mecharobots]

Character models and the voice acting looks/ sounds bad and looks out of place when the environments look amazing

[@jamesbriefel7972]

Barrett smashed this. Get this guy on more games content! Love hearing him talk. (Greg you’re still great. Love you always call me x)

[@LeesReviews69]

Everything from that presentation is super meh.

[@BokuPower]

Hey, you can skip the shanties and songs in both Black Flag and Odyssey.

[@Doomsword0]

So the healing system sounds a lot like what they did in Horizon. Which is awesome I like that.

[@Yank33B0y13]

I heard them say you lose health over time automatically. Whenever a game does this i am always annoyed .

[@sashakujo]

I feel like assassin's creed, far cry and whatever is Ubisoft's version of Halo, gears and Forza lol

[@AirBarber22]

A lot of this reminds me of Skyrim, and I am here for that!

[@evilbeardedman]

Wasn't expecting anything from the presentstion, but Ubi sold me on most of the games they showed.

[@HeyMyNameIs...]

9:35 for the Bob Dylan reference that i didn't get. someone explain it to me!

[@thedarkknight2221]

Assassins Creed Valhalla; this no longer feels like Assassins Creed anymore, the stealth and fortress raids look great and feel like AC Black Flag but everything else looks like a different game altogether. For fucks sake, it feels like Ubisoft just wants to make a new knock off Witcher franchise. Now there are even MORE mythical monster boss fights in the world? And your moral choices affect your game ending even MORE now? The whole point of Assassins Creed is that it’s supposed to take place in the background of history, where these events already happened and your seeing the CHARACTERS choices that effect the story, NOT YOURS.

[@SubjectiveObserver]

I just pretend it's a different franchise now. Makes me a happier gamer. Maybe someday they'll make more classic AC games, but until then I'm enjoying these openworld RPG-lite experiences. Even if it's not as good as Witcher or Cyberpunk, it's still probably good enough to have fun... if you can LET yourself have fun...

[@unattain4773]

Assassins Creed series has been a bore for quite some time. Stay away.

[@Joeki11a]

It is DLC for AC Odd

[@captgeech]

Who is complaining about ship combant? That's one of my favorite parts lol. I wish they'd improve it more honestly

[@jtPrime]

@kindafunnygames what was the load time like??

[@igorrafael5916]

meh, definitely wait and see, odyssey and origins were very disappointing

[@Blindmandiego]

Feel like we haven't seen too much Barrett. Hi Barrett!

[@sash9249]

It looks fantastic! For a game made 10 years ago! Hard pass.

[@ZaahidAdams]

Looks dope

[@face76]

Odyssey wasn’t about Assassins by any means and Origins ended with the Assassins being formed. Odyssey was about the Isu and their interactions with humanity. So now we are way pass that and much closer to when AC1 started. So by this time the Assassins Brotherhood has been formed for centuries. People don’t think about that. To me that is why combat is different. Also not everyone fights the same way. As for assassinating enemies in the bushes it looks the same. Not sure how it’s different. It’s same as it always been. I think it sucks that we have the Vikings, who believe Odin is watching them by raven and we don’t get more use out of the raven. The game looks more violent then anything. The way Eivor fights looks brutal, which Ubisoft likes to point out that they were farmers. Lol. This is a day one ps5 but for me.

[@zackrose6261]

They are farmers, so they had to use any means necessary. So brutality just comes with the any means nessecary.

[@The_mkia]

I just want to hide in hay bails

[@Jacobstoddy]

23:59 this gameplay is assassins creed in a nut shell

[@Fair_Lady_Frey]

But how often does it repeat? Like when do you notice the same voice, charecter model, skills, etc?

[@jtPrime]

Odyssey had way too many characters that all looked the same

[@Fair_Lady_Frey]

Definitely meant to post that on the watch dogs legions comments when my playlist shifted to this one 🤣

[@ReapsVsTheWorld1]

Cool video. Thanks

[@ayyyejohnnn]

Greg's camera looks so good.

[@matthewgarcia3042]

First

[@tiernanstevens117]

Dunno why it's still a loot based hack and slash with a HIGH emphasis on mythological stuff. That ain't assassin's creed. It was in it, sure. But it was never the forefront or the focus and it never should be. Change is good. But uprooting it entirely and making the whole game different? Pointless. Also if you never liked assassin's creed but you liked oddyssey, proves the point that it's not really assassin's creed doesn't it? God of war is a good example of change. It kept its core values of puzzle solving, and being deeply embedded in a world of mythology. The combat was different but it was STILL the same genre. With all its differences and changes- it still stuck to what made it GOD OF WAR.

[@SubjectiveObserver]

That's capitalism baby. Adding RPG elements and more mythology makes it seem like a more substantial marketable AAA experience. Keeping the AC name gives them brand recognition. That's a powerful tool. You can't expect them to prioritize "core values" of a game when businesses literally exist to generate profit in our economic system. Still looks like fun, though. Openworld viking game with customizable skillsets. I just pretend it's a different franchise.

[@Gunslinger199]

Yay, Barrett on camera.

[@georgigeorgiev4364]

The graphics are good... but the compare the facial animations to part 2s facial animations. Like it’s such a “turn off” seing the animations when they talked.

[@ERoBB1]

I'm not sure the graphics looked good at all.

[@TDM2895]

I can’t wait to play this

[@grizzlybearking1878]

Gonna pass on this. Elden Ring, where art thou?.

[@bumblebtuna3066]

Combat looks insane can’t wait.

[@herrmiseria]

you do know this game comes out 2 days before cyberpunk 2077, no disrespect but we both know that quality isn't the same in these game

[@DanV900]

Johann Avila Why do you need to compare them? There are people who will prefer this game over Cyberpunk.

[@herrmiseria]

@@DanV900 Because they're both 60 dollar games and they come out the same week, so out of everything that I have seen from the game in my opinion Cyberpunk will be more worth your money and time furthermore it comes from cd project red, while Ac Valhalla comes from Ubisoft a developer known for making games with no such quality as once in a generation, I haven't played AC Valhalla but it seems like odyssey with a few more things while Cyberpunk is a completely new Ip, after what went down with Ghost recon breakpoint I have lost faith in Ubisoft

[@SubjectiveObserver]

​@@herrmiseria ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Some people care more about vikings than cyberpunk. You can't live your life trying to mathematically maximize the fun of video games. Despite the problems with Ubisoft, they still make fun games... as long as you let yourself have fun when you play. I plan on playing both, but I don't need to buy either of them day-1, so the comparison is pointless to me.