I'm angry I wasted so much time on Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Review)

I wish I could get a refund on the time I spent with Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
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[@Kage-jk4pj]

The all out war in the comments has begun. LETS GOOOOO!

[@ajhiep4447]

@@Kage-jk4pj i hope you survive brother.

[@danang5]

@@rembrandt2323 because its his job? to tell people if the game is good or not in his opinion

[@bigmol1633]

Destiny review when

[@Vyshnav-di5me]

6:43 nice way of avoiding spoilers............... we both know its not just a loading screen😂

[@edouardtremblay5738]

You never buy a Ubisoft AC/FC/WD game on launch... You wait for the 75% sale in 4 months.

[@xbigcalx]

the only two i bought at launch was Odyssey, and FC3 i still love it the rest i've waited for massive sales

[@MostlyFish21]

Lol good idea bro

[@igniii3348]

Idk what kind of drugs you take to think you will get 75% off in 4 months

[@edouardtremblay5738]

@@igniii3348 what I meant, since you don't seem to read between the lines, was that ubigames tend to lose value faster than any others triple A games. They churn too much of them too fast... They are rapidly put in the sale bin.

[@infantryleadtheway8174]

I think you mispoke. I think you mean never buy a ubisoft game at all. Ill NEVER buy a ubisoft or EA game and if you do YOU are the cancer killing gaming.

[@Garrus1995]

He spent 50 hours with the Avengers? Good God, that’s horrific.

[@moshrae]

His nation should reward him somehow.

[@captainstu]

@@bendovahkiin8405 then explain to me why the game was already dying on the first week

[@MegaMerdeux]

@@bendovahkiin8405 playing that garbage on hard won't make it better. LOL

[@AniGaAG]

@@bendovahkiin8405 Yeah, because just giving things more health and higher damage definitely fixes game design issues. Just make the numbers bigger.

[@devilgames2217]

I couldn't make it pass 3 hours (beta) and I have the patience of a saint.

[@xarbinchaoticneutral1785]

Crazy that I put 167 hours into elden ring and instead of wondering when it would end, I was getting sad that my journey was ending. Insane how map design, gameplay loops, etc can affect enjoyment of a game that much

[@EGsth7]

Really? I got so tired of that game towards the end. It was getting grating and annoying.

[@Rooivalk_Mk_1.1]

Elden ring felt like it was made for people who love video games, Ubisoft games are made for target demographics.

[@EGsth7]

@@Rooivalk_Mk_1.1 kinda felt like a drag towards the end, and don’t get me started on enemy reuse

[@liszt646]

@@EGsth7 Guess you should stay away from open world games, cause if you got tired of Elden Ring you probably won't finish any other game

[@EGsth7]

@@liszt646 kinda of a stupid assumption to make but okay, more likely it just became boring for me bc there was little to no story motivation for me and I had already gotten the weapons and armor I wanted. Got boring after that.

[@theAEDan]

One thing I hate about the new assassins creeds is the endless amount of markers. I’m not sure if it’s just me, but the compulsion to collect them to take them off the map is too strong. It’s what I spend most of the time doing. Doesn’t help that some of them are underground with unclear entrance paths

[@dinomak69]

Like spending an hour or more finding entrance for a worthless chest as a reward.

[@Mr44andMore]

That’s been a thing in every assassins creed

[@theAEDan]

@@Mr44andMore there were far less and the maps weren’t nearly as big. Sorry, I forgot people are only able to think in binary

[@Mr44andMore]

@@theAEDan I’m sorry but 100 feathers and letters etc being in every game is far less?

[@theAEDan]

@@Mr44andMore yea, for one they aren’t present on the map so there isn’t that compulsion to collect them. They’re also all located in a far smaller space. With odyssey though the map is insanely huge and all of the question marks are totally visible. What’s worse is often those question marks are located underground with no obvious means to reach them. It’s definitely far worse or people wouldn’t have commented on it

[@NeonPanda64]

We’ve reached the point where anything to do with assassins in ASSASSINS CREED is fan service

[@doughlausprashaal7151]

wow the series has gone that far down the drain huh

[@Finite_Source]

Yeah seriously this is just bullshit at this point next were getting 80 hours of cavemen running around killing mammoths with 3 minutes of assassin's

[@loneszn5740]

@@Finite_Source far cry primal ? 😂

[@tyreesetoomer13]

First people complain that the OG assassin creed games was getting old and that it was just ....assassinate this person assassinate that person on repeat game after game ... and when they actually do something different ...people still complain lol...... it’s similar to the fast furious movies argument

[@ElGueroCrazy6]

@@tyreesetoomer13 you know i could give you that point, it's a good game and all, but the problem is that it's just doesn't have the Essence of assassins creed, by this point Ubisoft should just end AC and begin a new one, these are not bad games but the concept of AC is just so low, like FS it began with races and that, then after some movie a random brother that we never heard about comes in, sure the movie could be entertaining but the concept of what was FS is lost

[@WELLbethere]

AC1: do everything you can to kill your targets while avoiding combat Valhalla: go kill this nation.

[@Luce_3]

Tragic how the series has steered away from its roots.

[@AhmadWahelsa]

Indeed. turning AC into RPG is like fucking turning Hitman games into RPG.

[@kleberson777]

I don't know why but I got bored playing AC1. The game start getting good from AC2 to Black flag.

[@christopherboye5498]

@@kleberson777 They're all pretty flawed and bad imo. People glossed on them because of the impressive graphics. The only fun activity the franchise ever had were the ship battles in Black Flag, but even that couldn't rise the game above mediocrity for me. I remember getting so bored with AC3 I actually stopped playing and did my calculus homework for college instead.

[@firebrand9578]

I liked the story in the Ezio games and AC1 but the combat is a bit too easy apart from Revelations. Black Flag was fun but the story was pretty dull. I haven’t even bothered with the series after Black Flag

[@emilyorter3661]

Ubisoft achieved what no one ever did, making norse history and mythological so boring you wanna jump out of the window.

[@infinimineyt9700]

That’s an achievement. Maybe we need a word for the negative achievement?

[@Ippiki9]

​@@infinimineyt9700 failure

[@NorthernRealmJackal]

Someone haven't watched Thor: The Dark World.

[@joaoassumpcao3347]

@@NorthernRealmJackal You brought back repressed memories from infinite boredom. Why did you need to do that??

[@thegamerfe8751]

@@NorthernRealmJackal I'd rather watch an entire playthrough's worth of Thor The Dark World than doing an entire Valhalla playthrough.

[@ItheauthorityI]

Yes! This is exactly how I felt. It's crazy how I finished the quest chain with Sigurd because it felt urgent, and then the game forced me into every region of the map to do boring side content (except it wasn't side content) to finally CIRCLE BACK to Sigurd for the finale. The pacing is atrocious and the gameplay loop simply does not hold up. It feels like playing a product to pass time, not to enjoy it.

[@AbelMusa]

I know right? It's hilarious. I just completed the Fulke mission after cashing in all of the alliances and finally rescuing Sigurd and what do I get? LMAO the blacksmith went to find a wife GO THERE EIVOR. What even IS this pace?!

[@EtterWolf15]

This was my exact experience! I finally finished the game after around 100 hours (due to sidetracking and stupid limited time seasonal events in a single player game), and for about 30 of those hours I was unaware that i had basically already finished the main plot with Sigurd and was just being forced to do chores before i was arbitrarily allowed to see how the main plot ended. It was like they looked at how AC2 prevented you from seeing the finale until you collected every codex page and decided to do that again but make it 100 times more frustrating and boring

[@alexsilva4602]

Preston Garvey: “A settlement needs your help.” Ubisoft: Yo, let’s make that the game.

[@ryno2376]

Game's* Far Cry New Dawn had the same crap.

[@Mobt204]

@@ryno2376 it weird causce my cousin and his friends think that this game is the best in the series , he thinks it better than the 2 game causce it has better graphics

[@ondrejkylian]

@@Mobt204 graphics is perfect, but game sucks..

[@someguy315]

@@Mobt204 They are probably kids who haven't played the original games or good games in general. There are so many games which are much better than this which offer the same gameplay.

[@Mobt204]

@@someguy315 ok make scence but like vallhla even if it new it still sucks causce it story is terrible and it combat and stealth is a massive downgrade

[@thrace_bot1012]

_Bloated, Boring and Endless._ Its almost like its a generic Ubisoft game.

[@sumairsaif2050]

almost lol

[@MrGreen_N]

Hahah exactly

[@Asriel_Cypher]

_Surprise, surprise._

[@sushigimme]

Exactly. When Ralph came out with his first impressions review on this game, I was on the fence and was thinking to myself "Give it time, Ralph. Give it time. Ubisoft will eventually show their true colours". And bam. Also after that disgraceful release for the Sands of Time remake, Ubisoft can go screw themselves. I was looking forward to seeing the Prince of Persia franchise get at least one remake...and then I was immediately heartbroken by that half-assed "remake".

[@EldenFiend]

I've been feeling like that even with Division that I actually like.

[@SamDurkSheff]

I just finished and felt the exact same. I'm an inveterate completionist and this game was like torture to me and felt it completely disrespected my time. I agree with you entirely, so much filler but the potential for something much better to have been carved out of all the flab. Ah the positive thing is that it's made me give up on the Assassin's Creed franchise at long last so there is that.

[@ensar3752]

I feel you brother, oh my God, I completely do. Just how CA did me, never touching anything they produce even if I never ever get to play any grand strategy game again.

[@SamDurkSheff]

Funny you say that as CA on my shit-list too for their canning of Three Kingdoms (so they can focus on making... Three Kingdoms?!)

[@sean7332]

See you on mirage

[@AChunkyDog]

You're just now giving AC the boot? I couldn't even play Syndicate. I put a couple hours into Origins and the bloat was overwhelming. I just can't play this shit anymore.

[@hungrymogwai7342]

Yea when assassin's Creed unity came out I was like alright multiplayer assassin's Creed! Now look what they've done what dummies lol

[@chrisandrews397]

I got about 60 hours into this and then checked the map and saw how MUCH I had left and just put it down. Fun concept, pretty graphic, I like Eivor and the DLCs but oh my god

[@hkmarhk]

If you are a completionist like me, don't get this game. It's like a 9-9 job with a never-ending task list.

[@connormaughan3425]

I can back you on that, it was mind numbingly boring.

[@kingcrimson1222]

Ngl I’m a completion to and it took me 70+ hours to 100% ac origins, after that I swore I’m never buying another ac game after origins again “at least the rpg ones”. I’ll wait till they go back to their unity and brotherhood style of gameplay

[@connormaughan3425]

@@kingcrimson1222 I'll be surprised if they go back to the roots because the RPG setting has giving them a great excuse to be able to sell so much microtransactions in the helix store

[@connormaughan3425]

@@skandas2281 This is only because of the setting since God of war and the end of the vikings show there's been massive growth in people interested in vikings, Ubisoft have cleverly released it during this time this is why the sales are high because people want to play a viking fantasy game and AC valhalla is the only game available that let's you do this 🤷‍♂️

[@juice4826]

@@connormaughan3425 Na man I just hope they stop making ac games , each new one that comes out Ubisoft gets a worse reputation for it

[@Kaslor1000]

Ubisoft: Okay, this time for real, we heard your feedback, next AC will be shorter Also Ubisoft: Literally plans to release a game called AC: Infinity

[@ErmYepIAteThatLasagna]

Don’t give unisoft ideas

[@joeygang4136]

@@ErmYepIAteThatLasagna that's a fact.

[@almightynova4095]

@@ErmYepIAteThatLasagna its already announced lol

[@ZoruaCote]

@@ErmYepIAteThatLasagna already announced actually

[@PrinceUxas]

🤣🤣🤣

[@SmexKingOfTheOzone]

I absolutely love the way you write your reviews. You speak so elegantly, yet plainly. Definitely a reviewer I will continue to watch.

[@kenneth69]

After so many hours the amount of time waiting for finishing animations got to me. Having to watch for the 7000th time Eivor taking a two handed sword and hacking at the big brutes head just to show how fancy the animations can be . . ....

[@Ben-rz9cf]

yeah finishers are fucking annoying

[@jaden3555]

I agree with you on that, Pissed me off at times.

[@hughjaenus2235]

Same goes for god of war and doom

[@SuperRONDALE]

@@hughjaenus2235 God of war's animation is optional. Doesn't matter.

[@hughjaenus2235]

@@SuperRONDALE Ahh so you mean to say the added a useless mechanic?

[@starkindustries7429]

"I wish I could go back in time and not play this game." was the most brutal line I've ever heard about a video game lol.

[@claymathews8814]

Honestly the worst thing you can say about a game lol

[@trustypatches669]

Pretty much what i said to myself after Odyssey.

[@loganwebb5086]

I'm sure I'm in the minority but so far I like the game. He is right took me 8 hours to complete the introduction quests, and 100% the side items in the first area.

[@StubenhockerElite]

I felt like that all the way back after AC2. Kinda good to see that i was ahead of the curve, because even if it was one of the better AC's it is still one of the least stimulating experiences i've ever had. It's hard to describe, but Ubisoft games are pretty often not entertaining, but rather just destracting. Once the distraction is over you woonder where the time went and are left feeling nothing, but a little bit closer to death.

[@claymathews8814]

@@loganwebb5086 most reviews are solid. If were being honest, Skill Up isnt a big open world guy, so best not to take his word as law here, still appreciate his opinions though.

[@BdubC21]

I’m literally 98 hours in and it feels like I’m not even close to the ending

[@phelipe000]

is it worth 30$?

[@giorgosnikolaou7219]

@@phelipe000 pretty sure its not

[@editorrbr2107]

This game felt like Andromeda - shallow, bloated, piss poor writing, 50% of it is open world collection / fetch quests just to pad runtime.

[@costazoumboulis1649]

Dude I stopped at 10, then forced myself to finish Godfall so I don’t know if I was an idiot or not

[@shib5267]

Why

[@xannosp.6894]

Been playing through it finally. And everything in this sums it up perfectly. “Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle”

[@tetsusiega2]

When I think about “games that are killing the industry”, this is the first thing that pops up into my mind.

[@wolverineiscool7161]

damn straight

[@nunukumar4744]

Ubisoft wants to make a game like witcher 3 but problem is they haven't quite reach quality of witcher 2 yet .

[@luminious2963]

It has never worked and will never work, strange how Witcher had a quarter of the budget of Valhalla but yet but managed to do something ubisoft could never touch

[@psyched.shelby5391]

@@luminious2963 if that’s true then all I gotta say is ...yikes!

[@RevMirrane]

@Kasey Nicholson in this comment thread we're comparing AC:Valhala and the witcher, and witcher is better.

[@wreagfe]

Witcher 2 was really focused. Witcher 3 was W2 quality but exploded qua content. No bs content to be found in that game.

[@breakaway4236]

Like hell they want to make a game like The Witcher. They don't even want to make a game, as evidently seen here. They just want to print money by regurgitating the same Formula over and over.

[@Punkertoon]

"My brother has returned from over seas. And he's brought with him a strange companion." Sam kidnapped Yong?

[@seankaplon3641]

LMAO

[@thelaughingrouge]

God tier comment!

[@imaooo954]

YONG OUTTT!!

[@fahmimansor]

No no. Sam still in Australia. I think he means Thicc Boy.

[@RyanLeishman]

Actual LOL

[@axelsxnumba1fan]

I really loved Odyssey regardless of the grinding. It absolutely blew me away after taking a hiatus from videogames for a while. So I thought Valhalla would be wonderful as well... Sadly, I felt like it took many steps back from what made Odyssey so fun, addictive, and good.

[@Jonas-ej7id]

Try Origins

[@zicuvalentin2251]

odyssey best game ever all time and valhalla worst game ever all time...long story becomes boring

[@axelsxnumba1fan]

@@Jonas-ej7id okay! Thank you for the recommendation (:

[@MeggaMann_theBlueLion]

Origins is my fav. And had fun with Odyssey. Even though long. But Valhalla was a game that I played and hadn’t felt like in a long time and was just waiting for the end. So I stopped and went back to play HZD just for a sense of adventure

[@khariskhan3971]

AC odyssey was AMAZING. Idc what people say. The world building, the choices you make, the people, setting, everything was unique and intriguing to explore. Valhalla is SO FRIGGIN BORING. World looks the same every where. No character that stands out. Story is flat out boring and too long to follow.

[@311kratos]

"not good enough" should be the official Ubisoft motto.

[@kurgo_]

"we protect abusers" should also be, for that matter.

[@manakmishra]

"We dont care if the higher-ups sexually abuse people, we are French goddamn it!"

[@300IQPrower]

It should be “The Rape Company”

[@fuckyoutubecomments7530]

Outside of jimquistion and some Reddit threads, this is the first I’ve seen other people bring up the weird rape cult at Ubisoft. Idk if that’s me being blind but it’s not a good feeling either way.

[@johnnycage6676]

@@fuckyoutubecomments7530 I’m so confused what is this rape cult thing

[@towmate4673]

It’s amazing how Ghost of Tsushima has outclassed Assassin’s Creed in every way

[@focusnvm2175]

Honestly I disagree, Odyssey was a better game than Ghost of Tsushima in my mind. Ghost has better combat but worse exploration and world building.

[@UnrequitedLove23]

Meh, exploration on this game is top notch compared to Ghost. But Ghost has that Sony polish on it that makes it special. If only Ubisoft invests more on their time fixing small bugs that breaks immersion, it might be up to that Sony polish.

[@gamerchurl3639]

Honestly enjoyed the more personal, smaller scale story in Ghost, reminded me a lot of the earlier AC's.

[@Simpnamedslickback]

Stealth and parkour in Assassins Creed is 10x better than in Ghost Of Tsushima

[@IcarusNadir]

@@juansalvadorgarcinifernnde8657 not at all.

[@angelosmorfis4412]

I've played Valhalla for over 40 hours and I've only made it halfway through the game. They game felt like it would take an eternity to finish so I gave up and deleted the game from my Xbox cause it was only wasting space. It's been 6 months now and I still have not found the courage to finish it

[@jamielehn6926]

I finished the base game - first AC game I completed. It was good

[@makimieru6725]

Literally the most shittiest ac game ever

[@SojiRo23]

Your experience is my exact experience.

[@mbry1]

I did finish it trust me it’s not worth the suffering

[@AK33M]

I finished assassin creed 1 - 3, including all of ezio series. I quit playing valhalla after about 5 hours. It was boring.

[@shelbyfanman]

Combat-wise, I found remapping the attack buttons from the triggers to the x, square etc made things a little more enjoyable, not much, but a little. 👍🏼

[@StubenhockerElite]

To quote TBF: "Ubisoft mastered the art of nothing happening."

[@snakecharmer2882]

who is tbf?

[@dhruvo100]

Yeah who is he

[@kcmcclary569]

I agree and it's so disheartening when you realize that this is a chronic issue nearly all triple A studio's share within the industry it's like they aren't even trying anymore honestly and if I had to decide what mediums of entertainment made the most of this flaming Pig shit of a year it would be The Anime industry /manga industry for gaming we've had some highlights but nothing super phenomenal really....just 💯🔥🐖💩 all the way unfortunately.

[@Frerrva]

Are we talking all the way back to totalbiscuit?

[@tjlevey378]

Hello who is TBF?

[@holyone2668]

“The length of the game becomes a meditation on its failures” good line

[@LordsUther]

@@GrippeeTV Yeah how dare they make a long game /s. Some people like long games but judgement Andys here cant stand when other people have different opinions.

[@JaydevRaol]

Yeah

[@LordsUther]

@awteserhrst5h4r asdvavsrfaSfdds Literally dozen of good reviews - you sleep. One bad review - Yeah the game is shit I knew it. God youtube gamers are so obnoxious.

[@DarkDemonXR]

@@LordsUther I like long games... then the Irony games with 10h are critiziced for being too short. If he doesnt like long games review it with that in mind

[@luqjas87]

fantastic review. this game is filled with bloatware. 10% of actual content. remaining 90% is just copy paste bloatware.

[@K.C-2049]

WOOOO boy did you hit us with that AC Odyssey menu music all of a sudden. damn that theme goes hard.

[@TheSwampDonkey]

I just finished after 180 hours and that was just the base game. I recall watching this review 3 years ago and yup, spot on. I mean spot on Ralph. The cut scenes are boring and the game grated on me the more I played. Still need to do the DLC.

[@carpx6407]

If odyssey and valhalla didn’t have “Assassin’s Creed” in the title you would think this is a new franchise.

[@MarkFilipAnthony]

Not if u are deep in the AC lore, the 3 games Origins, odessey and Valhalla are origin stories after all However u could also say that about ac4 black flag as you're not an assassin until the end of the game, and Ac Rouge where ur playing a templar

[@ethanking640]

@@MarkFilipAnthony the only one that is 100% apart of the AC franchise is AC Origins. The ones after do not matter at all to the story, you’d be better off not knowing it.

[@MrOrangeSmash]

@@ethanking640 your main weapon in odyssey is a spear made by the ancient race going all the way back to AC2 and is made from the same stuff as the apple of Eden then you learn the truth behind Atlantis.

[@chukyuniqul]

@@MrOrangeSmash but does that change anything previously known in the series except cheapen the apples? Because I don't even need to play the game to know by the way you describe it that it is an afterthought therefore wholly irrelevant.

[@cashel5232]

@@MrOrangeSmash Oh wow you can use a very common weapon that's been used by armies for fucking centuries, what a deep connection to the AC universe :O

[@bobrudolph5161]

Someone isn’t getting a Christmas card from Ubisoft.

[@sam-in8231]

😂😂

[@EthanRom]

He liked Legion tho

[@unbuffed4185]

Lmao.

[@SeamusOR]

@@EthanRom legion was terrible

[@sam-in8231]

@Severus Von Emreis if you want to waste so much of your time that is

[@harbinger713]

After my 3rd attempt at this game, I’m actually enjoying it, oddly enough after changing my lifestyle to a more active one and only having time for an hour maybe 2 of gaming, slowly chipping away at the game is working really well for me. It was the binge sessions that made this game feel impossible to complete for me.

[@ZackAleksandrowicz]

Same, I got the PS5 in January and games on Black Friday just to already have them, and not playing video games as much as I used to it took me from January till April? May? And it felt enjoyable that way, but yeah I can still understand his gripes.

[@bustanut5501]

@@ZackAleksandrowicz Due to COVID I had a bit more time for gaming throughout the day. Even though I played it for about 2 to 3 hours a day, it still took me from May 1st to around the mid of July last year to complete its main quest. Granted, I spent some time collecting the gear and the rare materials that are marked on your map, but I still think 110h for the main quest is way too much. Playing both initial DLCs and completing them to 100% (their worlds are a lot smaller) took me an additional 1 and a half months. I'm currently playing Elden Ring, started on launch day and I'm still not done with my first playthrough. Even though I'm thoroughly enjoying it and also playing Destiny 2 simultaneously, I still don't want to spend multiple months to finish a game's main quest.

[@ZackAleksandrowicz]

@@bustanut5501 I'm tempted to buy the Ragnarok dlc, but the game just sapped the life out of me.

[@jeremypurdy1833]

@@ZackAleksandrowicz Ragnarok DLC will spoil you with freedom of travel once you unlock a certain skill and finesse your way around the 'vigor-like' system it uses, that you will be spoiled from the main game, lol. I played the Ragnarok DLC and found it hard to go back outside of the Ragnarok DLC zones because I couldn't zoom across the map anymore. xD

[@kynno9305]

On my 1st attempt to get back in AC series after a very long time and i picked valhalla i couldn't even get pass the beginning like wth is this puny boat could even do, the theme is kinda weird, something is not right with the combat ?. My 2nd attempt 3 months later, ok i'm doing well and actually enjoyed it a bit then i thought of trying Odyssey and i love it so much more than Valhalla. Now i'm stuck with Origin, everything feels right and it blew my mind ofc still a bit stray away from original idea world of AC but it's ok. The rumors about the next AC game about Aztec or something well ima pass on that, the series is getting weirder and weirder by each games Ubi made, less buildings to climb, braindead parkour, assassinate get less and less creative and ineffective, the world feels like copied and pasted, the story is total bullshit but its just me cuz i'm a heavy reader so my standard set to hight. I agreed with you there, its good to pass time after a day of work but the fact that Valhalla is something that punish you for playing too much.

[@guyonyoutube501]

I think the setting just didn't do it for me. I really loved the world of Odyssey. Old England just didn't interest me as much as ancient Greece.

[@Leotardoification]

Repetitive gameplay in a Ubisoft open world level grinder? Who would have thought?

[@nagysamuel2575]

Holy shit I thought I was the only sane human being here.

[@purplegamer829]

Ubisoft games “Climb the tower or else”

[@justinserrano4506]

So like every game ever?

[@mentos93]

This is exactly why i never buy a game at launch.

[@justinserrano4506]

@@mentos93 but skillup is wrong. The combat is fun and can be punishing when you turn up the difficulty. You’re a Viking not an assassin. The acting in this game has been one of the best and the characters show more emotion than in odyssey. Repetitive gameplay of course but.... look at Spider-Man miles morales the games over in 8 hours. 10 hours tops and no reason to play it again. I rather have a game like assassins creed that I can play and enjoy over a long period. The lore and the mysteries in the game are interesting. I have 60 hours in just running around and getting myself killed in harder areas way above my pay grade. Raiding could have been better. More difficult and maybe an option on you balancing areas or else the enemy could have regained footing. You’d have to raid again. I actually enjoyed odyssey/origin loot over Valhalla’s but I can see what they were going for.

[@Dryvlyne]

Remember when people used to complain that games were only 10-20hrs long.

[@devora4809]

Yup

[@moe1829]

You can make any game 50 hours long if you just copy/paste all missions, which they did here with the entire campaign, is ok to have a 10/20 hours or a 60 hours game as long as it delivers an enjoyable experience, but Valhalla is just boring as hel

[@newgoldenpro4008]

Remember where it was actually meaningful and not a copy and paste of the same shit over and over?

[@thelel6591]

i dont see people complain for 10-20 hrs campaigns those are fine like DOOM eternal or DMC 5. if it was short like resident evil 3 or Miles than yes that is something to complain about.

[@maxeisenach1771]

@@thelel6591 Well, DMC is made for replayability.

[@TrailerTrashThorne]

Pro tip for buying Ubisoft games: Don't look forward to them? Buy them like 2 years after release for like ten bucks when you're just looking for a new game to burn time on. Like when you just wanna simulate productivity. Here's an open world, here's all the collectables on the map, here's easy flashy combat, probably won't stop having fun till 20-40 hours. Why expect anything better from Ubisoft? Their last game I bought at full price was Far Cry 3. Then they clearly just started following the same formula for all their games.

[@yellayettithemythical7045]

Ghosts fighting interaction is epic man. The stealth is impeccable too.

[@IndianTelephone]

"I liked Avengers more than Valhalla." Ubisoft sweating profusely

[@WiseG33k]

I think he shouldn't have said that, it hurts his credibility more than anything, lol.

[@AnthonyRodriguez-wl6ne]

@@WiseG33k how

[@paulevans1105]

.....ubisoft is not even going to remotely care lol

[@madlinkers8595]

If you liked oddyssey youl like this one a lot avengers was a real joke

[@TheSupremeNegroMidas]

Me sweating profusely as its currently installing on my pc

[@ianswanson332]

Remember when assassin's creed games where about assassins and thier creed?

[@stealthmaster1045]

Yeah its boring as fuck

[@DevVy-WeVvy]

The last ac game like that was origins

[@fazzamahendra]

Every assassin creed game is about assasination and their creed you just hate it because they had less stealth and the hood. Assassin creed origin = they tell us to assassin/kill all cult (templar) member that exist in egypt and how The creed is born and their first name is The Hidden One Assassi creed Odyssey = tell us to assassin/kill all the cult member (templar) that exist in roman and why the creed protect all the eden pieces. Its evolving from Assassin Creed Vs Templar to The Hidden One vs Cult. It always be like that but this time with larger map,more items. I always enjoy it lol but i respect you opinion because from AC origin-valhalla it always hurt my neck because i love exploring the map and thats kinda suck

[@juice4826]

@@stealthmaster1045 ikr nobody wanted Valhalla .....

[@OhHesCracked]

New games are better. People are hipster bitches

[@sylviahawthorne8745]

I keep going back and forth on this one. I played a lot of the earlier games, found some love with origins, and promptly got put off by the utter slog of odyssey. Love greek myth, love the whole concept of an assassins creed version of that. But it was just too long for me to bother finishing. Thanks for the video, saved me some money

[@FloFlo060]

U failed to mention the ever so fun and totally not broken rock building simulator. Really pulled this game together and truly immersed me into this magical world.

[@YunyunUnion]

“I spent 50 years on Avengers” Dear God, this man made up the entire remaining playerbase of that game Edit: I refuse to change my typo just continue pissing people off in the replies

[@justinthematrix]

Years?

[@nickolson5801]

he said hours

[@theduck3876]

It really isin't that bad. It was actually fun, the problem with avengers is that there's fuck all in it. I mean really i dont see any other avengers games like that

[@adrianjacobs5444]

@@theduck3876 I agree with about avengers I wasn't going to get it but I wanted something to play and I like comics so it was a good stop gap until cyberpunk came out 🤣🙄 but I've stopped playing until they drop the new characters but the gear grind only fun for a bit.

[@theduck3876]

@@adrianjacobs5444 yeah that's what i plan to do as well.

[@Hamppdur]

Just now, I completed ghost of Tsushima for the 4th time and I’m already considering playing it over again. When you make a game with the love for making games, you get a great fucking game.

[@user-yg8jf1zk9e]

Damn, is GoT that good? I was considering getting it tomorrow but I'm not quite sure yet.

[@Hamppdur]

@@user-yg8jf1zk9e honestly, without being hyperbolic, it’s pretty damn good. Not perfect but considering everything else that’s out there right now, it’s the best game I’ve played in awhile. The combat, by far, is the highlight for me.

[@MrJackrussell12]

That just sounds retarded and stupid, it came out in July and you've played 4 times. There's literally only the story and that's it, it's like watching a movie on repeat, I get it if the game was cyberpunk but it's a linear story game with little to no decision making parts and the outcome is mostly the same, you just sound bored

[@Hamppdur]

@@MrJackrussell12 lol alright man, chillll. It’s a pretty good story, a little cliche but hey, no micro transactions or level gating. The combat is simple but oddly satisfying on lethal. The side quests characters aren’t just one and done. The game looks more like a painting and gives you a lot time to admire it. For me, it was a breath of fresh air so with the little time I had after work days, I was more then happy to experience it over and over again. Maybe try it or don’t. Idk. You do you man.

[@IWantToStayAtYourHouse]

@@Hamppdur i dont get it how did you not get bored? I already felt the combat was too repetitive and got bored after act II on my first playthrough (90% of my skilltree was already filled by end of act I). But you somehow managed to play GoT for 4 playthroughs... Theres no way i could do that even if someone pays me lol

[@chilltown1414]

this video perfectly sums up how i feel about 90% of the open world games on the market

[@nickstewart1202]

A few things I'd like to mention that really irked me in this game 1) Playing as an assassin is boring. There are maybe 5 animations total in the entire game and it's all dependent on how you are doing the assassination. And they are slow and clunky, like the combat. You had like half a dozen in Odyssey and got rid of them for what? 2) The entire stun attack mechanic is probably the worst thing to happen to AC combat. Breaks the flow where you do the same animation of killing someone with whatever weapon THEY are using, not your own cool looking weapon. 3) Dual wielding weapons is lame. You barely use the other weapon, plus the way they designed for you to be able to switch to the other weapon is something you have to unlock in their nightmare of a skill tree. Most of those skills are either minimally useful or flat out useless.

[@michaelb2westgaedu]

My wife TORE Odyssey up, over 100 hours and generally loved everything BUT the DLC content. Valhalla she played for about half a day and just turned it off, saying "this game is boring. Trade it." I was shocked, but she and I watched this video and she said, "yep, pretty much all of the above were already telegraphing to me. I'm going to play something else." Oof.

[@KurlandHickory]

I thought Odyssey is better too. The mythical nature of the game makes it more fun (fighting lions was beyond fun). Also the broken up islands made Greece feel like different regions, England on the other hand is one giant landmass that feels mostly the same.

[@RetryOfHealGuy]

@@KurlandHickory Also helps that Odyssey is your story. Valhalla just feels like fetch quest for your brother and clan

[@Novanityyy]

i was exactly the same

[@giosketches]

Did you marry my wife? Lol. She did the same thing

[@michaelb2westgaedu]

@@giosketches Kassandra sets a high mark. Eivor just doesn't cut it, I think.

[@antolak1590]

"I took 55 hours to beat odyyeys" **me having 90 hours and only about half way through the storry**

[@Km-pw9oc]

I was thinking the same thing plus I didn't play the side missions

[@lulzalfest]

plus he praises WD: L when theres very little to do in it vs this game. I understand this game has bugs and should have been a few months more delayed but choosing WD: L over this is very odd.

[@Jobs925]

How do you play that boring as game for 90 hours I couldn’t even beat it yawn

[@Febrezeaire]

SAME lmfao

[@ytasd4467]

i have 90 hours and i've done everything on the map but not the dlc

[@lonestargazer8541]

I honestly think it really depends on how you play it. I, for one, thought from the get go that the HUD was horribly clustered, so the first thing I did was disabling ALL of it except for the MOST necessary items (waypoints, bow reticle, contextual actions and little else). I also toggled the guaranteed assassinations, and got the advanced assassination perk as soon as a I could. After some other changes like these, I started enjoying the game MUCH more. It is true that stealth here is really basic, and that Eivor is really slow when it comes to movility, but that kind makes sense considering he's a huge viking raider and not really an assassin. And that's pretty much how I'm taking this game. Not an AC focused on an Assassin, but sort of like a spin off that follows a "random" passerby who gets tangled with the Hidden One's and the Isu's shenanigans. Viewing it like this, it's quite an enjoyable game, although, of course, the bloatedness argument is completely valid criticism, along with many other pointed out flaws. The game is on the PS Plus catalog right now, so if you pay for this service, it's worth checking out. Not the best AC, but a fun Viking RPG set in the AC universe with some pretty brutal takedown animations and cool ship songs.

[@TimothyCollins]

AC Valhalla is the Halloween 3 of the AC franchise. By that I mean this : If Halloween 3 had been released with just a title of "Season of the Witch" it would actually be remembered as a decent little 80's horror movie. But it was released as Halloween 3 - which means it had an expectation set up that it failed to fulfill. AC Valhalla would be a decent game if it had been released as just Valhalla. It's a fun game. But it's not an AC game and therefore the inclusion of it in that franchise fails to fulfill my expectations when I bought it.

[@scorchedham9842]

A moment of silence for this man, who played 50 hours of the Avengers... Edit: Thanks for the likes

[@itsacardboardworldwithshan8603]

No cutting I couldn't do 15

[@keenankbarnes9607]

@@itsacardboardworldwithshan8603 yeah but I mean he’s getting paid to do it

[@1armedwolf2003]

Never trust a man who plays 50 hours of the avengers

[@ryuno2097]

F

[@macoi3008]

@@1armedwolf2003 have you watched his avengers review?

[@val3489]

This game, like Odyssey, suffers from "It shouldn't have been an AC game" syndrome. Another really cool idea ruined by the franchise it was forced into.

[@kaldarian]

I remember talking to a friend about the topic, I think they should just consider making a new IP that’s also based in historical periods, especially with the virtual tour section they do now. When “Assassin’s Creed” is slapped onto part of the title it’s going to have high expectations from its more successful predecessors. Now if they gave it a different title and did some changes on mechanics it would at least be seen with more open-minded expectations and curiosity.

[@ffsnek1599]

Ac would be dead if it wasn’t for the reboot

[@kaldarian]

@@ffsnek1599 That’s true, I’m not saying it’s bad or good though, I just try to stay open minded and look at some things from different perspectives.

[@DeathDrager]

After being in origins, odyssey and valhalla. We should accept that these ideas are the identity of 20% of the assassins creed games/franchise. They tried to revamp it, and perhaps it was not a hit with some. I have been enjoying the hell out of valhalla, and find the characters very interesting.

[@kaldarian]

@@DeathDrager Oh yeah I still enjoy playing the games, it’s part of why so enjoy learning about world history so much!

[@BigWheezer2000]

I won’t pretend to be the biggest AC fan, but I feel like Odyssey gets a bad rap. I loved that game

[@roibeard94]

Waaay late to the party here, but I got it super cheap on steam during the Winter sale. I give credit to them for the massive amount of difficulty and combat customization, including damage dealt and received, stealth, assassination attacks, etc. I wish I hadn't *needed* to spend about 10 minutes at the beginning to make it all feel challenging and fun and well executed, but I'll give credit that is makes it accessible for people that just want to grind and do a story. The default just should probably be more difficult.

[@CrimsonJigsaw89]

ubisoft are amazing tbh most of their games are at least good and they are very very ambitious releasing games every or every 2nd year and they are also very generous with additional content both free and paid,grinding opals to spend on the animus store is very fun imo opinion especiall if you have all the dlc as well like i do

[@gabevillarrealedits]

“I spent 50 hours with the Avengers, and I didn’t even *like* that. But I liked it a hell of a lot more than this.” *O O F*

[@hitmankiller123]

Big oof 😐

[@crowns9269]

@@hitmankiller123 small oof

[@tommasoprevedello7593]

PLAYED BOTH really not true at all

[@andersonanderson1009]

@@tommasoprevedello7593 yeah it's just a tired dig at UBISOFT. Go watch his AVENGERS videos and tell me he's not just making things up for soundbites.

[@iaintabloodysquid1497]

@@andersonanderson1009 Yeah he's really hyperbolic these days.

[@Nadfin]

I feel like you're being a little too harsh. I mean, there is no possible way that the Avengers game is better than Valhalla.

[@a1sauce195]

I played both back to back and I loved Valhalla way better

[@lupuscanctus188]

That the reason why this video have 11k hate

[@lapin2471]

Valhalla is a boring game (after the first 20 hours), but not worst than Avenger indeed.

[@TrwuKiNg]

He didn't say it was worse he said he liked it better

[@DeliciousDrizzy]

the last assassins creed i played was black flag, and that came out almost 7 years ago which is crazy to think about, though i have yet to play any of the other ones that were released after that. i recently bought valhalla and have only been playing it for a few hours, and i can say that it is exceptionally better than black flag. keep in mind that i have not played odyssey so i cannot compare the two, but from my experience, i can truthfully say that investing within valhalla was worth it. obviously, that's just my opinion, and this video is biased, but i would say that there is a bit too much criticism.

[@blowfish1702]

Ubisoft has no respect for the players time, everything is uninspired filler, given just enough veneer to make it pass at first glance.

[@dionysisspinos]

Great review i agree with the most part. Question should I focus only on main quests/side and raids/abilities or is it worth clearing all the dots on the map ? Mysteries etc etc

[@PeterTX]

Raids upgrade your settlement, which provides vast buffs and services to you. Just keep an eye on the level of the region so you avoid swinging too far above your class. That being said, focus on bright gold/white dots more than the dull ones. They'll be ingots and gear vs treasure maps or leather.

[@dionysisspinos]

@@PeterTX thanks for the insight!

[@Mathghamhan]

It was your AC: Odyssey review that actually convinced me to buy it and why I subscribed to your channel originally. Your pros and cons were accurate, just weighted differently for me as a person. Keep it up with the honesty.

[@rcola6235]

How do you know that he is being honest?

[@izmirs.]

Ac odyssey was abhorrent.

[@spadezap9728]

@@rcola6235 what reason would he lie?

[@NCMETAL]

@@rcola6235 because he gave an accurate representation of the game.

[@spadezap9728]

@@EmperorDxD witcher is pretty good, ngl

[@lordtaternuts4840]

I just want to point out that the storyline to this game is longer than all 8 seasons of Game of thrones combined.

[@jshv73]

The main story. With Sigurd and the Isu is incredibly short. It’s like 2-3 hours max. Everything is side quests roadblocked by more side quests. I wouldn’t mind if there some intrinsic motivations to do these but the game offers up none sadly

[@TheCooderix]

@KeV B I feel like Lord Taternuts was making a joke about how the story in games of thrones makes no sense, so there isn't really an overarching "storyline". But maybe I am wrong.

[@CatJuiceSays]

No AC Odyssey is longer storyline and have big impact if you chose wrong decision but this Valhalla bad ending is also a good ending at the same time you know

[@daedalus6433]

@@CatJuiceSays English, pls.

[@patrickthewolf840]

1 it's not 2 it's also boring shit

[@vysian]

Very interesting view that I've not seen represented elsewhere. I've seen a few make throw away comments about the game being longwinded, or grindy, but you're the first review I've found going into such detail about why and have given me much to think about. Thank you for that! I've recently gotten an Xbox Series X and was considering buying AC Valhalla, I still may get it, but will perhaps buy other things and leave it until I run out of things that give a more concise quality experience first and use it as a gap filler.

[@Jaymo860]

You harped perfectly on every single detail with evidence backing it up, and I truly commend you for that. Brotherhood will always be my favorite assassins creed subjectively speaking, while stating that syndicate in it's own respect was incredible on it's own, regardless of how much you felt for the storyline because it introduced game mechanics the series had never seen before. Thanl you for taking the time to make this and all the evidence you provided. You described everything perfectly, and your research is bar none🙏

[@abhishhhsunil7731]

I put 150 hours into red dead redemption 2 and I was sad it ended.

[@henrikaugustsson4041]

I’m still putting in hours in RDR2. Online is getting better, even though I’ve done most of it by now.

[@Abcdefg-uw4id]

@@henrikaugustsson4041 you mean the weekly sales on beans?

[@sventheterrible7598]

@@Abcdefg-uw4id Gotta have that cowboy chow at a discount my guy ;)

[@DarshanBhambhani]

same, the only other games that made me felt that way were Witcher 3 and Zelda

[@RevanJJ]

Hell, I’ve put 200 into it and still have to go back at least once a week to just experience the amazing world they built...and find some secrets. Finally caught the Vampire in Saint Denis lol.

[@doriangreg1601]

50 hours of valhalla felt like 50 hours while 500 hours of monster Hunter went by in a flash

[@LikeVapor65]

Factual

[@NotTylerT]

Because monster Hunter is fun it has soul in it everything about it is amazing playing online fighting monsters having cool moments AC just doesn’t have that

[@IHMyself]

To me it's the opposite, I HATED Monster Hunter, the combat was so damn boring.

[@Viewahh]

@@IHMyself a.k.a. You sucked 😂

[@d.maestro8746]

@@Viewahh you grilled him mate lmao Polar Flow was probably new to monster hunter games

[@sapedibeppo]

I loved Odyssey, but despite pre-ordering this game I have never finished it

[@arbisangria8933]

This game looks great on the ps5 on Quality performance if u have the right TV and the tweaking the gameplay settings makes the gameplay fun/interesting

[@Army1601]

Everything you said here about janky combat, generic missions, and no payoff, pretty much applies to "Watch Dog Legion" as well. Its thankfully not as long, but I dont doubt its as generic, that's Ubisoft for ya

[@thrace_bot1012]

Its even worse and set in Britain as well.

[@sharkh20]

Legion is unplayably boring. Valhalla is what I expected and at least enjoyable for a while anyway.

[@sjent]

Modern "AAA" titles have reached this level, where every aspect of them is just meh. They lack both scope and depth, that would make them interesting. Open world, even with generic elements, could be interesting, if there is enough depth to this game. Like loot or extended character development system. If those generic features are arranged in a very good way. None of it is present in games like Valhalla and Legion. They are big, but utterly shallow, lacking enough content for enjoyable gameplay loop, where you can go from activity 1 to activity 2...to activity 37, keeping player interested, because there is so many different things to do(and they are not mandatory) and any of them making impact on gameplay in some shape or form. What we see with those games is developers starting to reach rock bottom of practice that has been in place for last 10 years or so, where games have been gradually watered down(Fallout franchise is a perfect example), to appeal to largest audience possible, resulting in none of those games having anything that would make them even remotely special, not to mention unique. You just repeat same extremely limited number of activities, for very little reward or impact on anything. Grind is no longer tool for reaching certain goals, it is all that those games have. Very little substance.

[@6ixlxrd]

@@sharkh20 Valhalla was what I expected and not enjoyable at all. I liked Origins, Odyseey was a downgrade, and somehow this is WORSE. Inconsistent framerates, bugs and glitches littered everywhere, boring asf features that put me to sleep WATCHING them (can only imagine what it'd be like playing it; gonna leave in a coma). The janky, stiff, 15 fps combat was just an overall deal-breaker for me though. Not even about to touch this game.

[@Kirinboy39]

Someone once said to me Ubisoft design is like Mexican fast food, you can order a burrito, taco or a enchilada, but at the end the ingredients are all the same and the only difference is how it's served.

[@otemplet9915]

I think the lack of facial expression and animated movements during missions cut scenes killed the immersion and momentum for alot of it

[@SomethingWittyRW]

Yeah I don't know what happened here, odyssey's wasn't the best but my God they are 1000x times better than a lot of Valhalla's animations. I have no clue how they went backwards

[@cedricmendoza8316]

Ubisoft just needs to get back to their roots and put in a main protagonist. Remove the male femal protagonist altogether and work on a character you'll be invested in by relating to his story. Origins was good. Odyssey and Valhalla was a mess

[@pyrobronson1779]

@@cedricmendoza8316 atleast ancient greece was awesome to explore.

[@nwah4707]

That and magically shrinking weapons. The people calling you she when you're clearly a man. The women with the bodies of men. The fact that apparently half of England in the 800s were 10 feet tall giants. The studded leather armor and furs. The lack of proper viking tactics. The use of terminology that did not exist yet. The shit tier voice acting. And not to mention the horrible combat system they've been using of late. Button mashing tedious mind numbing laziness. Basically Destiny in singleplayer form. Assassins creed is truly a dumpsterfire these days. So glad I pirated it. Ubi doesn't deserve my money.

[@vittxrio5198]

@@nwah4707 As far as I remember old AC combat wasn't glorious as well, and in fact was just a shitty button mashing. Character feels godly, devoiding that combat challenge experience. It was just parry then one-hit.

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

I got quickly bored in the huge and tedious Odyssey and switched it off, wondering what I’d miss but unwilling to use my time finding out. Glad to hear that Valhalla is even less worth trying so I don’t waste any more time

[@michaelchapline6960]

Exactly everything after origins is shit

[@TsunaXZ]

It baffles me that many people still pay for these kind of shit. AC series is already dead, origins were the last of it's kind.

[@CharlieStickmanFilms]

People said origins was shit when it came out for ruining the ac formula etc etc but now people love it lmao

[@shawshank_1317]

Bro im playing origins rn and i find there are too many sidequests and traveling,generic combat and sidequests where bandit makes trouble and you kill him Witcher 3 wild hunt is far far better than this shit

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

@@shawshank_1317 I couldn’t stand Witcher 3 because of the combat. Only my personal preference. I’m combat first, then story second

[@makotoyagami9458]

I just want old assassins creed back At this point idc how old it got back then I’d rather have repeated quality and fun Than boredom just to be different

[@joedatius]

not gonna lie when you said "some great fan service right here" i rolled my eyes. hearing that the Assassins creed in a Assassins creed game has been demoted to fan service tier is just sad

[@muramasa870]

Assassin's Creed is dead

[@Kvs-vf9nt]

I bought this game because it's a GOOD viking game. I love vikings.. Screw assasins and templars.

[@thesigmamale2134]

@@Kvs-vf9nt yes well it is called assassins creed

[@nischalshrestha395]

That's his choice of word .. doesn't make it true, it's the part of the story not some fan service.

[@Kvs-vf9nt]

@@thesigmamale2134 So? I just bought it because it's a viking game. I liked black flag, and origins too a lot! But odyssee no!! I still have the game and want to just give it away

[@carlosmiguelteixeiraott3643]

"I liked Marvel's avengers a hell of a lot more than I liked (Assassin's Creed) Valhalla" - Skill up 2020 That's a savage takedown.

[@the_seer_0421]

Now that's hard to believe

[@emotionalsupportostrich2480]

Christ! That’s pretty brutal

[@CVSiN]

And proves that he flat has poor game taste period..

[@kinglift5611]

@@CVSiN or he can just think for himself

[@adammohrone]

@@the_seer_0421 it really is

[@matthewcouttsgaming]

Awesome video I've been streaming this for ages and honestly you summed up exactly how I feel It's so bloody repetitive and boring I need to stream something enjoyable This game broke me😂

[@jpalmer9896]

I guess I am crazy because I felt that Odyssey and Origins looked MUCH better.

[@KillSchwill]

I care more about side characters in The Witcher than I do about main characters in AC games. I remember and care more about the Bloody Baron than I do about Alexios or Bayek.

[@waynepayne9875]

The bloody baron was epic

[@a.lister4976]

Barons story arc was damm good compared to this

[@svfutbol20]

The lady missing her frying pan, the sister of the slain wife of a werewolf by the husband’s own hands, meeting Letho again, the tower outta nowhere, there are so many memorable quests that a player could have just skipped.

[@tek1645]

Bayek was cool though...

[@Noh1996]

True same goes with rdr2, i care most of the characters more than valhalla.

[@buddyrichforever]

Dude can’t be bought . Always willing to go against the tide if that’s the way he feels he should. Good man. Top job.

[@aandlwireless]

Not really. Complains game is to easy but plays it on normal difficulty. I mean how can u take that review serious. Seems like all the stuff he complains about is stuff he didn't figure out how to do in the game. Poor review to be honest.

[@alexbelmont7044]

@@aandlwireless just because you’re an AC fanboy who loves Valhalla doesn’t mean SkillUp’s review is bad. I bet if he loved the game you would be saying “what a great review.” Good review to be honest.

[@robertcairns9026]

If normal feels easy then you are too experienced for normal it's not that crazy. Especially since some people been playing these games since 2007 like we've definitely mastered being an assassin by now.

[@linhza501]

@@aandlwireless If a game offers different difficulties then normal should be the most balanced. By your stupid arguments every game should be like Dark Souls, insanely difficult by default with no way to change difficulties.

[@chillociraptor5007]

@@aandlwireless Disagree. There should still be some level of difficulty in Normal. Majority of people go into games on the game's normal difficulty. If there isn't at least some challenge to every difficulty, that's a major problem. A game needs a challenge to overcome. That is one of the core fundamentals to any game design. If there is no challenge. And if a game is too easy. Then what are you actually getting out of what you're doing? If a character talks of overcoming a difficult threat in any given game, how can the audience relate to it at all? If it was piss easy you would feel no resolve. No accomplishment. The reason a game is a game is in it's ability to relate your actions to what is going on in that world. The character says it was a slow, hard fought victory. The player feels like it was a walk in the park. It lacks impact and creates a dissonance between the player and the game. Not allowing you to relate to these characters in turn or feel deeply involved in the world. Game's need some level of challenge to every difficulty given. And if normal, arguably the most picked game difficulty, is really easy, you think about how many experiences that might ruin? Sure you can change difficulty but playing it on the normal difficulty, the most standard and most picked difficulty in gaming is really essential to reviewing a gaming experience, as it is accustomed for a large majority of people to relate to, as they will play through on normal. That is why this review is absolutely fair and wonderfully professional. His complaints are completely justified. And his review is great. I am a game design student at Media Design School. Fresh, just finished my first year. But I've learnt an awful lot. Including the fact that challenge is one of the most core fundamentals to making a good game. Have a good day Mr. Looby

[@paulf5538]

try max difficulty + enemies are always 80 power lvls up. that hits different and feels more rewarding to play.

[@TheJoestewart]

I wish I'd listened to this before I sank 120+ hrs into this mess

[@itzzDizZY]

Finally after months of playing this, countless breaks, after more than 125 hours, I have finally finished the game lol This might be my last AC game, I’m done with these mindless repetitive endless games.

[@fightingtothepoint4u732]

Wtf i play about 2 hours per day average this shit would take me around 60 days to finish what the hell. Im glad i bought the ezio collection instead

[@travisgraham3104]

Well you still beat it so that tells me It's worth it.

[@berimar5675]

@@travisgraham3104 not realy some events in it are limited and last only a month gametime so ..... yeah

[@itzzDizZY]

@@travisgraham3104 😂 not exactly, I’m a completionist so I had to finish it. There are roughly 50 hours of gameplay where I had to push myself to play through. So I’d say I enjoyed it 60% of the time. Not to mention, I took many weeks off where I didn’t even touch it just because I was so bored with it. If you can push through of that 50-60 hours of repetitive gameplay, go for it.

[@J.F.331]

I still haven’t finished it and have already decided not to buy another Ubisoft game again.

[@gabriel_ramon]

EDIT: If you enjoyed this game, that's okay! This comment here was just my opinion back then, agreeing with SkillUp's review. Some people got offended by it, but don't take it personal, please. - There is no weight on this game's combat and movement, you feel like you're just hitting NPCs HP bars. - The world is pretty, but it feels empty. - The NPCs are all generic with the same faces and dialogues. Sometimes I see the same NPC models side by side doing the same animations. - The missions are unending and just bad, feels like you're doing the same thing for 70 hours. Always that "talk > scan > kill" or follow someone. - No motivation to keep going through the story, no real objective. Everybody hates you when you reach a new ally region, you do some missions, and then suddenly everybody loves you. Repeat this for like thirteen times. - Like you said, the equipment you find throughout the world is boring. And the "secret" places to find them always follow the same pattern. - No motivation to spend the silver coins you get, because the vendors are not interesting at all and they sell the same things. After almost a year since I bought it (full price), after many times I've given up because I was too bored, I've finished it. I've finished the main story because I always want to prepare for the next AC title. It wasn't worth it, not even close. One of the worst and meaningless games that I've ever played for sure. I should've watched your video before.

[@Filthypagan]

Haha man why do people force themselves to finish games. Sorry to hear that dude

[@majidkhan89]

I totally agree. I'm just 40 hours in and completed 3 alliance, and I am nowhere close to finishing. It just becoming a drag. I struggled with Odyssey but managed to finish and platinum within 60/70 hours. But this is next level. Hella repetitive. Was hyped at the beginning for this game. But the length of this game is killing me. I think I'm done. I'll think twice about purchasing an AC game.

[@Mantrahiroshima]

@@Filthypagan right?? If I decide I am not having fun with a game it’s off my hard drive in the same minute I say that too myself. People don’t even respect their own time it’s crazy.

[@Mantrahiroshima]

@BabbitXP if it’s not enjoyable absolutely. Gaming is something I do for fun and I have limited time to do it, I’m definitely not gonna spend that time playing something that’s not grabbing me and making me want to play more.

[@jonnycellular]

The worst part for me is that the 'ending' doesn't feel like a real ending, but just a setup for the "season pass".

[@EricBilson]

Totally agree, and i am just at the start of the video. I quit when i was about 34 hours. Reached the Dublín DLC when i was lv 60 to find a different context/activities from the main story to disconnect for a while, and found myself doing basically the same (Talk to a King and make an allianze blabla). So tedious and boring. If only the combat, the story, the charactares, the equipment or the exploration where better...But no, every aspect of the game is a meh. My opinion.

[@McGriddle69]

I recently completed this game and I don't necessarily agree with your sentiment. I had a great time but I can definitely understand being angry with the repetition. I think I just enjoyed the stories for each area. I will say that getting ravensthorpe to level 6 pissed me off because at the end I had one upgrade to do but I had already done every raid so I had to go find supplies chests. There were too many of the order too and too many order members just being random npcs in towns. But all in all I enjoyed the story and some of the boss fights for the equipment in this game. I thoroughly enjoyed fighting the daughters of lerion and getting thors armor.

[@aquapendulum]

Ubisoft: The Game, again.

[@IceCrystalx]

Exactly, and people still got suckered in to buying the game.

[@Salidin111]

@@IceCrystalx To be fair if the game that shall not be named released this month as expected I suspect there would've been %40 less purchases.

[@J.J34]

@@IceCrystalx And people who judge by not Playing it... JESOS... This HATE BANDWAGON is getting Worse than BRAIN DEAD ZOMBIE...

[@blueboi12jj]

And that’s why I don’t plan on buying any Ubisoft Titles anymore. Even Watch Dogs Legion looks like an empty playground. 🙅🏻‍♂️🙅🏻‍♂️

[@ryanmabee5335]

I hated Odyssey personally but so far i really like Valhalla. The bugs are a annoying though...

[@Alexander-dd4rg]

What annoys me most is the cringe voice lines, especially from a woman in my crew who keeps saying "ITS AXE TIME" every time I raid a monastery

[@dreamsneezer8668]

Don’t forget The dumbass song that plays on repeat during raids. I have to turn the music off every raid.

[@DevVy-WeVvy]

*iTs aXE tiME!* 🪓😈

[@ryno2376]

@@dreamsneezer8668 That song is one of the little things that I actually enjoyed in ACV.

[@dreamsneezer8668]

@@ryno2376 hah no shit? it was cool at first I guess but after the 73637844th time it played I was done

[@ryno2376]

@@dreamsneezer8668 Agreed

[@OurFantasyLife]

"Weary" is the perfect to describe where I was at by the end of this game. I still haven't (and probably will never) finish all the side content because I'm just weary of the game's gameplay loop at this point.

[@johnlock2672]

I 100% agree with everything you said about valhalla, don´t agree with everything you said about odyssey but it was still refreshing to find someone who feels the same about valhalla

[@chrispysaid]

I have a friend who has a disability called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome that makes it so she's not able to do a lot of physical exploration outside her room. She's played through Odyssey twice and is on her third playthrough of The Witcher 3. This seems like the perfect game for her.

[@aidankhaos7687]

It’s not fun though

[@vamsimannava9926]

I hope she has fun with it : )

[@beastofdarknesss5822]

@@aidankhaos7687 fun is subjective to every different person so...

[@Kai-pu2ix]

does she have the dlc for the game and has she played fallout?

[@skinoverbone3637]

eds is actually a name for a whole bunch of symtoms none of which are 'can't leave room for long time' xD

[@chirpyytofu]

When Ghost of Tsushima was the actual AC game we got this year.

[@bodhithomas5684]

I might replay that instead

[@bodhithomas5684]

@@UnityUprisingHQ that's fair

[@Ornoob-]

Both games are amazing and got to enjoy both of them. What is your point?

[@hollowdroid28]

@@Ornoob- Valhalla is shit

[@MarkHogan994]

@@Ornoob- The point is most people do not feel Assassin's Creed games come anywhere near Ghost of Tsushima's quality. I never played Assassin's Creed personally, so I'm not judging, I'm just explaining to you what the point is since you seem very confused about what people are saying.

[@lashin4119]

Hey Skillup. I know you read these every so often. I'm only halfway through your video, but while I'm thinking of it, I'll ask: You have takes on Valhalla and Odyssey, which ill call V and O, that specify their similarities and differences. One of your main gripes with V vs O is that while both had boring middles, O had a nice long end, emphasis on long. In your eyes that made up for O's shortcomings, whereas V, while also having a good ending, was too short to reinvest in the story after a bloated middle. Do you wish V had a shorter story in the middle, or a longer end section that was good, like O? Would have a longer, good, final act have redeemed V?

[@odinistrevival8775]

Let's not forget about the historical inaccuracies. Black vikings were never a thing

[@Jonas-ej7id]

Does that bother you more than being able to ride a wolf?

[@smartwatch5007]

@@Jonas-ej7id lol

[@I_am_ENSanity]

It's funny how different the opinions on this game are.

[@valtriztkhalifah4266]

yeah its really split into those who love it or hate it, nothing in between

[@ismathekingg6099]

This is the new "strand type" game

[@TheNightWolf-WildCraft]

It's excellent don't fall for this bs, that's coming from someone that fell off Odyssey after 20 hours and I hated Orgins, already put almost 30 hours into it.

[@gelul12]

@@TheNightWolf-WildCraft its not. You probably just like the setting

[@phuongdu5400]

@@TheNightWolf-WildCraft odyssey is much better, this is trash

[@benjayi8989]

At first I absolutely loved this game. Mistakingly, I decided that I wanted to go for the platinum trophy. Just under 140 hours later, I want my time back.

[@MrHungryforbeats]

@@AsproWavey Quiet child🤫

[@VVarshin]

@@AsproWavey good for you.

[@VVarshin]

@@AsproWavey the only exception to new ac games is origins

[@VVarshin]

@@AsproWavey um what?

[@tenseventy49]

Yep, I am about 20 hours in and struggling to find the motivation to continue. The world is gorgeous and the travel via Viking long ship is very cool but that is about it. The characters and dialogue are dry, quests and world events are uninspiring and the markers all over the map just give me anxiety. I think I am done.

[@jamieroach5755]

3hrs in and i deleted it , combat was the final straw for me

[@slowshadow2669]

I loved ac Odyssey. But as soon i saw trailers and gameplay of this game i went meh... Not for me. Something about it didn't look appealing.

[@kylerclarke2689]

I felt this way about Odyssey. Wonderful fun for the first 20 hours, then 30 additional hours of slogging, leading up to an unsatisfying, ridiculous ending

[@hansbendixen5430]

When i started playing odyssey i wanted to get to all the question marks i played for over 100 hours before giving up and in the end i just wanted to get it over with .

[@Solidreality]

I Never finished it

[@pabloqueima]

And that's the review on any ubisoft game

[@kylerclarke2689]

@@pabloqueima True :(

[@scratchy996]

That's why I never liked open world games, they have too much irrelevant and repetitive filler, made by an out of touch corporation that used to be a respected game studio a long time ago. I just hope they don't screw up Cyberpunk 2077.

[@jakethepurpletree5286]

Fun drinking game, take a shot every time he says “67 hours”

[@ryleywhitehead1703]

Diogenes Rhaven I got 86 hours as of today and I legit just beat the game

[@quartermaster2809]

@Diogenes Rhaven yeah

[@remenant7372]

Are you trying to put people in the hospital man

[@Username18981]

I think I'm dead

[@sumireravenclaw8034]

@@ryleywhitehead1703 i watched a guy who said he had 85 hours in the game and wasn't evne near done with the story. lol

[@lilacdreams0120]

I totally agree. Im a fan of AC odyssey and stuff but As soon as I played valhalla, the first hour bored the crap outta me