DO NOT BUY Assassin's Creed Valhalla (At Full Price) | Full Review Analysis
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Due to popular demand and a lot of criticism, I have decided to buy and review Assassin's Creed Valhalla. So, how is the game? Is it mediocre trash like I thought? Or is it the greatest game in the franchise since Black Flag? Watch and find out.
#AssassinsCreedValhalla #WatchDogsLegion #SyntheticMan #Ubisoft
@SkillUp
EDIT: Due to a copyright claim, the audio around 8:47 is fucked up. Sorry guys.
I've done my best to try and give this game a fair chance. Actual review starts at 5:42, starting with what I like about the game.
Negatives start at 20:09.
Halo CE footage at the end. The Act Man did a recent vid and he gave Halo CE the award for best campaign of the franchise.
Maybe nostalgia is at play, but I still think Halo CE was my favorite too.
Rather play through that again than buy AC Valhalla. Even if it means going through the Library again on Legendary...
@OMGitsAzreal, 2001 was a great year for FPS games on both pc and consoles.
Big Aliens 1986 fan and you can tell with Halo CE so was Bungie back then lol.
Act Man's video about Armed & Dangerous was great too. Games like that deserve not to be forgotten.
Would say the same for XIII 2003, shame the 2020 Remake is a dud in its current state.
Even when one actively avoids Fortnite, it still mamages to ruin stuff.
Hey Synthetic man been loving the videos you post, would you ever consider doing a retrospective review on older AC titles? Would love to see your thoughts on each of the previous games. 👌
@@Krixpps I probably will, yeah. I'll have to pace it out though because sandbox games burn me out quickly. I have wanted to replay the earlier AC games, so I'll figure out a good format for them.
@@SyntheticMan that’s fair enough aha, I have terrible internet so online gaming is like impossible to play unfortunately which is why I’m hooked on the AC series. Keep up the great work 🇦🇺❤️
it's funny how "game journalists" are neither gamers, nor journalists
They are usually soyboys that rated starfield 10/10 then would rate Prey 4/10. They literally make it seem like we want the shitty looter shooter live service crap when they dont represent ANYONE who plays games.
Frank Zappa said something similar about rock journalism a long time ago, nothing has changed😂
Rated M had lost its meaning over the years
Yeah, but over the years most people just never mature. Imagine what this would have been considerd suitable for in the 90s.
I wonder if they would allow the next gta game to be rated A I mean we have A rated games on steam now.
@@ployth9000 isn’t Cyberpunk going to be rated A? Wish I was an adult man...
@@Stryfe52 And when you're an adult you'll wish you were a kid again. Trust me...time moves quickly...enjoy your youth.
@@AntiLifeEquation1 I already know that feeling man and I’m not even an adult
I really appreciate that you brought up that not all Scandinavians were Vikings. The majority of Scandinavians were farmers who, many, were also victimized by Vikings.
They were all rap- ists though, rapping artists
not victims just weak with no spine to fight back
@lucgermain9310 😂
@@creatorsfreedom6734 except they did try to fight back. There’s countless of evidence of that.
@@creatorsfreedom6734 Lemme send a horde of murderous raving lunatics wielding armor, bows, axes and swords into your home, let's see how STWONG and SPINEFUL YOU are XD
You total halfwit, who feels the need to speak on something he knows NOTHING about XD
I guess you'd just use your keyboard as a weapon right and ride to war for funsies, since you're obviously so well-versed in hand to hand battles to the DEATH XD
Fucking loserbaby :p
Assassin's Creed forgot the "Assassin" aspect of the game since 7 games now. Eivor killing "Civilians" desynchronizes the player because Assassins had tenets to go by as "Stood their blades from the flesh of the innocent". Eivor is NOT an Assassin, yet the gimmick keeps on because of the game's title... "Good guy Assassin Viking" is an idea so idiotic in both practice and theory.
Why would you kill civilians though?
@@cezarstefanseghjucan That has nothing to do with his point. Are you braindead?
@@cezarstefanseghjucan why not?
@@jlall4467 I agree i Killed hundreds of thousands in odyssey
Lol play ghost recon Wildlands and ask that question again. Civilians in Ubisoft games always do something that kills the player.
People who designed Stealth games, never walked in tall grass. It makes A LOT of noise.
Would be more balanced if you used to Ambush, stay still on the tall grass. Moving in it is a bad idea.
@YoStefan Metal gear 3 did that.
The only thing I found odd, was that you could change your clothes/camo instantly.
But was one of the best MG I've ever played.
Not splintercell
@@Dr4wfox MGS4 fixed that with auto camo suit
Sniper elite did that kinda
@@Dr4wfox They changed that in MGS: Peace Walker, but that game doesn't have as much outdoor stealth or foliage as it was on the PSP.
Sir how dare you go against the ubisoft hivemind, don't you know tom Clancy's assassins recons dogs cry is a great game.
Underrated
Yeah, but you still played all of them... Hmmm, how is that possible from a genius like you?
Ubisoft is a great example of how piracy is a good thing.
Assassins recons dogs crew splinter steep siege cry for honor
Oh no people like the game they must be apart of a hivemind- idiot
I'm just sick of how it's acceptable for games, movies, and books to constantly shit on Christianity, but it's considered moraly wrong to do the same towards any other group or religion.
Ikr. :(
Unless it's Asatru Folk Assembly, liberals consider it to be worse because at least Christianity has liberalized greatly, especially when it comes to race.
@@TheOnePistol And Christianity isn't harled on as much as you think, only when it's associated with Whiteness. Ever see Black Christians shown badly in media, or South Americans? Wheres the movies where the "antagonist" is Christian Mexicans?
Nope, Whites are the ones who are targeted.
Yep. Agree.
"I'm just a guy dude". Best line I've heard in ages.
Imagine if he said "I am just a Gay dude"...
That would be more and more awesome...
@@theknight3093 and why's that
“I’m the Dude, man”
I’m just a MAM dude
Get out more.
"Really? A youtuber is your role model?" Earned that sub you humble warlord
Reeled me in too with quote 😎
#based sooooobscribers
You ever feel useless just remember there's an option to turn off nudity
Did you find the nudity?
@@cakeassassin6277 yeah there actually is some tits in a cutscene this guy prolly missed it
@@cakeassassin6277
It’s not sexy nudity. (At least I haven’t found any, but I also haven’t been seeking it out)
But it’s there alright. Especially in the fights with the swamp ladies.
@@cakeassassin6277 3 of the "witch" bosses you can see some nudity, but it's not really noticeable.
@@AZodiacCancer 1 boob one on one of them. I see that mutch nudity on a cofe shop
This is what a brutally honest review sounds like..not like those other youtuber using the word 'brutally' for no reason
That is true
like mr matty
@@lanceelopezz223 matty is a shill
Hiddenxperia
Not nearly as often as they'll be gratuitously misusing "literally" though.
Solution to loot problem: Simply make the player expect they aren't ever going to earn sh** that's worthwhile ever. Reward them with worthless "participation prizes" and sprinkle a few armors around the map to appease them. Definitely takes care of the " I sure hope that boss dropped something super unique and cool" dilemma. Hint: There are ZERO cool or unique gear sets that exist outside of the helix store (by design).
Remove item rarity - problem solved
I love the game journalist difficulty jab.
YOURE juste a stupid guys who dont know what a good game this game do not worth is full price
@@pceasar5648 Youll make it far in life with grammar like that.
@@pceasar5648 umm..What!!?
@@EnderWarden you’ll lol
@@gggvv8020 this isnt a spelling bee he forgot the ' so what
"you have to really fuck up to make you not like the character you're playing as"
*Last of Us 2 has entered the chat*
Not only Abby... Tlou 2 managged to make Ellie's character annoying too
But in Tlou 2 This was kinda the point of it, I guess? I don't think ubisoft intended this 🤷🏼♀️
@@Lonii04 You were actually supposed to like Abby, but her character was so bad and unlikeable and people hated her and that's what made her fail as a character
@@Hoofhackamore Oh I didn't know that but the comment was more about Ellie because I think you were supposed to first be on her side but then realize that she went crazy and stop liking her like we did in Tlou 1... But yeah I hated abby and that they thought that they could make her likeable after what she did was kinda dumb.. I mean people realized that she wasn't that wrong but still just couldn't like her
@@Lonii04 why would anyone hate Ellie in the first one?😂
Man, the older God of War games had WAY more combat complexity and dynamic design than the reboot by a long shot.
True
Only if ur mashing random buttons, the new god of war games have a massive amount of combos and strategies that require lotta of effort to pull
Lol. You're definitely blinded by nostalgia cuz 2018 has way more complexity in the combat than the old games.
@@SolidSnake240 yeah like what lol.
@@SolidSnake240 It doesn't. To say that modern God of War combat is bland when compared with older God of War combat would be a understatement.
It makes zero sense how a game like AC Brotherhood that was released 10 years ago and designed for consoles from 05 and 06 would somehow have better character animations and cutscenes than this, even if this uses a limited number of animations similar to The Witcher 3's small animation pool for dialogue options. Even those 5 year old TW3 animations look better than the ones in this and Odyssey. Origins had legit cutscenes at least and had a legit main character that pulled me into the story unlike the new trend of palette swap characters in the last two games. It's like they took all the soul out of the series since Odyssey. These games don't feel like AAA games anymore.
Also, the sidequest about clearing out the boxes of sh*t from the house is Ubisoft's meta commentary on how they can design sh*tty games these days and people will still play them. Seriously, at this point they're taking the piss with sidequests like that.
Clearing 'boxes' sounds no different than some of the activities in Red Dead Redemption 2. Sounds more like imitation - since trolling your customers isn't a smart strategy.
@@terrylandess6072 Boxes of sh*t, and then shooting a man who looks like he lit a green smoke stick around him into a body of water so he gets his sh*t covered body cleaned up. This is a game apart of the same franchise such as AC2, Brotherhood, Black Flag, Unity, Origins. As generic in format as some of the sidequests in those games could be, such as fetch quests and collectathons, none of those had as awful in concept sidequests as this one. There's a reason why Synthetic Man highlighted how silly it is. And you mentioned RDR2 which is funny because I didn't find RDR2 anywhere near as enjoyable as RDR1. Too much bloat, too many boring side activities. But let's not kid ourselves, none of those boring side quests came as close to the absolutely awful idea of a sidequest like the one in the vid. This isn't imitation on Ubisoft's part. And if it is, the heads of those who design the sidequests aren't in the right place to come up with stuff like these. The trend of open world sidequests over the last decade has been to bring up often times mundane tasks and wrap them up in a small little side story so that players may at least find some interest in completing it. They finally wrapped one up in sh*t, so a new box checked for them I suppose. Do you find this interesting or would you simply complete it just to finish another sidequest?
Of course I'm being hyperbolic when I say they're taking the piss. I think they're smart enough to not intentionally insult the intelligence of their customers, but considering how valueless Ubisof have made the open world game in this day and age, you almost have to wonder, if only to entertain the worst case hypothetical scenario where mass psychosis has taken hold of an entire multi million dollar company if self sabotage is their intention in some way. Don't answer, because of course not, but it's a funny thing to ponder about considering what this series once was versus what it is now.
@@aninfinitemindofmusicandreams This isn't just character animations and cutscenes, sound was also better in a number of those older games.
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was full of lengthy cutscenes, but the story was awesome and how Hideo Kojima/Konami handled the gameplay was nothing short of excellence. Somehow a game from 2008 managed to have great cutscenes with superior sound quality. Call of Duty: World at War is another example. Good set pieces and cutscenes with satisfying gameplay, with enemy soldiers arms getting gutted. There is nothing like this in the new Call of Duty games.
Ubisoft is full of shit.
@@aninfinitemindofmusicandreams You're forgetting the music department. The music in AC Brotherhood was great, so I give Jesper Kyd a lot of credit. The music in AC Valhalla is basically formulaic trash that you often hear in your average Hollywood action movie. Big difference there.
I thought Origins was a grind but this game pushed it to another level.
Putting TW3 music in ACV review. I feel like there is an hidden message...
yeah there it is
Yeah Ubisoft copying someone else's homework and still getting it wrong
Imagine in the next uncharted, nathan drake gets his head bashed in by a golf club
😂
I appreciate the idea that reviewers are considering time investment. I look at my backlog and think of how much money I wasted. Got to learn to say no. Maybe I'll get it at $20 or under.
This is the way 90% off a decade later in steam sale. How many tripple A releases are that good to justify a days wages and a comitment to grind your spare time away to play the game? I just want something I can play through the story without having to spend 2 hours fighting something to level up my character and whole world to get to a generic forge item so I can upgrade to a now obsolete upgrade cause I leveled up 5 times.
A game taking a lot of time to beat is not really a valid criticism
A game taking your time without substance in that time however is
@@cruzthesasquatch Yeah I don't consider a collectable's marathon to be beating the game. Nor do I want to spend long periods fighting non boss characters with huge health bars (i.e they increase based off of leveling or difficulty slider) as there is a point where that is not skill it is just padding as the same patterns defeat them, it just takes minutes longer per enemy.
@@gm2407 Well you can upgrade your gear. The game wants you to explore if you want to upgrade more than 1 of everything
For players that are fine with only 1 of everything, its not hard to gain upgrade materials during each "episode"
@@cruzthesasquatch I get what you are saying, for me upgrading in a game has to be minimal effort. I.E a small set of options, no crafting grind like skyrim. I do trade out gear for better gear as I go along, I'm just not into loot, which I understand has been scaled back.
I played dark souls remastered and I played this and the difference was night and day the combat in the game feels like it has no weight to it whatsoever
FromSoftware > Ubisoft
You can't even compare oh my days
@@rad6666 comparing dark souls to that knock off is an act of heresy
@@mothra1149
Completely different games. Darks souls is overrated though.
@@rad6666 stop crying execpt this game is terrible 😂😂
While my last AC game I played was Unity (which I’ve been tempted to go back to recently), but one of my brother in laws has played it. He gave me told about the story/plot, gameplay, etc. He enjoyed it of course. More power to him. We get along with our differences, as do my friends. Anyways, plot wise here. I would give The Last Kingdom being a better representation of the Viking Age. Even though some of it is based a novel/tale. Combat looks good, but I get a Shadows of Mordor vibe in some cases. Which was repetitive for me when I played it. But again, not for everyone. Especially older fans of the franchise like me.
You can buy all the open world Sony exclusives on deep sale right now. Any of them are a better buy than either 2020 Ubisoft game.
The devs of Kingdom Come Deliverance should've made a real Viking game. Or, how about a game set during the Crusades?
I hear some manga/anime is way more accurate to actual Viking history than Ubisoft's farce.
Rather get a Goblin Slayer single player focused game with an AA-AAA budget.
Most Sony exclusives are trash, worse than Ubisoft lol
@@ryaantekie2008
Well done u mentioned 4 garbage games in one comment
@@V_For_Vigilante
Knack and knack 2 *alone* are enough to show Sony has the best exclusives.
I'd watch my fucking mouth if I were you.
@@gloriouspurpose_
Knack 2 is the only good PS4 exclusive. Knack 1 sucked tho
@@V_For_Vigilante Ok
I never had any interest in AC Valhalla since I'm burnt out from the franchise. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I have played all the AC games up to this point, except for Valhalla. As for Odyssey, I was not a fan of that game either. And thank you for getting me into Spyro the Dragon.
Me too
Agree
Spyro the dragon is one of the best games ever, esp the first one
I always enjoy hearing alternative commentary /review. A proper,honest opinion and I enjoyed this review. I don't agree 100% and actually really enjoy the game and have had very little issues. Opinion aside, great video and a like from me.
This dude is great. I am subbing bcs he argues with the viewers and that's fken hilarious lol
Because dude has standards, and I love people who are like that.
what a shocker, it’s bad. glad to hear you didn’t have to pay full price for it, that was my main concern. if i had known there was some kind of service you could use to pay less for it i wouldn’t have made such a passionate comment saying you shouldn’t buy it lol
Yeah, Ubisoft + isn't so bad, will probably be how I play Far Cry 6 as well.
You only wanted confirmation for your own opinion, there are plenty of yourubers who enjoyed the game.
@@voiavictor because they are payed to act like they enjoy it
Bruh that autocorrect hit me hard
@@voiavictor and plenty more who didn't
Comparing Sekiro to valhala is like comparing a ballerina to a drunk oldman.
They’re not even in the same genre. No shit we’re not comparing them.
Sekiro is a Dark Souls type of game, you cannot compare it with this game, meaning you are really a stupid idiot to compare them.
And Seiko would be the drunk woman... Yeah..
How can you compare two completly different kind of things??!!
They are like Soccer vs Football... You are completly ignorant
Ur right cus Valhalla is better in every aspect.
How are they not the same genre? they're both 3rd person "stealth" action games with light rpg elements. the only difference is the setting and combat. Both games reward you for stealth by being able to 1shot most enemies by backstabbing them, it's just that Sekiro will fuck you up if you fight more than 1 guy.
The fact that you are the only one who has acknowledged the constant bashing of Christian's gets my vote it seems like that's all I hear ever and noone ever says anything about it
"I have 3000 subs!"
* Is now at almost 50k
LOVE IT
30 hours in and I'm already bored🙁 and beating the side bosses is pointless, you get no weapon/armor idk what's the point
Yeah, weird that they don't have their own loot...at least I thought they were fun to fight.
If I had a playstation 5 I'll be playing demon's souls
I'm 50 hours in, just started the 3rd main campaign arch and having fun
@@generalkarn2422 I've completed the main campaign and I'm still having fun by exploring and finding secret caves and stuff. lol
@@smartmouf3116 that's cool, I'm trying to fully upgrade my settlement but I can really find enough stuff of it
My favorite Ubisoft game was far cry 3. sad every game is still far cry 3
Same. Far Cry 3 and Assassins Creed 2 for me.
Far cry is a cod rip off . Just another generic shooter
@@V_For_Vigilante You haven't played Far Cry 3 then.
@@Rude_Boi
Far cry 3 sucks though. It's just a lame cod rip off
@@V_For_Vigilante stfu no one asked for your opinion
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla does suck though! If you actually try to 100% every area it becomes the most mind-numbing, soul-sucking repetitive & boring experience. I loved the music though!
You just hate assassin creed
@@davidsamons1264 No, I love Assassin’s Creed, I’ve played every single one since it started, including the spin-off side ones and I’ve never felt this way about an AC game until Valhalla
@@gregdrake9377 ok but they are trying to make assassin creed an rpg game they even say it
@@gregdrake9377 no you are absolutely right. I tried to put the time into a hundred percenting this. I put over 120 hours into this. I won't be beating this. I have played every ac game since the original, all spin offs, and dlcs. This was my most anticipated game of 2020. To put it in perspective, I have managed to follow the story from Desmond's abduction up to this point, Layla trying to basically do what Desmond already did. Again, I play these to keep up with the story. Yet I will not be finishing this. This experience has drained me. I am done with this series and ubisoft as a whole.
@@raiden6428 Yep... pretty sad but I feel the same way. I ended up 100%ing it, but I had to force my way through it and it pretty much got to the point where I was skipping cutscenes and dialogue, which I’ve NEVER found myself to do in an AC game... Took about 160-170 hours to 100% everything for me, and if you never beat it, you didn’t really miss out on anything.. the ending was just a confusing mess, probably the single worst ending in an AC game. I couldn’t even tell you what actually happened.
I’m not giving up on Ubisoft, though, as much as I disliked this game. I’m actually currently playing Immortals Fenyx Rising and holy crap am I loving it. You wouldn’t even know it was a Ubisoft game because it has a great story that is full of humor, great combat, excellent puzzles, it’s probably worth it to give it a try! I’m definitely turned off of AC games now though. I’m hoping the next one does a complete overhaul of the systems here, because the Valhalla experience was definitely stale and boring as hell.
After playing cyberpunk this game looks like a masterpiece
the fuck are you talking about moron ? The story, soundtrack, graphics, facial expresions, gameplay etc basically everything is superior in cyberpunk...if yu play it on peasantstation well get a PC
Agreed! Cyberpunk didn't meet the expectation like it was hyped.. but they have refined Valhalla from Odyssey so much.
@Shaurya Deshmukh well I am comparing it with odyssey. I have completed Odyssey with 100+ hours and I can feel the refinement on Valhalla after giving 15+ hours on it. Ofc I am not saying it the best game ever but you don't have to defend cyberpunk that much bro. I understand you might be its fan but a game after 8 years of development feels incomplete.. its not about just glitches.. game has real bad physics and feels really numb. I was also excited for it because I was expecting it to be better than GTA V. They have done excellent work with the graphics though but it doesn't matter if gameplay is bad.
@Shaurya Deshmukh sure you have
@Shaurya Deshmukh oh yeah with that shitty Ai it makes the combat perfect doesnt it? oh and dont forget to mention the useless stamina mechanic in the melee combat
Spot on man! Never be afraid to speak your mind and tell the truth, you might have lost some subs, but you definitely earned some new ones!
"you need to get your shit together if a youtuber is your rolemodel, where are you parents?"
lmfao this is toooooooo true XD
Man, I remember when Ubisoft focused on good stuff like Prince of Persia and Rayman. It's not like their best talent has gone elsewhere, but they've been playing it pretty safe this last decade, doing things like milking Assassin's Creed and Far Cry for all their worth, and creating an open world formula that people either love or hate. That being said, they still have some pretty talented people on their payroll. The fact that they're able to pump out their usual open world games year after year, with all of them having less bugs that your typical Bethesda game, means something.
At the same time though Bethesda makes a way more interesting open work than Ubisoft does.
Prince of persia? It's unrealistic at all, you can't climb walls like that.
I really hope this is the last RPG AC game, want ubisoft to move on to a better engine for next gen and actually go back to making a assasins creed game
Its not ezio i agree , but finally a good game, im in 70 hours now, and it got the best Feeling since brotherhood, i really like the change and its way better than odessy loot shit
@troll randon Eivor isn't even an assassin lol
Or maybe stop doing these games since they are all kind of shit. It's time for a splinter cell and real stealth games.
I actually like this type of assassins creed games
@My names Jeff yeah, a viking who raids villages, steal their resources, massacre the men, rapes the women, and kidnaps children. And then ubisoft just goes "oh they're the 'good' kind of vikings they wouldn't do that". Yeah, sounds about right, well done ubisoft.
Ubisoft “try not to take the wrong side of history” challenge: IMPOSSIBLE!
Ah my new word of the day GEN-O-CIDE
That was great, but also thank you for actually bringing up this point. As soon as I started watching a longplay of the game to decide whether I should buy it I thought: hang on, so this is a game where you play as the bad guys, but no doubt through some perverse logic they will be presented as the good guys simply because anything foreign or more primitive is seen as pure and humble and righteous. Yeah... no thanks.
@@alembic1105 ah yes, the hero of ones own side of the story…the villain of 2 others
Subscribed purely for the 'I'm just human-fucking-being' rant. Lol
I have never experienced so many crashes in a video game until now
May i introduce you to modded fallout 4 and Divinity original sin 2?
Ubisoft for ya
@@AhbibHaald I've seen more from modded skyrim on the ps4...
lmao thought i was the only one like damn
Play Wasteland 3.
75 hrs in and 1/4th of the way through the main story. I don't really care how long it takes though I'm not really concerned about it or even trying to beat it, I have nothing to play that interests me until Cyberpunk anyway. Some people won't like ACV, but this is my favorite AC game and best since Black Flag for me. If you really don't like it because you just don't think it's for you or even good that's fine and understandable, but I feel like a lot of people are judging the game on what they want AC to be or feel it should be, not on its merits alone. The old AC formula ain't coming back folks, so if you don't like this direction maybe just do yourself a favor and don't bother with AC games again.
I think this game is good, but it's held back by being extremely bloated. If they cut down the content by about 20 hours and refined some of the world event side quests, this game could have been great.
Another problem is the lack of real player choice in the RPG mechanics. Ubisoft is afraid of letting the player fuck up, so not only can you respec for free, but the actual skill trees aren't large enough to define your playstyle for the whole game. There actually might only be 340 nodes on the tree, I haven't looked it up but judging from Power 96, I will definitely fill out the entire melee tree before 150.
Yes man can absolutly agree, and the Soundtrack and Atmosphäre is the best since brotherhood, thx they got Jesper kyd for this title again...
@@SyntheticMan True I would like to see real consequences for our choices. The real issue for me right now are the bugs. I've had 5-6 quests break on me, had multiple crashes and need a patch to even complete a side activity. Luckily I save often in all games, so I've been able to get around the big issues, but I would suggest anyone that hasn't started a play through to hold off until the major issues are patched out. Love the game, and I realize these issues will be fixed, but it shouldn't have been released in this state.
@@babayaga4320 I agree 100%
I don’t like these games for threee main reasons. There bloated, lack any sense of depth, and just in general the combat in these games are, In my humble opinions, trash. It’s janky, non-fluid and just doesn’t look good at all. I love action games. But I tried origin and got turned off halfway through because I didn’t enjoy the actual gameplay. I tried odyssey and instead it just became an strong attack animation fest. I saw Valhalla’s gameplay and already knew it wasn’t any different. These games are nothing extraordinary and completely average. Made worse by extreme bloat and lazy gameplay and combat.
But that doesn’t mean I don’t think you shouldn’t enjoy it. That’s just my opinion
If they had made all the Sigurd arcs available from the start, instead of having to unlock them by doing story arcs you don't care about, it would have been a lot shorter, and a lot better for it.
Can't kill Citizens in Valhalla but you can Odyssey. That's a big oof.
actually you can kill citizens but if you kill too many you will die and go back to checkpoint
@@hcnry first of all you can burn down ministries and buildings and you kill a man who killed your father and god said turn the other cheek and civilian shit who cares Spartans and Athenian kill them so why can’t you
I go out of my way to find these honest reviews. Everyone says their honest but with this you can feel the honesty. Not too negative not too positive. But a mixture of both. A true gamers review
This gets 5k to 1k, original gets 6k to 6k. The opinions in both were exactly the same ubisoft fans are literal algae bloom level intellects
I think that now that I've played it more some of the flaws are starting to grind on me. It's not perfect but like another user said, it's such a big step in the right direction that I think I was inclined to give it more slack than it deserved.
I can say that I agree with your opinion most of the time (I finished the game and kept doing the mysteries and some farms to upgrade 3 armor sets and 6-7 weapons, more than 170 hours played). I think it's a matter of expectation. I was expecting an Odyssey clone and it is in 80% of the time. The story telling got a bit better because you have different stories and a bit variety from zone to zone (the pattern is repetitive). Overall I think the story telling is better than Odyssey (various pains as well so brakes the monotony). What I don't see you talking about (probably because you didn't get to end game) is that looting everything on the map lands you with 1-2 armor sets fully decked and 4-5 weapons out of 9+ sets and 25+ weapons. That means you have to grind kill over and over same group of soldiers hundreds of times to get the rest of the armor and weapons fully upgraded. That means also that you need to do "spear fishing" for silver for hours and hours to get the silver to buy the runes that go with various setup combinations of gear and weapons (if you want to mid max). So forget complaining about what you see and can do on the map, after that you have a grind fest for resources in order to get what you found upgraded. It's just stupid to expect that from people that literally completed the game in every possible way already.
I fully agree with you. I am an RPG guy and I find AC: Oddesey more enjoyable.
The fact that Valhalla loot only comes from chest boxes and that raids, killing enemies, or questing do NOT drop any player power type loot really annoys me. I spend a LONG time doing the Asgard quest chain and at the end ZERO player power loot rewards. I killed like 3 or 4 bosses, tamed the wolf and what did I gain from the Asgard quest chain (other than skill points)? NOTHING in terms of rewarding loot.
Another great example: the legendary beast hunt also gave NOTHING in terms of player power gear such as armor or weapons!
AC: Valhalla really needs to give MORE player power rewards for your time.
> Good rewards for a normal amount of time
> VERY good rewards for hard to complete, like boss fight or longer to complete like quest chain.
> Allow the BS to offer more player power type progression, like crafting your OWN set bonuses or fuse items for more uniqueness.
Lastly, I am not a fan of these situational perks. These become less useful when fighting 1 on 1 bosses. I, much rather have perks that are not situational.
So for example, I prefer:
> Increases X stat by X amount and it raises the more targets you hit or surround you. This way it's always useful.
And to be honest, I find the perks in AC:Odyssey much more fun than these boring perks. I just got a rune that gave X stat at NIGHT! Why the hell handicaps me to play at night, I don't even like the nighttime.
My request to Ubisoft is, make more PLAYER POWER type perks and stop with those situational perks.
Lmfao if your an RPG guy than maybe you should search for games outside of fucking assassin creed bro lol
@@chestermadrigals45 nice Mudvayne profile picture.
@@chestermadrigals45 Couldn't agree more. We got way better open world franchises like Witcher series, Read Dead Redemption, Horizon Zero Dawn and FW, BOTW, Immortals fenyx rising, Bloodborne, Dark Souls. I mean really? What's so great about the new Assassin's Creed? It's the worst RPG design I've seen in a video game.
Odyssey is more shit than actual shit lmao
Why did they remove the ability to tag enemies with the Raven 🙈 I’m 30 hours in and it’s ok but nothing like the pre launch hype. I just hope they don’t screw up cyberpunk.
Cyberpunk isn't made by ubisoft
Use Odin's sight. The game gives you a tutorial for this shit.
@@Chu8rock Yeah but why is there a raven in the first place if it doesn't do anything?
@@johnhachey9239 To safely scout ahead and plan a route and also find search locations. They made it less of a gimmick than in the last two games.
@@Chu8rock you have a point
27:00 That is like a Looney Tunes quest. Especially since the guy is standing on air for a couple seconds before looking down and falling.
Pretty much all games have gone to trash. EA, Bethesda, Ubisoft, and many more.
Yeah we can just hope these companies die as soon as possible and make room for studios that actually care about video games
Rockstar games can’t relate they don’t shit out new games every year they take their time and release masterpieces
@@nbkarki red dead redemption online is garbage. Rockstar is on it's way to being just like the rest.
@@nbkarki tomorrow I'll be the judge on cd project red too.
@@steelrain5626 add them to the list too
Dad of Boi is a far better viking simulator than Assassin's Creen. If you go for a killing blow at the right moment, the camera will zoom in on you eviscerating the enemy, if you stun the enemy with arrows or punches, you get a free "fuck 'em up" animation that might be a finisher or might just be a brutal beatdown if the enemy still has too much health. Some of the chests shower you with rewards and resources just like the big enemies - they always drop something valuable. Valhalla is just another Ubisoft game. It's no longer even an Assassin's Creed game.
Yo I just found out you could nail Sigurd wife as Eivor wtf
Who's Sigurd?
@@rinzler8272 eivor’s brother
its $20 rn and tbh i cant complain
$60 is absurd
20 is good for alot of games
Wait so a videogame based on vikings doesn't let you kill civilians? Is this a joke?
“I have 3000 subs” “I’m a normal fucking dude, im a human being” 💀 I love you dude 😂
I came raging into this video from your first one, but started to agree to some of your points.
Some of your complaints are actually valid. The combat animations get tiresome after the first 10 hours, mysteries lack any importance and don't even start with the sex scenes. Yes they didn't needed to make them grafic, I mean the Fable series handled sex pretty good in my opinion, but why the hell does Valhalla have a nudity setting when there is literally nothing which can be considered NSFW.
One of the bigger problem with Valhalla is that it's kinda like Death Stranding in a way. Even if not intended by Ubisoft the game probably only touches a small niche of people. I for myself am not blind to the problems of the game and I agree on a 7-8/10 because it is far from perfect.
Just to clarify, I am on my 40 hour mark, and conquered 4 of the regions, so I am just a bit further ahead then you are at the time of this video. I am far from completing the game, but Valhalla did something many games failed in the last years. Back when I started playing videogames I was playing alot of JRPG's. The last game that really caught me like back then was The Witcher. What also made me enjoy Valhalla so far is the fact that I am a sucker for viking stuff.
I am one of those players who would find enjoyment out of the boring part. In Valhallas case I get excited to get a new Skill point, or another Ingot, because it means progress for me. To see how the weapon changes, what the new Tattoo design looks like. But I see that that is not what everyone enjoys. I came into this video because I you spat on the game without giving it a chance. Saying "Well it's a Ubisoft game". But you do make fair and good points throughout the video. I don't agree to all of them, but that is what opinions are for, right. To end this all of you missed one of my biggest concerns about the game, which is the micro transactions. Timesavers and resource bundles should not be in a game. Either commit to making a grind game which might put of alot of people or don't bother at all and make a liniar game like The Last of Us.
True words said by a civilized man
@@lamlelamatsiliza8550 that just literally made my day.
@@dominikhinrichsen8910 glad it did polite adult
There hasnt been a linear AC since AC 1 so its unlikely they would do that
If the internet was discussed like this, it would be such a better place to be a part of, people not always agreeing but having intellectual, non abusive debates on topics
How many For Honor players in here immediately recognized the spear move animation reused??
Bruh i knew it looked familiar
@@Eking-su3tr Ubisoft is really good at reusing assets.
You sir, are one of my favorite TH-camrs simply because you’re authentic and don’t sugarcoat your opinions.
I’m conflicted on Valhalla. There are things it does better than Origins and Odyssey, but things it does worse. For me, the worst part of the game is the goody two shoe OVERPOWERED Viking we play as, the downright silly side quests (such as one where a man refuses to bathe so Eivor shoots a platform he’s on thus felling him into the water) and the checklist structure of the game. Map - waypoint marker - collect. That’s 50% of the game. The politically correct - every female is a badass warrior - cliche grew old quick.
I hate how the RPG "AC" fans always say "If you don't like it, don't play it. We enjoy these games stop shitting on us! It's our opinion" like they are someone special. They are so entitled to their own and it's annoying. Imagine your favorite video game franchise butchered and somebody on the internet even shits on you like they are the true fans. I am a critical thinker, I hate on a game with some key points as well. First and foremost, they're forcing down the RPG elements on Assassin's Creed. ASSASSIN'S CREED an iconic stealth game. That's like turning hitman into MMORPG. This was supposed to show the story of an assassin not make them a Stan Lee cameo. I swear, there are hundreds of RPGS that have the same hack n slach mechanics that are better. I can agree that this is an opinion not anyone can deny because I'm spitting facts. Let's say for example, you love devil may cry and then suddenly the devs changed it to a FPS hack n slash like dying light (btw, I'm not saying DL is bad I'm talking about the game mechanics). And newer fans would praise it and shit on you. Now let me ask you with this given scenario, isn't it unfair to us OG fans to be treated this way? It's not like we were asking for a whole bag of candy. We only want the old AC formula to come back and actually revolve around an Assassin's story once again. We were simply asking for one franchise, just ONE, to revert back to it's roots. All of you who would disagree with me, there's too much RPG games already. Japanese, Korean, Western RPGS. I think you're the greedy ones.
The old cities felt so alive yet had so much thought put into the lay out.. it feels incredibly gamie climbing onto a rooftop yet they kept it so grounded and uhggg I miss it I didn’t even get into how cool the villains were
I like the First Ac game also because The Characters we were told to Kill be cause they were bad guys weren't even bad Guys.
The blunt honesty I think is what’s making this hard to swallow for some lol...but I appreciate finding this channel... I felt AC, definitely falling after the brotherhood game
I think Black Flag and Rogue were great, but the worlds are just too bloated. Fetch-Mania...
Same, as much as I like the games, even the RPG ones, the franchise feels like it's on a flat line. The yearly releases and the lack of polish in each game made it worse. To be fair, they clearly tried but ended up just meh because Ubisoft.
WTF DO YOU MEAN BROTHERHOOD? Brotherhood is one of the best. It started to go downhill after Revelations.
And ac3
the thing with loot that i dont like is the fact that they tied everything wiht exploration and completely ignored everything else.
The game has 80 boss and only 3 of them reward you with gear...i find that completely lazy and unrewarding in my opinion
i baught AC Rogue Remastered for 10 bucks instead and am enjoying it as much as i wouldve enjoyed this oml.
How do you know if you've never played it?
@@cullenbohannon1408 Because most people just need to smell crap to know it'll taste like it smells
Rogue is one of my fav i love shay and the story
Lol I always think it's funny when a internet historian refers to vikings as a culture in the same context as Denmark 🇩🇰 or Norway 🇳🇴.
It's like saying all Americans are marines lol
I only watched like 10 minutes of your video so far and I gotta give it a thumbs up. I haven’t really dived into an AC game since Black Flag so all this open world rpg stuff was fun to me. But I do appreciate you backing up things and trying not to be bias. I like Valhalla but I can totally see why people don’t. Subscribed!
I just finished Valhalla 100%. The only thing that held it back in my opinion was repetitive gameplay loops. I still explored every zone, killed every member of the Order, and got all the Mythical Weapons (Odin's Spear, Thor's Hammer, and Excalibur) If the game would put more emphasis on story I feel like it would've solved a lot of it's problems. Still an 8/10 for me. They finally made the modern day stuff compelling and gave the story from Origins-Valhalla a nice send-off.
It has bugs I have Xbox one x ahd I don't want my system to brake
Because I've played the same game in a different skin it has to take a 4 from me
Never fund wokeness.
Thanks you're the only reviewer/commentator I've seen who overtly highlights the fact that this game involves being an enormously evil c*nt -- killing, raiding, destroying the native people and communities. This is part of the legacy of the Vikings in England and so.. when you play this game, YOU (main character) = the bad guy. Let's just get that straight.
As a descendent of Picts I was curious how the game might address this fact -- it didn't. It's perverse actually. It should be named "Killer and Raider's Creed, Valhalla: Be a Total C*nt Simulator".
I put 40 hours and I just completely stopped. The story was so painfully boring that I googled the ending. Thank you for making this video as I had the same opinion
Love your view of TH-camrs as role models! Keep up the good work and honest reviews!
I am an idiot. I just bought this game with devil may cry 5 and with a Nintendo switch with (4 games) , and Wii U with (5games) and a playstation 3 systems with (7 games)Now I just feel overwhelmed on what game to play first. I can’t believe I shoved money down the drain this quick.
Valhalla makes me want to play odyssey again. Its not bad. Odyssey just had more fun things and abilities for that matter 😒
Odyssey was a lot more shallow in every aspect.
@@vadimmanuilov7401 At least it wasn't boring...Valhalla puts me to sleep.
@@AntiLifeEquation1 Preferences
And odyssey was terrible burning trashcan
As far as story and graphics that valhalla has, everything else about odyssey is better. The ship battles alone Trump any valhalla fun. I understand people don't like ACO because it not their "assassin creed" game, but its a fun game non the less
The thing that turned me off for this game is that this isn't even an assassin's creed game at all. Hell assassin's creed unity feels more assassin's creed than the last 3
That roast in the beginning earned my sub lmao
The best thing about that scene is that its FKN NICK CAGE IN A BEAR COSTUME PUNCHING A WOMAN!
That witcher 3 battle music though 👌
Glad you're getting more subs bro
a anime made a better a story and was more accurate to the history than this
are you referring to Vinland Saga?
@@markflight7337 most likely
Imagine thinking Vinland Saga has a better story than Valhalla and Valhalla wasn't meant to be particularly historically accurate , AC3 had George Washington as king , Black flag as Blackbeard being an anti-hero and brotherhood showing a man made glider back in 1500’s.
@@kal-el9905 either way Valhalla's story is a joke even in compared to the previous original games not the last two trash asscreed games
@@Kat1kafka keep crying
You should play Sekiro. It's really great. The combat is extremely satisfying.
I keep meaning to get around to playing but I forget about it. I'll grab it around Christmas and finally just dedicate some time to it.
I thought about getting both Sekiro and Ghost of Tsushima. Though im a bit scared, since I saw how hard and frustrating Sekiro can be at the start xD and if you played Dark Souls before your boned, since dodging kills you pretty fast.
I dont like the combat.
It's a very strict game
Those Vikings don't even look like a Vikings. A lot of fan fiction and zero historical research
My take
Graphics: the world is BEAUTIFUL. The English countryside look fantastic. Riding through fields of flowers, the autumn trees, the greenery of southern England vs the red fallen leaves of the north. It’s stunning.
Story: 7.5 I would say. Interesting and has enough twists to keep you guessing and playing. Definitely enjoyed completing the main story line
Combat: way too fucking easy. I am playing on Drengr (hardest difficulty) and I’m clearing castles 30 power levels above me solo. The posture system is useless. If you’re parrying in this game to break an enemies posture you’re doing it wrong. Two arrows to a bosses weak spots and they’re essentially finished. Dodging is overpowered especially with the slow time ability. Maybe I feel this way because I played a lot of Sekiro but overall the combat is just too easy
Weapons: they don’t feel too different from each other until you get “Heavy Dual Wielding” currently using two spears and it makes the combat even easier. Enemies cant get close enough to hit you and you essentially stun lock all enemies (this is on hardest difficulty)
Depth: the game is not very deep. Not much to learn and towards the end you have enough points to have every skill unlocked so makes “builds” useless in the game
Overall; the game is beautiful and fun but just too easy. That being said, I have roughly 80 hours in this game already and plan on getting the completionist achievement and am enjoying it incredibly. Just wish combat was harder!
I love how modern people believe conquering is the most evil thing a faction can do... look at Rus vs Ukr. The bad guys are Rus because they are the attackers... so it's funny so many love the vikings who are the embodiment of warrior, conquer culture. Which is the opposite of what they believe is right
I'm 80h into the game because I'm a completionist...but man it's hard.. I'm at the point where I just go in a fort, doesn't care if they spot me, take everything and leave. Mysteries, omg you just saw the tip of the iceberg. Combat is bullshit (some abilities refill your stamina btw, entirely). And I'm surprised but you didn't say anything about the game being a collection of bugs haha
Cant u just Turn on a more difficult mode
I waited til this year to play it on PS5 and was so frustrated that I had to look up rants lol I totally agree with you. It was such a cruel game for completionists.
Politics and IR student here. I have a correction which I must make regarding one of your points, which was the genocide one. According to the genocide convention of 1948 and the general resolution of 260, genocide is an INTENTIONAL action to destroy a people (genocide is only counted if the act of genocide happens because of their ethic, national, racial or religious belief). From the information which we currently posses vikings did not as you said "killed thousands of Christians" for the sake of intentionally destroying saxons and Christians. It was done so for the reasons of expansionism. That's all I wanted to say
I dont want to force you but I really encourage you to finish the game (finishing order list and modern day ending) I know its lengthy and understand if you cant or just dont find it fun to, but if you’re a classic AC fan it is a huge treat
It really is, I loved this game although had some major bugs that moved the game from my favourite AC to like the third
13:59 Assassin's Creed Brotherhood music playing in the background for those who aren't Veterans.
I think the problem with Ubisoft is that they just can't stop the series. Ubisoft has so many people to please, such as watch dogs fans, AC fans or far cry fans and more. If they start something new and not continue the franchise on those games. Ubisoft is done.
You earned a sub ! I’ve been feeling this way about Ubisoft for yes ! Please don’t let fan boys get to you .
Do people actually think Vikings were “good guys”? Granted the Saxons aren’t exactly pacifist, but they didn’t provoke the Vikings.
the last good AC that im play is Origins.
Origins is the one that ruined the series. Valhalla is the end result.
@@YashRaajSingh yes but the history is about AC ordem.
Unity for me
Bayek is still my favorite assassin, so I agree tbh
@@o_KingOfKings_o After the patches I think it's good.
dude, your an underrated guy. from what I heard from your videos about people, they are wrong about you. your right about the modern gaming industry.
Great review, I see Ubisoft games like fast food or Marvel movies, plus they get props for letting me slide down a pyramid, talk tactics with Machiavelli and hunt Jack the Ripper, plus plus I never thought id see the Marquis De Sade in a video game
The character design is stupid looking and overly feminine. All this blue eye shadow and accessorized outfits. Just looks silly
Yezzir
This game is so lazy, repetitive, uninspired and buggy. I've had about 20 crashes on PS4, freezes, pop-ins, save corruptions and loading screens for every damn thing. Many will say it's just 7 year old hardware, I'll tell you it doesn't matter even if it's 20 year old hardware. If you want to release a game on any platform, the basic requirement is for it to run stably.
Performance aside there are just so many bugs, literally every system and feature has bugs. Quests are bugged to the point that you can't even progress in the main story, why even play the game then. Oh and Valhalla is buggy on every platform.
Ubisoft was touting "Free Seasonal DLC Content" well the new Yuletide update is bugged, and introduces new bugs into the base game. It only has 2 boring quests and 3 repeatable activities which are already in the game. You do all this to get "special rewards", which are just reskins of existing gear. Actual playtime for this "free DLC" is 20-30 mins, but if you grind the activities for 1-2 hours you can unlock all the "rewards". The worst part is, this "Free DLC" is a timed event, you get 20 days to finish 2 quests and grind 3 activities to unlock the "exclusive seasonal rewards". So anyone buying the game 3 weeks from now won't have access to this "Free DLC".
Moving on from bugs, there are inherent problems with the game itself. Every single thing has clipping issues, nothing has collision or individual rendering. Weapons actually shrink in size when you sheath them. The map is too big, empty, and full of useless collectibles & inconsequential activities. The mount can't climb an incline for shit, it's terribly slow in villages/cities, and the raven is rarely used. Gear is rarely acquired and few in number. The story is broken into arcs in each region, as a result it feels incohesive and badly paced. The combat is clunky, unbalanced, exaggerated and poorly animated. Kill animations look "cool" only for the first 5 hrs, you'll grow tired of seeing the same one animation for every enemy type. They're also too long and status effects/buffs don't stop during them, so a lot of builds are rendered useless if you do these flashy kills. Boss fights are unbalanced, and with a recent update "World Bosses" scale to your level, so there's no point in doing everything to become OP. The rewards for most of them are also lame, either skill points or some shitty cosmetic. Order members and Zealots drop Medallions and Runes, both of which you can do without. So for a game with 100 hrs of gameplay most of it is inconsequential and unrewarding.
The worst part about this game are the microtransactions. Compared to Origins & Odyssey, you get lesser Helix Credits per pack and items cost way more. The way to earn them freely through gameplay has also been nerfed, you earn half of the Opal/Orichalcum that you did in Odyssey. It's impossible to earn a full armour set through Reda's store because he mostly sells useless cosmetics and new gear sets are added every 2 weeks. Not to mention these MTX are too expensive, for the price of 3 Gear Packs you can buy a full priced AAA game. Yeah $60 for 3 sets of gear, weapons and cosmetics. These MTX aren't only cosmetic, all of the armour sets have unique stats and perks, so you're missing out on cool gameplay, they're also OP.
I'm done with Ubisoft.
should have gotten an xbox none of this stuff has happened to me and i’m 30-35 hours in
cry...?
@@_You_Are_Not_Him_ Is that all you have to say? The size of your comment shows the size of your brain, miniscule.
Same here on XBox hours of play lost. Their save system sucks. I get freezes and have to do everything again. The game puts me at a save I did not even make. This is my first Ubisoft game, not impressed. No attempt has been made to fix this. Updates take away player exploits nothing at their end to fix the game.
@@jasonponce5282 Give it time it will happen
Remember when they added flags in AC 1 as a joke, a meme, a criticism of pointless collectibles?
Now they are the soulless machine. Thanks for reminding me about God of War.
I completely agree with you. Ubisoft has became lazy they know that if they just slap Assassins creed on anything people are still gonna buy it. They try to implement all the mechanics in all the games. Looting, power level, repeating side quests, skill points, rarity in gear. This is in AC,FAR CRY, GHOST RECON, THE DIVISION. Just compare the combat in this and GHOST OF TSUSHIMA.
I like it, but you make good points. It's just a huge step in a better direction than odessey that I like it. Definitely not my favorite, not by a long shot, but not my least favorite. The combat is the worst part and it drags it down a lot. Just my thoughts.
On a different note, your original video on Valhalla is what gained a sub to see what you would think after a shot. I'm sticking with it after watching some of your previous vids.
Cheers!
Forgot to put that I dont really know how to feel about it. Its a fun game that i enjoy, but its not like old as games that i fell in love with. Sorry if I'm unclear, typing this at work lol.
I think it's pretty fair to like this game, there's plenty of good in it. Thanks for sticking around after last vid, I was a bit harsh lol.
Thanks for replying to my comment! Like you to Valhalla I wanted to give your channel a chance. I'm a true Assassin's Creed fan and have played every game and this game at times made me feel like ac3 or ac4. The story in particular has me hooked, its far from perfect, it barely focuses on the Creed or the struggle between the two factions, but I like what's being told regardless. Male evior actually has a personality even with your choices. Something odessey lacked. The female just wasnt my style, even after picking cassandra in odessey. I'm being long winded, but my point is. Valhalla is what odessey wanted to be. I think if they could figure out the combat and then go back to telling interesting stories set in fascinating historical backdrops, the series could reclaim much of its former glory. Anyway, I might have missed it in one of your videos, but what's your favorite AC game?
Man I feel like I wrote an essay.