Check out my review of Assassin's Creed Mirage! This is exactly what the franchise needed, despite its shortcomings : th-cam.com/video/R3mPLIsNe4w/w-d-xo.htmlsi=NMoJjqPRjJEcWy9w
Seriously. Ubisoft is faaar from being a good/reliable company, but oh my god do AC fans complain about the dumbest stuff. I've been holding back from playing games like Odyssey and Syndicate and man do I regret trusting any kind of community reviews after playing them.
@@bruh-myegasame, on Valhalla now and in my opinion it’s not that much different from Elden Ring on higher difficulty. Plus the visuals are awesome. Massive world, decent story, lots of stuff to do or not to do. How can anyone review a 100hr+ game by playing it in a week or two without burning out.
@@Deadpool-ts3tq it’s not for everyone. Open world is a genre for a reason. Some like it, some don’t. Playing 1,2 and brotherhood this year and going to this was refreshing. I personally don’t have an urge to play Mirage having played the others recently as it’s going to be what people are asking for I.e. “same same”
Been a hardcore Assassin's Creed fan since 2010. Played every game multiple times to 100% Sync, read most of the novels and comics and watched all the movies... And Valhalla is my third favourite Assassin's Creed game. A beautiful, emotional, spectacular, multilayered, rich and pure Assassin's Creed experience that brings in so much new lore, does more for both the ISU element and the Modern Day than any game since Assassin's Creed III and ties into EVERY prior game in seamless and exciting ways.
Finally somebody who sees it. I love Valhalla because it has many great things about it but they are more subtle and the graphic details really capture me . It has many flaws ( freaking longship always pointing wrong direction when I call it) still love Valhalla and Odyseey
This is why I simply don't buy new games. I bought Valhalla on sale 6 months after it came out and then didn't play it for 6 more months. By the time I started it, the bugs were fixed, patches made, content added and the game flowed like butter. I'm enjoying Valhalla :)
I have 248 and didn't finish it. I'm restarting with a second playthrough so I can finish it. It's great, but what threw me off are the helix items and Reda items because they make the game easy. I might just ignore those and use only in game armor and weapons.
Valhalla as a game is fantastic. What I find most people have issues with is the fact that it doesn't feel like an Assassin's Creed game. Which is true. Although there are trace elements that give you the option to play that way, it doesn't feel like an AC game at all. You play as a screeching regal viking raiding villages. So I can understand peoples frustration, especially the fact that they marketed it as an Assassin's Creed game. But most reviewers are biased to that fact and give the game as a whole a bad review. Which I think is unwarranted. The story is still great, combat is amazing, visuals are stunning, the world is vast. I feel like if they would have marketed Valhalla as it's own game and not intertwined it with the Assassin's Creed series, it probably would have gotten a much more positive response in general. So long story short: if you go in with the mindset that you're just playing a viking themed open-world RPG, and not another Assassin's Creed game, you'll have a great time. Just imagine the game is simply called Valhalla, and pretend the "Assassin's Creed" part of the title doesn't exist lol.
@@jacquesjtheripper5922 I like it - I dunno what good means to you but a lot of comments say it’s too hard - but compared to something like MGS V - I don’t think it’s hard at all and if anything can be a bit easy
I can totally see the criticism for this game. A lot of it is deserved and I think there is a lot of stuff Ubisoft can fix with their games. But I love this game. It was so much fun, raiding monasteries, sneaking through cities, the open world, and the story to some extent just worked for me. I love this time in history so I feel like I have a little bit of bias. Not my fav AC but it's definitely up there. My main complaint is how big it is. Trying to 100% it and I'm at a 150 hours and the end is nowhere in sight.
Honestly the amount of lore in every crevice of this game is insane. The Assassin bureaus, the animus anomalies, the clues in the main story, the puzzles in the world etc. have a lot of classic ac infused in them. A TH-cam channel called access the animus did an entire 10 part series breaking down the minute details and whatnot. This was a great video and i am glad i am not the only person who enjoyed the game haha!
My only complaints were: A. Unless someone is a history nerd like myself, all of the side-quest easter eggs would go completely over their heads. B. The story didn't go far enough into the history of why the Norse were migrating south, why they marched on Lindisfarn, and the overall cultural motivation. Kind of the same complaint I had with Odyssey, where it's set in the middle of a very important war, but barely touches the real history of why the Peloponnesian war was happening, and what its consequences were.
That’s always the way isn’t it. Just like with the Star Wars prequels where so many people complained that it wasn’t like the original trilogy but then time passed and they became revered.
Will the fun last for a 100 hours? I dunno. But all I know is that right now I'm actually having fun with the game. Hope you enjoy the video :) Don't forget to like the video and subscribe, I really appreciate it.
not sure would you have patience for that but thing that really changed the game for me is disable compass in the menu. I realised i always looking at compass icons instead of really exploring the world. Now to find things i mostly use logic and what is told in "notes" or hints game gives you, and also odin sight and my raven are help. I highly recommend removing compass if you want to get the most out of vallhala :) maybe it will prolong your fun for few more 100 hours
@@mrspinner2588 I'll definitely try that :) I did the same thing for Red Dead Redemption 2 but unfortunately some quests just need the mini map. But for the exploration it was fine.
@@MichaelFromTheAttic in vallhala it lucky case I guess, cause quests are still marked, and if miss something it is just needed to use raven or map :D I was able do everything without compass, it's harder but so much more rewarding and fun :)
Bro 4K60fps is a gamechanger. I know, I know - the PC elites have been "doing all that for years now" lol...I don't mean to sound like a framerate snob, but man - what a difference it made. Games like Valhalla, God of War, Spider-Man, Ghost of Tsushima, The Division 2...you can't go back once you've seen it and experienced it this way.
I waited till now to play Valhalla and am positively surprised how much I have enjoyed the game so far. 32 hours in and havent been bored even one second while playing it. I expected it to be boring already because its lenght but its very engaging and I like the Nordic vibe in the game. Something different than previous games. Loved Syndicate too because it was different from others.
I played this game like 2 hours and was so disappointed that wanted to forget about AC forever, it just ruined it for me, but recently found AC odyssey and wow, that's a freaking good game.
I didn't watch your first review but when you said how the combat lacks weight, animations are sloppy, etc. while saying it was different in Origins and Odyssey, it seemed a bit counterintuitive to say the least. That feeling of playing an MMORPG where hits don't have any impact and just push up numbers, having no weight in most animations, transitions from one animation to another being way too quick, ragdoll going all over the place with enemies flying after dying and the overall movements of the character feeling unnatural WAS there since Origins. I personnally don't see any difference in the previous entries, I would even say Odyssey looks even more amateurish than Valhalla so I'm not sure where this argument came from in the first place. I hope they fine tune their combat system to get both a "soulslike" system and decent animations along with a good overall feel when hitting opponents. When comparing the combat to AC3 animationwise, it really looks like we're playing a mobile game now. I'd like them to return to a more down to earth system where enemies don't fly away in a cartoonish way and combat looks more "realistic" (no magic abilities and so on).
The entire main campaign of conquering England is made up of "side quests"... and none of them are memorable, none of the conquests have a careful or emotional narrative, the misdirection combined with the robotic and poorly acted characters cannot be improved by the beautifully created open world nor by the infinite content of the game. And besides, that campaign of conquest consumes all your time, the story about the assassins is brief, uninteresting and despised by the main character. And the actual plot of the game, the Isu plot, is convoluted, brief, and doesn't quite fix the bad taste of much of what the game offers ad nauseam. It is a good game in general, but everything that is poorly planned, directed and written is not solved with better definition and frames. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed it, I'm happily enjoying Mirage, and I hope that in the future Ubisoft really surprises us with a magnificent AC.
I agree with the lack of sidequests point. I also thought it was random filler, but honestly I'd take those over a bunch of sidequests anyday. As far as your point on the gear... that's the entire point. They made it that way specifically so we as players can choose to keep a favorite weapon all game if we want. And that's how I play. It even makes sense because protagonists typically have their favorite swords deigned specifically to suit them. Not running around picking up what random dudes drop, never keeping a sword. Witcher 3 forcing players to switch weapons because our last favorite one became irrelevant by being level locked is absolutely the dumbest most trash decision I've ever seen made. I fucking love the Witcher series but whoever designed that was off crack. Literally forcing me to waste my money dismantling gear I only used for an hour and some change after I put runes in it just because I "found" something better. A random axe on a random enemy somehow scales higher than my enchanted shit because lEveLs lmfao no. The weapon "upgrading" from Witcher 3 is absolutely atrocious too. Gotta run around and find level-locked pamphlets for gear, just for you to find some common item that's better on a thug an hour later. That's how you end up with everybody using the same shit because there's only 1 or 2 really good weapons in a game. I'm glad they dropped that mess.
Gotta admire the honesty here - it's a rarity. I just started it on PC and after 50 or so hours I'm absolutely loving it (black Vikings aside.............. get stuffed Ubi). I've never understood all the hatred directed at this game so I decided to give it a whirl myself after completing Odyssey. Say what you will about Ubi - Valhalla is a remarkable achievement and I expect to sink a lot of hours into it. Money well spent, at the end of the day.
How's it running on PC now? Saw it on sale for $23 yesterday, still playing Odyssey but have been waiting on Ubi to iron out Valhalla and it being put on sale to give it my first go.
@@Sevatar_VIIIth It runs great for me using a 1060. I'm 100 hours in and have had it crash twice after super long sessions (actually might've been hardware). No damage, no saves lost................. I've way worse happen on innumerable other games. Other that, I haven't encountered a single glitch or bug. TBH, since I started Valhalla I'm less and less inclined to go back to Odyssey. I prefer everything about Valhalla. YMMV as both are good.
@@michaelforsythe4335 let me ask you this, how did AC Odyssey run for you? Is Valhalla better optimized than Ody? I'm on a little R3 3200g/RX 580 8gb and can't decide if Valhalla will run smoothly on it at medium/low settings?
@@Sevatar_VIIIth I do not have a super duper system by any stretch. I have an old 1060 for a video card. Both Odyssey and Valhalla ran quite well for me - hard to say if one was better than the other. Graphically I'd say I had little to complain about with either. Wasn't impressed at first with Valhalla as it was just mud/snow in Norway. Not until I got to England did it really begin to shine. Jaw droppingly beautiful, imho.
Recently I got this game with season pass on 50%-off. Although not everything in this game is doing great, I can see Ubi brought quite a number of elements on top of the AC formula. I completed half of the game so far and I think it worth this price.
A nice redemption review! Nice, i like it! I actually felt the same as you at realease, and quickly gave up after 20h. But this renewed review has made me want to give it another try. I've played all the other AC games, and loved all of them. So why not give it one more chance before i play Mirage. Thank you brother!
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It’s best to play Valhalla as a Viking game that take place in the Assassin’s Creed Universe and has a massive amount of new lore, you’ll have more fun that way. Not to mention, there was a bunch of people in Assassin’s Creed lore who was trained by assassins and never joined the Brotherhood, Eivor is just another addition to that group. For example, Gabriel Laxart was a French man who was given basic training by Assassins to protect Joan of Arc. Afterward, the Assassins gave Gabriel offer to join the brotherhood but declined because he don’t think he has the dedication.
I hope it also shows he has learned not to be so quick to judge, like those entitled persons who condemn a game before it is even released. Or even after it is released; it seems they expect a polished gem on the day of release, and because it's not possible for a developer to ever satisfy them, they actually cause the many delays in game development these days.
Same here man I was like 40 hrs in and got bored finally picked the game back up a couple days ago and I’m loving it again, maybe next time I should just take my time with it more if it takes me 2 yrs to finish then fuck it 🤷♂️
I've been playing the game almost from launch on my ps4 pro, and have actually had a really smooth experience overall. The graphics are still beautiful, the 30 fps cap is nearly almost consistent, and I have surprisingly only encountered one bug that had me stuck falling from a fort. I am happy that you enjoy the game!
@@badmutejames From the 80 hours I played on PS5, I didn't experience a single crash. But when I first played it on PS4, it was crashing non stop haha! So I feel the pain.
Just curious...I have a PS4 pro running on a 4ķ Samsung. Fixed the issue with HDR and did improve image...but still looks pretty poor. You say it looks beautiful. Are you using any other setting on your PS4 to improve image.
Tbh the first time i played this game for an hour and never touched it again....until 3 months later i started playing again for more than 5 hours one day and it has me hooked for a whole week+ now😂😂idk why
I like the new games a lot and I’ve played through and enjoyed the old ones. I’m getting a masters degree in history and the historical details in the new games are mind blowing. The workers at Ubisoft deserve a lot of credit for making these games so detailed. Odyssey is still my favorite because looting and using Ikaros to find loot and objectives was awesome.
I'm still cleaning up the map in Odyssey, but I like the fact that Valhalla is inherently different in so many ways. It makes it fresh and not just a re-hash of Odyssey.
So many people dislike this game for not feeling like your typical AC. However the game is fun and keeps you entertained in an extremely cool and interesting world for 100s of hours. If ubisoft want to make another game just like this in like a old Japanese setting or something else just as cool. Then I will be more than happy to go on another journey and explore such a fascinating world
Starting from 2 years ago I've played every single ac game since AC3 and with every single one I had the time of my life. The first one was rogue which I used to play on my PS3 back in the day but officially I'd say it's Origins, and man did I fucking love that damn game. The amazing setting, the graphics, the story ( which is still the best story out of every game I've played till this day, besides rdr2), the DLCs ( which are also the best I've ever played) and just the overall gameplay is amazing. Anyways, since I played all of those games I kinda wanted to play Valhalla, but every single video I watched bashed so hard on that game that I didn't even want to try it out, even random comment sections in ac videos were constantly ranting about Valhalla. But there's something to it that keeps me coming back to find reason as to why I should buy it. After this video and the current steam sales... Maybe I will. Though I've been also thinking about buying the Witcher 3 so I'm still deciding
The game isn’t a mess on base PS4 now. The framerate is more stable than origins and odyssey (and I tend to notice this a lot). It still is boring as fuck even if it looks and runs good
@@masterflitzer yea I can’t complain tho they did sygtryggr way worse lmao he shoulda made it to the end his character the way they introduced him he shoulda stayed until the end
My issue with the 3 AC rpg games are that they force you to do the same thing 100000000 times in order to level up just to continue the main story. The bloat was so bad that they literally tried to get people to pay for XP boosters. That is the most blatant anti consumer tactic I have ever seen. Massive AC RPGs could be amazing, but everything is so damn shallow and soulless. The best part of each game is the first 5 hours when you're just getting used to the new paint job, and then the feeling of "ive been here before 10000 times" sinks in soon after because Ubisoft do so little to innovate. With origins, I had a lot of fun for 20+ hours and then got insanely bored of the bloat forcing me to do the same thing over and over just to level up. The same goes for Odyssey, but by the time Valhalla released it took me 5 hours before I got to the "this shit sucks"mindset. Still forced myself to play over 20 hours but by god was it a bad experience.
Wow! Everything you said was exactly the oposite of my experience. The only thing I didn't like about Valhalla was the story and the characters. I absolutely loved the gear system (many seperared pieces so you could mix and mash more than most games)
The trick with Ubisoft games is to buy them 2 years later. Less bugs, technical issues, they are more polished in general and have a big 50-75% discount.
Yep. Whenever I'm wrong about something or change my mind, I'm not scared to say it out loud. Even if some people think Ubisoft paid me to make this video lol. I wish, I freaking wish I was paid haha
I played this a couple years after launch, despite liking the series, because of the negativity surrounding it. When I finally did play through it I just didn’t get the hate for it. World is beautiful, it may not be a great AC game but it is a great Viking rpg. Even the story was enjoyable. I liked the anthology style with different story arcs per region and it kept things fresh as I also found myself actually caring about some of the characters in each region. I can see why reviewers might hate it, due to it’s length. Or if someone is trying to rush the main story. But if you just take you time, really immerse yourself in the world, and be prepared to be in that world for the long haul, it is really enjoyable. But Ubisoft has been an industry punching bag in recent years, I think they’re games are way overhated, so it was easy for people who hadn’t played it to believe it was terrible. I’m replaying it now with the AC Shadows announcement and it’s still fun. Between this and Days Gone, I fully stopped trusting reviews years ago as I found myself missing out in games I later ended up loving as a result.
I like Valhalla but it has too much filler type content and it's unnecessarily big. Combat isn't challenging at all. Once you level up your character enough then even on the hardest difficulty the game is very easy to play. Also during the story the facial animations don't look that good you feel less attached to the emotions of the characters. I have sunk 100 hours into the game and I have only reached until Lincolnshire. The game is unnecessarily big. More than half the armor and weapons in the game are useless. Everything good is locked behind a paywall.
As a huge AC fan since 2008, I got the game for sale a week ago fully expecting to hate everything about it after seeing what many of the og fans/critics thought about the game(last game I liked was origins, still prefered the originals). Lo and behold, 45 hours later I'm pretty much in love with this game, this is the first time since The Witcher 3(coincidence?don't think so) that i've put so many hours in such a short time span without getting tired of playing the game at all. Yes, this is still not the AC i wanted, but hell is it the rpg i didn't know i wanted. I've had this hole in me since i completed TW3 and it's DLCs and somehow this game is the only one that managed to move me in the same way(still not as good as TW3 of course!). I liked most of the arcs so far, the raids, looting etc have been satisfying because they have a purpose for me(village), and although not my favourite ac char by a long shot I do quite like eivor(the male voice actor did an A+ job imo, love his tone). I also really appreciate the lack of clutter on the map compared to the other rpg AC's and i feel like their questing aproach works really well for me although it could always be better. Overall i feel like the game whilist having it's issues(lack of ac lore and main character, parkour/stealth could be much better of course) I feel like the game has gotten way too much flack just for being a Ubi game in 2022, I legit think it would be praised if it was made by a different/less known company. Feeling like this will be another Unity case, with people hating it at launch and loving it years later. P.S. even the modern day seems to be the best it's been since ac3, although that doesn't say much, enjoying the animus glitches or whatever they're called. P.S.P.S Huge props to you for admitting you were ""wrong"", very few people would do that and even fewer reviewers.
Same as In odyssey female va is miles ahead of the male And I wdnt even be surprises if ppl hate the game jst bcs they hate male eivor bcs I definitely hate him its so bad 😂
@@litt420 Yep unfortunately went for Alexios in odyssey, ended up losing interest even though I'm Greek and his accent was accurate, the delivery was just off. Cassandra was so much better
I find this quite funny. All in all AC Valhalla is actually a good game till first 30ish hours and then its just the same thing repeated again and again. The best one can rate valhalla as is a decent game just a slight bit above average and the reason is very very apparent. Just take imaginary scenario - What will you remember about the game say 5-10 years down the line? - NOTHING. There is nothing iconic about this game. All the cities (I would prefer to call them village by how small they are) look just like a copy paste and why not as there possibly couldn't be anything interesting in them going by the timeline. There is literally no meaning to any of the services be it merchant or stables or anything as there is nothing EXCLUSIVE. When did it happen - Oh! A new merchant, let's see what he has. When did it happen - Oh! A new equipment marker, let's see what it is. (probably part of some set, don't know what it will look like? Oh let's not forget the astronomical cost to upgrade it.) When did it happen - Oh! I have enough silver, let's buy that cool - thing. ( its soo sad that I have to write THING cause there literally isn't anything that will make you excited or save your silver so that you can get it) When did it happen - Damn! I will come back to this place cause it has this unique ..... ( no place has anything unique ). I can keep writing but all this is after my 40ish hours or gameplay. The one and the only thing that this game does write is its GRAPHICS and ENVIRONMENT. Although the setting / time period is super bad for a AC Open world title cause there is nothing ICONIC about it. Please enlighten me if I am wrong as I really really want to be wrong. I bought this game for a huge sum and I feel sad to see my money wasted. I don't want to just blatently critisize it as I have given significant money and time to the game so please understand where I am coming from. TO VIDEO CREATOR: If the game made you give up once then its the failure of the game itself. (This happened for a pretty playerbase). They certainly didn't design the opening in a good manner.
Then only thing I really wish is that they would have dropped the Assassins Creed title and make it a full historical RPG, without all that science fiction
I tried to give this game a chance multiple times and couldn’t get into it however, I soon learnt that trying to play it like the other games didn’t work for me, I enjoyed it so much more when I let it be it’s own game, I love odyssey and origins and when playing Valhalla I tried to play it like those games. Once I stopped playing it like odyssey and origins and did my own thing with the game’s mechanics, I can say I love the game so much more and while its different and sometimes has things I’d change, it also has its own positive qualities that make it amazing in its own right! Happy gaming and please try and love the games you play because you get one life, and there is no point wasting it on hating games. ❤
So I just picked up this game because it was on a deep sale on ps5. I have a couple thoughts. 1. I avoided this game because reviews and the AC community were pretty negative toward it. But now that i sit down with it im seeing its pretty fun. Not perfect, but I dont think ANY AC game is perfect. 2. I get that this probably isn't what people wanted from an Assassins Creed game. These new game definitely veer away from traditional AC games. But honestly this isn't bad. (Odyssey writing is pretty lazy and cringe however) Desmond, Ezio, Connor and Altair all have excellent games that you can still play and enjoy on most modern consoles. If you want that just go play those. 3. People that are fans of the older games have this toxic expectation that these games will achieve the greatness of the Ezio trilogy and I think that's really an unfair expectation. You can't Demand innovation AND expect things to feel like they used to. The whole point is to have a new experience. 4. Ubisoft microtransactions are garbage and I hate them. I know they can be ignored but it really does detract from what feels like a mostly competent open world action game.
You're right. But even outside of the technical issues, I misjudged the game's content. That being said, the technical problems did prevent me from enjoying anything the game had to offer.
I appreciated Valhalla when it was released, now I understand it is not the typical Assassin's Creed game, but the game was still mad fun with so much content. I was not bothered to buy the DLC because... it was actually worth it to play, each DLC had a great story attached to it and amazing gameplay. I know why people hate it, but I would still recommend people to at least try out the demo because it can be really fun
I find this 100 times better than oddesy rather than having to grind menial quests to get gear levels to be effective but the power levels feel much more fleshed out and the infinite respec and auto assign it makes it so much less stressful, and they definitely did change art style, it kind of seems more like a story book painting or scroll of sorts the start also doesn’t seem as boring as oddesy or one of the later segments of origins and so far it doesn’t seem to pay to win or anything and the ability times are so much more rewarding and make exploration much less tedious and much more rewarding also they got rid of the boats, well the navel battle boats I also like the raiding aspect albeit I don’t like shouting alalalalala and slamming an axe into someone’s skull rather than sneaking around and shanking my way around, but the game seems to be pretty solid in its current state, it turned into a rise of kingdoms ad for a minute and it was great, and one of the guys looks like a standard nord from Skyrim I’m definitely buying the season pass
See here’s my deal. I’m a big fan of all 3 recent assassins creed games. Origins had a lovely story and beautiful animations and setting was sublime but had a bit of an issue combat animation style it felt a little too fast, not carrying much weight. Odyssey was absolutely breathtaking. Great story with characters you grow to really connect with, lots of amazing settings, fun combat style and immersive world. My gripe with this one however is a big one….. I hate the spear of leonidas. I get it that it plays a massive role in the story and it’s a part of our characters but…. It’s the combat. The spear is present in two of the weapon types, one of which I use most frequently in any AC game which is the one handed sword. I’m not allowed to wield just a sword or just a dagger, it must be accompanied by that stupid spear. It’s not fun. It also doesn’t feel like a good replacement for the hidden blade when it comes to assassinations. The animations are over the top and annoying to watch, it’s supposed to be discreet. As for Valhalla, it’s very apparent that this game requires some help but aside from the bugs and technical issues, it’s fun. I think the combat is acting far better only because it doesn’t take 15 minutes to kill one enemy even with abilities. Weapons also feel like the have weight and I love how you equip them. I also love the setting more than origins, it feels more varied than desert, desert, and more desert. The return of the hidden blade was a big big plus because we’re back to discreet kills. Story was great though felt slow in some areas. My issue lies in one annoying issue….. ALL OF GLOWECESTRECIRE IS ANNOYINGLY SCREWED! It all stems from one stupid issue that they refuse to fix! The god damned mari lwyd costume just shows up whenever you enter that area. It makes the entire region almost unplayable just because I can’t be my character in that one area!
I recommend that as a reviewer of video games, you remain Subjective and unbiased in your reviews. Take your time and appreciate A Game for it's Own content and not in comparison to previous installments, or other genres.
I agree to some extent. But like I can safely say that Valhalla is a good Viking game, but a terrible Assassin's Creed - since it removes pretty much everything from the originals. And I think that's fair. It's also accurate and it helps fans of the originals know what to expect.
FINALLY! This game is a masterpiece and I would really love for this game to get as much love from fans as "Call of Duty Black Ops 2" but it's just not the case. I am happy to hear that you like it.
@@the0skeptic Calling this game trash is far too much. It is a masterpiece, in every aspect. Look at other games, for example Cyberpunk, a garbage that nobody remembers, Valhalla is way better than that.
@@piotrmontgomerytv7786 I agree with you bro, this is one of the most beautiful games of all time in every aspect. The game is definitely an over-hated game for no specific reason, it definitely is a masterpiece.
@@piotrmontgomerytv7786 Bro so many whiners these days. Some whiners even act like experts and feel like this world revolves around them and they know everything, some say AC Valhalla is not an AC game lol, why? Because it's a new game? They forget the fact that it is the most selling Assassin's creed game of all time. Also it is worth noting that AC Valhalla has many elements that are consistent with the series, such as stealth, parkour, historical settings and lore. It also has some new features that make it unique and innovative, such as raids, settlements and choices. I think it’s a great game that respects the legacy of Assassin’s Creed while also exploring new possibilities.
I’m glad I waited to buy the game until I had a next-gen console (the Series S). Playing at 60fps is awesome and the game runs beautifully. I got Valhalla on sale but I would’ve happily paid full price for it.
Greetings friend, I want to ask if AC Valhalla is worth it for 20 bucks? I really don't mind if it is not "assassiny" like previous AC games. Just a good time burner and immersive open world game that I can just spend hours exploring aimlessly. TIA!
@@MichaelFromTheAttic oh wow thank you for the quick reply! Will buy this game later. You're one of the reasons why I want to buy this game lol because of your honest review
The game is great. It stands atop the shoulders of giants. Enjoy the game if you own it, because you have one life and if you play video game and you don't enjoy it, better swap this activity for something else fast.
Im currently playing AC odyssey Atlantis pack judgement, have to say the graphics looks better then wht im playing ahhaha. I thought abt getting this cause of Hot Kassandra crossover storyline eheheh wink....Meow
I fell out of gaming so long ago, I never got an xbox one or ps3 even. my wife got AC3 on the Wii U... yes... Wii U, but I loved that game, and have been playing the ones I can recently on xbox 360, and switch... Rebel collection, Ezio Collection, AC3 remastered. and I really really want to move up in consoles to play more AC games. But, I'm an "old man" and probably will never have time to do all that. this type of review is cool, because it shows that there was care put into the game, and if you just take your time with it, it can be really enjoyable.
Very similar experience... played day one and I wasn't impressed. Shelfed it for almost a year. Then came back and played on series x. Def way better. Put in around 200hrs.
I managed to get hold a Ps5 at RRP few week's ago and picked up a couple of £20 game's this being one of them... and I'm really enjoying it I find myself getting sidetracked looking for armor, gold ect and then do a story mission... what i'm saying is I think this game has quite a lot to offer... go play it 😀👍..⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.. really
i AM pretty new to gaming on pc(many years since gamed at all untill covid that is in 2020). But i actually loved this game more when it was new compared to today(mayby due to graphics being something amazing for me in this game compared to old school playstation 1+2 and amiga+c64 i played on before) Many changes and stuff i think i liked more at launch compared to now(or it might be that several 100s of hours of gaming in this world made me sick to play more due to getting a overdose of same views in england+irland+paris dlc,Still have the dawn of ragna....dlc to play and heard great things about it so might still get 100+ hours onto the 2-300+ hours already played during the years in ac.Valhalla) Sorry if english n so is bad!! Thanks for a great review and video again
Bought the complete edition when it comes to a ridiculously low price on the PS store. Worth the 30 bucks i payed for it. In fact, i enjoy it so much and since its my first AC the i actually dig, i bought the gold edition for Odyssey so ill play that one right after Valhalla.
Its a great game , loved the brutal combat and side activities like Flyting and drinking challenges Exploring was not so much fun but not too terrible I have always liked the concept where you as a player need to conqueror Territories one by one something similar which was used in Tom Clancy Ghost recon which made it one of the top reasons for me to enjoy the game the story was amazing for me
I don't own Valhalla, but from what it looks like I still prefer Origins and Odyssey. That's just my opinion. Besides that I really liked the video, your voice is really calm and entertaining, honestly I though you were gonna be one of those review TH-camrs with a few million subscribers. Your content is high quality and I want to thank you for that!
I bought the game having seen all the negative reviews and still enjoyed like I thought I might, but I honestly hate how most of the weapons feel, the spears feel too slow or did too little damage, great swords felt too weak for how slow they were and oh. My. God. Why can I not mute the metal clang on my footsteps when I have a shield equipped, even if I had a wooden shield all I’d hear is clang clang clang as I explored, I love shields but can’t stand that noise so I never used them. I did really enjoy the game however, just wish there were more weapons and the skill tree was better
For ACV, you really need to take it slow. The game is very long and rushing it gonna be pain. For the combat also, I feel it better than both origin and odyssey. While origins combat animation feel very basic how bayek swing the sword and few animation, skill he can use. Odyssey combat is extremly floaty, barely feel any contact at all.
I'm happy that you're having a fun time with Valhalla, but I can never love Assassin's Creed again. Valhalla was that final game where I was hoping to see some return to the roots and it is far from it.
I completely understand that. In fact, I enjoy it much more as a standalone viking game than a proper Assassin's Creed - despite the improvements made to the modern day story. I still hope that the next games will be a return to form for the franchise. If AC Infinity welcomes many smaller AC titles under its roof, I'm sure we can expect at least one of them to focus on stealth and nothing else ;)
Actually there was some ac lore in the game and the story was amazing, and after siege of Paris i got lil hopes that maybe Ubisoft is going back to the right track, but it's Ubisoft after all🌚 we can't guarantee anything
I just treat this as a sword mercenary like in ac ezio trilogy where courtesan, warriors and thieves helping the assassin's. I always remind myself that they're just only good with parkour teached with basic assassin's stealth moves trained with pure nord fighting style.
Finally a positive review on an AC game!!! A 180 review at that!! This video was very pleasing after watching all the AC slander for years. I feel like it’s jus the “COOL” thing to hate on Assassins Creed games now an that’s jus not fair.
Thanks :) My initial review of Valhalla was the first time in my life I didn't like an AC game. Because I've always enjoyed the previous games to some extent and I freaking love some of them.
Check out my review of Assassin's Creed Mirage! This is exactly what the franchise needed, despite its shortcomings : th-cam.com/video/R3mPLIsNe4w/w-d-xo.htmlsi=NMoJjqPRjJEcWy9w
Acknowledging his own mistakes is a rare quality. You get a new subscriber.
I can't wait for Valhalla to get 5 years old so everyone can start appreciating it.
Seriously. Ubisoft is faaar from being a good/reliable company, but oh my god do AC fans complain about the dumbest stuff.
I've been holding back from playing games like Odyssey and Syndicate and man do I regret trusting any kind of community reviews after playing them.
That only 2 years away🫣🫣
@@bruh-myegasame, on Valhalla now and in my opinion it’s not that much different from Elden Ring on higher difficulty. Plus the visuals are awesome. Massive world, decent story, lots of stuff to do or not to do. How can anyone review a 100hr+ game by playing it in a week or two without burning out.
@@EpochFitnessThat is the problem;
Stop the freaking +100 hours games with repetitive content
@@Deadpool-ts3tq it’s not for everyone. Open world is a genre for a reason. Some like it, some don’t. Playing 1,2 and brotherhood this year and going to this was refreshing. I personally don’t have an urge to play Mirage having played the others recently as it’s going to be what people are asking for I.e. “same same”
Been a hardcore Assassin's Creed fan since 2010. Played every game multiple times to 100% Sync, read most of the novels and comics and watched all the movies...
And Valhalla is my third favourite Assassin's Creed game. A beautiful, emotional, spectacular, multilayered, rich and pure Assassin's Creed experience that brings in so much new lore, does more for both the ISU element and the Modern Day than any game since Assassin's Creed III and ties into EVERY prior game in seamless and exciting ways.
I almost felt asleep playing valhalla ,it is soo boooooring
@@Protitoiy Take your Ritalin.
Finally somebody who sees it. I love Valhalla because it has many great things about it but they are more subtle and the graphic details really capture me . It has many flaws ( freaking longship always pointing wrong direction when I call it) still love Valhalla and Odyseey
That longship thing is so true 😆 Thanks for watching! 🙂
4/10
Odyssey was good and all but the voice acting ruined it for me
@@buffalosoldier7686 I loved odyesy but the amount of swear words was way too mucth imo
@@grph1t3z that's exactly what i gave it.... Maybe a 5
This is why I simply don't buy new games. I bought Valhalla on sale 6 months after it came out and then didn't play it for 6 more months. By the time I started it, the bugs were fixed, patches made, content added and the game flowed like butter. I'm enjoying Valhalla :)
I loved Valhalla since the very first minutes.
Finished the game, got the platinum, played all dlc and put 200 hours in it
Cap
@@anonym6471 💀
I have 248 and didn't finish it. I'm restarting with a second playthrough so I can finish it. It's great, but what threw me off are the helix items and Reda items because they make the game easy. I might just ignore those and use only in game armor and weapons.
Blows my mind how anyone could put that much time into something so mid. It does a bunch of things but doesn't do anything well.
@@mgiebus1869im pretty sure you are one of those guys who likes counter kill combat and like odyssey story line, wues
Valhalla as a game is fantastic. What I find most people have issues with is the fact that it doesn't feel like an Assassin's Creed game. Which is true. Although there are trace elements that give you the option to play that way, it doesn't feel like an AC game at all. You play as a screeching regal viking raiding villages. So I can understand peoples frustration, especially the fact that they marketed it as an Assassin's Creed game. But most reviewers are biased to that fact and give the game as a whole a bad review. Which I think is unwarranted. The story is still great, combat is amazing, visuals are stunning, the world is vast. I feel like if they would have marketed Valhalla as it's own game and not intertwined it with the Assassin's Creed series, it probably would have gotten a much more positive response in general.
So long story short: if you go in with the mindset that you're just playing a viking themed open-world RPG, and not another Assassin's Creed game, you'll have a great time. Just imagine the game is simply called Valhalla, and pretend the "Assassin's Creed" part of the title doesn't exist lol.
It’s still a good game
So it’s the games fault people suck at stealth sections I’ve proven time and time again that stealth works in this game
And I play on hard
Valhalla will aged like a fine wine, just like Unity. People just hate it because many youtuber was hating it on release
Pretty much.
I give it another couple years before people start saying it was underrated and poorly received by AC 2 fetishists.
insane amounts of copium in these comments lmao
The flyting, the mysteries, the combat, the weapons, the raids, the stealth and combat! This game is amazing
Is the stealth good really?
@@jacquesjtheripper5922 I like it - I dunno what good means to you but a lot of comments say it’s too hard - but compared to something like MGS V - I don’t think it’s hard at all and if anything can be a bit easy
Unpopular opinion: I actually liked the stealth and combat, as well. The story and certain questlines are my only gripes.
@@jacquesjtheripper5922 it's good if you're good at being stealthy lol
It’s literally the most bare bones stealth experience
Its not good at all compared to other stealth games
I can totally see the criticism for this game. A lot of it is deserved and I think there is a lot of stuff Ubisoft can fix with their games. But I love this game. It was so much fun, raiding monasteries, sneaking through cities, the open world, and the story to some extent just worked for me. I love this time in history so I feel like I have a little bit of bias. Not my fav AC but it's definitely up there. My main complaint is how big it is. Trying to 100% it and I'm at a 150 hours and the end is nowhere in sight.
Honestly the amount of lore in every crevice of this game is insane. The Assassin bureaus, the animus anomalies, the clues in the main story, the puzzles in the world etc. have a lot of classic ac infused in them. A TH-cam channel called access the animus did an entire 10 part series breaking down the minute details and whatnot. This was a great video and i am glad i am not the only person who enjoyed the game haha!
Yeah I really enjoyed the lore of Valhalla and how it connects a lot of dots! I'll check out the channel you suggested :) Thanks for watching!
Valhalla is just so funny. I clocked 500 plus hrs so far and everytime I start over I find some other aspect of the game that Iike
Characters were boring and un-memorable.
@@MarkStallings Disagree
@@MarkStallings And the majority of the missions you do have nothing to do with the main story.
I’ve always thought if origins odyssey and Valhalla were their own games and didn’t have the assassins creed name people would love them
My only complaints were: A. Unless someone is a history nerd like myself, all of the side-quest easter eggs would go completely over their heads. B. The story didn't go far enough into the history of why the Norse were migrating south, why they marched on Lindisfarn, and the overall cultural motivation. Kind of the same complaint I had with Odyssey, where it's set in the middle of a very important war, but barely touches the real history of why the Peloponnesian war was happening, and what its consequences were.
That's really interesting. Gonna take a look into all that. Thanks friend! :)
Still a fantastically interesting game for history buffs like me and you
Trust me just like Unity and odyssey in 5 years or so people are going to be talking about how awesome or how good this game is.
That’s always the way isn’t it. Just like with the Star Wars prequels where so many people complained that it wasn’t like the original trilogy but then time passed and they became revered.
@@zulfikar0499 it always is lmao
Will the fun last for a 100 hours? I dunno. But all I know is that right now I'm actually having fun with the game. Hope you enjoy the video :) Don't forget to like the video and subscribe, I really appreciate it.
not sure would you have patience for that but thing that really changed the game for me is disable compass in the menu. I realised i always looking at compass icons instead of really exploring the world. Now to find things i mostly use logic and what is told in "notes" or hints game gives you, and also odin sight and my raven are help. I highly recommend removing compass if you want to get the most out of vallhala :) maybe it will prolong your fun for few more 100 hours
@@mrspinner2588 I'll definitely try that :) I did the same thing for Red Dead Redemption 2 but unfortunately some quests just need the mini map. But for the exploration it was fine.
@@MichaelFromTheAttic in vallhala it lucky case I guess, cause quests are still marked, and if miss something it is just needed to use raven or map :D I was able do everything without compass, it's harder but so much more rewarding and fun :)
@@MichaelFromTheAttic subbed btw :)
@@mrspinner2588 Thanks a lot Mr Spinner :) Means a whole lot!
Bro 4K60fps is a gamechanger. I know, I know - the PC elites have been "doing all that for years now" lol...I don't mean to sound like a framerate snob, but man - what a difference it made. Games like Valhalla, God of War, Spider-Man, Ghost of Tsushima, The Division 2...you can't go back once you've seen it and experienced it this way.
100% 🔥 I haven't played a single 30FPS game since the launch of the PS5 haha!
I waited till now to play Valhalla and am positively surprised how much I have enjoyed the game so far. 32 hours in and havent been bored even one second while playing it. I expected it to be boring already because its lenght but its very engaging and I like the Nordic vibe in the game. Something different than previous games. Loved Syndicate too because it was different from others.
I played this game like 2 hours and was so disappointed that wanted to forget about AC forever, it just ruined it for me, but recently found AC odyssey and wow, that's a freaking good game.
If you think origins is better than valhall that would be understandable but odyssey? 💀
I didn't watch your first review but when you said how the combat lacks weight, animations are sloppy, etc. while saying it was different in Origins and Odyssey, it seemed a bit counterintuitive to say the least.
That feeling of playing an MMORPG where hits don't have any impact and just push up numbers, having no weight in most animations, transitions from one animation to another being way too quick, ragdoll going all over the place with enemies flying after dying and the overall movements of the character feeling unnatural WAS there since Origins. I personnally don't see any difference in the previous entries, I would even say Odyssey looks even more amateurish than Valhalla so I'm not sure where this argument came from in the first place.
I hope they fine tune their combat system to get both a "soulslike" system and decent animations along with a good overall feel when hitting opponents. When comparing the combat to AC3 animationwise, it really looks like we're playing a mobile game now. I'd like them to return to a more down to earth system where enemies don't fly away in a cartoonish way and combat looks more "realistic" (no magic abilities and so on).
Just couldn’t get into the first time trying to play, but your updated review has encouraged me to try it again. Currently re-downloading it!
Happy to hear that :)
@@MichaelFromTheAttic I heard Kassandra was in Valhalla and I felt conflicted whether to download and play it again so I found your video now I am
You can give me the game if you don't want it or didn't like it.. I promise I'll play for more than 200 hours
Basically you want to give it a try again despite not liking it is because the person you simping liked it..
@@AbdurRahim-ep5qv get a life creep
The entire main campaign of conquering England is made up of "side quests"... and none of them are memorable, none of the conquests have a careful or emotional narrative, the misdirection combined with the robotic and poorly acted characters cannot be improved by the beautifully created open world nor by the infinite content of the game.
And besides, that campaign of conquest consumes all your time, the story about the assassins is brief, uninteresting and despised by the main character. And the actual plot of the game, the Isu plot, is convoluted, brief, and doesn't quite fix the bad taste of much of what the game offers ad nauseam.
It is a good game in general, but everything that is poorly planned, directed and written is not solved with better definition and frames.
Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed it, I'm happily enjoying Mirage, and I hope that in the future Ubisoft really surprises us with a magnificent AC.
I agree with the lack of sidequests point. I also thought it was random filler, but honestly I'd take those over a bunch of sidequests anyday.
As far as your point on the gear... that's the entire point. They made it that way specifically so we as players can choose to keep a favorite weapon all game if we want. And that's how I play. It even makes sense because protagonists typically have their favorite swords deigned specifically to suit them. Not running around picking up what random dudes drop, never keeping a sword.
Witcher 3 forcing players to switch weapons because our last favorite one became irrelevant by being level locked is absolutely the dumbest most trash decision I've ever seen made. I fucking love the Witcher series but whoever designed that was off crack. Literally forcing me to waste my money dismantling gear I only used for an hour and some change after I put runes in it just because I "found" something better. A random axe on a random enemy somehow scales higher than my enchanted shit because lEveLs lmfao no.
The weapon "upgrading" from Witcher 3 is absolutely atrocious too. Gotta run around and find level-locked pamphlets for gear, just for you to find some common item that's better on a thug an hour later.
That's how you end up with everybody using the same shit because there's only 1 or 2 really good weapons in a game.
I'm glad they dropped that mess.
Gotta admire the honesty here - it's a rarity. I just started it on PC and after 50 or so hours I'm absolutely loving it (black Vikings aside.............. get stuffed Ubi). I've never understood all the hatred directed at this game so I decided to give it a whirl myself after completing Odyssey. Say what you will about Ubi - Valhalla is a remarkable achievement and I expect to sink a lot of hours into it. Money well spent, at the end of the day.
How's it running on PC now? Saw it on sale for $23 yesterday, still playing Odyssey but have been waiting on Ubi to iron out Valhalla and it being put on sale to give it my first go.
@@Sevatar_VIIIth It runs great for me using a 1060. I'm 100 hours in and have had it crash twice after super long sessions (actually might've been hardware). No damage, no saves lost................. I've way worse happen on innumerable other games. Other that, I haven't encountered a single glitch or bug. TBH, since I started Valhalla I'm less and less inclined to go back to Odyssey. I prefer everything about Valhalla. YMMV as both are good.
@@michaelforsythe4335 let me ask you this, how did AC Odyssey run for you? Is Valhalla better optimized than Ody? I'm on a little R3 3200g/RX 580 8gb and can't decide if Valhalla will run smoothly on it at
medium/low settings?
@@Sevatar_VIIIth I do not have a super duper system by any stretch. I have an old 1060 for a video card. Both Odyssey and Valhalla ran quite well for me - hard to say if one was better than the other. Graphically I'd say I had little to complain about with either. Wasn't impressed at first with Valhalla as it was just mud/snow in Norway. Not until I got to England did it really begin to shine. Jaw droppingly beautiful, imho.
@@michaelforsythe4335 ok I'll pick it up Wednesday and see how it does for my rig, thx for the help!
Recently I got this game with season pass on 50%-off. Although not everything in this game is doing great, I can see Ubi brought quite a number of elements on top of the AC formula. I completed half of the game so far and I think it worth this price.
Complete the rest and then say the same, it gets painfully boring by the end
@@uditvedantmishra9719 nah everyones saying that especially the end is very nice, the world exploration too
Season pass won’t give you dawn of ragnarok which is a disgrace. 40 more quid they must be the greediest fuckers ever
@@EliasHammler play it yourself
@@uditvedantmishra9719 i actually did
I love the way your express your opinions.
you are very humble. Loved your video!!
Thanks Ian! I appreciate that comment 🙏
I felt the same! Playing on PS5 and after all updates and bug fixes, the game is way better.
A nice redemption review! Nice, i like it! I actually felt the same as you at realease, and quickly gave up after 20h.
But this renewed review has made me want to give it another try. I've played all the other AC games, and loved all of them.
So why not give it one more chance before i play Mirage.
Thank you brother!
I have a new video about the unfortunate history of Naughty Dog's forgotten gem, Jak & Daxter! If you enjoy 3D action-adventure platformers, go give it a watch!😀
Waiting for the ps5 pro, stopped trying to get a ps5, I played it on my ps4 pro 😉
Glad you posted an update after you had time to reflect, most reviewers never look back..
@@chriscangelosi9438 Some people still think Ubisoft paid me to do so, but I will always come back to old reviews I don't agree with anymore 🙂
I may check it out
I think Cyberbug 2077 is more better than this AC Valhalla game.
It’s best to play Valhalla as a Viking game that take place in the Assassin’s Creed Universe and has a massive amount of new lore, you’ll have more fun that way. Not to mention, there was a bunch of people in Assassin’s Creed lore who was trained by assassins and never joined the Brotherhood, Eivor is just another addition to that group. For example, Gabriel Laxart was a French man who was given basic training by Assassins to protect Joan of Arc. Afterward, the Assassins gave Gabriel offer to join the brotherhood but declined because he don’t think he has the dedication.
You were right... didn't expect this video at all! Gotta love when reviewers criticize themselves. Shows you're legitimate 😁
Thanks man :) Yeah, I really wasn't expecting to make this video myself haha!
I hope it also shows he has learned not to be so quick to judge, like those entitled persons who condemn a game before it is even released. Or even after it is released; it seems they expect a polished gem on the day of release, and because it's not possible for a developer to ever satisfy them, they actually cause the many delays in game development these days.
@@vladdracul5072 people*
Shows ubisoft should've paid him of earlier
Same here man I was like 40 hrs in and got bored finally picked the game back up a couple days ago and I’m loving it again, maybe next time I should just take my time with it more if it takes me 2 yrs to finish then fuck it 🤷♂️
Just purchased this game on PS5 right before I go to sleep. I will play it when I wake up.
I've been playing the game almost from launch on my ps4 pro, and have actually had a really smooth experience overall. The graphics are still beautiful, the 30 fps cap is nearly almost consistent, and I have surprisingly only encountered one bug that had me stuck falling from a fort. I am happy that you enjoy the game!
I'm sure on PS4 Pro is already much smoother than on base PS4 :) The game is fun, for sure!
You haven't had to deal with it crashing randomly like 6 times A-day?
@@badmutejames From the 80 hours I played on PS5, I didn't experience a single crash. But when I first played it on PS4, it was crashing non stop haha! So I feel the pain.
@@MichaelFromTheAttic exactly
Just curious...I have a PS4 pro running on a 4ķ Samsung. Fixed the issue with HDR and did improve image...but still looks pretty poor. You say it looks beautiful. Are you using any other setting on your PS4 to improve image.
I loved it as a Viking Game with a bit of AC in it. Started to listen to Wardruna because of it. Beautiful Game.
its a tough game to get started
it takes a lot of time
its confusing too
but once you get going
its amazing
change the last one to "it's okay" then it's accurate
Tbh the first time i played this game for an hour and never touched it again....until 3 months later i started playing again for more than 5 hours one day and it has me hooked for a whole week+ now😂😂idk why
i enjoyed the game very much , unique combat and brutal combat
I like the new games a lot and I’ve played through and enjoyed the old ones. I’m getting a masters degree in history and the historical details in the new games are mind blowing. The workers at Ubisoft deserve a lot of credit for making these games so detailed. Odyssey is still my favorite because looting and using Ikaros to find loot and objectives was awesome.
I'm still cleaning up the map in Odyssey, but I like the fact that Valhalla is inherently different in so many ways. It makes it fresh and not just a re-hash of Odyssey.
So many people dislike this game for not feeling like your typical AC. However the game is fun and keeps you entertained in an extremely cool and interesting world for 100s of hours. If ubisoft want to make another game just like this in like a old Japanese setting or something else just as cool. Then I will be more than happy to go on another journey and explore such a fascinating world
I do like the game for what it is :) I do wish Ubisoft would still make classic AC games as well as these news ones though. But hey.
@@MichaelFromTheAttic Just difficult to please the masses I suppose dude, ubi will never win 😂
@@paddystarr Yeah I know they can't please everyone 😅
Starting from 2 years ago I've played every single ac game since AC3 and with every single one I had the time of my life. The first one was rogue which I used to play on my PS3 back in the day but officially I'd say it's Origins, and man did I fucking love that damn game. The amazing setting, the graphics, the story ( which is still the best story out of every game I've played till this day, besides rdr2), the DLCs ( which are also the best I've ever played) and just the overall gameplay is amazing. Anyways, since I played all of those games I kinda wanted to play Valhalla, but every single video I watched bashed so hard on that game that I didn't even want to try it out, even random comment sections in ac videos were constantly ranting about Valhalla. But there's something to it that keeps me coming back to find reason as to why I should buy it. After this video and the current steam sales... Maybe I will.
Though I've been also thinking about buying the Witcher 3 so I'm still deciding
I bought this game immediately after seeing your first review of this game, knew it was cap from the start.
Odyssey will always be my favorite of the new ACs. Old ACs would be AC2.
The game isn’t a mess on base PS4 now. The framerate is more stable than origins and odyssey (and I tend to notice this a lot). It still is boring as fuck even if it looks and runs good
Haha that's good to know 😅 At least it runs well
I’m just finished watching Vikings and currently watching last kingdom this game is everything I needed
the last kingdom is amazing (except the movie wrapping it up)
@@masterflitzer yea they rushed Uthred a death . But I need to see my hero get his Viking death . 😭😭
@@TOKYO9AIN yeah sadly we have to take the ending that we got
@@masterflitzer yea I can’t complain tho they did sygtryggr way worse lmao he shoulda made it to the end his character the way they introduced him he shoulda stayed until the end
I love AC Valhalla, it was my first game on my ps5 and I really enjoyed it, I have played almost all the AC games and Valhalla is one of my favourites
AC Valhalla is my favorite AC game. I love everything about it.
My issue with the 3 AC rpg games are that they force you to do the same thing 100000000 times in order to level up just to continue the main story. The bloat was so bad that they literally tried to get people to pay for XP boosters. That is the most blatant anti consumer tactic I have ever seen. Massive AC RPGs could be amazing, but everything is so damn shallow and soulless. The best part of each game is the first 5 hours when you're just getting used to the new paint job, and then the feeling of "ive been here before 10000 times" sinks in soon after because Ubisoft do so little to innovate. With origins, I had a lot of fun for 20+ hours and then got insanely bored of the bloat forcing me to do the same thing over and over just to level up. The same goes for Odyssey, but by the time Valhalla released it took me 5 hours before I got to the "this shit sucks"mindset. Still forced myself to play over 20 hours but by god was it a bad experience.
Wow! Everything you said was exactly the oposite of my experience. The only thing I didn't like about Valhalla was the story and the characters. I absolutely loved the gear system (many seperared pieces so you could mix and mash more than most games)
yet another "this game is trash " 1 month later "is gold" . I'm so bored of this
The trick with Ubisoft games is to buy them 2 years later. Less bugs, technical issues, they are more polished in general and have a big 50-75% discount.
You've convinced me. I'm gonna get this game on my PS5.
That's good! Hopefully you'll enjoy it and I won't have caused you to waste money 😅
No way, someine who is able to take back his opinions...valhalla is fantastic. Period.
Yep. Whenever I'm wrong about something or change my mind, I'm not scared to say it out loud. Even if some people think Ubisoft paid me to make this video lol. I wish, I freaking wish I was paid haha
feel like they paid you to make it.
Trust me, they haven't lol. I truly do not see why Ubisoft would pay a channel with barely 5K subs.
@@MichaelFromTheAttic only said it in jest, a josh if you will.
I played this a couple years after launch, despite liking the series, because of the negativity surrounding it. When I finally did play through it I just didn’t get the hate for it. World is beautiful, it may not be a great AC game but it is a great Viking rpg. Even the story was enjoyable. I liked the anthology style with different story arcs per region and it kept things fresh as I also found myself actually caring about some of the characters in each region. I can see why reviewers might hate it, due to it’s length. Or if someone is trying to rush the main story. But if you just take you time, really immerse yourself in the world, and be prepared to be in that world for the long haul, it is really enjoyable. But Ubisoft has been an industry punching bag in recent years, I think they’re games are way overhated, so it was easy for people who hadn’t played it to believe it was terrible. I’m replaying it now with the AC Shadows announcement and it’s still fun. Between this and Days Gone, I fully stopped trusting reviews years ago as I found myself missing out in games I later ended up loving as a result.
I like Valhalla but it has too much filler type content and it's unnecessarily big. Combat isn't challenging at all. Once you level up your character enough then even on the hardest difficulty the game is very easy to play. Also during the story the facial animations don't look that good you feel less attached to the emotions of the characters. I have sunk 100 hours into the game and I have only reached until Lincolnshire. The game is unnecessarily big. More than half the armor and weapons in the game are useless. Everything good is locked behind a paywall.
As a huge AC fan since 2008, I got the game for sale a week ago fully expecting to hate everything about it after seeing what many of the og fans/critics thought about the game(last game I liked was origins, still prefered the originals). Lo and behold, 45 hours later I'm pretty much in love with this game, this is the first time since The Witcher 3(coincidence?don't think so) that i've put so many hours in such a short time span without getting tired of playing the game at all. Yes, this is still not the AC i wanted, but hell is it the rpg i didn't know i wanted. I've had this hole in me since i completed TW3 and it's DLCs and somehow this game is the only one that managed to move me in the same way(still not as good as TW3 of course!). I liked most of the arcs so far, the raids, looting etc have been satisfying because they have a purpose for me(village), and although not my favourite ac char by a long shot I do quite like eivor(the male voice actor did an A+ job imo, love his tone). I also really appreciate the lack of clutter on the map compared to the other rpg AC's and i feel like their questing aproach works really well for me although it could always be better. Overall i feel like the game whilist having it's issues(lack of ac lore and main character, parkour/stealth could be much better of course) I feel like the game has gotten way too much flack just for being a Ubi game in 2022, I legit think it would be praised if it was made by a different/less known company. Feeling like this will be another Unity case, with people hating it at launch and loving it years later.
P.S. even the modern day seems to be the best it's been since ac3, although that doesn't say much, enjoying the animus glitches or whatever they're called.
P.S.P.S Huge props to you for admitting you were ""wrong"", very few people would do that and even fewer reviewers.
Same as In odyssey female va is miles ahead of the male
And I wdnt even be surprises if ppl hate the game jst bcs they hate male eivor bcs I definitely hate him its so bad 😂
@@litt420 Yep unfortunately went for Alexios in odyssey, ended up losing interest even though I'm Greek and his accent was accurate, the delivery was just off. Cassandra was so much better
I find this quite funny. All in all AC Valhalla is actually a good game till first 30ish hours and then its just the same thing repeated again and again.
The best one can rate valhalla as is a decent game just a slight bit above average and the reason is very very apparent.
Just take imaginary scenario - What will you remember about the game say 5-10 years down the line? - NOTHING.
There is nothing iconic about this game. All the cities (I would prefer to call them village by how small they are) look just like a copy paste and why not as there possibly couldn't be anything interesting in them going by the timeline.
There is literally no meaning to any of the services be it merchant or stables or anything as there is nothing EXCLUSIVE.
When did it happen - Oh! A new merchant, let's see what he has.
When did it happen - Oh! A new equipment marker, let's see what it is. (probably part of some set, don't know what it will look like? Oh let's not forget the astronomical cost to upgrade it.)
When did it happen - Oh! I have enough silver, let's buy that cool - thing. ( its soo sad that I have to write THING cause there literally isn't anything that will make you excited or
save your silver so that you can get it)
When did it happen - Damn! I will come back to this place cause it has this unique ..... ( no place has anything unique ).
I can keep writing but all this is after my 40ish hours or gameplay. The one and the only thing that this game does write is its GRAPHICS and ENVIRONMENT. Although the setting / time period is super bad for a AC Open world title cause there is nothing ICONIC about it.
Please enlighten me if I am wrong as I really really want to be wrong. I bought this game for
a huge sum and I feel sad to see my money wasted. I don't want to just blatently critisize it as I have given significant money and time to the game so please understand where I am coming from.
TO VIDEO CREATOR: If the game made you give up once then its the failure of the game itself. (This happened for a pretty playerbase). They certainly didn't design the opening in a good manner.
Then only thing I really wish is that they would have dropped the Assassins Creed title and make it a full historical RPG, without all that science fiction
I tried to give this game a chance multiple times and couldn’t get into it however, I soon learnt that trying to play it like the other games didn’t work for me, I enjoyed it so much more when I let it be it’s own game, I love odyssey and origins and when playing Valhalla I tried to play it like those games. Once I stopped playing it like odyssey and origins and did my own thing with the game’s mechanics, I can say I love the game so much more and while its different and sometimes has things I’d change, it also has its own positive qualities that make it amazing in its own right! Happy gaming and please try and love the games you play because you get one life, and there is no point wasting it on hating games. ❤
So I just picked up this game because it was on a deep sale on ps5. I have a couple thoughts.
1. I avoided this game because reviews and the AC community were pretty negative toward it. But now that i sit down with it im seeing its pretty fun. Not perfect, but I dont think ANY AC game is perfect.
2. I get that this probably isn't what people wanted from an Assassins Creed game. These new game definitely veer away from traditional AC games. But honestly this isn't bad. (Odyssey writing is pretty lazy and cringe however)
Desmond, Ezio, Connor and Altair all have excellent games that you can still play and enjoy on most modern consoles. If you want that just go play those.
3. People that are fans of the older games have this toxic expectation that these games will achieve the greatness of the Ezio trilogy and I think that's really an unfair expectation. You can't Demand innovation AND expect things to feel like they used to. The whole point is to have a new experience.
4. Ubisoft microtransactions are garbage and I hate them. I know they can be ignored but it really does detract from what feels like a mostly competent open world action game.
So.... how was you wrong? It was completely crap at launch.... After patches it is better but.... it should have been pushed back
You're right. But even outside of the technical issues, I misjudged the game's content. That being said, the technical problems did prevent me from enjoying anything the game had to offer.
I appreciated Valhalla when it was released, now I understand it is not the typical Assassin's Creed game, but the game was still mad fun with so much content. I was not bothered to buy the DLC because... it was actually worth it to play, each DLC had a great story attached to it and amazing gameplay. I know why people hate it, but I would still recommend people to at least try out the demo because it can be really fun
I find this 100 times better than oddesy rather than having to grind menial quests to get gear levels to be effective but the power levels feel much more fleshed out and the infinite respec and auto assign it makes it so much less stressful, and they definitely did change art style, it kind of seems more like a story book painting or scroll of sorts the start also doesn’t seem as boring as oddesy or one of the later segments of origins and so far it doesn’t seem to pay to win or anything and the ability times are so much more rewarding and make exploration much less tedious and much more rewarding also they got rid of the boats, well the navel battle boats I also like the raiding aspect albeit I don’t like shouting alalalalala and slamming an axe into someone’s skull rather than sneaking around and shanking my way around, but the game seems to be pretty solid in its current state, it turned into a rise of kingdoms ad for a minute and it was great, and one of the guys looks like a standard nord from Skyrim I’m definitely buying the season pass
See here’s my deal. I’m a big fan of all 3 recent assassins creed games. Origins had a lovely story and beautiful animations and setting was sublime but had a bit of an issue combat animation style it felt a little too fast, not carrying much weight. Odyssey was absolutely breathtaking. Great story with characters you grow to really connect with, lots of amazing settings, fun combat style and immersive world. My gripe with this one however is a big one….. I hate the spear of leonidas. I get it that it plays a massive role in the story and it’s a part of our characters but…. It’s the combat. The spear is present in two of the weapon types, one of which I use most frequently in any AC game which is the one handed sword. I’m not allowed to wield just a sword or just a dagger, it must be accompanied by that stupid spear. It’s not fun. It also doesn’t feel like a good replacement for the hidden blade when it comes to assassinations. The animations are over the top and annoying to watch, it’s supposed to be discreet. As for Valhalla, it’s very apparent that this game requires some help but aside from the bugs and technical issues, it’s fun. I think the combat is acting far better only because it doesn’t take 15 minutes to kill one enemy even with abilities. Weapons also feel like the have weight and I love how you equip them. I also love the setting more than origins, it feels more varied than desert, desert, and more desert. The return of the hidden blade was a big big plus because we’re back to discreet kills. Story was great though felt slow in some areas. My issue lies in one annoying issue….. ALL OF GLOWECESTRECIRE IS ANNOYINGLY SCREWED! It all stems from one stupid issue that they refuse to fix! The god damned mari lwyd costume just shows up whenever you enter that area. It makes the entire region almost unplayable just because I can’t be my character in that one area!
I recommend that as a reviewer of video games, you remain Subjective and unbiased in your reviews. Take your time and appreciate A Game for it's Own content and not in comparison to previous installments, or other genres.
I agree to some extent. But like I can safely say that Valhalla is a good Viking game, but a terrible Assassin's Creed - since it removes pretty much everything from the originals. And I think that's fair. It's also accurate and it helps fans of the originals know what to expect.
Finally someone sees what I see in this
FINALLY! This game is a masterpiece and I would really love for this game to get as much love from fans as "Call of Duty Black Ops 2" but it's just not the case. I am happy to hear that you like it.
calling this game a masterpiece is a bit much
@@the0skeptic Calling this game trash is far too much. It is a masterpiece, in every aspect. Look at other games, for example Cyberpunk, a garbage that nobody remembers, Valhalla is way better than that.
@@piotrmontgomerytv7786 I agree with you bro, this is one of the most beautiful games of all time in every aspect. The game is definitely an over-hated game for no specific reason, it definitely is a masterpiece.
@@theRogMick It's sad how good games like: MW2019, Assassin's Creed Valhalla or Enlisted are getting hate for what? Being new?
@@piotrmontgomerytv7786 Bro so many whiners these days. Some whiners even act like experts and feel like this world revolves around them and they know everything, some say AC Valhalla is not an AC game lol, why? Because it's a new game? They forget the fact that it is the most selling Assassin's creed game of all time. Also it is worth noting that AC Valhalla has many elements that are consistent with the series, such as stealth, parkour, historical settings and lore. It also has some new features that make it unique and innovative, such as raids, settlements and choices. I think it’s a great game that respects the legacy of Assassin’s Creed while also exploring new possibilities.
I think I've been playing too much AC keep getting random adverts about templar knights and the history of them. They are on to me 😂
I’m glad I waited to buy the game until I had a next-gen console (the Series S). Playing at 60fps is awesome and the game runs beautifully. I got Valhalla on sale but I would’ve happily paid full price for it.
Ass Valhalla’s pop up ads every time you pause to go to inventory is like someone pooping in my mouth, NO, NEVER AGAIN.
Greetings friend, I want to ask if AC Valhalla is worth it for 20 bucks? I really don't mind if it is not "assassiny" like previous AC games. Just a good time burner and immersive open world game that I can just spend hours exploring aimlessly. TIA!
Absolutely. If you just want a fun open world game, this is it. And for 20 bucks, that's a steal.
@@MichaelFromTheAttic oh wow thank you for the quick reply! Will buy this game later. You're one of the reasons why I want to buy this game lol because of your honest review
Maybe this game is not good for AC standards but it’s definitely a very good Vikings game
100%
The game is great. It stands atop the shoulders of giants. Enjoy the game if you own it, because you have one life and if you play video game and you don't enjoy it, better swap this activity for something else fast.
I bought it last month my god I thought it sucked at first than I kept playing I started enjoying it
Does some of the bugs were already fixed in ps4?
I'm sure it's much more stable on PS4 now too :)
@@MichaelFromTheAttic cool, thank you for your response. Will like this video now and sub :)
@@PotatoG30 Yesss 🙏
But what about the audio issues? The compression is terrible
Oh yeah definitely. I can't wait for Ubisoft to step their game up in that department. They should have Rockstar level of sound.
The audio specially the water sound makes me want to throw my controller its annoying thats the only reason i dont want to play this game
Man I'm still trying the game out, 130 hours played and it still feels like a chore playing it every time - don't know why but still giving it chances
how do you time yourself when playing?? with a phone??
@@AMPEMPDPlayStation has a rough counter for all games in the settings menu.
Im currently playing AC odyssey Atlantis pack judgement, have to say the graphics looks better then wht im playing ahhaha. I thought abt getting this cause of Hot Kassandra crossover storyline eheheh wink....Meow
This made me consider replaying Valhalla again. I thought that this game wasn't that bad, but wasn't perfect.
I fell out of gaming so long ago, I never got an xbox one or ps3 even. my wife got AC3 on the Wii U... yes... Wii U, but I loved that game, and have been playing the ones I can recently on xbox 360, and switch... Rebel collection, Ezio Collection, AC3 remastered. and I really really want to move up in consoles to play more AC games. But, I'm an "old man" and probably will never have time to do all that. this type of review is cool, because it shows that there was care put into the game, and if you just take your time with it, it can be really enjoyable.
Very similar experience... played day one and I wasn't impressed. Shelfed it for almost a year. Then came back and played on series x. Def way better. Put in around 200hrs.
I played around 70 hours and I don't think I'm gonna finish it but I definitely enjoyed my time with it :)
i got like an hour into it and deleted it..just couldnt get into it.. for some reason i feel like now i would like it. im giving it another shot
I managed to get hold a Ps5 at RRP few week's ago and picked up a couple of £20 game's this being one of them... and I'm really enjoying it I find myself getting sidetracked looking for armor, gold ect and then do a story mission... what i'm saying is I think this game has quite a lot to offer... go play it 😀👍..⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐..
really
i AM pretty new to gaming on pc(many years since gamed at all untill covid that is in 2020).
But i actually loved this game more when it was new compared to today(mayby due to graphics being something amazing for me in this game compared to old school playstation 1+2 and amiga+c64 i played on before)
Many changes and stuff i think i liked more at launch compared to now(or it might be that several 100s of hours of gaming in this world made me sick to play more due to getting a overdose of same views in england+irland+paris dlc,Still have the dawn of ragna....dlc to play and heard great things about it so might still get 100+ hours onto the 2-300+ hours already played during the years in ac.Valhalla)
Sorry if english n so is bad!!
Thanks for a great review and video again
Bought the complete edition when it comes to a ridiculously low price on the PS store. Worth the 30 bucks i payed for it. In fact, i enjoy it so much and since its my first AC the i actually dig, i bought the gold edition for Odyssey so ill play that one right after Valhalla.
One of my favorite open world games. Doesnt top odyssey for me though. Still have over 600 hours in Odyssey.
3000 hours în ODYSSEY
Its a great game , loved the brutal combat and side activities like Flyting and drinking challenges
Exploring was not so much fun but not too terrible
I have always liked the concept where you as a player need to conqueror Territories one by one
something similar which was used in Tom Clancy Ghost recon which made it one of the top reasons for me to enjoy the game
the story was amazing for me
Bro i am still playing on ps5 and it is too bad specially in stealth play. Tune every settings and found garbage. Totally disappointment my purchase.
I just wish I could pull the camera in closer during combat.
Same... It would be much more immersive that way
I don't own Valhalla, but from what it looks like I still prefer Origins and Odyssey. That's just my opinion. Besides that I really liked the video, your voice is really calm and entertaining, honestly I though you were gonna be one of those review TH-camrs with a few million subscribers. Your content is high quality and I want to thank you for that!
Thank you so much :) I'm glad you enjoy my stuff!
This game is great. Its just ridiculously long like I still haven't finished it. Eivor is the only reason ive enjoyed most of it.
I'm that you've admitted that you were wrong! Don't rush to review a game before fully experiencing it.
for me the fun has been lasting for 230 hours. and I just finished the campaign and started wrath of th druids. which Im loving!
Which console you playing on ?
The graphics in wrath of the druids is insane. They captured it really well. Now go back to Origins or Odyssey and see the diff
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correction 212 now
I bought the game having seen all the negative reviews and still enjoyed like I thought I might, but I honestly hate how most of the weapons feel, the spears feel too slow or did too little damage, great swords felt too weak for how slow they were and oh. My. God. Why can I not mute the metal clang on my footsteps when I have a shield equipped, even if I had a wooden shield all I’d hear is clang clang clang as I explored, I love shields but can’t stand that noise so I never used them. I did really enjoy the game however, just wish there were more weapons and the skill tree was better
For ACV, you really need to take it slow. The game is very long and rushing it gonna be pain. For the combat also, I feel it better than both origin and odyssey. While origins combat animation feel very basic how bayek swing the sword and few animation, skill he can use. Odyssey combat is extremly floaty, barely feel any contact at all.
Yeah Valhalla's combat is definitely the best of the recent trilogy in my opinion. And rushing it was a mistake for sure ;) Thanks for watching Quan!
Ubisoft paying for you to make a good review after what u did
I'm happy that you're having a fun time with Valhalla, but I can never love Assassin's Creed again. Valhalla was that final game where I was hoping to see some return to the roots and it is far from it.
I completely understand that. In fact, I enjoy it much more as a standalone viking game than a proper Assassin's Creed - despite the improvements made to the modern day story. I still hope that the next games will be a return to form for the franchise. If AC Infinity welcomes many smaller AC titles under its roof, I'm sure we can expect at least one of them to focus on stealth and nothing else ;)
Actually there was some ac lore in the game and the story was amazing, and after siege of Paris i got lil hopes that maybe Ubisoft is going back to the right track, but it's Ubisoft after all🌚 we can't guarantee anything
I think infinity will rectify some things.
I just treat this as a sword mercenary like in ac ezio trilogy where courtesan, warriors and thieves helping the assassin's.
I always remind myself that they're just only good with parkour teached with basic assassin's stealth moves trained with pure nord fighting style.
I thought assassin's Creed Valhalla was bad , then o tried and it ended up being 10 times worse than what i thought
I think Cyberbug 2077 is so much better than this game.
You are pining for an early copy of Ass Mirage; I just got a refund for Valhalla because they have pop up ads every time I pause the game.
Finally a positive review on an AC game!!! A 180 review at that!! This video was very pleasing after watching all the AC slander for years. I feel like it’s jus the “COOL” thing to hate on Assassins Creed games now an that’s jus not fair.
Thanks :) My initial review of Valhalla was the first time in my life I didn't like an AC game. Because I've always enjoyed the previous games to some extent and I freaking love some of them.