@@xiRePeNTx I gotta say I bought it and don't regret it lol, I'm on PS4 pro with the fee upgrade to ps5, runs really well. Have put 100 hours into it. I'm the biggest hypocrite on TH-cam lol
@@AudioPhile Hell nah man if you having fun that's what counts. Btw is it better than Odyssey? I finished that game the story was amazing, but the missions were extremely grindy and felt like a chore, is it same in this one?
@@AudioPhile Thanks for the heads up bro, I will probably pick this one when it's on sale plus physical copy price drops hella fast on ubisoft game, imma probably play origins then. Have a nice day :)
I managed to get AC Odyssey (Gold edition so includes Season Pass and AC3 remastered) for £17 the other day..! Bargain for so much content. I'll do the same for this
Rahul Vinod I loved this game right from the beginning, I am actually not too critical of Ubisoft in general, I give them credit for trying to please such a variety of gamers with different tastes. Their take over Ghost Recon brand is fantastic. And their general focus on changing linear game design to sandbox experience is very much welcomed. Cyperpunk is an example of a studio trying to make something above their pay grade. They probably build the foundation in 2014, and spent 6 years just making mechanics and physics functional, that’s why Cyberpunk gameplay and AI feels pre 2010, like close to original AC games.
@@callisto537 They were rushed bro it isnt the Studios fault, its the darn executives who know nothing of games, only of money so they wanted to get the game out at what they believed to be a high point.
I’m about 30 hours in, and 20% progress into the story. I have to say I’m really enjoying it!! I haven’t played AC since AC 3, so I don’t have the fatigue issue. I think the TLDR is, if you’re a fan of the era, it’s VERY easy to forgive issues like combat not being great. Also the game (graphics, story, music) is so immersive, I just love the feeling it gives me.
Agreed. Too many TH-cam publishers think their 30-60 second graphical intros with bombastic music actually do something positive for their videos. The intros only make the videos worse. If intros are included, they should be 8 seconds or shorter.
17:45 most of the “viking.” Feel in combat you are looking for is hidden behind the skill wall. When you get to gear score 80-90 you start becoming a complete power house in combat switching between abilities, weapon moves, and special skill types from the skill tree. One of my favorite would be duel wielding heavy weapons such as spears, two handed axes, or even great swords. ^
@@LonelyGamr So instead of denying that Ubisoft’s repetitive games are repetitive fanboys are now just claiming all games are as mindlessly repetitive as (INSERT UBISOFT OPENWORLD TITLE HERE) 6?
@Creepy Hair Sniffer gotta agree that witcher 3 is repetitive, hack and slash, hack and slash, but the other elements such as story, visuals, animations, design, characters and mechanics are covering those repetitiveness, if you ignore all of those things then witcher 3 will be just your generic skyrim 3rd person copycat
@@longjawnsilva8877 you must be fun at parties. No one asked for you to spread false information, it comes in $60, $100, and $120 and that’s if we don’t include the collectors edition ($150), limited edition, and there’s one more.
Will definitely wait for a sale once the DLC is out as I did for Odyssey (got the gold edition for $25 instead of $100). Great review! Definitely my favorite reviewer out there.
Same I always wait I’m still on syndicate tho. But I buy them when they go on major sale for Xbox. Gold edition for both games 20$ each and lower. I’ll play them one day
The enemies in odyssey were made of steel. That wasn't very fun. At least in Valhalla they die after a few hits. I prefer that a lot more to the super enemies in Odyssey.
@@BillyTheBigKid82 they wouldn't just appear randomly. They come to you because your bounty gauge thing (can't remember what it's called) was high. It was a good system.
The real Ibn Fadlan was interesting. Movie had a viking, a 15th century knight, a gladiator and a conquistador fight a Slavic tribe which was known for being travelers and traders, NOT stone age cannibals.
This is the first review of yours I watched and I loved it. You speak fast enough so I don't feel I'm wasting my time and it was super detailed in the most perfect way. Bravo my friend
I just got this on PS5 and am about 20 hours in. Haven’t really noticed any bugs or pop in. Framerate has been buttery smooth at 60fps the whole time. Really enjoying my time so far
The combat was way more impactful than Odyssey imo, in Odyssey every enemy was a damage sponge. Here enemies don't take me hacking at them to die. Had way more fun with this than Odyssey.
@@nickywan123 All Ubisoft games are. They are the McDonalds of game studios to me: It tastes fine every now and then but it's nothing special and certainly not something I need or want all the time. I wish they would just stop with the annual or bi-annual releases and instead release an absolute banger every 5 years or so. They definitely have the talent, budget and workforce to make great games, they're just always rushing it.
That's good to know. I thought odyssey's combat was dreadful. No feeling of weight behind it and, like you say, health sponge enemies. Couldn't believe it when the review said this was WORSE than that.
@@amysteriousviewer3772 Good analogy. I respect Ubisoft admiration to try something new and creative but the problem is they have good idea or concept but poor execution. Take a look at watch dogs legions.
I think Ghost of Tsuhima has really set the bar for 3rd person open-world combat. I picked up Middle Earth: Shadow of War as one of the PS+ freebies this month, and man, I've been completely spoiled by Ghost of Tsushima's combat engine. ME:SoW feels so slow and unresponsive in comparison. That's why I'm going to wait a while on this one.
@@dtl918 Dude Ghost of Tsushima Legends is god tier. The multiplayer free dlc was amazing to play. I don't like playing multiplayer coops as much anymore and I could not stop playing it. Finally finished the raid which was fucking awesome and rivals the raids in destiny.
@@joeyxl3456 I found the entire game and its combat boring as hell. Odyssey was decent, not sure why they'd make it worse, but that's what these companies do just to differentiate the game from the previous.
ahhh thanks for confirming you both are braindead. only way to ''prove me wrong'' is by mentioning sales. litterally every game of them has the same fuckin elements. aka copy and paste. only reason why they re profitable is because braindeads, like the both of you, keep buying their games.
Which sucks because now they did a mediocre Viking game, which means we won't get another open world viking game from a better developer for a long time. Fing Ubisoft had to steal it.
They go on sale so quickly because they’re gonna rush the sequel to market anyway. When was the last time they released a game that wasn’t a buggy mess at release?
Combat looks way more satisfying in this game than the past two. Decapitations, dismemberment, the enemies actually get flung off the weapons especially with the axes. You never saw that in the prior games.
@@johncrafton8319 Combat in the other games wasn't really that great either (Odyssey and Origins). Spam light and heavy attacks over and over and dodge infinitely with no stamina bar or risk of being over aggressive... Zzzzzzzzzz. This game has all that plus dual wielding, attack canceling, stamina management, different move sets depending on what weapon is in your off hand, not to mention it's more visceral in general. Come on now.
0:24 Ah, yes, the classic viking battle strategy that's one part ring around the rosie, two parts "you can't catch me, you can't catch me," all spitting in the face of physics.
Some very nice changes but also really hampered by other issues. Listen youtube demonotizes me and I don't do sponsored videos want to have an amazing time ina discord and support the channel? Come on over www.patreon.com/AngryCentaurGaming
I heard the series x patch wouldn’t release till tomorrow. Is that true? We’re you playing the series x version or the Xbox One version using back compat?
53 hours in and confident to say that this is my favorite assasins creed, later on combat feels addicting being able to have access to an arsenal of cool abilities, also the story is so damn interesting Its like a movie sometimes.
@@francoisfouchet8066 I can't believe no other game has tried to replicate or even just compete with For Honor's combat yet. I have to keep coming back to that broken game because its the only one of its kind
That's where my mind went after watching this video. I'd have loved to see a heavy focus on the combat. Huge battles, people everywhere, mud in the camera and having to use your shield to block incoming attacks from different angles. You shouldn't even be able to see through the crowd. Instead it's just a guy sliding around the floor with a wooden axe whilst his opponents throw random attacks while 15m away. This would probably have been a great game 15 years ago. It seems I'm a minority but I don't care how good my characters beard can look if I just have to button mash my way through the game.
I'm definitely getting it, I just don't know when. I really like the recent AC games mainly for the exploration and the open world, so I don't think I'll be bothered by the shoddy combat too much.
Boom, another game I can skip for now! Will wait for Ubi to fix the bugs and hopefully update the combat. Because it's incredibly dumb to not have combat in a VIKING game be impactful!!
Also missed oportunity to break a bit the "cliché" of "brutal bloody vikings" and make stealth more relevant again. Sad. Gonna wait for the complete edition (with all DLC) for deep sale. Wich is sad to say at release i guess ? é_è.
@Jan Rikardsen Dude, Black Flag has probably the worst melee combat I've seen in my life, 3 was a bit better. Unity was slow and floaty but better than Syndicate, and earlier games were either waiting around for counters or braindead killing sprees in Brotherhood. The franchise never had good combat.
Don’t get it. 150 hours of game time just to watch evior pull a vin diesel at the end and say family over the creed and never joins, and basim turns out to be the villain. Awful plot twist
If u haven’t gotten ghost of Tsushima yet it’s gonna be a free upgrade to next gen with 60 FPS and after playing that I’m done with these new Ubisoft money grabs
ikr, ac worked as a franchise as long as it had some sort of conflict to connect the games into one another. Now its 15 minute segments of watch dogs easter eggs in a random(unexplored as a character) chick's laptop
Unity is by far the last real AC, exploring a city, the story of the Eden apple and it is and will ever be the last AC with crowd stealth Gameplay and it was the last who performed a crowd ki and it was the last AC with the original graphic engine, unity looked brutal gooood!
@MortalGamerDC1 85 Investigate a bit more on how far the ambition where in unity, not only the architecture, the amount of details in physics, eviromental story telling, and graphics, it was also the last game in the series with that engine cause they decided to move more away from crowd stealth system, yes gameplay as a mechanic was a bit weak but still, unity where on the right way if there weren't a huge change in the game series itself, it just got lost in becoming a repetitive series.
Been playing since 4am and it's just past 11am now. Beautiful game. Buggy. Lots of visual glitches. I love it, but they really need to drop the animus stuff altogether and spin these open-world ACs off into their own series. Whenever present day stuff appears, even if it's just UI elements, I'm more annoyed than anything else by the shoehorning in of legacy storyline stuff.
The present day hasn’t been good since AC3, if they brought back Desmond and everyone else then id love to have modern day, but now I feel the same as you whenever a present day scene starts.
So it just occurs to me, that Ubisoft has now made THREE games set in England at various time periods. AC Syndicate, Watch Dogs Legion, and now, AC Valhalla. Just a fun fact.
I can't wait to play this... In six months once I'm done with Cyberpunk and this is cheaper and has been finished with patches. Ubisoft games are best played well after release.
That music at 7:30 is Sarah Schachner at her finest. Those instruments are in every single score she does, from AC Origins to Anthem. Those soundtracks are incredible. The other Jesper Kyd tracks are amazing too for more nostalgic reasons
I feel like i saw alot of people compare ghost of tsushima to assassins creed. I dont understand that at all. Assassins creed has been mediocre af since black flag. Its boring and crazy this franchise is still going. Its terrible and the combat is terrible.
It saddens me to see that stealth isn’t even really considered in reviews of AC games these days due to it not being that notable. I remember the days where you played as a badass Assassin that could blend into crowds, free-run over intricate cityscapes, and sneak into heavily guarded compounds to take out a target without anyone suspecting a thing. It was the best feeling and such a unique one compared to all the other games out there. The Assassin’s Creed games were known for their innovations in epic stealth gameplay which was what the Creed order in the story was all about, and it feels like they’ve just given up on pushing the boundaries of great stealth. And don’t even get me started on how they ruined an originally great and promising story.
EXACTLY!! Im actually offended that people are praising this game to be the best one out. I'm convinced that none of them actually played the original AC and noted everything you mentioned that made AC what it truly was. After unity or syndicate the play style just went out the window and became something completely different. Also the stealth mechanics are terrible. All you do is hide in bushes and 6/10 you can't even assassinate anyone because they're clumped together in large groups in a fort. The air assissnation is the only mechanic that is still present. The parry/counter kills were also extremely fluid and cooler than just parrying and dodging attacks. I'm relieved that at least one person recognized how the real AC was before this garbage. And honestly odyssey and origins were way better and had a stronger story structure than this one.
@@arcticwind1368 Not him, but imo Valhalla does make one important improvement from Odyssey: enemies are no longer HP sponges. That's nice. But everything else is worse. I think ACG is right about the overall feeling though, it just isn't fun to do combat in Valhalla, and that's a big fucking problem when combat is what you spend most your time doing.
Had a gut feeling that this was a bargain deal. More than happy to play this in the eventual 2021-22 release downtime especially as a $40 MEGA ENHANCED ULTIMATE FINAL EDITION. Thanks ACG for the insightful review. Top quality content as always.
Idk if you've finally gotten around to playing this. If you're on PS5 the "complete edition" is $50. It includes this, the season pass, berserker pack(?), and the standalone Ragnarok.
First ACG review I don’t really agree with, but to each their own. Game runs fine on my PC after the new driver and day 0 patch. Very High settings with a 2070S, i9-9900KS, 32GB Ram on 1440p UW averaging 50-60fps, which is very playable imo. Probably not the best on performance/graphics on PS4 gen, otherwise the game looks and plays stunningly, These graphics are easily the best is the AC series to date, and it's not close. Still the best game reviewer on youtube! Keep up the good work ACG.
@BackdriftNightfall Yeah, I wouldn't call someone dumb and or insult them for not liking something that I do. ACG is one of the best videogame interviewers we have...and he's also witty.
Canceled my preorder yesterday, it just seems like a game I should wait until it goes on sale Thank God there is a ton on gamepass I haven't played yet so still going to have some great games for tomorrow morning on the series x Beyond light here I come
I think the next ac should go back to the ac 3 through rouge combat. Like Shadow of Morder or Ghost of Tsushima style where you're all over the place just slaying people with ease, but it's super badass so it's entertaining.
@Jan Rikardsen Wow, sour much? The DualSense is pretty incredible. Why not just be happy for people getting something innovative even if it's not on your platform of choice? It doesn't take anything away from you.
Dude you've become a go to reviewed for me, GREAT JOB! even in cyberpunk case, as soon as I saw you passed it knew smthng was fishy there and did not get it - thanks for taking time and caring on these reviews, really helps save money :D
Bought this on sale for $39.99 about 10 days ago and it's been well worth the money. I've already logged 44 hours and as a completionist, I've only scratched the surface. I can get lost in the game for hours just exploring treasures, relics, and mysteries.. The combat is my least favorite thing, but I've been having a ton of fun with this one.
Tsushima was worse than Nioh tbh. You had four stances and all they were about was countering specific enemies which was purely optional. Least Nioh made every weapon act in 3 very different ways you could build around to your prefered playstyle with each stance.
Fortunately there's more to games than the combat system. And let's face it Tsushima had a massive beautiful world - that was completely empty, lifeless and mind numbingly boring. At least ubisoft know how to fill their sandbox.
@@abhijitharsh7235 "except for the fun parts of the game, and the parts that break the game,the game is better than a game that doesn't have those problems" makes sense
I will say I really enjoy the sandbox in Legion! The gameplay is pretty fun and let's you come up with a lot of whacky approaches, its definitely not game of the year but I had fun with it :) ill be skipping AC though
@@abhijitharsh7235 tf did got come from smh you can tell that game is better when its all you assassin creed compare it to how about comparing to assassin 2-3 sum within the series meathead
I think the Assassin's Creed Formula is getting stale seems like they are going off the rails on this Franchise and not taking their time creating a great game to the Franchise . They need to do something different . I did like Assassin's Creed Origins though , Oddyssey was so so .
One thing i didn't see you bring up in relation to the combat, is that the jank of it is also present in stealth gameplay. I dont know how but Ubisoft managed to make assassinations not fun and less polished than the original Assassins Creed.
So it seems Ubi has learned nothing about how to craft engaging , kinetic and functional combat systems. Sigh. Guess I'll be skipping this one as well smh
We come from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow The hammer of the gods Will drive our ships to new lands To fight the horde, sing and cry Valhalla, I am coming
"there's no denying the combat system is not that great" "Ive talked to a couple of people that love it" 15 seconds apart. Love the video def not going to buy right away if ever. Micro transactions games are not for me.
@@swatteam93 Considering that I prefer my looks over stats in any game, cosmetics literally mean more gameplay to me than stats do. So pretty important for me.
@@Achilles053 Literally would take over a month of grinding to get a set. And that is assuming that the set went on the Ori store in a row. No thanks. Not for a "decent" RPG.
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You should add a new rating, "wait for developer to fix"
It's Ubisoft, doesn't need to be said, it's expected.
He does it's called "never buy"
@TommieTech true-ish ... unity was a mess but it turned into one of my favorite assassins creeds after it was fixed
@@REALzackychan Unity has the best combat in the series. The launch permanently ruined it for some people though.
Unbelievable that this has become the norm
"dont worry its not a glitch in the game, its a glitch in the animus"
- probably some ubisoft dev
Bruh 🤣🤣🤣
It's a surprise feature
At point I honestly thought that was the point of the game. To be buggy af to show their tech can still be buggy in the future 🤣🤣
Such an original joke :|
that feeling of being the thousandth like
These AC games are always wait for a sale, because by then they're patched.
Yep no ubisoft games are worth $60 price tag
@@xiRePeNTx I gotta say I bought it and don't regret it lol, I'm on PS4 pro with the fee upgrade to ps5, runs really well. Have put 100 hours into it. I'm the biggest hypocrite on TH-cam lol
@@AudioPhile Hell nah man if you having fun that's what counts. Btw is it better than Odyssey? I finished that game the story was amazing, but the missions were extremely grindy and felt like a chore, is it same in this one?
@@xiRePeNTx it's def a grind fest, lots of missions, but super short. It's my fave AC since the first couple and black flag. But I super dig Vikings..
@@AudioPhile Thanks for the heads up bro, I will probably pick this one when it's on sale plus physical copy price drops hella fast on ubisoft game, imma probably play origins then. Have a nice day :)
I always wait a year for Ubisoft games so they’re half price and patched!
and you get the cut content since the season pass edition is cheaper.
watchdogs and this I'm putting in backlog
Half the price will be after 3-4 months not a year I guess
@@theworldismine7788 depends where you buy it
I managed to get AC Odyssey (Gold edition so includes Season Pass and AC3 remastered) for £17 the other day..! Bargain for so much content. I'll do the same for this
Once again ACG is first to the party. What a man what a legend.
not first, but the best :)
This game is amazing. ACG is just garbage at combat
@@nineflyerr3866 aww womp womp to you baby boy.
Pretty much every review dropped at the same time give or take a minute
Amazing review 👏 👌
Everyone to Valhalla after the messy release of cyberpunk
"Perhaps I have judged you too harshly"
Rahul Vinod I loved this game right from the beginning, I am actually not too critical of Ubisoft in general, I give them credit for trying to please such a variety of gamers with different tastes. Their take over Ghost Recon brand is fantastic. And their general focus on changing linear game design to sandbox experience is very much welcomed.
Cyperpunk is an example of a studio trying to make something above their pay grade. They probably build the foundation in 2014, and spent 6 years just making mechanics and physics functional, that’s why Cyberpunk gameplay and AI feels pre 2010, like close to original AC games.
@@callisto537 nope game started late 2016, and the game was supposed to come out in 2022, yeah I'm surprised too
@@callisto537 They were rushed bro it isnt the Studios fault, its the darn executives who know nothing of games, only of money so they wanted to get the game out at what they believed to be a high point.
@@callisto537 cyberpunk is wayyyy better than ac Valhalla even with the bugs you have awful taste
@@PiOfficial your mother said I make good choices in life. She approves of everything I do, so......
If your wondering why the music is soo good in this game. Jasper Kyd is back
This makes me more eager to listen to the soundtrack then to play the game!!!
Plus Einar Selvik of Wardruna and he also did music for the 'Vikings' series. - Obvious choice.
@@michaelmonstar4276 Are their Vikings show songs in Valhalla? I hope so
*Jesper
Absolutely love his work on the earlier Hitman Games.
“You know this place is rough when this chicks the hottie of the village”😂
😂
no wonder they only want to crush skulls then
The fitties are in the courts and other places.
I’m about 30 hours in, and 20% progress into the story. I have to say I’m really enjoying it!!
I haven’t played AC since AC 3, so I don’t have the fatigue issue. I think the TLDR is, if you’re a fan of the era, it’s VERY easy to forgive issues like combat not being great.
Also the game (graphics, story, music) is so immersive, I just love the feeling it gives me.
Ubisoft releasing two major games (watch dogs legion and Valhalla) at the same time is bonkers. Perfect example of cannibalisation
And neither one apparently being all that good
Lowkey choosing quantity over quality it feels like
I honestly don't understand why they would not wait and polish Valhalla more - typical corporation last quarter idiotic decision making...
syluxassassin I mean they both got good reviews, they just aren’t GOTY material
Think getting Ubisoft+ for the month is the best option rather than spending out on both titles. Just not worth the cost of buying both out right.
You know, I don’t think anyone would be pissed if Ubisoft delayed their games.
Who would notice? They release one every 4 months...
They need to delay the next assassins creed permanently
Yeah think AC is on the end of its life span. The need to focus on something new.
And stop delaying Cyberpunk 😅
@@thecrazyotter4873 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I look forward to getting this in 6 months when it’s ready
@x33mmm being played without bugs 🙈😂
It’s already 40% percent off
@@TheMarmboy I just picked it up for $20
Yea I think now would be a good time to buy it given that it’s been 6 months
@@burritostorta3301 I'm waiting on it to drop below $30 (Xbox). I'm gonna pick up Like a Dragon in the meantime.
Getting chills because of music during synchronization takes me back to AC2
oh hell yes
Jesper Kyd, nuff said
@@nanomachinesson8119 legend 🙏🏾
Im so gald they brought Jesper back 🥺
For real, that was my first thought.
Go-to reviewer always
Never thought id see you here lol.
Didnt know you were a gamer
Not after TLOU 2 review
@@camacarzie12 I’m pretty sure John used to be a professional game journalist before going TH-cam full time.
@@camacarzie12 that's always so crazy to hear. Started as a professional games journo in 2005!
Quickly becoming my favorite reviewer. Never holds back and never pads the video with dumb intros, straight to the point. Love it.
Agreed. Too many TH-cam publishers think their 30-60 second graphical intros with bombastic music actually do something positive for their videos. The intros only make the videos worse. If intros are included, they should be 8 seconds or shorter.
"Infection is scared to spread because it doesn't want to get sick." Karak is the master of satirising vocabulary.
I just about died when he said that hahahaha
Like really my guy pretty much blew my mind on what I thought was impressively funny sarcasm in this video.
I feel like “Assassins creed” and “stamina bar” should never have been used in the same sentence.
Agreed
I think its to make you pick stealth over combat
sounds like one of the few improvements to the game.
@@yeltseingeorge3125 I thought the whole point of this new system was to let people choose how to play?
@@DragonKnightX12 a stamina bar doesn't change that. Don't take that guys opinion so seriously. He hasn't played the game
17:45 most of the “viking.” Feel in combat you are looking for is hidden behind the skill wall. When you get to gear score 80-90 you start becoming a complete power house in combat switching between abilities, weapon moves, and special skill types from the skill tree. One of my favorite would be duel wielding heavy weapons such as spears, two handed axes, or even great swords. ^
I like acg because I have a trust he will say “look this part sucks” and that’s that.
I think we all knew the review was gonna say "repetitive"
Every game is
@@LonelyGamr Every game is yes but not every game FEELS repetitive. Ubisoft seem to be the Kings of repetitive gameplay.
every single open world game is repetitive. dont act like witcher 3 is somehow different from this. you either enjoy this kinda games or you dont.
@@LonelyGamr So instead of denying that Ubisoft’s repetitive games are repetitive fanboys are now just claiming all games are as mindlessly repetitive as (INSERT UBISOFT OPENWORLD TITLE HERE) 6?
@Creepy Hair Sniffer gotta agree that witcher 3 is repetitive, hack and slash, hack and slash, but the other elements such as story, visuals, animations, design, characters and mechanics are covering those repetitiveness, if you ignore all of those things then witcher 3 will be just your generic skyrim 3rd person copycat
Ubi does this mess every time. Poor optimization for their games and they want us to pay $70 for a buggy game. Screw that!
It’s $60...
@@longjawnsilva8877 for now, but Ubi will make their games $70 once 2021 hits.
@@longjawnsilva8877 and that makes it okay? Or are you just being a needlessly pedantic jackass?
@@longjawnsilva8877 you must be fun at parties. No one asked for you to spread false information, it comes in $60, $100, and $120 and that’s if we don’t include the collectors edition ($150), limited edition, and there’s one more.
Will definitely wait for a sale once the DLC is out as I did for Odyssey (got the gold edition for $25 instead of $100). Great review! Definitely my favorite reviewer out there.
@Carl Ward not for opened games, at least that’s my understanding.
Fucking same
I did that and still haven’t beat it or origins.
Same I always wait I’m still on syndicate tho. But I buy them when they go on major sale for Xbox. Gold edition for both games 20$ each and lower. I’ll play them one day
I haven't played odyssey yet is it worth it?
The writing...I come for the reviews, and stay for the writing. Holy cow, I wish I had this kind of humor. Because ancient Egyptian curses...
The enemies in odyssey were made of steel. That wasn't very fun. At least in Valhalla they die after a few hits. I prefer that a lot more to the super enemies in Odyssey.
5 bounty hunter with skull icon
@@JimJohn Yeah it's insanely irritating when you're doing a mission and 3-4 mercenaries come hunting you in AC Odyssey...
@@BillyTheBigKid82 they wouldn't just appear randomly. They come to you because your bounty gauge thing (can't remember what it's called) was high. It was a good system.
There was nothing good about AC Odyssey. So in that sense you're right, the mercenary system was one of its smallest problems.
@@BillyTheBigKid82 you misunderstood what I said
I have noticed ACG has been laughing a lot more in his videos. I love it, and it’s a gift of spreading warmth and good vibes.
Cus he has a PS5.
👍
Yay 😁
He sounds high af.
Lol in the beginning two warrior npc playing rings rings Roses.
Kolkatta ko gaand bol diya yeh banda
@@afrofantom6631 ganda* not gaand. Similar words with very different meanings
@@tamoghnamaitra9901 kolkata ko butthole bola yeh, gaand hi hota hai .
New battle tactic :)
You mean Ring Around the Roses?
BRUH, shoutout The 13th Warrior, that's such an epic movie that never got enough love! :D
Epic movie
The book it was based on was really good
The real Ibn Fadlan was interesting.
Movie had a viking, a 15th century knight, a gladiator and a conquistador fight a Slavic tribe which was known for being travelers and traders, NOT stone age cannibals.
The last time I washed the 13th Warrior was on VHS. Let that sink in
@@kevind1183 it is a Micheal Crichton book isn’t it?
Combat is something that got me worried too . Especially after playing Ghost of Tsushima.
This is the first review of yours I watched and I loved it. You speak fast enough so I don't feel I'm wasting my time and it was super detailed in the most perfect way. Bravo my friend
I just got this on PS5 and am about 20 hours in. Haven’t really noticed any bugs or pop in. Framerate has been buttery smooth at 60fps the whole time. Really enjoying my time so far
@MortalGamerDC1 85 get a life dude.
The combat was way more impactful than Odyssey imo, in Odyssey every enemy was a damage sponge. Here enemies don't take me hacking at them to die. Had way more fun with this than Odyssey.
So this game is still wait for sale.
@@nickywan123 All Ubisoft games are. They are the McDonalds of game studios to me: It tastes fine every now and then but it's nothing special and certainly not something I need or want all the time. I wish they would just stop with the annual or bi-annual releases and instead release an absolute banger every 5 years or so. They definitely have the talent, budget and workforce to make great games, they're just always rushing it.
That's good to know. I thought odyssey's combat was dreadful. No feeling of weight behind it and, like you say, health sponge enemies. Couldn't believe it when the review said this was WORSE than that.
@@amysteriousviewer3772 Good analogy. I respect Ubisoft admiration to try something new and creative but the problem is they have good idea or concept but poor execution. Take a look at watch dogs legions.
The Combat in this series was never that good anyway
Barber: " Something for the weekend, Sir?"
" Just a little off the top please "
Barber: 4:36
ahahah im dead lmao
I had my wife cut my hair. She pretty much did the same thing.
I love it 😂
@@emceeunderdogrising i would never do that. Well gotta learn somehow I guess.
I died 😂
Ugh. Imagine this setting with the Shadow of Mordor combat engine.
was that good combat?
@@joeyxl3456 Imagine Batman combat with swords
I think Ghost of Tsuhima has really set the bar for 3rd person open-world combat. I picked up Middle Earth: Shadow of War as one of the PS+ freebies this month, and man, I've been completely spoiled by Ghost of Tsushima's combat engine. ME:SoW feels so slow and unresponsive in comparison. That's why I'm going to wait a while on this one.
@@dtl918 Dude Ghost of Tsushima Legends is god tier. The multiplayer free dlc was amazing to play. I don't like playing multiplayer coops as much anymore and I could not stop playing it. Finally finished the raid which was fucking awesome and rivals the raids in destiny.
@@joeyxl3456 I found the entire game and its combat boring as hell. Odyssey was decent, not sure why they'd make it worse, but that's what these companies do just to differentiate the game from the previous.
0:12 love how the water rendering can't decide if it's meant to be still or flowing
Just like ubisoft can't decide if they wanna make a game or just a source of money
So glad when you mentioned 13th Warrior, this is exactly the feel I wanted from this game
i fucking loved that movie growing up, the final battle scene where they say 'Lo there do I see my Father' has always stuck with me
That’ll definitely be the vibe with the Ireland dlc you seem to be fighting crazed Druids
@@mclovinjr9086 When Buliwyf just sits down and dies after the battle and the dog howls - perfection!
@@slainemccool2875 Crazed Druids can kiss my Axe!
Such an underrated film
Ubisoft is just mass producing "safe" games with the same animations and textures. They make boatloads of money though. But not very interesting..
stopped supporting ubiflop after fc4. which litterally was dlc for fc3. lol
@@deathrager2404
Ubiflop? But on track to sell more than Ghost of Shittshima.
@@deathrager2404 how can they be Ubiflop when they're one of the most profitable developers?
ahhh thanks for confirming you both are braindead. only way to ''prove me wrong'' is by mentioning sales. litterally every game of them has the same fuckin elements. aka copy and paste.
only reason why they re profitable is because braindeads, like the both of you, keep buying their games.
@@makokenji4350 your just mad you can't play it 😂😂
Id wait for a few patches and maybe a price drop. I’m interested in the story and the world but not for a day one. Thank you sir.
2:37 i spat out my drink. love your vids
thanks man
@@ACGreviews you owe me a cup coffee after that lol
@@MysticShadows86x stfu. u not even drinking anything lier fake
@@ACGreviews That really missed the mark for me, was meant to be funny cause vagina?
@@xJOHNYAPPLES you boring
I hope the day one patch fixes most of the bugs EXCEPT for the “enemy circles you at extremely high speeds” bug
I always wait for a sale on Ubisoft games. They seems to make pretty mediocre games that end up on sale relatively quickly.
Yup I notice that too. Let's say next 2 months 25% percent off
For me usually getting the dlc for the regular price game seems good enough
Which sucks because now they did a mediocre Viking game, which means we won't get another open world viking game from a better developer for a long time. Fing Ubisoft had to steal it.
@@bostontowny4life744 God Of War Ragnarok will make this game irrelevant. lol
They go on sale so quickly because they’re gonna rush the sequel to market anyway. When was the last time they released a game that wasn’t a buggy mess at release?
Combat looks way more satisfying in this game than the past two. Decapitations, dismemberment, the enemies actually get flung off the weapons especially with the axes. You never saw that in the prior games.
It's just visual. Combat more or less just consists of mashing the heavy button.
@@johncrafton8319 Combat in the other games wasn't really that great either (Odyssey and Origins). Spam light and heavy attacks over and over and dodge infinitely with no stamina bar or risk of being over aggressive... Zzzzzzzzzz. This game has all that plus dual wielding, attack canceling, stamina management, different move sets depending on what weapon is in your off hand, not to mention it's more visceral in general. Come on now.
@@SolidGoldoni It has all that, but it needs none of it. Spam heavy and win in two strokes, then move on to the next.
0:24
Ah, yes, the classic viking battle strategy that's one part ring around the rosie, two parts "you can't catch me, you can't catch me," all spitting in the face of physics.
Wow, a Ubisoft game being repetitive - new gen, new Ubi!
To be fair, this is a cross-gen title. Let's hope the do some kind of soft-reboot for next-gen.
@@amysteriousviewer3772 BWAHAHAHA yea no. It's ubi.
@@amysteriousviewer3772 nahhh because if they were gonna do that, they would've done it to start off the new gen
I have played Origins and skipped the one after (forgot the name) because it's the same game with different setting and repeptive gameplay.
@@amysteriousviewer3772 You must not know Ubisoft?🤔
Some very nice changes but also really hampered by other issues.
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Does the game jump from viking era and present day? Was not fun in ac4
I heard the series x patch wouldn’t release till tomorrow. Is that true? We’re you playing the series x version or the Xbox One version using back compat?
I think the combat gets better when you get more major abilities and skills.
yep, major abilities and skills like "+2.8 stun"
There are enough glitches, you could potentially call it Assassin's Creed: Odities.
17:10 "But like putting a Jet Engine on a Tricycle, you end up with something cool that will also break something else"
Quote of the year.
53 hours in and confident to say that this is my favorite assasins creed, later on combat feels addicting being able to have access to an arsenal of cool abilities, also the story is so damn interesting Its like a movie sometimes.
100% agree. I'm 55 hours in a love the later game combat. I haven't played an AC for a long time, so lots of new stuff in here for me.
Would love to see the For Honor fighting system in an open world game like this one.
Stupidest is, For Honour is Ubi as well, so it would be possible. I can't believe they haven't done that yet...
At this point, I would be glad even for Witcher 3 combat.
@@francoisfouchet8066 I can't believe no other game has tried to replicate or even just compete with For Honor's combat yet. I have to keep coming back to that broken game because its the only one of its kind
That's where my mind went after watching this video. I'd have loved to see a heavy focus on the combat. Huge battles, people everywhere, mud in the camera and having to use your shield to block incoming attacks from different angles. You shouldn't even be able to see through the crowd.
Instead it's just a guy sliding around the floor with a wooden axe whilst his opponents throw random attacks while 15m away.
This would probably have been a great game 15 years ago.
It seems I'm a minority but I don't care how good my characters beard can look if I just have to button mash my way through the game.
@@Adam-zo7nz *I don't care how good my characters beard can look if I just have to button mash my way through the game.*
-Kratos frown
FINALLY! IVE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR YOUR OPINION ABOUT THIS GAME.
Scrolling facebook earlier saw a link for a kotaku review. First thing that crossed my mind was, hmm gotta go check for karaks review then.
I'm definitely getting it, I just don't know when. I really like the recent AC games mainly for the exploration and the open world, so I don't think I'll be bothered by the shoddy combat too much.
Boom, another game I can skip for now!
Will wait for Ubi to fix the bugs and hopefully update the combat. Because it's incredibly dumb to not have combat in a VIKING game be impactful!!
Also missed oportunity to break a bit the "cliché" of "brutal bloody vikings" and make stealth more relevant again. Sad.
Gonna wait for the complete edition (with all DLC) for deep sale. Wich is sad to say at release i guess ? é_è.
When have they ever done impactful combat
Sick of games at the moment, just,can't seem to release a decent game anymore
I bought Odyssey Gold Edition a year after it came out for like $12 on the PS store. Hopefully, same thing happens with this.
@Jan Rikardsen Dude, Black Flag has probably the worst melee combat I've seen in my life, 3 was a bit better.
Unity was slow and floaty but better than Syndicate, and earlier games were either waiting around for counters or braindead killing sprees in Brotherhood.
The franchise never had good combat.
After all these years you're still my go to reviewer. Thank you
After playing this on PS5 you are spot on with "wait for sale". This game needs several months of patches before its even close to polished.
Played 8 hours so far , much less bugs than odyssey at launch but still met a few minor bugs + afew performance issues
"dancing was a means of defense" 😂
😂
Well, it works for Yakuza 0.
Good analogy: "Like putting a jet engine in a tricycle"
I can't wait for the game's ultimate edition to be on a $30 sale in a few years, I thank all you beta testers until then. Not all hero's wear capes.
Egggsactly
There’s a deal where you can get this game and fenyx rising for $50 and that’s a steal
Don’t get it. 150 hours of game time just to watch evior pull a vin diesel at the end and say family over the creed and never joins, and basim turns out to be the villain. Awful plot twist
@@REALzackychan do you really expect ubisoft's writing to be even decent, writing in all of their games is just garbage
The only reviewer I actually trust. Thank you for your content :D (Did not expect much from ubisoft :)) )
@Frankie Basile I did not say its the only one I watch, I said its the only one I trust.
Yeah, I'm just not feeling this one. May grab it way down the road when it's cheap.
$160 CDN for the Ultimate Edition on the Xbox store. That's pretty rich.
As we do with all Unisoft games.
If u haven’t gotten ghost of Tsushima yet it’s gonna be a free upgrade to next gen with 60 FPS and after playing that I’m done with these new Ubisoft money grabs
Me either and I like ubisoft games but I just can’t with this one
Great review
Until he throws in some casual racism about brown people. But hey, who cares about that right? GR8 REVEWWWWW
@@muradkhan5378 go away lib
@@FullMetalYankee ok boomer. Peace out
@@muradkhan5378 how do you figure?
Yea ACG and Skillup are my go to game reviewers.
Ughh after playing ghost I can't go back to AC combat system.
Ghost is a much better game but i hated the enemy types being tied to stances. The moment to moment combat is much better tho
I did like ghost but I think it was way more repetitive than A.C.
@Jan Rikardsen try playing it first 😒
@@lustrazor44 combat yes
Graphic almost same
Story not at all
Face animation same to same ,so all in all both are similar
@@abhijitharsh7235 story in every ac game is pretty trash
Man I really do miss the assassins vs Templar aspect tbh it was such a cool aspect😭
ikr, ac worked as a franchise as long as it had some sort of conflict to connect the games into one another. Now its 15 minute segments of watch dogs easter eggs in a random(unexplored as a character) chick's laptop
@@niksig5449 man I think my favorite is probably unity the parkour was so cool and it felt refreshing to play co op with friends on missions
@@deathoftheoldme8645 Only thinking about the flow of Unity's entire gameplay loop makes me want to play it right now
Unity is by far the last real AC, exploring a city, the story of the Eden apple and it is and will ever be the last AC with crowd stealth Gameplay and it was the last who performed a crowd ki and it was the last AC with the original graphic engine, unity looked brutal gooood!
@MortalGamerDC1 85 Investigate a bit more on how far the ambition where in unity, not only the architecture, the amount of details in physics, eviromental story telling, and graphics, it was also the last game in the series with that engine cause they decided to move more away from crowd stealth system, yes gameplay as a mechanic was a bit weak but still, unity where on the right way if there weren't a huge change in the game series itself, it just got lost in becoming a repetitive series.
Been playing since 4am and it's just past 11am now. Beautiful game. Buggy. Lots of visual glitches. I love it, but they really need to drop the animus stuff altogether and spin these open-world ACs off into their own series. Whenever present day stuff appears, even if it's just UI elements, I'm more annoyed than anything else by the shoehorning in of legacy storyline stuff.
The present day hasn’t been good since AC3, if they brought back Desmond and everyone else then id love to have modern day, but now I feel the same as you whenever a present day scene starts.
Assassin's Creed: Oddities
You beat me to it :(
Ahh dang man 😂 guess we all picked that up haha
So it just occurs to me, that Ubisoft has now made THREE games set in England at various time periods. AC Syndicate, Watch Dogs Legion, and now, AC Valhalla. Just a fun fact.
England did have the largest empire in the world less than 150 years ago. Makes sense
As far as I’m concerned..this is my Vinland Saga simulator
Yeah I have never played an assassins creed game in my life but I got this because I love Vinland saga
I can't wait to play this... In six months once I'm done with Cyberpunk and this is cheaper and has been finished with patches.
Ubisoft games are best played well after release.
As much as I like Vikings, I had a feeling this wouldn't be that good. This sounds barebones as hell
He didn't say it was terrible lool its a great game just has some bugs man
@@ImIncluded166 Nah it looks horrible. Vikings shouldn’t have to slice someone 15 times for them to die. Looks so stupid
@@miliyn17 well this is a video game lol not a live action show.
@@miliyn17 I mean I appreciate your opinion
@@miliyn17 its a game killing someone in 1 hit would make it look far too easy
That music at 7:30 is Sarah Schachner at her finest. Those instruments are in every single score she does, from AC Origins to Anthem. Those soundtracks are incredible. The other Jesper Kyd tracks are amazing too for more nostalgic reasons
After playing a lot of ghost of tsushima, this game seems sub-par by comparison.
I feel like i saw alot of people compare ghost of tsushima to assassins creed. I dont understand that at all. Assassins creed has been mediocre af since black flag. Its boring and crazy this franchise is still going. Its terrible and the combat is terrible.
@@thecrazyotter4873 origins was real good tho
@@thecrazyotter4873 they’re are comparing a finished game to an unfinished one
Excellent review as always! Appreciate all the effort. Can’t wait for the “walking the walk”? 🙏🏻
appreciate it
I was gonna post the same thought but I was like, somebody else probably already did ;)
I'll get the gold edition on sale when all the dlc is out, just like I did with Origins and Odyssey
Noone cares. Why tell us lol
@@StevoLad1990 i care
@@novendraanon3181 did you actually make a fake youtube just to pretend people care lol
@David Lee go awau
@David Lee shut up
0:03 Glad to see how polished the game really is! Archers hit like a nuke!
The first 10 seconds tells me that this is gonna be good
Then you should keep watching, after 3 minutes you’ll probably feel different.
Healing system and fighting is personally terrible u have to get food and find it to fucking heal
@@zadv5043 wait what
@@zadv5043 so you're telling me it's like the witcher 3?
@@arkhamknight7236 Kind of but more annoying
I only have 1:30:54 playtime at the Moment
It saddens me to see that stealth isn’t even really considered in reviews of AC games these days due to it not being that notable. I remember the days where you played as a badass Assassin that could blend into crowds, free-run over intricate cityscapes, and sneak into heavily guarded compounds to take out a target without anyone suspecting a thing. It was the best feeling and such a unique one compared to all the other games out there. The Assassin’s Creed games were known for their innovations in epic stealth gameplay which was what the Creed order in the story was all about, and it feels like they’ve just given up on pushing the boundaries of great stealth. And don’t even get me started on how they ruined an originally great and promising story.
EXACTLY!! Im actually offended that people are praising this game to be the best one out. I'm convinced that none of them actually played the original AC and noted everything you mentioned that made AC what it truly was. After unity or syndicate the play style just went out the window and became something completely different. Also the stealth mechanics are terrible. All you do is hide in bushes and 6/10 you can't even assassinate anyone because they're clumped together in large groups in a fort. The air assissnation is the only mechanic that is still present. The parry/counter kills were also extremely fluid and cooler than just parrying and dodging attacks. I'm relieved that at least one person recognized how the real AC was before this garbage. And honestly odyssey and origins were way better and had a stronger story structure than this one.
@@rayquansingleton5339 YESSSS the last few AC games have lost sight of what made us og fans from AC 1 LOVE AC
@@rayquansingleton5339 AC1 is really trash. The series became good with AC2.
AC Odyssey’s sequel: AC Oddity
Was looking for this💀
Odyssey combat felt more powerful than Valhalla's.
What do you think ?
@@arcticwind1368 Not him, but imo Valhalla does make one important improvement from Odyssey: enemies are no longer HP sponges. That's nice. But everything else is worse. I think ACG is right about the overall feeling though, it just isn't fun to do combat in Valhalla, and that's a big fucking problem when combat is what you spend most your time doing.
@@zeriel9148 valhalla is better than odyssey in every way. I enjoy this game so much more
@@gregorB92 yeah I agree, the combat in valhalla is so much more satisfying than odyssey imo
Had a gut feeling that this was a bargain deal. More than happy to play this in the eventual 2021-22 release downtime especially as a $40 MEGA ENHANCED ULTIMATE FINAL EDITION. Thanks ACG for the insightful review. Top quality content as always.
Idk if you've finally gotten around to playing this. If you're on PS5 the "complete edition" is $50. It includes this, the season pass, berserker pack(?), and the standalone Ragnarok.
First ACG review I don’t really agree with, but to each their own. Game runs fine on my PC after the new driver and day 0 patch. Very High settings with a 2070S, i9-9900KS, 32GB Ram on 1440p UW averaging 50-60fps, which is very playable imo. Probably not the best on performance/graphics on PS4 gen, otherwise the game looks and plays stunningly, These graphics are easily the best is the AC series to date, and it's not close. Still the best game reviewer on youtube! Keep up the good work ACG.
11:43
Absolutely loved Dragon Age: Inquisition...personally.
I didn’t, personally.
@Aaron Warrior I wouldn't say he's dumb, I think he's intelligent actually...but I don't agree with his opinion about Inquisition.
@BackdriftNightfall Yeah, I wouldn't call someone dumb and or insult them for not liking something that I do. ACG is one of the best videogame interviewers we have...and he's also witty.
Canceled my preorder yesterday, it just seems like a game I should wait until it goes on sale
Thank God there is a ton on gamepass I haven't played yet so still going to have some great games for tomorrow morning on the series x
Beyond light here I come
My Series X arrived today.
Or just play GOT.......it’s so much better!
@@macruz8503 game of thrones? They made a game like that??
@@Thewarsofhalo:Ghost of Tsushima.
Sadly I didn't cancel my pre-order in time
I think the next ac should go back to the ac 3 through rouge combat. Like Shadow of Morder or Ghost of Tsushima style where you're all over the place just slaying people with ease, but it's super badass so it's entertaining.
"BOY, grab my dual sense controller"
@Jan Rikardsen Cry more.
@Jan Rikardsen Wow, sour much? The DualSense is pretty incredible. Why not just be happy for people getting something innovative even if it's not on your platform of choice? It doesn't take anything away from you.
@Jan Rikardsen not a gimmick at all though. It's a out right improvement on how you feel the game.
@Jan Rikardsen no one wants it? So that’s why every person who has tried it has raved about it?
@Jan Rikardsen I've seen people about bickering about about the most mundane things about video games and such but never controllers.
A morning review using "taint"? Thumbs up my man!!!!
Dude you've become a go to reviewed for me, GREAT JOB! even in cyberpunk case, as soon as I saw you passed it knew smthng was fishy there and did not get it - thanks for taking time and caring on these reviews, really helps save money :D
My issue with where Assassins Creed has been going is they’ve ditched the narrative for Open World
Agreed 100%
Wdym
Are you only talking about oddessey because origins story was pretty great
“A place where infection is scared to spread because it doesn’t want to get sick” lmao
Bought this on sale for $39.99 about 10 days ago and it's been well worth the money. I've already logged 44 hours and as a completionist, I've only scratched the surface. I can get lost in the game for hours just exploring treasures, relics, and mysteries.. The combat is my least favorite thing, but I've been having a ton of fun with this one.
100% agree
After Ghost of Tsushima and Dad of Boi, every combat bellow that lvl just feels dull.
i hear you. and can't wait to play those two on PS5.
Tsushima was worse than Nioh tbh. You had four stances and all they were about was countering specific enemies which was purely optional. Least Nioh made every weapon act in 3 very different ways you could build around to your prefered playstyle with each stance.
Fortunately there's more to games than the combat system. And let's face it Tsushima had a massive beautiful world - that was completely empty, lifeless and mind numbingly boring.
At least ubisoft know how to fill their sandbox.
dark souls players: hhm amateur
Omg! Finally someone that knows "The 13th warrior"! I love that movie!
I really like how that movie sequenced learning a foreign language
Great film - if you haven’t already, give Eaters of The Dead by Michael Chrichton a read. It’s the novel that the film is based on.
Bulvine
@@SH4P00DLl Michael Crichton is a legend. RIP.
This and watch dogs look super mediocre lol its ubi business moto is “quantity over quality but money is always first”
If u truly understand ,u will find out except for combat and bugs everythin in Valhalla is better than Ghost of tsushima.
@@abhijitharsh7235 "except for the fun parts of the game, and the parts that break the game,the game is better than a game that doesn't have those problems" makes sense
I will say I really enjoy the sandbox in Legion! The gameplay is pretty fun and let's you come up with a lot of whacky approaches, its definitely not game of the year but I had fun with it :) ill be skipping AC though
@@abhijitharsh7235 tf did got come from smh you can tell that game is better when its all you assassin creed compare it to how about comparing to assassin 2-3 sum within the series meathead
@@snackss_ mediocrity can be fun its just how long can that fun last before becoming repetitive and boring
I think the Assassin's Creed Formula is getting stale seems like they are going off the rails on this Franchise and not taking their time creating a great game to the Franchise . They need to do something different . I did like Assassin's Creed Origins though , Oddyssey was so so .
"They need to do something different" Thats literally what theyre doing
@@meblijebli2152 I mean like gameplay , storywise it's the same repetitive missions over and over .
@@meblijebli2152 they didnt, its the same stuff, just twitched the gameplay and thats all.
there were better storirs in unity and syndicate, tbh
Imagine if rockstar makes a viking game, with their engine
kevin cliff galstaun It will probably be like most rockstar games nowadays. Insanely beautiful and really boring.
One thing i didn't see you bring up in relation to the combat, is that the jank of it is also present in stealth gameplay. I dont know how but Ubisoft managed to make assassinations not fun and less polished than the original Assassins Creed.
So it seems Ubi has learned nothing about how to craft engaging , kinetic and functional combat systems. Sigh. Guess I'll be skipping this one as well smh
give an example of a game with much better combat and skill system
One more buddy. One more and they might make one that can function a bit more interestingly.
@@dwaynehawkins I mean are you Assassin’s Creed stans actually arguing that it has better combat than GoT? Fanboying needs to have its limits...
@@dwaynehawkins Witcher 3
@@BernardMarx95 that is fucking terrible.... better than AC but not by much
We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
The hammer of the gods
Will drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde, sing and cry
Valhalla, I am coming
Aaaaaaaaaaah ah, aaaaaaaaaah ah
With every AC release, I miss Black Flag more and more...That was the last great AC game.
My favorite AC game
10:58 "Does this work?"
Young Eivor, "No!"
"there's no denying the combat system is not that great" "Ive talked to a couple of people that love it" 15 seconds apart.
Love the video def not going to buy right away if ever. Micro transactions games are not for me.
Same. I'll get it on deep sale, and when trainers come out with the ability to get all the MTX for free (They did for Odd).
I doubt you’ll ever need to get microtransactions outside of if you wanted a cosmetic outfit / skin
@@swatteam93 Considering that I prefer my looks over stats in any game, cosmetics literally mean more gameplay to me than stats do.
So pretty important for me.
Everything you can buy in the store you can unlock somehow in the game!
@@Achilles053 Literally would take over a month of grinding to get a set. And that is assuming that the set went on the Ori store in a row.
No thanks. Not for a "decent" RPG.
The only honest man reviewing games... Really thank God there are still people like you out here 🙏
I hope AC might be developing their series game by game until they really find their formula. Then we go back into some assassins story lines
3:30 is absolutely hilarious to me for some reason.