Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

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Bugs are abundant, but Assassin's Creed: Valhalla is bloody and captivating, with a sprawling world for you to conquer and interesting stories to experience.

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8/10

Brandin Tyrrel (IGN)

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a massive, beautiful open-world fueled by brutal living and the dirty work of conquerors. It’s a lot buggier than it should be but also impressive on multiple levels.

November 9, 2020 |

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With a sprawling world to conquer and gory combat but also the chance to use that iconic hidden blade, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla brings a triumphant balance to the series.

November 9, 2020 |

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4.5/5 stars

Louise Blain (GamesRadar+)

Recommended

Tom Phillips (Eurogamer)

Valhalla is another enormous Assassin’s Creed saga, lavishly designed, with its sights set on story direction over narrative choice.

November 4, 2020 |

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Brandin Tyrrel (IGN)

8/10 - (Read Review)

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a massive, beautiful open-world fueled by brutal living and the dirty work of conquerors. It’s a lot buggier than it should be but also impressive on multiple levels.

Louise Blain (GamesRadar+)

4.5/5 stars - (Read Review)

With a sprawling world to conquer and gory combat but also the chance to use that iconic hidden blade, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla brings a triumphant balance to the series.

Tom Phillips (Eurogamer)

Recommended - (Read Review)

Valhalla is another enormous Assassin’s Creed saga, lavishly designed, with its sights set on story direction over narrative choice.

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Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
3DNews	Алексей Лихачев	9.5 / 10	11-09-2020	Brilliant development of the modern formula Assassin’s Creed	Read review
ACG	Jeremy Penter	Not Recommended	11-09-2020	Some amazing changes to the way the game is presented, all for the better, can’t get out of the way from somewhat weightless combat, bugs and other issues.	Read review
Areajugones	Ramón Baylos	8.9 / 10	11-09-2020	With exploration systems that are better worked than ever in the saga, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is conformed as a worthy continuation of the wake that Origins created a few years ago and that, at the same time, respects the essence that the franchise has always preserved. inside. Therefore, we are facing a title that will be able to captivate both the most veteran and those who enjoy the new playable formula of the saga.	Read review
Ars Technica	Sam Machkovech	Recommended	11-10-2020	A great choice for next-gen consoles or high-end PCs, should you have the bandwidth for dozens of hours of Viking adventure.	Read review
Atomix	Sebastian Quiroz	90 / 100	11-12-2020	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla is one of the best games in the series and a perfect choice to launch the new generation.	Read review
Attack of the Fanboy	Brandon Adams	4.5 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla takes all the previous systems introduced in Origins and Odyssey, and streamlines them into a more focused experience. The game may have some flaws, and it’s a shame to see the combat remains mediocre after all these years, yet Valhalla is easily the best entry in the recent trilogy. Grab your axes and shields: it’s time to go a-viking!	Read review
AusGamers	Steve Farrelly	9.8 / 10	11-09-2020	For a game that centres itself around the idea of settlements, negotiation, alignment and choice, Valhalla does an amazing job of making you feel like the spotlight is always on you.	Read review
BaziCenter	فرنود	7.5 / 10	11-09-2020	Valhalla once again proves that ubisoft’s chosen path for Assassin’s Creed may not be appealing to the old fans of the series, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, as the series have developed into a solid RPG franchise. Still, Valhalla shows that the series is still far from completion, as there are several obvious shortcomings in combat gameplay and AI, along with some visual problems.	Read review
Bazimag	Mahdi Eftekhari	8 / 10	11-09-2020	Despite the fact that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla doesn’t have any original ideas, it’s one of Ubisoft’s best games in the recent years. Not only that, it’s the best Assassin’s Creed of the 8th Gen; a game that both old fans of the series and newcomers will appreciate.	Read review
But Why Tho?	Jason Flatt	7.5 / 10	11-09-2020	Already on track to be the Assassin’s Creed game I sink the most hours into yet, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla is excellent in many ways, but flawed in just as many others.	Read review
Cerealkillerz	Manuel Barthes	9.1 / 10	11-09-2020	With Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Ubisoft ventures into something incredible: Taking the Odyssey formula and reinvent it completely. Players will face a realistic and brutal world with a serious story behind it. Protagonist Eivor and the game world are thoughtfully build with a lot of love for details. An amazing experience that is presentable.	Read review
Cheat Code Central	Benjamin Maltbie	4 / 5 stars	11-10-2020	It is undeniable that the series is growing, and it’s admirable that the developers are willing to try new things. Overall, the experience works in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. It’s not a perfect fit, yet, but there’s promise in the series future if they continue to head in a direction that has more RPG elements, and options for a direct approach. It also feels like a proof of concept that they can continue to attempt virtually any setting with a decent chance of success.	Read review
Checkpoint Gaming	Omi Koulas	8 / 10	11-25-2020	If it weren’t for the horrific number of bugs and glitches, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla could have gotten our vote for game of the year.	Read review
Chicas Gamers	Raúl Pinto	Recommended	11-16-2020	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla is undoubtedly a marvel in many ways. Taking elements from previous games and creating its own, it presents us an agile and frenetic game, while we unravel the secrets of Norway and England, the mythology surrounds them and the Danish invasions of England. Graphically and aurally a beautiful game which asks us to play more to enjoy its beauty. Few cons in general, although as in any open world, bugs are the order of the day and several of them need to be patched.	Read review
COGconnected	James Paley	78 / 100	11-09-2020	All I know is that I had more fun than I was expecting, while still being cognizant of the game’s weird, cluttered assembly on full display. I’m padding through the dark, a tourist reading placards to seasoned scholars. In spite of this, I feel confident that fans and newcomers alike will have a pretty good time here.	Read review
Critical Hit	Darryn Bonthuys	9 / 10	11-09-2020	A saga for the ages, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a breathtaking journey of discovery that has a cold charm to it. It is both serious and ludicrous in equal measure, an RPG that has added more than it has removed from its core experience while delivering a game that feels familiar and completely new at the same time. Skal!	Read review
Cubed3	Drew Hurley	8 / 10	11-09-2020	Fans of the series are going to adore Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Origins and Odyssey felt like Ubisoft trying something new, stretching out and seeing what worked, and Valhalla takes what was learned there and expands upon it. Some things, like the combat, don’t feel quite there yet, still, but other elements absolutely have evolved for the better. There’s a lot to love here, and not just in the frankly absurd amount of content available. The story is fantastically enjoyable, with Eivor really shining throughout (play Female for what feels the canon story!)	Read review
Daily Mirror	Matthew Osborn	4 / 5 stars	12-03-2020	The game also suffers like any open-world game with slight repetitiveness but the combat and the aspect of building up Ravensthorpe kept me invested in the story and side missions.	Read review
Daily Star	Tom Hutchison	5 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is another success in the series.	Read review
DASHGAMER.com	Dan Rizzo	9 / 10	11-16-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the series’ greatest accomplishment to date. Deviating from the norm of Creed’s commonplace that had the franchise devout confounded for a myriad of reasons, this is quite the reboot.	Read review
Destructoid	Brett Makedonski	6.5 / 10	11-09-2020	But I also found myself making excuses for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla until I couldn’t any longer. It mimics the Odyssey formula but takes a step backward in almost every way. It sacrifices story for scale. It’s designed to discourage stealth in favor of epic battles. It’s true to the Viking experience, but it isn’t true to the Assassin’s Creed experience. That’s why it comes off feeling like the least essential game in the whole series. Impressive in some of its accomplishments, but inessential all the same.	Read review
Digital Chumps	Ben Sheene	9.5 / 10	01-11-2017	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a refinement of the series as a whole, curating years’ of mechanics and ideas into a generational bookend that should please open world adventurers and devotees of the hidden blade.	Read review
Digital Trends	Tom Caswell	4 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	Valhalla marries the best combat in the series with a more organic world.	Read review
Digitally Downloaded	Matt Sainsbury	4.5 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	That being said, as far as the gameplay is concerned, this series is going nowhere interesting at this point there while there will be more, and I really implore Ubisoft to take a good, hard look at the bloat and consider whether a more streamlined approach that doesn’t get in the way of the best feature (the history and narrative) would not be wiser next time around.	Read review
DualShockers	Cameron Hawkins	9 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a combination of everything that made the series great up to this point while cementing all that it needs moving forward.	Read review
Easy Allies	Michael Huber	4.25 / 5 stars	11-23-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla thrusts you into the middle of an epic Viking saga that’s a pleasure to get lost in.	Read review
Eurogamer	Tom Phillips	Recommended	11-09-2020	Valhalla is another enormous Assassin’s Creed saga, lavishly designed, with its sights set on story direction over narrative choice.	Read review
Everyeye.it	Giuseppe Arace	8 / 10	11-09-2020	Anyone willing to turn a blind eye to some technical and silly edges will play one of those adventures that the Vikings would not hesitate to sing in the Norse courts. Odin’s with Ubisoft.	Read review
Fextralife	Castielle	9 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is an epic Viking tale with a compelling story and amazing audivisuals. Promising hundred plus hours of gameplay, with minigames and exploration, Action-Adventure fans will not want to miss out on what is one of the best games this year.	Read review
Game Debate	Chad Norton	8 / 10	01-10-2021	Assassins Creed Valhalla is a lot of fun and easy to sink dozens of hours into. It is the best entry in the more recent trilogy and genuinely elevates the gameplay mechanics. Content could be considered somewhat bloated still, but it is diverse enough and the setting and story is solid most of the way through.	Read review
Game Informer	Joe Juba	9.3 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is full of interesting stories and fun interlocking systems, making it an engrossing world you can easily get lost in	Read review
Game Rant	Joshua Duckworth	4.5 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a love letter to fans of the classic action-adventure titles as well as the newer role-playing mechanics.	Read review
Game Revolution	Michael Leri	2.5 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	Obsessing over playtime and Content™ at the cost of innovation and depth puts Valhalla‘s ability to actually get into Valhalla in question, as it doesn’t quite earn the kind of glory that only the best Vikings achieve.	Read review
Game Volt	Ahmed Hassan	8.4 / 10	11-09-2020	I can easily recommend Assassin’s Creed Valhalla to everyone, everyone should go through this experience and enjoy it and its world full of many different and really useful changes for the series. This is a game that brings back the glories of Assassin’s Creed as we used to.	Read review
Gameblog	Thomas Pillon	7 / 10	11-09-2020	With Assasin’s Creed Valhalla, Ubisoft tries to synthesize a decade-long series, thanks to clever adjustments on its RPG rhythm. With a brilliant lightning, the game visually stands out, but sometimes fail to really follow on its technical part, with messy AI and way too many loadings times which can break the momentum of the adventure. Rich, dense, but also time-consuming, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla still offers a good run, thanks to its historical setting and beautiful landscapes.	Read review
GameCrate	Cody Perez	8 / 10	11-09-2020	If Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is an indication of the direction the series is going in from here, I’m all in. Valhalla sheds light on the Viking era in a distinctly hopeful way with fantastically written characters and story arcs that feel like you’re bingeing an excellent show. The gameplay is at its finest, too, brilliantly balancing stealth and combat in equal measure. If it weren’t for an overwhelming number of frustrating bugs and the lack of quality side content, this could have been the best Assassin’s Creed yet.	Read review
Gamefa	Saeed Aghababaie	9.7 / 10	11-09-2020	When Ubisoft “decides” to make a masterpiece, it creates a game like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla that is one of the best and most amazing Open-World game has been ever created. It is almost a perfect game that made me play 60 hours in 7 days and i really know that i haven’t reached even half of this legend yet! No, Don’t mistake, only 200 hours of gameplay and a huge world don’t make a game, masterpiece, but the point is Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has a huge world with every inch has its own identity in addition to the content’s quality and quantity comparable to masterpieces like The Witcher 3. Anyway, i can write a book about awesomeness of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, but finish this with one line, “Either you love A.C series or not, don’t lose Assassin’s Creed Valhalla because it is one of those amazing masterpieces you don’t see much in an entire generation. Don’t play Assassin’s Creed Valhalla? it’s really your big loss!” Sorry, A bit more than one line, Ha?!	Read review
GameGrin	Simon Brown	8 / 10	11-29-2020	Assassin’s Creed brings beautiful English countryside to the masses whilst fixing a lot of the series’ recent missteps. Some genuinely fun and surprising moments with some great writing make for a fun time.	Read review
GameHaunt	Francis Cabañas	4.5 / 5 stars	11-10-2020	As an action rpg game, Valhalla looks to be a staple for many many more years to come.	Read review
GameMAG	Unknown	9 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is still an Assassin’s Creed title, but the one that manages to left behind some questionable things from the last two games, all the while presenting us with a much greater direction, a really dense map, engaiging plot, and a breathtaking setting.	Read review
GamePro	Rae Grimm	65 / 100	11-09-2020	Valhalla is a giant step backwards for Assassin’s Creed, which is pretty to look at, but feels soulless and fun-free.	Read review
Gamer Escape	Eliot Lefebvre	9 / 10	11-09-2020	Like I said at the beginning, you kind of want these games at some point to stop working, but… Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla really works. It works in all the ways it wants to work. It takes the bones of its predecessor and improves the overall gameplay significantly, giving players plenty to do, characters to invest in, and a satisfying core gameplay loop that’s been refined down to a careful formula at this point.	Read review
Gamers Heroes	Blaine Smith	9.5 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the best tale the franchise has ever told, featuring the most varied and rewarding gameplay the series has seen in years. Valhalla will forever dine in Odin’s Hall as one of the greatest RPGs of this generation.	Read review
Gamersky	不倒翁蜀黍	8.7 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla is the wildest installment in the franchise. Compared with Origins and Odyssey, it’s slightly improved in terms of performance, the open-world, and variety of gameplay.	Read review
GameSkinny	Jordan Baranowski	8 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla builds its world around a familiar formula, but with a compelling story and plenty of things to do, it’s a game series fans will find inviting.	Read review
GameSpace	Catherine Daro	8 / 10	12-07-2020	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla refined the new RPG formula started in Origins and improved in Odyssey. However, in an attempt to fix Odyssey’s shortcomings, the developers went too far to the opposite extreme in terms of progression.	Read review
GameSpew	Kim Snaith	9 / 10	11-20-2020	Cut from the very best cloth of open world games, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a pleasure from start to finish. Though overwhelming in its early hours, once you settle into Eivor’s shoes, exploring England is an exhilarating journey like no other. Try as you might to focus on the main missions, the lure of exploration is too strong, and you’ll find pleasure in every tiny discovery. Is this the best Assassin’s Creed game yet? That’s difficult to say – but it might just be. Especially if you enjoy the beauty of British countryside and the contrasting brutality of viking combat.	Read review
GameSpot	Jordan Ramée	8 / 10	11-09-2020	Though its campaign takes time to get going, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla brings a satisfying finish to the current saga of the franchise.	Read review
GamesRadar+	Louise Blain	4.5 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	With a sprawling world to conquer and gory combat but also the chance to use that iconic hidden blade, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla brings a triumphant balance to the series.	Read review
GameWatcher	Marcello Perricone	7.5 / 10	11-23-2020	A great Viking game, but as far from a true Assassin’s Creed game as there could ever be.	Read review
GameXplain	GameXplain	Not Recommended	11-09-2020	Video Review	Read review
GameZone	Mike Splechta	9 / 10	11-09-2020	As an Assassin’s Creed fan who has stuck by the series through its high points, and was certainly disappointed by many of its low points, I can confidently say that what Ubisoft has crafted here was not only crafted with an immense amount of love and respect for the series, but for its fans as well. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is one Viking adventure you certainly don’t want to miss.	Read review
Gaming Nexus	Rob Larkin	9 / 10	12-15-2020	Everybody has their Assassin’s Creed. Mine might still be Black Flag. But Valhalla is basically Vikings vs. knights, filling out the other two sides of my personal trifecta. The assassinations might’ve gone soft, but the northern European world building hits hard.	Read review
GamingBolt	Shubhankar Parijat	9 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed’s third crack at the massive open world RPG formula is also its most confident, making for a streamlined yet sprawling adventure that ranks as one of the best the series has delivered since its inception over a decade ago.	Read review
GamingTrend	David Flynn, Ron Burke	100 / 100	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the best open world RPG this year. It’s colorful locals are a joy to discover, combat and stealth feel deep and rewarding, and there’s a viking hoard of things to do.	Read review
GBAtemp	Krista Noren	8.7 / 10	12-01-2020	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla is a departure from what one might expect from the series, but it proves that those changes make for an overall fantastic “next-gen” game.	Read review
GearNuke	Khurram Imtiaz	8.5 / 10	11-22-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla feels like it is the culmination of a new Assassin’s Creed Trilogy that started with Origins and followed with Odyssey. Everything that made these games great has been improved in Valhalla making it one of the best games in the series that released this generation.	Read review
Geeks Under Grace	David Koury	9 / 10	12-16-2020	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla is a great viking game, but a poor Assassin’s Creed game	Read review
Generación Xbox	Juan Lorente	9.5 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla continues the path started with Origins and gives us one of the best RPGs of the last years. A world full of life, a system that fights brutally and hundreds of things to do make it a serious candidate for GOTY 2020.	Read review
Gert Lush Gaming	Jim Smale	8.8 / 10	11-25-2020	It all comes together and wrapped up into a complete package that is hard to fault and all I can say is Assassin’s Creed is back baby!	Read review
God is a Geek	Mick Fraser	9 / 10	11-09-2020	Despite some worryingly customary bugs, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla serves up a treat for both series fans and RPG afficianados. Eivor is a great protagonist, while rural England and the snowy climbs of Norway provide some of the best adventuring in the franchise to date.	Read review
GotGame	David Poole	9 / 10	11-20-2020	While the modern era story seems as crazy as ever, I’m honestly looking forward to more Assassin’s Creed again. I’m excited to see where the series goes next, but for now, I’m going to continue to expand my Viking reign and take my time enjoying the gorgeous vistas in this monumental game.	Read review
GRYOnline.pl	Krystian Smoszna	8 / 10	11-09-2020	Despite numerous technical issues, Valhalla is still a very good game. It’s the best one among the RPG-oriented Assassin’s Creed titles and one of the best games in the series. Ubisoft listened to the fans’ complaints about Odyssey and created a game that successfully pleases the entire fanbase.	Read review
Guardian	Tom Bramwell	4 / 5 stars	11-10-2020	The weather’s as bad as ever, but this smart, inventive and witty open-world game is a veritable Viking feast of adventure	Read review
Hardcore Gamer	Chris Shive	4 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla brings quality of life improvements to the new Assassin’s Creed model but doesn’t stray too far from familiar territory.	Read review
Heavy	Eli Becht	Recommended	11-19-2020	There are many things to see in this game that you’ll miss out on if you plow through it, so try to take some time to explore this beautiful game. Whether you’re on current-gen or next-gen, there’s a lot to love here. I will say that playing it on the Xbox Series X after spending time on the Xbox One X, the difference is just night and day from 30 FPS to 60.	Read review
Hey Poor Player	Francis DiPersio	4.5 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	At the end of the day, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is an exceptional adventure that should please fans of the series. Ubisoft Montreal has succeeded in crafting a striking medieval world that’s just begging to be explored. I loved the new town-building mechanic. It was hugely addicting and provided a satisfying sense of progression. Speaking of progression, while initially overwhelming, the staggeringly deep skill tree and wealth of unlockable combat abilities combine to give the player an incredible amount of freedom when it comes to customizing their ideal assassin.	Read review
Hobby Consolas	Daniel Quesada	89 / 100	11-09-2020	If you weren’t a fan of the franchise, this game won’t change your mind, but if you are a believer of the Creed, you’ll find a gigantic, really engaging experience here. The vikings context fits like a glove.	Read review
Hynerd.it	Alice Rondoni	8.3 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla proves to be the worthy continuation of its predecessors, both in gameplay and in terms of story. Maybe there are some bugs too many on day one, but considering the period we can pass on them. Nothing a patch can’t fix. If you like the RPG mechanism you will love this chapter, which will keep you glued to the screen for many hours, without ever getting tired.	Read review
IGN	Brandin Tyrrel	8 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a massive, beautiful open-world fueled by brutal living and the dirty work of conquerors. It’s a lot buggier than it should be but also impressive on multiple levels.	Read review
IGN Italy	Davide Mancini	8.5 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is an epic and huge experience, intelligently combining the past and present of the series.	Read review
IGN Middle East	Zaher Albalbisi	6.5 / 10	11-12-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla digs deep and further away from the franchise roots and reaches to us with bad writing for the protagonist and slow evolving mediocre story with disappointing stealth mechanics and AI, yet however, fans of exploring have something to feast their eyes here with so much content and a very beautiful design alongside some fun raids there and there.	Read review
IGN Spain	David Soriano	9 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the culmination of the new model for the saga that Origins established and Odyssey perfected.	Read review
Impulsegamer	Stephen Heller	4.6 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	A intriguing change of pace that gives the Assassin’s Creed series the breathing room it has so desperately needed for eons, without making any compromises on content. Well worth you time to enter the gates of Valhalla.	Read review
INDIANTVCZ	Tomáš Otáhal	8 / 10	11-11-2020	Most recent installment of the Assassin’s Creed series do not even tries to be like the original trilogy, but if you have liked last two games, you will also love this one.	Read review
Jump Dash Roll	Luciano Howard	8 / 10	11-27-2020	Eivor is a fun character who provides lots of entertainment as you play through their story. The game is enormous and will keep you entertained for ages, with the content engaging and truly compelling, meaning you’ll want just one more quest, one more go.	Read review
Just Push Start	Mark Fajardo	3.5 / 5 stars	12-01-2020	If the answer to that question is a story, it really is a wild ride. The new arc has been interesting and the latest addition continues things in a way that makes me excited for the next release. However, if you want to stealth kill some enemies, scale buildings, and more, this really isn’t for you. Norway is a largely bland world with mountain ranges and other less interesting things to deal with. It really isn’t a bad experience, it’s just when push comes to shove, it’s essentially what you’d expect given the previous entries.	Read review
KeenGamer	Evan Prather	8.2 / 10	12-17-2020	Assassins Creed Valhalla is another step in the right direction for the franchise. It manages to keep all the aspects that make an Assassin’s Creed game enjoyable without all the overplayed story points. But it does have a large amount of bugs which can hurt the overall experience.	Read review
Kinda Funny Games	Kinda Funny	Recommended	11-09-2020	Video Review – Quote not available.	Read review
Kotaku	Zack Zwiezen	Recommended	11-09-2020	Overall, it feels a lot of care and thought went into making Valahalla feel less like a checklist of things to do and more like a world to organically experience.	Read review
Leadergamer	Alper Dalan	8 / 10	11-09-2020	So many things to do!	Read review
Merlin’in Kazanı	Emre Yurt	80 / 100	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla promises long hours for fans of the series with its open world and successful Viking theme.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	Nick Gillett	7 / 10	11-10-2020	A vast and multi-faceted trip through a stylised Viking life, with a new fighting system, manifold mini-games and diversions, and untold glitches. It’s Assassin’s Creed to its core.	Read review
MMORPG.com	Joseph Bradford	9 / 10	11-19-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a triumph for Ubisoft, and one of the best games I’ve played all year. After almost 70 hours in Viking-era England, I still have more to explore and uncover with Eivor, and I can’t wait to dive back in for more. The story is excellent, leaving me eager to see what’s next, and while it had moments where it felt a little dissonant with what Eivor was doing as well as some pacing problems, overall I enjoyed my romp through England. Even as I finish typing this review, I’m already planning where to sail next and what to do differently in another playthrough. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has lingered on my thoughts, beckoning me to come back to England and continue exploring, raiding and going a-vikingr, even almost 70 hours after I took my first steps as Eivor in Norway.	Read review
New Game Network	Alex Varankou	74 / 100	11-22-2020	Rather than continuing to build on its predecessors, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla takes a more streamlined approach to the open world RPG design, for better or worse. It encourages exploration more than ever, and the new setting is initially exciting, but bland characters and underwhelming presentation don’t exactly make it a must-have game for your new next-gen console.	Read review
Noisy Pixel	Azario Lopez	9 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla takes the advancements of the series found in Odyssey and applies it to a whole new setting. As brutal as the period of Vikings is, there’s something beautiful about this adventure. Every action is rewarded with some great moments of storytelling, and aside from a few narrative roadblocks tied to the player’s level, there’s an amazing world here just waiting to be discovered.	Read review
NoobFeed	Adam Siddiqui	92 / 100	12-02-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla takes you on a bloody Norse-filled adventure full of death, gloom, and glory in hopes of finally reaching Odin’s hall.	Read review
Oyungezer Online	Gülhis Canpolat	8 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed series evolved with Odyssey, now it’s set on a better path.	Read review
PC Gamer	Steven Messner	92 / 100	11-09-2020	Bloody and captivating, Valhalla is Assassin’s Creed at its best.	Read review
PC Invasion	Jason Rodriguez	9 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s mission structure can be a little tedious at times. However, it still manages to exhilarate and excite thanks to its wonderful visuals, vivid landscapes, side activities, and brilliant combat mechanics.	Read review
PCGamesN	Richard Scott-Jones	8 / 10	11-10-2020	It doesn’t do anything fundamentally new and too much of the series’ jank remains, but when Valhalla works, it’s a marvel, and it works far more often than not.	Read review
PCMag	Tony Polanco	4.5 / 5 stars	11-17-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla continues the series’ recent winning streak. This stellar entry boasts an expansive world, many exciting missions, and a tight, character-driven plot that make it one of 2020’s best games.	Read review
Player.One	Vincent Arogya	8 / 10	11-20-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a major improvement over 2018’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The game tells a captivating story of a Viking warrior and presents the player with a marvelous open-world to explore.	Read review
Player2.net.au	Matt Hewson	Recommended	11-19-2020	A hearty slice of Viking pie, goes great with a new console and a flagon of mead. Ubisoft have taken the Creed to a new level with their trip to the Nordic settlement of merry old England.	Read review
PlayStation LifeStyle	Paulmichael Contreras	9 / 10	11-27-2020	Is Assassin’s Creed Valhalla the best entry in the series yet? Some would be tempted to say so. While the map size might overwhelm some players, it remains an easy game to mainline with the right navigation mode turned on. In fact, the quick load times help to make this an even easier task than in previous generations. This is an iteration of Assassin’s Creed that has a bit of everything from the previous games, as refined as we have seen to date.	Read review
PlayStation Universe	Michael Harradence	8 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is everything I hoped it would be, and more. It sells the Viking fantasy flawlessly, is brimming gorgeous locations, vistas and interesting characters, and will keep you busy for 100 or so hours if you want to grab everything on offer. It’s buggy in places, and the grinding is overwhelming at times to the point where it spoils the feeling of exploration and progression. However, these shortcomings can be overlooked if you’re willing to stick with it. And you should, because Eivor’s journey is one worth soaking up.	Read review
Polygon	Nicole Carpenter	Recommended	11-09-2020	Valhalla’s most intriguing story is one about faith, honor, and family, but it’s buried inside this massive, massive world stuffed with combat and side quests. That balance is not always ideal, but I’m glad, at least, that it forces me to spend more time seeking out interesting things in the game’s world.	Read review
Post Arcade (National Post)	Chad Sapieha	8.5 / 10	11-24-2020	Players looking for a substantial game that shows off the graphical capabilities of their new systems that will keep them busy well into next year won’t be disappointed in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.	Read review
PowerUp!	Leo Stevenson	9.6 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the best Assassin’s Creed ever. Fully embracing its new genre and giving players so much choice and freedom has paid off handsomely. There’s not really much more to say. You simply have to experience it for yourself.	Read review
Press Start	James Mitchell	9 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla blends old and new to create a unique experience and one of the best Assassin’s Creed experiences yet. It combines series-best combat, a compelling story, and mesmerising locales to dually offer a definitive Viking and assassin experience.	Read review
PSX Brasil	Thiago de Alencar Moura	85 / 100	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla ends this trilogy in the series in a very satisfactory way. The return of stealth to its origins is great, the combat keeps the same structure from the previous games and the story is up to par with its predecessors. It is a pity that the PS4 version suffers from several technical problems, but other than that, it is a mandatory game for fans of the franchise and manages to capture the Viking spirit well in their adventures.	Read review
Pure Playstation	Chris Harding	9 / 10	11-09-2020	Ubisoft delivers another open-world epic, but this time it’s a focused and streamlined affair. The graphical overhaul works to announce the end of one era and the beginning of another as Assassin’s Creed continues its ongoing evolution as an accessible action-adventure for the long-time fans, while still offering a deep RPG experience for those introduced via Origins and Odyssey.	Read review
Push Square	Robert Ramsey	7 / 10	11-12-2020	They may not be game-breaking, but the countless visual bugs of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla really hold the experience back on PS4. They give the title an inescapable roughness, begging the question of whether it’s meant to be played on PS5. That said, if you can look past the broken animations and often absurd glitches, you’ll find an amazing Assassin’s Creed game	Read review
Rapid Reviews UK	Chloe Osborn	5 / 5 stars	11-16-2020	Our journey through the Assassin’s Creed series has taken us from Italy to London to Egypt, meeting historical figures along the way. We’ve delved into the past and become a pirate or a Medjay, yet always fighting for the Assassins against the Templars. In the latest addition to the series, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, we now take on the role of a ruthless Viking warrior!	Read review
Rectify Gaming	Unknown	9 / 10	11-25-2020	Valhalla isn’t just a fitting end to this new trilogy, it’s also the strongest entry yet.	Read review
Rock, Paper, Shotgun	Alice Bell	Recommended	11-09-2020	For fans of the series it’s really entertaining. It might not set the world on fire, but you can set some virtual bits on fire yourself if you want.	Read review
Rocket Chainsaw	David Latham	4.5 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	It’s hard to find flaws in Valhalla unless you’re a die-hard Assassin’s Creed fan.	Read review
RPGamer	Jervon Perkins	4 / 5 stars	01-25-2021	While the two previous entries took some daring and engaging steps into the RPG genre, it’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla that truly stands out as not just the most refined of the trio, but as a top-drawer RPG in its own right.	Read review
Saudi Gamer	Unknown	8 / 10	11-13-2020	There is too much to love in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, from its beautiful world, epic battles and one of the most charming protagonists in the series. the experience was affected by the length of its story, yet it’s one of the best entries in the series.	Read review
Saving Content	Ed Acosta	5 / 5 stars	11-16-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is another incredible and densely packed experience crafted by the fantastic teams within Ubisoft. There’s so much to do and see in Valhalla, and yet, you’ll never feel overwhelmed. You could sit down with this game, pour over a hundred hours into it, and still crave more. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the best Assassin’s Creed title to date. Now, let’s sound the horn and go raiding.	Read review
Screen Rant	Rob Gordon	3.5 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	Enjoyable, but struggles with scope.	Read review
SECTOR.sk	Peter Dragula	8.5 / 10	11-10-2020	Great new Assassin’s Creed game with raids of Vikings and beauty of England.	Read review
Shacknews	Bill Lavoy	8 / 10	11-09-2020	Ubisoft is known for their fun open worlds, but it appears that experience and previous stumbles have seen them take big steps forward, making Valhalla one of their best Assassin’s Creed games in recent memory.	Read review
Sirus Gaming	Jarren Navarrete	8.5 / 10	11-09-2020	Eivor’s tale is an interesting story to experience and the gameplay that comes along the journey is liberating without being repetitive. With that, we recommend the game fully. It’s not without its flaws. Even under the shadow of its predecessors, Valhalla is certainly a game that stands on its own.	Read review
Skill Up	Ralph	Not Recommended	11-11-2020	Video Review – Quote not available	Read review
Slant Magazine	Justin Clark	3.5 / 5 stars	11-24-2020	The game is fairly dedicated to correcting many of the worst creative decisions made across the lifespan of the Assassin’s Creed series.	Read review
SomHráč.sk	Martin Černický	85 / 100	11-17-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a fun mix of old and new. A lot of gamers will be won over by the setting itself and if that’s the main draw for you as well, you’d definitely be willing to look over some of the game’s faults.	Read review
SpazioGames	Paolo Sirio	7.8 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has compelling story and themes, an often brave exploration component and inspired characters, even though those are all flooded by fillers seeking to artificially raise the longevity value.	Read review
Stevivor	Ben Salter	9 / 10	11-09-2020	Like Origins, Valhalla benefits from a year off with a fresh audience. It doesn’t reboot this time, but instead improves upon the duo it’s following, introducing proven elements from some of the best in the business.	Read review
TechRaptor	Unknown	9 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla streamlines the best parts of Origins and Odyssey while trimming the fat, though is hampered consistently by bugs and technical problems. Still, it’s a journey well worth taking.	Read review
Telegraph	Tom Hoggins	4 / 5 stars	11-17-2020	Ubisoft’s quasi-historical adventure finds its way to 9th century England… and provides the best Assassin’s Creed game in a decade	Read review
The Digital Fix	Seb Hawden	8 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is fun, with its many activities and a rewarding gameplay loop. There is nothing better than rocking up to a monastery with your raucous crew and robbing them blind.	Read review
The Escapist	Mark Delaney	4.5 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla review on Xbox: Ubisoft delivers its best open-world RPG yet with unprecedented freedom, exploration, and combat.	Read review
The Game Fanatics	Deja Kirk	8.5 / 10	11-11-2020	While it does have some originality issues, the game succeeds in its mission: to give us a great Viking game experience in the world of the AC franchise. Great strides were made making this game the best out of the series.	Read review
The Games Machine	Daniele Dolce	8.7 / 10	11-09-2020	Thanks to a gameplay formula more refined and an even more prominent identity, Valhalla is the chapter where Assassin’s Creed’s new cycle reached its full maturity, despite the fact that some of its oldest flaws still remain.	Read review
The Outerhaven Productions	Keith Mitchell	4 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	Easily one of my favorite Assassin’s Creed entries, thanks to the improvements made to the combat, health, stamina, and progression systems. The story was enjoyable, the NPCs both plentiful, colorful, and rememberable, even if some were annoying at times. Ubisoft has taken everything that worked in Origins and Odyssey and improved them, thus making Valhalla easily the best game in the past few years. And I simply can not get enough of Orlog.	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Jim Hargreaves	8 / 10	12-03-2020	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla effortlessly plants its banner as the best open world RPG available for the new consoles. This Viking epic flexes its gore-soaked, tattooed muscles when it comes to world-building, and medieval England wows with its enchanting untamed vistas. It’s also portioned out at a steady pace and, if not for the repetitive, limited combat, Valhalla could have ranked even higher among our favourite games in the series.	Read review
ThisGenGaming	Robby Bisschop	9 / 10	03-25-2021	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla spins an epic tale of Viking legends and Eivor’s conquering of England. The world is gorgeous and chock-full of content, with a smaller map than Odyssey but feeling a lot denser and giving more weight to the side-quests than ever before. Know what you’re getting into when you set your mind to beating this game; you’ll be in it for the long run and you’re guaranteed to have a blast the entire time. Sköl!	Read review
Thumbsticks	Callum Williams	3.5 / 5 stars	12-08-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a fun but flawed new entry in Ubisoft’s iconic action franchise, with a bloated campaign that wears out its welcome and a ton of bugs for players remaining on current-generation platforms. Still, what’s here is actually some of the most confident Assassin’s Creed content to date, with thrilling story beats, refined exploration, and enjoyable side content.	Read review
Too Much Gaming	Carlos Hernandez	9 / 10	11-30-2020	All of these elements make Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, whether you love it or hate it, make a complete open-world RPG package. Like any large vessel with multiple shipwrights, some decisions and elements weigh the game down, but I would go as far as considering this one of the best Assassin’s Creed titles to come around in a long time.	Read review
TrueGaming	محمد جابر الصهيبي	8.5 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassins creed Valhalla is fantastic on next generation systems with 60fps smooth gameplay experience and fast loading times, it is a great game with an impressive world to explore for hours and hours.	Read review
Twinfinite	Alex Gibson	4.5 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	For the time being, then, Valhalla is a superb but familiar open-world experience. It’s sure to excite fans of the series with another impressively content-rich and beautiful sandbox to explore, and it might just interest newcomers and lapsed Assassin’s Creed players with the intrigue of its setting and more streamlined overall design. Ultimately, though, it falls just shy of true excellence — a high benchmark to meet, but one Assassin’s Creed should be held to after so many years of trying to get it right.	Read review
Unboxholics	Θέμης Μπολτσής	Recommended	11-24-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla brings back to the fore elements we loved from the first games of the series, while improving in key areas the recipe of the last two titles.	Read review
USgamer	Reid McCarter	3.5 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s vision of ninth-century England is a beautiful place to explore, populated with a great cast of characters who make up for the bland new protagonist, Eivor. Nevertheless, the tired overarching story of Templars and Assassins, and a design ethos that overstuffs the setting with side activities, add unnecessary bloat and distractions to the experience. Valhalla’s a solid action-adventure game that does well to capture the turmoil of its historical era, but it’s weighed down by the increasingly ponderous legacy of the series it represents.	Read review
VG247	Alex Donaldson	Recommended	11-10-2020	It takes a while to really warm up to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and 15-20 hours in I wasn’t quite as keen on it as I am now; but that’s thanks to the game holding up, and actually giving you more as you play, in terms of plot, world, activities and getting to uncover the mysteries hidden deep within the game. It breaks some of the chains that the series was shackled in when it comes to design, while also boldly owning its own identity, too. It might not be The Witcher: Wild Hunt, or specifically do anything that breaks the wheel when it comes to open-world game design, but Assassin’s Creed Valhalla gets you invested. It’s a slow-burn that takes its time to show you its true colours before flourishing into a rewarding, meaty game that’ll keep you engaged over the winter months.	Read review
VGChartz	Stephen LaGioia	8 / 10	12-06-2020	Beyond some slight blemishes and the somewhat “slow burn” of both the combat and story, there’s much to love about this gripping Norse epic.	Read review
VGN	Davide Frontera	9 / 10	11-24-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a sumptuous game, not only in size and because of a huge game map and varies beyond imagination. We are faced with a serious title, capable of proposing the usual historical and cultural reconstruction of absolute value, weaving a compelling and coherent plot that is a little difficult to take off and that could have been condensed in a more rhythmic way, but that will drag you into a whirlwind of battles and violence. As already mentioned, Eivor has proved to be a charismatic protagonist, capable of carrying the weight of the saga on his shoulders.	Read review
Video Games Chronicle	Jon Bailes	4 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	Valhalla’s sober detailed research is undermined a little by some slightly tipsy execution. But this is a hearty, bawdy Viking feast of a game which spins a fine tale and offers plenty to get your teeth into.	Read review
VideoGamer	Josh Wise	6 / 10	11-16-2020	Sadly, that string of hours, spent clambering up towers and defogging the map, bounding across the fields in a hopeful, happy loop, was the last of the fun on offer.	Read review
WayTooManyGames	Kyle Nicol	8.5 / 10	11-20-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a game that doesn’t innovate on the franchise’s formula, but instead focuses on refining it. Valhalla is a game worthy of your time and if you haven’t played an Assassin’s Creed game before or are looking at jumping back in then this is a perfect new entry point.	Read review
Wccftech	Francesco De Meo	8.5 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a definite step up for the series, thanks to the many tweaks made to the RPG mechanics that powered the previous two entries in the series, better storytelling, great atmosphere, and meaningful side-content. Even with the tweaks, however, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is still an Assassin’s Creed game at heart, so those who are not into the Ubisoft open-world game design will hardly change their opinion with the game. Everyone else will probably love every second of Eivor’s adventure, especially if they are into Vikings and ancient Norse culture.	Read review
We Got This Covered	Jon Hueber	4.5 / 5 stars	11-11-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla recreates the true Viking experience, drawing upon history, religion, and good old fashioned stealth gameplay to create a title that will usher in the next generation of consoles.	Read review
WellPlayed	Adam Ryan	9 / 10	11-09-2020	Valhalla brilliantly mixes brutal combat with satisfying stealth to offer up a package that ticks many open-world boxes that are so often missed	Read review
Windows Central	Jennifer Locke	4 / 5 stars	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla provides a gorgeous playground to explore with excellent combat. Though the story seems unnecessarily long, it’s a fun Viking tale mixed with the series’ own flare and sci-fi elements.	Read review
Worth Playing	Chris “Atom” DeAngelus	6.5 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla is a mostly solid, if somewhat unambitious, Assassin’s Creed game that is dragged down by a shockingly poor PS4 release. I look forward to seeing how it runs on a PS5, but the last-gen version is hard to recommend due to the sheer amount of issues that I encountered while playing through the game. If you discount those issues, Valhalla would be a comfortable 8.0, but one can’t just ignore those issues. Fans looking to continue the franchise’s story should wait until Valhalla receives a series of patches or until they can pick up a next-gen version.	Read review
Xbox Achievements	Richard Walker	90 / 100	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is yet another impressive entry in Ubi’s unstoppable franchise. The hidden blade is back and as lethal as it should be, combat remains a joy, and Eivor proves an immensely likeable lead in a glorious world of dizzying scope.	Read review
Zoomg	Sadegh Tavazoyi	7.5 / 10	11-09-2020	Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla delivers a great blend of storytelling and characterization for a true Viking journey and mixes it with enjoyable gameplay that has deep combat and RPG elements. The problem is that Valhalla technically has serious problems. Bugs and glitches in this game are really annoying and effect almost every other aspect of it.	Read review
ZTGD	Ken McKown	8 / 10	11-19-2020	Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is yet another great entry in the series marred by some side steps and technical issues. I am sure the latter will be ironed out with time. I really have enjoyed all three of the latest games in the series with Odyssey continuing to be my top pick. Valhalla has a truly fantastic story mixed with visceral combat and base management. I hope they iron out the technical issues as 60fps is truly a game-changer for the franchise.	Read review

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Become Eivor, a mighty Viking raider and lead your clan from the harsh shores of Norway to a new home amid the lush farmlands of ninth-century England. Explore a beautiful, mysterious open world where you’ll face brutal enemies, raid fortresses, build your clan’s new settlement, and forge alliances to win glory and earn a place in Valhalla. England in the age of the Vikings is a fractured nation of petty lords and warring kingdoms. Beneath the chaos lies a rich and untamed land waiting for a new conqueror. Will it be you?

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