Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok Reviews
Ragnarök's characters deliver the usual AC Valhalla feeling with a new coat of paint. That's good, but it doesn't tear you off your stool.
Review in German | Read full review
After completing Dawn of Ragnarök one can very easily realize how beautiful it is when a studio takes something good from the base and forgets the ties it may have to create something new. Here we will see everything fantastic that Valhalla has taken to a terrain that, although we were already able to visit in the main adventure, is shown in all its splendor and in a hypervitamin way. I know that it may not be to the liking of lovers of the adventures of Ezio and company and even these can consider that this thing we have in hand is not an Assassin's Creed, and reason is not lacking: this expansion goes further.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
While Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok has some brilliant ideas, it's far from the epic expansion that you'd want it to be. It's hampered by reused mechanics and a story that's woefully disconnected from your main character's arc.
While it stumbles greatly in execution, Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Dawn of Ragnarök reignites the magic of the main game with a vast realm to explore and myriad secrets to discover using the new Hugr powers. It's still a ton of fun, just don't expect the story to be all that coherent.
The new ideas Dawn of Ragnarök plays around with are fun, but it can’t fully flourish under the weight of inconsistent writing and janky combat.
As much fun as I had with this expansion, I do have to admit that I feel a little let down. If this were explicitly leading into another DLC story I’d be excited, but as things are I feel more like I’ve taken a running start into a brick wall with a very cool door painted on it. I can see this as a fun experience to play as part of an overall Assassin’s Creed Valhalla experience, if you were stepping into the game and all its DLC for the first time – but as something that brought me back to the game seven months after finishing The Siege of Paris, it feels like more of a promising snack than a satisfying main meal.
And thus begins your <strike>journey</strike> saga.
Dawn of Ragnarök tries so hard to tell an epic tale of revenge and redemption but fails in its execution. Perhaps because Ubisoft has already told the same story too many times since Assassin's Creed 2. The DLC is like a Norse theme park: beautiful to look at and good for taking a break from the world, but devoid of any significant long-lasting value for anyone except hardcore Assassin's Creed Valhalla fans.
Dawn of Ragnarok is an interesting more of the same: you will feel powerful and fierce as Havi, but their new powers, despite being the most interesting innovation in this DLC, are not quite enough to give something completely fresh to whom struggled to reach the epilogue in Valhalla. If you are ready for some mythological setting and are not afraid of swinging your axe over and over and over again, Svartalfheim awaits.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Assassin's Creed Valhalla Dawn of Ragnarok is solid, but doesn't break its original format. The open world and quest logic hasn't changed much, but there are little innovations in the combat and stealth systems.
Review in Chinese | Read full review
For the devout Assassin’s Creed Valhalla fan, there’s about 20 hours or so of solid gameplay to be gleamed out of Dawn of Ragnarok. A bit more if you want to see and do everything. But chances are it won’t particularly impress. It’s simply more of the same for the most part, with a story that fails to truly engage. It’s perhaps the fact that you’re not given free reign of your new abilities that that’s the biggest disappointment – you’re supposed to be a god, so why not let us feel like one? And so, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok is an inessential expansion. One that feels like a missed opportunity.
The map is relatively huge for an expansion — I have yet to discover the whole of it with my 20 hours of gameplay — and there are so many side quests that it feels it can be its own game. I rarely felt that I should have played Assassin's Creed Valhalla as it kept me engrossed in the story. Yes, I agree that players starting their Valhalla journey may need some training to get a hang of the controls, and for that particular reason I feel Dawn of Ragnarök deserved its own title.
Normally, I’d say that Dawn of Ragnarok is just more Assassin’s Creed, but in a different environment and with different enemies. However, I do believe it’s time for Ubisoft to get rid of the Assassin’s Creed naming scheme from everything related to Eivor’s Viking saga. I think this is just piggybacking on the Assassin’s Creed franchise without bringing anything new into the mix.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok continues to showcase Ubisoft's greatest works. It's a rewarding addition to an already impressive list of DLC, designed for one of the best RPGs they've ever made.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök easily eclipses both The Siege of Paris and Wrath of the Druids, serving up a good 40 hours-worth of top-notch action, exploration and challenges across a huge new world map. Combat here is enlivened by Eivor's new Hugr-Rip abilities, skills which also freshen up the game's puzzles and traversal, and the fantastical nature of the story leads to some of the biggest and best boss face-offs we've seen in the series to date. Newcomers may feel a little lost to begin with, there's a lot to get your head around here, but fans of Valhalla should be delighted with this deliciously fantastical new addition to the base game.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök is a very continuous expansion, both for good and for bad, and that presents us with some other novelty that, without getting it right at all, gives a small breath of fresh air to a content that, for those who have been left wanting more adventures with Eivor / Odin, they will want to enjoy without fail.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Assassin's Creed Valhalla - The Dawn of Ragnarok allowed me to return to Assassin's Creed Valhalla with a smile. More of the same, only in a tastier sauce. Definitely the best story addition to this installment of the Ubisoft series.
Review in Polish | Read full review
If you sill want more Valhalla, Dawn of Ragnarok is perfect for you. It brings new fantasy world, new enemies, but mostly same gameplay.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Dawn of Ragnarok is the perfect expansion for what the latest trilogy in the Assassin's Creed franchise set out to tell. With a fun new world to explore, new skills and, most importantly, a very well written story that should please longtime fans of the series.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review