Assassin's Creed Valhalla Reviews

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is ranked in the 91st percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
9 / 10.0
Nov 9, 2020

Assassin's Creed Valhalla review on Xbox: Ubisoft delivers its best open-world RPG yet with unprecedented freedom, exploration, and combat.

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9 / 10
Nov 9, 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.

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78 / 100
Nov 9, 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.

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8.7 / 10.0
Nov 9, 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.

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GameMAG
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9 / 10
Nov 9, 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.

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8.5 / 10.0
Nov 9, 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.

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Unscored
Nov 11, 2020
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Aug 4, 2022

The Forgotten Saga, to the detriment of what the title claims, should be remembered. Its completely free nature for all Valhalla owners is certainly the primary incentive (as well as the strongest one) to entice users to catapult themselves back into the epic stories of the Norse myth, opening wide the doors of a mode that entertains enough. This is why Havi's adventure in the realm of the dead is worth living. Again, and again, and again, if necessary.

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Nov 9, 2020

Assassins Creed Valhalla is a hugely enjoyable entry to the series, offering an enthralling Viking RPG experience with super-satisfying combat and exploration of medieval England. However, as a consequence the series has drifted away from its stealth roots, giving the Creed series an identity crisis.

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8 / 10
Nov 13, 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 on Xbox Series X, and offers a more flexible adventure as well as a real stable narrative. Rich, dense, but also time-consuming, Assassin's Creed Valhalla still is a good run, thanks to its historical setting and beautiful landscapes.

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Nov 30, 2020

Improvements have been made.

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9 / 10.0
Nov 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.

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Nov 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.

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9 / 10.0
Nov 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.

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PCMag
Top Critic
Nov 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.

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90 / 100
Nov 12, 2020

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla is one of the best games in the series and a perfect choice to launch the new generation.

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Nov 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.

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GameXplain
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Unscored
Nov 9, 2020
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8 / 10.0
Nov 9, 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.

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8 / 10
Nov 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.

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