Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Last updated: 2025-05-28
- Visually stunning, immersive Viking setting and music
- Brutal combat and strategic raids
- Build and customize your settlement
- Repetitive gameplay and world activities
- Weak story, uninspired RPG elements
- Excessive length and filler content
- Reviews
(sample size) - 2000
- Helpful reviews
- 62%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 35%
- Protest reviews
- 3%
- 65%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 35%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 2801
- Negative points
- 2749
- Gameplay points
- 535
- Perf. points
- 262
- Rec. points
- 883
- Misc points
- 173
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Engaging story, choices matter | The game features a captivating and branching storyline with meaningful choices, enhanced by well-developed characters and rich lore. Side quests and world events add depth and dynamism, making the story feel personal and replayable. The visuals, soundtrack, and voice acting further contribute to an immersive experience. | 72% |
| Visually stunning, immersive graphics | The game boasts stunning and detailed graphics, creating immersive virtual worlds with breathtaking landscapes, realistic lighting, and atmospheric effects. The environments of Norway and England are particularly well-designed, enhancing the overall visual experience and providing ample photo opportunities. | 41% |
| Brutal combat, strategic raids | The game features a dynamic and brutal combat system with a variety of weapons and abilities, including dual-wielding. Raiding mechanics add strategic depth, allowing players to lead their crew in attacks on enemy settlements. The game also incorporates stealth elements and RPG customization options. | 29% |
| Immersive Viking setting, great music | The game excels in its immersive Viking setting, blending Norse mythology with historical elements. The soundtrack, composed by renowned artists, enhances the atmosphere, while the sound design captures the ambient noises of nature and combat. This creates a compelling and authentic Viking world. | 29% |
| Compelling protagonist, deep customization | Eivor is a compelling and customizable protagonist whose journey is shaped by player choices. The game offers a massive skill tree, allowing players to tailor Eivor's abilities to their playstyle. The supporting characters are well-developed, and the voice acting is exceptional. | 18% |
| Engaging DLCs, fresh content | The game offers a variety of DLCs that provide refreshing content and new experiences, such as the Dawn of Ragnarok, which introduces a fantasy-driven setting with Norse mythology. These expansions add significant value to the game and offer engaging stories and beautiful locations. | 11% |
| Mythological elements, engaging side-quests | The game integrates mythological elements into the story, with encounters with gods, monsters, and supernatural forces. Side quests are short but interesting, offering a less grindy and more engaging experience compared to previous titles. The main storyline is well-executed, especially with the Viking and Norse mythology themes. | 10% |
| Build and customize settlement | The game allows players to build and customize their own Viking settlement in England, providing a sense of progression and purpose. The game effectively captures the atmosphere of 9th-century England and Norway, with detailed environments and authentic Viking settlements. | 9% |
| Good value, quality DLC | The game offers a lot of additional content, such as DLC, and the paid content, including outfits and weapons, is of surprisingly good quality. The equipment upgrade system includes appearance customization, which is a good feature. The game is worth the price, especially if it's on sale. | 7% |