Each to their own, but I felt the opposite.
For context, Assassins Creed is in my top 4 favourite game franchises. And I absolutely love anything about Vikings. So on announcement I had believed AC: Valhalla was in the running for my favourite game of all time. Like how could it not be with that winning combination right. Every the trailers and every they showed prerelease reinforced that “I’m going to love this game”.
But after release, and playing it for a couple hundred hours. I don’t know, just something was missing, I couldn’t put my finger one it. Best I can describe it is it was just devoid of any soul. First game in the AC series I found myself after awhile just skipping any dialogue. I gave the main story a shot. Watched every cut scene, listened to every line of dialogue. But the all the side quests / extra content, after maybe 30-40 hours in, I just checked out. Began skipping it all. It was really unlike me.
I appreciate everyone has different tastes, and some may like, even love Valhalla. But as someone this game was obviously made for (AC fan, Vikings fan, RPG fan), it just didn’t land.
I’m curious about personal experiences that lead you to liking it. Have you played all the other AC games?
