Assassin’s Creed Valhalla est devenu, avec le temps, une véritable surprise pour moi. Lors de ma première expérience, je l’avais trouvé plutôt moyen, sans plus. Mais après avoir joué à Assassin’s Creed Shadows, mon regard a complètement **** jeu est riche, long et captivant, avec énormément de contenu et de possibilités. L’univers viking est très bien exploité et l’exploration offre une vraie sensation de liberté. On finit facilement par se laisser emporter par l’aventure et ses nombreuses activités.Finalement, avec le recul, je trouve que c’est un excellent épisode de la saga, bien plus marquant que ce que j’avais pensé au départ. Comparé à Shadows, il me semble aujourd’hui bien plus solide et réussi.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is one of those games where I had a genuinely good time overall, but also constantly felt exhausted by how much unnecessary stuff it throws at the player. At its best, it has an engaging story, beautiful world design, and a really fun Viking atmosphere. At its worst, it feels bloated to the point where the game almost fights against its own **** story and Eivor are honestly the main reasons I stayed invested. Eivor is a strong protagonist, and the mix of Viking politics, alliances, betrayals, and the Hidden Ones storyline kept me interested for most of the game. England itself also looks incredible — the landscapes, snowy Norway sections, villages, forests, all of it creates a really immersive atmosphere. You can tell Ubisoft put a huge amount of effort into the **** combat is also pretty satisfying for a long time. Raiding monasteries, dual-wielding ridiculous weapons, and storming castles gives the game a very raw, aggressive energy that fits the Viking fantasy **** man… the game is just too **** because the main story itself is bad, but because the amount of filler content becomes exhausting after a while. The world events start blending together, and activities like Cairns, Standing Stones, artifacts, flying papers, and anomaly puzzles eventually feel more annoying than rewarding. This is actually one of the biggest criticisms people had with the game online too — a lot of players felt the map became bloated with repetitive side content and overly stretched **** Cairns especially drove me insane at times. What should’ve been a calm little side activity turns into fighting physics for ten minutes straight. Same with some artifact hunts and standing stone puzzles — cool a few times, then eventually just repetitive interruptions slowing the pacing down.That’s the frustrating thing about Valhalla: underneath all the bloat, there’s a genuinely strong game. The main story arcs, certain emotional moments, and the overall Viking atmosphere are really enjoyable. I just wish the game respected the player’s time more instead of constantly stuffing the map with unnecessary distractions.Overall, I’d still give it a solid 6/10 because when it’s focused, it’s really fun. But it’s also one of the clearest examples of an open-world game becoming too big for its own good.