ddsonly (ddsonly)

8 hours 40 minutes Played with RX 5600 XT, 16GB RAM, ryzen 5 3600. On High settings with dense crowds, recently switched from xbox one so the frame drops weren't noticeable to me except when driving. Doesn't feel like a game that took 8 years to make. It's like the team spent 5 years to make the game and another 3 years to build up the hype. It's a buggy mess and it has frequent crashes, sometimes it makes you restart the game because an NPC froze during a mission. Understandable RPG like combat, but isn't very interesting or rewarding. I think combat would have gotten a lot of appreciation if they added final blow moves like in MW. Switched to melee weapons because enemies ate like 2 clips from an assault rifle, about 70% accuracy near the head. No aim assist so I could probably see why. The story isn't that understandable but at times it is amazing. Some parts have a lot of talking which bored the hell out of me so I chose the quickest selections. Don't get me wrong, it's enjoyable to play alongside the story but sometimes there is just too much dialogue. Cars aren't the best in the game, enjoyable to cruise around in them for about 6 minutes before it gets boring. Free roam is boring. There's almost nothing enjoyable to do when you're not finishing up quests and missions. Grinding money from gigs is kind of fun, but anything else is not enjoyable for more than 2 minutes. The NPCs have no depth. GTA V NPCs show more emotions and movement than in cyberpunk. This makes killing sprees and free roam boring. Sometimes in GTA when you jack a car the driver starts a fight with you. The drivers in cyberpunk just duck down and don't move. Upgrading your cyberware and skills is a decent payoff, it gives you cool perks and you progress fairly. Honestly, I expected more depth in this game. A game released in 2013 beats the NPCs in a game from 2020, that was very disappointing. I expected the shops and interactions to be a lot more live action, instead you're basically handing out air which are supposed to be eddies or computer chips. The shopkeepers are so lifeless, you buy a product from a menu and that's it. So yea, 3 stars. Great voice acting, great cutscenes, good progression system, but not much depth in the open world.

I tried getting into this game, I really did. It's just not rewarding enough to get out of bed early in the morning for. The cutscenes are lifeless, the combat is lifeless, the world just feels lifeless. Odyssey suffered in its midsection but was really strong in its beginning and ending. Valhalla has a really strong opening, that's the only good part of the game. The developers try to tie you into the free roam aspect of the game but it just doesn't work out. The only mildly interesting part of the game is the main storyline. It's painful trying to do the side missions and upgrading your settlement. For $60 people are paying for a campaign that has no replayability. It's anti-climactic and there's no payoff. The story is mediocre and so is the grind. Seriously, save your money and wait for the game to go on sale if you really want to play it. There are reasons as to why I still recommend playing this game. If the final blow moves aren't buggy, they're pretty brutal and impressive to get you hooked for another 30 minutes. The game has a cool dice game you can play. The dice game is refreshing and brings you back every day. The xp grind, tool upgrades, and overall combat is good enough for a $15-$25 title. I'm pricing it at that range because "My Friend Pedro" is only $20 and a hell of a lot more fun than AC Valhalla. It's not the same genre, i'm aware of that, but MFP is replayable and carries a decent story. AC Unity starts at $2 and it's extremely good with complete replayability. What i'm trying to say is that when compared to other $60 titles, Valhalla can only offer a mediocre story with vikings. RDR2 ranges at the same price and it's replayable 10 times over. Valhalla is just another 'decent' RPG that shoves the AC story down your throat. Hard game to get into, fun for a few hours and then you start regretting your purchase.