When I compare AC Valhalla to AC Odyssey I have to admin one thing - while Odyssey represented the ancient Greece with all its beauty and "pristine", AC Valhalla represents Europe's dark ages and England in particular at ITS BEST. You can almost smell the blood & gore, the dirt, the mud, the cruelty and the darkness that ruled Europe between V and XIV century. Ubisoft simply nailed it!
The graphics are incredible, I can walk England's fields for hours just watching the environment, the cities or the Roman Empire ruins. The story is griping enough to keep you hooked with memorable characters and there are more than enough side activities to perform in order to make you looking for more of "what's behind that hill" exploration. The combat is fluid and compared to previous AC games a bit different which brings some fresh air. Developing your viking settlement also brings sense into the material grind fest - i.e. plundering middle ages monasteries and also brings the feeling of a "virtual" community you're bound to.
I have only few complaints such as:
- the voice acting - although it's traditionally good, more of the time it sounds like the actors are talking in a large hall rather than in the open field under a tree
- Difficulty - even at the highest difficulty, the game feels too easy - once you cover the "power" level for a certain zone and exceed it - you start simply feeling like a demigod
All in all - for me AC Valhalla is a solid 9/10 and must play for the fans of the previous games / the Witcher series