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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla might take time to sail into your libraryTrouble in Valhalla
Trouble in Valhalla
ForAssassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Eivor, there’s no foe that can’t be bested with a good axe. Unfortunately, you’re not Eivor. You’re sitting at a PC, controlling them through a piece of software that has some troublesome villains of its own - from irritating freezes to the game stubbornly refusing to show up in your collection. Yes, it might be cold up in Norway, but these freeze-ups aren’t the kind of immersion you’re looking for, are they?
As far as big Ubisoft releases go, we’re hardly looking atanother Assassin’s Creed Unity. Still, there are a few pesky issues you should watch out for before you set off on your high-performance longboat.
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Before we even get into the game itself, though, it looks like a fair few folks have been having trouble getting into Valhalla’s world in the first place. Folks across the forums and Reddit are reporting that, in some cases, Valhalla isn’t appearing in their libraries after purchase. This, at least, Ubisoft have responded to, noting that “it may take up to 24 hours for your content or game to appear on your account” in aTweetlast night.
In fact, it looks like Ubisoft’s back-end is having a bit of a moment right now. Achievements seem to be refusing to unlock for some folks, seemingly as part of a morewide-spread issue with the transition to Ubisoft Connect.
There are smaller issues too, including thisunderground strobe-light showin Valhalla’s interiors. As far as I can tell, though, nobody’s faces are missing completely - and while Ubisoft Support hasn’t responded to these freezes yet, it’s likely they’ll be patched up in an update sometime soon. I’d hope, at least.
These problems shouldn’t get in the way of Valhalla’s grand old Norse romp, mind. At least, that’s how Alice B found it in herAssassin’s Creed Valhalla review, calling its England-plundering adventure a perfectly solid entry for fans of the series. “It might not set the world on fire,” she reckoned, “but you can set some virtual bits on fire yourself if you want.”
A solid alternative to arson, then, assuming you can avoid the cold.
