Fans of Assassin's Creed Valhalla are growing increasingly frustrated with Ubisoft over the way the company is handling microtransactions and DLC. Tensions began before Valhalla even released, and now anger is reaching an all-time high. Here's why Assassin's Creed Valhalla fans are so mad at Ubisoft.
Fans being angry at Ubisoft over its Assassin's Creed games is nothing new. In fact, fans began to grow frustrated with Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Ubisoft before the game even released last year. This was primarily due to a public roadmap, which showed the company's increasing focus on paid DLC over the typical free DLC seen in previous Assassin's Creed games. Ubisoft has had a long history of prioritizing paid content in its fully-priced AAA titles, and fans were concerned this trend would continue in the latest Assassin's Creed game.
Unfortunately, that appears to be the case - since Assassin's Creed Valhalla has an underwhelming amount of in-game items like armor. This is especially true compared to the previous entries like Assassin's Creed Odyssey. In fact, there are just as many in-game armor sets as there are paid ones, and the paid ones look more impressive and have much better stats. It's these kinds of microtransactions that have many players concerned over Valhalla's post-launch content, and those concerns are very warranted.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla's DLC & Microtransaction Controversies
This is why fans' anger continues to rise over Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Ubisoft is blatantly prioritizing microtransactions in a game that many users have paid full price for. Increasingly, content is locked behind a paywall in Assassin's Creed games, and it's a problematic trend that's angering a lot of players. Perhaps adding insult to injury is that fact that more DLC in Valhalla will be paid rather than free, especially compared to previous entries in the series.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla will get regular paid DLC updates, even though a free DLC update arrived in December. While fans have been angry over the paid DLC, the quality of that DLC has also been a source of frustration - as some fans feel the paid DLC doesn't live up to its price. Overall, reviews of Assassin's Creed Valhalla have been positive, so it will remain to be seen if the latest fan backlash actually hurts Ubisoft or not.
Ultimately, as long as Assassin's Creed games are making money - and as long as players continue buying content through microtransactions and paying for DLC - it's unlikely Ubisoft will change its business practices. The latest outrage over Assassin's Creed Valhalla shows that fans are definitely reaching a breaking point, so perhaps some much-needed changes will be made in the future.