The PlayStation 4 version was played for this review. The Siege of Paris releases August 12th, 2021 on every platform that Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla is available on.
It’s definitely not a bad addition, but it’s sure not something I would point to as justification for the praise that the base game earns. Because while the first DLC was an example of how to add more to the game and make it feel better, The Siege of Paris feels like perhaps the worse possible option for adding more into the game. No prizes are awarded for guessing where you’re going as a result. And now, far faster than it seems like we should be here, we’re into Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla – The Siege of Paris, the second major DLC for the game. I felt like Ireland twisted and changed the core formula of Valhalla enough to be an engaging expansion even without fundamentally rewriting the basic concepts. Obviously, that first expansion was one that I rather liked.
How bad can it be, ultimately? It’s more stuff! Stuff is fun. I noted this back when I was reviewing the first piece of major post-launch DLC for Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, since on a simple level you have the fundamental problem of taking a very big game and giving you more stuff to do in it. It’s hard to review major DLC for the Assassin’s Creed games.
