“If you want me to stop lying, stop talking to me.”
- Todd Howard

@mogan: Isn't “massively too large and too long” the same as saying “massively boring” ?
And isn't “massively boring” the worst thing a game can be?

Almost regardless of what you think the point of a game is,
Valhalla fails.
There's no interesting story or characters.
You don't learn anything (except how not to make a game),
it doesn't make you reflect (except on why you're still playing)
and you're certainly not having fun ≥90% of the time.

Modern Assassin's Creed is like a job that costs you money.
Or an addictive drug with no high.