Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Microtransactions in Assassin's Creed Valhalla are summarized as...

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a full-priced singleplayer game. It contains microtransactions as if it was a free-to-play multiplayer game.

Microtransactions need to be purchased via a premium currency. The quantities you can purchase this currency in almost never matches the cost of the cosmetics themselves, making sure you always pay more for less.

Many cosmetics only come in bundles, forcing you to pay for more content that you might not be interested in. These bundles are often priced high, costing just as much as the games' DLC, despite receiving just a handful of skins.

Not all items are cosmetic only, you can purchase in-game gold, xp-boosts, weapons, treasure maps, materials, and many more gameplay altering items.

Despite the large amount of microtransactions the game also features some very expensive DLC. There are 2 DLC that are 25 USD each, or 40 USD total if you purchase the season pass. There also is a largely expansion type DLC that is priced at 40 USD. All 3 pieces of DLC together are more expensive than the base game, despite offer far less content.

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Premium currencies come in quantities that do not match the price of regular shop items, forcing you to spend more for less.

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Contains items that only come in bundles and can not be acquired on their own.

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You could pre-order DLC at a time when no details were known about that DLC.

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Contains premium currencies that can only, or almost exclusively, be purchased with real money.

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Contains one or multiple Season Passes, encouraging the purchase of unknown DLC you might never have purchased otherwise.

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In-game currencies can be purchased with real life money.

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The game is singleplayer yet features microtransactions (not referring to DLC or extra content).

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This is a full priced game yet features microtransactions like you'd expect from a free-to-play game.

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Features unique cosmetic rewards for pre-ordering the game.

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Has a "deluxe" edition of the game which features (almost) nothing but in-game cosmetic items.

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Contains large scale paid DLC that could be considered a full expansion.