Assassin's Creed Odyssey

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6.4

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  1. max1c
    Apr 5, 2020
    8
    This is a very good game ruined by absolute dog **** controls. The parry doesn't work 50% of the time. Setting supplies no fire will set yourself on fire about 20-30% of the time. The assassinate mechanic won't work half the time because of buggy interaction pop-ups. A ton of other issues with controls. The game itself is beautiful, however. The graphics and art are amazing. The music isThis is a very good game ruined by absolute dog **** controls. The parry doesn't work 50% of the time. Setting supplies no fire will set yourself on fire about 20-30% of the time. The assassinate mechanic won't work half the time because of buggy interaction pop-ups. A ton of other issues with controls. The game itself is beautiful, however. The graphics and art are amazing. The music is great the plot is not bad. The game feels alive for the most part.… Expand
  2. TenchuuKhan
    Jul 21, 2020
    6
    First of all: Bad rating is based on this not being an Assassins Creed Game.

    Aside from that you get a rich open world, great voice acting, great sidequests, interesting main story. Lots of pointless grind if you decide to do it. You'll meet a number of great people from that time period such as Sokrates, Plato, Perikles, Alkibiades, Brasidas. On top of that historical locations, and    First of all: Bad rating is based on this not being an Assassins Creed Game.

    Aside from that you get a rich open world, great voice acting, great sidequests, interesting main story.
    Lots of pointless grind if you decide to do it.
    You'll meet a number of great people from that time period such as Sokrates, Plato, Perikles, Alkibiades, Brasidas.
    On top of that historical locations, and occasionally some background on the mythology surrounding them.

    Gameplay is good - though not what I would expect from an AC game.
    Not even the climbing works properly... THE CLIMBING

    The other beef I have with the gameplay is the level system and the whole idea of having to constantly play around with your gear.
    Like - you could after every encounter go ahead and update your gear with the newest and best items. And the UI constantly reminds you that there's new items for each and every slot so it's a constant notification fest. Like... go away please.

    So, what you are actually supposed to do however is building legendary gear sets and upgrading them, and switching between those sets based on what you want to do.
    And if you don't do that and have a special assassin set, you won't kill even the lowest of soldiers with stealth attacks.
    This bad.

    Upgrading items is very pricey though - so you'll end up running around with gear that is 10 levels lower because you can't afford to upgrade it. I'm not 100% sure but I bet you can insert coins to buy items... otherwise I see no reason for this design.
    This bad.

    And then there's the issue that you can't possibly, due to the level system, just play through the main story and be done with it. You absolutely have to do side quests in order to level up.
    This bad.

    All in all however, it's a good game - I really liked Cassandra and the other major NPCs.
    Really funny side quests - totally worth.
    But - this is not an AC game.    … Expand
  3. mtlvmpr
    Nov 25, 2018
    5
    Wasn't expecting my review to raise the score.

    Pros. + Huge map with some variation + Somewhat interesting story + Good controls both KBM and controller Cons. - Grindy, you have to grind for multiple levels between story missions - Side quest are uninteresting and repetitive - Animation quality - Voice acting is stiff and awkward - Sponginess, enemies have lots of health and    Wasn't expecting my review to raise the score.

    Pros.
    + Huge map with some variation
    + Somewhat interesting story
    + Good controls both KBM and controller

    Cons.
    - Grindy, you have to grind for multiple levels between story missions
    - Side quest are uninteresting and repetitive
    - Animation quality
    - Voice acting is stiff and awkward
    - Sponginess, enemies have lots of health and your weapons deal little damage
    - Some uninspired skills, +20% dmg or +20% def are almost mandatory and eat up your ability points
    - Loot flood, you get terrible armor and weapons all the time
    - Bad performance, I can't even max out my GPU because the game doesn't utilize my CPU properly
    - Choices hinder the game and shift the tone too much    … Expand
  4. donanja
    Oct 10, 2021
    9
    Odyssey is the best that Assassin's Creed has been since the original Ezio Trilogy. Any direction you look in could be from a painting; the game is absolutely gorgeous and does a great job at immersing the player in their surroundings. The combat feels fluid and there's plenty to explore in the world. It truly feels like you've traveled into Ancient Greece through your monitor.

    Origins    Odyssey is the best that Assassin's Creed has been since the original Ezio Trilogy. Any direction you look in could be from a painting; the game is absolutely gorgeous and does a great job at immersing the player in their surroundings. The combat feels fluid and there's plenty to explore in the world. It truly feels like you've traveled into Ancient Greece through your monitor.

    Origins was a strong return to form for the series, and I was happy to see Odyssey carry that torch with pride. It seems to do everything its predecessor did and more.

    For the PC version, I will deduct one point from a full 10 due to performance issues, but that's to be expected for a game as ambitious as this.    … Expand
  5. Timmy777
    Mar 24, 2020
    3
    The game is huge improvement over AC origins. Combat is satisfying, Quests and cinematic are good.
    Yes, it really rip off Witcher3, but still enjoyable. The world is huge, mainly islands, some of terrain detail is good, some not so great. The greek temple theme tends to get old and and boring after a while. But what really pissed me off about this game, you have homosexuals trying to    The game is huge improvement over AC origins. Combat is satisfying, Quests and cinematic are good.
    Yes, it really rip off Witcher3, but still enjoyable. The world is huge, mainly islands, some of terrain detail is good, some not so great. The greek temple theme tends to get old and and boring after a while. But what really pissed me off about this game, you have homosexuals trying to crack on to you, I'm not a homosexual. Next time you make game, make sure you have game option to disable homosexual quests.    … Expand
  6. akshayshah14
    Oct 22, 2020
    8
    Pros :
    1. Amazing and Gorgeous Open World.
    2. RPG elements 3. Side quests that are not meaningless collectibles. 4. Expansions to the base game. Cons. 1. Poor optimization on PC. 2. Microtransactions sneaked in single player game. Glad they are truly optional if you are into doing side questing. I am truly amazed by the sheer amount of negativity towards this game. I mean sure    Pros :
    1. Amazing and Gorgeous Open World.
    2. RPG elements
    3. Side quests that are not meaningless collectibles.
    4. Expansions to the base game.

    Cons.
    1. Poor optimization on PC.
    2. Microtransactions sneaked in single player game. Glad they are truly optional if you are into doing side questing.

    I am truly amazed by the sheer amount of negativity towards this game. I mean sure there are some scummy things Ubi has pulled that's why it's not a 10/10 game but it's still no 6. I mean Syndicate was boring AF and it still outscores this game in user reviews. I don't care for critic reviews as they can be bought and are mostly disconnected to their audience these days but i expected better user scores for this game.

    The Pros heavily outweighs the cons for me. Biggest con in any AAA game these days is lack of optimization for PC hardware. It still is evident here. Then Ubi sold microtransactions that are gameplay altering which is another con. But as i said they are optional and in real sense optional, not Like EA's FIFA like optional. I never felt the need to buy those XP boosters at all for progression as i like exploring and doing some side questing all the time. And as for gear, well nothing in store outshines anything you get in normal gameplay stat wise. So as scummy as that practice is, this game is not Microtransactione mess by any stretch. I guess direction that this series has taken may be a con to some AC series fans but it's no big deal for me. I am not purist. If the game is well made and let's me immerse into the story and world then it's ok to deviate from it's predecessor. Many fans didn't think even AC black flag as a 'true' assassin's creed game, may be they are right but that still doesn't make Black flag any less enjoyable. I haven't played AC 1 and AC 2 but played every other release of this game and this game has to be the second best of the games i played of this series. Second only to black flag. I miss the stealth gameplay and staying true to the lore of assassins which i feel is missing to the level of non existent in the origins and odyssey. Witcher 3 impact is clearly visible but as i said, it's still a very enjoyable game. You get to do vast amounts of exploration, the side questing is well written, main story is okayish and your choices do have an impact on the outcome. The dialogue writing is good too.

    Let's address the SJW element, well they are there but for most part doesn't come off in your face. I still can't get over the fact that you can choose the gender of the ancestor and let's say you want to implement that for the sake of new direction you want to take the game in, at least make that well not superficial like the way it's implemented in the game. Every thing including dialogues and how world reacts to you is same irrespective of who you choose to play as. I mean that's like missing the whole point of these kind of choices, there have to be different outcomes, different how world looks at you, treats you, but no Ubisoft doesn't want to be bothered with those details, for them the peloponnesian world is all like it's in modern times and there is absolutely no difference in how people treat you, speak with you if you were a man or woman. Alexios should have different dialogue options at least in some quests and some quests to have different ways to complete them so does Kassandra. But apparently big brawny female warriors was a common thing in ancient greece according to ubisoft and people won't be surprised to see a female mercenary at all. That kind of nuance can't be expected from any game DEV so the purpose is not to single out Ubisoft specifically here, most game devs are culprit of the same mistakes.

    To sum it up, AC Odyssey is a brilliant action RPG with some meaningful choices having impact on outcomes with decent side quests, sprawling beautiful landscapes and full of secrets and things to do. The game's negatives won't deprive you of any enjoyment if you are not playing with any prejudice. The concerns related to Microtransactions are valid and even though they don't spoil this game but we must call this out. The optimization should be done properly as people pay same price on PC for this game too. All in all, at least for me, this has to be the best AC game since 2014. Worth playing with all its expansions.    … Expand
  7. Tinz
    Jan 23, 2019
    5
    The world is vast, the artwork is amazing, the graphics are good ... but the entire experience is severely let down by combat and assassination levelling mechanics which do not reward effort sufficiently. Everything good in this game is utterly overshadowed by a laborious grind. I put in 100 hours only to arrive at a 70th level character that is persistently slain by everything itThe world is vast, the artwork is amazing, the graphics are good ... but the entire experience is severely let down by combat and assassination levelling mechanics which do not reward effort sufficiently. Everything good in this game is utterly overshadowed by a laborious grind. I put in 100 hours only to arrive at a 70th level character that is persistently slain by everything it encounters. There is never any sense of achievement by gaining better skills or gear, as the moment you improve anything, every enemy auto improves too, making the awesome equipment that you laboriously gathered and meticulously improved at considerable cost, a complete waste of time. It's a very expensive game which just makes you grind, grind, grind ... and GRIND! I have given up and I doubt I will get any more creed games as I just can't find any enjoyment in them ... just a carrot waving in front of your face!… Expand
  8. Acebolado
    Apr 29, 2020
    10
    Jogo muito bom, mapa exageradamente grande mas o resto compensa e me deu boas 200 horas de diversão
  9. DoubleTripple
    Oct 31, 2021
    10
    One of best open world exploration games i have ever played. If you play in exploration mode on hard it is significantly better experience than any other Ubisoft open world game. It is also one of the best stealth games i have played including previous AC games, i never realy enjoyed stealth games, yet here i enjoy it as much as regular combat. World is beatiful, story is decent and whileOne of best open world exploration games i have ever played. If you play in exploration mode on hard it is significantly better experience than any other Ubisoft open world game. It is also one of the best stealth games i have played including previous AC games, i never realy enjoyed stealth games, yet here i enjoy it as much as regular combat. World is beatiful, story is decent and while the world is huge, it feels live. People complaining about the game not being old AC is irrelevant, you literally had like 6 games in that old format or what, time to move on. Also while i dont like fact there is monetisation it never felt like i should buy something or that it would be intrusive in any way. To close it off, by far best AC i have played, which can stand alongside games like Witcher. If thats an experience you are looking for ( and you play in the exploration mode )… Expand
  10. pandu9933
    Jan 2, 2021
    4
    It look gorgeous, runs well enough. Combat is servicable but its just sooooooooooo boring.
    There are so many pointless side quests that the game forces you to do, you just loose track of everything else interesting going on.
    Basically its just Quantity > Quality
  11. Razrback16
    Jul 18, 2020
    4
    Pros:
    * Water is beautiful - especially the under water exploration.
    * Ship combat is solid - not as good as AC4 or Rogue, but still enjoyable. * They did a good job incorporating previous attacks / assassination styles like using the zipline from Revelations - it is very well done in this game with excellent animations. * Roaming music is excellent, along with the theme music    Pros:
    * Water is beautiful - especially the under water exploration.
    * Ship combat is solid - not as good as AC4 or Rogue, but still enjoyable.
    * They did a good job incorporating previous attacks / assassination styles like using the zipline from Revelations - it is very well done in this game with excellent animations.
    * Roaming music is excellent, along with the theme music (although they borrowed the direct theme from Assassin's Creed 2 and Ezio.
    * Mercenary system was enjoyable in the way it functioned, essentially causing boss units to come looking for you when you build up notoriety.

    Cons:

    * No Multi GPU Support - inexcusable on a AAA title that has payed licensing fees for multiple performance-impacting DRM layers (Denuvo + VMProtect) that don't prevent piracy.
    * Layla Hassan - she deserves her own bullet point for just how awful of a character she is. I mean almost every scene she's in is absolutely insufferable cringe. Another Mary Sue character like Rey Palpatine who's the "bestest evar" at everything she does.
    * Female character Kassandra written as canon protagonist. Too much social justice from Ubisoft these days.
    * I am not a fan of Layla & the present-day story as it's just so convoluted - they've really dropped the ball on it over the last 5-7 games. Basically since Desmond died it's been garbage that has failed to really anchor the present day to ensure everything makes sense. I miss Desmond still and the original crew. Ubisoft really screwed up in killing him off. Layla is a terrible character that I keep hoping will be killed as soon as possible.
    * Too much mystical crap in these games - they are clearly trying to copy The Witcher games' high fantasy universe by bringing in monsters and magical items. Isu artifacts are excepted from that, but too much magical stuff happening that really ruins these games. This isn't a high fantasy game with magical fireswords and mystical giant monsters and things of that nature - it's just absurd.
    * No information database - these were invaluable in earlier games.
    * The eagle used for scouting is a bit over-used by Ubisoft. It made sense in Far Cry Primal and was a stretch with Bayek in AC Origins...they need to stop re-using so many mechanics over and over and over.
    * Combat system is very clunky. Even worse than Origins. Some things are improved in terms of timing like Parrying, but overall the targeting and control system is clunky and chaotic. AC3's was by far the best.
    * The romance options lack sex scenes - Ubi needs to man up and not be afraid of sex scenes or showing women looking sexy.
    * WAY WAY WAY too much homosexuality in the game both present day and in Greece.
    * Present day story is just so poorly constructed - the games don't really flow together properly anymore because of how badly Ubisoft has bungled the present day story.
    * Essentially non-existent stealth mechanics - this is an open-world combat game that's basically a copy of Witcher 3, just minus all the great things that made Witcher 3 a masterpiece. I don't really consider this game or Origins to be Assassin's Creed games - they have the title and references to animus technology, but that's about it - totally missing the mechanics that would make them an AC game.
    * The RPG mechanics are terrible - can't tell you how many times I had to put about 20 arrows through a target's head to kill him, or hidden blades.
    * Can't fast travel while on the ship to various ports.
    * Horse movement mechanics are not very good - can't tell you how many times I've had my horse decide to jump into the ocean or off a mountain when I was not heading in that direction at all.
    * Excessive feminism from Ubisoft yet again...changing history to have women doing things they never did back in those times. I don't think it's too much to ask for historical accuracy with the laws and histories of people.
    * Wish there had been a little more to the Aspasia romance option to develop a better ending for the protagonist. It's so limited story-wise that it feels like an incomplete end-game. She was such a beautiful girl, and historically she can't be killed by Alexios so they should have allowed a better end-game romance option with Aspasia.
    * Game is WAY WAY WAY too long. ~220 hours for me in one playthrough doing probably ~90% of the game. AC games shouldn't go longer than 50 hours at the high end. Ubi just shoves too much side crap into the game.
    * Legacy of the First Blade DLC - First two chapters were fantastic, but in typical Ubisoft fashion, destroyed at the end with bad storytelling and narrative decisions.
    * Fate of Atlantis DLC - overall not a good DLC. Some story aspects were good, but mostly it was incredibly boring with awful map traversal.

    Gameplay Length: ~220 Hours

    Final Rating: 4/10 - I do not recommend buying this game - if you decide to do so, wait for an extreme sale - I'm talking like 90% off.    … Expand
  12. Flying_Dutch
    May 5, 2019
    8
    Great game, i really like the details and the history of the ancient greeks
  13. mrpavlikov
    Aug 14, 2020
    5
    Очередная беспонтовая дрочильня от Ubisoft.

    Из приятных отличий от Origins возможность играть за приятной наружности девочку, а не за шахтёра.
  14. YetAnotherJohn
    May 23, 2021
    5
    Odyssey continues a revolting Ubisoft trend of actively designing gameplay mechanics that hinder progression and make the game feel artificial and boring in order to incentivize micro-transactions. What, you thought they went the RPG route in the hopes of giving their stagnating franchise a much needed new breath? Please.

    Combat feels floaty and disconnected from the characters, less    Odyssey continues a revolting Ubisoft trend of actively designing gameplay mechanics that hinder progression and make the game feel artificial and boring in order to incentivize micro-transactions. What, you thought they went the RPG route in the hopes of giving their stagnating franchise a much needed new breath? Please.

    Combat feels floaty and disconnected from the characters, less like they're swinging around steel weapons and more like they're play-fighting with styrofoam toys. Every enemy has an inordinately large health bar and staggers very little from your attacks, so interruptions are very recurrent and completely break the flow of the fight. Your best option to avoid said nuisances is (surprise surprise!) to level up faster in order to unlock absurd magical powers and be able to equip better gear, and what better way of doing that than to hand Ubisoft even more money?

    On the same vein, level disparities between the player and the enemies lead to ridiculous situations such as enemies surviving being stabbed multiple times through the neck by magical weapons. If you're stubborn (and let's be honest here, also slightly psychotic), you can still fight adversaries several levels above your station by hiding in the tall grass and shooting arrows at their face until they die - it's just gonna take half an hour - A.I. isn't smart enough to find you nor run away, so it's doable.

    Don't even get me started on the plot. Several dialogue options and phrases to end conversations are copy-pasted, making the stilted conversations feel even more robotic and emotionless than they already did. Writers couldn't figure out how to tie the plot threads together, so they just didn't, instead leaving the core narratives literally separated into their own progressions and totally incapable of influencing the player or the world at large. Every single conclusion feels detached from your character choices, and the best thing you can hope for is to get one lukewarm cutscene at the end.

    I could spend literal hours complaining about how little your choices matter in this story, but the game does a pretty good job at that with the Spartan-Athenian battles. You can join one side of the battle, conquer the territory for one the factions, then immediately start to sabotage the victors to trigger a new battle and flip the board again, this time siding with the other guys. Repeat ad-nauseum, like you're Sisyphus himself and this is your personal hell - reliving the same battlefield again and again, switching sides on a whim for identical gear that just happens to give 2% extra fire damage. Neither option matters. Your notoriety doesn't matter. Your wishy-washy allegiance is never questioned or meaningful. You could single-handedly conquer all of Greece in the name of Sparta and the game wouldn't care, acknowledge it or let that affect the plot in any meaningful way. There is no point to your soulless existence.

    At least the graphics are nice tho.    … Expand
  15. Lokidos
    Jul 19, 2020
    10
    I haven't felt addictive to a single player game more than this for a long time. It has so many things to do in terms of farm thought exploring the superb areas of ancient Greece. I love it.
  16. omer123
    Aug 9, 2020
    7
    its a good game overall but one of the weekest AC in the franchise because it ditched alot of good gameplay design of the old games just to compete against the witcher 3 though the witcher 3 make this game look like a pile of garbage but as an rpg game i think AC Odssey was good because it was a rewarding experience but if gonna describe this game it's a very quantity over quality game theits a good game overall but one of the weekest AC in the franchise because it ditched alot of good gameplay design of the old games just to compete against the witcher 3 though the witcher 3 make this game look like a pile of garbage but as an rpg game i think AC Odssey was good because it was a rewarding experience but if gonna describe this game it's a very quantity over quality game the game was very grindy and repetitive and very rushed the only thing that i liked about this is the combat the skill tree and overall variety but i would rank this seventh in the franchise… Expand
  17. safari
    May 18, 2021
    8
    dövüşler silahlar armorlar iyi yan görevler gırra. hikaye iyi akıyor ama süper değil gideri var oynanır.
  18. MercenaryofHate
    Feb 16, 2020
    7
    Odyssey is a journey into the world of ancient greece you are a mercenary and you fight for which side pays better in the peloponnesian war but other themes such as family, friendship and secret societies also make an appearance here. Odyssey is very reliant on light to heavy RPG elements that determine what abilities you can use and what enemies you can fight easily or one's who areOdyssey is a journey into the world of ancient greece you are a mercenary and you fight for which side pays better in the peloponnesian war but other themes such as family, friendship and secret societies also make an appearance here. Odyssey is very reliant on light to heavy RPG elements that determine what abilities you can use and what enemies you can fight easily or one's who are unbeatable. The games expertly divides the map though to vary between difficulty so don't worry about it too much. The whole premise of AC Odyssey is to figure out the mystery story wise and from a gameplay wise to get stronger by getting better gear and abilities. It is straightforward and overdone but the games setting looks beautiful and Ubisoft has added other elements to increase replay value of the game from finding out secrets that can in turn be new cosmetics for your ship crew to the naval battles themselves. Odyssey is very similar to Origins in turns of overall design.… Expand
  19. Sap-ete-10
    Apr 1, 2019
    10
    Just. Amazing. Sad tat it doesn't look like an actual AC game, but still deserves a 10/10, and if possible, a 210923180230939 out of 10.
  20. ZBeeB
    May 28, 2022
    10
    A game that is, to say the least, a masterpiece
    A very huge, exploratory and great world
    Some or most of the side quests are fun The mercenary system, the arenas, the exploration of the world by ship, the exploration of islands keep me playing non stop The story is good The best Assassin's Creed game for me and I hope to see another sequel to it or similar to it It would have been    A game that is, to say the least, a masterpiece
    A very huge, exploratory and great world
    Some or most of the side quests are fun
    The mercenary system, the arenas, the exploration of the world by ship, the exploration of islands keep me playing non stop
    The story is good
    The best Assassin's Creed game for me and I hope to see another sequel to it or similar to it
    It would have been Game of the Year had it not been for RDR2 and GOW
    Thanks to the developers for this masterpiece    … Expand
  21. Eloyjf
    Oct 24, 2022
    8
    It's a beautiful game with plenty of places to explore. The history is not the best but it is compensated by the rich universe of ancient Greece.
    -8,9/10,0-
  22. REEDDLES
    Jul 19, 2019
    6
    Main evaluation criteria:
    -Story: 7
    -Atmosphere: 6 -Characters: 6 -Graphics and design: 9 -Gameplay: 7 -Sound and Music: 8 -Animations: 8 -Bugs: 8 -Interface: 10 -Completeness of the world: 8 Аdditional evaluation criteria (Do not really affect the assessment): -Freedom of choice: 6 -Coop in Story mode: 0 -Multiplayer: 0 -Mods and the ability to change the game: 0    Main evaluation criteria:
    -Story: 7
    -Atmosphere: 6
    -Characters: 6
    -Graphics and design: 9
    -Gameplay: 7
    -Sound and Music: 8
    -Animations: 8
    -Bugs: 8
    -Interface: 10
    -Completeness of the world: 8

    Аdditional evaluation criteria (Do not really affect the assessment):
    -Freedom of choice: 6
    -Coop in Story mode: 0
    -Multiplayer: 0
    -Mods and the ability to change the game: 0

    Scores from 1 to 10, the higher the better    … Expand
  23. Wagneru
    Dec 12, 2020
    10
    I play only the First AC on Playstation 3, and buy this one for my Xbox séries S, its an amazing game, have a lot to do, the story is good, the ship battle is cool, i really likes, when Ac: valhalla is on sale i Will buy
  24. ivan4o200
    Jun 4, 2020
    10
    Its not much AC but is good game. Some things are copy paste of other games and it can be repetitive but overall nice game
  25. MetalRobot69
    Feb 11, 2022
    5
    It is just another AC, a franchise that should be dead, IMO the story of AC franchise simply never ends just to Ubisoft profits on its name every year. It really hurts me that Ubisoft games nowadays have so bad stories since I think Watch Dogs 1, Far Cry 3 and 4 and the Original AC games had one of the best games stories of all time. If they wanna make a game about a Greek story why justIt is just another AC, a franchise that should be dead, IMO the story of AC franchise simply never ends just to Ubisoft profits on its name every year. It really hurts me that Ubisoft games nowadays have so bad stories since I think Watch Dogs 1, Far Cry 3 and 4 and the Original AC games had one of the best games stories of all time. If they wanna make a game about a Greek story why just don't they make a brand-new game? It could be about the 300 Spartans against the Persians, but NOOO, they just want to milk their cash cow, Assasins Creed until it is completely dead.

    That said, the game gameplay isn't bad, the stealth is just like any other generic AC, which is a good system. The combat is the most different part, now it has an RPG level system and your character has special skills with cooldown, like a fast thrust that deals massive damage to everyone on the way or a single target skill that thrown down an enemy.

    The open world is immense but empty. The only thing you have to do is just the same Ubisoft useless collectible and get some new weapons and armors for no purpose at all. The sidequests style is a copy of The Witcher 3.    … Expand
  26. shintao
    Feb 21, 2019
    9
    I played through the whole game and did roughly 80% of all the explorable things in the game.
    Pros:
    -Decent Story with an interesting main character (I played with Kassandra) -Finally an AC title with dialogue choices with an impact on the game -Good combat, well paced with quite a few challenges when you play on the highest difficulty -Lovely world, I especially liked the    I played through the whole game and did roughly 80% of all the explorable things in the game.
    Pros:

    -Decent Story with an interesting main character (I played with Kassandra)

    -Finally an AC title with dialogue choices with an impact on the game

    -Good combat, well paced with quite a few challenges when you play on the highest difficulty

    -Lovely world, I especially liked the islands

    -Enough funny moments (a real must for me to enjoy a game), but also some very good dramatic scenes

    -Good looking equipment in the endgame (in the early game you end up looking like you actually mix everything together you looted from corpses)

    -Very few trips out of the Animus, which were very immersion breaking in previous titles and not at all great for the gaming experience

    Cons:

    -The world is too large/has too few interesting things to discover

    -Voice acting was not always fit for a AAA title

    -Too few character interactions imo

    -Micro-transactions simply do not belong into singleplayer games. (Also XP boosters are probably a reason why you have to do quite some side activities to keep up with the main stories level recommendations)

    All in all I really enjoyed this game and appreciate the direction Ubisoft has taken with this title. The fact that the story and dialogues were all set in stone in previous games took some of the joy out of the experience for me.    … Expand
  27. asdfasdf12456
    Dec 25, 2020
    6
    Graphics is amazing. The first 10-20 hours of gameplay is really good. However, after passing certain point of the game, the gameplay becomes in a repetitive grinding mode. Most of the side missions from the main quest isn't related to the story but you have to do it because you don't know where the location is, and this is very annoying. Applying a few of these side missions areGraphics is amazing. The first 10-20 hours of gameplay is really good. However, after passing certain point of the game, the gameplay becomes in a repetitive grinding mode. Most of the side missions from the main quest isn't related to the story but you have to do it because you don't know where the location is, and this is very annoying. Applying a few of these side missions are acceptable, but for most of the main quest? no thanks. It's so tedious to grind out the quest to get enough xp for leveling up, not fun at all.

    Also, the control is wonky. Character always stuck on walls or fence and never get on the ground.    … Expand
  28. breddy_gud
    Dec 22, 2020
    9
    They did it. The characters, the stories, it's all there.
    No, it's no longer a climb & parry simulator, there are plenty of those, so go play them instead of whining. This is finally an RPG. They built on the direction Origins took and they made it whole.
    Yes, combat is annoying at times, but overall, engaging. Yes, the mercenaries are bugged and often more of a distraction than    They did it. The characters, the stories, it's all there.
    No, it's no longer a climb & parry simulator, there are plenty of those, so go play them instead of whining. This is finally an RPG. They built on the direction Origins took and they made it whole.
    Yes, combat is annoying at times, but overall, engaging. Yes, the mercenaries are bugged and often more of a distraction than anything. The resource system is nondescript and the itemization is lacking.
    But the stories this game tells, how much you can learn, the impressive world (that could still use more bustle, more liveliness), the emotional roller coaster that is Legacy and the fun and almost comic-y theme park that is Atlantis all makes more than up for it.
    The side story in the real world is no longer annoying and convoluted, although at times requires a bit more reading because it clashes with the whole mysticism and religion thing.
    Honestly, get over yourselves and just have some fun, because this is is: fun. On all levels. Not just pressing parry. Anyone who thinks the reboot wasn't necessary either didn't play Syndicate or is just lying to themselves because that was mostly a chore.    … Expand
  29. Dubeau
    Nov 19, 2018
    7
    Odyssey is a bit less interesting then Origins. The map size is quite big, bigger then Origins in fact. The story is surely an interesting part, but it's the side quest with a ! that are fun to do. They mix humor, philosophy, ethics and politics into the mix. All the bounties, contracts are very dull. I did them at first but stopped halfway. I also stopped all the taking sides of an army,Odyssey is a bit less interesting then Origins. The map size is quite big, bigger then Origins in fact. The story is surely an interesting part, but it's the side quest with a ! that are fun to do. They mix humor, philosophy, ethics and politics into the mix. All the bounties, contracts are very dull. I did them at first but stopped halfway. I also stopped all the taking sides of an army, because it has no real impact on the story. The fighting is the same, got better with the arc. The naval fight are still fun. The water effects, the quality of the textures on high is great. The draw distance isn't always well adjusted and some lighting's takes too much time to render. The sounds are fine especially when the sea is near or involved. The animation can be robotic at times but in general it's not too distracting. The music wasn't as strong then Origin. I did love the boat singing, especially with a female crew. I recommend you play this game on EASY. You need to be one or two levels over your enemies to enjoy this. Even then, it will take around 65 to 80 hours to finish the main quest with most of the side ! quests. There is another ending after the first one. There was less modern content and that was a deception in the end. I give the game a 77%. A big RPG with too much useless stuff but there is some things related to the birth of democracy, philosophy, medicine in the Greek-Spartan worlds.… Expand
  30. XxMasterPlaysxX
    Jul 1, 2020
    5
    It´s too long and feels to me like there is an interesting set for a lineal game with some exploration in it. The combat gets old quickly and lacks a compelling story or characters, its a shame because there is a very good 20-30 hours game inside it. Sadly Ubisoft wants to make huge open worlds where u need to sink hours and hours while getting worthless equipment over and over.
    Something    It´s too long and feels to me like there is an interesting set for a lineal game with some exploration in it. The combat gets old quickly and lacks a compelling story or characters, its a shame because there is a very good 20-30 hours game inside it. Sadly Ubisoft wants to make huge open worlds where u need to sink hours and hours while getting worthless equipment over and over.
    Something else that i dont like at all is seeing cities so close together, its a huge world but to me it feels like there is too much in it and therefore everything feels really close. Historically speaking Athenes had a 10 km long fortification that connected the port of Pireus, but in this game is all together. Thats why i prefer to fewer locations with realistic distances instead of this game´s world    … Expand
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#17 Best PC Game of 2018
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#4 Most Discussed PC Game of 2018
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#85 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

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86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 6, 2019
    85
    The latest addition to the Assassin's Creed franchise is truly a wonder and a fresh take on a stale idea. The excellent execution, gameplay and story is only overshadowed by greedy micro transactions, paid XP and awful optimization.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 31, 2018
    100
    An excellent and beautiful game from ancient Greece. Maybe it’s very different from the first game, however this evolution benefits the brand. [Issue#290]
  3. Riot Pixels
    Dec 2, 2018
    60
    While AC: Origins was packed with interesting stories, Odyssey is a generic ’Ubisoft sandbox’ in the worst sense, with hundreds of the same-looking places, dozens of ”kill-fetch” quests and almost zero motivation to grind further.
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