Assassin's Creed Origins

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7.0

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  1. faonik
    Nov 1, 2017
    5
    Tanking performance to "protect" a game from being cracked is inexcusable. I will change my review after Ubisoft have decided to take out Denuvo and allow the game to be played to its fullest potential.
  2. SuperNaiv
    Dec 10, 2017
    4
    I've been playing this game for 10 hours now and I say that I am not impressed. It's a gorgeous looking game, but it's only a facade. It's an empty shell of pointless fetch quests with really bad game mechanics. It's a big world and very beautiful to look at, but omg it's so boooring. The story is uninteresting and the main character is poorly written and the acting is really bad. For anI've been playing this game for 10 hours now and I say that I am not impressed. It's a gorgeous looking game, but it's only a facade. It's an empty shell of pointless fetch quests with really bad game mechanics. It's a big world and very beautiful to look at, but omg it's so boooring. The story is uninteresting and the main character is poorly written and the acting is really bad. For an outsider like me, I just don't understand the appeal of this game. Why so many fans like this crap? There are much better open world games with interesting characters, good gameplay and good stories. This is not it! I give it 4 points cause the world design is really something to admire and for the nice water effects. Thats it for me. I am out!… Expand
  3. Vasot
    Nov 2, 2017
    0
    1) Plenty of bugs and other technical issues 2) Uses a bad version of Devuno DRM which takes 40% of CPU usage and causes performance issues !! 3) Combat is boring with annoying RPG elements and weird enemy AI behavior 4) Does a really bad job introducing the ancient history of Egypt it's like watching a B-movie. PS: MOST METACRITIC USERS THAT GIVE 10 SCORES AROUND HERE ARE UBISOFT SHILLS1) Plenty of bugs and other technical issues 2) Uses a bad version of Devuno DRM which takes 40% of CPU usage and causes performance issues !! 3) Combat is boring with annoying RPG elements and weird enemy AI behavior 4) Does a really bad job introducing the ancient history of Egypt it's like watching a B-movie. PS: MOST METACRITIC USERS THAT GIVE 10 SCORES AROUND HERE ARE UBISOFT SHILLS THEY CREATE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS JUST TO SUPPORT THEIR COMPANY !! Since they use dirty tactics i decided to give a 0 score to counter their 10.… Expand
  4. ronakporec
    Nov 3, 2017
    0
    Essentially, the game is a nerfed down version of assassins creed brotherhood. they removed every good thing i liked about the assassins creed games. that includes dual hidden blades, assassin recruits, simplicity of gear, limited but rewarding missions, emphasis on stealth and above all combat system. i am not even sure to buy an assassin creed game in the future. very disappointed.
  5. Jurenito
    Nov 1, 2017
    1
    I liked what i played, but I don't think a game which can't be played without risking your computer with well above the minimum requirements is worthy more than a 1 score.
    And people who has good computers should not forgive them this fact.
  6. Alafin
    Nov 1, 2017
    0
    I started an account only to write this - PC performance is terrible. You have i5? Expect FPS drops like crazy. Because of Denuvo + VMProtect used on this game you need a beast of a CPU to handle this. Up to this point there is silence from UBI on the matter of performance. DRM protections won't probably get taken out of the game so... 0. You have a i5 - dont buy this game!
  7. wootwoots
    Oct 31, 2017
    0
    Two DRM layers ( 3 with uplay ) and killing that game performance, so not caring about the customer. Well, whatever is the game itself seem great, that's just a no no.
  8. werewolf3d
    Nov 5, 2017
    3
    well .... you know .... If this game where made by some one else with less budget ... I would say its ok .. & of course it looks great... But... When you have such a great example like CD Project Red ... With Witcher series ...Ubi makes me cry ...especially when we consider the potential power of this company ... 5/10 ....
  9. Daiyegamer
    Oct 31, 2017
    0
    We have deal with horrible performance due to drm, first on steam, then, uplay, then Denison and then VMware, running a virtual windows environment so the game can’t be pirated. Guess what Ubisoft. We bought this game and don’t deserve to be treated like thieves!!!
  10. mortarion15
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    I am extremely disappointed yet again with the gaming community. Ubisoft finally listened to all the criticisms and delivered a fantastic game yet gamers are still complaining and giving this game a zero without even playing it? All you haters please go get a life and stop being such babies throwing tantrums. The game has no performance issues for me, the setting is amazing and the combatI am extremely disappointed yet again with the gaming community. Ubisoft finally listened to all the criticisms and delivered a fantastic game yet gamers are still complaining and giving this game a zero without even playing it? All you haters please go get a life and stop being such babies throwing tantrums. The game has no performance issues for me, the setting is amazing and the combat is fantastic. Ignore all the no life haters.… Expand
  11. Tre251
    Oct 27, 2017
    10
    Played for a couple hours I have no issues at all, everything runs smooth for me and the game has not crashed.

    My Rig CPU: AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Clocked 4.2Ghz 8 Core RAM: 12GB Ram GPU: Nvidia GTX 1050 TI SC 4GB GDDR5 SSD Drive OS + Hybrid Secondary Drives For Installed Games Visuals are amazing using the autoconfigured preset which was high for everything getting 50-65 FPS    Played for a couple hours I have no issues at all, everything runs smooth for me and the game has not crashed.

    My Rig
    CPU: AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Clocked 4.2Ghz 8 Core
    RAM: 12GB Ram
    GPU: Nvidia GTX 1050 TI SC 4GB GDDR5
    SSD Drive OS + Hybrid Secondary Drives For Installed Games

    Visuals are amazing using the autoconfigured preset which was high for everything getting 50-65 FPS on high settings even during combat. Using Uplay client to play the game not steam version. Uplay client built games just run better on Uplay and steam users always complain about more bugs on the steam version.

    I love that you get flashback missions not just cutscenes when something big happens like killing a high-rank enemy, giving you a backstory to the point of why your taking down this high rank masked one etc. the map is quite big bigger than any AC universe and if you wanna 100% this game then it will take you some time.

    Struggling a little with combat I'm so used to countering then killing like all the other AC games if you think the combat is simple compared to the other games your in for a little surprise!

    YES! there is a Helix credit system, so for people who don't have time to grind can buy in-game currency to spend and some weapons can be unlocked via Uplay credits which are free to earn via your Uplay account anyway. I personally don't buy in-game content at all and only believe that if micro-transactions are on multiplayer games it is unfair.... for single player games the only things you buy with your real money for in-game currency..... if you even want to buy them only affects your personal experience for campaign, not like GTA Online, Battlefield, Battlefront 1 & 2 Loot Packs etc etc so for single player content i don't mind but I personally don't buy content from any game I play!

    Apart from that 10/10 definately an upgrade for syndicate and the bugged monster Unity!

    Would recommend.    … Expand
  12. TheDeusEx
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    ААА? Графика, анимации, боевая система, ролевая система - дно пробито! Пустой и унылый открытый мир,забагованно просто невообразимо абсолютно все, и как вишенка на торте микротранзакции лутбоксы и прочее дерьмо -1/10
  13. BeeSting1
    Jan 1, 2021
    10
    An organic open world adventure.

    I've played a lot of open world games, but origins has to be the most enormous, immersive, and organic one. The missions in Origins is vastly improved from previous titles, even side quests. They don't feel repetitive at all. I rarely have the urge to play side quests in most games, because they feel like fillers, but the side quests in Origins feel    An organic open world adventure.

    I've played a lot of open world games, but origins has to be the most enormous, immersive, and organic one. The missions in Origins is vastly improved from previous titles, even side quests. They don't feel repetitive at all. I rarely have the urge to play side quests in most games, because they feel like fillers, but the side quests in Origins feel organic. They have good cutscenes and dialogue that make you feel like it ties in with the main quest. The mini plot in the side quests are interesting too.

    At first, the controls were really weird. Shoulder buttons were the main action buttons, but once I switched it to the alternate controls, it was much better. The combat is more difficult since there isn't any parry prompts, but it's still very playable. Stealth isn't as free as it was. Enemies are more aware, but you get an eagle that you can summon to scout the entire area. This was a very nice addition since it allowed the player to manually recon the place, instead of having the points of interest shown automatically.

    The narrative is my favorite. The relationship between Bayek and Aya is heart felt. You care about their cause, and want to fight for it. It's also very interesting how the story tells how the Assassin Brotherhood formed. All the other characters are good too. Very interesting death scenes, where you get to know the true intentions and thoughts of the templars. There are plenty of cinematics and dialogues in this game, which add so much to the narrative. I also loved the monologues from Bayek, as it added to his personality.

    If you like open world adventure games, you can't miss Origins. This is the best in that genre I've ever played.    … Expand
  14. ACValhallabest
    Oct 10, 2022
    10
    Good game, that got some usual nonsensical hate for whatever reason. Beautiful open world, solid story, lots of cool locations. Would recommend.
  15. Gbcrespo
    Sep 27, 2022
    10
    It's actually the most thought out Assassins game since the second. Everything is well crafted and has meaning, and there is a lot of content to get into, not so much to get repetitive.
  16. M4R71N
    Sep 27, 2022
    9
    Truly one of the best in the AC franchise. Ubisoft masterfully captured the Ancient Egypt setting and made the whole experience so immersive and engaging. Bayek's character development throughout the game is amazing. Easily takes 2nd place behind Ezio in terms of best characters in AC.
  17. EdWood94
    Sep 4, 2022
    9
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  18. Atyne
    Sep 16, 2021
    0
    It's not Assassin's Creed. Just a boring, generic, lifeless RPG with grinding and microtransaction.
  19. Brahim_Amine
    Aug 20, 2019
    7
    Beautiful game, but it doesn’t feel like an assassins creed game. I may be a bit of a fanboy, but I just miss the subtlety of the first few entries. I feel the stealth mechanics don’t work very well, and that a leveling system is unnecessary for the franchise. The game feels too grindy and the story isn’t interesting enough for me to want to follow. With any story, I feel it’s easier toBeautiful game, but it doesn’t feel like an assassins creed game. I may be a bit of a fanboy, but I just miss the subtlety of the first few entries. I feel the stealth mechanics don’t work very well, and that a leveling system is unnecessary for the franchise. The game feels too grindy and the story isn’t interesting enough for me to want to follow. With any story, I feel it’s easier to follow when you know how a character feels through the story, and Bayek had hardly any character, so it was hard for me to stay engaged in the story. I feel Unity, although really buggy and in dire need of a lot of polishing, was a step in the right direction. I don’t like being FORCED into combat and feel open combat should be a punishment for getting caught while in stealth.… Expand
  20. Krzych
    Dec 22, 2018
    8
    I was really amazed and totally addicted for the first 40-50 hours, playing for whole days and never getting bored. Visual fidelity, world design, magical setting, great main character, mechanics and combat are significantly improved over previous games (and tweakable with Animus Control Panel), post-assassination cutscenes are the best in the series, questing and story feels well thoughtI was really amazed and totally addicted for the first 40-50 hours, playing for whole days and never getting bored. Visual fidelity, world design, magical setting, great main character, mechanics and combat are significantly improved over previous games (and tweakable with Animus Control Panel), post-assassination cutscenes are the best in the series, questing and story feels well thought and diversified. This is how I felt about the game for a long time, more than half of total playthrough. As far as open world story driven 3rd person RPGs go, this felt evey bit as good as the greatest games of the genre and gave the same amazement that Witcher 3 or NieR Automata did. Unfortunately it didn't last till the end of the game as from some point the story got a massive decrease in quality to the point of total ridiculousness, very repeatable landscape and extremely monotonic soundtrack of literally just 3 or 4 tracks for the entire game caused a natural weariness from seeing and hearing exactly the same thing for 50+ hours, game was also no longer trying to diversify anything and felt extremely repetitive and generic. So in the end I was forcing myself to finish the game. Then I hoped for something refreshing with two main DLCs, but to no avail and I was forcing through them too. Unbelievable how much of a rollercoaster this game was. It held a great promise at the beginning and really felt amazing for well over a half of playthrough, but managed to ruin it completely. There is simply a point at which game falls on its face completely and degrades drastically compared to earlier parts, leaving this great promise unfulfilled, destroyed even. This seems to be the case with the entire AC series, which is also a great concept that holds a great promise, but it is never fulfiled. Still, I had amazing time with it for the most part, but it is just so underdeveloped and unsatisfying in the later parts that it leaves you with disappointment and a lot to be desired, especially after how promising the game feels at the beginning.… Expand
  21. Eburon
    Sep 16, 2019
    8
    Both the open world and the combat system have seen massive improvements over previous titles. The story keeps you interested most of the time. I'm personally stoked for Odyssey, but that's mainly because I take a deep interest in ancient Greece.
  22. CenereMist
    Oct 15, 2018
    8
    the best way to improve ac's gameplay. another story then the previous ones, although i think AC Brotherhood is better.
  23. AlinuxOP
    Apr 25, 2019
    9
    I played almost all Assassin's Creed games, and I could say that Assassin's Creed - Origins, it's one of the best titles in the franchise. There are a lot of pros, regarding this game. The game, has good graphics, it's looking great. It has a nice storyline, well portrayed, including moments of joy, and moments of sadness, like real life. Also, the game it's very good optimized, withoutI played almost all Assassin's Creed games, and I could say that Assassin's Creed - Origins, it's one of the best titles in the franchise. There are a lot of pros, regarding this game. The game, has good graphics, it's looking great. It has a nice storyline, well portrayed, including moments of joy, and moments of sadness, like real life. Also, the game it's very good optimized, without any annoying bugs. In conclusion, it worth my time. Very good game, Ubisoft!… Expand
  24. skyfireswe
    Feb 13, 2019
    9
    Simply amazing! Amazingly big world, loads of quest, great story and characters and awesome skill tree. Don't listen to the enemy level sceptics, it is not a problem at all. I have played 67 hours, and have like 20 side missions left.
  25. Bakdassa
    Mar 21, 2019
    9
    I think that even when the game can't be better than ac 2 and brotherhood, for me, is the 3rd best of the whole franchise, it has an improved gameplay and the combat sistem is more challenging than previous games, the open world is beautifull and huge, its really fun to travel trough the desert and the cities, the new eagle sistem is just perfect and improves one of the weakest points ofI think that even when the game can't be better than ac 2 and brotherhood, for me, is the 3rd best of the whole franchise, it has an improved gameplay and the combat sistem is more challenging than previous games, the open world is beautifull and huge, its really fun to travel trough the desert and the cities, the new eagle sistem is just perfect and improves one of the weakest points of the ac games.

    The only thing that i would improve, would be the story and the amount of secondary missions, but even with that, is one of my favorite games.

    Btw... ot runs perfect on my computer with ultra settings, i have a ryzen 7 2700x and a rtx 2070.

    Note... sorry for my spelling, I speak spanish so sorry for the mistakes    … Expand
  26. Genek13
    Nov 14, 2019
    8
    Im glad that they rebuild AC formula in this game - especially fighting mehanics. Egipt looks amazing :) And suprislingly game runs very good on my Lenovo Legion Y520 laptop, which was not obvious on the beginiing.
  27. Squicker
    Jan 2, 2019
    9
    A vast and stunning open world realisation of ancient Egypt that I do not want to leave, despite completing the game fairly quickly. This is the first AC game I have played, so cannot compare to previous installments as others have done. But it's got me hooked and I've just started AC Odyssey.

    The combat is very good but often rather unchallenging. The missions are enjoyable and not too    A vast and stunning open world realisation of ancient Egypt that I do not want to leave, despite completing the game fairly quickly. This is the first AC game I have played, so cannot compare to previous installments as others have done. But it's got me hooked and I've just started AC Odyssey.

    The combat is very good but often rather unchallenging. The missions are enjoyable and not too long-winded. There's an interesting array of weapon and skill choices and I really cared about the characters I met.

    I did not have an issue with grind as others mention, I just played the game as I wanted and easily out-levelled the content by the time I finished the last main story quest, and I still have a lot of areas yet to explore.

    As a vision of ancient Egypt, it doesn't get better than this and even though I have finished the main plot, I'll still keep on coming back for me just to enjoy this lovingly created world.    … Expand
  28. WiseOwlTV
    Sep 27, 2019
    10
    The most beautiful looking Assassin's Creed ever and AMAZING GamePlay. There are minor bugs and glitches, but in a game THIS SIZE, yo uwould ahve to be a complete **** to call out Ubisoft for them. By far one of the best Assassin's Creed games made, and a wonderful expirience
  29. showt
    Dec 9, 2019
    10
    Amazing Game, Amazing Story, Amazing Character. This game always be a Masterpiece
  30. degameros
    Mar 30, 2018
    4
    Beautiful game, BORING world, ZERO detail, side quest farm and so on. If you want to play a real open world game rich with story and details then kingdom come deliverance is much much much better.
  31. Gor1945
    Nov 2, 2017
    2
    Дальнейшая деградация серии - про все более убогий сюжет и унылых персонажей можно даже не вспоминать, как и про техническую отсталость - анимация 2008 года мать ее, это все сопутствующее конвейерного производства имени ubisoft, но зачем было ломать то что худо бедно работало - зачем было лепить из ассасина недо рпг, лавры Ведьмака покоя не дают, так все равно он для вас недосягаем.Дальнейшая деградация серии - про все более убогий сюжет и унылых персонажей можно даже не вспоминать, как и про техническую отсталость - анимация 2008 года мать ее, это все сопутствующее конвейерного производства имени ubisoft, но зачем было ломать то что худо бедно работало - зачем было лепить из ассасина недо рпг, лавры Ведьмака покоя не дают, так все равно он для вас недосягаем. Убогая боевка - с циферками XP вылетающими при ударе - и это в ассасине то, я своим глазам не поверил, когда увидел, плюс прокачка - с настойчивыми предложениями задонатить - чтобы лучше качалось - в топку это дерьмо, если нужна РПГ - я буду в РПГ играть, а не в этот шлак.… Expand
  32. TomekCiv
    Jan 24, 2018
    1
    Is very bad game.. Mission is not different ;/, A.I is broken, but graphics in HDR is very cool.
  33. gazoon007
    Dec 15, 2017
    0
    MY GOD, PLEASE FIX THE PERFORMANCE, REMOVE THE DRM, I am not enjoying it anymore, seriously i am not a pirate anymore, but why you have to sacrifice our comfortable playing this game just to avoid the bunch of crackers, this is really anti customer move
  34. n4nirmal
    Jan 20, 2018
    3
    Awesome world.
    Story implemented was very poor, very poor writing.
    Lacks interesting protagonist and enemies
    Meaningless contents. more quantity over quality
    NPC and enemies are emotionless dummies, bad AI
  35. SofaTrooper
    Nov 3, 2017
    0
    A terrible pc port, huge fps drops and erratic CPU usage. Ubisoft can live in denial regarding its anti-piracy methods but it's quite obvious what is causing the issue. Paying consumers are being affected by this which is inexcusable.
  36. Xarxan
    Nov 2, 2017
    0
    Here it is folks the next title in Ubisoft's saga of "Let's see how many bugs can we get away with". Come one and all to see faceless mannequins, crocodiles that walk like men and many many other wonders of nature
  37. Sirex2003
    Nov 7, 2017
    5
    A ton of bugs. But main problem of this game is that world and quests fills completely separate from each other. You can wipe out and loot out hideout, and then get a quest to take an artifact in same place, and then take a guest to free someone there. So you have to go in the same places over and over again (it's very boring). is it so hard to place there that artifact and someone fromA ton of bugs. But main problem of this game is that world and quests fills completely separate from each other. You can wipe out and loot out hideout, and then get a quest to take an artifact in same place, and then take a guest to free someone there. So you have to go in the same places over and over again (it's very boring). is it so hard to place there that artifact and someone from the start? Combat animation is broken when height level is different for character and NPC. Carriage system is absolutely horrible since Syndicate. Since Unity the only thing changing is world around, and it's beautiful.… Expand
  38. lac61087
    Nov 2, 2017
    0
    *This review can only be unlocked by buying Micro transactions*

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    Don't buy this game, only buy if you support shallow open world gameplay that we have seen many times before, items behind paywalls and bad performance. So if you do buy this game you are technically an enemy since your money is helping cripple this industry.
  39. VivaElPRI
    Nov 2, 2017
    0
    The game simply does not meet the expectations that really promised, I hope that during the development time, they would be more annoyed to improve it in the PC version, but it just goes like **** on my PC the BF1 walks in 4K Ultra Settings 40-60fps but this just barely goes at 30fps with stability issues
  40. claven
    Nov 3, 2017
    2
    First of all, the pros:
    - the game itself is very good. The world is quite beautiful, the revamped combat system is better than in previous AC games, and the main character is likeable, plus the huge step toward RPG is nice.
    Unfortunately, that doesn't mean this is a game worth your money, because... The cons: - on PC, this game is nigh unplayable. Whether it's just a terrible    First of all, the pros:
    - the game itself is very good. The world is quite beautiful, the revamped combat system is better than in previous AC games, and the main character is likeable, plus the huge step toward RPG is nice.
    Unfortunately, that doesn't mean this is a game worth your money, because...

    The cons:
    - on PC, this game is nigh unplayable. Whether it's just a terrible optimization or the crazy DRM messing up the performance, be prepared for random stutters and fps drops to single digits regardless of your hardware or graphic settings. Moreover, the 100% CPU usage can cut down the lifetime of your CPU substantially and lead to BSOD and general system unstability. At present, this game is a credible threat to your hardware, avoid it.

    In closing, if you're thinking about buying this, don't. Wait until Ubisoft patches this thing A LOT or buy it on consoles, where it's mostly fine.    … Expand
  41. beast89
    Nov 11, 2017
    0
    Take a 0 Because the game does not offer a good performance for having two protections VMProtect and denuvo what puts the cpu to 100% I think I have wasted my money in this game
  42. Pat
    Nov 13, 2017
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First, some of the negatives.

    If you have played the first 10 hours of Assassin's Creed: Origins, then you have played the whole game. The combat is fun for a little while, but pretty much all the non boss enemies you will encounter are seen in that 10 hours. The main story plus doing side quests and exploring took 35-40 hours, so the repetitiveness gets a bit grueling. The main character is likable, but terribly gullible. He is constantly manipulated by his wife, who repeatedly coaxes him into carrying out her bad decisions as well as becoming a mass murderer, by playing on the loss of their son. The game then forces you to play as her, but she has the same skill set as the main character except not as good. Worse versions of all the main characters abilities, worse weapons an armour, etc. She's mean to everyone. She complains all the time. Essentially, she is the complete opposite of the main character except for his bad quality, being extremely gullible. I know they were going for strong female character here, but they created the opposite. Whoops

    Positives

    The environments in this game are beautiful and capture Egypt really well. The animations look great. They kind of adopted the Breath of the Wild climb anything mentality in this iteration. Old games required certain handhold set pieces. This gives a lot more freedom trying to navigate the world as well as infiltrate a stronghold. The fighting, for the most part, feels alright. The different weapon mods are neat. Game-play in general all feels really solid. The best part of most Assassin's Creed games for me ends up not being the games themselves, but the history they are based off of. This game is no different. Found myself looking up all sorts of Egyptian history and geography.

    Like most of these AC games, I wish the story was more gripping. If this were a movie story, it would give a 2 or so out of 10. Luckily, it is a video game :)    … Expand
  43. ars8992
    Dec 7, 2017
    0
    Awfull PC perfomance even with i5 6600k (4.6Ghz) and GTX 1060 6gb!!! You have i5? Expect FPS drops like crazy. Because of Denuvo + VMProtect used on this game you need a beast of a CPU to handle this. Up to this point there is silence from UBI on the matter of performance.
  44. JMGBORO
    Feb 12, 2018
    4
    It's a badly made glitch fest, don't waste your money. It's a very boring game, the controls are terrible and the combat just feels clunky. Won't ever play it again, that's for sure! One hour of that dross is enough for me.
  45. bronzi
    Sep 24, 2019
    4
    The gameplay loop is kind of fun, though it's awfully superficial and repetitive. There's too much on the map, including totally unnecessary repeatable quests. The mediocre gameplay systems might be enough to carry a great story, but the story is the worst aspect of the game. It's incomprehensible, the dialogue is generally awful, and I don't care in the slightest about what's going on.The gameplay loop is kind of fun, though it's awfully superficial and repetitive. There's too much on the map, including totally unnecessary repeatable quests. The mediocre gameplay systems might be enough to carry a great story, but the story is the worst aspect of the game. It's incomprehensible, the dialogue is generally awful, and I don't care in the slightest about what's going on. It's a shame because there is a lot of inherent mystery and adventure in the setting of ancient Egypt, but it's not taken advantage of in the slightest. It feels like a generic revenge story that could be told in any setting and in any era.… Expand
  46. NaeemPK
    Nov 2, 2017
    0
    Game Uses 100% of CPU even on i7 overclocked , i think it has some coin minner built into game and optimisation in very bad for AMD gpus even for Rx vega untill ubisoft fix the issues it's a 0 from me
  47. HatMan123
    Nov 2, 2017
    0
    Ну что ж. Игра всё такая же, как и прошлые части, забагованное отродье небезызвестной компании Ubisoft. Графика может и стала лучше, но не для конца 2017 года уж точно. Из запоминающихся персонажей выделить можно только парочку и главный герой в эту парочку точно не входит. Не верьте этой куче накрученных отзывов.Ну что ж. Игра всё такая же, как и прошлые части, забагованное отродье небезызвестной компании Ubisoft. Графика может и стала лучше, но не для конца 2017 года уж точно. Из запоминающихся персонажей выделить можно только парочку и главный герой в эту парочку точно не входит. Не верьте этой куче накрученных отзывов.
  48. kurniau
    Nov 4, 2017
    1
    Игру выпустили недоделанную и забагованную. ИИ отвратительный, одни из самых тупых ботов которые я всиречал. Элементы мморпг только портят игру. Про отсталую графику можно и не говорить. Данная игра делалась не для фанатов, а для кошельков разработчиков и издателей. В наглую тычат в лицо донатом.Игру выпустили недоделанную и забагованную. ИИ отвратительный, одни из самых тупых ботов которые я всиречал. Элементы мморпг только портят игру. Про отсталую графику можно и не говорить. Данная игра делалась не для фанатов, а для кошельков разработчиков и издателей. В наглую тычат в лицо донатом.
  49. laszlo1337
    Nov 5, 2017
    0
    Disgusting practices by Ubisoft. Basically second EA. because of Ubisoft's behaviour I will make sure I will not ever play any of their games again. enough is enough. Ubisoft and EA destroyed something I loved. They destroyed gaming in the name of their sole interests. They do everything against players, they do not love gaming, they only love money.
  50. LifeHistory
    Apr 26, 2018
    4
    Let me start by saying I am a big AC fan you have no idea and I played every AC game out there except the 2D ones.

    I can tell you this is not an AC game. The design and feel of the game is totally different. It simply a whole new game with an AC skin and name. Even if it didn't have the AC name I would still think its a bad game. Why bother play this game when there is a Witcher 3    Let me start by saying I am a big AC fan you have no idea and I played every AC game out there except the 2D ones.

    I can tell you this is not an AC game. The design and feel of the game is totally different. It simply a whole new game with an AC skin and name. Even if it didn't have the AC name I would still think its a bad game.

    Why bother play this game when there is a Witcher 3 game that is a galaxy far far away from this garbage. They tried so had to make the world as big as possible without putting time in other important stuff like story and other stuff that made AC an AC game.

    The story is bad with too many tailing missions. The performance is so damn bad and the worst thing of this game on even the high end PCs. All in all AC is totally dead to me after AC-Syndicate which was an awesome game which was very underrated by many and many did not even give it a chance.

    Let me tell you something you damn Ubisoft. There was nothing wrong with the previous ACs because each one was getting better and better. The only downside is that they lacked the content off side missions and a bit smarter Ai. And in the end they were all better than this.    … Expand
  51. Drive637
    Nov 15, 2017
    0
    First off, thumbs down for tanking performance due to your DRM layers, second this game has NOTHING to do with the saga. I just can't believe the phoney consensus on it, nor can I accept to see benighted people assert that Origins is better than Assassin's Creed 2 and Brotherhood... Ubisoft just destroyed the whole lore of Assassin's Creed just to attract new people utterly unfamiliar withFirst off, thumbs down for tanking performance due to your DRM layers, second this game has NOTHING to do with the saga. I just can't believe the phoney consensus on it, nor can I accept to see benighted people assert that Origins is better than Assassin's Creed 2 and Brotherhood... Ubisoft just destroyed the whole lore of Assassin's Creed just to attract new people utterly unfamiliar with the saga's values. They removed all the things that made previous titles like AC2 and Brotherhood so good : no dual hidden blades, no recruits, they got rid of historical memories and real side quests that are yet so important in every self-respecting AC. Ancient combat has been replaced with a lore-unfriendly RPG-based system which was clearly not needed in order to bring more challenge. Freerun is half-baked. Messing up with everything is not what I call a return to the roots. I've been waiting four years for a game that feels like it's not even part of the series I have known for ten years, what a disgrace.

    Then it's a NO Ashraf Ismail, your vision is off the beam on too many points. Most people seem to have forgotten what a true Assassin's Creed is about, makes me weep as to the future of this saga since I don't want to see that direction being pushed further for the next game. Once more, Ubi proved themselves capable of missing the boat even after taking a year off. A good game, but a poor Assassin's Creed.

    P.S : At first I was set to give this game a 6/10 on behalf of the exceptional reconstitution of ancient Egypt, but I decided to mollify it when I saw that most of the positive reviews given here were mere shams just aimed at promoting the game. So instead of a 6, you get a 0.    … Expand
  52. ajje
    Nov 19, 2017
    6
    I've enjoyed the AC series, iteration I - IV (black flag) and the main attraction of it was that it continued the stealth gameplay that the *original* Splinter cell game established, but which the latter series for some reason abandoned in its sequels. AC Origins however does away with the stealth focus, and a number of other things which made the previous titles fun to play. To me theI've enjoyed the AC series, iteration I - IV (black flag) and the main attraction of it was that it continued the stealth gameplay that the *original* Splinter cell game established, but which the latter series for some reason abandoned in its sequels. AC Origins however does away with the stealth focus, and a number of other things which made the previous titles fun to play. To me the game was a major disappointment. Where the former four installments had interesting stories to tell, characters you had some emotional attachment to, skills that manifested naturally as part of the story, Origins has none of that.

    In Origins you are a clumsy social worker with "sword", who flails unsuccessfully his weapon unless you continuously spend hours doing tedious busy-work to get a [experience] counter to increase. This means the game *forces* you to do tedious and repetitive busy-work even if all you want is to play the main story-line.

    Gameplay:
    The above paragraph says it all. The gameplay has regressed on all fronts except graphics and map size. Where the previous titles allowed you to focus on *what* you wanted to do, Origins have you constantly focus on *how*. This may appeal to some players, but it did not to me. The witcher struck a fine balance between player agency during combat and still being "an awesome hero". Origins has rougher control and response which makes fights imprecise and a bit of a crap shoot. This wouldn't have been so bad if the game didn't at the same time do away with most of the stealth which has been the hallmark of the franchise. In this combat oriented title these rough controls really got on my nerves.

    Protagonist:
    The main character is as wooden and uninteresting as a twig. Easily the least interesting character in the entire AC franchise so far. He has a wife however which has a lot more personality, seems involved in a much more interesting setting and plots. For example being an instrument to Cleopatra taking power, and when playing the game I felt that it would have been much better to have *her* cast as the lead.

    Story:
    It doesn't matter since most aspects of the game seems so detached from it. No interesting developments happening related to it, only a few lackluster recall cut-scenes which have no bearing on the progression of the game. It's a classic revenge setting. A family member got killed and off you go into the world.

    Side quests:
    The accomplishment of providing interesting and engaging side quests which the witcher game brought about two years ago has clearly been noted by Ubisoft. In Origins the company tried to tackle their number one complaint across their titles; forcing people through tedious fetch-quests. Unfortunately they did not study the inspirational title hard enough. Ubi observed some of the ingredients which made witcher side quests appreciated by the public, but failed entirely at putting those ingredients together, into something which resulted in entertainment. Instead what Origins offers side-quest-wise are still the same boring fetch-quests that have plagued the company's titles for years. The only difference to previous games is that this time they have you follow (literally run / ride behind) some uninteresting NPC, that you'll never meet again, for minutes, listening to pointless conversation, and *then* applies their old formula; pick up an item/kill a person or animal. There's absolutely no connection to the story, making these exercises entirely mind-numbingly boring and pointless.

    Technical:
    Ran OK on a Windows 7 machine with Intel i7 4770 CPU, 32GB RAM and GTX 1080 with frame rates between 40-60 FPS. No crashes that I can recall.

    Conclusion:
    This is the first AC game which I will not complete. I've invested 40 hours into it and can stand it no more.
    When I feel like playing a stealth game right now, I see two titles on my desktop. Wolfenstein NC and Origins. Wolfenstein gives me more satisfying stealth game play, controls, interesting characters and a better story. So if you're looking for some satisfying sneak-killing, then Origins is probably not for you.

    The following excellent review echoes my own feelings about the game nearly perfectly. Particularly observations 20-4 in the article's descending order. Chagrins 4-1 I did not agree with or did not suffer:
    https://www.thegamer.com/the-worst-things-about-assassins-creed-origins/    … Expand
  53. zwireqq
    Nov 2, 2017
    6
    I played every other AC game before and now I put 20 hours into Origins and I give this game 6/10. Graphics are very good, world looks beautiful and attention to details is impressive too. Combat system - nothing groundbreaking, feels ok, I dont like light paths after attacks, ruins mood for me. AI of the opponent is just meh... stupid as always. Main character Bayek is unfortunately dullI played every other AC game before and now I put 20 hours into Origins and I give this game 6/10. Graphics are very good, world looks beautiful and attention to details is impressive too. Combat system - nothing groundbreaking, feels ok, I dont like light paths after attacks, ruins mood for me. AI of the opponent is just meh... stupid as always. Main character Bayek is unfortunately dull and boring. Side quests are meaningless fetch quest, go there bring that, kill him, steal that, no real story behind them and complexity, there was only one or two that was "cool". Loot system is ok, cool looking armors and weapons. Soundtrack is amazing, Every song enhances the mood in the game. Lipsync is off very often and sometimes I beg for the NPC to stfu already, every minute you hear the same small talks of the NPC's, once I had 3 NPC talking the same text with little delay, it sounded like an echo. Performacne - CPU usage at 100% all the time, frame drops but overall not bad, I was able to run AC on ultra on my 4yr old pc. Is this game worth 60$ + 40$ season pass + micro-transactions? Hell no, but if you wait and get it for maybe 30$ at discount then its a fair price for the experience.… Expand
  54. socokid
    Dec 21, 2017
    9
    I see a lot of 0 reviews from people complaining about DRM? Meh, bought it through Steam, think it launches UPlay, but... it goes so fast that to complain about it seems unbelievably childish.

    The game itself is damned good, super fun. Haven't had this much fun with an AC game since Black Flag. It's huge, the combat is fun as heck and the revenge story works. The graphics are    I see a lot of 0 reviews from people complaining about DRM? Meh, bought it through Steam, think it launches UPlay, but... it goes so fast that to complain about it seems unbelievably childish.

    The game itself is damned good, super fun. Haven't had this much fun with an AC game since Black Flag. It's huge, the combat is fun as heck and the revenge story works.

    The graphics are exceptional. Witcher 3 level graphics. Not sure what else to say. It's a really good AC game and so far has been worth every penny.    … Expand
  55. Rrichard
    Feb 6, 2018
    7
    Good:

    Graphics
    World
    Combat

    Bad:
    Performance
    Story
    Quests

    Its like a wannabe version of the Witcher 3, with a SJW story for children. The world and graphics are enough to keep going, but its wholly unmemorable.
  56. Infeenite
    Nov 25, 2017
    10
    The story is great, the performance is good (Having 40-50ish FPS on GTX 1080 & i5 6600K on 4K), I really enjoyed it. I like the overall refresh of combat system, that is a bit more challenging and fun to play. Also the environment looks awesome.
  57. FlashHendricks
    Jan 29, 2018
    2
    Everyone likes different games, but for me this is too linear and the missions are all the same (go to point a and kill a bunch of people). It looks fantastic and the sheer scale, historical detail, etc., is stunning, but the “story” is utterly awful; *much* less engaging and varied than Syndicate. I disliked the lack of stealth (not my idea of being an Assassin) particularly, but mostlyEveryone likes different games, but for me this is too linear and the missions are all the same (go to point a and kill a bunch of people). It looks fantastic and the sheer scale, historical detail, etc., is stunning, but the “story” is utterly awful; *much* less engaging and varied than Syndicate. I disliked the lack of stealth (not my idea of being an Assassin) particularly, but mostly it was the repetition that got to me. I bought the Hidden Ones, hoping it would add some variety but it’s just (way) more of the same.… Expand
  58. RustyCoin
    Apr 18, 2018
    2
    Almost everything bad about this game. I'll start with map, because many ppl says it's strong part of this game. Well it's not, map is big yes, but it's empty - 2 of 3 parts of map is only deserts and seas and the remaining part are small cities and all of them are the same. Other negative in AC: Origins is fighting system - it's so unrealistic that it makes me laugh sometimes - constantAlmost everything bad about this game. I'll start with map, because many ppl says it's strong part of this game. Well it's not, map is big yes, but it's empty - 2 of 3 parts of map is only deserts and seas and the remaining part are small cities and all of them are the same. Other negative in AC: Origins is fighting system - it's so unrealistic that it makes me laugh sometimes - constant dodging like this in a sand , it's like Bayek is on the ice, not on the solid ground, button mashing system to kill somebody.

    Boring story, repetitive side quests, and you are forced to do them in order to rise your level up, so you could proceed to your main story. And those side quests are pretty much the same - clear bandit camps or gather some materials, that's it.

    Since the story ended in AC III with Desmond Miles, AC franchise is pretty much dead. (The Black Flag was good game without a doubt, but it was more like a pirate game, not really about Assassins vs The Order based game). In AC: Origins there are no more conspiracy theories, like it was in first AC games that was main momentum of this franchise, all we have left is unimmersive, repetitive, grinding bs with Assassin's Creed brand on it.    … Expand
  59. Tabyreka_1337
    Feb 3, 2019
    0
    Yubisoft this is the company that produces **** It's time for them to close and not to create these boring games.
  60. Nobilis1984
    Nov 4, 2017
    1
    One of the biggest garbage plays of the year

    I have had all Assassins Creed plays and could always find fun in it. But here this is the biggest snot. One has gone away so much from the original play it simply hurts. Except good graphics are here everything for the tonne. This would be, e. g. , the incredibly bad fight system, the lost Assassins Creed feeling, insignificant Quests, a    One of the biggest garbage plays of the year

    I have had all Assassins Creed plays and could always find fun in it. But here this is the biggest snot.
    One has gone away so much from the original play it simply hurts. Except good graphics are here everything for the tonne.
    This would be, e. g. , the incredibly bad fight system, the lost Assassins Creed feeling, insignificant Quests, a too big world and the long time motivation is not there also any more.    … Expand
  61. Jaevla
    Nov 6, 2017
    0
    DRM layer killing performance. I don't have the best cpu (6700k o/c+msi 1080 Lighting), but something wrong here. Game freezing out of the box. Unplayable. I see all around web, Origin scores such as 10/10.. Payed by Ubi to promote? I knew IGN get's deep pockets by class A companies to promote junks,but Metacritic jumped into honey pot too? Such a shame..
  62. Mattocaster2
    Nov 6, 2017
    0
    Love how it comes with two DRM bits of software, wont run cleanly at all, thanks!
    Microtransactions, grindy and its just iconically ubisoft in everyway.
  63. johnkoepi
    Nov 6, 2017
    0
    Not taking into an account bad graphics and animation, empty characters and stupid storytelling, its just an unfinished raw peace mockingly outraged original series, awfully borrowing gameplay from FarCry, Witcher and Horizon with the stupidest combat system EVER: if your foe two levels higher than you, you die with 1 strike. Very unbalanced grinder.
  64. bigdeadanimals
    Mar 28, 2019
    7
    Pros:
    - well-made world. really great work made by designers, 3 game in a row I feel sad for them, for making such incredible worlds, and not getting enough praise cause other parts of the game are quite far from "great".
    - great pre-death scenes, with great performances - quite good dlcs, outer world landscapes are one of the most visualy reach things Ive seen in last years. - now we    Pros:
    - well-made world. really great work made by designers, 3 game in a row I feel sad for them, for making such incredible worlds, and not getting enough praise cause other parts of the game are quite far from "great".
    - great pre-death scenes, with great performances
    - quite good dlcs, outer world landscapes are one of the most visualy reach things Ive seen in last years.
    - now we know why assassins started to cut finger
    - some emotionally envolving quests
    - devs continue on bringing back some good stuff that they removed in Unity and Syndicate

    Cons:
    *anti pirate system that eats a 50% more of PC performance.
    - sadly forgettable main quest with self-repeating plot (one more revenge coolstory)
    - "rpg elements", leveling that makes game more repetitive and prolonged but dont add anything fascinating. grindwalls.
    - stealth mechanics almost removed.
    - 2 hidden knifes removed. no awesome kills on the run and other cool animations from the past allowed.
    - no new cool weapons/fighting styles
    - no big items or sets that we would like to collect.
    - combat system, "inspired by" Witcher and Dark Souls. Every cool feature from the 1-4AC removed. Shield gameplay that got boring in DS2 and been removed and laughed at in Bloodborne in 2015, been copied in AC in 2017. Makes gameplay boring and repetitive af, while not bringing anything fascinating. Cool animations of parrying and killing more than 1 enemy - removed. Everything that been lackluster in Wither and DS - blindly copied while AC also add broken "lock-on" on top of it.
    - Only good thing that been added in Unity was new depth in killing main enemies. We have a place with enemy and many ways to make it to them. In Syndicate this been brought even further with awesome context kills. Now everything is removed.
    - less realism with flying numbers and stabs with giant swords that only make character to move backwards a little bit and say "ooh"
    - bad new controls. Hidden Kill placed on separate button while still only being used in context situations.
    - not an assassins creed game.    … Expand
  65. lhmtgame
    Feb 14, 2018
    6
    ACO is just a Far Cry Primal but in Third Person View.

    - I love the way they render the sand, fog, and wind effects. But I hate the way they ported the game from Console to PC version. Too much stuttering and lag. - The buying, selling, adding point system by hold your left-click is too annoying. - The inventory, gear interface are stupid and inconvenient. Why they don't make it like    ACO is just a Far Cry Primal but in Third Person View.

    - I love the way they render the sand, fog, and wind effects. But I hate the way they ported the game from Console to PC version. Too much stuttering and lag.
    - The buying, selling, adding point system by hold your left-click is too annoying.
    - The inventory, gear interface are stupid and inconvenient. Why they don't make it like FarCry's inventory menu instead..!
    - Ubi's games have one thing that make us a little bit boring... Hitting people doesn't make them fall.

    Bottom line, the game is good, or I say that it's the best in AC series. I played AC1, AC2,... only not more than 2h, each of them because it's boring. But AC Origins is interested.    … Expand
  66. PhantomBlast
    Dec 14, 2017
    1
    Meu voto é 1 porque o jogo é muito mal otimizado para PC e a qualidade minima é horrível! a Ubisoft deveria se importar mais com os jogadores do PC.
  67. M1shka
    Mar 26, 2018
    1
    Самая худшая часть игры! Что бы пройти сюжет тебе надо пройти скучные обосранные дополнительные миссии. Видимо разработчики поняли, что игроки огромный болт клали на дополнительные миссии и сделали их обязательными. О да, всегда мечтал отнести труп кому-то!Самая худшая часть игры! Что бы пройти сюжет тебе надо пройти скучные обосранные дополнительные миссии. Видимо разработчики поняли, что игроки огромный болт клали на дополнительные миссии и сделали их обязательными. О да, всегда мечтал отнести труп кому-то!
  68. SansireNerevar
    Jun 25, 2019
    1
    Forces you to do fetch-sidequests in order to proceed with the main story due to the level cap. What a waste of time and money.
  69. P4zific
    Nov 2, 2017
    3
    Эта игра доказала, что игра может лагать как на ПК, так и на консолях, эта игра доказала что игре не нужны красивые текстуры, эта игра доказала, что в игре не нужен хороший сюжет... отвратная боевка, плохой сюжет - это Assassin's Creed: Origins.Эта игра доказала, что игра может лагать как на ПК, так и на консолях, эта игра доказала что игре не нужны красивые текстуры, эта игра доказала, что в игре не нужен хороший сюжет... отвратная боевка, плохой сюжет - это Assassin's Creed: Origins.
  70. zainahm
    Nov 4, 2017
    10
    A great game with a story that although slow to start really picks it up after the prologue. The new combat system feels fresh albeit a bit clunky however it's not something you particularly notice during gameplay. There is a ridiculous amount of things to do and all of it feels worthwhile. It's a shame it carries the AC logo because the haters are never far away and as you can see fromA great game with a story that although slow to start really picks it up after the prologue. The new combat system feels fresh albeit a bit clunky however it's not something you particularly notice during gameplay. There is a ridiculous amount of things to do and all of it feels worthwhile. It's a shame it carries the AC logo because the haters are never far away and as you can see from the huge amounts of negatives the haters have found their way here. An excellent game do yourself a favor and pick this one up.… Expand
  71. idsrsalgado
    Nov 17, 2017
    4
    There are great ideas, it has beautiful scenarios but the DRM and micropayments are the worst thing in current videogames. I want full games for a single payment.
  72. ManRammer
    Nov 20, 2017
    1
    1. DRM that kills and butchers the processor.
    2. REALLY beautiful. But this is about it with the positives.
    3. The world feels like an EMPTY movie set. No way to interact with it or feel part of it. 4. Grind. Grind. Grind. Feels like MMO grind for resources and RNG loot drops. 5. Microtransactions fuelled by the need to skip GRIND. 6. No INTERACTIVE conversations, nothing that really    1. DRM that kills and butchers the processor.
    2. REALLY beautiful. But this is about it with the positives.
    3. The world feels like an EMPTY movie set. No way to interact with it or feel part of it.
    4. Grind. Grind. Grind. Feels like MMO grind for resources and RNG loot drops.
    5. Microtransactions fuelled by the need to skip GRIND.
    6. No INTERACTIVE conversations, nothing that really makes me invested.
    7. Combat is sluggish and poorly executed. The controls for combat are bad, the target lock system is bad. The moves, dodges and parry don't flow like they should. It just borrows from Witcher, Dark Souls, Batman and kept some from old AC games. But it is just not satisfying at all.
    8. The level system also makes it so that either u breeze through fights not caring and get hit 20 times without dying, or get 2 shot by harder enemies. This is unless u are almost EXACTLY at your own level.
    9. Aiming with bow u can tell that it is controller adapted. When I move my mouse a tiny micrometer, the zoomed sight ingame jumps a few pixels instead of one pixel as in any other game.
    10. It lost that driving Assassin's Creed style narrative, especially like in AC 2 + expansions.
    11. Want to have some random encounters, random stuff happening when travelling this ENORMOUS map? How about.. hmm.. 3 man horse soldier caravans carrying metal/wood/money? How about having the same caravanas COPY PASTED ACROSS THE WHOLE ENORMOUS OPEN WORLD WITH NO OTHER VARIATION AT ALL??

    12. Assassin's Creed: Far Cry - literally just started doing the same open world stuff like Far Cry. Just.. no.... not another base to take over... except in this u have a mission to go in, kill commander and steal the treasure chest. So u kill leader, take treasure chest (get rng low quality loot, cuz plz buy legendary in store) and leave.. Only to have the whole base still run by enemy and soldiers respawn after some time. This time u have no effect at all on the map!

    Jesus, I could do this all day long, but this game is not worth any more of my time. Great great graphics, they could just use this in grade school history classes for kids to look at an interpretation of old Egypt. But as a game it is just so hollow..    … Expand
  73. oz4n
    Nov 29, 2017
    7
    Assassin's Creed is a wrong title for this decent game. I understand that the concept is "origins", so it'd be necessary to not see so much Assassin-ish stuff, but it's imho not the correct move after taking 2 years off.

    Graphics are amazing. All visuals but facial animations are fantastic in this game. The details are mind-blowingly many and amazing. I find the plot indecent;    Assassin's Creed is a wrong title for this decent game. I understand that the concept is "origins", so it'd be necessary to not see so much Assassin-ish stuff, but it's imho not the correct move after taking 2 years off.

    Graphics are amazing. All visuals but facial animations are fantastic in this game. The details are mind-blowingly many and amazing.

    I find the plot indecent; initially it was good but then it went too vague, to me it seemed like the dudes went off-budget and cropped a lot from the late parts of the game. I got bored by the last few missions and wanted to finish & remove the game quickly.

    Combat is so much fun and obviously better than the prev AC games, but again a wrong move for an AC game. Who needed it?

    Stealth is a miss. Guards are much more responsive which is great, the AI is decent; but where the heck are crowd kills or in general, the disguise? Combat is given more importance in the game. Again, wrong move.

    Parkour is totally eliminated. I show my mid finger here to the devs.

    The modern life parts were unnecessary. Everyone has an Animus these days and especially this dudette can go to everyone's past. Really?

    Anyway, all in all this was a decent ARPG game but hell no, by no means, an AC game.    … Expand
  74. Renaigse
    Feb 5, 2020
    5
    Тупейшие враги, тупейший и скучнейший сюжет, повторяющиеся и неинтересные сайды, за парочкой исключений, отвратная озвучка из-за которой порой просто пропускал катсцены, лица персонажей, которые даже в главном сюжете фигурируют просто одинаковые, вот чисто 3 модели у них всего в игре, молчу про гринд и ужасную систему лвлов,лута, те, кто додумался сделать из AC РПГ - желаю закончить им 1Тупейшие враги, тупейший и скучнейший сюжет, повторяющиеся и неинтересные сайды, за парочкой исключений, отвратная озвучка из-за которой порой просто пропускал катсцены, лица персонажей, которые даже в главном сюжете фигурируют просто одинаковые, вот чисто 3 модели у них всего в игре, молчу про гринд и ужасную систему лвлов,лута, те, кто додумался сделать из AC РПГ - желаю закончить им 1 класс. Один из худших АС ever, хуже него наверное только Синдикат. Из хорошего - графика, точнее арт-дизайн, графика весьма говно, если всматриваться.… Expand
  75. thefishslap
    Oct 29, 2017
    2
    there was always this one big discusting bug that preventand me form playing one game ago but as a new weapon shines in the back of hooded boy's arsenal, this game has some glint of modern to it. get This: pirate game for baby borrowers as it's own show (made by obisoft) for own assian creed fanboyds as the company's signaturne slap-in-the-fasche "you cant' get a the game that went fromthere was always this one big discusting bug that preventand me form playing one game ago but as a new weapon shines in the back of hooded boy's arsenal, this game has some glint of modern to it. get This: pirate game for baby borrowers as it's own show (made by obisoft) for own assian creed fanboyds as the company's signaturne slap-in-the-fasche "you cant' get a the game that went from template to hatchwork with some type of play-money". but thats just my though ton the issune. help… Expand
  76. euphoria4949
    Nov 6, 2017
    0
    [Synopsis] - Do you remember Assassin's Creed Unity - broken as hell, bugs and glitches as far as the eye can see, released in alpha-stage of development, terrible optimisation and totally unplayable even now for most people. Remember that? Well, Assassin's Creed Origins is the same thing but set in Egypt.

    I want to make it clear, although I used to be a massive Assassin's Creed fan, I    [Synopsis] - Do you remember Assassin's Creed Unity - broken as hell, bugs and glitches as far as the eye can see, released in alpha-stage of development, terrible optimisation and totally unplayable even now for most people. Remember that? Well, Assassin's Creed Origins is the same thing but set in Egypt.

    I want to make it clear, although I used to be a massive Assassin's Creed fan, I did NOT buy this game, it came free with a GPU (video card) I purchased, and I would NOT have bought the game because... Ubi$oft! I loved and adored the first 4 AC games (AC and the Ezio trilogy), also Black Flag too, but then things went downhill fast and they continue to go downhill with Assassin's Creed Origins.

    [Rant] - Why on earth so many idiots keep throwing money at Ubi$oft for these broken, glitchy, overpriced turds completely boggles my mind, it makes Zero sense! Ubi$oft can (when they want to) make some really great games that are amazing to play, but people keep throwing money at them with idiotic pre-orders, microtransactions and $100+ special/collectors editions, so the company has no incentive to finish a game properly or make it as good as they could. Why would they? If they've made all of their money back in pre-orders and a huge profit months before the game is even finished, why would they continue to work hard and spend more money finishing it properly, they've already made a profit to keep the CEOs' and investors happy, so why spend more money completing the game when they can save hundreds of thousands of dollars by just shipping a game 70% finished and maybe touch it up later with a patch or two when people complain that it's broken.
    But, by that point, they've made even more money from normal sales, DLC and microtransactions, so they again have no real incentive to fix all of the issues, if people keep buying things you make no matter how broken and sh**ty they are, and it makes you huge profits why would you stop selling it, why would spend more time, effort and money making it better when people buy any old sh*t you give them.
    For the love of everything holy... UBI$OFT ARE A BUSINESS! They only care about making money, profit margins and stock prices, not making a great video game or being friends with the customers, the developers might care but the company itself does not care, they exist to make as much money as possible from as little investments as possible, that's the definition of a business, and yet so many f***ing morons keep emptying their wallets year after year, to get bent over and shafted with no lube over and over and over by Ubi$oft. It's insane!

    [Gameplay] - I can't comment because the heap of sh*t game crashes every few minutes, and not just for me, most people on my friends list are experiencing the same issues. 4 of which have filed for a refund.

    [Performance] - Well, it's what you would expect from a half-finished, unoptimised, buggy Ubi$oft game with 3 layers of f**king DRM! (Denovo, VMProtect and UPlay)

    System specs:
    i7 4930k (6c 12t) @4.6GHz
    16GB RAM @2133MHz
    2x 980Ti 2-way SLI @1540MHz
    Game, drivers and OS installed on SSDs', all drivers up to date
    2560x1440p resolution

    Default max settings at 1440p (AA disabled):
    Average framerate, below 60fps and constant dips below 30fps! It's a f**king turd of a game, plain and simple! My rig is not the newest or most powerful but it's still very capable of running every game above 60fps at 1440p max settings, and 90% of games at 4k 60fps with a few settings turned down from max. Yet, ACO runs like a 3 legged donkey... that has two of its three remaining legs broken!
    Below 30fps is unacceptable and in my opinion unplayable!

    [TL;DR] - The game is a turd, it's broken, unfinished, buggy, unoptimised, hobbled by 3 layers of DRM (Denovo, VMProtect and UPlay) and crashes every few minutes. it's what we've come to expect from Ubi$oft... an overpriced broken unfinished cash grab. But, thousands of morons will continue to fanboy and ignore the issues, then throw even more money at Ubi$oft, so don't expect them to release a properly finished and polished game anytime soon.

    I received this game for free and yet I still feel cheated and ripped off.    … Expand
  77. DomShidon
    Nov 11, 2017
    4
    Uma jogo que tem problemas de otimização com placas AMD, faz de forma criminosa o uso do CPU em 100% desnecessariamente e possui CRASH's a cada 5, 10 minutos não pode receber uma nota que condiz com a qualidade da história e jogabilidade de Origins. Quando a Ubisoft querer resolver tudo isso de forma eficaz e rápida, talvez eu mude sua nota!
  78. MrBrioche
    Nov 6, 2017
    0
    scripted. there is a system in the game that when you die somebody can have a mission to avenge you... and it strange but sometime it feels like the game force you to die.
  79. kfmccart
    Dec 2, 2017
    4
    I really wanted to like this game.

    Pros: Fantastic graphics. One of the best looking games Ive ever seen Good historical representation of egyptian architecture of the time, very cool to see the painted temples and explore pyramids. Desert Halucinations Cons: Worst story and writing out of any AC ive ever played. Cringe inducingly bad. Bad frame rates even though I have a high    I really wanted to like this game.

    Pros:
    Fantastic graphics. One of the best looking games Ive ever seen
    Good historical representation of egyptian architecture of the time, very cool to see the painted temples and explore pyramids.
    Desert Halucinations

    Cons:
    Worst story and writing out of any AC ive ever played. Cringe inducingly bad.
    Bad frame rates even though I have a high end graphics card
    Weird new combat system, and movement that feels sticky.
    Leveling up.
    Paid Microtransaction- I didnt buy any but it does not belong in a game of this type at all
    Distractingly bad voice acting
    Way too easy, no challenge, grindy    … Expand
  80. artnat
    Nov 17, 2017
    6
    Until the technical problems and abysmal performance with SLI (negative scaling!) are fixed - steer clear. Also the beginning is pretty bland story-wise. There is no hook but it gets better.
  81. supemoneylife
    Mar 29, 2018
    0
    Boring game , garbage franchise, cmon game devs think up something new this is old and haggered
  82. dypsomaniart
    Mar 11, 2018
    6
    I wish I could say this game was awesome, but I'm at level 30, with about half the map cleared, and I just can't be bothered playing anymore. I've tried for the last week but after an hour or less playing I just get sick of it.
    The graphics are excellent, the movement physics and stuff is improved on previous AC titles, but the fighting is simple brawling and the missions and plot are    I wish I could say this game was awesome, but I'm at level 30, with about half the map cleared, and I just can't be bothered playing anymore. I've tried for the last week but after an hour or less playing I just get sick of it.
    The graphics are excellent, the movement physics and stuff is improved on previous AC titles, but the fighting is simple brawling and the missions and plot are repetitive and boring. At first I was intrigued by levelling up my gear, but that's all done now and I'm barely halfway through the game. It was cool to see the pyramids, and explore some tombs, but just doing essentially just more of the same stuff over and over with no challenge or useful rewards is disheartening (gaining xp to level up is only necessary because the level system is so wonky, attack someone a few levels higher than you and you barely do any damage at all while they can one shot kill you) so gaining xp feels less like a reward and more like a forced grind so you can continue.
    Kudos to the graphical design teams and artists, the world is beautiful and it ran smoothly on my pc mostly, but the game itself gets boring and repetitive quickly, and it's just not fun or challenging (yes I could go and fight enemies ten levels above me and slowly wear them down for a challenge, but after putting 300hrs into Nioh, the fighting in this game is abysmally boring and simple). I've seen people say you should use different attack styles to make it interesting, but, why bother? when I can just hack up the enemies, why bother being stealthy? it's not a challenge it's just slower. Why even bother hacking them up when I can just use a magical guided arrow to kiil them one by one? I'll just hack em up anyway, it's quicker...
    I can't honestly recommend this game. I was hoping for another black flag, but this isn't it.    … Expand
  83. Bad_Russian
    Nov 5, 2017
    2
    Что плохо: оптимизация, квесты, сюжет, микротранзакции. В общем плохо все, кроме пейзажей древнего Египта. Поэтому 2 бала, а не 1.
  84. Sabardo
    Nov 3, 2017
    0
    This franchise has been milked dry. AC:O dont bring anything new and does good thing even worse that the last game. Ubisoft just keeps milking you with the same game.
  85. RainXH11
    Nov 18, 2017
    0
    DRM + VMPROTECT, i oc'ed my cpu to 4.8ghz and still not letting my **** gpu to get above 50% usage not , i play all games at ultra 60fps+ except this **** it's im emulating the console **** version 24 to 28 to 18 fps inside the **** cities , the game graphics isn't that impressive that it taking this much resources, ubisfot have the **** balls and come to tell me the performance problemsDRM + VMPROTECT, i oc'ed my cpu to 4.8ghz and still not letting my **** gpu to get above 50% usage not , i play all games at ultra 60fps+ except this **** it's im emulating the console **** version 24 to 28 to 18 fps inside the **** cities , the game graphics isn't that impressive that it taking this much resources, ubisfot have the **** balls and come to tell me the performance problems is not because of vmprotect, well it's either that or the game is not optimized properly in the pc , or both
    i'll go with vmprotect hence the name, running the game within a virtual machine, i played games within virtual machine with gpu passthrough before , in fact i just tried to play ac syndicate in linux using win10 vm with gpu passthrough, i got something kinda similar , high cpu usage and bottlenecking my gpu
    if you thought denuvo was bad locking you out of your game when you change hardware
    check denuvo+vmprotect , now i have to get ****ty performance so someone that was never going or will able to buy it cannot play for free, which eventually will be pirated and get that **** removed and pirates will get the better version of the game, good **** job ubisoft
    non-intrusive drm my ass , this **** gone too far
    so **** you ubisoft, and now for the game review
    bad facial animations , the game has little to no story, the characters are boring, the conversations are written by 5years old, the combat system is unfinished and clunky, no head or body part cutting ( missed opportunity because the sound of hitting is great ), stealing from zelda and the witcher and failing to see why those game were successful, the future day in origins is a joke, this game is more of spinoff than ac game, nothing in this game is about assassin's creed, this is a backward step for the series, ii remember AC1 from the get go put you in the plot and make you feel like an assassin , and ac black flag, which might have the best story and character in the ac series so far, i enjoyed black flag like no other ac because of the strong story it has , it made me look forward to more ac , only to be dissapointed by unity than this , ubi really dropped the balls in origins , the only good thing in this game is the world , this game have maybe the biggest and most beautiful map in a game to date
    gaming industry got whole lot ****tier in 2017, lootboxes, microtransactions , the push toward online
    **** triple AAA publishers like EA and ubisoft and activision
    and if the upcoming games like far cry 5 will have this ****ed combination of multiple drm with vmprotect on top, im never ever buying anything from ubisoft i will not even bother downloading the pirated version , this performance breaking drms get on my **** nerves and im not going to play something like that again
    0/10 #****ubisoft    … Expand
  86. Baluberda
    Dec 28, 2017
    0
    Micropayments, waste 10+ hours grinding or pay real money. Do not buy these kind of games to let them die
  87. FreedomFigher
    Nov 9, 2017
    6
    Ubisoft it is so obvious that you use fake reviews! Why? Nowadays companies like Ubisoft are not doing what they should do. BRING SOMETHING NEW IN TO THE GAME INDUSTRY. AC is a very good game series. But it can not develop anymore. The process is no more attractive and funny. AC Origins is a good game but is is old AC game with a few additional things.

    PROS - Big world. If you like    Ubisoft it is so obvious that you use fake reviews! Why? Nowadays companies like Ubisoft are not doing what they should do. BRING SOMETHING NEW IN TO THE GAME INDUSTRY. AC is a very good game series. But it can not develop anymore. The process is no more attractive and funny. AC Origins is a good game but is is old AC game with a few additional things.

    PROS
    - Big world. If you like discovering a game world than you will like this game. BUT! 85% of the map is empty with no sens. Of course there are a lot of locations but most of them have only weapon. Whole game is based on weapons. They are everywhere. Ubisoft just said: OK just put a lot of stupid locations to fill the map with markers which are not interesting to players.
    - Interesting story. Egypt. Nothing to say more.
    -Fighting is interesting. But not cool or great. Just interesting.

    CONS
    - GTX 1070 - 40 fps. WHAT???
    - A lot of stupid markers and boring missions.
    - micro transactions. Very bad idea
    - lack of new interesting things. AC is dead. Admit it.
    - Big but empty map.
    - Dont even think do complete side missions. 90% are boring.

    SO
    Ubisoft made a good game which is very far from great. It is time to create another games. Stop crating Far Cry and AC. Unless you just want to earn money. Ubisoft is not communicating with fans anymore.    … Expand
  88. MrGrey1979
    Nov 17, 2017
    3
    1. Graphically, the game is a huge step backwards. Nowhere near as pretty as Untiy.
    2. Stealth. You just run up behind people and stab’em. No need to sneak or crouch or be careful.
    3. The “return” of Secret Locations. The developers said they were bringing back the Secret Locations that were introduced in AC2. The Secret Locations were indoor, linear, platforming side-quests that were a    1. Graphically, the game is a huge step backwards. Nowhere near as pretty as Untiy.
    2. Stealth. You just run up behind people and stab’em. No need to sneak or crouch or be careful.
    3. The “return” of Secret Locations. The developers said they were bringing back the Secret Locations that were introduced in AC2. The Secret Locations were indoor, linear, platforming side-quests that were a throwback to the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time trilogy. Puzzle-platforming, acrobatic fun. Here they come in the form of crawling through pyramid tunnels like the Boston or New York Underground segments from AC3... Remember how nobody liked those?
    4. Most important: The combat is stiff and boring; none of the flare of, say, AC Brotherhood. Some say it’s more difficult (which supposedly means “better”), but it’s not more difficult in a legitimate way. 99.9% of fights can be won by mashing weak-attack. If a guy has a shield, press strong-attack once, then mash weak-attack again. If you’ve got a “Health on Hit” weapon you’re guaranteed a win. If you fight 2 of the same enemy type, one level 32, the other level 12, they have all the same moves and attacks. 32 is not more skilled than 12, he just has more hit-points. The difficult isn’t based on skill, it’s based on math.
    5. This is as spoiler free as I can make it. All the grinding you do to level up through the RPG elements introduced into the franchise by this game are ultimately meaningless. Do to certain... I’ll say “circumstances,” the last mission forces you to fight the last set of enemies with much weaker weapons and tools than the ones you’ve gathered throughout the rest of the game.

    This is not a return to form for the AC games... it’s just another fail.    … Expand
  89. degamecesc
    Mar 30, 2018
    4
    Coming from Kingdome come deliverance to this is such a huge letdown. Origins is a candy eye beautiful game with the sweet graphic but boring world with ZERO detail. The side quest farming just to advance in main story is such just too boring. Wait for sale or pirate this game
  90. RagnarTheKing
    Oct 27, 2017
    6
    Sorry Ubi, I just don't feel like giving you 10/10. Playing on GTX 1060 6gb, FX-8350 and 12gb of RAM yet I get 35-40fps on lowest details. Sad even though you were given one more year to develop this game.
  91. EE061003
    Nov 5, 2017
    0
    Ubisoft has proved again that it would always punish legit customers who opt for the PC version of their video games. ACO is by no means different but a terrible port which puts all their previous titles to shame in worst performance. 3 layers of DRM that would drain your CPU power continuously until BSOD. Whats worst Ubisoft has been paying their guys to post fake reviews on metacritic.Ubisoft has proved again that it would always punish legit customers who opt for the PC version of their video games. ACO is by no means different but a terrible port which puts all their previous titles to shame in worst performance. 3 layers of DRM that would drain your CPU power continuously until BSOD. Whats worst Ubisoft has been paying their guys to post fake reviews on metacritic. These cheap tactics should be discouraged on all platforms. Even on intel core i7 3770K 3.5 Ghz continuos stuttering and frame drops are common no matter how powerful your GPU is. Sorry Ubisoft i have lost my faith in you and learn something from CDPROJEKTRED. Time to go back to Geralt of Rivia… Expand
  92. Jeen0
    Nov 4, 2017
    3
    The last assassin's creed I played was unity, I still believe it's the best AC graphically and now it's running fine on my 6700K+1070. ACO, as well as its predecessor syndicate, looks like a step back: illumination seems worse, crowds are much much smaller, some textures are eye-soring, only the LOD seems improved. Unfortunately, this doesnt correspond to lower hardware requirements, inThe last assassin's creed I played was unity, I still believe it's the best AC graphically and now it's running fine on my 6700K+1070. ACO, as well as its predecessor syndicate, looks like a step back: illumination seems worse, crowds are much much smaller, some textures are eye-soring, only the LOD seems improved. Unfortunately, this doesnt correspond to lower hardware requirements, in fact, I dont know if it's the 3-layered DRM or the usual UBI incompetence, but the but performance isnt acceptable. If it can hold 30fps on consoles AMD low tier notebook cpu, a 6700K with more than double the frequency and several times the IPC shouldnt be a bottleneck for a PC version

    After learning the VMProtect news, I contacted amazon and requested a refund for not disclosing additional DRM on the box and a refund is on its way    … Expand
  93. Piecefighter
    Nov 7, 2017
    9
    The Egyptian setting is amazing, I love looking at all of the architecture in the game, this alone to me is worth the price of admission. The only other AC game I actually liked was AC4 being a captain of a pirate ship was awesome! This is now my favorite only because of the setting. The game runs fine 45-60 FPS in 4K almost maxed out settings, backed down super sampling to get averageThe Egyptian setting is amazing, I love looking at all of the architecture in the game, this alone to me is worth the price of admission. The only other AC game I actually liked was AC4 being a captain of a pirate ship was awesome! This is now my favorite only because of the setting. The game runs fine 45-60 FPS in 4K almost maxed out settings, backed down super sampling to get average 50 FPS in 4K. RANT: I have no problem with anti piracy software. PC Hardware: Consumer 4K TVs can only do 60 FPS so I buy the hardware to get the best graphical experience 7700K, 1080ti, M.2, done.… Expand
  94. ivan4o200
    Dec 8, 2017
    7
    I would say that the game is beautiful and stunning. The atmosphere and the setting of Ancient Egypt is is amazing. The story is good but the side activities are even better. The quest system is similar to Witcher 3 and that is great. The performance is good(I dont know why so many people complain. Yes there are some glitches and weird animations but they are bearable.
  95. Jenne
    Mar 2, 2019
    7
    Parts of the game are visually astonishing, especially the underworlds in the second DLC. And they had the right idea about the combat, even though it's still undercooked in Origins and it took Odyssey to perfect it. But relying on side quests instead of activities is a huge downer. They are boring, repetitive and unrewarding. I MUCH more preferred activities of the old AC model.
  96. MusclePig
    Apr 24, 2019
    5
    If a SJW committee made a game this would be it. Utterly forgettable story and characters.
  97. sblantipodi
    Nov 25, 2017
    5
    No SLI support means no 4K for most PC systems.
    We are approaching 2018 and it is not tolerable that I'm not able to play 4K with a 4000 euros PC.
    I have a GTX980 Ti SLI, a 5930K six cores 40 lanes CPU, everything overclocked.
  98. dylandeb
    Jan 14, 2018
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The beginning of the game is fantastic, great scenery, great story, great adventures...but the ending of the story is bad (spoilers ahead) its unsatisfying and extremely SJW. Aye is at first a love interest of Bayecks (main character) who the game is constantly reminding you, one she is a women and two she is a strong women. i actually LOVED her character at first but every time she is on the god damn screen it has to rub my face in the dirt in it. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. When you complete the main story she is the one narrating out to wrap things up, she claims she isn't "Aye" anymore and is the true first Assassin...The shadow of the creed...why did i play as Bayeck then? and not Aye?… Expand
  99. morpheus_7081
    Mar 17, 2018
    10
    Oh boy, was this a surprise. I honestly wasn't looking forward to this game that much because in my opinion, the series jumped the shark after AC4. Boy was I wrong. This game has everything you could ask for in an AC game. Great story, absolutely huge map (seriously, one of the biggest I've ever played), packed with collectibles and side missions, beautiful graphics and great gameplay.Oh boy, was this a surprise. I honestly wasn't looking forward to this game that much because in my opinion, the series jumped the shark after AC4. Boy was I wrong. This game has everything you could ask for in an AC game. Great story, absolutely huge map (seriously, one of the biggest I've ever played), packed with collectibles and side missions, beautiful graphics and great gameplay. Many people complained about the new combat system. While I'm not a huge fan of it either, I'd say it's an improvement over the combat system in the previous AC games, especially Unity.

    All in all, in my opinion, this is the best game in the entire franchise.    … Expand
  100. dz1001
    Jul 16, 2020
    4
    Maybe I'd have appreciated AC Origins more if I hadn't played AC Odyssey first. They have essentially the same plot and the same gameplay mechanics, but Odyssey is slicker in every respect: the graphics are better, there are far fewer glitches and the combat is more fun (the Spartan kick is one of the greatest moves ever in video games). I also got a higher frame rate in Odyssey despiteMaybe I'd have appreciated AC Origins more if I hadn't played AC Odyssey first. They have essentially the same plot and the same gameplay mechanics, but Odyssey is slicker in every respect: the graphics are better, there are far fewer glitches and the combat is more fun (the Spartan kick is one of the greatest moves ever in video games). I also got a higher frame rate in Odyssey despite its better graphics. Odyssey offers a beautiful vision of ancient Greece, compared to which the ancient Egypt of Origins looks drab.

    I think they should've set the game during the New Kingdom (1549–1069 BC) when Egypt was at the height of its power, rather than in the twilight period of 1st century BC. Ancient Egypt had a very distinctive, highly refined visual and architectural style, but the Egypt of Origins is quite boring-looking most of the time. The great potential of Egypt as a setting for a game is wasted in Origins.

    Bayek is an okay but not great player chacacter, but his wife was superfluous and shouldn't have been in the game, in my opinion. Overall, Origins is a disappointing experience.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 29
  3. Negative: 1 out of 29
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 2, 2018
    80
    The resurrection of the seemingly exhausted series was successful. Beautiful and enormous Egypt is complemented by the sympathetic hero Bayek and plenty of modifications to the proven formula. [Issue#280]
  2. Games.cz
    Jan 2, 2018
    80
    This killer holiday in Egypt is definitely no boring. On the contrary, it is a pleasant excursion to the times, when the sphinx had a nose, and mysterious killers did not call themselves assassins. You cannot find a nicer version of an Ancient Egypt in any other game, and up to it it’s entertaining. A modest family story affects the whole empire at the end, and you will forgive a handful of bugs to its charismatic heroes, as well as the fact, that you have played the same pattern so many times, just in another scenery.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 30, 2017
    90
    Ubisoft Montreal managed to make Egypt not only beautiful, but extremely atmospheric. When you’re admiring the city and a mounted patrol rushes past you, you always get that urge to step aside to avoid getting trampled, even though you know you can eviscerate them all in a blink of an eye. [Issue#225, p.32]
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