Assassin's Creed Origins

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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.
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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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