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  1. Jul 9, 2020
    0
    Прошёл игру на платину и могу сказать что игра очень большая, но абсолютно пустая. Прошёл ее полностью только из-за того что люблю гринд, но даже для меня его тут было слишком много. Сюжет очень слабый, перепроходить никогда бы не стал, побочные квесты просто дрянь, ничего не запомнилось. Когда проходил дополнения, меня уже прям тошнило от однообразия и кривых анимаций, благо диалогиПрошёл игру на платину и могу сказать что игра очень большая, но абсолютно пустая. Прошёл ее полностью только из-за того что люблю гринд, но даже для меня его тут было слишком много. Сюжет очень слабый, перепроходить никогда бы не стал, побочные квесты просто дрянь, ничего не запомнилось. Когда проходил дополнения, меня уже прям тошнило от однообразия и кривых анимаций, благо диалоги пропускаются. Expand
  2. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    It's the dumbest game I have ever played and grindiest. The story is bland and screws with the pre-established lore in every way and destroying it in the process. AC V better be good because if not than this will be my last AC game I will EVER play
  3. Mar 27, 2021
    0
    Worst game I've played in my life. Made to sell you XP boosters. I hope every dev who decided to add mtx gets covid and dies painfully.
  4. Jan 24, 2021
    0
    Total Crap!!!! Fight system is garbage. They turned this game into a RPG crap! I was a fan of AS 1 e 2. Didnt believe when I saw the **** Ubisoft turn it into! Tota Crap. If you like realism and immersive games, dont buy this garbage.
  5. Jul 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's so boring, with beautiful landscapes and sea views, this game provides you with the same stupid quests. Dialogs between characters so boring that it make no sense to listen to them. What can I say - another assassin creed... Expand
  6. Dec 27, 2022
    0
    THIS GAME IS NOT AN ASSASSIN'S GAME GAME! this game not just abandons tge Assassins and Templars the franchise got its fans used to and love but also abandons many of what made this franchise good, to begin with you can't even take a leap of faith into a haystack and stay hidden! The game immediately pulls you out of it as if it's giving the player and the entire franchises stealthyTHIS GAME IS NOT AN ASSASSIN'S GAME GAME! this game not just abandons tge Assassins and Templars the franchise got its fans used to and love but also abandons many of what made this franchise good, to begin with you can't even take a leap of faith into a haystack and stay hidden! The game immediately pulls you out of it as if it's giving the player and the entire franchises stealthy gameplay a giant middle finger, boring story and character, grindy rpg BS that makes the game even more boring somehow, a giant empty map that was designed to do nothing but waste the player's time without actually doing a missions or "story" progress, but rather make you run or ride a horse for minutes just to get from a point to another, I honestly would rather play AC1 over this game or even AC Bloodlines on the PSP! This game should have been canceled and never seen the light of the day, I honestly believe this game would have been better if it had another title or perhaps a new ip for Ubisoft specially made for rpg grindy gaming lovers NOT Assassin's creed fans, infact as a hardcore AC fan I feel this is insulting and a slap in the face for all of those fans who always supported this franchise, DO NOT WASTE YOU MONEY AND TIME ON THIS **** GAME. Expand
  7. Feb 22, 2021
    0
    There is no 'Assassin's Creed' in Assassins Creed Odyssey. Think about that before purchasing this game.
  8. Jun 30, 2020
    0
    Лгбт, донат в сингле, баланс заточен под микротранзакций. Игра-гриндилка
  9. Jun 28, 2021
    0
    Spend your money on anything else. LITERALLY anything else. Even if it’s free, don’t play it. If you have a single cell of self respect you will never play this game.
  10. Nov 17, 2020
    0
    this game is just filled full of trash. for example, unamusing script, boring story plot, monotonous game play and political correctness. just worthless.
  11. Jul 21, 2020
    0
    Como juego es bueno.... PERO como narrativa de toma de decisiones y RPG es PESIMO, ya que no tiene un final concreto y UBISOFT me OBLIGA a leer la novela para saber cual es el final CANON, o DECISION CORRECTA. La idea no es jugar cualquier juego RPG, la idea es jugar un ASSASSINS CREED, ya van 14 juegos y para mi este es mucho peor que UNITY (Unity le gana en Parkour y en el sentido de laComo juego es bueno.... PERO como narrativa de toma de decisiones y RPG es PESIMO, ya que no tiene un final concreto y UBISOFT me OBLIGA a leer la novela para saber cual es el final CANON, o DECISION CORRECTA. La idea no es jugar cualquier juego RPG, la idea es jugar un ASSASSINS CREED, ya van 14 juegos y para mi este es mucho peor que UNITY (Unity le gana en Parkour y en el sentido de la trama CANON SIN DECISIONES). TODO LO BUENO Y ESFUERZO EN OPTIMIZACIONES Y GRAFICOS LO MALOGRARON CON LA OPCION DE TOMA DE DECISIONES. Expand
  12. Jul 25, 2020
    0
    Who was it that decided that what the next Assassin's Creed game really needs is to just be a **** Witcher 3 knock-off?
  13. Aug 1, 2020
    0
    ЛГБТ говно, которое пытается быть ведьмаком
  14. Aug 14, 2020
    0
    Assassin's Creed was an idea that would have been a leading figure in the gaming industry. But instead it degraded itself to be a wannabe of masterpieces like the Witcher. Ubisoft you have turned what I beloved into something lifeless,boring and fake. I have no doubt Valhalla will do the same.
  15. Sep 15, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This could be GOTY! Amazing to play, great storyline, great mechanics! This is the kind of game you can play for hours at stretch. I love the greek mythos and on the first impression, I thought, wow I can be Leonidas and I can be Themistocles. The game is not greedy. You can not purchase anything and yet be OP. The classification of gear (Common, rare, epic, legendary) is rewarding enough. The boss fights are draining, but the rewards are worth it. The game has a pretty good sense of humour too. Jesting with characters like Alkibiades and Socrates is quite funny. The perpetual Peloponnesian war never lets this game end and you can switch your allegiance at your whim! That's what a mercenary does right? The Skill tree is not too complicated and fun to use. The USP is the Sparta Kick, paying homage to Leonidas' legendary "This is Sparta"! I would've liked it if I could upgrade the Ship (going from a sailboat to the Black Pearl), but the ship's shape and size remain the same. There is always more than one way to achieve an objective. This AC would keep you hooked for hours with over 200+ hours of gameplay before the main quest line ends. Then again, you can still explore various island nations, do Bounty or side quests. Gameplay-wise, it's quite nice. Decent map pointers move mechanics are uniform and refreshing combat mechanics. You can't just pound your enemy into submission (maybe you can in the later stages of the game), you have to wait for the opportunity to attack. Fighting to run away from an OP enemy is also looks quite genuine. Customizing the gear and character and gear looks is sweet, one moment I am a greek hoplite, in next one I am a Persian assassin..ha! Fun right?
    My verdict: Please buy, you won't regret it!

    PS: You get an undead horse on fire!
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  16. Oct 21, 2020
    0
    A very bad game like the very bad company who developed it So trash wasted money and time on this game
  17. Mar 21, 2021
    0
    Garbage. Bugs and glitches. Microtransactions are predatory. Dont waste time and money
  18. Nov 17, 2020
    0
    I can not for the life of me figure out why everyone likes this game.

    as someone who played AC since the first game, this is the biggest pile of **** I have ever encountered. The story is godawful, the map is big but COMPLETELY forgettable. seriously, who asked for a map this big? Brotherhood's map was only Rome, but memorable and the game is the best in the franchise. like for
    I can not for the life of me figure out why everyone likes this game.

    as someone who played AC since the first game, this is the biggest pile of **** I have ever encountered. The story is godawful, the map is big but COMPLETELY forgettable. seriously, who asked for a map this big? Brotherhood's map was only Rome, but memorable and the game is the best in the franchise.

    like for instance, the bandit camps are copypasted. EVERY bandit camp has the exact same layout clucked everywhere over the map. The naval combat is mindnumbing as hell just like the combat. Every enemy is basically a damage sponge.

    Everything the franchise was based on is completely thrown out of the window. You don't have a hidden blade, there is no creed or templars even. And the inclusion of magic is godawful; what even is this? Suddenly i am able to magically ignite my sword or smear my axe with poison with sheer magic?!. I remember when they removed a crossbow from AC 1 just because it was not historically accurate.

    furthermore, the choices are a ridiculous addition. your playing through someone's memories through the animus. Why in the hell should you be able to make choices?
    Parkour is also garbage and completely removed. you don't even have to find a path anymore you can just hold your joystick forward in combination with X. And you just walk in a straight line over rocks and everything.
    hunting is also awful, killing a bear or something is not even a challenge, but a one hit. IT IS A **** BEAR! you should be fighting for your life!

    and the most awful of all is the removal and massacre of stealth. Why remove social stealth? why remove haybales?
    I simply do not get it

    In conclusion, this might be the worst game I have ever played in my life. And I have for the life of me nothing positive to say about it.
    The franchise is not dead. It was murdered.
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  19. Nov 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Alright so I am entirely re-writing this review after having put in probably more hours than this game is worth. Which makes me incredibly sad to say honestly. The amount of pure potential available in this particular release is so incredibly immense and the fact that it feels so rushed in so many places. I want to love this game so much I can't think of a way to properly express myself in some sort of composed manner and not looking like well a mess.
    While there is indeed a lot of very good and really fun things in this game, the story and characters feel for lack of better wording, flat and uninspired for a grand majority of the game. So, I would like to say in regards to my review and previous now redacted review and before I continue further, I have the overall same viewpoint as I did before that the game is not worth the money unless on a 75% or more sale for just the base game as the DLC is well... Bad, really bad.
    So as for overall game play, the game is really enjoyable. It's relatively intuitive and easy to learn. So if you're relatively new to the RPG genre or just want some (most of the time) fair but punishing combat, stealth and an open world "sandbox" that you can do a rather absurd amount of things in. You'll probably have a pretty good time with this game.
    However, if you are coming into this game wanting to have a deep story with fully developed characters and dialogue choices that matter. I would suggest you move on and probably play something like the Witcher series. Kassandra/Alexios as a base character give you nothing to really work with as a player or character motivation until you get into the main story line. But if you are to go ahead and just say "Oh well, then it's fine right?" you would be wrong. For what reason does Kassandra/Alexios have to pursue the contract given to you by Elpenor? You gain nothing aside from by pure coincidence a way off of Kephalonia. (after having maybe set a plague loose on the entire greek world, good job btw... I actually really loved this feature and it gave me a ton of hope as to what was in store for this game)
    ~~~~~~~~SO FROM HERE ON OUT IMMA SAY IT, ~~~~SPOILER WARNING~~~~~~~
    Alright so, I have very little aside from what is stated above up until we get up to meeting with our real dad. Well that's not true, because part of what decides if you get a true good ending comes well before this, actually really rather close to the beginning of the game in the grand scheme of things. Yup I'm talking about how you kill the Monger. Kill him secretly? you're gonna get the true good ending as you'll be saving the greatest amount of people. Kill him in public like the rat he deserves? Well I guess you're out of luck and you are forced to kill Lagos the Archon. An innocent man blackmailed into doing the cults bidding because they kidnapped his wife and child. Bet you feel like a real douche now, huh. WELP there is no way to undo this unless you wanna replay the last 50-75 hours and lose all that time you spent leveling and getting gear, boy that's sure a shame.
    Now onto how you interact with you're real dad, Pythagoras... I HATE, the interactions with him. WHY THE HELL DO YOU FEEL OBLIGATED TO HELP HIM AT ALL? He has done nothing for you, not even once as far as we know and will ever know. "Yeah dad, thanks for the eagle. Pretty neat trick" ????? Also if you choose the dialogue option "You haven't earned my help." Alexios/Kassandra act all angry and Pythagoras gives you zero response to that anger as you're just some child throwing a temper tantrum. You are never given a real, meaningful reason to pursue helping them or even giving a damn about Pythagoras he's just suddenly there. After everything Kasssandra/Alexios has been through, you don't think they deserve SOME if ANY compassion or explanation upfront? But no, that's okay don't worry about all that I guess because that is totally not what some rational and normal human being would do.

    I'm going to skip over ALL of the scenes where we are controlling Layla as they are really just pointless in this game and serve no purpose what so ever really other than to remind you that "Yeah there's plot here, you just have to find it lmao." Even when there really isn't any real plot involving her or anything she is doing at this time. All of those scenes feel incredibly forced as if they were an after thought as the developers seemingly realized that Desmond leaving the animus a few times in the original series happened and received a fair amount of praise.

    TLDR; garbage game, honestly, what a way to kill a franchise. the critic reviews are ONLY reviewing the shortened part of the game for review, NOT the FULL game.
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  20. Dec 25, 2020
    0
    What feels like an attempt at hiding diamonds in the rough is in reality, more like pulling teeth. Odyssey has a wealth of great ideas although they are all, without exception, shamelessly stolen from better games. Paying bounties like RDR, the nemesis system from Shadow of Mordor, tagging enemies and slow motion stealth like MGSV, the dialogue options and quest vocal cheer from theWhat feels like an attempt at hiding diamonds in the rough is in reality, more like pulling teeth. Odyssey has a wealth of great ideas although they are all, without exception, shamelessly stolen from better games. Paying bounties like RDR, the nemesis system from Shadow of Mordor, tagging enemies and slow motion stealth like MGSV, the dialogue options and quest vocal cheer from the Witcher 3. Honestly a lot from the Witcher 3... This would not be a problem if not for AC:O's lack of originality. Enemies are too spongey, and levelling up takes far too long. For this reason the game is better with an XP booster... Hard to imagine that was unintentional. The story is the same cliche of revenge and plot twist about you being the chosen one, it really isn't anything you haven't seen before. The "Ancient Greek" setting is utterly pretentious and overstated for the simple reason that the majority of the story revolves around personal problems, money and bandits, thus making the historical setting more of a gimmick than as genuinely deep and educational as God of War, for example. What I mean is the Mythology and History is never deeply explained, it feels more like an annoying child dropping names for attention, when all the adults know full well that the child doesn't understand what theyre talking about. What quality there surely is has already been done to DEATH by other games, including other Ubisoft games... A fine example of "games as service", we are sold this '"minimum viable product" skin and bones while the meat and veg are hidden behind DLC pay walls. I would personally argue any huge fan of this game doesn't understand the games industry and has no appreciation for better games, otherwise why would you play this to be frank... Quality over quantity Ubisoft. There is quality here, buried underneath a mountain of 4K, overly rewarding **** Expand
  21. Mar 26, 2021
    0
    exelente juego muy entretenido vale la pena jugarlo me gusta la parte cuando manejas el barco
  22. Mar 4, 2021
    0
    This game has little to no ties to the original AC games, and it disregards previous plot points
  23. Apr 28, 2021
    0
    Series: Assassin's Creed.
    Genre: Action role-playing.
    Mode: Single-player. Introduction:- It is an action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft in 2018. This game is a successor of Assassin's Creed Origins.the storyline of this game is mythological history of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta in the years 431–422 BC. In this game
    Series: Assassin's Creed.
    Genre: Action role-playing.
    Mode: Single-player.

    Introduction:-
    It is an action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft in 2018. This game is a successor of Assassin's Creed Origins.the storyline of this game is mythological history of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta in the years 431–422 BC. In this game we have two player control a male chatacter Alexios or female character Kassandra who fights on both sides of the conflict as they attempt to find their family.

    Game Play:
    The game contains dialogue options, branching quests and multiple endings.The player is able to choose between siblings Alexios and Kassandra as to whom they use as the main character.In the game we have slick combat, lots of abilities that shake up gameplay and actions impact story in sweeping ways. This minor gripe aside, it is an enjoyable romp through Ancient Greece. Its changes are both subtle and sweeping. The variety of weapons and unlockable skills again thrusts control of the experience into a player's hand, and all of it seems balanced and worthwhile depending on one's taste.

    Characters:
    In the game there are number of historical personages players can encounter and talk to, including Alkibiades, Archidamus II, Aristophanes, Aspasia, Brasidas, Euripides, Kleon, Democritus, Herodotos, Hippokrates, Pausanias, Perikles, Phidias, Plato, Polykleitos, Praxilla, Pythagoras, Sokrates, Sophokles, Thespis and Xanthippe.It includes historical and mythical Greek locations such as the Agora of Athens, Kephallonia, Ithaca, the Odeon of Athens, the Foloi oak forest, the statue of Zeus at Olympia, Naxos, **** ancient Athens, ancient Argolis, Pnyx, Phokis, Macedonia and Mesara,as well as takes on famous creatures from the Greek myths such as Medusa, the Cyclops and the Minotaur.

    Story Line:
    The game story is set in 431–422 BC, four hundred years before the events of Assassin's Creed Origins. It recounts a secret mythological history set during the Peloponnesian War.It recounts a secret mythological history set during the Peloponnesian War, which was fought between the city-states of Greece. The player takes on the role of a mercenary and is able to fight for the Delian League, led by Athens, or the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta. In this game there varioes chapter which includes various mission.
    Chapter 1: Prologue,So It Begins,Debt Collector,An Eye for an Eye,Fancy Guests,Penelope's Shroud,The Big Break.
    Chapter 2: Learning the Ropes,Equal Employment Opportunity Program,A Journey into War.The Athenian Treasure Trove,Crumble and Burn,One Man Army,The Athenian Leader,The Final Push,The Wolf of Sparta.
    Chapter 3: Onwards to Phokis,The Wolf's Fate,Snake in the Grass,Consulting a Ghost,The Truth Will Out,The Serpent's Lair.
    Chapter 4: Memories Awoken,Welcome to Athens,A Venomous Encounter,Escape from Athens,Ostracized,Perikles's Symposium,Drink Up,Oil and Love.
    Chapter 5: To Find a Girl,To Help a Girl,Port of Lawlessness,Monger Down,First Do No Harm,The Doctor Will See You Now,The Priests of Asklepios,Enough is Enough,Written in Stone,A Heart for a Head,Speak no Evil,Ashes to Ashes,The Island of Misfortune,Abandoned by Gods,And the Streets Run Red,Athens' Last Hope.
    Chapter 6: A Mother's Prayers,Death and Disorder,Quarry Quandary,The Paros Blockade,Unified Front.
    Chapter 7: Home Sweet Home,Bully the Bullies,One Bad Spartan Spoils the Bunch,Delivering a Champion,The Contender,The Long Game,Pankration,To Kill or Not to Kill,White Lies and Blackmail,Gluten Free,Judge, Jury, Executioner,The Conqueror Part 1,The Last Hunt of Nesaia,The End of Drakon,The Fall of Deianira,The Last Fight of Aristaios,The Conqueror Part 2,A Bloody Feast,The Battle of Pylos.
    Chapter 8: Doing Time,An Actor's Life For Me,A-Musing Tale,Battle of Amphipolis.
    Chapter 9: Where it All Began,Dinner in Sparta.

    This game has 9.2/10 in IGN, 5/5 in GamesRadar and 9/10 in Steam rating.
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  24. Jun 11, 2021
    0
    Самая тупая игра, тупой сюжет, квесты отвратительные, самая худшая игра в серии. Советую не покупать
  25. Feb 15, 2022
    0
    Отвратительная игра:
    1. Главная героиня не обладает чувством юмора, страшная, мужеподобная, ей не хочется играть. Делайте редактор персонажей, но не заставляйте меня качать моды, меняющие внешность.
    2. Греция не красивая. Одни леса и одинаковые треугольные храмы. 3. Все мужские персонажи почти одинаковые, постоянно их путаешь. 4. Есть диалоги, где ты вынужден флиртовать с полугеями,
    Отвратительная игра:
    1. Главная героиня не обладает чувством юмора, страшная, мужеподобная, ей не хочется играть. Делайте редактор персонажей, но не заставляйте меня качать моды, меняющие внешность.
    2. Греция не красивая. Одни леса и одинаковые треугольные храмы.
    3. Все мужские персонажи почти одинаковые, постоянно их путаешь.
    4. Есть диалоги, где ты вынужден флиртовать с полугеями, либо бабушками.
    5. В игре нет красивых женских персонажей.
    6. Легендарные артефакты почти сразу морально устаревают с прокачкой уровня, в итоге вставляешь шмот по уровню.
    7. Диалоги на столько не интересные, что под конец просто пропускал их, потому что смотреть на унылое лицо столько времени просто невозможно.
    Я являюсь фанатом серии, прошел все кроме ориджинс. Видимо это "Чудо" от лгбт фантазеров тоже пройти не удастся. Это первая игра, в которую приходится заставлять себя играть.Я не понимаю, зачем в играх стали уродовать женских персонажей. В том же синдикате главной героиней было приятно играть, у нее были красивые кастюмы, а здесь этот зелибоба как танк ходит и всех режет.
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  26. Feb 15, 2022
    0
    Absolutely awful AC game, almost as bad as AC 3, but in a different way. This game simply isn't Assassin's Creed, there's no hidden blade, main characters are unlikable, open world is extremely boring, side quests are awful and main story is extremely mediocre. Thank god AC Valhalla was million times better AC games than Odyssey and brought back many old elements, also Valhalla time periodAbsolutely awful AC game, almost as bad as AC 3, but in a different way. This game simply isn't Assassin's Creed, there's no hidden blade, main characters are unlikable, open world is extremely boring, side quests are awful and main story is extremely mediocre. Thank god AC Valhalla was million times better AC games than Odyssey and brought back many old elements, also Valhalla time period and locations are way, way better! Expand
  27. Apr 19, 2022
    0
    One of the worst games Ubisoft has ever made. yeah technically "everything works", but this game has absolutely nothing to do with actual AC series, other than name. It's just random RPG that takes place in Greece, story is awful by the way. Level scaling is one the worst things ever invented in gaming, so yea. Valhalla is million times better game in every way possible. Valhalla has allOne of the worst games Ubisoft has ever made. yeah technically "everything works", but this game has absolutely nothing to do with actual AC series, other than name. It's just random RPG that takes place in Greece, story is awful by the way. Level scaling is one the worst things ever invented in gaming, so yea. Valhalla is million times better game in every way possible. Valhalla has all the basic AC elements, more interesting locations, better voice acting, better music, better overall vibe and map design and so on. If you want to play one of these modern AC games go with either Origins or Valhalla, but Valhalla is best out of these three new ones. Most people who like Odyssey, never liked actual AC games, most of them even hate Black Flag and Unity, so their opinion on this series doesn't really matter. Expand
  28. Jun 25, 2022
    0
    OVERRATED! This game broke the lore of the series. It had so many MICRO-TRANSACTIONS. The animations suck. I can't see how so many like it. But that is just mu opinion
  29. Oct 5, 2022
    0
    The single worst game ever mad by man. An awful story with awful charecters and awful gameplay that bring shame to gaming. But ey, it looks nice... i guess.
  30. Aug 18, 2023
    0
    I have never played a game as boring as AC Odyssey. While the game is fun, it's just way to stretched out. 95 percent is just traveling. Finished a quest? Nice! Now go and talk to 3 more people that are far away from fast travel points. I'm 50 hours in and I just can't be bothered to finish the Atlantis DLC because it's so unbelievably boring.
Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 86 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 73 out of 86
  2. Negative: 0 out of 86
  1. Mar 4, 2019
    80
    I cared more for these characters and the world than I ever did in previous Assassin’s Creed games, and I think that’s part of why this reboot is so successful. Playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey left me feeling valiant and triumphant as I worked my way up the cultist food chain, and and I was always excited to see what Kassandra was off to discover next.
  2. CD-Action
    Feb 13, 2019
    90
    If someone had told me couple of years ago that Assassin’s Creed would become a full-fledged action RPG that would not look out of place on a shelf next to The Witcher 3, I would have snickered. But here I am, over 80 hours into Odyssey and still unable to believe that really happened. [12/2018, p.44]
  3. Edge Magazine
    Nov 9, 2018
    70
    It also commits a few of the same sins: in particular, the deluge of gar drops feels vaguely insulting, conditioning the player to lust after items exclusive to the in-game store. It's lifted, however, by the relative wit and intelligence of its quest design, and the delicate notes of uncertainty and curiosity introduced by Exploration mode. [Christmas 2018, p.108]