Assassin's Creed Origins

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  1. andrilitvynchuk
    Aug 13, 2023
    6
    It is really more like Witcher 3 game than Assassin's Creed, still enjoyable. The plot was okay, the gameplay was okay. The atmosphere of Egypt was very good
  2. gaset04
    Jul 18, 2023
    7
    I'ts not the best AC, as far as is much better than Syndicate. There is a big change of graphics. The game has been remarked by the nature and the scenes. It seems to play in the real life. The plot is remembered because they explain the begginings of the creed but it's not special. Perhaps as the others AC, parkour is the best aspects of the game.
    I feel quite repetitive at the end of    I'ts not the best AC, as far as is much better than Syndicate. There is a big change of graphics. The game has been remarked by the nature and the scenes. It seems to play in the real life. The plot is remembered because they explain the begginings of the creed but it's not special. Perhaps as the others AC, parkour is the best aspects of the game.
    I feel quite repetitive at the end of the game and while I was doing the platinium. Last but not least some places of the map was empty. It was not necessary to add.    … Expand
  3. Alperen007
    Apr 24, 2020
    6
    Firstly, it is not and Assassin's Creed game. Really boring RPG experience and free roam. After playing Witcher 3, I can say that "It is totally trash."
  4. AdoMobA
    Mar 18, 2023
    6
    Pros
    - massive open world that can be explored before engaging with the story
    - the story is kept personal until the end - beautiful vistas Cons - Assassin's Creed game where pressing the assassination button takes five percent of health from a sleeping enemy that you stab in the neck….. lmao ok - the upgrade system is clearly heavily slanted towards being annoying when it comes to    Pros
    - massive open world that can be explored before engaging with the story
    - the story is kept personal until the end
    - beautiful vistas

    Cons
    - Assassin's Creed game where pressing the assassination button takes five percent of health from a sleeping enemy that you stab in the neck….. lmao ok
    - the upgrade system is clearly heavily slanted towards being annoying when it comes to farming for materials, as it was this game that introduced Time Saver microtransactions into the franchise
    - the side quests are as generic as they come
    - the combat is a shakeup to the franchise, but spending two minutes hacking away on sponge enemies is beyond annoying
    - Layla is a boring cardboard cutout that does not carry the modern day stuff at all

    For years the series got dogpiled on for not changing its mechanics in any significant way. I unfortunately got the Ubisoft brain damage early in life so I enjoyed the mediocre yearly releases while making fun of FIFA players for enjoying their yearly copy and pasted releases.

    Assassin's Creed Origin is the game that decided to change that story, and they succeeded. What I mean is they succeeded in changing stuff but they utterly failed in capturing what made the series loved and fun to play.

    Starting with the good stuff, the story is actually a solid revenge plot against a faceless organization. Bayek and Aya feel real and both of them carry you through the story of their revenge up until the founding of the brotherhood.

    The world is massive and allows for early exploration, letting you knock out most of the map in the early game. Some of the vistas are breathtaking, like the pyramids in Giza and the various temples you visit.

    Now the bad. In a series called Assassin's Creed how do you mess up the ASSASSINATION mechanic. The level system makes it so that if you walk into an area that has enemies with higher levels than you, trying to assassinate them does like five percent of their health. You could stab them out of stealth, use your hidden blade to stab them in the neck four times, and they still get hit for five percent health. The level based assassination sucks.

    The combat went from showing off the skill of the assassins in allowing you to take on hordes of enemies, to now where you are forced to take a nap as you hack away at health sponges. Wow, you changed stuff, but is it for the better?

    Ubisoft was never shy about scummy microtransactions, as anybody who played ACII on release had to deal with the Sequence 12, 13 scumbaggery. This game's upgrade system was designed banking on your frustration, where you buy Ubisoft's ''generous'' Time Saver microtransactions, giving you the materials needed so you don't need to farm them.

    Origins is the least bad game in the modern trilogy yet that is not saying much as it does not reach even the worst of the old style games.    … Expand
  5. HeitorCampos
    Mar 13, 2023
    6
    It's a great setting, but it's a bad AC game, it lost it's identity. I didn't love what thode games were before, but it's sad to see it become so uninspired, even if it is functional, and fun for a while. It gets old fast though, and although it's one of the best AC games, it's the nail in the AC coffin. It's fine in just about everything, the setting is good though.
  6. bakpak
    Dec 19, 2022
    7
    Good game, bad assassin's creed game. Combat is mechanically decent but needs more of an impactful feeling and enemies aren't to distinct from one another so you don't approach them all that differently. Has quiet a good skill tree. Like the exploration and some side content like the papyruses and bosses. The story is lack luster. Since its a Ubisoft game its has pretty boring sideGood game, bad assassin's creed game. Combat is mechanically decent but needs more of an impactful feeling and enemies aren't to distinct from one another so you don't approach them all that differently. Has quiet a good skill tree. Like the exploration and some side content like the papyruses and bosses. The story is lack luster. Since its a Ubisoft game its has pretty boring side missions and alot of them as well as microtransactions but you can easily ignore them. Its a bad AC game since it doesnt have a map built with constant parkour and stealth in mind.… Expand
  7. rasler
    Dec 9, 2022
    5
    Sinceramente este juego me ha decepcionado, y no sé si es porque fue tras mucho años que no hubieron Assasinns Creed, que por eso la gente lo ama, pero yo no, es más, es el primero que no considero un Assasins Creed, porque si bien hubieron juegos malos antes, al menos mantenían la esencia. Origins ya se empieza a alejar, quizás no tanto como los posteriores, pero bueno vamos a mi reseña.Sinceramente este juego me ha decepcionado, y no sé si es porque fue tras mucho años que no hubieron Assasinns Creed, que por eso la gente lo ama, pero yo no, es más, es el primero que no considero un Assasins Creed, porque si bien hubieron juegos malos antes, al menos mantenían la esencia. Origins ya se empieza a alejar, quizás no tanto como los posteriores, pero bueno vamos a mi reseña.

    Lo bueno primero, y lo mejor que tiene son los gráficos, la ambientación, lo lindo que se ve, eso sin duda es lo mejor que tiene. Además bien optimizados, algo que por fin tras dos juegos que tuvieron fallos de rendimiento se agradece.
    La historia no está mal, decente, o sea, ni bien, ni mal.
    El sistema nuevo del águila está muy bien aunque es una copia del dron de Willdlands, pero como en uno funcionó pues aquí también.
    El sistema del coliseo muy entretenido, me lo pasé muy bien.

    Y aquí se acaba lo bueno, porque el resto es malo. Primero de todo tenemos un problema con las dimensiones de las armas, la espada se ve muy grande, o sea, es que ni es una espada pesada y se ve enorme, parece una espada medieval. La lanza cuando está en la espalda mide menos que el personaje, pero cuando la saca duplica su tamaño. O sea, no sé si soy el único, pero las dimensiones de las armas están mal proporcionadas. La única que se salva es el hacha.
    El combate dio dos pasos para atrás, un combate simple, aburrido, nada natural, los movimientos finales se repiten una y otra vez. O sea, pasamos del maravilloso combate del 3, luego bajamos un poquito con Unity, en Syndicate tuvimos algunas animaciones guapas y otras no tanto, y ahora tenemos los mismos finishers con armas que echan fuego o veneno. Venga ya ¿Qué es esto? Sé que esta saga no tiene que ser el reflejo exacto de la realidad pasada, pero...¿Espadas con fuego? El sistema de escudo vale, te defiende, pero te hace aburrido el combate.
    El mapa si bien dije que es bonito, y aún teniendo en cuenta que es un desierto, se ve vacío, o sea, hay una zona que es Black Desert en la que no hay nada, solo un paisaje de rocas espectacular, nada más. Digamos que la acción se centra en dos o tres lugares. El resto es relleno.
    El parkour tan elegante, simple y estetico que vimos en Unity y en Syndicate se marchó, volvimos al parkour de los más antiguos, además ahora parece que se puede escalar en todos lados ¿En serio? Se supone que la tecnología es más antigua, pero el personaje puede escalar mejor que Desmond que es de incluso una era futurista, venga ya hombre.
    La personalización dio otro paso atrás, en Unity había dado uno o dos hacia delante, porque por fin pudimos personalizar completamente al personaje, cabeza, torso, cintura y piernas, pero aquí volvimos a los trajes que solo cambian por tener un color diferente. Encima hay unos que ganas en la arena del coliseo, y cuando te fijas te das cuenta de que en realidad es el mismo traje con distinto color, descarado. Muy decepcionado por esta parte.
    La historia del presente aburrida como siempre, eso no cambia. Menos mal que siempre me ha importado poco y que no tiene tanto protagonismo como en los tiempos de Desmond.
    Y ya por último, el doblaje de Cleopatra en español es malísimo

    En fin, a la gente le encantó este juego, a mi sinceramente me decepcionó. Encima ya no podemos ver más al Imperio Romano.    … Expand
  8. Shnd3r
    Dec 1, 2022
    5
    Continuation of a series of games from the studio Ubisoft. In genre Adventure, Role Playing (RPG). In my opinion the game is average 5/10.
  9. SauceBox6
    Nov 26, 2022
    7
    10 - Masterpiece
    9 - Amazing
    8 - Great
    7 - Good
    6 - Okay
    5 - Mediocre
    4 - Bad
    3 - Awful
    2 - Painful
    1 - Unbearable
  10. Razorxide
    Nov 16, 2022
    6
    Uzun oyundu bitirmesi yordu çok boş görevlerde vardı ama ana hikaye fena değildi.çok olumlu bakamıyorum yine de
  11. dr-kenobi
    Sep 6, 2022
    7
    I'm not a big fan of the action-focused way the AC franchise took in 2017, I'm more of an **** who really enjoyed stealth and old assassins. Still, the aesthetics and Egyptian setting are crafted very well here, so it's quite fun to play it through.
  12. nfs7379
    Sep 4, 2022
    7
    7/10.......................................................................
  13. MaxieZeus
    Sep 2, 2022
    5
    A boring game where combat feels like a knockoff of Dark Souls without any weight or feel, soulless open world with repetitive side quests and a boring story that loosely explains the origins of assassins. Still playable but would not touch again.
  14. DarthJ
    Aug 28, 2022
    7
    Everything is fine. But Aya is the most boring distract ive character I have ever seen. Every time she was on the screen I wanted someone to kill that emotionless stupid **** The dialogues are meaningless. I have no ideas what a hell are they talking about. New creed comes from nowhere... That is not an origin that we want
  15. Jul1an
    Aug 11, 2022
    7
    The best Assassin's Creed Game of the "new era", which this game started. I call it the new era because of the new combat systems in the latest AC games. Which is btw totally copied from Dark Souls. The Visuals are stunning, the story has some problems but u can follow her pretty easily. The Open world is huge and full of very cool things. Sometimes the differnet camps of soldiers orThe best Assassin's Creed Game of the "new era", which this game started. I call it the new era because of the new combat systems in the latest AC games. Which is btw totally copied from Dark Souls. The Visuals are stunning, the story has some problems but u can follow her pretty easily. The Open world is huge and full of very cool things. Sometimes the differnet camps of soldiers or questlines are very similar. You can't rush through this game because u have to grind the side quests to level up. It is annoying because if ur too underleveled, u have no chance against the enemies in stronger Locations. I don't like the forced grind in this game. The Map has many question marks on it which show u an interesting spot so you don't have to really explore by yourself which i personally don't like but its really a matter of opinion. Still the game is fun and i can definitely recommend trying it. I played it on 100% and can say it is a good game which you can definitely have fun with.… Expand
  16. Tom11th
    Aug 3, 2022
    5
    English is not my native language, I do apologize in advance for any mistakes and errors.

    My god, this game is badly written/directed! At first, around 30h into the game, I was pretty happy with the game, world building, graphics, etc. At that time, for me, the game was a solid 8/10. I was so wrong. Everything in this game happens so fast, so randomly. Before you even meet a    English is not my native language, I do apologize in advance for any mistakes and errors.

    My god, this game is badly written/directed!

    At first, around 30h into the game, I was pretty happy with the game, world building, graphics, etc. At that time, for me, the game was a solid 8/10. I was so wrong.

    Everything in this game happens so fast, so randomly. Before you even meet a character, that character is already dead/dying, or betraying you (which is incredibly predictable).
    For example, you watch some gruesome death of some child.... the kid you met 5 minutes earlier. The game lets you 'lightly' know that now is the time for sadness (slow-mo, sad music, crying mother). Sometimes the loading time of the game is longer than the exposition of characters.

    You feel zero attachment, zero emotion. That one scene, quest, reminded me of the prologue to The Last of Us. All it took was a few minutes of good acting, brief exposition and a subtle backstory, to make you feel something, to feel the suffering of a parent who just lost a child. There is not even one such moment in Assassins' Creed Origins. Wasted potential.

    For most of the game, I felt zero attachment to any of the characters.
    In some places, Bayek had quite interesting tantrums, expressing some emotions.

    Unfortunately, after 100+ hours, I can't recall even one interesting character.
    Side quests could have been non-existent, boring, repetitive. Horrifyingly badly acted.
    A character outside the Animus... for most of the time, I didn't even remember that she existed at all. The entire story line could have ceased to exist, and it wouldn't have changed anything in Bayek's world.

    This game is a drag. By the end, instead of being interested in how it would end, I was bored and waiting for it to finally end.

    The last game in the Assassins' Creed series that I played was Unity. Pretty cool, visually gorgeous, realistic characters and their stories. Here I was dying of boredom and annoyance.

    Every now and then, when a new game in the series comes out, I think to myself that maybe it's worth a try, maybe it will be OK this time...?
    This is definitely the last game in the Assassins' Creed series that I will ever play. Unfortunately, the series died along with Ezio, as did my interest in the Creed.    … Expand
  17. berkae
    Jun 17, 2022
    7
    Good switch for AC. Egypt is incredible, the story is decent, and a lot of new things added to the game. I would say this might be the best AC they made (even if not my favorite).
  18. chrisdan23
    Jun 9, 2022
    7
    Der Assassin's Creed Soft-Reboot macht sicherlich einiges richtig. Der Protagonist ist deutlich symphatisch. Die riesige Spielewelt im antiken Ägypten wunderschön anzusehen. Es macht sehr viel Spaß die Gegenden zu erforschen und zu erschließen. Auch das neue Kampfsystem macht vor allem in den, seltenen, Zweikämpfen Spaß. Doch bei all dem Grafikpracht und der toll designten Open World,Der Assassin's Creed Soft-Reboot macht sicherlich einiges richtig. Der Protagonist ist deutlich symphatisch. Die riesige Spielewelt im antiken Ägypten wunderschön anzusehen. Es macht sehr viel Spaß die Gegenden zu erforschen und zu erschließen. Auch das neue Kampfsystem macht vor allem in den, seltenen, Zweikämpfen Spaß. Doch bei all dem Grafikpracht und der toll designten Open World, leider hat Assassin's Creed Origin ein qualitatives Problem. Abseits der teils sehr guten Main Quests finden sich kaum gut geschriebene Dialoge und Nebenbeschäftigungen. Alles wirkt sehr repetitiv und nach Ubisoft Standard Formel. Mit der starken Sony Konkurrenz oder gar Open World Referenzen wie RDR2 oder The Witcher 3 kann Ubisoft so nicht mithalten. Da hätte man sich deutlich mehr Mühe und Zeit für Quest Design und Liebe zum Detail nehmen müssen.… Expand
  19. anthonyjc419
    Apr 30, 2022
    6
    I have to be honest I’m very disappointed with this game after coming from Valhalla then odyssey I came straight here and was ready for another AC game I never wanted the other two to end but this one around level 15 I realized how bad the combat and gameplay is, very spongy npc, very unresponsive combat, boring missions, and other combat cons!
  20. SquATime
    Mar 25, 2022
    7
    Scénario mise en scène : 7/10
    Gameplay : 7/10
    Univers : 9/10
    Réalisation technique : 6/10
    Réalisation graphique : 7/10
  21. martinho_99
    Mar 11, 2022
    7
    A fresh new start for the Assassins Creed world. The new gameplay is a improvement but strays further away from the feeling of the Desmond parts.
  22. chernandez31
    Feb 22, 2022
    7
    The best of the recently “revamped” Assassin’s Creed games. A shame there’s no 60fps mode on PS5 or XSX/S. A solid balance between classic AC games and the new ones. Lacking in combat gameplay and the plot is meh but overall it’s pretty good.
  23. Avid_StoryLover
    Jan 24, 2022
    7
    So as a long time Assassin's Creed fan, I left the franchise a for a bit after a few disappointing instalments. First things first this game takes the series in a new direction, so there are a multitude of changes.
    The combat tries to be new and fresh whilst mimicking the style of say dark souls or horizon. I don't really have a problem with the new combat except for one thing. The lack    So as a long time Assassin's Creed fan, I left the franchise a for a bit after a few disappointing instalments. First things first this game takes the series in a new direction, so there are a multitude of changes.
    The combat tries to be new and fresh whilst mimicking the style of say dark souls or horizon. I don't really have a problem with the new combat except for one thing. The lack of a counter system removes the feeling of being a BA. Like in AC4 when you would wait patiently for the enemy to attack and manage to kill three people with a parry in absolute style. That's replaced with a finisher system, basically when an enemy is low on health you do a cinematic finishing blow, but it just doesn't feel as epic.
    The story is the origins of the assassins and a story of revenge. I enjoyed the plot and found it rewarding in the sense of seeing where it all began. However they have significantly reduced the modern storyline. Which in my opinion is a shame, but to fair they really didn't know where to take it after the conclusion of Desmond's story in AC3. I mean look at AC4 you're a nobody walking around Abstergo industries, who accomplishes almost nothing. I have begun to wonder if they started reducing it to appease gamers who complained about being taken out of the animus or if its really just because they just don't know what to do with it.
    I don't mind the new rpg system, but what i do mind in the fact that the game forces you to grind out side missions in order to continue the main game. I'm all for side missions but they should be something you want/choose to do, not mandatory to complete the game. Look at skyrim or fallout, those games let you choose if you do side quests and doesn't punish you for not doing them. Another thing I was trying to grind so I could finish the game and a level 35 mission would literally give me the same amount of experience as a quest ten levels underneath it. I get that ubisoft has never really made an rpg before but how tf do you make a mistake like this in the year 2017?
    All in all I enjoyed the game but it could have been better.    … Expand
  24. DandyLion97
    Jan 9, 2022
    7
    Rpg system sucks and the ending was very average
    And TBH it is not assasin creed game anymore
  25. EvgeniusBro
    Dec 1, 2021
    7
    Это моя первая игра в этой франшизе, и она мне понравилась. Сюжет интересный, красивый открытый мир, но он слишком огромный, я не понимаю, зачем Ubisoft сделали такой мир, это не нужно было так делать. Вообщем, я заинтересовался в этой франшизеЭто моя первая игра в этой франшизе, и она мне понравилась. Сюжет интересный, красивый открытый мир, но он слишком огромный, я не понимаю, зачем Ubisoft сделали такой мир, это не нужно было так делать. Вообщем, я заинтересовался в этой франшизе
  26. HeavyMachineGon
    Oct 13, 2021
    5
    第一次玩刺客信条系列，一个小时不到就不想玩了，无脑开放世界，故意把地图做的很大，连新手村都要走很久。
    人物和场景建模看似优美，细看缺很多瑕疵，人物动作单一，台词无趣，没有任何想继续的理由。
  27. strangebrew123
    Aug 21, 2021
    6
    The storyline in this game is boring and didn't engage me at all. I loved the open world aspect and the gameplay mechanics, although with the masses of side missions makes it too easy to over level. Graphics are ok, and npc interactions are better than most games. I finished the game as a completionism in a little over 90 hours.
  28. Hackslashshoot
    Aug 15, 2021
    6
    Took a break from ac for while haven’t played one in over 5 years. Still the same old formula only this is bigger than any other ac . Tedious af like most ac games. I am definitely done with this series maybe even done with Ubisoft. I will see what they do with fc6. If you have not tried an Assassins Creed game yet this is a good one. I am just burnt on the same old **** wrapped in aTook a break from ac for while haven’t played one in over 5 years. Still the same old formula only this is bigger than any other ac . Tedious af like most ac games. I am definitely done with this series maybe even done with Ubisoft. I will see what they do with fc6. If you have not tried an Assassins Creed game yet this is a good one. I am just burnt on the same old **** wrapped in a different package.… Expand
  29. hinfectos
    May 1, 2021
    7
    Comprado en pack junto a Odyssey por 29'99€.

    Buena reinventación y buena entrega. Divertida y muy atractiva. El punto negativo se lo doy a un vasto mundo innecesariamente enorme y donde encuentro cierto vacío. El alubión de misiones secundarias también me parece innecesario porque algunas son un verdadero aburrimiento. Ciñiéndome a la historia principal, bien. Buenos gráficos y un    Comprado en pack junto a Odyssey por 29'99€.

    Buena reinventación y buena entrega. Divertida y muy atractiva. El punto negativo se lo doy a un vasto mundo innecesariamente enorme y donde encuentro cierto vacío. El alubión de misiones secundarias también me parece innecesario porque algunas son un verdadero aburrimiento.

    Ciñiéndome a la historia principal, bien. Buenos gráficos y un sistema de batalla atractivo.    … Expand
  30. Ben_ben
    Mar 26, 2021
    7
    Have played assassin series more than ten years. It becomes my routine. pro: splendid spectacular world. con: boring repeated mission
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 63 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 53 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 63
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  1. RPG Fan
    Jan 2, 2018
    75
    Assassin's Creed: Origins is the best game in the series, but it's a mediocre action RPG at its core. In this sense, it both succeeds and fails at being a much-needed franchise shakeup.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Dec 29, 2017
    85
    Origins is the newest installment in rather worn out series and a much appreciated and needed refresh. New combat and graphically fantastic environment with tons of content will gave you some nice moments. The game is not a blast but it is a proof that AC is back on the right track again, for now.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 15, 2017
    90
    With a beautiful world you'll repeatedly die for and lethal toys to play with, Assassin's Creed Origins finally delivers the game you always wanted from the series. Brilliant. [Christmas 2017, p.87]
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