Immortals Fenyx Rising

 PlayStation 5
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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 434 Ratings

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  1. Awanka
    Nov 4, 2021
    7
    Pretty decent game filled with puzzles and combat similar to Zelda. Combat isn't as clean and balanced, and the puzzles aren't as well-designed, but sometimes it's close enough to not matter. Story is cartoonish filled with dad humor and too much talking, but it did make me laugh a couple of times. A pair of gods narrate your entire playthrough similar to "Bastion." Greek mythology hasPretty decent game filled with puzzles and combat similar to Zelda. Combat isn't as clean and balanced, and the puzzles aren't as well-designed, but sometimes it's close enough to not matter. Story is cartoonish filled with dad humor and too much talking, but it did make me laugh a couple of times. A pair of gods narrate your entire playthrough similar to "Bastion." Greek mythology has been done to death, so the irreverent take on the gods here is actually welcome, as it is different and somewhat original.

    My main complaints are that the combat becomes trivial about a third of the way through the game, and there is a lack of variety in enemy encounters and puzzles. It all starts to seem the same halfway through. Like most Ubisoft games, there is a little too much generic content, and the final battle is awful.    … Expand
  2. pedrojooj
    Dec 4, 2020
    6
    o jogo tem um porte mal feito na minha opiniao muitos bugs, mas a historia e os personagens sao muito bons e o garfico é lindo, testei a do xbsx tambem e o porte dele esta melhor, menos bugado, mas isso nao tira o merito da ubisoft de ter feito um puta de um jogo bom
  3. SuperkenGaming
    Mar 27, 2021
    7
    Immortals Femyx Rising
    Gods and Monsters
    Not to be confused ith the energy drink.. this is a video game… a video game that gets constant comparrisons to the liked of Zelda breath of the wild.. a game I’ve yet to play.. and I game I hope clicks with me more than this one… Zeus needs help, the greek gods are in trouble, all of the mortals are stone.. except for one of course.. you… you    Immortals Femyx Rising
    Gods and Monsters
    Not to be confused ith the energy drink.. this is a video game… a video game that gets constant comparrisons to the liked of Zelda breath of the wild.. a game I’ve yet to play.. and I game I hope clicks with me more than this one…
    Zeus needs help, the greek gods are in trouble, all of the mortals are stone.. except for one of course.. you… you creae your character and its off to helping zeus and the rest of the gods in this open world puzzle game… and if there weren’t such a large emphises on the puzzle part, this game as series has such great potential… for starters this world is beautiful, though there are crashing issues is you play in pretty mode vs the run better mode on the playstations 5… here youll be running around, collecting items to craft consumables, find gear, and collect shards to upgrade your gear and character, run around and complete tasks for the different gods and gain new abilities.. if it stopped there I would be fine, run around this opwen world with sections that feel and look different enough reperesenting each god you help… all while the game hilariously narrates for you… a real highlight… I could’ve loved immortals fenyx.. but its insistence to try and be a breath of a wild clones, sucked away all of its charm and left immortals fenyx risings feeling like a good.. yet soulless game… its cookie cutter, and what were left with if unfun combat, and boring drug out puzzles.. the vaults are half of the game and theyre just awful.. they have their moments of being fun brain teasesers… but these puzzles show up way too frequently in your 13 plus hour journey… and I dreaded them every time.. im not a big fan of puzzles in general… but when theres essentially puzzle rooms vs environmental puzzles, I hate it even more… just let me build up my charcters, sneak around, tame and kill things while my boy zeus makes awful jokes.. that’s all I wanna do… but fenyx rising sortve blows its load for me.. if you’ve played journey to the savage planet.. it’s the same kind of thing… youre smacked with charm, mystery and immersion.. and then everything else feels lackluster in ocmparision to the greatness the adventure starts with…
    While I can appreciate that this is objectively a good game that plenty will love… for me this was a game that kept throwing school work at me when all I wanted to do was play at recess… and once I get out to recess its like oh, its raining.. youre playing in the gym today, not the playground like youre used to doing.. meaning that this world is just a chore to even get around in.. the whole stamina whil you run, climb, swim, and soar thing can be fun if done right.. its not done right here.. its annoying and just makes traversal not fun.. . but I am again just speaking for myself.. for me the combat gt stale fast, the traversal becomes annoying fast, and the puzzles get annoying boring and overwhelming fast… what am I doing playing this?
    for a lot of people though theyre hearing this review being all like. Yeha this is what I want, imam buy this right now.. I get it.. tis a good game, just not for me.
    I give Immortals Fenyx Rising
    a 7/10    … Expand
  4. Doctor-J
    Sep 12, 2021
    7
    I want to love this game, i really do. The gameplay is very good, the puzzles feel smart, the graphics are okay... BUT OH MY GOD THE STORY IS UNBEARABLE! Such a goofy bad written mess. And the english dub has an annoying goofy greek accent. In the end the game feels too long, repetitive and i just dragged myself to finish it.
  5. SebboBastian
    Jun 11, 2023
    6
    Really fun and good combat but like most ubisoft games, its big and soulless. But still more fun to explore in this one then in any assassin creed games.
    Cliche Disney narration and dialogue, goofiness and puns, so the worst kind of dialogue.
  6. Schueli
    Aug 11, 2022
    6
    Die Ubisoft-Formel in ihrer Reinform. Das ist Immortals. Die ganze Karte ist vollgestopft mit Sammelobjekten und Rätsel. Zuerst muss man einmal sagen, die Rätsel machen teilweise schon Spaß, Kämpfe gegen Gegner sind okay, aber auch nichts besonderes. Und auch die Grafik geht in Ordnung. Die Story fand ich abgrundtief langweilig und aufgesetzt. Der Versuch, auf Krampf lustig zu sein,Die Ubisoft-Formel in ihrer Reinform. Das ist Immortals. Die ganze Karte ist vollgestopft mit Sammelobjekten und Rätsel. Zuerst muss man einmal sagen, die Rätsel machen teilweise schon Spaß, Kämpfe gegen Gegner sind okay, aber auch nichts besonderes. Und auch die Grafik geht in Ordnung. Die Story fand ich abgrundtief langweilig und aufgesetzt. Der Versuch, auf Krampf lustig zu sein, überhaupt nicht mein Ding. Die Atmosphäre war auch eher sehr trist. Die Welt hatte kein Leben. Es wirkte wie einfach hingeklatscht. Überall wurde einfach nur irgendein Sammelobjekt hinter einem kleinen Rätsel hingebaut. Ansonsten ist die Welt völlig leblos. Nach den ersten Trailer damals, noch als Gods & Monsters, war ich gehypted. Am Ende kam aber nur gute Kost bei raus. Man kann es gut spielen und es macht auch Spaß, aber es gab deutlich mehr Potential und ich habe auch größtenteils nur die Hauptstory und paar auf dem Weg gelegene Neben-Rätsel gemacht.… Expand
  7. lyekay1
    Feb 5, 2021
    5
    It's okay, nothing special. Bit repetitive after a while and is a lot like the other Ubisoft games, also graphics aren't too nice you can notice the way she runs. 10 is way too much as well as 9 considering it's on next gen, 8 hours in and I won't be playing it again.
  8. Manc_Prophecy
    Jan 3, 2021
    6
    Before I start I should probably mention the glitches and crashes I had... At one point my PS5 crashed 3 times in the space of 5 hours, another part light attacks would stop landing and just clip through enemies until I reset the game, and again I had to reset the game when a specific challenge (Lyre) just vanished from the map, so I had to save near the location, reset and reload for itBefore I start I should probably mention the glitches and crashes I had... At one point my PS5 crashed 3 times in the space of 5 hours, another part light attacks would stop landing and just clip through enemies until I reset the game, and again I had to reset the game when a specific challenge (Lyre) just vanished from the map, so I had to save near the location, reset and reload for it to appear normally,

    Immortals: Fenyx Rising is probably the most impressive and enjoyable game I have played by Ubisoft since Assassins Creed 2.

    Many would see elements of Assassins Creed in this game but I mostly see a lot of elements from Breath of the Wild, the stamina bar climbing, swimming and jumping, the gliding, and the number of puzzles scattered around the world.

    The world itself is a reasonable size and has very little open space that consist of nothing, so even though the map might not be as big as whichever game you want to compare it to, everything within the map is nicely packed in a reasonable distance so you don't feel like your traversing through empty space for minutes on end.
    The visuals are stunning in 4k HDR, even though the character models themselves aren't the best, but the aesthetic design reminds me so much of Zelda mixed with Fable, and the way the controls feels also replicate these games also.

    The story has it moments and really does a good job describing some greek gods/goddesses as well as basically slagging off Zeus' behaviour and the way he mistreated other gods/goddesses, however the dialogue can be pretty bad most the time, at times it seems designed for little children but the sexual innuendos and the vague jokes that of a young adult would get seems to make me think the game doesn't know what it's target audience is.

    The absolute worse thing I can think of is how tedious some of the trophies are to get, as things stand I have 100% platinum trophy for this game and it took me 50 hours and 30 minutes (to the nearest minute) of game time, I think the game could be done in about 30-35 hours but I wanted to get all trophies as it was rated easy to obtain.
    Now the platinum was easy to obtain but tedious as hell, some of the objectives I had to do ended up me googling a map as I didn't want to spend needless hours walking around looking for a specific monster or chest... At one point I needed to obtain a rare resource called golden amber, most easily obtained through normal chests (x3 from each chest), I ended the game still requiring 60+ amber to get one last trophy, so I had to start a new game+ just to reset the chests.

    It was so tedious and annoying obtaining some of the collections and pretty much killed my gaming experience, I think a slight tweak to the script and more vigorous story as well as a better trophy setup I believe this game could have potentially hit the 8/10 mark.    … Expand
  9. basques35
    Jan 15, 2022
    6
    There is a nice story with humorous twists about interesting myths (greek mythology), which is great because it distracts you from the bad level design, poor puzzles and atrocious combat mechanics. For the combat, it looks like Ubisoft took Assassin's creed's bad combat mechanics and asked themselves how they make it worst.
  10. bigkrongoryeet
    Dec 29, 2020
    5
    This is honestly one of the most boring games I have played in recent memory. Extremely repetitive and uninspired puzzles at every turn, open world collect-athon checklist, and an uninteresting story. The combat is serviceable but is essentially just a dumbed down version of combat from Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The majority of the puzzles involve putting objects on pressure plates to openThis is honestly one of the most boring games I have played in recent memory. Extremely repetitive and uninspired puzzles at every turn, open world collect-athon checklist, and an uninteresting story. The combat is serviceable but is essentially just a dumbed down version of combat from Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The majority of the puzzles involve putting objects on pressure plates to open a door or proceed further. You encounter these puzzles A LOT and they get very boring very quickly.

    I'm giving it a 5/10 mainly because it is a functioning game. I did not encounter any bugs and it ran well, but I did not enjoy playing it. Overall I cannot recommend this game unless you are looking for a more linear story-driven alternative to Breath of the Wild. There are so many better open-world games and if you're looking for a game with a humorous take on Greek Mythology, HADES is much more enjoyable in that regard.    … Expand
  11. deplorable
    May 1, 2021
    5
    This new generation of consoles PS5, Xbox X/S launches will forever be remembered as the dreadful trio of games from Ubisoft (Valhalla you'll get bored before you finish, watch dogs legion - takes out everything you loved about watch dogs 2, and this). They just crank them out and none of them do the new generation of consoles any justice.

    This offering is supposedly from the team who    This new generation of consoles PS5, Xbox X/S launches will forever be remembered as the dreadful trio of games from Ubisoft (Valhalla you'll get bored before you finish, watch dogs legion - takes out everything you loved about watch dogs 2, and this). They just crank them out and none of them do the new generation of consoles any justice.

    This offering is supposedly from the team who bought you odyssey which i enjoyed. I mean it was fun, collecting and getting everything until you hit the 70 hour mark and give up. I mean Odyssey was long and i never finished it, i did get every collectable, target, side mission etc all the way up to like the final island but these games drive the most patient of us insane especially if you are a collector.

    Fenyx I guess is a comedy of sorts based on the greek mythologically but they're careful to avoid the actual county fenyx comes from, what they were doing on the boat or ANY background whatsoever. As i haven't finished it, i'm guessing her brother isn't her real brother, neither is her mother or father and she's some sort of rip off hercules story straight from a disney movie.

    Gameplay is bland to put it mildly. You beat puzzles an 8 year old can beat (thanks go to my nephew for proving that) and generally collect things. By things i mean EVERYTHING you're going to be awash with types of things you collect. Her bag itself must be some sort of magical thing.

    But and this is where the line is drawn from me, it feels like they ripped BotW and added assassins creed with host of mythological BS into it. Not even the good parts of BotW, go play that instead. You're in for a treat. The puzzles are fantastic, the exploration is phenomenal and the characters you meet are amazing as well as the boss battles and just everything.

    This is NOT breath of the wild. It lacks the charm, the wonderful map, the exploration and the way it drip feeds you more and more information and help as you go in typical zelda fashion. And when it overloads you with collectables - it's mostly ingredients (that make sense for a game not based in reality - apples, etc). Fenyx on the other hand.... it just feels like a mockery rather than an inspiration.

    And they should have kept the main character mute. It'd have been so much better. Go play breath of the wild, and if you've played it. Don't soil the memory of an excellent game by playing... this ... greek tragedy. Ubisoft take some time out. Change things with your games without trying to copy what others have done with your own mediocre gameplay. please. DLC can't fix it.

    one good thing which is why this gets 5 not a 4. No microtransactions. I know right. IN a Ubisoft game. It's a miracle.    … Expand
  12. Pascal1602
    Nov 27, 2021
    7
    I didn't expect such a good game from Ubisoft. Give it a try, it has some fun puzzles and the gameplay is really smooth. Don't expect a great or very serious story and you won't be disappointed.
  13. Liamcorotted
    Jan 2, 2021
    6
    Immortal is a strong game from Ubisoft, considering their line up, but personally it feels like it lacks keeping the players attention to drive the story line. Relying players to search for items and power ups to keep up with the games difficulty, which isn’t a problem, but has provern to become droning and repetitive over a course of many hours. Combat 7/10
    Fun 6/10
    Uniqueness 8/10. For    Immortal is a strong game from Ubisoft, considering their line up, but personally it feels like it lacks keeping the players attention to drive the story line. Relying players to search for items and power ups to keep up with the games difficulty, which isn’t a problem, but has provern to become droning and repetitive over a course of many hours. Combat 7/10
    Fun 6/10
    Uniqueness 8/10.

    For the right player, this game will give many hours of entertainment and a satisfying grind, but for some (including myself) it will feel like a waste of time hitting the 10 hour mark.    … Expand
  14. JohnnySkyward
    Jul 30, 2022
    6
    If you played one Ubisoft game, than you played then all! By the way, an absolut Zelda Breath of the Wild Clon.
  15. Page-85
    Mar 19, 2021
    7
    A well crafted open world experience. Combat is fluid and challenging, the landscape and art style are beautiful, but the voice acting (especially between Zeus and Prometheus) is where this game really puts a smile on your face. Enemy encounters can feel a little repetitive, and much of the game comes across a fetch quest, but there’s still enough there to keep them entertaining. ThisA well crafted open world experience. Combat is fluid and challenging, the landscape and art style are beautiful, but the voice acting (especially between Zeus and Prometheus) is where this game really puts a smile on your face. Enemy encounters can feel a little repetitive, and much of the game comes across a fetch quest, but there’s still enough there to keep them entertaining. This game wants really bad to be Breath of the Wild, but does its own thing enough to keep it from being a straight up clone.… Expand
  16. Richard4949
    Aug 23, 2022
    7
    There is a lot of great in this game. It’s one of the most beautiful open-worlds ever. It’s just for gorgeous, but the awful, awful puzzles keep ur from being a great game. There are hundreds and hundreds of them. And they are everywhere. And some of them are very hard and time consuming. They are unremarkable at best. And it’s like Ubisoft just wanted to make open/world filler crap. TheThere is a lot of great in this game. It’s one of the most beautiful open-worlds ever. It’s just for gorgeous, but the awful, awful puzzles keep ur from being a great game. There are hundreds and hundreds of them. And they are everywhere. And some of them are very hard and time consuming. They are unremarkable at best. And it’s like Ubisoft just wanted to make open/world filler crap. The banter is good and the combat is also good. It could’ve been a great game but has 1 huge flaw imho.… Expand
  17. Fausthor
    Dec 9, 2022
    7
    Your basic Ubisoft open-world game; big island with lots of stuff littering the map, sidequests, and tacky humor.
  18. HonestReviews66
    Mar 26, 2023
    5
    Decent game. Usual Ubisoft open world/collect the icons romp. Too many puzzles which gets tedious after a while. Good graphics with great draw distance. Decent combat and progression. However, rage quit after 20 hours because the last world is one of the worst designed levels in gaming history. I hope Ubisoft goes bankrupt.
  19. Nmaa18
    Apr 26, 2023
    7
    The good stuff: The world is charming (The views and architecture are great). The narration is genuinely pleasant and funny, which is something I do not often say about a video game. Flying and free climbing makes me feel so free. The puzzles clicked with me - fun and make players think or explore. The music is pretty nice and fitting; epic. The size of the map and + soundtrack are nice.The good stuff: The world is charming (The views and architecture are great). The narration is genuinely pleasant and funny, which is something I do not often say about a video game. Flying and free climbing makes me feel so free. The puzzles clicked with me - fun and make players think or explore. The music is pretty nice and fitting; epic. The size of the map and + soundtrack are nice. Some animations are great, such as fenyx discovering the facilities of the hall of the gods, and the different animations for opening chests. The progression and sense of discovery are great. the mix of greek mythology and comedy are well done in my opinion. The puzzles and vaults are very varied in terms of difficulty and are always enjoyable to complete. the lack of levels for armor is great. the number of armors are just right too.

    What could have been improved: There is something about the arrows that does not feel great - it does not look very beautiful or feel satisfying. Overall combat is on the simple side. The crafting system/options could have been deeper. The variety of enemies leaves to be desired too, its mostly bears n chickens. Furthermore, enemy/npc ai is not the best. Also the greek accent on the english VA sounds very forced on everyone, it is quite jarring to me as a linguist. Some characters, especially aphrodite, are very annoying to listen to. Aphrodite sounds so dramatic and bipolar and i wish she would shut up, it is that bad. Finally, graphics of the bears and the deer mount could have been improved for example.

    Conclusion: As a person who likes greek mythology and had been very hyped until the reviews and gameplay footage releases, the demo and game ended up surprising me. It was fun and i wanted to explore the world while listening to the funny, engaging narrators. The gameplay and the world do not feel particularly deep, but there is a solid amount of things to do and discover, and the vaults and map are fun. despite the flaws, there is so much good here that i want to progress to the end and become stronger and complete all the side stuff there is to do along with the main story. 76/100

    extra: the longer u play the less fun it gets imo, a lot of repition, like a ubisoft game i guess. also the gods r just not that interesting. like aphrodite and athena should be powerful and mystical. their human forms rly cheapens the mystic of the gods. but the combat, puzzles, customization are great.    … Expand
  20. Sly83
    Jun 25, 2023
    7
    Mostly a carbon copy of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but still manages to be a fun adventure. Game is a little to long for its own good, but I was able to complete it and felt satisfied afterwards. Story is actually pretty decent thanks to the banter and narration between Zeus and Prometheus. The combat is surprisingly satisfying and has enough variety and challenge to keep from gettingMostly a carbon copy of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but still manages to be a fun adventure. Game is a little to long for its own good, but I was able to complete it and felt satisfied afterwards. Story is actually pretty decent thanks to the banter and narration between Zeus and Prometheus. The combat is surprisingly satisfying and has enough variety and challenge to keep from getting boring. Over all not a bad game to play, especially in-between big AAA titles.… Expand
  21. Spacemonkey1964
    Aug 12, 2023
    7
    Cutesy cartoon graphics aren't my thing but I managed to overlook this and had a good time. Mostly. The puzzle/platform vaults are a bit boring but are unfortunately mandatory to finish the game. The combat is a direct port from Assassin's Creed Odyssey, from the same developer, as are some of the creature designs. Once you discover the knack combat becomes a formality and there after itCutesy cartoon graphics aren't my thing but I managed to overlook this and had a good time. Mostly. The puzzle/platform vaults are a bit boring but are unfortunately mandatory to finish the game. The combat is a direct port from Assassin's Creed Odyssey, from the same developer, as are some of the creature designs. Once you discover the knack combat becomes a formality and there after it doesn't really matter what armor or weapons you have equiped.… Expand

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#16 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2020
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#8 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2020

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 42
  3. Negative: 1 out of 42
  1. CD-Action
    Jun 9, 2021
    90
    It is very hard to avoid comparing Immortals to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Despite obvious inspirations it is a typical Ubi-game with all its pros and cons, an inventory screen copied almost exactly from Assassin’s Creed, and a store with premium items. Anyhow, it’s Ubisoft’s most interesting game in years, definitely worth checking out for its satisfying exploration accompanied by simple combat and tons of good puzzles. [01/2021, p.62]
  2. Cubed3
    May 25, 2021
    80
    Ubisoft's open-world titles can invoke burnout towards their conclusion - crumbling under their own weight due to their size. Instead, this is a real palette cleanser. It feels like it hits that real sweet spot in the genre of the open-world adventure games. The world is large but enjoyable to explore, with just enough to do, and the constant commentary keeping things interesting. This combined with the genuinely funny and smart writing results in something that will be the big surprise hit for many.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Feb 17, 2021
    82
    Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Breath of the Wild set the bar for the genre, and since Link never got around to visiting Ancient Greece – there’s no shame in sending Fenyx there instead. [Issue#251, p.56]
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