Assassin's Creed Odyssey

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  1. nickomoknu272
    Oct 12, 2018
    7
    As a lover of Ancient Greece and Greek mythology, I loved the setting of AC:Odyssey from the get go.

    The GOOD The open world is so pretty :) And the dynamic weather makes the world really immersive. It does not bring anything truly ground breaking and new to the franchise true, being more an amalgam of game features from previous games, however in some cases existing mechanics are    As a lover of Ancient Greece and Greek mythology, I loved the setting of AC:Odyssey from the get go.

    The GOOD

    The open world is so pretty :) And the dynamic weather makes the world really immersive.
    It does not bring anything truly ground breaking and new to the franchise true, being more an amalgam of game features from previous games, however in some cases existing mechanics are expanded like naval combat, abilities and inventory.
    I particularly like Kassandra of the two playable characters, because of her voice acting and her personality.

    The BAD

    On the negative side of things I've had a few glaring bugs, some funny, some just down right annoying and a crash or two, which is never cool :(

    The story doesn't really make sense, and I don't really like that you have to pause it just to get to the appropriate level to continue. It LITERALLY took me out of the story :/

    I don't like the idea of micro-transactions in games that are forced upon you because the game is deliberately being slow.

    The MEH

    I don't find the genre shift to RPG bothersome as I myself am a lover of RPG. True, the RPG elements such as dialogue choices don't make much sense lore-wise, but eh, I don't really care.

    I didn't care about the mercenary system, ended up spending a lot of my drachmae just to play without the obligatory mercenary tailing me.    … Expand
  2. BradMorgan
    Apr 19, 2021
    7
    Assassins Creed Odyssey is a nice game with great atmosphere and some new elements in the series but yet is one of many games that feels too large bloated with ‘filler content’ that is needed in to get your character to the desired level. But thanks to the beautiful world and an authentic atmosphere, you stay connected to the story.

    Positive points: - The best thing first: through the new    Assassins Creed Odyssey is a nice game with great atmosphere and some new elements in the series but yet is one of many games that feels too large bloated with ‘filler content’ that is needed in to get your character to the desired level. But thanks to the beautiful world and an authentic atmosphere, you stay connected to the story.

    Positive points:
    - The best thing first: through the new dialogue system you have influence on the story and create your own path.
    - Main character Kassandra
    - The atmosphere in the Greece world/islands
    - Traveling and fighting at sea with your own ship and crew (Black Flag feelings)
    - A clear and compelling story. Much better than the chaos story in Origins.
    - Soundtrack

    Negative points:
    - Lip syncing could be better
    - The map is bloated with icons - Side missions are a must because the leveling system is key to progress in the story. So prepare for a lot of grinding.
    - There is not an clear ending since there are multiple storylines. - Ending of the family storyline was a bit underwhelming after so many hours    … Expand
  3. CoolDadTx
    Mar 5, 2019
    5
    Start with Origins and you know what is going on with this game. Since Ubi tried to replicate the formula it is only fair to compare it against Origins.

    Levels and XP do not make a game an RPG so forgot about role playing at all. Beyond the choice of characters nothing you do in the game really has any major impact on anything beyond the ending. There is no role playing at all. It is    Start with Origins and you know what is going on with this game. Since Ubi tried to replicate the formula it is only fair to compare it against Origins.

    Levels and XP do not make a game an RPG so forgot about role playing at all. Beyond the choice of characters nothing you do in the game really has any major impact on anything beyond the ending. There is no role playing at all. It is funny to have conversations with some characters after making "critical" decisions just to tell them that it happened one way when it actually happened differently. The game has a plan for your character and there is nothing you can do to change that. Again, this is not an RPG, it just uses "levels" to lock down abilities until later.

    Ubi is fond of filling their world with stuff to do. The problem is that after the first couple of islands you've done everything the game has to offer so there is no benefit in continuing. This is the first Creed game where I didn't bother completing each area. The same layouts and set pieces are repeated over and over again. There is no advantage to completing areas beyond equipment (which is lackluster) and XP. You'll get to max level by mid game anyway so there is no reason to grind. So filling the map with stuff doesn't make it more enjoyable.

    Greece is boring overall. Unlike Egypt it is just uninspired and dull. I had more fun in almost every other creed environment (except London) over this. It can be as pretty as you want in 4K but a 4K boring picture is still boring. Nothing in the game really grabs your attention like Egypt did.

    Side quests are all over the place but they all fall into the same standard "fetch", "kill", "escort" play. They are uninspired and not necessary to complete the game so there is no reason to search for them. The timed quests are infuriating more than fun as well. Many give you 1 day to complete but unless you're going to play for hours on end or stop what you're doing and work on them you likely won't complete them in time. If you do you get "some odd collectible" that you can trade to some "hard to pronounce" NPC for gear that you already probably have better versions of anyway.

    Perhaps the biggest complaint against this game is that it is so anti-assassin. In previous games you generally got in trouble if you did evil things like killing civilians. Here you actually have to go this route if you want to clear areas. Evidently in ancient Greece you aren't allowed to go into temples, certain areas of cities or event hunting camps. Every other NPC can though. To mark these areas as cleared you are required to steal from the temples, kill hunters making a living and destroy working class people's lives. You feel more like a thug than a hero. Why Ubi decided these were the best objectives for an area makes no sense.

    4K quality aside this is clearly Origins for the next year. Sort of like they did with the early games they are reusing the tools in a new area. However it is already burned out after Origins. This game is just uninspired and dull. Bugs that we used to see in the old games are starting to creep back in like textures popping in and out, getting stuck on stuff and crashes to the home. AI is poor at best just like in previous games.

    Finally, the ship system that they try to keep putting in based upon Black Flag continues to be a disaster. If it wasn't for the fact you have to use the ship to get between islands there is no reason to do so. Battles are the same old thing each time irrelevant of target, requires almost no skill and is not very flexible in any way. It is just another mini-game to add to the marketing checklist.

    Overall this game is a distraction that fails to meet the high of Origins last year. It isn't a bad game it just seems like Ubi was going to start doing better with the series and the second outing reminds us of the old games all over again. If you just power through the game and ignore most of the mini-games then it is probably worth the money. But spending a lot of time trying to get to 100% completion just seems wasted on this game when there are better games out there.    … Expand
  4. RANDOMFUCOK
    Oct 6, 2018
    5
    Just an average ubisoft game. MEH . I expected more tbh.
    Average lengthy story i guess. Takes over 50 hours to beat. 5/10
    Openworld is gorgeous and massive but why the hell would they put in that big of a map? 7/10. Origin's Map was better Combat animations look kind of polished this time around . Plus there are tons of weapons at your disposal. 8/10 Sidequests are pretty similar to    Just an average ubisoft game. MEH . I expected more tbh.
    Average lengthy story i guess. Takes over 50 hours to beat. 5/10
    Openworld is gorgeous and massive but why the hell would they put in that big of a map? 7/10. Origin's Map was better
    Combat animations look kind of polished this time around . Plus there are tons of weapons at your disposal. 8/10
    Sidequests are pretty similar to each other and the openworld is filled with these . Some of them actually tied into the main story , so thats a good thing. 6.5/10
    The micro transactions this time around are complete and utter horse raddish . Lemme tell you one thing , this game is grindy as hell! You actually come to a point , where you buy the stuff with real money just because you hate the grind.
    Overall game :5.5/10 .
    I gave origins a 6/10 but the mtx ruined this one for me
    But overall i think this is a better game than origins .
    At the same time its a worse "ASSASSIN"S CREED GAME" than origins    … Expand
  5. Achtlos
    Dec 10, 2018
    6
    It's big.. too big? Kassandra is good, Alexios voice acting is laughable. The game is superbly pretty, the HDR is fantastic. The direction and stories are mostly excellent. There's a lot of "Assassin" missing here.. maybe they need to rename the series? "Fighters Creed". This game has a story progress bug that breaks the game, Ubisoft is aware of it, with no fix. (Catching Up Bug). IIt's big.. too big? Kassandra is good, Alexios voice acting is laughable. The game is superbly pretty, the HDR is fantastic. The direction and stories are mostly excellent. There's a lot of "Assassin" missing here.. maybe they need to rename the series? "Fighters Creed". This game has a story progress bug that breaks the game, Ubisoft is aware of it, with no fix. (Catching Up Bug). I stopped this game after quite a lot of hours to then complete Red Dead 2, I expected going back to it, I would dislike it.. but I enjoyed it MORE after the slow pace of RDR2. Ubisoft need to patch this game.. but it's too late now.. There's a lot of content here, even without micro transactions and DLC.… Expand
  6. mmcbeth
    Jan 9, 2019
    5
    This game is a good game, I love Ancient Greece so I was very excited for this game. It was really cool to see the scenery and the beauty of the game. The graphics are definitely a 10/10. However, I feel the quest system is very flawed. You're supposed to be the hero that holds the spear of Leonidas, yet I found myself doing quests that made me feel like an errand boy whether it beThis game is a good game, I love Ancient Greece so I was very excited for this game. It was really cool to see the scenery and the beauty of the game. The graphics are definitely a 10/10. However, I feel the quest system is very flawed. You're supposed to be the hero that holds the spear of Leonidas, yet I found myself doing quests that made me feel like an errand boy whether it be delivering a letter to someone or rigging a small election. If they had to decrease the number of quests to increase the quality of the quests I would say do that. It's great that the world is so immersive and there is so much to do but I found myself bored of all the errand boy quests. So much so that I couldn't even finish the game. Quest system gets a 3/10. The talent tree and combat feel the same as last year. There are some cool new editions like teleporting to stab someone with a spear from a range. Kinda felt like Shadow of War-esque. 8/10 for combat and talent tree. The armor is pretty cool but I wish there was more customization or more styles. I think a cool way to improve the armor system is to have certain goals that if achieved, cut some of the materials or cost it takes to improve that armor. I found it hard to consistently upgrade the purple or gold tier armor/weapons because it cost so much. It got so bad I sometimes had to use blue tier weapons because I couldn't afford the upgrades. Armor/Weapon system gets a 6/10.

    Overall if you're looking for a beautiful game, and you don't mind grinding and doing (A LOT of) errands while you follow a bigger storyline then I'd try the game out. Especially if you love Ancient Greece.    … Expand
  7. J1nglez
    Feb 16, 2019
    6
    Good game that passes the time well. Not my favourite in the serious but taking the right approach!
    Looking forward to the future games in the AC series.
  8. Truth_of_Pisces
    Oct 17, 2018
    7
    It has it's moments, it's a beautiful looking game, and it improves upon what Origins began, but it is a HARD grind at times. There are times where the game will stop being fun and just feel like work. The story is interesting, but the Ubisoft has long since foregone weaving engaging narratives. All in all, it's not a bad game, but like Black Flag, it's not an Assassin's Creed game, andIt has it's moments, it's a beautiful looking game, and it improves upon what Origins began, but it is a HARD grind at times. There are times where the game will stop being fun and just feel like work. The story is interesting, but the Ubisoft has long since foregone weaving engaging narratives. All in all, it's not a bad game, but like Black Flag, it's not an Assassin's Creed game, and it's RPG elements and grindy gameplay may turn many off.… Expand
  9. CygnusX1Bk2
    Oct 25, 2018
    6
    It looks like Assassin's Creed. It sort of plays like Assassin's Creed. The RPG elements drag down the fun factor significantly. I have seen glimpses of AC elements; Sync points, references to Those Who Came Before (though now referred to as Isu which is annoying), a cult that on the surface may be the beginnings of the Templars, twisted versions of historical figures, and minimal modernIt looks like Assassin's Creed. It sort of plays like Assassin's Creed. The RPG elements drag down the fun factor significantly. I have seen glimpses of AC elements; Sync points, references to Those Who Came Before (though now referred to as Isu which is annoying), a cult that on the surface may be the beginnings of the Templars, twisted versions of historical figures, and minimal modern day story (so far anyway). Kassandra is a decent main character but there is no hidden blade. Plus because the last game indicates the beginning of the Assassin Order there can be none of that so much earlier in history. Upgrading weapons and armor is a complete pain in the ass. It is a total grind. The skill tree is not horrible but some "abilities" are not worth giving up a token for. The combat is improved, but that happened largely in Origins. Ship warfare is back. So my impression after about 48 hours into gameplay is that a lot of this is rehash combining Black Flag with Origins. This is almost as repetitive as the first game. So many stealth "rooms" of camps or forts where the objectives are repeatedly "Kill the Captain, Kill the Polemunch, Find Treasure, Find (special piece)..." So repetitive. Fetch this, free this character. If it were a Star Wars game there would certainly be Protect/Destroy the Shield Generator missions all over it. The map is huge and the world is beautiful. It doesn't totally suck as many of the problems with earlier games in the series have been fine tuned. I haven't run up the wrong building or a tree the way characters would in earlier AC games, but the repetition is at an all time high. There are more classic AC elements than in Black Flag, but that isn't saying much. This game is a bit of a backslide when compared to Origins, but this used to be an Action Adventure series that is being morphed into an RPG and I really didn't sign up for that. Perhaps cranking one out every year needs to be rethought to keep things fresh and cutting edge. Like I said I'm 48 hours into this game and I am maybe a third of the way through the main story. I intend to finish but another highly anticipated game comes out this week that will take precedent over this because that will truly the most cutting edge game released this year and probably for the next few. You all know what I am talking about. ;)… Expand
  10. Edgard86
    Nov 16, 2018
    7
    Uma decepção. Esperava muito do game, pois considero o Orgins um dos melhores jogos da geração.
    Os maiores defeitos do Odyssey: Level up desequilibrado, você vai para uma missão de level 20, quando chega lá tem inimigos de nível 23, que podem te matar com HIT KILL, é obvio que a Ubisoft provou isso para que você compre na loja o intem de upar nível mais rápido (caro por sinal). Você em    Uma decepção. Esperava muito do game, pois considero o Orgins um dos melhores jogos da geração.
    Os maiores defeitos do Odyssey: Level up desequilibrado, você vai para uma missão de level 20, quando chega lá tem inimigos de nível 23, que podem te matar com HIT KILL, é obvio que a Ubisoft provou isso para que você compre na loja o intem de upar nível mais rápido (caro por sinal). Você em algum momento terá que tirar dias ou até semanas upando para chegar no nível das missões. Os mercenários são chatos, você está numa batalha, de repente eles aparecem e a batalha vira um 200 contra 1, uma bagunça e você passa nervoso. Habilidades mal feitas e sem sentido. Mapa exageradamente grande sem necessidade, tudo longe e demorado... Saudades do Orgins, isso sim foi um game divertido. Quando você zerar o Odyssey sentirá aliviado e com vontade de vende-ló.    … Expand
  11. Guilhem96
    Dec 12, 2018
    7
    Este Assassins no esta tan mal, es divertido y tiene muchas cosas por hacer, el mapa es relativamente grande, la historia principal al principio me aburrió y quería dejarlo pero con el tiempo avanzando se puso mejor la trama. Yo si lo recomiendo si te gusto el Origins, ya que la verdad es un copy and paste con algunas mejoras y ya. La mejor elección de personaje es Kassandra ya que paraEste Assassins no esta tan mal, es divertido y tiene muchas cosas por hacer, el mapa es relativamente grande, la historia principal al principio me aburrió y quería dejarlo pero con el tiempo avanzando se puso mejor la trama. Yo si lo recomiendo si te gusto el Origins, ya que la verdad es un copy and paste con algunas mejoras y ya. La mejor elección de personaje es Kassandra ya que para mi Alexios suena un poco tonto (lo jugué en ingles).… Expand
  12. manxmaniac
    Oct 18, 2018
    7
    It is a game filled with supreme visuals that beholds your curiosity to venture out in the medieval world. The game does well on the combat part but the problems are repetitive side missions and missions like where you need to hand a thing from one person to another instead of involving some puzzles. It has some decent RPG elements.
  13. Robot-101
    Dec 24, 2018
    7
    Ok, So im a big fan of the assassins creed series and have played all the games through from the original. There are holes in the stories and themes that don't carry through the series but as i game i try not to dwell on this things and just enjoy it for what it is.

    It is a epic game with stunning visuals, The life and passion that is in the newest game is the best yet as you'd expect.    Ok, So im a big fan of the assassins creed series and have played all the games through from the original. There are holes in the stories and themes that don't carry through the series but as i game i try not to dwell on this things and just enjoy it for what it is.

    It is a epic game with stunning visuals, The life and passion that is in the newest game is the best yet as you'd expect. A sprawling landscape, Islands which require boat journeys, An array of locations in keeping with the Greek Theme. Sure the voice acting could improve but for what it is its not difficult to listen to and lets face it no one really buys this game for the dialogue or voice acting, its just a necessity to explain the story.

    Now on to my point, Everyone has had problems in the past with the assassins creed control system, If you say otherwise ill call you a liar, Everyones wanted to hop down off of a step but ended up either leaping to far or jumping up onto some close by pots. Or you want to scale down off of a building to avoid the enemy and end up leaping to your death. After a few swears you go back and try again normally with great success. Now with Odyssey i find the combat mechanics and general movement is the worst yet and its seems to be worse when your in combat or close to being in it. The controls feel laboured and slow, Someone turns red and swings a sword, you see them turn red and dodge but the dodge comes too late. I have this problem all the time, It feels at times there is a middle man between my controller and the console itself. Its like I'm explaining to someone what they need to do and they are pressing the buttons, a lot of the time just to late.

    The problems don't stop there. i can be making my way fro one location to the next in a straight line, all of a sudden my character will want to jump up on the boxes then to a roof top without you wanting that, Now most of the time it doesn't matter but when your in combat or being chased its infuriating, i Want to run around this building but wait a minute my character has decided to jump on this little brick wall and now won't jump off of it until you press the button to climb down even though its no more then shin height. Ive been climbing up a wall to avoid enemies all of a sudden the character stops as though there is an invisible blockage there, You move your character to the left then back to the right, all of a sudden you can carry on climbing. When I'm running along and just need to hop over a little brick wall it wont do it, i need to press the button to make my character jump, Then within two minutes I'm in a fight dodging around and trying to make some space but now my character will jump up on every ledge and wall and box or anything going, The problem now is it wont get down unless i press the button for it. The mechanics are just so inconsistent it makes the game infuriating.

    The next problem is the assassinations. The game is called assassins creed, the clue is in the title, But some many times i cant assassinate people from stealth i can only knock there strength down and have to go into combat with them. So why call it assassins creed? I know you need to level up and use the right armour etc to get your assassins level up but even after this i still cant assassinate people, So you just get pulled into an open fight where more guards come more shields that block your attacks. more archers that pepper you with arrows, people throwing flaming bombs, Then you have citizens that think ill have a go at that and they pick up weapons are start on at you. In the end your too out numbered to take on all of these people so its time to get out of there, But wait a minute yo have no sprint button as Ubisoft have removed that so it should be automatic, but instead of sprinting away fro the danger you make a half hearted plodding jog, The kind of run that you do in a dream, you want to run really fast but as much as you try you cant get that speed you want. As your making this slow run the arrows keep on coming until you turn a corner, but again this all depends if the system will let you hop over those boxes without pressing jump, or whether you can hop down off of that wall without having to tell it thats what you want to do. To me it feels like its been rushed like a lot of games these days its just churned out to bring in the money, the beta test seems to not exist anymore more and the paying public is that very beta test, We have to go online and complain about stuff until Ubisoft think ahhh we'll address that and bring out a patch.

    Stealth and hiding. So I'm hiding in a bush i see a guard i jump out and kill him, but wait another guard is just around the corner, no time to hide the body run off and hide in some other bushes. The guard sees the dead body, Now, Hmmmmm where would that guard search the bushes right next to the dead man? NO, The bushes that are about 5 meters away from the dead man? NO, The guard makes his way straight over to    … Expand
  14. AnasDh
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    400 years before 'ORIGINS'?

    If you liked ORIGINS and thought it was a great game and an interesting change for a franchise that just needs a bit of enchaining, this one will disappoint you (a lot). ODYSSEY feels like a twice-as-big bootleg version of ORIGINS. While the graphics were simply outstanding and beautiful, the animation, especially mouth movements, were embarrassing. I    400 years before 'ORIGINS'?

    If you liked ORIGINS and thought it was a great game and an interesting change for a franchise that just needs a bit of enchaining, this one will disappoint you (a lot).

    ODYSSEY feels like a twice-as-big bootleg version of ORIGINS. While the graphics were simply outstanding and beautiful, the animation, especially mouth movements, were embarrassing.

    I hated playing this game, I really did. I genuinely wanted to stop several times and just 'quit'.
    I feel the next games of Assassin's Creed are going to be more detached of what it means to be an AC game, which is one of my most notable criticisms of ORIGINS. I don't think this open-world thing is good for the franchise at all. It's not fun to play AC anymore, not even the mythology could save ODYSSEY.

    I will definitely be skipping the next one if it's just another 'more annoying version of Origins'. I really really hope for a serious change, cause this isn't working for me or other fans of the franchise. I really can't believe people are handing out 10s for this.    … Expand
  15. farzad312
    Nov 6, 2019
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics are good but the story is boring. Very different from previous Assassin's and no longer the same as before. It was really boring.… Expand
  16. Justtom71
    Aug 30, 2020
    6
    addicted to leveling up? Like a lack of loot? Love getting locked in to unnecessarily long finishing moves? Here's a great game for you!(me). There's some fun stuff here with an OK story, but you aren't missing out if you skip it
  17. Mindkiller7522
    May 19, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 3/23/21-5/2/21 100% Story 100% Side Quests 100% DLC 128hrs

    I finally finished it! I tried to play through this one on the PS4 last year and became very frustrated which caused me to drop it. It definitely did have some amazing parts, but there was way too much fluff for it to be perfect.

    The story follows Alexios (in my case, instead of Kassandra-who may have been better) a mercenary who is trying to track down his family in the most boring and convoluted way possible.

    Following a bread crumb trail through a version of Ancient Greece where everyone sounds like Count Dracula for some reason, he is able to find a way to look and sound wooden in even the most heart felt situations (Includes plenty of forgettable characters and meaningless deaths).

    There are a few really stand out set pieces and ideas. Top of the list would be the hunt for the Isu artifacts that bring you in to confrontations with for mythical Grecian creatures-including battling a Cyclops in a volcano, the Minatour's Labyrinth, and a Gorgon in a creepy forest of petrified people/statues. And the conquest battles were pretty cool, too (there were just way too many).

    I think that is the only (non-story/character) problem-everything is great, there's just too much of it. You can have a great time clearing a fort and barely escape alive, only to realize that there are hundreds more forts and camps copied and pasted throughout the land.

    The combat and leveling system was done very well. It was enough to stay interesting (despite many respecs) through the whole 128 hours I put in to the game. I was able to try out all of the skills and abilities for a good chunk of the game before moving on to the next build. I think the most fun I had with the game was playing a stealthy assassin. Warrior builds took forever to kill anything and Hunter builds were almost too easy and required precious crafting materials to do any damage.

    It was a bit of a bummer the way they scaled the levels so that the enemies were never too far below you, making everyone seem like a bullet sponge (except for arrows/swords).

    Ship combat was also handled well. You certainly don't have as many tricks as you do in Black Flag, but recruiting Lieutenants and being encouraged to cleave ships in half were both great additions

    There is also a system for hunting members of the villainous Cult of Kosmos that deserves a shout. Finding clues to uncover each target or coming across them at random felt really cool. The Mercenary system was a bit similar. While initially seeming like a real headache to have dangerous enemies rolling up on you in the middle of a quest, when I leaned into the mechanic I found myself going out of my way to hunt these guys down.

    Everything that was done well here was done better afterward in Valhalla, but I'm still glad I played it if only for the cool Isu questline.

    Also, I really hate the present day stuff. Layla Hassaan is a crappy character and her voice actress is the worst in a game full of terrible voice acting. I never cared what she was up to and every section she is in had me rolling my eyes out of my sockets.

    I did play through the DLC as well as the main story. Legacy of the First Blade was a bit disappointing, but it did give you another version of the Cult of Kosmos-so it was worth it just for that. It also ties in to AC Origins in a cool sort of way.

    Fate of Atlantis had some excellent pieces, but they really went a bit too far with the height of everything. Climbing for twenty minutes to get to up to a fort is not enjoyable and basically counts as loading time. Still worth it for the extra story and additional lands to explore.

    Overall, a great game with some fantastic ideas-but don't show up for the story!    … Expand
  18. JJ2FAS4U
    Dec 29, 2021
    6
    Atmosphere: 6
    Enjoyment: 6
    Gameplay: 7
    Graphics: 8
    Music: 5
    Story: 5
    Total: 6.17
  19. izazael
    Apr 8, 2020
    7
    The only reason I'm giving this a 7 is because of the amount of effort spent building such a huge open world game, fairly decent dialogue, and likeable characters. Otherwise, it's just another buggy rehash. You can lose yourself in open world games like these, but when you're being attacked by OP boars (or having quest givers be killed by them), being spotted through walls, or just havingThe only reason I'm giving this a 7 is because of the amount of effort spent building such a huge open world game, fairly decent dialogue, and likeable characters. Otherwise, it's just another buggy rehash. You can lose yourself in open world games like these, but when you're being attacked by OP boars (or having quest givers be killed by them), being spotted through walls, or just having the game outright bug out and crash... meh.

    3/10 Assassin's Creed Game
    10/10 Ubisoft Rehash
    6/5 Polished AAA game    … Expand
  20. Joellemm
    Dec 7, 2020
    6
    I really enjoyed Origins. It was the first AC game in a while that felt worth playing. Odyssey, whilst not being overly innovative, continues the success. The game looks incredible, offering a greater variety in scenery and cities that is truly impressive. The narrative improves upon Origins, with Odyssey being a fitting title. The bounty mechanic and cult system offer long term goals thatI really enjoyed Origins. It was the first AC game in a while that felt worth playing. Odyssey, whilst not being overly innovative, continues the success. The game looks incredible, offering a greater variety in scenery and cities that is truly impressive. The narrative improves upon Origins, with Odyssey being a fitting title. The bounty mechanic and cult system offer long term goals that never feel overbearing.

    On the other hand, the Hunter/Warrior/Assassin RPG elements don't work very well, as its never really possible to stick to one of these play styles. The combat is almost unavoidable, and it can often takes an age to kill enemies if you are unable to instantly assassinate or headshot (with necessary ability). Quest variety and enemy variety is still lacking also. There is also way too much legendary loot to find, unless your look to customise your ship/horse, where there is very little.

    It has enough content to keep you playing until you forget what you're playing for. Its as fun as the last game. Even so, it's still not able to reach the heights better games in the genre have managed to reach.    … Expand
  21. SHINYMUSIC
    Feb 12, 2021
    5
    Beautiful vast open world. Wonderful graphics. Story is meh. Combat I thought was good but its the enemies are like sword sponges. The RPG mechanics seemed great I just wish the combat was better. I quit the game because of it.
  22. Akidoma
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Bon RPG dans l'univers de la Grèce antique. On a perdu le côté infiltration/assassinat.
    Pas mon préféré dans le sérieux

    Les graphismes sont bons mais l'histoire est ennuyeuse. Très différent des précédents Assassin's et n'est plus le même qu'avant. C'était vraiment ennuyeux. En espérant que Valhallah pourra rattraper le coche.
  23. Matias8654
    Nov 8, 2020
    7
    Sigue con la metodología de Origins, pero que la decicion de poder elegir el sexo es una estupides, aunque no es tan importante en la trama, pero si hay un canon y es Kassandra porque crear a Alexios??
  24. LordOsyrys
    Apr 5, 2020
    7
    This game is fine. It focuses a lot more on overall combat, as almost all locations are bandit outposts or some type of hostile environment, and the stealth/assassin aspect has been severely reduced. It is a cool world to explore, but the high amount of aggressive animals make exploring less fun. Fighting off one of the hostile mercenaries was fun, but most of the time during the fightThis game is fine. It focuses a lot more on overall combat, as almost all locations are bandit outposts or some type of hostile environment, and the stealth/assassin aspect has been severely reduced. It is a cool world to explore, but the high amount of aggressive animals make exploring less fun. Fighting off one of the hostile mercenaries was fun, but most of the time during the fight another merc or two and sometimes even random people would come and join the fight, and I had to fight four or five people instead of just the one target.

    Overall, a decent game. But not nearly as good as Origins is.    … Expand
  25. Beastside
    Oct 5, 2019
    5
    Ubisoft. Do I have to say anything else? Unbelievably repetitive and boring. Probably the most boring, soulless open world game ever.Truste me, I could say so much more, but I really feel I don't have to.
  26. tom974
    Feb 27, 2022
    7
    This opus is right in-between Origins and Valhalla in many aspects. It's beautiful, and the 60fps is so smooth on Series X. The exploration is less of a grind than in Valhalla. It's a bit of a shame the story follows the exact same mechanics but I found it globally better driven than Valhalla and the character of Kassandra is well built. Given you liked Origins, you'll like this oneThis opus is right in-between Origins and Valhalla in many aspects. It's beautiful, and the 60fps is so smooth on Series X. The exploration is less of a grind than in Valhalla. It's a bit of a shame the story follows the exact same mechanics but I found it globally better driven than Valhalla and the character of Kassandra is well built. Given you liked Origins, you'll like this one better.

    EDIT : I lower my review down 1 point because of the 2 bugged quests/ achievements, widely known since 2018 (Steroppes & Arges bosses) and still not fixed, well done Ubi ;)    … Expand
  27. raptus21
    Nov 29, 2019
    7
    The game is good, very good maybe, but not as assassin's. It should be named mercenary 's. Because you do not feel like assassin, you do not kill like assassin. You do thousands of quests and other activities, but as mercenary. With that said you may enjoy the game due to nice graphics, good combat or nice sea fights. But you may get bored as well, like I did. There is just too much ofThe game is good, very good maybe, but not as assassin's. It should be named mercenary 's. Because you do not feel like assassin, you do not kill like assassin. You do thousands of quests and other activities, but as mercenary. With that said you may enjoy the game due to nice graphics, good combat or nice sea fights. But you may get bored as well, like I did. There is just too much of everything, the world is too big, activities repeat on every map. Plot is dull. For advantages I may point nice exploration, lots of equipment, development of ship. For minuses that game gets boring due to tons of repeatable content.… Expand
  28. Renat20
    Nov 3, 2022
    6
    The game is difficult if you do not have Ubisoft Connect or whatever the name of the subscription service of Ubisoft.
  29. Krizix
    Feb 19, 2020
    6
    Could have been better if grinding and doing the same things over and over wasnt so present..
    I swear i'll finish this game but not today
  30. dmhead777
    Apr 9, 2020
    7
    I have never played an AC game before. I am not a big "sneak" type guy in my games. It always messes with my anxiety and I end up not being able to play long. I heard that this game really took out a lot of what made AC, AC. So, I was interested. When I installed it, I never knew I'd be so invested while simultaneously frustrated. I completed the main game and all its dlc. I'll go over theI have never played an AC game before. I am not a big "sneak" type guy in my games. It always messes with my anxiety and I end up not being able to play long. I heard that this game really took out a lot of what made AC, AC. So, I was interested. When I installed it, I never knew I'd be so invested while simultaneously frustrated. I completed the main game and all its dlc. I'll go over the main game first.

    Main Game:

    The game I played has its ups and downs. I'll talk about the story first. I absolutely loved it. I don't know much about the entire Obstergo thing, but the main game with Alexios (you can also play as Kassandra), was super fascinating. The story itself and the entire Cult of Kosmos had me constantly wondering who was who. There were many times where I wasn't expecting something to happen. There were characters that I actually felt sad over if they left. The writing in this game is unbelievable.

    The writing for Alexios was fantastic. The choices I could make made me feel like I was playing a Fallout game, but have lesser consequences on the world as a whole. The first major decision I made had me regretting it for the rest of the game, but it didn't have that much impact on anything else. There were a couple decisions to make with the cultists that are brought up later, but all I could say is make the best decision you can and don't really worry about the outcome. The writing makes you really decisive in whether to help someone, end their life, or just tell them to go away. With the writing, I really became attached to many of the characters.

    Characters like (I'm going to butcher these because I am not looking them up) Barnabos, Heradatos, Phoibe, Markos, etc. were all a ton of fun. I actually expanded their dialogue as much as possible because I just found them interesting. Most of the characters in this game are like that and it really helped me through this insanely long game.

    Another thing that helped me is that I visited every question mark this game had to offer. Every camp, cave, legendary animal has been eradicated. Unfortunately I missed a few underwater locations, but they never showed up on my map, so screw it. The main game made the camps fun to discover, find some quest items early, and complete. It was all very satisfying to me. I always do side quests first, so a lot of the times I completed quests before speaking to the characters.

    Most of the quests were fun for the main game, but very "go and get this and bring this back". It became frustrating to go back to a fortress to get one item I missed after clearing it out already. That's my fault though for trying to jump ahead. None of the enemies gave me much trouble in the main game and clearing out these bases was just fun. Completing these bases helped me upgrade my character.

    Upgrading Alexios is probably my favorite thing about this game. There are so many combinations that I made this guy into an assassin machine. The upgrades to your weapons and armor were super fun to customize and strategize. Although in the end of the main game, I was slicing through everyone regardless of my setup. Playing a certain way though was fun because I launched my assassin skills up and butchered everyone.

    The abilities to upgrade was fantastic. It became overwhelming at around level 50 however as even more upgrades open up. It just made the ability points I got from the DLC way more worth it. It was a serious blast upgrading everything and cost very little drachmae to respec

    I actually liked sneaking in this and ironically became an assassin. As mentioned early, sneaking in games screws with my anxiety, but not here. Since the enemies were pretty easy to take down, it was more of a strategy. At first, before I started upgrading abilities, storming a fortress was a little anxiety inducing because they could light the pyre for backup. After a while I basically zoomed through. It became a lot more fun, hence why I completed everything.

    The combat with the boats was a blast once I upgraded my ship. It's still a little wonky as you can just spam arrows and call it a day. There were a few cultists that you need a boat for, but you could just sink it and still get their items.

    If I didn't buy the dlc, I would have had a good time where it ended. The game does an unfortunately great job in making you wonder where it's all going to go though. Even though I bought the dlc earlier on, I was still captivated in the end. I really wanted to know how the story ended. It's a gripe that everything wasn't really "concluded" until the END end, but whatever, I enjoyed the writing.

    So, to sum everything up, I'd say this game is worth buying. The quests are fun, although there are a ton of fetch quests, the writing is fantastic and the game mechanics will keep you glued to your display. The DLC is pretty hit or miss, but if you enjoyed the main game story, then you'll probably enjoy that.    … Expand
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#11 Best Xbox One Game of 2018
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#26 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2018

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Dec 18, 2018
    90
    The best AC yet, with finessed game design, gorgeous visuals and great narrative. [Christmas 2018, p.79]
  2. GameGrin
    Nov 5, 2018
    85
    It was yet another good game from Ubisoft and I always like to be an Assassin again. I look forward to seeing if the next Assassin’s Creed game will be just as big as Odyssey, although not too big please.
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  3. New York Daily News
    Oct 22, 2018
    80
    Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is plenty of fun, and it’s a solid turnaround for the franchise. The future of the franchise is bright.
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