Assassin's Creed® Origins

Buy on Dec 20, 2024 and want to start play the AC Franchise but really disappointing as it is keep freezing, would like to refund !! the Ubisoft Connect Play make it worse, Uninstall everything !

Decent story 8.5/10
No Lies this was good game with Educational concept and Historical places look so good.
Before the game finishing I though this game feel wasn't Assassin's creed game because there is no looks like Assassin's in the game. I was being confused but after finish the game I learn I am not right, I am really happy for played for until the end.

Thank you for specifically updating and removing the wandering merchant's chest. You really have no shame just to make some money.

doesn't work, Ubisoft needs to fix their ****. This is one of many reasons they're going broke. I will change this review if it gets fixed.

Steam scammed me into buying this on sale knowing full well that it was buggy. When i asked for help/tried to return i was told i had played too long. I have less than 2 mins in the game, i had only been trying to troubleshoot it. Shameful

I bought this game on a discount only for it to not be playable on pc cause it keeps crashing after like 2-5 minutes, nice.

This game can't be played on windows with the 24h2 update, which came out in october! Since then it's not possible to play and ubisoft loves it. will never buy any ubisoft game again, welcome to my already long blacklist

Currently it's unplayable 😑. Maybe pause the game sale if you know win 11 24h2 is a problem. Other people are having the same problem. We'll see if they actually support the game. Is there some way steam or ubi will at least tell those of us if a fix is offered someday?

How, why do you have this on sale and not even mention that it will not work on the latest Windows 24H2 update.

You and Ubisoft are misleading customers by not warning your customers that this will most likely not run on a PC with the above version of Windows.

Just take the money and run LoL.

Ubisoft have problems with most of their games put say nothing and take your money.

Do yourself a favour and don’t bother.

Please ignore my playtime here. I played and completed this game on console at release. Just wanted to share my thoughts!

Assassin’s Creed Origins – the game that traded its classic stealth-action roots for an action-RPG makeover. Was it worth it? Well, let’s just say it’s... fine. Not great, not terrible. Just fine.

The first thing that stood out to me was the story. Or rather, how tired I am of the revenge plot. Yes, your son gets killed. Yes, you’re mad. Yes, you go on a roaring rampage of revenge. But honestly? I didn’t care. Maybe you need to be a parent to truly understand the pain of losing a child, let alone one who you accidentally killed yourself. But me? I just couldn’t bring myself to care about Bayek or his tragedy. Sorry, buddy.

Then there are the quests. They’re middle-of-the-road, neither amazing nor abysmal, just… there. You fetch, you fight, you repeat. And while the world is vast and undeniably beautiful in places – shoutout to Alexandria for being a true highlight – much of the map feels like a giant sandbox of empty towns, boring oases, and endless dunes. It’s as if Ubisoft wanted to make The Witcher 3 but forgot to include half the life and charm.

Speaking of charm, let’s talk combat. This is where the RPG influence really kicks in, with heavy and light attacks, plus bows that come in different flavors but mostly do the same thing. Honestly, the fighting feels like a downgrade compared to older AC games. Remember when the hidden blade was an instant kill? Yeah, good times. Here, it’s more of a slightly annoyed blade. And stealth? Stripped down and simplified. Social stealth? Gone. You’re basically a warrior in a hoodie now.

And then there’s the sound design. Oh boy. If you have headphones that cost more than €50, prepare to be disappointed. The audio quality is atrocious. Dialogue sounds like it was recorded in a tin can, ambient noise is flat, and the whole soundscape just feels cheap. I get it – maybe they were trying to save space on this massive game. But was it worth sacrificing quality? Nope. Not even close.

At the end of the day, Assassin’s Creed Origins left me with mixed feelings. It’s a bold experiment for the series, but one that doesn’t always pay off. Fans of the franchise should give it a try, if only to see the direction Ubisoft took with it. But newcomers? You might have a completely different experience – for better or worse.

So, is Origins worth your time? That depends. If you’re here for a vast map and don’t mind trading a great story and stealth for a lot of sand and RPG elements, go for it. Just don’t expect it to live up to the glory days of Ezio and co.

Version Windows 11 24H2 - The game is crash and i can't play the game within 5 minutes. Please fix it.

Ubisoft has discontinued support for the game. The Windows 24H2 update caused compatibility issues, and no resolution has been provided.

DO NOT BUY if you have Windows 11 with 24H2 update.
(You can check your version: Press windows key + R and type winver)

Game is broken on this update and I cannot even leave the main menu without crashing. So far there is no fix, Ubisoft said they are working on it, but this has been an issue for two months now. The game works fine on previous 23H2 version, so if you are still on this one, or if you can still roll back to this version you will be fine. But if you have 24H2 you wont be able to play this game without constant crashes.

One of my favorite games of all time, great story, great open world. DO NOT BUY IF YOU HAVE WINDOWS 11 24H2. the game will crash EVERY time you try and play it, without fail. Ubisoft is and has been aware of the issue for months, still no fix so in all honesty there probably wont be one. Super unfortunate, super dissatisfied with Ubisoft.

it freezes 5 minutes after launh and u cant do nothing, its been like that for almost 3 month and ubisoft doesnt give a shit

I played with no problems for 85 hours and although I have finished all the main quests, I wanted to play some of the others. Shortly after a Windows 11 update, the game would load but freeze straight away or seconds after. Even tried staring a new game to see if it was better but then same thing happened. Unless you're still using Windows 10 then I wouldn't bother with this!

On Win11 24h2, game crashes and freezes over and over. My 2.2hrs of gameplay is literally restarting the game over and over trying everything to get the game to work.
I've successfully gotten into the game and fought the first tutorial enemy only just before writing this review. Yes, 2hrs of trying to fix the game just to get to that and that's it, then it froze.

Looking at the discussions this has been an issue for 2 months and Ubisoft aren't doing anything to fix it, Yet they'll fix Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar Frontiers, I'd assume since they are new and make the money for them.

More pathetic practices from Ubisoft, nothing has changed with them after staying away from their games since AC3.

Game #55 of My Backlog Clearing Journey

Seems that this game is currently broken and freezes all the time. It works okay on the Steam Deck but constantly freezes while on PC (Windows 11). This game isn't worth the headache and I will be refunding.

Problems after Win 11 24H2 update, freezes, crashes, I was unable to play from the beginning, because after first 2 videos in the game, freeze happened, music went on, but graphics were frozen.

I was refunded after my reply to Steam support.
Don't recommend, until a problem with Microsoft Win 11 24H2 update will be repaired (believe that will be soon).

I bought this back in July, got busy and never installed. I didn't know about the 2 week refund rule from Steam. Live and learn. I thought it was only tied to play time. My mistake. (I only ran this game for a few minutes before I saw that it was unplayable.)

So - I finally got around to installing the game today, and to my dismay, it freezes every ten seconds, even on the cut scenes. I have played AC Odyssey for close to 200 hours, and never had a hiccup - so it was very surprising to see Origins have such a problem.

I suspect it is due to the Windows 11 24H2 update, but I cannot be certain (I've read others with similar 24H2 issues, and Microsoft surely takes part of the blame here. What a botched update!!). Nevertheless, I am definitely not nuking my system and going back to 23H2 just for this game.

It's a shame - I was really looking forward to exploring ancient Egypt.

I would recommend NOT buying this game at ANY price until Ubisoft confirms a fix. I have heard rumors that they won't be doing any more support for it... which is astounding.

In that event, I will not buy a single thing from Ubisoft ever again, seeing as their support only extends so far.

Prove us wrong Ubisoft. Fix your game and maybe we will try some of your other games.

Additionally, I won't be buying Steam games in advance any more. I have a bunch in my cart for the Winter sale now, but now that I know the two week rule is a thing, I'll just hold off until I am ready to install and play.

This game is unplayable on win 10 as well as 11. Same problem for years and they (ubic*nt) still haven't bothered with it. I have bought this on epic, steam and uplay, all same problem. Game wont get passed loading splash screen. Steam should be pulling this game from the store seriously

bought this game on sale i was quite excited to play it, downloaded it tried to run it crashed tried again crashed kept going i finally manged to play a little i swang my sword on the guy, Crashed. and kept going like that 49 mins of just crashing or black screen or wtv, my pc is powerful and overkill for this game yet kept crashing, ubisoft needs to fix their games honestly, ts is just embarrassing for them

Everyone, this game is not playable on current windows 11 update. It crashes and freezes. Don't buy it. As you know ubisoft might not even fix it. And that's the reason it's on huge sale.

Nice work as always ubisoft, the game is unplayable on windows 11, can't even play the first 10 minutes of the game without crashing or freezing

It's a great distraction from the stressful things. It is not complicated. I like when things are not complicated.

The game is fantastic. I know this, because I've played it before.

However, it is completely unplayable on Windows 11 24H2. Literally cannot get into the game because it crashes on every loading screen. Do not purchase.

dont bother, the crashes are making it unplayable.

This game is great and one of my favourite AC titles when I played it on XBone, but ever since the Windows 11 24H2 update it has become unplayable on PC. The game will freezes up randomly, crashes during the menu, etc, it is not performance, the game is just broken. Unless this is fixed, just don't buy it, I'm not the only one with this issue so clearly it seems to be almost universal.

The negative review isn't based on my game play. I have not yet played the game because of some issues causing it to freeze 5 mins into the game.

A bit of searching shows the issue is caused by windows 11 24H2 update. But it's been more than 2-3 months since the update went live and as per reddit, people have been having issues since then.

Patch the game Ubisoft!

Game crashes within a few minutes of loading due to an incompatibility issue with Win11 24H2, which is now the standard version available. Ubi is suggesting to roll back to a previous version of windows and giving standard canned workaround responses that won't fix the issue in an attempt to put the onus on the customer. Don't buy this game on PC, even if it's on sale. Ubi has been ignoring this issue for 3 months with no resolution.

Game is literally unplayable. It keep crashing and I haven't gotten past the main menu. Do NOT buy this game.

After 92 hours of gameplay, I completed the game with all the achievements including DLCs. While playing, you feel like you are in ancient Egypt with the hills formed among the sands in the deserts and even the grains of sand. I think its biggest advantage is that it reflects the atmosphere very well and can establish living villages/cities. However, the fighting mechanics felt a bit monotonous.

I currently cannot play the game because Ubisoft Connect keeps bugging out; DRM like this is absurd

havent even been able to play an hour of this game, the game freezes and crashes every 3-5 minutes. its pretty messed up for big company to put an unplayable game on sale. fuck you ubisoft you can eat my butt

Avoid purchasing it and other AC triology games if you are running the most recent version of Windows 11, 24H2. completely unplayable, and this problem has been ongoing for more than a month.

At the time of writing this review, the game cannot be played on systems using Windows 11 update 24H2.

I want to recommend bit as of now the game just freezes and doesn't work, freezes and forces you to alter every 2 minutes with no solution.

Game is absolutely fun and great but with windows 24H2 update of windows, the game is crashing as suggested by other players as well. Requested a refund as there is no fix for the issue as of now.

Game is not compatible with windows 11 at this moment. Do not buy it!

24H2 update has broke this game, ubisoft and microsoft refuse to fix the issues. Amazing game, dog water companies.

ubisoft is giving a 90% discount and this game cannot be played on windows 11 24h2, I am waiting for the update so I hope I can play this AC game . It's a shame that Ubisoft doesn't pay attention to its old games. why give a big discount but the game is not playable on pc ? SHAME U UBISOFT. i ll never buy ur game anymore even ITS ON SALE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At the moment, this game is broken and will not start or crash if you are on Windows 11 24H2. The logo's and the menu seems nice. Then it blacks out for me. Refund requested.

Game is completely unplayable on Windows 11. The first few times I tried launching, the game would freeze over and over right from the first cutscene. Now it just crashes every time I try to launch. Incredibly disappointing.

Assassins Creed Origins is truly a virtual representation of ancient Egypt. The world is huge obviously and the dlc makes it even bigger. The historical figures are accurate as always. Like it's title the game tells us the origin story of the brotherhood and they did it well. I'd say the end portions was the better part of the story than the rest.

Pros,
The graphics is really good. A job well done recreating ancient egypt, one of the best protagonist the franchise ever made. Gameplay is good and fun, a fine story and compelling characters. DLCs are really good, visually stunning, challenging boss fights and side activities are not bad. Good soundtracks too.
Game is rewarding and the choice of weapons are also good.

Cons,
It isn't a classic AC game like it's predecessors. Even though the stealth is fine didn't felt like you are an assassin. Side missions are ridiculous. There are lots and lots of side missions in the game in which atleast quarter of them are truly unnecessary. Like even after you reach the max lvl you can achieve there are still lots of side missions left...duhh !! Also they can get repetitive ( except dlc side missions cuz they are good ) after playing a few, which gets used to through progression. It's open world but there isn't much interaction you can do or in fact any. Some funny things are Bayek beats spiderman when climbing and the mount doesn't mind jumping from heights and still manages to dust off and be on it's way.

Finally the game is worth spending time on and ubisoft is worthy of your bucks on this one.
Overall the game is a close 9/10 thanks to it's DLCs.

Don't buy it if u have windows 11 22h2 since it will freeze entire game even if you have a good pc

Fun game but DO NOT BUY!!! The game crashes on Windows 11 24H2 update and Ubisoft's official statement that this game is a legacy title and there won't be any update/fix so it will likely never be playable again if you have Windows 11 from 24H2 and onwards.

This title really doesn't need my recc. It's about 6 yrs old but awesome.

I'm really disappointed in Ubisoft leaving all of its customer base in the lurch by refusing to support via patch updates. (See other reviews about the Win 11 24 Hz issue). That makes me hesitant to buy more from this franchise. I like playing games on my time (old & new). So to be forced to buy a new game because there'll be no legacy support in a few years leaves a bad tinge to the Ubisoft experience. (I don't mean that they have to fix everything but the Win issue is pretty glaring, so yeah it's not an unreasonable expectation for such a big game). For example, EA will still help me if I have probs with my Sims CDs (bought in '03). Granted, I don't expect that kind of support, but 10 yrs shouldn't be out of the question for major fixes so it's still playable.

Some good news. I installed it on my doorstop, running Win 11 23Hz Home and so far it plays well.

Great characters, development and play. This is one of the ones I can see lasting, Ubisoft, you should keep supporting, especially if you're still including the season's pass.

I can see why pple are P'od in the reviews on here.

Ever thought of climbing on the top of a Pyramid and sliding down?

Ever thought of fighting the Egyptian cat god, crocodile faced god and Anubis?

Ever thought of having an assassin wife or just a wife?

Ever thought of finding an oasis in desert?

Ever thought of owning an exotic flying pet?

Well, all your dreams will come true! Welcome to Assassin's Creed Origins

Learn about the origin of a cult adamant on cutting their ring fingers (This will help many in present time)

Raid more tombs than the Legendary Lara Croft and disturb all the kings in valley of the kings.

Overall it is fun and now all time low. So worth a shot.

Some screenshots:

1)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3041495913

2)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2935071148

3)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2938159954


SCORES :: (Long Review)

---{Graphics}---
🔳 You forget what reality is
☑️ Beautiful
🔳 Stylistic
🔳 Good
🔳 Decent
🔳 Bad
🔳 Don‘t look too long at it

---{Gameplay}---
🔳 Very good
☑️ Good
🔳 It‘s just gameplay
🔳 Meh
🔳 Watch paint dry instead
🔳 Just don't

---{Audio}---
🔳 Eargasm
☑️ Very good
🔳 Good
🔳 Not too bad
🔳 Bad
🔳 I'm now deaf

---{Audience}---
☑️Kids
☑️ Teens
☑️ Adults


---{Requirements}---
🔳 Check if you can run paint
🔳 Low
☑️ Medium
🔳 High end
🔳 NASA computer

---{Difficulty}---
🔳 Just press 'W'
🔳 Easy
🔳 Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑️ Average
🔳 Difficult
🔳 Dark Souls

---{Grind}---
🔳 Nothing to grind
☑️ Only if u care about optional achievements
🔳 Isn't necessary to progress
🔳 Average grind level
🔳 Too much grind
🔳 You‘ll need a second live for grinding

---{Story}---
🔳 No Story
🔳 Like Playing "Candy Crush" For The Story
🔳 It's Alright
☑️ Well Written
🔳 Epic Story
🔳 It‘ll replace your life

---{Game Time}---
🔳 Very short (0 - 5 h)
🔳 Short (5 - 15 h)
🔳 Average (15 - 25 h)
☑️ Long (25 - 60 h)
🔳 Very long (60+ h)
🔳 To infinity and beyond

---{Price}---
🔳 It’s free!
🔳 Under-priced
☑️ Worth the price
🔳 If it's on sale
🔳 Could Be Cheaper
🔳 Overpriced
🔳 You could also just burn your money

---{Bugs}---
☑️ Never heard of
🔳 Minor bugs
🔳 Can get annoying
🔳 Keep an extra copy of save
🔳 ARK: Survival Evolved
🔳 The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs


---{8.5/10}---
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🔳10

Yeah, Ubisoft Launcher is a mandatory requirement. So, think again or not just like me.