Assassin's Creed® Odyssey

I really wanted to like this game, but it just didn’t succeed in any area other than looking good which is normal for most AC games. The parkour felt chunky, there were way too many abilities that I didn’t even want to use, and the story was just mid, in my opinion 7/10.

In my opinion, this a decent game and you guys should check it out. The graphic looks absolutely amazing, the map is huge and the combat system is ok. The only thing bad about this game is its plot and storyline. I dont know why but it just lacking something, however the sidequests are pretty good.
So I'd reccomend buying the game, just dont buy it full price tho. Wait til a sale or smthing

So this was actually the first time I played an AC game. I have to say, I was impressed. The open world is massive, yet full of things to do and see. Lots of upgrades and cool skill sets to unlock.

This game was beautiful. The music, outfits, sceneries, Greek gods/bosses and just the overall vibe is immaculate.

The story was solid. It definitely was a little cliche in the end, but had a “feel good” ending so I honestly wasn’t too disappointed.

At it's best, Odyssey an okay rpg set on ancient Greece, accompanied by a fitting soundtrack and a half decent, although quite inconsistent, story. As with any Ubisoft game, in terms of presentation at least, Odyssey delivers. At it's worst however, Odyssey is a dreadful, deplorable and grindy mess of a game that constantly disrupts the flow of gameplay, especially with the terribly designed Nemesis-esque mercenary system that bombards you non-stop with tanky enemies at every turn, even in the middle of a story quest. Speaking of the story, you will constantly find yourself being underleveled in order to continue your playthrough. At one point there is a MASSIVE level gap between two missions, and grinding xp is NOT fun in Odyssey. But while its not fun to grind xp, one could argue that by utilizing this form of progression, gating you from main quests, the game encourages interacting with every aspect of it in order to level up (for example, doing side quests or getting some collectibles instead of rushing all of the main quests), but truthfully, this is just lazy game design, and a truly well thought out gameplay and progression model will be more than enough to encourage players to do a game's side content.

At the end of the day, Odyssey is a game that is plagued by pacing issues, something which was not a thing in Origins, but I guess this is what happens when you have Ubisoft Quebec and not Montreal develop an AC game.

Besides pacing, crashing is a massive issue with this game. While it mainly occurred while fast traveling between areas or to my ship, it could happen anywhere too. It's not an issue related to performance, in fact it ran very well with everything set to max, but even when I set every setting down to low I would still encounter a lot of crashes. I blame DX12.

Both pacing and crashing issues turn what could have been a dream rpg set in ancient Greece into probably the worst AC game made to date.

With DLC's, Ubisoft takes one step forward and another step back. Legacy of the Blade is not innovative in any way. It's set in the base game's map and mainly sticks to telling a new story. It's ok I guess, the story is better than the base game's but it's nothing mind-blowing. Fate of Atlantis on the other hand sacrifices it's story (it's really bad) in exchange for 3 new mini open worlds, each representing a place in Greek mythology. All three environments, just like the base game, are gorgeous and they are filled with new activities that are not present in Greece. It also adds new enemies. Buying the season pass grants you a bonus mission and you can get an extra mission through Ubisoft Connect rewards.

4/10

100% love this game. Love greek mythology and I love assassin's creed, so this was such a good game for me. I enjoyed exploring ancient greece, was fun to see the buildings and sights that I've seen in person in the game. The story was fun, fighting in wars and the naval combat was just as fun. the DLCs were also so fun. Exploring the different realms was so good. Played this game a couple times casually then decided to go for the achievements, not one time I was regretting doing that, the achievements are easy and so fun to do. Love this game!

Really fun, really good story.

Lot of side quests maybe even too much but they really did an amazing job with this one.

Boss fights are cinematic and really nice.

I would only like to know why I am not getting the last achievement - for uncovering entire Greece map.

I literally discovered each area and each question mark.

if someone can help about that one feel free to comment :D.

9/10 for me.

Atlantis DLC is beatiful and I really liked new maps and the opportunity to play against greek heroes.

Honestly amazing experience.

-== 11/10 ==-
Extremely beautiful graphics + audio, mix of animated and in game cutscenes was an interesting overlap in a game, definitely get the hours out of it full price, but I paid $30AUD for the main game and all dlcs + extras.

It's not tedious or hard/annoying to 100%, quite easy to do all during a play-through without paying too much attention to it, you won't need additional saves or new game+ to 100% achievements

Pro;
- Extremely open world
- Graphics + Audio
- Story + Questlines
- Replayable
- Choices matter but also don't
- Can fast travel to your ship / docks around the map
- Greek mythology
- Greek mythology
- Greek mythology
- Cutscenes are short/interesting enough to not need to skip or be bored sitting through ( they do give you information and ways you should path in some quests so pay attention, or don't, again it didn't matter as much as it seems)
- Auto saves are on point but can quick save or main save
- Choose your own playing path (if you want to run in blades ready as warrior, stealth it out as assassin, or range as hunter)

Con;
- Combat / Assassination (quite clunky most of the time)
- Fast travel points are eh
- Stamina limit on horse (it's extremely slow to travel on horse)
- Follow road option (90% of the time it won't path to a road or will say no road nearby)
- DLC's while interesting, are kind of just a copy paste and very repetitive
- Greek mythology
- Slight bugs here or there, not game breaking
- Different tree types didn't matter too much. ( I didn't path into hunter much nor assassin, still slayed gg ez mode on normal )
^ this could be a me issue, maybe i needed to play on a harder difficulty.

Overall, decent game, recommend.

My favourite thing to do was use the kick ability to kick every enemy off a high point to instant death.
It's also extremely funny that most enemies will freeze/lock when on fire because they're burning and just stand there screaming "put it out, help me, aaaa" (which is poor combat)

easy to get soft locked from the main quest.

This game is the epitome of mediocre. The story is middling, the dialogue ranges from decent to eye rolling, the combat is fine, the visuals are good but not stunning, the game has the gall to put micro transactions in a single player game, the dlc is overpriced, the game is stuffed full of boring busywork. If you are going to buy it, get it on sale.

The best Spartan era, Greece World, Open World game out there.
Recommend all Assassin's Creed fans, admirers and curious ones to try it out.
SEXY TO THE LAST BIT!

Not so much of Assassin's Creed, but a great RPG
Buy it, play it.
Also Alexios is better.

Odyssey is not like classic AC but its more like an action rpg game like elden ring sort of but less gloomy. The visuals were by far the best out of any game I've played and also loved the story did some mistakes mid story but at the end got the happy ending. Loved Kassandra and Barnabas was the GOAT, true homie. Would recommend though this might not please the classic AC players still 10/10.

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

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

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

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

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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☐ 10

I think the only wrong in this game is the title because the game play. It is an rpg game similar to witcher 3. Even though I highly enjoyed it has a great story with some choises, beautiful ancient Greek design, countless hours of fun game play.

This is the best Assassin's Creed I've ever played. Before, my favorite was Origins. However, This game is a solid 10/10. I have played over 100 hours, and I still am NO WHERE close to being finished. The map is huge. The graphics are beautiful. It's so different than the other games in the series! I didn't want to purchase it out of fear that it may bore me (I really don't care about Greek Mythology/Ancient Greece), BUT this game is not what I was expecting at all. I want to list some things you should know BEFORE YOU START PLAYING:

1. CHOICES ALWAYS MATTER. This game has 9 different endings. The responses you give to some of the NPCs ultimately determines your outcome of the entire game.
2. YOU GET A BOAT! PIRATE BATTLES! You can use this to travel around all of the islands of ancient Greece, OR you can use fast travel as you unlock them, and FINALLY... By foot. I prefer by foot, because YOU NEED materials to upgrade your weapons. Wood, leather, and iron primarily. DO. NOT. SELL. YOUR. LEATHER. It's the only thing I keep running out of. You can obtain it by hunting.
3. The NPCs dialogues are hilarious. I have laughed so hard at what they've said, so don't skip those scenes!
4. DO NOT SELL ALL SELL-ABLE ITEMS, even if they don't seem like you'll need them. There are side quests that require certain things, (you can google which ones to keep and which ones to sell.) It's easier to already have these things on hand instead of having to go hunt for them. When it comes to weapons, if they're common, sell them or break them down for extra iron and leather etc. Your choice. However, if you have a weapon you REALLY like, you can continue to upgrade it and keep it. You can also engrave weapons, which means add different "perks" ? to them... Like "Deals 15 percent more damage" etc.
5. You are a mercenary... AKA BOUNTY HUNTER. Do not turn down money for jobs, even if you feel bad. I struggled for a while keeping my money up, but then instead of doing things "for free" I decided to start taking their money. Why not.
6. USE IKAROS. Your eagle. You can easily spot treasure, war supplies, soldiers etc. and tag their locations, without having to hunt for them. I use Ikaros way more than I used my bird in Origins, and it's been so helpful!!

Prepare yourself for the plot twists, drama, and funny cut scenes. I love the multiple response options you get in this game, like being able to flirt with other characters... But, also prepare yourself for heartbreak as well. Especially during the beginning of the game, where Kassandra/Alexios has a memory of their childhood... No spoilers here... And it relates to actual Greek Mythology. Pretty cool to learn somewhat, real? History. I am playing as Kassandra, not Alexios, because I read that if you play as her, she has more perks like more empathy and dialogue. This is NOT a boring game, I considered the beginning of Mirage to be boring, and I'm still having problems getting into it. I jumped right on this game, and I cannot rave more about how amazing it is. I wake up wanting to play, I can't touch my other games, it's just not possible. I have too much to do still! I LOVED Origins, and raved about it, but this game definitely has it topped now.

This game is a MUST BUY. A STAPLE. FOR ANYONE who loves open world games. Fighting with swords, spears, bows etc. on games relieves stress in a way that playing CS and using traditional weapons like AKs or knives don't. There aren't many games I would pay full price for, but I'd definitely pay full price for this one. If you can get it on sale, DEFINITELY get this. I'm telling you. It is a work of art!

- fantastic world but way too big
- some really good quests but most are repetitive
- cool skills, lots of items and build customizations, decent rpg but its nothing super special
- game starts off really good but falls off in the mid-to late game
- first dlc is super bad (Nataka...), second one is really cool (lots of variety)
- the layla part (in the main game aswell as in the second dlc) can't possibly be worse (one of the worst "characters" I ever had to play)
- very cool cult system but annoying mercenary mechanics

Still barely a thumbs up cause this game fails to entertain you for its whole journey. I get that people vote this game down just because of it's micro transactions. Im not doing that but I can understand it. This practice is just despicable but I don't think any dev that actually worked on the core of this game is in favor of this. The game itself is not bad, especially the world looks soooo good.

2nd play through of this game after buying it again on steam. The best AC game released to date.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
x Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
x Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

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

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
x Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
x Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
x Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
x Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
x Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
x Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
x Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
x Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
x Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
x 9
☐ 10

The game is beautiful, with awesome views and exciting missions. You can make choices that change the story. It's like living in a cool history book, but way more fun.
If you loved watching King Leonidas and his Spartans fight against impossible odds, get ready to live that experience in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. It's not just a game—it's an epic adventure where you get to be the hero of your own Spartan saga.
But its symmetric as other assassin creed games.

I’ve played Assassin’s Creed 1 through 4. i'd say after they turned this series into an rpg i lost interest in the game and after playing this i feel like the farming system is off, the combat is clunky and i don't understand why they charge for skins in a paid game.

This game has the weakest story with a very beautiful world in the history of Assassin's creed games. the protagonist is literally a god with no connection to Assassins ever in his life. Not a single aspect of this game does justice to the Assassin's creed saga. The game literally discourages you to do stealth missions as there is leveling system so no matter how powerful you get you wont be able to do a silent kill without spending your ability power/point. Choices in the game have little to no impact on the game story except the last mission. The world is expansive and beautiful but it is dead and useless without any compelling story. The whole story is a copy paste and amalgamate of going a place, get a kill, destroy the ship, kill again, speak some cringe dialogues... End. Npc's are literal copy paste faces all around the game and they are as useless as they can be.
i wish instead of milking the almost dead cow named "the Assassin's creed", they would have made it a standalone game about Greek world then i would have played it with some expectations. Literally a waste of the art and beauty of Greek world and a massive L to the name of Assassin's creed name.

I completed the game on Xbox a while ago. I decided to pick it up on PC because of how much I love the game. The game is pretty bloated with content but I wouldn't personally call it boring, just not needed. The world is beautiful to explore and the story isn't going to win an award but it isn't bad. Some pretty funny moments. I'd suggest checking this one out. A lot of people will think of reasons to hate this game but at it's core, it's a good game, especially when it's on sale for £10. I have yet to play the DLC but I've heard nothing but good things about it.

Underrated, love the cosmetics, map is done so well, history lovers thriving. Story has a catch with choices that dictate ending, could be bad if you want everyone alive and pick bad choices but outside of that dope. Game makes you explore the Greece.

One of the best AC's I've played, did feel a little less 'assassin' like, however that was due to my warrior/assassin playstyle. Main storyline and side quests are great, keeps you wanting to complete more. Would highly recommend to anyone that likes assassin's creed games and/or large open world RPG games.

One of the most underrated games.. the map too big? I wish it was bigger. The exploration in this game, the cinematics and the general world is beautiful.

So far i'm in love with this game!!! Its so addicting because of the beautiful scenery and characters (i'm looking at u Kassandra). The mechanics aren't annoying and overall I like learning about anicent history while playing games so 10/10 from me.

The story is very long. Recently got done with the odyssey and thought it would be an appropriate time to review. The odyssey took me about 90 hours to complete (including sidetracks, like other quests and thinks alike).

But now, lets talk about the story, like I said before, it is VERY long and drawn out with many characters, locations, and small details. But it didn't fail to impress me once, the game is very good looking with intense fighting, conquest battles can be hard, especially while invading due to enemy mercenaries. But in my opinion the hardest battles are fought in the waves of the sea where I've found myself struggling to defeat enemies (mainly when there's multiple). Naval battles can be intense and the sea is the most fun to sail during a storm because you get to listen to the thunder and split the sea with Barnabas. The game just goes so deep, with many places to be and much to do.

Even after 105 hours of gameplay, I still have much to do, and I will update this review when the time comes.

Some of the assassinations are unnecessarily brutal, like sometimes Alexios will stab the spear through a guys neck and then use the spear to twist and break his neck, like, chill he's already dead.

TLDR: The game is very long, but very good. if you like games with long unnecessarily detailed but very fun stories, the game is definitely worth it. Especially when on sale for sub $15.

This is a history.

Greatest historical fiction game ever produced? You will feel like you are in ancient hellas, if you appreciate history you will enjoy the countless historical figures brought to life as characters, their stories told and lands discovered.

Pros:

Incredible open world - graphically stunning, even by today's standards. The story has its moments, but overall I found it enjoyable. The gameplay is pretty top tier, with the slight exception that enemies can be spongy, but it's still solid. The voice acting is great, but make sure you choose Kassandra.

Cons:

The only real con doesn't bug me, which is that it doesn't feel like an AC game. A lot of people don't like this because of that, but I'm not really an AC fan. This is an open world action RPG, with little to no stealth.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a great game that stands out for its rich storytelling, immersive world, and compelling characters. Kassandra's strong personality, combined with exceptional voice acting, makes her a memorable protagonist. (my favorite after Ezio)

Overall, it's a must play for fans of the series and newcomers alike. It successfully blends action RPG elements in ancient Greece, making it one of the best entries in the franchise.

It's a tough one, the game has everything to be great, but there is... so much more repetitive, boring, unnecessary stuff that makes the whole thing a chore. Constant reminder that you can buy shit in the store, a "surprise boxes" mechanic, the greed is seeping through the gameplay. It's quite sad as, again, the game could have been great, but I can't recommend it in the current state

imagine the euphoric utopia we'd be in of ubisoft (& friends) got rid of their app(s). bought the game here, but ended up torrenting it after so it doesnt forget its installed and require a redownload or take 6 clicks of the play button to launch.

also why is family sharing off? if we really wanted to use steam as an easy method cheat you out of sales, we'd just share passwords (which we can do on your app and every other app as well, by the way). family sharing is for when it doesnt make sense to buy it again because your family already has a copy

I might even recommend this game when it's on sale because the world is really beautifully designed, because the story is set in the golden age of ancient Greece and leans heavily on Greek mythology and the mystery of Atlantis. The game also offers a historical mode in which the player can go around the entire map without any challenge and partially get acquainted with the real history that inspired the game. That kept me playing, along with the hope that the story would finally gain momentum and become more interesting. However, I still wouldn't recommend it, because there are too many things I didn't like that are hard to ignore even if you're a big fan of the franchise or the historical era the game is about. Also, while this is an old game, beloved by many, and for me the last tolerable one in the Assassins Creed franchise, I don't want to encourage anyone in any way to think that this is a good example of a game to follow.

* What I like about this game:

- The world design is just great.
- Graphics are excellent
- The game is very well optimized and stable
- Naval battles are dynamic and fun
- The combat animations are generally pretty good, maybe they could just be a little more synchronized but ok.
- Variety of weapons and armor is very rich. I especially like the ability for the player to replace the appearance of a weapon or armor with another one that he has already found.
- The weapon and equipment leveling system is also very intelligently designed, so the player can visit a blacksmith and upgrade their favorite equipment or weapon to their own level (which is a much better solution than say in The Witcher 3 where the first rusty junk you find can be more powerful than the legendary sword because it's higher level and you can't do anything about that).


* So what's wrong then?
(possible minor spoilers)



- The main character will return to the time of the Peloponnesian War through the Animus, choosing whether to revive the memories of Alexios or his sister Kassandra. You'd think that would mean two alternate significantly different experiences, however regardless of character choice your story and origin will be exactly the same. Gender will not affect the world's reaction to your character in any rational and historically known way, so this choice of yours is completely aesthetic and without any significantly different content. The myth of the Amazons - warrior women, would not be so intriguing and interesting if it was a phenomenon that could be encountered every day throughout the Greek world. But in this game, Kassandra is just one of many female mercenaries or soldiers as if she were in the world of The Elder Scrolls and not in ancient Greece. What I'm trying to say is that her journey as the main protagonist could have been far more difficult and a far different and more interesting experience than what Alexios could have had. In that world given the historical context someone like Kassandra could have been like Prometheus, but instead she is just one of many mercenaries just like Alexios. Both are just two sides of the same coin. For example Athena is not just a female Zeus, she has different personal qualities, traits and skills.
- The main story is watered down, with an abundance of boring and shallow characters and situations. It has the plot dynamics of endless 10000 episode long telenovelas.
- Many famous historical figures, who have inspired both scientists and fiction writers, are represented as buffoons. You can't help but wonder how any of those historically notable people got there with so little competence and cunning and what made them famous in the first place even in the ridiculous circumstances of this imagined world.
- Many quests (both main and side quests) usually start out interesting and intriguing, but then almost inevitably turn into the same action repeated countless times and end most often with some meager, seemingly unfinished cut scene (with very rare exceptions) or with more of the same action (fight). When a player is rewarded with a good story, there are never enough quests, but when you do them only to collect enough experience points to continue the main story and avoid buying XP boost through microtransactions, then even one of them is superfluous.
- The dialogues are too often unnatural, too "safe" and stiff, full of fake moral dilemmas.
- The voice acting in general is not bad, but the energies of the actors diverge too often and do not follow the drama of the situation as if they were recorded completely separately.
- Regions have different levels of difficulty and this in itself is not a problem, but unfortunately it is in a toxic relationship with microtransactions and boring side quests that I mentioned earlier.
- Ancient tombs (as well as caves) are almost completely similar to each other, only the corridors are longer, you will find more snakes and a thousand times repeated opponents. There is no boss fight at the end. At best you find a piece of armor or a weapon, earn a skill just because you took the time to go through the same hassle again.
- If you participated in one of the battles you saw them all. There are no unit formations, no strategies. Battles are a chaotic melee in which the player aims to defeat the required number of enemy officers.
- Boss fights differ from other fights only because the bosses are usually larger, often reskinned ordinary opponents and have a longer health bar.
- MTX in a single player game are never a good sign, but selling XP boosts hints at their worst possible impact.

even though I will continue this game myself I just cant recommend anyone else wasting their time. The world can be beautiful but really the game doesn't have much else going for it. The music is wildly repetitive, the leveling system makes the game too ridiculous and no matter how much time you spend in this game you don't feel like you get anywhere because it's massive and everything seems to get in your way no matter how much you try to focus on the mission. I've encountered quite a few bugs in parkour that make this the worst game to climb and parkour in. Plus the world doesn't feel like it was built for climbing and parkour. This game while enjoyable to just waste some time in stabbing NPC's is just that. A big world with the same couple buildings and caves you will see repeated over and over. It can be quite frustrating. 5/10

I really liked the beginning, the first island, I really did. Pretty and dense with a personal story and characters and silly in a fun and kind of grounded way. And very Greek. After that it became – for me at least – dull and stupid fast. The map is oppressively large, the story gets dumber and less interesting by the minute and when I realized how many hours it would take to see it through I just could not go on.

Buy it cheap and play the beginning. For that I recommend it, 10-15 great hours maybe. It gets a thumbs down here because I never went that fast from really enjoying a game to not wanting to touch it again ever.

One of the best Story/Rpg i have played in a long while! This is a really solid game that runs great, fun missions and very good combat experience. If you are into Rpg games this i a solid one to pick.

The small loot items and materials in nature are respawning. In Origins all the loot disappeared and never respawned after it was picked up, what is more logical and easier to create walkthroughs.

Some loot in the game is unreachable, because it's stuck in textures. You can hear and see the blink while using revelation ability, but clearly can't reach it. I noticed it in many locations already. Lazy developers didn't fix it. Looks like no human eye checked the huge map developers boasted about.

On the other hand, in Odyssey we faced 1st time in AC series special collectible called Orichalcum Fragment, which completely disappear from the game after the pick. Reloading previous save will not restore this collectible in game and it's terrible for video creators. I have only 1 attempt to record, how it's picked up by me in the game. If I mess up something during the record, there is no second chance to record it. Moreover 8 Orichalcum Fragments weren't registered as collected and Ubisoft support were clueless to restore them back or why it happened, while in the final message they clearly confirmed without the shame that their priority to support newer games and closed my case in website.

Stealth is not always possible. I don't know about lower difficulties, but in highest Nightmare difficulty of the game, before you reach high protagonist levels with quality weapons and engravings, impossible to kill elite guards in one stealth assassination attempt or headshot with one arrow, what completely ruin the stealth, because after failed assassination, alert is raised in camp/port/fort. They started it in Origins, but here it worsened. More tough enemies in the game and you will see more brutal unavoidable combats.

The spartan kick is a nice ability, which doesn't work properly, when you aim to kick the enemy out of the cliff or any other high platform. 50% of used attempts are wasted without dropping the enemy down.

The textures like floors/mountains aren't polished well for clean parkour. The controlled model sometimes stuck and don't move forward in texture, mostly during walking/crouching mode.

After completing all the question marks on the map, I confirm that a lot of locations (camps, caves, warehouses) have the same textures design. Game creators just copied whole locations from one region to another and simply renamed them. If you are out of ideas to create unique locations, just make the map smaller next time

Naval part with its vivid battles is a good new-old addition to the game.

Manual game savings are available with up to 20 different manual save files - blessing for walkthrough creators. Autosaves and quick saves, without entering game menu are working fine too.

A MMORPG game without being a MMO. Total waste of potential. It is as if a virtual tourism company decided to create a virtual ancient greece and at the last second one of them said out loud, "hey wouldn't be great if we make it a video game?" An absolute work of art open world filled with disgustingly hollow quests. Still playing and play until I finish the game because I can not decide if it is good or bad or mid. To sum up, WASTE OF POTENTIAL.

Malaka this malaka that, couldnt you find any other greek words to spice it up ? + There is japanese dubbing but no greek ? JAPANESE DUBBING??? FOR THIS GAME ? AND NO GREEK ? Malaka ubisoft for sure.

I really liked this game at first, but only fucking GRIND does it get boring. The story is mid as hell, the leveling system is atrocious and needs to fucking die, and the amount of boring side quests rivals the amount of minecraft youtubers that came out as pedophiles in the past 4 years. This game rubs me the wrong way and i fucking despise it. Fuck you ubisoft, FUCK YOU.

Compared to my experience with AC Origins a few months ago I have more to complain about than to praise with this one.

- Overload of gameplay elements: too many weapons, abilities, skins and collectibles, controls, types of enemies to hunt etc.
- Bugs and glitches galore (especially with horses and the horse-riding automation which worked way better in AC Origins, and with player movement)
- Basically everything in the game and within the story is about violence, killing and dying
- Far too much of the game is about looting, collecting, selling and buying
- Anti-intellectualism: the greatest minds of ancient Greek and Western history are ridiculed in favor of an violence-glorifying "hands-on attitude" of main character
- Again as in AC Origins the opportunity to tell about the mythology and about life in the respective period through the plot is not or rarely used. Instead the sole focus is on the most famous (and of course most violent) events and characters of the respective time. So the history aspect gets reduced to war history instead of cultural history
- The world is grand and beautiful, there are many details about the landscape and architecture that are historically accurate or at least seem that way. But you learn almost nothing about the culture, art, science and everyday life beyond an extremely superficial and under-complex level
- Child murders and violence against children galore (this may be historically correct but still, WTF)
- The world is gigantic but the dimensions get blurred because you can run full speed on your horse through dense forest or up and down a mountain, you can jump from any height without dying and the camera angle while sailing makes everything around somehow smaller
- Too much animal killing and wrong depiction of animal wildlife (wild does not necessarily mean hostile but in AC there are fights with animals just everywhere you go)
- Missions and quests are all the same: go to XY and kill everybody and/or steal something. Considering the high number of missions and side quests this gets really tedious
- Historical mistakes that could have been avoided, e.g. wrong materials for sculptures, wrong motifs on pottery, wrong paintings on or in buildings (e.g. endless repetition of the same motives or only half paintings inside of temples, that mistake was made in AC Origins aswell)
- Music: there are far too few different street musicians in the world, you hear the same three idiots playing their two bars of music all over the whole giant game world. Also the menu music quickly becomes annoying since you have to heavily use the menus

+ Gigantic open world with many historic places
+ Fantastic atmosphere of public places
+ The ability to climb everything, fly with your falcon or go by horse and ship feels like total freedom to explore
+ The sheer beauty of the landscapes and of the desing of the cities and villages
+ Many historically correct details
+ Choice of character (male and female)
+ (superficial) introduction to a lot of figures from Greek mythology
+ The combination of combat and stealth is great fun, especially with the military/bandit camps
+ The sea battles are fun

Maybe I should have waited longer after playing AC Origins, I liked that title way better. Maybe I'm more into Egyptian mythology. And maybe I do not consider enough the extreme amount of money that such a game needs to refinance, so that the willingness to take risks - especially on an substantive level - is probably very low. Still, I'm not the first or only one finding that Ubisoft really are the masters of open world creation and total storytelling failures.

Odyssey is an amazing game. With great combat and wonderful world and an good story. Ancient greek is portrayed beautiful and stunning in this game. The only thing that bugs me is that this game has nothing to do with Assassins Creed. Its an great game, but an bad Assassins Creed. Overhaul 8.5/10

Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a game I decided to finish, but after that, I’m taking a break from Ubisoft titles. The game’s storyline is so 'brilliant' that I’m absolutely drained by this masterpiece of writing. Even Assassin's Creed Syndicate, which doesn’t exactly shine in terms of narrative, feels much more engaging than anything that’s come out since.

I’ve spent 108 hours in this game, completing everything except the final DLC. And what meaningful things did I learn from the story? Nothing. Okay, you’re a descendant of an ancient race. That’s it. In the modern-day storyline, the protagonist - is a completely empty and uninspired character, offering no depth or compelling narrative to engage with.

In ancient Greece, the main character manages to crack a funny line about once every ten quests, something like, 'Oh, f***ing Zeus' and that’s about it. One out of ten quests is somewhat decent, the rest are utter nonsense. But very important thing, you can sleep with pretty much anyone.

The main storyline starts after the Persians are defeated by Leonidas and Themistocles, and it’s about the conflict between Sparta’s totalitarian oligarchy and Athens’ democracy. What do we get? Zero Assassins, zero Templars, but there’s some random Cult of Kosmos. In one of the DLCs, there’s a cool character - an old man in a hood with a hidden blade. But since it’s Ubisoft, he barely gets any screen time, appearing for maybe three hours out of the 108 I played.

To sum up - boring, empty, lacking any real plot, and a sad reminder of how far Ubisoft has fallen.

Loved it 95+ hrs in it , beautiful landscape and just jump anytime in it and enjoy the gameplay.

My favourite AC game! It's not very Assassin heavy and definitely has more of an open world RPG feel to it, but the combat is great, the characters are likeable, and the world is GORGEOUS.

Highly recommend

If you love ancient Greece and its cities then this instalment is for you. Just don't think of it as an assassin creed game.

Game crashes constantly even on a PC well above the recommended specs. Ubisoft support is non-existent. They dont read ticket notes to see what things have been already tried but instead simply stick to their script to tell you to check the same things over and over again. Eventually they just stopped responding to me after about a month of trying to get the issue resolved.

This game keeps crashing on me. I have a Leigon Pro 7 with an RTX 4080 and it keeps crashing at low settings this game is almost unplayable.

Writing this review at 169 hours played, and game at 100% completion.

WHAT A GAME.

I absolutely adore this game - it's one of the only games that I have come back to time and time again, on both Xbox and PC. I actually cannot get enough of this game. Odyssey is, without a doubt, the BEST instalment in the AC franchise, and Ubisoft have outdone themsevles with how compelling and how bloody brilliant Odyssey is.

I've been a big AC fan ever since the beginning, from the very early Altair and Ezio days, and was always sure Brotherhood would be my favourite, but since playing Odyssey it has very firmly taken the top spot. Not only to be able to pick between a female lead (Kassandra) as apposed to just a male lead (this was never an issue for me, but I loved that in this game we had a choice), the sheer expanse of the map, the loveable characters who help us along the way, and being able to learn about the important icons in Greek Mythology as well as the monsters (which I have to say, have some of the best battles I've ever seen and played in any AC game).

It is so rare for an already incredible and well established game to have two equally incredible DLCs, but The Fate of Atlantis + Legacy of the First Blade are both amazing DLCs that enrich the depth and gameplay of the base game. Personally, Atlantis was by far my favourite of the two, purely because of the beautiful maps we are sent to, such as Elysium and Atlantis. I've seen that this DLC hasn't been received all that well among other players, and yes it can be tedious at times, however the love that I have for this game and the franchise just trumps everything else. These two DLCs are just amazing, and I was so sad to finish the FOA storyline as it is one of my all time favourites within all AC games.

I hope Ubisoft can recognise and see the success of AC Odyssey and continue to create future games with this game in mind. Everything about it was just *no words*, and I'm actually getting a little bit emotional about realising that this game is well and truly finished after playing it on and off for 3 years. Only a handful of games has left me feeling like this, and I'm glad to be able to add this one on the list.

So long, Odyssey x

This game is mid at its best for me.It will work perfectly fine if you're looking for any RPG openworld game but please consider it again if you're looking for 'AC' game.
Pro
-The graphic look beautiful
-Combat is okay-ish
Cons
-Atlastis dlc map is beatiful but feel hollow as hell
- game leght is long but most of the quest are repetitive type of mission
-Legacy of the first blade dlc hands down being one the worst dlc i have ever play in my entire life
-Parkouring is suck in this game
-Phobos feeling so stupid to control the movement
-The story didnt catch me its feel so boring
-some bugs is still happen too me
-the game freezing at some point with no reason even if i playing this game on high end pc
so i'll give this game about 6.5/10 its a good deal at 90% of if you doesn't care much about its being called"AC game" and its story.

I played Odyssey first then origins...and ooooh boy.... origins were so unplayable for me. It looked like whomever made odyssey learned from all the clunkiness of origins and fixed those for this game. Over all good game. This was first time i finished everything in the game since revelations.