Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (Zero Punctuation)

This week Yahtzee reviews Assassin's Creed: Odyssey.
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[@JustABoy]

Is it just me or does Yahtzee seem to be talking slower than normal in this video?

[@---_---_---_---___---]

Can you blame him, it's hard to be fast paced verbally when talking about such a slow game

[@bandyfball]

Yeah, right?! Or calmer somehow, less spiteful

[@loto7197]

Hes an old man now

[@NeoXtreme_Gaming]

He had to admit defeat, no man wants to do that.

[@NeoXtreme_Gaming]

Joel Schembri I kinda like Oddessy but that's probably because I haven't played all 10 like him. I've played like 5

[@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong]

I think the thing that angered me the most was when I killed the last sage, revealing the orchestrator of the entire conspiracy was *that character* but I couldn't kill them, as I had 7 small fry cultists remaining, two of whom I physically could not kill, seeing as my having killed them during story quests was apparently not allowed and thus glitched them to be permanently alive. I feel like once I know who the big bad is, my ability to kill the big bad should not be hindered by a bunch of jackasses that are scattered across dozens of miles.

[@Crazelord91]

Ubisoft needs to learn that "more" doesn't always mean "better"

[@BLZ231]

But to them more IS better. More money that is. And as long as Assassin’s Creed continues to rake in tons of money, they don’t give a shit if the games are any good.

[@TrueMentorGuidingMoonlight]

The problem with Ubisoft's idea of RPGs is that they don't understand nor care about adding actual difficulty to the AI. Enemies are only more difficult the higher their levels are because their health bars are bigger. Enemies continue to fight the same way, with all the same weapons. You can cheese everyone with the Spartan Kick and Bull Rush powers to send them flying off cliffs for an insta-kill. It's pathetically designed.

[@niall243]

Colin Velius once I figured out the cliff/Sparta kick combo thing it just got stupid easy

[@Topperfalkon]

@@niall243 you don't even need to figure it out. The game tells you, repeatedly. It's almost as if they want you to acknowledge the crappy 300 reference.

[@niall243]

Harley Faggetter yeah true 😂 I mean I don’t dislike the game because I think the reboot is exactly what ac needed but its defo too easy

[@BobJohnson-ni4kc]

Keep protecting the metro

[@nifty5799]

Your wife is my math teacher and we got to watch one of your videos in class it’s kinda weird know your teacher has streamed over 24 hours of dark souls

[@flawfinder6878]

The Spengster He's been married to his long-term girlfriend, Kess, for three months now.

[@deathwatch962]

Evidence of this please? i really want to believe this, but we're going to need to know more. What school/college?

[@armorfrogentertainment]

I don't think he and Kess are married. I also didn't know she teaches match.

[@Kono_Dio-Da]

@Itch-HeSay Ew.

[@nifty5799]

The Spengster he does she changed her last name to his and she showed us her dog in one of his videos

[@kyroo1052]

This review feels more tired than his recent reviews. Was Yahtzee just tired the day he recorded or is he just tired of AC?

[@aeowinh]

Maybe both, he was tired or sick and be force to play 40 hours of Ass-asins creed just make it worst.

[@TheNightquaker]

He does sound somewhat raspy in this video. Maybe he had a cold. Or maybe he is contemplating introducing his head to the world of home defense solutions. Not really sure.

[@Kono_Dio-Da]

Most likely its because the game is crap.

[@alfredwinchesterjr]

kyroo1052 Yes.

[@TheUndeadslayer221]

Affirmative, kyroo1052.

[@Rawrpuppeh]

Yatzhee: I've been playing this game for 40 hours and don't like it. Ubisoft fan boys: Clearly Yatzhee is just hating on this game for views and he would love it if he actually sat down and played it.

[@hubblebublumbubwub5215]

Does ubisoft have fanboys?

[@tomstonemale]

Have you watched Dunkey's videos on Assassin's Creed? There's always a dozen of them

[@demonintellect9834]

It is a fun game honestly. I really dont get where all the grind people keep talking about comes in. Then I do enjoy warframe and that's a pretty grindy game so maybe that's why odyssey appeals to me.

[@boomerpro87]

Demon Intellect i play warframe too i grind for most of my frames odessy still fucking has more grind and microtransactions ontop of being a fucking 60$ game fuck me, i wish we could go back to the more wholesome days of gaming where your only concern was trying to trick your parents into buying DOOM by saying its a christian game where you banish demons to save the souls of the innocent.

[@pluna3382]

@@demonintellect9834 The difference is that the grind can be an opportunity to socialize and there are many incentives to do it in warframe. AC is just unrewarding grind into that you can do the same shit but slightly less different but not any more fun.

[@rossdavis428]

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: *THE MMO* , The Single Player Edition~

[@Call_Me_Matrix]

More like the Limited Special Ultimate Edition Plus.

[@rossdavis428]

@JackZake64 Only if you are willing to pay up $80+ to the Ubi-Overlords~

[@peterheck2429]

That actually sounds like a much more enjoyable game than aco actually is

[@pointblank2890]

So it's like the opposite of Fallout 76?

[@greatgoblin3065]

Give it time, it'll be multiplayer.

[@TheManOfManyNames373]

Assassin's Creed: We've GOT to have MONEYYYYYYYYYYY.

[@Kono_Dio-Da]

"We are here with Ubisoft! Why don't you introduce yourself?" UB: Hello! I like money! "What inspired you to make Assassin Creed: Odyssey?" UB: Money!

[@xmm-cf5eg]

OH BOY, CAN'T WAIT FOR THE UBICONIC PLATINUM DLC SPARTAN HELMET MADE OF CARDBOARD!

[@untamedpandasweg8986]

EVO6 I came back to this video to look at your profile pic. Very nice. x'D

[@greatgoblin3065]

Go back to channel awesome you twat.

[@jackgebhardt2932]

@@untamedpandasweg8986 You have terrible grammar.

[@brainflash1]

Ubisoft will set an Assassin's Creed game in Feudal Japan before Yahtzee reviews HuniePop.

[@paradoxacres1063]

*>:(*

[@NathanCassidy721]

I’m gonna spoil the game for ya... They already have gone to Japan for Assassin’s Creed. In the Chronicles spin-off series. The side-scrolling version of it that nobody remembers exists.

[@brainflash1]

Oh we remember it, we just don't count it.

[@spacebear4742]

would that be a jrpg? Yahtzee isn't really fond of jrpgs

[@NathanCassidy721]

Oh it counts. It's just like most things in the game's industry. Not what you expect even though it technically fulfills what you want. Like innovations in Call of Duty.

[@sebastianlacroix5871]

Holy shit I literally guessed it was Herodotus as a joke. Man, Ubisoft really deserve no credit anymore.

[@daveb2057]

Halfway through watching this video it dawned on me, as he was talking about how many assassins creed games he’s reviewed (10) and that there was even a time gap, I have been watching Zero Punctuation for over 11 years. Every week. I don’t still get through or to every game but I have watched this series forever and I appreciate that it’s still going. I guess this is a weird thanks to Yahtzee.

[@philrichjr]

“Let’s all laugh at an industry, that never learns anything. Tee hee hee”

[@greatgoblin3065]

Thank you.

[@themadhammer3305]

Grim1952 fun? What's that? Can we make it a preorder bonus? Or is it something better suited to loot boxes and microtransactions?

[@eragon78]

@@themadhammer3305 Come on, we're not monsters.......... Its going to be $60 DLC.

[@Daretobestupider]

To be fair, they're never going to learn anything if people keep enabling that behavior by buying the crap they make; they're like a dog that keeps shitting on the carpet, and people keep giving them a biscuit for it.

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

I still cant believe this series is going

[@NathanCassidy721]

Pajamapants Jack Because for some reason people buy them. And even if they don’t sell that many copies all the fucking food promotions should bring enough money in. And to be fair, Ubisoft is willing to look into game settings that are interesting like the Stone Age in Far Cry Primal, an American cult based on Waco Incident for Far Cry 5, the American Revolution for AC3, etc. So I can see why people would be interested in them. The catch is the fact that Ubisoft squanders it by putting them in the most boring game possible.

[@zafranorbian757]

There are far older series with far more games goeing (example Zelda) the difference it those games evolve while retaining core qualitys. Somehow AC managed to become stale yet also loose sight of what made the early games good in the first place.

[@sebastiandurando2493]

AC is another call of duty type of game now.

[@greatgoblin3065]

It isn't, really. Revelations finished the storylines people actually cared about, and ac3 was just the zombified corpse of what was left without them. It's put on different outfits and hats since then, but there's no shaking the fact that this series is dead inside.

[@CarbyGuuGuu]

Blame the brain-dead consumers living on this sorry rock.

[@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985]

You want a good stealth game, play Sly cooper. Yes, the cartoon raccoon game from a million years ago is better at stealth than a modern triple A game.

[@craylik5589]

The second one still ranks among my favourite games of all time. Great games indeed.

[@Stupiddumbmanditoryhandle]

Ah. I’ve found a fellow one of my people. Some of my fondest childhood gaming memories were of those 3 games. Even met one of my best childhood friends from our mutual love of the series. The 4th one was great I thought but everybody seems to forget it was ever made.

[@aidanmattys7488]

You want a good stealth game, play assassin's creed 2, brotherhood, and black flag

[@lukenichols8219]

I forgot that Odyssey was even coming out until it was suddenly all over KZbin.

[@peardude8979]

I keep confusing Odyssey and the one that came out last year.

[@Ladazotz]

anyone remember what it was like playing assassins creed 2 for the first time? i remember one of my favorite pass times after i spent hours and hours completing everything. yes. EVERYTHING. was just walking up to a group of dickish guards i happened to walk by and deliver a rabies roofie directly up their arse as inconspicuously as can be done when drugging someone by stabbing them with a large metal blade and then watching him murder his friends or watching them murder him. i need a psychiatrist. but despite my fond memory's of the series i think its a good thing i left off at assassins creed black flag so i can stay with the fond memory's and not drag them through the mud that is ubisofts business model of "the eajits keep buying, we keep selling"

[@gozzilla177]

I stopped at 3 cuz the 4th was supposed to be the last and wrap up the story, but then they said no wait 1 more....

[@davididiart5934]

3 broke my heart and soul because of how they handled the Desmond plot. Everything afterwards (with the exception of Black Flag's ship stuff) felt completely souless. There's just no point to anything in-universe anymore, and they don't even finish their plots in the fucking games. You know that Juno thing? They finished it IN THE COMICS. Fuck Ubisoft.

[@mrcharlied4228]

Black Flag is worth it. The ship is so much fun!

[@jetmysterytorpedo5935]

Well to quote Yahtzee for his thoughts on AssCreed 4. "We only liked 4 when it was being Steady Eddy's pirate adventure fun times, and we didn't like it so much when it was being Assassin's Creed".

[@chrisj320ac3]

The best part was slitting someone's throat with a broom.

[@supereldinho]

AC: Odyssey is definitive proof that things such as size, length and content do not equal depth, quality and pacing. Open-world games are becoming bigger and denser but not deeper or more intricate.

[@blondbraid7986]

Exactly the reason I hate sandbox games. Some of my favorite games are basically linear and took about ten hours to complete, but I'd rather play a ten hour game that's fun all the way than play a hundred hour game with 90% filler that's less entertaining than an elevator ride.

[@rjfaber1991]

Odyssey can be engaging, very much so in fact, but it all rather depends on you handling the pacing yourself, which is a thing open world games still haven't overcome. You could easily have a cutscene in which the protagonists goes on some impassioned rant about how they háve to do something to save a loved one, only to then proceed kicking about the map stuffing their pockets with collectibles for the next hour... Only once (slight spoiler alert) in the game does it happen where the game temporarily limits your scope and forces you to play a few quite deep missions in order, but then it just feels too limiting for the player. It's going to be interesting to see how (and íf, let's be honest) game developers will zoom in on a massive open world game and make that come across as engaging rather than limiting...

[@pluna3382]

The phrase "As wide as the ocean, as deep as a puddle" has been popping up recently.

[@supereldinho]

@Ghey GasCan No, the detail isn't the problem; the developers simply put in way too much busy work to derail your progress when in fact they should have focused more on fleshing out the game world through player freedom and interactivity. Let's be frank: Realism is OK if it's for the sake of building atmosphere, but when it ends up interfering with things like convenience and practicality, then the developers should double-check their priorities; they're making a game, not a simulator. Their fanatical obsession with realism ended up dragging the gameplay down instead of enrichening it.

[@GADG3Tx87]

3:05 "like trying to get more exercise by placing the TV remote on the other side of the couch". That's Genius!

[@cmazzeno]

"......" "... It's herodotus.."

[@johnkiezulas7439]

"Thank you!"

[@justdueit6199]

Fred.

[@Ultrapyre]

What's the point of calling it Assassin's Creed if it's not gonna involve stealth or clever subterfuge? If I wanted punchups in huge crowds with RPG elements, I'd just boot up Shadow of War again.

[@omegaxtrigun]

Ultrapyre Because action rpgs are all the rage and instead of making actual interesting changes but still keep the stealth action core, they just said “fuck it” and copied some basic action rpg shit into a game that doesn’t need it.

[@Bamboo_bazooka]

well the lovely man who made the video said and i quote 'call me a boring old stick in the mud for expecting a game with the word assassin in the title to be about sneaking and precision rather than hammering away at an over long health bar like i'm driving a steak into a concrete floor' this would imply that stealth is very much a secondary element and barely worth doing unlike the older titles where stealth was a key part especially early on where you were very vulnerable to enemies

[@TwiggehTV]

You know, they could just make a spinoff called "Warriors Creed" and imo that would work out just as fine. Its a cool name and everyone loves action anyways

[@RS43210]

Don't believe everything you see on KZbin. Stealth is a HUGE part of the game. The catch is, AC is now more RPG than action, so if you neglect your stealth skills you won't be as good at it. Same goes for melee combat, or archery.

[@DerLoladin]

Soooo...it's not a stealth game then, got it. It's now like any other RPG and might as well be 'Generic Odyssey'.

[@jimbobelvis3295]

3 years late to the party. But the finishing joke is possibly one of my favourites ever. Well done, Yahtzee comedy genius.

[@davidteachout1888]

Yahtzee I have been watching you for about 5 years at this point, watched and rewatched like all your reviews and you never fail to keep it interesting and hilarious love ya man

[@gameswithguns6859]

I predict a blandest game of 2018 contender

[@leguan278]

the more i think about it you might be right

[@Kono_Dio-Da]

No doubt about it. The other contender will probably be the new COD

[@Kelpo45]

Chuck Greene {Dead Rising 2} The new COD is actually pretty damn good though

[@carlsonsharpless9528]

He's not going to pick COD. Last year, he was so sure of its blandness that he never even played it (and, therefore, couldn't put it on the list). Given that Black Ops 4 completely eliminated the single-player mode and is trying to fit in a battle royale mode, the odds of him deciding to play it (which is a requirement for being on the list) are even lower than "not at all."

[@Kono_Dio-Da]

They removed single player to put a cash grab Battle Royal Mode in

[@djbare9]

"...you did it ubisoft, you beat me." Welp, there goes this game from the bottom of my list of potential purchases, to struck off the list completely.

[@122333andy]

Just because of one opinion that doesn't like the game? It's true, it is a much longer game than Origins. And the reason he didn't finish it is because he plays most games in order to review them, so obviously he won't have all the time in the world to finish a game. Ubisoft did say that the story would be way longer than Origins, and they delivered, and I see no problem in that. It's your money to spend after all but I will say this: If you liked Origins, I'd say you'll love this one. It is however, a lot grindier if you don't like doing side content. I 100%ed the game (except for one pesky viewpoint) and I have to say that, it was worth it. It's a good game.

[@xmm-cf5eg]

Is this a ubisoft apologist, huh, that's new.

[@jbheath6678]

Raoul non gamer?

[@djbare9]

It was already at the bottom of my list after looking at other reviews and watching some game play, so no, I don't make up my mind from a single statement, this game is obviously among other faults, a grind fest.

[@boomerpro87]

Raoul who are you referring to here? because if youre refering to yhatzee...then you might be on some hard drugs.

[@Mike23443]

I used to want them to make an assassins creed in japan... I don't anymore.

[@dimitrisg45]

I used to want in Greece since I'm Greek and I hate it and the AC anymore

[@MrGMoney1944]

I want one in Russia in the 19th century but since this level shit has ruined me.

[@electric_boogaloo496]

Ooh, Ghost of Tsushima is out for 2 weeks now.

[@matthewmuir8884]

I wanted one set in Celtic Britain or Medieval Scotland, but now I don't.

[@larsarmstrong3871]

Technically you reviewed 11 AC games. You forgot about chronicles.

[@SPM0717]

And Liberation.

[@CinosTheHedgehog2000]

He doesn't count those

[@greatgoblin3065]

Everyone forgot about chronicles.

[@De-Nigma]

It's as though Assassin's Creed games have become a little forgettable.

[@user-iu9vg2ec9u]

Best video of the month, also, the end where you announce you are going to EGLX, the description you gave x Killed me.

[@squidward8261]

You sound very sad in this video

[@bandyfball]

Yeah, I was thinking about that as well! Sad or just less angry, at least a calmer - lower energy than what I've heard from my recent ZP marathon spanning random ZP videos fron the past 6 years. Its not a bad thing, just noticably calmer?

[@Kono_Dio-Da]

AssAssin Creed is crappy.

[@armorfrogentertainment]

He once praised the first two games for being different and innovative. And then, when the series was getting stale, he praised it for pulling a Resident Evil 4, completely changing the game into a pirate adventure in Black Flag.

[@RaymanRocks822]

He put forth the image for AC II a couple times this video. Probably the comparison with how good the series was and how it is now just broke a man who loves video games.

[@jackgebhardt2932]

He's been sounding more tired and jaded lately.

[@zakmaniscool]

Feel better yahtz!

[@sidebola4062]

I just realized this game and origins are two different games. Bravo Ubisoft.

[@srbrant5391]

I can’t wait for the next game where we get to meet the guy who invented farming.

[@srbrant5391]

Cody Hines “And are you the lovely Mrs. Gneurshk?”

[@lordphobius3876]

Are you saying we need an Assassin's Creed: Primal? Velociraptor mounts and stealth kills? T-Rex to Mammoth combat? On second thought, I should stop trying to give Ubisoft ideas....

[@xehanort3623]

Let not this review distract you the fact that Juno was kill off screen.

[@kacchank8696]

Thats bullshit she was big bad guy throughout the series but killed off screen. Bullshit

[@BDL3035]

Wat?! I stopped playing after Black Flag (played Syndicate, but nothing really happened in that one near as I can tell) so what has Ubisoft some to the franchise? Has ANYTHING developed in the story aside from Juno’s death?

[@aidanmattys7488]

@@BDL3035 they dropped the modern story progression quite a while ago. Since then, it just seems like AC lacks story direction. Nothing matters and the conflict between assassins and templars had become pointless

[@zephyrerazortail5478]

What? I played Origins and Odyssey and I don't remember this. :0 What's the point of introducing a big bad in the "present time" only to kill her off without us doing it?

[@walnzell9328]

A level system? Cool! So I can go back to a level 1 area and kill everyone I see by looking at them!? Wait. Why is there a level 50 bandit on the first island? He's just as hard to fight as everyone else! Oh sh*t! All the bandits are level 50! The civilians are level 50! The f*cking goats are level 50! What's the point of the level system in this game anyway besides keeping you away from certain areas!?

[@MrGMoney1944]

@@switchplayer1016 The game decided to suggest I buy a permanent XP multiplier as I entered an area above my level during the loading screen. Since then the games only gotten worse.

[@c130fan]

you could turn it off level scaling in the options :|

[@walnzell9328]

@@c130fan Really? Since when?

[@c130fan]

@@walnzell9328 Polygon posted about it being a thing in January 2019, so it's been a hot minute. At the lowest level scaling level enemies are up to 4 levels below you, which is enough for everything to be 1-2 hit kills.

[@angeldeb82]

LOLed at these bits: To do: - Kill Spartans - Help Athenians - Kill Athenians - Help Spartans - Kill more Spartans - Kill bandits - Kill polar bear - Avenge Athenians - Avenge Spartans (that you killed) Henry the Wine Snob Sarah the Sociable Grutnhos the Flatulent Lysander the Sodomite

[@SwordsmanRyan]

This is the one game I watched Yahtz stream; it's interesting which details he chooses for his reviews. The dialog trees took forever in the stream.

[@stanj85]

I just can't get into yearly update games. The first 3 were cool, but I lost interest when the barrage of sequels came. Just not worth the effort of following.

[@VitalVampyr]

Assassin's Creed has moved to a two games every three years schedule. Basically their strategy now is to reinvent the gameplay style (Unity/Origins) refine that gameplay in a similar setting next year (Syndicate/Odyssey) then take a year off and repeat the process. It's working out pretty well I think. Other than Unity the latest Assassin's Creed games have been some of the best in the series.

[@insulinshocker487]

@@VitalVampyr that's not saying much

[@lordlagomorph]

You mean first 3 numbered games or that actual first 3 games?

[@greatgoblin3065]

@@VitalVampyr Honestly, I liked assassin's creed 1 because it was about being an assassin. And i liked the story. And i liked the gameplay. I liked ac2 because i liked the story, loved Ezio's character, and the world felt much more open and real. But after Ezio and Altair's stories ended, nothing really brought me back to the series.

[@Papa_G11]

@@VitalVampyr As a consumer, you get burned out, there's no year off. While they work on the next one, you keep getting content for this one. And by the time the next one comes out, you're completely burned out.

[@b.melakail]

If you and Terrible Writing Advice had a collab I would die happy

[@blackcorp0001]

Look forward to your reviews, well done

[@zacharyking3374]

I LOVE the Golden Axe character selection skeleton placement.

[@Air-Striegler]

Yeah, i saw that too and my Commodore Amiga brain went on red alert!

[@RaymanRocks822]

The other day my friend and I discussed Assassin's Creed. I said I remembered I being enjoyable and II being extremely good, Brotherhood being pretty much the same but with a bit of unnecessary filler added in which brought it down a bit for me. Then the next game again. Then the next game was pretty much entirily unnecessary filler. Then Black Flag happened, which I didn't feel like buying after the disappointment that was III. But then I got it for free so I played it. It had enjoyable ship combat but still turned out to be the only game I had to force myself to finish. I stopped with the series after that. So that conversation put me in the mood to play II again to see if it was really possible for an Assassin's Creed game to be as good as I remember. Hence, I started a new save file. Turns out it still is one of the most enjoyable games I've ever known. It really puts into perspective just how far the series has fallen. Truly a shame. I've always tried to be hopeful for Ubisoft. They were my favourite developer as a child. Stuff like Rayman and Prince of Persia and all. When they made AC II that cemented them in my mind as the best in the business. Then the Ubisoft of today happened. Even though I haven't bought one of their games in years, I really never wanted to accept what it had become. But I suppose there's no hope anymore. Rest in peace good Ubisoft.

[@tommerker8063]

assasins creed 2 (and brotherhood) are the odd ones in the series, even the first assasins creed was 9 times the same busy work with some weird and vague story bits inbetween

[@zafranorbian757]

with 1 first one the difference was that busy work was done in less than 20 min per target, and you learned about who you were going to kill and why. And aftert that the focus was purely on stabbing a guy (singular if everything went wringt). That is why AC1 busy work never bothered me.

[@tomstonemale]

I have a similar situation with COD 2. Basically, I remembered the Russian campaign to be really good, and there was a mod for the game I want it to try out. I ended up finishing the game again the same weekend.

[@tomstonemale]

I have to say I never understand people's obsession with accents beyond the country of the production. It doesn't add anything to the narrative unless is relevant to it (like a French person on England). I have seen so many British representations of Greek tragedies and Romans that a Cleopatra with a British accent doesn't bother me at all, although why they decided to give Romans Italian accents is beyond me. Some consistency is required I guess

[@saruboss18]

I m opposite, I tried playing ac 2 again and I could not. Gameplay is boring as hell. Story is still so good. My nostalgia goggles came off.

[@FairyNuffMuffin2]

I both love this game and fully agree with everything yahtzee is saying. I'm a touch conflicted XD

[@mrstabbath9114]

just found these reviews again after what feels like a decade, glad to see they're EXACTLY the same as I remember em. I've got a looooot to catch up on...

[@ryansch682]

The “American Meal” bit at the end got me real good

[@Haverlock]

You can hear the exhaustion in his voice.

[@bretalvarez3097]

I hate how fantasy like the Assassins creed games got

[@baronsengir187]

And how not assassiny (if it isnt a word it is now)

[@jacks.cosplay]

They keeping using the animus trickery, hacking etc excuse which means they can technically get away with it i guess

[@baronsengir187]

Maybe they should just rebrand it "The Animus Chronicles"

[@slambangaction]

Well, they did always have a lot of sci-fi nonsense about ancient technologically advanced cultures and magic holy hand grenades or whatever, but yeah, things just keep getting weirder and weirder.

[@bobtom1495]

Wveth They have admitted to re-writing history avoid "Sexism"...I'm not joining Ubisoft actually said that...the ones that did Origins...

[@Songblade001]

I loved the Hitchhiker's reference

[@EFSpartan]

I just watched this... and released you're coming to Canada!

[@HORRIOR1]

I had just asked myself, "Hang on, how many assassin's creed games have there been?" and then Yahtzee announced he had REVIEWED 10! Like FFS, WHY DO THEY MAKE MORE!? I know Halo, CoD, and Battlefield keep pushing out new titles all the time, but Assassin's creed is starting to look like MARIO at this point!

[@jm221]

There's even more than that, he never reviewed Rogue, Liberation or Bloodlines

[@davidlane1248]

And it's even worse when you think about it and realize that there's about as many mainline assassin's creeds as there are mainline Mario games... Except Mario has been around since the 80's and AssCreed has only been around for two major console generations

[@1pieceisdareasoniliv]

Call of Duty is on its 15th game

[@davidlane1248]

@FireB4llz he wasn't referring to any of the games' themes, but to how frequently they get released. And even then, Halo isn't close to the same level of AC or CoD as far as release schedules go Though I am inclined to agree with you. Once 343i took the reigns, Halo started to really go downhill. Halo 4 was... Alright, in hindsight, but even back then it was obviously trying to be more like CoD than any of the Bungie titles

[@122333andy]

Don't forget the 3 chronicles games.

[@RasoKye]

Are we even assassins anymore? Are there even templars? No. Its wacky woo hoo mercenary time with an eagle.

[@xXFlorianXx10001]

the last joke about the shining made my day :D

[@triad6425]

This is the first review that has brought tears to my eyes. Nowadays I look forward to ubisoft games ONLY to see the hilarious reviews that come out. I'm glad I didn't play any of the far cry games because now I can go back and play the best happily.

[@happyraven4007]

2016 copy paste reskin $60. 2017 copy paste reskin $60. 2018 copy paste reskin $60.

[@brodywright474]

Do you not remember there wasn't a AC game in 2016

[@legendofFranktheTank]

@@brodywright474 no, I didn't, it's to bland and forgettable for me to remember any assassins creed. They just blur into one

[@happyraven4007]

@@brodywright474 Assassin's Creed Chronicles 2016 they copy and paste 3 games that year (China, India & Russia)

[@Basedbrawler]

@@happyraven4007 Not only that, but the AC 2 "remaster" that only slightly upgraded Ac2's graphics. Brotherhood and Revelations looks the same, so hes entirely right about 2016 being copy and paste $60

[@MindinViolet]

$60 + microtransactions.

[@kevin14games]

But Yahtzee, what about Assassin's Creed: Rogue? You know, about that (maybe) irish guy filling the gap between 3 and 4 that made "so much more different".

[@britishnerd3919]

Yahtzee sounds so tired and I love it, because it absolutely fits this review.

[@khfreak5531]

“American main course meals” killed me.

[@ZX-xl6ns]

"It's not connecting; like my linkedin account" Quote that for a LinkedIn testimonial.

[@FaithandValor]

The moment you decide to stop playing the AC series you win. What do you win? The option to find much better things to do with your life.

[@dimitrisg45]

Or have money to buy a greater game XD

[@Maribel80ify]

Play more Darks Souls games?

[@FaithandValor]

Too true. I don't know who can afford the PanGalacticGargleBlaster Edition of AC games but it's not me. @@dimitrisg45

[@masonsmith1668]

I like the callout to Grunthos, one of the galaxy's lesser known poets. RIP Douglas, we miss you.

[@jackblack9605]

This happened to me in Syndicate. Played all the main entries ( even did full synch ) for all of them. But could get through syndicate.

[@Tombud-ti7gn]

At least yahtzee got further than I did. I didn't even start

[@hepzibah4573]

I'm extremely glad you based this review around the microtransactions and the grindiness of this disaster of a game. You pretty much summed up everything I feel about this game, when disgustingly, NONE of the mainstream reviewers could be bothered to see this game for exactly what this is: a tick the box simulator that relies on standard completionist tendencies and is designed around being so tedious you rather pay to complete it than not complete at all because of the 60 dollars you already spent. Not to mention the atrocious writing that clearly shows all the talent left after the Ezio saga.

[@trevormcguffee3922]

I been waiting for this one.

[@SIX598]

I was so waiting for this

[@inzanozulu]

I was absolutely convinced that I'd seen this exact same video from you before, Yahtzee. I had this huge de-ja-vu and wondered how far back in time I'd traveled. Then I realized I was confusing this with Origins, and I didn't even know these were different games.

[@MrSamulai]

So, when are you going to upgrade that CRT monitor?

[@sebastiandurando2493]

You can't upgrade from CRT monitor, there is nothing better in the market.

[@ergheiz1245]

I like how History is decided based on what you choose in a dialog tree. I mean, whats the purpose of options if in the end, it doesnt even matter.

[@kfetter16]

Aww I'm super late to the show and missed his Toronto visit.... also COVID... O.o

[@TheOwlinbayern]

It was supposed to be a trilogy, 10 years ago. So I bought them up to the third one. Equals five games. Cheeky twats. Will not buy another one. Even though Black Flag was supposed to be good, and should have had Henry Rollins as the main protagonist. Please people, stop buying this garbage. It only encourages and emboldens them to filch more money off you.

[@thedankhold8443]

I stopped after Black Flag and I felt pretty satisfied. The ship mechanics are just so fun to use in that game and there's so much you can do with that mechanic. You should definitely give at least Black Flag a shot.

[@Basedbrawler]

@@thedankhold8443 I like how the only good things about Black Flag are the things that have nothing to do with being an assassin. A couple examples:Jackdaw, hunting animals for upgrades, chatting with real pirates, watching/preventing hangings, playing board games and collecting different outfits/gear.

[@Syrus7sk]

I'm 54% main story at level 38. It took me 74 hours.

[@tomstonemale]

Jesus. As long as you are having fun I guess

[@demonintellect9834]

The hell are you not 50 yet? I was like 35% when I hit 50 and only at 60 hours.

[@Syrus7sk]

I'm...thorough. And yes it is actually fun...mostly.

[@kacchank8696]

Jesus

[@kacchank8696]

@@Syrus7sk u most be a newbie

[@Catcrumbs]

1:59 You're underselling it: in AC3 we followed Connor Kenway from conception.

[@finaldestiny1837]

well here we are again, it's always such a pleasure.

[@Kylebassgs]

Set speed to 1.25 to get un-tired Yahtzee back

[@glennrugar9248]

Sweet graphic from golden axe

[@angery6677]

Thought I was the only one to notice that. Glad I was wrong

[@NatjoOfficial]

I agree with all of this (especially that part about assassinations not necessarily killing people) but there are a few things he did leave out which are somewhat positive: -the world is unique and stunning, although there are a few copy paste locations -the monster boss/hunters of Artimis fights are pretty darn fun and challenging (although not new thanks to origins doing pretty much exactly the same thing in its DLC) -He is completely right about the Mercenaries coming to fuck your day, they can also lead to some very epic moments. -The combat is smooth and fair so I rarely ever called bullshit on something

[@furykillerBZ]

4:05 the LinkedIn reference did it for me

[@GeoAgeAlien13]

I played it,finished it,took me 103 hours to finish mostly everything in the game and I enjoyed it to the fullest. It is a good game but that's just it,no innovation or whatsoever. I wont buy the next title though if they don't stop copy pasting. So many re-used assets from Origins,it's just lazy. So yeah....7/10 for me.

[@paradoxacres1063]

Knowing that Yahtzee will one day review *HuniePop* it fills me with determination!

[@matthew1882]

Mate you are playing the long game.

[@innocentsin6206]

Is this in reference to something? I vaguely remember Yahtzee mentioning it.

[@Kono_Dio-Da]

The Determination thing? It's an Undertale Reference/Meme.

[@alexanderroelofsen6063]

*lowers newspaper* are you still here?

[@loporina]

Why? Everyone knows what his review would be. "Well, I sucked at the match-3 stuff, so I decided I hate all Match-3 games. They're stupid and repetitive and boring, and using one for a dating sim is just plan mean spirited and using one for a porn game is missing the point."

[@Nitrinoxus]

'Grunthos the Flatulent'. I see someone's read Douglas Adams.

[@physe8052]

1:12 Damnit Yahtzee I haven't slept in 31 hours largely thanks to my university Electromagnetic Theory course. I come here to relax and you just throw those equations right back at me? WHY CAN'T I ESCAPE THEM?

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

You sound so slow and tired like back when you first started. That bad?

[@windupcandle2975]

I've come to the conclusion that the game isn't meant for the story really, it's meant to put you in acient Greece and say "hey, look how much effort we put into make this as cool and accurate as possible" and to that extent, no matter what was going on in the story i was always excited to visit a new area and see what was there because everything was so beautiful. So yeah, might as well have been ancient greece simulator more than anything

[@guguigugu]

this review was exactly what i expected.

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

I still like this series quite a bit (aside from the bore that was AC3, syndicate and Unity) but I respect you very much Yahtzee

[@mrheroprimes]

getting involved in the war of between Sparta and Athens is pointless because if you read your history you know that Sparta wins the war any ways in the end.

[@TwiggehTV]

uhhh what kind of backwards ass logic is that? We know everything that happens in history, that doesnt make it pointless - its the story thats interesting not the conclusion. You know.. "its not the destination that counts, its the journey" etc.

[@symnoptik4829]

Too bad the journey is fucking shit then.

[@Johnny_Shields]

Out of all 10, which one is the best? Is it Black Flag?

[@tomstonemale]

I would say 2, Rogue and Black Flag.

[@kacchank8696]

2. 2.5 and black flag

[@FamousWolfe]

Gonna be a weirdo and say the first AC was best. I literally quit paying attention to everything beyond AC1 except for Black Flag, but it failed to capture my attention for much time.

[@orenbartal8504]

I actually like this one the best, and I played nearly all of them (didn't finish most of them, this is the first one I actually finished and continue playing)

[@kacchank8696]

@@orenbartal8504 since u haven't finished them. Then u shouldn't have an opinion

[@humongousego3026]

There's a very subtle Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference in this review.

[@superanxiety261]

Yay more yatzee!

[@otakon17]

5:07 Forty hours he says...I SPENT EIGHTY just trying to hit the level cap so I wouldn't have to constantly upgrade the legendary gear with quadrillions of resources and drachma...AND THEN UBISOFT RAISED THE CAP!

[@usul573]

40 hours? Rookie numbers. Game just got ten hours longer.

[@cl1cka]

I actually enjoyed it. It was fun, great characters and story and your choice actually influence the story. Didnt care for Ezio - it was boring charavter with boring gameplay (every battle press 1 bitton yo counter). Oddessey is actually for me the best AC up to date.

[@user-ri2pq9en8n]

1:45 hey, I got that reference!

[@BrenGamerYT]

I always struggle getting up Wednesdays because I have advanced physics. Then I remember Zero Punctuation will have a new episode and it becomes slightly more bearable.

[@Joviishere]

I actually really liked it. 15 hours too long most definitely but I was never angry or bored of it and I was hooked on the story the whole way through. I don't know, maybe I'm in the minority here. I do miss sneaky sneaky stab stab game play though.

[@Wolfs0n]

You okay Yahtzee? You sound a bit sick for this one, your voice was a little on the lower and stuffy side.

[@FamousWolfe]

I think he's honestly just tired of Assassin's Creed. Which, I honestly can't blame him.

[@darthcarnage12]

Welcome to Canada Yahtzee! Sorry you're coming just as it's getting cold.

[@joshuazane3210]

I like huge portions in restaurants. You don't eat it all there; you eat until you're full, then you take the rest home for later.

[@TheEmpireDabsBack]

i dont understand the justification for dialogue trees and by extension the massive amount of choice they give us now. isnt the concept that we're REPLAYING memories? Things that have happened in stone? Like sure the previous games let you kill the way you want but you could never do anything too far off of what the character would do.. how can you justify changing the entire tide of the Sparta-Athens war? It would make more sense if you were locked into the Sparta side, that would actually BE a neat culture for the assassin's brotherhood to have lived on through and the original corruption of Athens was the spark that caused the Brotherhood to solidify into a intercontinental alliance.

[@jonlevir]

You are locked into the Sparta side later on in the story. Gameplay/story segregation means you still can go around murdering Spartans for whatever dumb reason, though.

[@jacks.cosplay]

I guess the more they go into RPG stuff, the more assassins creed stops becoming the action-stealth games people like. Also couldn't finish the story is something, normally AC would be done in about 20-40 hours. It also sounds like yahtzee is just tired off the series now. After 10 games i guess it was inevitable

[@rjfaber1991]

Well, the story genuinely does take a hell of a lot longer in this game. I think I clocked 90-ish hours on the game before I'd finished the story missions.

[@amazedalloy]

I really miss the older ACs like 2 and Brotherhood. You know, when the progression of your abilities felt immersive

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Coincidentally, Piss About with Eagle is my collab project with Lazerhawk