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[@thezaher]

The historical locations were so accurately made, my archaeologist friend was amazed by it.

[@alextownley9388]

It’s archaeologist 😂

[@B-A-L]

Was he amazed by the wonky looking map?

[@yeahnah6763]

@@alextownley9388 Your comment confused me until I saw he edited his. What did it say before? I gotta know 😂

[@alextownley9388]

@@yeahnah6763 he spelled it archiologist lol

[@fantasyconnect]

Yeah! Like all of the American Cacti everywhere in greece in 450 BC! Accurate!

[@milanoh4942]

I have been playing AC odyssey for 4 years, more hours than Ac4, Ac Origins and Valhalla combined. It is an ideal game even for older players. Best regards, 74 years old from Slovakia

[@BLACKBEARD-117]

Fooking legend. Game is so amazing from the historic side

[@EdinProfa]

Hello to Slovenia.

[@noxi8766]

YOOOO im from Slovakia too!

[@spartan7983]

Say what you want about the game, but no one can deny that the main theme that plays in the main menu is an absolute BANGER

[@bigfoot5725]

yeah but relates to the game in no way at all, literally called "ezios family" should've not been used again since revelations unless ezio is brought up which he is not at all in the menu

[@lukass4314]

@@bigfoot5725 so?

[@slimymegumin5980]

I feel the same man.. i used to wait for that banger to fully play out sometimes

[@pudimy]

And also the song that plays when you're in stealth mode

[@jx2_23]

@@bigfoot5725 True, but they did remix the theme. In AC 2 it was more like an opera thingy going on. In this it consists of instruments like Violin, Guitar, etc...

[@Laurentus]

I honestly think the Atlantis bit is extremely underrated. It was the first time that we saw how the Isu lived, and the world design was just phenomenal.

[@Thundow]

I'm still getting to that part, I just finished the main story, now I want to fully complete the quests from it too, and then do Legacy quests and then do Atlantis after. This game is massive and truly fascinating.

[@printedprops8730]

Atlantis dlc is the most beautiful world ive ever seen in gaming. I used photo mode a lot lol.

[@lulatissie6664]

Elysium is so beautiful, I wish the story there wasn't so short.

[@carsonlove9164]

@@lulatissie6664 i made sure to get 100% in all the seperate realms, elysium the underworld and atlantis are all beautiful in their own ways

[@lulatissie6664]

@@carsonlove9164 My favorite map is always earth. I just go and run around and enjoy the view even tho I finished all my missions.

[@VoodooPlagueGaming]

I enjoyed Odyssey more when I thought of it as less of an Assassins Creed game, and more of a massive open world ancient Greek and Greek mythology game! I spent so many hours on this game.

[@jonnysac77]

I feel my best shot at enjoying Oddysey is probably by forgetting it's supposed to be an Assassin's Creed game and just playing it for the cool Ancient Greek stuff

[@emmanuelpapi]

@@jonnysac77 totally agree

[@chvasdek]

As a fan of the old AC games, I wanted to hate Odyssey. But every time I fire it up I am lost in the Greek world for hours. It's really amazing ! (but not AC)

[@aligmal5031]

it is AC in title alone

[@0KJaye]

They should've named the main character Hercules..

[@leas699]

One thing that I really appreciate in this game is the environment . I'm from Greece and every time I explored in this game was amazing because the ambient sounds , the vegetation, the sound of the waves and the wind and the crickets or the birds it's almost sounds looks and feels identical to how it is in real life here . Amazing work !

[@Waragoras]

I mean as a Greek as well I wouldn’t say exactly since you know, (progression) but the layout and the sites look very similar.

[@SF-li9kh]

I wish to visit Greece one day... If only the EU was more friendly to tourists.. The rejection rate is high

[@HalfinchLonomia]

I remember feeling like I was in a live history book when I played this game

[@jakwarrior2183]

Που σαι ρε μπρο

[@Collerz7]

Yeah that’s one issue I had with Valhalla. It doesn’t feel like England except the farm land with sheep in. Odysseys world is beautiful.

[@raghu7174]

I remember the fake minotaur mission in Odyssey thinking wasn’t it obvious. Later, I stumbled upon the real minotaur, completely caught off guard and was mind blown!

[@jenot7164]

It’s actually pretty funny if you beat the Minotaur first. Just try it sometime.

[@TheAussieLarrikin]

I got lost in this game. Truly breathtaking from the very first moments. The large open world was wondrous. The detail was incredible. I didn’t think of it as an assassins creed game at all and before I knew it I’d put over 200 hours into it

[@beastking-zk1yk]

Witcher 3 only game I get lost in i beat witcher 3 400 times still don't get boring

[@Karlach_]

@@beastking-zk1yk Fallout 4 and Fallout: New Vegas were two games I got lost in. I've put over 400 hours into both games and will never regret it.

[@TheLeftCulprit]

I think that's exactly the problem though, you didn't think of it as an AC game and that's what made it fun. It's very appealing but in a way that's not paying homage to what came before it very well. As an old AC fan, I'll admit the game itself is fine for what it is, but it's carrying the AC franchise name with it and for that, it and Valhalla will forever be bad games to me because they're not genuine to their advertising and what they're fundamentally supposed to be. If it was just a spartan history game that loosely was tied to AC and the title was just Odyssey I think I could forgive it. Ubisoft didn't have the balls to drop the AC title and expect the game to carry its own weight. It's a high budget game and they need more money money money.

[@dodesskiy1]

@@TheLeftCulprit You answered yourself there. The actual devs wanted no AC in it. The big wigs demanded the name recognition. Compare Final Fantasy 1 to Final Fantasy 15 for me. Let alone the fact that the first one was to be the last game by the dev team. But 14 more completely different are all final. It's this particular franchise that has these few thousands of rabid fans not wanting any change for decades VS the millions that love what was made, and never comment on KZbin.

[@Karlach_]

@@steaketc2476 cope

[@princessrailgun9223]

Very late to this, but as an archaeology and history student, whose university was consulted for Origins and (perhaps) Odyssey, this game was absolutely wonderful in all the best ways. I actually had a class a few weeks ago that talked in depth about ac Odyssey and the use of historical fiction in gaming. Seeing something you've only studied for years being so delicately humanized is something to behold. Its one of the few games that i really took the time to look at every bit of detail they put into this.

[@gabriel7932]

Cheers bro haven’t read this lie 10 times

[@nachomom6986]

Lol. My greek book uses pictures from ac odyssey

[@Dave005ZFile]

Daddy

[@Kazoowiii]

@@gabriel7932 Do you think you're funny?

[@cigo0105]

I'm with OP on this one, i believe him and i agree that the historical fiction in this game is amazing, but you gotta hand it to the other dude, that joke was pretty funny @@Kazoowiii

[@HerbertFilby]

Kassandra's voice actress absolutely nailed it. 10/10.

[@ForgottenHonor0]

Alexios' was no slouch, either! He said he was trying for a Greek Ezio and I thought he was absolutely on point!

[@captainziggy82]

agreed!

[@AyraNunes]

Malaka!!!

[@Nunya310]

Thought they both were cringe af…especially Alexios

[@alexgarciamma]

for me kassandra HAD to be deimos for deimos to be at all redeemable, i get all the points people make but imo kassandra is actually a dynamic villian

[@Yucci]

This game will always hold a special place in my heart. I played it during the lockdown, and I've always been fascinated with history and especially Ancient Greece and playing a game set in that era had me so hyped. I remember playing the game inbetween every break I had during Online School lol. I gotta say, the world in AC Odyssey is my favorite out of any game I've ever played. Witcher 3 and Skyrim are my favorite RPGs, but the world in Odyssey is just so beatiful and fascinating.

[@Kazoowiii]

SAME. I first played it back on ps4 pro a few years ago with the new 1080p HDR at that time *which was so beautiful*. I had the disc version but was essentially borrowing it from someone as I kind of just wanted to check it out for fun but after awhile I found myself completely immersed in this amazing world, and the historical accuracy of Ancient Greece made it all the more intriguing. Eventually ended up replaying the story with both characters and putting over 200 hours into it - and I plan to go back and do it all again honestly lol.

[@davitsk1]

People are afraid of calling this a masterpiece, but it is :) I put around 80 hours in it in 2 weeks. Hasn't happened since this game for me. Absolutely loved it.

[@mattspencer3073]

Calling this game a masterpiece is an insult to gaming

[@DestinedWealth]

@@mattspencer3073shut your trap little guy

[@marianosantiniello2213]

​​@@mattspencer3073lol... Better tread lightly, the Odyssey folks will come for you.

[@mattspencer3073]

@@DestinedWealthcry

[@DestinedWealth]

@@mattspencer3073 the only one crying because of other people’s opinions is you little guy

[@HolyReality891]

I know that the general gameplay can be very repetitive, but assassin‘s creed odyssey will always hold a very special place in my heart. My wife is currently playing through it and she absolutely loves Greece so this has been a dream come true for her and for me. Watching her walk through the streets of Athens, during its glory days, watching her forge her own odyssey, it’s been a uniquely rewarding experience. I put over 500 hours into the game, and I still am taken a back by the unbelievable beauty and attention to detail in the world I will always love this game and hold it in very high regard. It was clear that it was a game that was made with love and intention, and even though it certainly has its restrictions and shortcomings, I truly believe it is a masterpiece.

[@a.r.s]

🤦🏻🤦🏻

[@jordanstarnes6]

I agree. I have around 220 hours in and like you said, everytime I hop into that world I'm taken aback. It is truly amazing. It's my 3rd favorite game of all time. When I tell people that they look at me with disgust 😂 They'll never understand & I'm okay with that. We get to have this gem to ourselves!

[@HolyReality891]

@@jordanstarnes6 😁😁

[@wwalton]

How the hell am I suppose to dislike the game when you say something like that? At the very least Odyssey is NOT an AC game

[@agentmikster44]

I just started trying to get into Odyssey again, and I must admit, I'm having a hard time. But to be fair, I just finished playing God of War, and I've never seen a game put so much detail and effort into, quite frankly, everything in a game. The music, story, world, side quests, combat, everything was just so well done in GoW. So coming to AC Odyssey I felt quite let down, the story isn't as interesting, the combat feels jarring, the graphics are too demanding, the world feels vast and quite empty. But I've only just started, I'm hoping it'll improve as I play some more.

[@majesticpotato7265]

The thing I loved the most about this game is when you first visit a big city it’s a different experience every time the first time you visit Sparta you could tell it was a military focused city with all the Spartans training and the warrior statues with armor where in Athens they had scholars gathering around and the statues where of athletes and beautiful women

[@AlphaSigmA1]

"The golden century of Perikles'

[@Majorwindy]

Every city and region was a bit different - it was a nice touch. Attika looked different to Euboea for example.

[@lewisnostredame5605]

I remember how sad I felt when I first beat Odyssey, realizing it would never be the same, already knowing the end and the entire storyline, the islands felt empty without the chaos, the cultists, and all the fallen protagonists. Then Ubisoft decided to launch the Fate of Atlantis, and man, I mean, playing in ancient Greece is almost unbeatable, but being able to play in Elysium and the Underworld of that same Greece (in mythology) is just f*cking incredible and unexpected. And they dropped some pretty massive updates since. Easily my favorite game ever after Runescape.

[@matthewryan2060]

The battles were so fun. I like how you were powerful enough to kick ass but also vulnerable when out numbered

[@joeyh2237]

I absolutely adored odyssey. I hadn’t played or paid any attention to ac in like 5 years, but I picked this up during a ps store sale for like $15. Being that I hadn’t paid any attention to ac in a while I was totally open minded and didn’t know I was “supposed” to hate it. I could not put it down and finished everything there is to do. Probably my favorite ac ever and I was shocked when I looked up reviews after playing and saw people hated it.

[@k1w1_yes]

one to one what happened to me. played ac 1, 2, black flag and rogue finally but then stopped because i was getting a little bored of the same formula over and over (but by any means, is not bad). once i bought it, it was the only thing i played for one whole week straight. i went to my friends place with my monitor, playstation 4 and the game. we played the whole night exploring. fun memories

[@andreyefimov1550]

I 100%'ed this game and I absolutely despised it. The gigantic copy pasted map, the same endless side activities for over 100 hours of grinding like it's an MMO. I found the story very unsatisfying as well. So you just make up with your family and live happily ever after in Sparta - wow amazing ending 10/10 (I'm not counting the DLC). Same with the Brotherhood - you spend hours assassinating its members and collecting clues, only then to just have the option to join their leader because why not? If you like the game - that's fine, to each their own. I'm just explaining why this is easily my least favorite game in the series. I came back after several years to Syndicate to see if it's as bad as people remember, and I honestly thought that game was miles and bounds above Odyssey.

[@nubnubdubdeh]

I am not surprised people hate it

[@ultradripstinct4513]

I am currently playing Odyssey. Sometimes it bores and sometimes I enjoy my time exploring the huge map of Greece but the story is literally *MEH* and this game is not made for any hardcore OG Assassin's Creed fans as they are obssessed with the Assassins vs Templars story. I am one of those OG AC fans and even after playing AC3, whole Ezio Trilogy, Rouge, Black Flag, Unity and Origins, still Odyssey makes top 7 in my fav AC games.

[@TJUntame]

Same I got it off steam for $10 and so far I really enjoy it

[@kevinloesch]

The fall damage one is actually explained iirc. I read the description of it. It's a skill that unlocks and at lvl 20 can be upgraded i think and gets rid of fall damage entirely. The skill menu has it on there and communicates it but it's not shown as a big deal outside of the skill menu

[@Real-jp7lm]

Yea I was thinking the same thing👍🏾

[@kluneberg8952]

you're character is a demigod. one of the other skills is to move super fast while every one is moving slowly

[@chrissennfelder7249]

I still love this game. Kassandra is such a cool hero and the world is SO beautiful. It's just fun to run around. Combat could be a bit better, but honestly, it's decent enough. It's just the perfect game to relax for me. The fact that it takes place in one of my favourite eras of history and actually does it justice is a bonus.

[@Maitreya3001]

Odyssey is actually my favourite game of the last 5 years or so. Base game is great, first expansion had me really emotional for many hours, the Atlantis DLC was also amazing and so big. You get a huge map and so much to explore, ship traveling and combat, gear progression, companions... It's truly amazing and I'm sad that people didn't acknowledge it for being what it is. Looks like people took longer to appreciate it and now Ubisoft was forced to go into different routes. I hope that Ubisoft will make one of the newer ACs similar to Odyssey again.

[@TEFFTPATTERN]

The thing is that “trying Odyssey” isn’t going to expose its problems which were mostly its repetitive and increasingly bland feeling where you progress deeper and deeper into the game but nothing changes, nothing gets more difficult, nothing gets more epic except you fight a few mythical creatures one time at the end. The decisions are shallow, the mapmaking is shallow, the islands all look, feel, and play the same, and the disappointment increases as you finally get to the high level regions you couldn’t go to at the beginning but could always see on your map, and you learn there was never anything to work toward or see in those regions, they are clones of where you already are in all but the number next to their health bar. The core mechanics and some occasional good content were always good, that’s what disappoints me the most about Ubisoft games, they make some of the best cake batter and they bake it into the most boring cakes.

[@brett84c]

Totally agree. The game had an amazing foundation and a lot of great elements, but there was nothing you experience at hour 40 that you hadn't already experienced at hour 10. However, I will say that the game is still rewarding to explore just for the sake of seeing the different unique cities and areas on the map. Yes, most islands look the same, but they all still feel just unique enough to be nice to just walk around in and take in the views. Ultimately, yes, the game needed more variety that revealed itself as the hours went by to give you more things to learn and master, but instead, you're a God by hour 20, and then nothing is really a challenge after that unless you boost the difficulty and turn everything into OP damage sponges. Not fun. I still love the game, but it has failed to hook me longterm despite having only ever gotten 60% of the map discovered in any given playthrough.

[@sploit777]

Still beats Valhalla by a mile. Hopefully the next game is better and not just full of filler

[@matthewmarsden5354]

@@sploit777 quantity over quantity has been Ubisoft’s signature move since 2018

[@arturius9715]

I've played every AC from release...Odyssey is a close run for my favorite. Imo, it's essential to play as Kassandra, otherwise everything falls flat. The family dynamic very investing

[@jp9707]

Great, now I want to eat cake batter

[@user-cp3ju4zs8c]

I played odyssey over the span of a few months in the spring of 2021. I loved the classical atmosphere, music, and the variety of biomes from hilly Phocis to the beautiful Mykonos island. The story was ok but I did really enjoy some of the quests. I felt like there was always something to do and that kept me interested to complete the base game. Then I got burned out and did none of the DLC content. I really enjoyed my time and found it a great game to relax to after work. The combat was easy enough that I didn't feel frustrated but had enough challenge to make me feel good after most fights. The mercenary mechanic was annoying at times but not game breaking. In general, I felt that many reviewers were too harsh on the game. There is no other game series that puts in so much effort and energy to recreate a historical time period and I feel fortunate that I live in a time where I can explore Ptolemaic Egypt, Classical Greece, Revolutionary Paris, Golden age of piracy in the Caribbean, etc... with this series.

[@RonnieBanerjee007]

Fans are mad cause they never got a fair closure to the story they were following since AC1. AC:Odyssey feels good now cause the newer games are even worse, but standing beside the likes of Rdr2 and God of war at the time it is bloated and drawn out lacking coherence of hours played vs progress in narrative content. It's massively lacking when the reviewer spends more than 6 hours to play it again.

[@user-cp3ju4zs8c]

@@RonnieBanerjee007 I played AC1 - AC3 a long time ago and really enjoyed it. I treat the new AC games as a separate entity. But yeah I get it, closure would be awesome. I do miss the old games with their atmosphere and story. I also realize that the series gone off track a for a while and I try to enjoy the new games for what they are...

[@gabrielgutierrez6086]

Accurate asf. It's really good. Ubisoft just need to reduce the content of side quests and made them more significant, so no one will complain about burnout or unimpactful content.

[@samscott3505]

I did the exact same, also last spring/summer

[@vitorsilva7783]

Agreed, i understand that people hate it because isnt an assassins creed, but for me the coolest part of assassins creed is make you feel like you are at some point of the past. And about mercenaries, i loved it, turned the game unpredictable and hard sometimes, with a lot of cool fights

[@user-ze6wo5vc3j]

AC Odyssey holds a special place in my heart it’s the first AC Game I beat and 100% and the DLCs were amazing it’s up there with Origins in my heart

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

I genuinely love this game, have kept it installed since it was new, and still go back to play it from time to time. Just being a Greek pirate, diving in the pretty blue water, going for walks through the agora of Athens--it's just such a treat. The random bounty hunter generator is a riot, and Kassandra (sorry, Alexios) is just such an awesome protagonist that I can't bring myself to stay away from Greece for too long. This might be my favourite Assassin's Creed.

[@thevolta89]

The side quests. I stand by them. I’ve been more immersed in Odyssey than I have in most games because of them. Then they took them away in Valhalla… leaving me with the same quest structure of “help this king against this king and take this territory” over and over. I talked to socrates, I helped the father of medicine, I found father and mother, I spoke to gods, I took down a cult, I fought mythical creatures, I swam with whales, I helped civilians with their problems, I went on tours, I put on a show at an amphitheater, I saved captives, I took down an imposter, I sailed the seas, I made an assassin build, I found Poseidon’s trident, I went to Atlantis, Elysium, and The Underworld. In Valhalla I just broke shadowy alters, stacked rocks, and helped some jarls. I tried the DLC too. I hate that game lol.

[@mrmeme2917]

Valhalla is so better than Odyssey, st least it's An Assassin's Creed game

[@jonny-b4954]

They're.... okay. Pretty lazy really, in my opinion. Not all that many small details to discover, still just a bunch of random stories with little heart. Though there are some exceptions. The world is pretty cool, though little to do so I kind of feel detached from it. Like, it's a video game world. Unlike say, Kingdom Come Deliverance or Red Dead etc. Something about the Ubisoft formula just feels so damn... formulaic. Like, generic and bland yet, not at the sametime because of it's classic Greek world.

[@krackerman3628]

@@mrmeme2917 It's boring generic guff filled with grind work and with no soul.... Odyssey is a masterpiece by comparison.

[@mrmeme2917]

@@krackerman3628 care to Explain? How Valhalla is with no soul and odyssey is so good ?

[@circleofsorrow4583]

@@mrmeme2917 Are you watching the video or are you just here to comment. He is explaining exactly what makes Odyssey great and Valhalla 💩.

[@Bosston62]

Honestly I love this series. Lots of sidequests, the main story is big and feels like an epic story and I had tons of fun sailing and fighting ships and taking out castles and Forts with Stealth builds. For me I think it just boils down to my love for Greek Mythos and I love how they throw in some of the Mythical beasts and creatures, like the Cyclops and Medusa. IDK this game was just a ton of fun and after watching this i might go back and replay it again lol

[@grzyruth9205]

Yes, I enjoyed the ancient Greece power fantasy. I just feel like a hero, so I think the more fantastical elements of this game really fits.

[@ciara4087]

The weaving of the myths/ mythical creatures into the game was super impressive and one of my favourite parts as well! Made my Classics PhD heart skip a beat without overshadowing the beautiful main story (which in itself felt like a myth).

[@bigmaguire9714]

I played it back in 2019 but never got close to finishing it. I just got the Xbox Series S and have lots of spare time and it's free on gamepass. Gonna complete it fully this time round. Also, best music soundtrack of ANY game I've ever played. The Cult of Kosmos music in particular gave me chills before...

[@iainsteele5737]

you’re easily pleased huh

[@RickyStabs]

Masterpiece! Wish there was one setting in medieval times like this one!

[@olivia-ki6rq]

as someone who loves to study classical history and archaeology ( also i am going to be attending university for it next year!), playing odyssey had always been a dream, and i completed it QUICK. no words to describe how much i love this game. as I was studying, I would learn about something then would get to experience it in the game, which was amazing. they really put so much effort into the rich culture of classical greece. one way you could see this was how they had the olympic truce effect, basically where you were in the sanctuary of the olympics crime was worth more on the mercenary scale thing. the olympic truce was very much real and very much important! its just details like this that make me love odyssey so so much. and alkibiades. hes great

[@ihateviolence3778]

Alexios voice did amazing job too. Really does not get enough credit. Sure he's not canon but he really feels like a Misthios born to adventure and take down a savage cult

[@dodesskiy1]

I think Ubisoft pandered by making her canon. And yeah I played as Alexios the last time through. He's OK, I saw no problems.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

​@@dodesskiy1No. Kassandra was the original choice for player character but Ubisoft feared a female protagonist might hurt sales, so they ordered the afterthought that was Alexios to be created and marketed more than Kassandra. But Kassandra was made canon because that's what was always intended.

[@unfortunately_fortunate2000]

nay, entirely disagree, Alexios is amazing as the crazed weapon of the cult but the way his dialogue sounds when actually talking with him is just.... strange.

[@T30BO55]

I don’t think the people that dig at alexios voice actually played the entire game as him tbh.

[@joelxhaferi6477]

I absolutely adore this game, my all time favourite. Since a kid I was obsessed with greek mythology and this game delivers everything I have learnt throughout my whole life about greek mythology. The huge map with so much to do, so gorgeous with so many side characters and quests that don't feel like basic content to make the game longer, but are memorable fun and sometimes dramatic. I remember finding the Poseidon trident for the first time, realizing that the mythical monsters are in game and I can fight them, collecting the heros' armor sets and discovering atlantis going in blind gave me a feeling that I have never even remotely close experienced in a video game. I have 100% the game 5 times now and every time I stop and a few months pass, I just get back to it. When I'm playing this game, I really do feel that I'm part of that world that I have dreamt my whole life and I'm living a fantasy that seems so real.

[@timotmon]

I never played any Assassins Creed games and I picked this one up on steam for like 12 bucks on sale. I'm blown away by this thing. It's so fun exploring this map, you can really get lost.

[@ARMANDMCGEE]

Kassandra made the game for me. Her voice actress did an amazing job voicing her. She is my favorite female heroine in any game thus far.

[@somnathghoshal103]

Same brotha same. And I think that is mostly because she's a badass through and through. And the character progression from rags to goddess is a classic Hero's journey and it's so satisfying.

[@matheussanz1952]

​@@somnathghoshal103Women didn't even fight in Greece.

[@somnathghoshal103]

@@matheussanz1952 and? A video game of the 'fiction' genre has the freedom to be and do anything it wants because 'fiction' literally means 'not real' and besides the character is Spartan born (where women did fight unlike rest of Greece) and a demigoddess, all the reason for her to be 'unique and not follow societal standards'(set by mere mortals).

[@ac_nerd9794]

I liked Kassandra but Alexios was 100% better for me.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

​@@matheussanz1952Actually the Peleponnesian League did allow female fighters. Also, Kassandra is an outcast. She doesn't adhere to the traditions of ancient Greece.

[@marchewkaaron9951]

I always immersed myself in the fact that I'm basically playing a what greeks would deem a half-god and Alex or Kass due to how long they wielded the artifact were just with time become strong enough to not care about things like fall damage or killing half of the enemies army during a war event, loved all the special golden attacks during those fights, it was great.

[@kylemurdock8034]

I only played it once (when it released) and thought the reviewers were a bit too harsh when calling it "bloated". I took my time with it and didn't rush it and was totally fine with the size and length. I really liked Kassandra too

[@darknesswave100]

She's way better as a protagonist than Alexios is. It took me around 2 hours to get annoyed with him so I started the game over with Kassandra and didn't look back

[@asadb1990]

dude odyssey and origins were so awesome. the side quests were so fun and engaging. compared to the dread quests in valhalla.

[@alexgarciamma]

@@darknesswave100 i thought they were both odd protagonists but kassandra as deimos was both evil af and somehow redeemable when alexios as deimos isnt even close to redeemable

[@garrick3727]

I'm always skeptical of reviewers complaining a game is too difficult (sorry, I mean, not accessible ) or too long. It just seems self-serving, since their job is to get through the game and write a review. If the game is genuinely repetitious then it could be warranted criticism, but then you have to ask whether they are choosing to make the game repetitious by flying through it at break-neck speed, approaching every encounter the same way.

[@ashvergent]

@@asadb1990 for sure

[@Pigeonman86]

I played this game to level 25ish and just couldn’t get into it, came back 3 years later and I’ve played it to 100% completion, amazing game

[@marzii8054]

Started playing 2 weeks ago, and I already have 40+ hours in the game. It is a game that deserves our time, very addicting.

[@trappedmind1779]

I played it again years later and loved it even more than the first time. I think I didn’t fully understand the world the first time and didn’t complete everything. Now i have completed every quests and killed every cultist. My no.1 game. Not that it’s perfect but I really love Odyssey.

[@bomberbinz]

I had a massive fight in this with 3 high level mercenaries, civilians and guards that kept coming....I counted over 20 bodies after I'd finished. The combat and controls, when configured on mouse and keyboard is superb. I will be playing a New Game + as Alexios, and this time will be a right bastard to everyone.

[@vitorsilva7783]

Exactly, things like this are realy fun, my favorite part of the game. This should be in valhala, mercenaries.

[@masondella-piana6632]

Not the hero we need, but the hero we deserve you good soul 😂✊

[@AceKurd]

bro i one shot mercenarise i even one shotted hades on level 99 nightmare diffcalty you can watch my clip

[@bomberbinz]

@@AceKurd So I assume you went out your way to make the perfect build with the highest stats. Or your just an amazing player. Where's the fun in one shooting everything.

[@AceKurd]

@@bomberbinz Everyone should have 1 shot build like if I headshot an enemy with a bow I want him to be dead or when I'm assassinating anyone I want them to be dead perfect %100 crit chance build

[@bao-chautran6047]

Odyssey is the first AC game I ever played and I LOVED ITTTTT. So naturally I was so surprised when people were hating on it online.

[@ChrisUchiha7]

This is one of those games you get lost in, The world feels soo alive! And the massive map makes you get sidetracked a lot but in a good way. I really liked the bounty hunter system and the cult of cosmos how you can hunt each one of them down across Ancient greece, definitely a game worth playing if you haven’t already it’s usually on sale too.

[@TheBasedBalkan]

One of my favorite games of all time. Easily in my top 10. I remember being in high school and always picturing an open world spartan game where you can run around Ancient Greece and explore and customize your character and level them up. Especially from movies like 300 and Troy being my favorite movies, odyssey really made this dream game of mine come to fruition. And I thank Ubisoft for that. If only Valhalla could’ve done the same thing :(

[@phil_5430]

This game for me is the definition of a guilty pleasure: I know there is lots of things wrong with it but I still love this game. The setting, the atmosphere, the graphics and vibrant colors: I love everything about it. Also the fact that you're this overpowered ancient Spartan wo becomes a god like fighter the more you progress. The traveling with the ship, my god are the graphics beautiful and the wave physics are some of the best I've seen. I swear this game is like a holiday. I have over 100 hours in Elden Ring and after the dark and depressing world there, a game like Odyssey is like taking a vacation.

[@dyz39]

I always dreamt of an open world game set in Greece

[@TheBasedBalkan]

@@phil_5430 I’m 85 hours into Elden ring still have so much to do and sometimes I feel so overwhelmed so after seeing your comment I started playing odyssey again and it’s just so fun, playing the legacy dlc right now it’s great man thank you for this

[@fredgamer5142]

but its a horrible game, with microtransactions everywhere, stupid bad story ( you can bang an old woman, kill an entire city and still be a her). it doesnt have an identity, enemes a spongy, combat feels liek button mashing 24/7. its jsut a stuid bad game, with horrible, traversal, no parkour which is one of the things that made AC AC, and lastly, a boring world that feels like copy paste or nothing but trees. I literally cant naem anything good aboutr it, exept for the sparta vs athens game mode

[@TaIIer]

@@fredgamer5142 Ok so what game would you prefer instead ?

[@kyler124]

I could literally play ac odyssey over and over again and I still be stunned at how amazing and beautiful this game is. It's the one game that I actually feel like the developers cared about and they actually did. Even when this game stopped making money they still pumped out the custom mission mode and the history learning mode. The accuracy of the map is so impressive that I could go on google maps and actually navigate as if I was a local (minus the modern infrastructure). I actually upsets me that people don't give this game a chance because it's not like any other ac game and those judgements can't logically be carried over to this game. Ubisoft Quebec is one of a kind and I am so thankful for them making my favorite game of all time.

[@murdaboosta1346]

Bro, I'm into it now, so the cult of Kosmos are the templars from there time, when you finish the snake temple mission, a pop up pops up and reads, that it's a secret organization of powerful people plotting to take over the world, I say this because everyone is saying that there ain't templars and assassins when Kassandra all she does is assassinate

[@ourshit5725]

Great MASSIVE game👌!

[@murdaboosta1346]

@@ourshit5725 I'm focusing on main objective but after I made it to Athens, I noticed maybe I should do side quest for exp

[@murdaboosta1346]

Running on normal 1st time I play an assassins creed game with difficulty settings

[@murdaboosta1346]

@Aether Hilichurl Destroyer immortal what? Good game?

[@technicalgamero9701]

Started playing the game after watching this video. Blown away by the game. I don't know why I didn't play it earlier.. Although i felt they could have given little more stealth tools to keep it little bit close to old games, but that wouldn't fit Mercenary identity that Kassandra has. Ssly impressive game.. i had to swap my gears and weapons when i was playing stealthy to Assassinate enemies and had to switch gears for range attack kills to favour hunter damage.. player choice and freedom is key in this game and i love every bit of it.. i really hope AC red will be of this level or more than this .

[@asuncyacosta9893]

Thank you for the recommendation and I must say that I appreciate uploading this review and all of them in Spotify, because I actually like to listen to them when I'm driving. I brought Odyssey last week after I listened to this one 2 weeks ago. 😊

[@wrecklaw1581]

I think what I really loved about this game was starting out as Kassandra being a mercenary in rags to many months later, almost 2 years later, decking her out into becoming a spartan goddess who not only saved her entire family (Yep, I got the best ending first try, which was incredibly lucky of me, because I didn’t watch any gameplay😊) but also hunting down the mythologies and defeating them as well as assassinating the entire cult responsible for driving her family apart in the first place and becoming a hero across the entire Greece world. This game to me was not an Assassin’s Creed per say but it was 100% an Odyssey that I do not regret partaking on. This game was amazing and I felt very proud of myself of all I’ve achieved with Kassandra on her journey..

[@illwait__]

She wasn't even the most picked 😂🤦‍♂️ its kinda weird so many ppl cried but more people picked male

[@willishuntley9062]

I did the same thing but as Alexios, my cousin played at the same time as Kassandra. 😂

[@illwait__]

@@willishuntley9062 it was fun being lesbian 🥲

[@randomsports5247]

@@illwait__ how lesbianism or gayism related in this case??...men should choose alexios and female should kassandra so simple but beta simps are salivating for kassandra

[@dudaseifert]

Odyssey was my first videogame after years of not playing anything, it was incredible, loved every minute of it, and i went for full completion

[@maddaniel2800]

It's a good game, that is if you haven't played any thing in last 10 years lol

[@dudaseifert]

@@maddaniel2800 the game a played before it was gow, and my enjoyment of both was very comparable

[@XXXachillesXXX]

And you played the DLC and still felt the same way?

[@dudaseifert]

@@XXXachillesXXX the atlantis dlc wasn't as good as the base game. Simply going from place to place there as bad because of the verticality, and that dlc had a lot of "go there". I enjoyed the other dlc, which i forgot the name of

[@lukasbusch2135]

@@dudaseifert I am not sure how it is called, either but you mean that with the Persian assassin, right? I actually think it was better than the base game🤔

[@MihaiHategan]

Dude I'm really liking your vids. Awesome editing and a bit different from all the others. Keep it up! 👍👍

[@EChamberlainn]

This is my favorite game of all time due to its rich storyline. Thank you for revisiting this.

[@whitewolf7454]

Can’t agree that Odyssey has more branching outcomes than TW3. There’s the plague quest that affects the world, the baby one, and the Monger, while the rest only affect the family story, which doesn’t change anything in regards to its ending, simply who is alive or dead. The Witcher 3 had far more, from all the completely different main endings, to the quests like the Baron, the Crones, Keira, the Skellige one’s, Radovid, Roche, Emhyr, Triss’s quest, all the quests that you do that affect who helps you at Kaer Morhen. There’s more quests, and you also have the different endings you get for the expansions, unlike Odyssey who’s DLC endings are all the same. So which quests have big impacts on the world aside from the few I mentioned? I might of missed them, or forgot as I haven’t played Odyssey in a while, but I can’t recall, and I definitely don’t think it has more unique and/or big impact quests than TW3.

[@daneparchmentjr]

I mean you can say that subjectively you feel as though the branching paths were more impactful to you in Witcher 3 vs Odyssey. But objectively speaking, Odyssey has more quests, more branching options in those quests, and 9 endings vs the 3 in witcher. That's objective.

[@cgijokerman5787]

@@daneparchmentjr quality over quantity. Those choices are SHALLOW and hollow in terms of story and actual impact if you do some critical thinking. TW3 has the fact that the choices actually FEEL like choice and ARE choices. Not just some little tiny change. btw there are more "endings" in TW3, because the core 3 are there, but you can still have variations on those 3 depending on your other choices. :)

[@whitewolf7454]

@@daneparchmentjr No it isn’t, it’s more filler quests, there’s a few good one’s, but not as much as there is in TW3. And yeah, 9 endings, but every single one of them is the same, every ending is you sat in your Sparta home eating dinner, with the only difference being who in your family is alive to be there too. For TW3 one ending has you adventuring with Ciri, another has her become Empress, and the last has Ciri likely dead. And seeing as all those 9 Odyssey endings are 99% the same and are just slight variations of the same linear ending, I might as well add all the different character endings TW has. From Emhyr’s ending, Radovid’s, Triss’s, Geralt’s, Yennefer’s, Dijkstra, Cerys/Hjalmar’s, Even the Baron and Keira. So not only does it have better main endings that are all completely different, it also has more endings altogether with all the plentiful and better characters it has. This level of quality applies to The Witcher’s DLC too. From all the quests, and possible endings you get in HoS and B&W compared to Odyssey’s linear Legacy of the First Blade and Fate of Atlantis one’s that end one way, and one way only.

[@kevinbrennen6773]

I literally just started another playthrough the other night. I loved this game and the DLC's were actually REALLY good for this. I had I think like 210 hours or so in the old game and although it is a total grind especially at first, it's beautiful to look at, story is decent and you can literally go anywhere and do everything you want. People put this one down but this might be my favorite AC so far honestly.

[@vanlllasky]

as a long time ac fan, i disagree extremely strongly. i think this game is fucking terrible, and im pissed i wasted 100 hours playing it. you should watch "Assassin's Creed Odyssey Broke Me" and "Assassin's Creed Odyssey Fundamentally Breaks Canon/Lore | Here's Why", they're videos by Lazerzz that perfectly articulate why ac odyssey is objectively a bad game.

[@Jdizzybaconbread]

@@vanlllasky thank you! The game was so bad! I quit playing it for a couple years and am playing it again, but it still sucks. Gameplay and voice acting was so bad! Only thing worth playing it is the environment of Ancient Greece. That’s it

[@Gobbygoblin]

@@vanlllasky average marvel enjoyer

[@vanlllasky]

@@Gobbygoblin what a completely arbitrary and asinine insult to make, where did that come from?

[@vanlllasky]

@@jake7755 if you watch the videos i suggested, you'd see i'm literally right. odyssey is a bad game.

[@paulguthrie4857]

One of my favorite AC games! I agree with pretty much everything you've said here! Thanks!

[@CJGAMES4202]

The environment is amazing in odyssey. Already played through as Kass and just found myself wanting to replay it all over again, even without Ng+ as I deleted all my saved files. Couldn't see that happening with valhalla even if ubi gave us ng+

[@alejandrovallencci]

I’ve put well over 700 hours into this game since launch, did New Game+ about 6 times and played it all the way from the start to the end of Fate of Atlantis and the title says it all: it’s an Odyssey, a long journey full of mystery, action and emotion. Absolutely loved this game, and the mythical greek hero fantasy just adds to the gameplay so much

[@MrBread-gt7jd]

I’m so sorry

[@aligmal5031]

my condolences

[@toasty5032]

I like the game, not that much though

[@SamiNaamaniMC]

Luke, been loving ur vids, please keep doing what you’re doing🐐🔥

[@x_data_x]

Along with everything mentioned in this video, if your into making fun builds with random loot, skills, and abilities, I love this games version of it. Very fun to hunt down certain enemies to get their armor and add it to your build. Really satisfying combat.

[@TrippyPanda18]

This masterpiece i have platinumed, got a 100 hour+ savs file and played new game+. I absolutely love this game and always will.

[@katclark4411]

I’ve been playing assassins for as long as they have been made. It’s hard for me to pick a favorite because I kind of appreciate them all as their own experience. I’m a first gen Greek American so this game hold a special place in my heart. Just so beautiful.

[@lewisnostredame5605]

In my opinion, it's the best out there, but hardcore AC fans are terrified of admitting it because it is by far the most unorthodox approach to the AC series since its beginning.

[@technocore1591]

I love AC: Odyessey! Hundreds of hours in it. BUT... Only as an open-world ancient mythological Greece open-world RPG. I have to ignore all the AC stuff to enjoy it. Such a beautiful world to run around and adventure in, and having my Kassandra just absolutely bang her way across the Aegean! One of my fav protagonists. Voice acting and animations were great.

[@johnxiong6983]

Yeah I completely agree. I have to play it as a spartan game rather than an AC game to enjoy it. It is truly an amazing spartan game and would’ve been much more loved and appreciated if Ubisoft didn’t stick the AC title to this game. I get that people hate this game because it has very little to do with assassins, but ignoring everything else the game has to offer is unfair.

[@badger297]

Agree completely

[@anotherhappylanding4746]

Completely disagree the game is shitnin general, boring climbing, rubbish combat, samey looking open world with boring forts and markers massive for the sake of it and terrible quest structure compared to basically any other rpg

[@MrKing1990]

I agree somewhat. It's a very mid game and a weak AC game. They use a lot of things from other games and don't do it half as well. Ubisoft could have/should have just made an entire Mythos series without the AC title. I think that would have done a lot better and would have allowed them to dedicate the time and effort needed. That's why Fynix or whatever Gods and Monsters game was weak. It was like a cartoony AC: O Lite.

[@thevolta89]

Not sure how I play this game as I play as a full on assassin. Stealth, teleporting strikes, bushes, stealth kills, etc.

[@officermofiz4600]

I remember playing this game and being amazed by its sheer vastness on all front. From characters to abilities, maps, locations, stories - it is breathtakingly impressive at times! I never thought I'd play an open world game this fantastic after Witcher III spoiled me. But boy I was wrong!

[@dragonceo5911]

Ubisoft gave a free PS5 upgrade 4k 60 FPS for Odyssey and Origins. Thank you Ubisoft!

[@TBombz]

11:14 Uhhh what? Are we playing the same game? "To NOT just focus on broad quantity over quality" Lol This is the most bloated game I've ever played. You could re-name this game Assassin's Creed: Quantity and people would still know which one it is.

[@ericm3327]

It’s an amazing game and the freedom to spec into the type of warrior you want was a nice touch the boss battles were fantastic. The setting is top notch and hard to beat. They just went overboard with the leveling and the upgrades and the pay for cosmetics side of things

[@jackbaggaley8836]

The legendary fights like the Minotaur, Medusa, and the cyclops were such a nice breath of fresh air too from the normal campaign

[@marcioffi27]

For me Odyssey is one of my favorite games of all time, If Ubisoft told me they were going to make a Odyssey 2 I’d buy it instantly

[@ourshit5725]

💯

[@kingvince7328]

Yeah it’s one of my favorites too

[@nubnubdubdeh]

they will never make another one thank god

[@kingvince7328]

@@nubnubdubdeh Hopefully they never make another boring ass button mash repeater. Gets so boring just pressing circle and square the whole time. I loved both odyssey and brotherhood but that’s the truth

[@kingvince7328]

@@nubnubdubdeh The button mash repeater is brotherhood 😂

[@almighty5839]

This game holds a special place in my heart as it was the first AC game I picked up and immediately fell in love with it, and after player others I can still say this one is still my favorite. The locations are so accurate and beautiful I don’t understand why it has such terrible reviews, I do hope with this new AC in Baghdad they can kinda do a mix between the old and new like odyssey and origins did

[@ryanfoo5286]

Yes this game was also the first ac game i picked up i loved everything about it the people locations atmosphere and when you lost it is my fav ac game forever in my heart.

[@jacobc2756]

If you really like the AC series, play AC 3, AC black flag, then AC rouge. They’re older games but the storytelling is amazing and they’re all intertwined.

[@maskedshadow0965]

It's because you haven't played the other ac games 😔 I honestly feel bad for you. But everyone has their own favorite game

[@craig7405]

People who grew up on the games like them because they told an intriguing story. This game is completely and entirely disconnected from it. That's why people dont like it

[@samuelyan2005]

@@maskedshadow0965 they said even after playing the other games???

[@ihatebeingtickled]

Sailing around island to island and ship battling along the way was my fav. Especially in the dlc when you get the flame thrower on your ship😁

[@BlakeOneOne82]

Im just now seeing this video, and I just now finished my first playthrough of Odyssey and I absolutely loved it. IT was REALLY good. Loved the story and length of it.

[@christopherdyer2046]

I was enjoying this game even though it felt like a grind. Then i started noticing that everytime i leveled up it felt like nothing changed. Then i realized all the enemies scaled with me and after a few hours of that i fell hard out of love with it. There is no sense of accomplishment or powering up. And i was just left unsatisfied

[@godzillazfriction]

so you had no abilities because at the start you start out like a homeless person but later you are starting to become a demigod

[@B-A-L]

@@godzillazfriction And so does everyone else around you. What's the point of starting at level 1 too weak to take on a level 13 boar only to find that once you've levelled up to 20 to make it easier to take on that boar that it is now the same level as you and how has it managed to level up in the first place?

[@godzillazfriction]

@@B-A-L jesus christ this take is unparalleled to any amount of takes ive seen. well done

[@michaelcaprarola6716]

That was a reason why I hated playing the game but you can turn the enemy scaling so that they don’t always scale with you. I forget the specific settings but it helps. It really sucks when you grind to level up and then you can’t even stealth one-shot some joe shmoe

[@infamouspanik1772]

or, and hear me out on this one, or you could tweak your settings so there is no level scaling of the enemies. there is that option in this game. but where's the challenge then?

[@Noah-Wyche]

Thank you fr for talking about this game with actual thought. People shit talk this game all the time and it’s always baffled me. This game is actually awesome

[@raginasiangaming910]

Honestly, this was a tie for my favorite in the series (after Black Flag). The voice acting from Cassandra was great. The storyline involving the Phiobe was also a complete hit when it came to making me care about an NPC. Her storyline provided my Cassandra with the motivation to continue on her quests. Honestly, the Phiobe character is one of the best NPC's in the series: sort a perfect blend of emotions that the character invokes. I also liked the various items which gave you quite a few playstyle options and the monsters/mythical creatures seemed much less out of place in an ancient Greek world that we commonly associate with myths and legends. The ship combat was also good, though like Black Flag it was a bit too easy.

[@Flux_One]

I'm playing through it as Kassandra at the moment and being really nice to everyone. If I play through it again with Alexios, I'm gonna be an absolute A hole

[@TrueBlue05]

I love it when you find out that friend Markos life conclusion. It might be tied to the results of Kapellona's Plague, my first playthrough I didn't have the chance to see Markos again since I saved Phoebe's friend, my next playthrough I didn't save Phoebe's friend, and later on in the game I found Markos on a small island which is weird because I never saw him there in my first playthrough.

[@mysterious___1]

It’s not. The Markos quest where you break him out of jail happens no matter what decision you make.

[@ToxicTony15]

I wouldn’t call it underrated. It was one of the most positively reviewed Assassins creed games and for good reason. I remember getting so lost doing side quests for like 40 hours in a row and completely ignoring the main story at one point lmao.

[@minbari73]

Please don't wreck his oh so smart narrative.

[@impressions1812]

Or he titled it for clickbait lol

[@vodkavecz]

@@minbari73 Nope, he's right. You can't go into any AC related video comment section without finding comments like "new AC sucks, Odyssey is the worst". AC fandom is VERY divided. There are AC youtubers who made several videos bashing it, and have tons of views.

[@bruzzer13tre]

One of my favorite games ever but this video is the only place I have seen positive comments about it

[@christianalexander579]

It's not an assassin's creed game

[@ominousjester6097]

While I agree Kassandra is the canon older sibling, and her VA did a phenomenal job, I prefer to stay male in RPG games because I get INTO the character. I am not as masculine or fit or cool as Alexios, but it helps me get into the world as if it were me.

[@EdinProfa]

For me it is Alexios for historical realism reasons. Women at that time were NOT going around the world, fighting, helping people and admiraling their own ships.

[@hzmicide1738]

At first I did not like Odyssey. I tried it 3 different times and uninstalled it twice before deciding to finish it. The problem was, I was overwhelmed. I didn’t know if I wanted the Assassin, Hunter, or Warrior build. I didn’t know what gear I wanted and didn’t know what weapons I wanted. I also didn’t know how often to upgrade and engrave (and what to engrave). I then decided that I wanted a mainly Hunter/Warrior hybrid build, the Artemis Armor, Artemis bow, Kronus Daggar, Deimos’ Sword and Mallet of Everlasting Flame. I upgraded every 6-8 levels starting at lvl 15. Everyone said upgrading isn’t viable until level 40-50 but it wasn’t too hard to for me as long as I put effort into gathering resources. The point is, once I knew exactly how I wanted my character and build, it wasn’t overwhelming and it is one of the BEST games I’ve ever played in my life. I am now playing Valhalla and will play Origins after that as I have all 3. I just got Origins last.

[@toomanyfandomskiddo8932]

I absolutely adore this game. I feel like if it was just a stand alone game and not part of the AC series, veteran AC players probably would’ve been more positive about it. Majority of the hate comes from the change in mechanics. I still don’t understand it bc I genuinely love this game. And personally, Kassandra’s build gave me a bit more confidence in my own body (I’m a girl with pretty broad shoulders and some muscle in my arms like her so it was nice to see a female game protagonist with a similar body type)

[@SirPsycho]

The plague is briefly mentioned during a cutscene as you get on your ship. I remember it making me think back and go “oh…oops” lol

[@marty0678]

Ubisoft said in an interview that they planned to have ship battles in Valhalla, but they discovered through their research that it’s not how Vikings used their ships so that's why they removed ship battles.

[@owieczkacs]

Thank you Luke, with Steam Autumn Sale and both Origins and Odyssey on huge sale i decided to buy both and went all in on them. Gonna be a long time before i finish both games :)

[@GrumblyBee]

Odyssey is the highest rated AC game on Steam, right up there with Black Flag? So I'm not sure how it's "underrated". Also, the microtransactions in Immortal are a part of the game. They're not separate from the game itself, and being judged harshly by that metric alone is fair. Separating the game and microtransactions in an attempt to defend a game, is why the video game market is in the state it is.

[@fantasyconnect]

Luke has the dumbest takes on monetization in the gaming sphere I have ever heard, lol.

[@nateputerbaugh5709]

Thatd be like saying Unity's microtransaction BS didn't directly impact that game

[@carlosari5222]

I have always had the same stance on this game. It has a lot of qualityes - The world is GORGEOUS, yes it may be HUGE and at times PLAIN and BORING, but it's GORGEOUS, full of details that acutally make people want to learn more about that era - The gameplay as a standalone is very fun, except on higher dificulties where the game just becomes a "smash the life sponge for 20 seconds with same attack" - The main story and side quests can be very interesting ... HOWEVER, my problem with this, is that it makes no sense in the AC space..., i mean, what is the point of, for a "reboot", going back to the ORIGIN'S of Assassin's, if in the next game we will be going even furher back? And the connection makes absolutely no fucking sense.... This game as a standalone would be awsome, call it wtv the fuck they want, use another IP i dont care, call it Odyssey only or something, delete all the supposed AC references (Of which there are not many) and release it like that, but as an AC game, it's even worst then Valhala. Instead of this crap of an AC, we should've gotten a Origin's sequel, where we would play as Aya in Rome, that would be a fucking best seller, not only would Ubisoft shut every fucking one about the "not creating a real female lead" story, but they would give an amazing progression to the story that Bayek started, and with that Rome game, with Aya, the interactions in Valhala where we eventually learn that the notes on the old AC "bunkers" are about her would be even more amazing, because we actually spent 100s of hours with her, and not only 10...

[@destinoo1792]

For me assassins creed is about historical figures and locations, the fidelity of places and a bit of mithology and thats the reason I like Odyssey so much. Event if you are not an assassin you still can act like one a choose how you want to play. Something I didn't feel with Valhalla

[@fantasyconnect]

@@destinoo1792 It doesn't matter what it is to you, it matters what it was to the original creators, who all left Ubisoft after AC3 because of "creative differences". I,e they were pissed at what Ubisoft wanted to do with the series.

[@duyzeus8261]

@@destinoo1792 then where is the assassin's creed in Odyssey beside the DLC? historical figure or just myths and legends filled in to stop people from remembering this is an AC game? choose how you want to play? oh pls, even when I am the stealthiest assassin killing them without anyone notice, I stiil get hunted by mercenary. The only thing you can do to affect the ending is how many family member are on your ship and also the option to fool around with same sex NPCs for the LGBT community is also trashed upon when the DLC came out and force the main protagonist to have a kid.

[@andrewvillatoro4605]

This is the best take. Really amazing game by itself, absolutely horrid and atrocious as an AC game

[@kathyk.8744]

AC Odyssey, my first AC game and one of my favorite games till today. Even now, I play it whenever I feel like I want to be a badass demigod in Ancient Greece. Such a great game, thank you for this review ❤

[@scottarrowsmith3649]

Easily my favorite Assassin's Creed game. Nothing beat the heart of this one. The battles added a level to it as well!

[@joejjjj]

I found a lot of the dialogue and general writing of this game to be incredibly basic and inconsistent in tone. Many say that Valhalla made them think Ubisoft dropped the ball but that is how I felt about this game, I tried to enjoy it, had fun looking at the pretty face that is this game but the combat, characters and story got progressively boring to me. when I was done with the game I felt simply that I had wasted my time.

[@xUseTheForks]

@@micshazam842 maybe cause both those games are made by the same ubisoft studio 😂

[@madsgrams2069]

What are you talking about???? The combat is AMAZING. It had an actual uses for the adrenaline bars, as opposed to just mashing the attack button until your index finger grew numb, like in Origins.

[@madsgrams2069]

@@micshazam842 LOl...ok, don't elaborate. It sucks because...you think it does? Yeah, ok...I couldn't care less about your...very dubious opinion :)) :)) :))

[@madsgrams2069]

@@micshazam842 The fact that you have the adrenaline bars that can be used to make special moves that do huge chunks of damage and have awesome animations, the fact that this resources can be used for other things, such as utility moves or healing, the fact that the animations are completely different depending on which kind of weapon you use, completely changing the playstyle for each of them, the fact that you have both parrying and dodging as different defensive options and both have their unique advantages and disadvantages, the fact that you can use the environment to deal with enemies (like throwing them off cliffs or into the sea using the Spartan Kick or The Ring of Ares), the fact that you have 2 types of elemental damage that work completely different from each other (one is devastating damage over time debuff and the other is negligeable, but makes enemies more vulnerable to subsequent attacks), the unique properties of the legendary gear and how you can mix and match them...everything gels together so, so well.

[@fantasyconnect]

@@madsgrams2069 "The combat is AMAZING". Fuck no is it. It's genuinely some of the least engaging combat I've played in years. Even fucking Fable had a more engaging combat system, and that shit was basic as fuck.

[@SuperMaanas]

I disagree about Alexios. I think he fits the Malak Mercenary role better than kassandra. And she makes a muuuuch better Deimos, so I like to play as Alexios.

[@wSayonara]

but Kassandra has way better voice acting and has more character, Deimos is irrelevant after main story

[@xicme9808]

Except Kassandra is the canon eagle bearer.

[@tassiad.9137]

For me , personally.. it’s the best AC game. Valhalla was so disappointing . And please. Again.. Kassandra is a golden egg of character they should explore . For me, it’s like Ahsoka in Star Wars it deserves her own universe outside of the “creed” lore . She loves more than 2.000 years.. there are so much potential for a Kassandra universe .. including Aya as her descendent and new deep well written characters

[@ioannaotinanai]

I was so damn excited when they announced Kassandra but when I actually played the story through her perspective, I was truly amazed. Melissanthi Mahut did such a great job at bringing Kassandra to life, I kid you not I go 😍every time I see something about either of them. Such a great game overall, I've spent at least ~700 hours on playthroughs!

[@calebmitchell3844]

Can someone explain to me exactly why Valhalla was a "travesty" but Odyssey is underrated and considered vastly better? I have seen this same point being made by other people around the internet and I honestly just don't get it. I have played both games through all the way (including dlc) and they both feel extremely similar to me

[@alfredovargas273]

I haven't played Valhalla but I heard odyssey has way better stealth action.

[@TheMordgan]

Honestly, I can't understand this neither. Between Valhalla and Odyssey, I preffer Valhalla. But both of them are souless Ubisoft Action RPG.

[@simonrockstream]

They're BOTH pathetic.

[@jeremytraxel8771]

I think for me they are very similar but Valhalla loses the charm and variety that Odyssey had. Odyssey’s side quests feel fleshed out and interesting whereas Valhalla’s felt quick and there just to have a marker. Also the diversity in the setting felt way better in Odyssey but that’s to be expected cause England is bland compared to Greece. In summary I think both games are similar in many categories but Odyssey does them way better than Valhalla

[@iamrightyouarewrong6730]

@@TheMordgan odyssey has a shit ton of soul, even if it was made by ”le evil corporation”(its a video game company, not fucking nestle, kek) way more soul than overrated garbage like rdr2

[@caesarion4596]

Honest to God, AC Odyssey is one of the best games I've ever played

[@PapaPercules]

Never finished Origins. Never finished Valhalla. Dumped a TON of time into odyssey. This game really stuck with me, I wish they made more AC games with multiple endings.

[@camrolaguardia]

From the OST to the world building and world design. The amount of details that were put into the game was mind boggling. Literally could spend hours reading flavor texts and get lost in how the world was in ancient times.

[@TexasToast221]

This was my first AC game and my husband had me try it out because I mentioned starting Skyrim for the upteenth time a few years ago. Female protagonist, big ol map, tons of memorable side quests, gorgeous views. I loved exploring with Kassandra and I still revisit the game to palate cleanse between new ones. It has its problems but it’s still one of my favorites.

[@lgd6619]

I had this game down as a bit cheesy and dismissed it far to soon, but since then I have come back and realised the issue was I played as the brother, who while voiced well often comes across cringy and a bit 90s action hero which doesn't work here, the sister is delivered in a much heavier way and while still a bit of an action hero she brings alot of heart felt emotion to the role and it drastically changes how much you care for whats going on in the world and those in it

[@Mastermind_0615]

Personally I love this game. The inventory the map the quests and dialogue options

[@iamtheju]

I really enjoyed the game (got the Platinum) and loved Kass. Watching you play makes me want to play again.

[@gabrielgutierrez6086]

Saying that Odyssey is underated but Valhalla is "awful" doesn't make sense. Both have the pacing problem and doesn't have a peak climax in story. For me, Valhalla and Odyssey are good games with big problems but both are in the same level and Valhalla even a little bit better.

[@niknigal3379]

How can it not make sense? They both have similar flaws, as you pointed out, but valhalla's pacing is much WORSE and the story is so unfocused and bloated that it's devoid of any natural progression or narrative tension. Also, the combat in valhalla is a big downgrade from odyssey, the characters in valhalla are forgettable to those of odyssey, and the world itself is bland, empty and boring compared to odyssey. I loved odyssey, absolutely hated valhalla

[@user-jt6rh8xy6n]

@@niknigal3379 I agree with everything you just said. I loved odyssey, but Valhalla was decent until you get far enough where the story slowly starts to get really really lazy up after you realize that they missed out on a lot of unique plot points by making the game the way it was (go here Allies X then go there and recruit allies). Overall Valhalla was a bland game. The person that commented is acting as if they are the exact same game which to a point they are but it’s really easy to tell which one involved actual effort. Valhalla really had the potential to be a good and unique game especially considering that there are not many Viking games but they tried to make it so “open world” that it doesn’t have any sense of identity. They took a lot of aspects from odyssey and made it much worse in my opinion.

[@user-jt6rh8xy6n]

One thing I will say about both games is that -They focus more around leveling progression rather than character development than they should which is largely a fault of them throwing us in the body of a fully grown adult with little to no backstory and exposition. -The world although beautiful is far to big and the scattered out buildings are copy and pasted to the point where it feels like “exploration” is a chore. -The move set is far to limited especially when most of the game is actual combat so when you get half way through the game you don’t have any drive to engage in conflict, Valhalla managed this better by scattering abilities in different locations but overall Odyssey has a better flow of combat. The quality of both games would be far better if the world was scaled down by at least half and they took the time to actually design locations other than the big cities that way exploration and progression could have a chance to flow more naturally. This next part is purely opinionated but I think they should remove player choice to some capacity and provide a more thorough backstory and a more well established character, the lack of backstory made the main protagonist seem more like side characters than actual main protagonist to me. They should have made 2 or 3 installments for a single character rather than starting off with a new character from scratch. I’m not necessarily saying Alexios/kessandra or Evior are bad characters but they badly suffer from a lack of depth which could’ve easily been given if there was more than one game in which they were the main protagonist. They tried to do so much to the point they didn’t really focus on what could potentially make the game great, it was far too ambitious that I don’t even think Rockstar would attempt it within such a short time frame. I don’t think either of the games were done lazily but I do think Ubisoft put too much pressure on the people in charge of the project.

[@gabrielgutierrez6086]

@@user-jt6rh8xy6n agree

[@sushiwHo]

I have spent more than 200 hours on this game and its the game tht can give u chills! If u have played the Atlantis DLC, it can make u cry and it can make u wonder what a phenominal experience this game can be if one gets really attached to the storyline! Every fucking detail in this game was accurate to its best! Even the Spartan Shields with the Omega Symbol on it that represented Courage and Honour to the Spartans. And the thing about Kassandra being alive even after 1000s of years and dying by passing the Staff of Hemes to Layla!

[@bleakpath8587]

Bro! By the end of the game, Alexios/Kassandra had become a COMPLETELY different person from the person they were. They were no longer that lone mercenary from the small island of Kephallonia, instead were people of great wisdom, who argued philosophy with the likes of Aristotle! The character development you go through in Odyssey is mind blowing to say the least!

[@user-tw3wo9eo2r]

I like the notifier that tells me where to go, not everyone wants to have to search for things for longer than needed to.

[@Slaughter327]

Just got into the AC games and started with this one, so far Im having a blast.

[@Shh-Silence]

I just remember having to pause playing the game because I just couldn’t keep going even though I only play 1 story based game at a time. There was just something about Odyssey that made it feel boring after, let’s say 60 hours. I returned to it at least 6 months after and the same thing happened where after approximately 60 hours it was soooo hard to keep going. This time though I forced myself to complete it since I couldn’t see myself return to it a third time (which might have been a bad decision but I just wanted to be done with it). In the end I spent 135 hours to play through the main game, I believe most side quests and DLC. I vowed from that point to never put myself through it all again.

[@Jeff_Lycan]

Same to me,but i felt like that after 30 hours,game is just too repetitive,and way bigger than needed.

[@Jdizzybaconbread]

I agree and am doing the same thing. But it’s so hard to keep playing it.