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'Right now it's two-thirds Alexios and one-third Kassandra'

We're far removed from the whole "Assassin's Creed is bad" mantra. Origins rocked it then Assassin's Creed Odyssey rekindled that fire; and with the series taking a year off in 2019, it looks like Ubisoft isn't ready to ruin all of that goodwill just yet.
At this point we're just waiting for more DLC to arrive, but in the meantime in their latest issue, Game Informer managed to sit down with director Scott Phillips to get more insight into Odyssey's development. One of the more interesting tidbits involves the player usage stats for Alexios or Kassandra: the sibling duo that the player must choose between before starting their quest.

I played ACO as Alexois because I preferred the voice actor. Which did you like the best, and are you surprised that two as many chose the male option?

 

[Kadayi]

I played ACO as Alexois because I preferred the voice actor. Which did you like the best, and are you surprised that two as many chose the male option?

Not played it, but I'm kind of surprised it's that close tbh. I remember that with Mass Effect people (rightly) bigged up Femshep due to Jennifer Hales quality voice acting, but statistically it was something like 90 to 10% Male to Femshep in terms of play, so a 3rd is a big step up.

 

[jshackles]

I'm sure nobody is more surprised at that split than this guy.

 

[mcz117chief]

Not played it, but I'm kind of surprised it's that close tbh. I remember that with Mass Effect people (rightly) bigged up Femshep due to Jennifer Hales quality voice acting, but statistically it was something like 90 to 10% Male to Femshep in terms of play, so a 3rd is a big step up.

Honestly, Jennifer Hale's performance in Mass Effect is sleep inducing. She talks like a person who just got out of bed. It is quite unbearable. Which is a real shame because she does amazing work pretty much everywhere else.

 

[Neverwas]

I played as Kassandra. I didn't realize Alexios was the playable male character when I first came across him in the story. My god, is he awful. He's like the Greek version of Diamondback from Luke Cage, recording dialogue for a completely different (D-grade) production. Is he that awful as the main character as well? Or did he just abandon subtlety for the antagonist role?

 

[Iaterain]

I picked Alexois, because he is more believable character that could kill a lot of enemies but I couldn't get into the game and dropped it after the second hour.

 

[Kadayi]

Honestly, Jennifer Hale's performance in Mass Effect is sleep inducing. She talks like a person who just got out of bed. It is quite unbearable. Which is a real shame because she does amazing work pretty much everywhere else.

Horses for courses I guess.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

It was a flip of coin for me seeing how she has a mannish body.

 

[Nymphae]

Not terribly surprising since I'd guess a majority of AC players are male and it's not like Kassandra is all dolled up so you can stare at a digital ass for 60+ hours.

 

[Armorian]

Alexios FTW

And I think:

Spoiler: story

Cassandra fits better as the "bad guy" (bad person? )

 

[zeorhymer]

Honestly, I will always default to the guy character if given a choice....

 

[VertigoOA]

As a Greek male. I picked a Greek male.

Is reeeee outraged yet?

 

[mcz117chief]

Horses for courses I guess.

I agree, thank you.

 

[Deleted member 471617]

I played with Kassandra. Like Syndicate, the female turned out to be the better character and had the better voice actor. Just watching videos of Alexios being played, it was a hell no.

 

[pcostabel]

Played as Kassandra. Love her accent.

 

[TGO]

I played bits of it with both ( very annoying going over and over again)
And eventually decided to stick with Alexios.
The dialogue fitted his voice and mannerisms compared to Kassandras pretty flat performance.
There was parts which was meant to be funny and Alexios delivered them whereas Kassandra was like she was just reading the script with no emotion or reaction to the content of whtt was happening around her.
Evie, Élise and Aveline where better Characters

 

[isual]

played as kassandra just because i wanted something different

 

[nkarafo]

I don't get it. Is there an issue or something?

 

[SirKicksalot]

I like the Generic Action Hero voice and mannerisms of Alexios. He's fun.
I watched the first villain cutscene and he's better there too. Over the top without feeling as forced as the female.

 

[kingbean]

I started with Alexios then started with Kassandra and ended up liking Kassandra more.

 

[Aenima]

Not played it yet, but will pick Kassandra. I saw some cutscenes side by side and her acting looked a little better to me, also shes gorgeous to look at.

 

[Nydus]

Wow that's a lot of females picked. I don't know how many girls play AC but they are surely a minority. And some of those girls also will play as a male. Personally I often play as female. I'm a confident dude in RL so playing as a girl is a fun way to switch perspective / roleplay as something different from my norm.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Isn't this good?

Ubisoft was mocked for saying it was hard to make female AC characters a few years ago and now they have one that's well done and 1/3 of players chose. You can be gay, straight, man, or woman in the game, but I'm sure the usual crowd will still say Ubisoft are being cowards for not being bold enough to go female protagonist only or whatever.

 

[Raven117]

As a Greek male. I picked a Greek male.

Is reeeee outraged yet?

Yes. They already have a thread going.

As for me, I tried both in the early goings. Obviously the scripts are almost identical. There is no "better writing" or "different story arc" for either of them. They are the same character, one has a male voice the other a female voice. Maybe some folks like the inflection of one over annother. Thats fair. But its not like they are too radically different characters.

To me personally, while I loved Kassandra's voice actor, the lines felt more mannish, so I ended up with Alexio.

 

[kunonabi]

I typically pick female characters unless there are extensive romance options which this happened to have so I would have gone with Alexios if I had played the game.

Kassandra's voice actor was also kind of awful which turned me off from her anyway.

 

[TyphoonStruggle]

How is this surprising? Too many people picked the woman or too few people picked the woman?

 

[Chairman Tickles]

If you're ever played VR Chat, you will know why almost 1/3rd of men picked female (yes most players of this franchise are male). 90% of the avatars in vr chat are men and boys roleplaying animu girls.

Many men, including some of my friends like to role play as females when given the option. Don't ask me why. Maybe for the same reason that we would all be female for a day if given the choice, just to look at ourselves in the mirror.

 

[Thiagosc777]

I played as Kassandra. I didn't realize Alexios was the playable male character when I first came across him in the story. My god, is he awful. He's like the Greek version of Diamondback from Luke Cage, recording dialogue for a completely different (D-grade) production. Is he that awful as the main character as well? Or did he just abandon subtlety for the antagonist role?

The dialog options and animations are exactly the same between the two. One can't be better than the other, because they are just skins.

 

[TeamGhobad]

Sexism and potentially racism discovered in the gaming community more at 11.

 

[Golgo 13]

Interesting, but it goes to show most people who played this game are dudes who prefer playing as dudes. Shocking.

I will say though, I thought the voice actress for Kassandra was better than the much more generic-sounding Alexios. But that didn’t make me play her. Lol

 

[Thiagosc777]

I played with Kassandra. Like Syndicate, the female turned out to be the better character and had the better voice actor. Just watching videos of Alexios being played, it was a hell no.

Unlike Syndicate where there were two different characters, Alexios and Kassandra are just skins. They are the same character.

 

[jshackles]

Interesting, but it goes to show most people who played this game are dudes who prefer playing as dudes. Shocking.

I will say though, I thought the voice actress for Kassandra was better than the much more generic-sounding Alexios. But that didn’t make me play her. Lol

wow that is some kinda tag dude lol

 

[TeamGhobad]

As a Greek male. I picked a Greek male.

Is reeeee outraged yet?

you're basically Hitler

 

[Grimmrobe]

I picked the black guy.

 

[brap]

I'd take the man over the manly woman any day.

 

[dottme]

I haven’t played a lot for the moment, but I always pick the women option when I can. So I picked Kassandra.
It was ok for the small portion I played.

 

[Jigsaah]

I haven't tried Alexios, but

Spoiler: Spoilet

after I met him in the game, I really didn't like his voice acting or his character. My assumption is if you chose Alexios, Kassandra would take his role and head of the cult.

 

[JLB]

I cant answer which one i prefer, since i only played with kassandra.

 

[ODESZA]

played as kassandra just because i wanted something different

this. I usually play male characters given the choice but I was curious

 

[Fbh]

I'm currently playing this and went with Kassandra.

I was intending on playing as Alexios but after watching some clips of both I just found his voice actor really bad.

I like Kassandra. It's a bit weird how no one brings up her gender but aside from that I'm glad I chose her

 

[Humdinger]

Not played it, but I'm kind of surprised it's that close tbh. I remember that with Mass Effect people (rightly) bigged up Femshep due to Jennifer Hales quality voice acting, but statistically it was something like 90 to 10% Male to Femshep in terms of play, so a 3rd is a big step up.

It was actually 18% FemShep.

33% is an increase, but there was also a very strong push by both Ubisoft and SJW journalists to push Cassandra as the best choice. Also the fact that she was canon.

 

[Dante83]

I played as kassandra because I have been hearing about her being "canon" before launch.

 

[John Day]

Man i just looove Kassandra’s voice acting!

 

[Exentryk]

Playing as Kassandra and she is great!

 

[JohnnyFootball]

I played as Kassandra, but I was disappointed in how sanitized the female love making was. After Witcher 3 and Mass Effect Andromeda, I wanted to get STEAMY!!!!!!!!

Am I allowed to say that?

 

[TGO]

Yes. They already have a thread going.

As for me, I tried both in the early goings. Obviously the scripts are almost identical. There is no "better writing" or "different story arc" for either of them. They are the same character, one has a male voice the other a female voice. Maybe some folks like the inflection of one over annother. Thats fair. But its not like they are too radically different characters.

To me personally, while I loved Kassandra's voice actor, the lines felt more mannish, so I ended up with Alexio.

Just had a quick read of their thread, general opinion was they shouldn't have had an Option for Alexios

 

[slade]

Picked Alexios. With Tomb Raider and Darksiders 3 being my other two big end of the year games, I figured I'd pick the guy option in this one.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Just had a quick read of their thread, general opinion was they shouldn't have had an Option for Alexios

Well that's just sexist now innit.

 

[bilderberg]

As a Greek male. I picked a Greek male.

Is reeeee outraged yet?

What if 2/3's of the player base are women and gay dude's. They'd look pretty foolish for all the guilt tripping.

 

[Aenima]

Unlike Syndicate where there were two different characters, Alexios and Kassandra are just skins. They are the same character.

The motion capture seems to be diferent, i mean they doing the same moves and say the same lines, but is not the exact same animation. In the side by side cutscenes in this video you can see that.