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...but the story is incomprehensible garbage after AC2 so whatever.
...but the story is incomprehensible garbage after AC2 so whatever.
many reviewers and early players preferred Kassandra as her voice acting and motions more consistently felt right for the scenes. Having said that, Alexios is apparently quite good as well, so you can't go wrong with who you pick.
I originally started with both Characters to see the difference and I'm leaning with Alexios for the reason I stated before eventho I maybe wrong.many reviewers and early players preferred Kassandra as her voice acting and motions more consistently felt right for the scenes. Having said that, Alexios is apparently quite good as well
Cod? Sports games? Pokemon? Anything with the name mario in it?Assassins creed’s fans but be the happiest gamers in the world.. It feels like a new release is always around the corner, no series I care about comes out with a new release that frequently lol
Assassins creed’s fans but be the happiest gamers in the world.. It feels like a new release is always around the corner, no series I care about comes out with a new release that frequently lol
In terms of combat it's similar to Origins, but it has more of a focus on armor sets and dialog choices.to those that have this game, does it feel different enough from Origins outside of theme and story to justify the purchase? Or is this a reskinned ORgins?
to those that have this game, does it feel different enough from Origins outside of theme and story to justify the purchase? Or is this a reskinned ORgins?
to those that have this game, does it feel different enough from Origins outside of theme and story to justify the purchase? Or is this a reskinned ORgins?
It's pretty close to a reskin of Origins with some different move sets. In some ways better and in some ways (so far, but I will have a lot left to unlock) it's worse.to those that have this game, does it feel different enough from Origins outside of theme and story to justify the purchase? Or is this a reskinned ORgins?
to those that have this game, does it feel different enough from Origins outside of theme and story to justify the purchase? Or is this a reskinned ORgins?
Oh God, I didn't even think about a Viking AC. I need that so bad.So this is like a Greek Black Flag? Instantly awesome.
Next AC in this vein needs to be a Viking one. Would be so cool.
Oh God, I didn't even think about a Viking AC. I need that so bad.
So far, its decent but not as good or memorable as Origins. Combat can be annoying and frustrating, especially when it comes to battle sequences. Too many enemies and trying to balance between parrying and special moves gets old.
And fuck the new goddamn save system. Dying takes me so far back.
I've been playing the first few hours. It looks good and plays exactly as Origins so far, including even minor details like the hilariously bad horse pathfinding running over everybody in cities. I enjoyed Origins, so it's good enough for me. The new additions are nothing to write home about, though. For example, the gender choice is just a palette swap (every dialogue so far has been gender-agnostic) and exploration mode is somewhat disappointing (you still get quest markers and on-screen Ubisoft icons for everything, except sometimes you'll get map directions and need to get closer to the designated area before the quest marker appears).
Compared to Origins, I could see this getting slightly better scores from professional reviewers (it's bigger, a bit more polished, has more bullet-point features) and a bit lower user scores, as people will get franchise fatigue and the new things don't do much.
I originally started with both Characters to see the difference and I'm leaning with Alexios for the reason I stated before eventho I maybe wrong.
But Alexios is funnier and fits the dialogue with the personality he displays.
Kassandra seems more stiff and serious.
And her movements come off manly which is obviously not a problem with Alexios.
And he definitely displays more expressions.
I don't know if it was intentional but he just more enjoyable in cutscenes.
Kassandra was my first choice though as I preferred Evie in Syndicate too but I like Alexios better this time.
EARLY IMPRESSIONS
It is exactly what I expected, a Origins reskin.
- The exploration mode is farce. I thought you'd have to find places by yourself, but there are still plenty of icons on the map. The "exploration" refers only tips the game gives you about where the mission locations are, but they are super easy to find;
- It is trying too hard to be The Witcher 3 (especially because of the soundtrack and even the mission completion jingle) and failing miserably at it. The Witcher 3 had great characters and story. Alexios is a traditional bland videogame protagonist with no desires of his own and who is ordered around by others
- The dialog options are laughable and pointless. They add nothing and can be jarring. Sometimes your character is talking in a way and then in the next he is angry. It is pointless because all you do is to exhaust all the options before moving on. There's no indication of the "tone" you are going to use (joke, serious, angry);
It is a 7/10 so far for me. I am like 4 hours in.
You're the farce. You can turn everything off in the options - HUD, its how its kinda meant to be played
Witcher 3 was hot trash until blood and wine, and it didn't have any strong character outside the bloody baron and yennefer. If anything unlike Geralt, you can be a 100% selfish prick in Odyssey, screwing up every single person giving you a side quest. its kind of the point of the rpg system in odyssey in the first place. Either playing like the book or not at all
You're clearly not playing the game because the dialog options can change ENTIRELY the outcomes of quests / sidequests, and in turn it completely changes outcomes in the game world. For example you can have 3 different endings to a minor quest in the prologue island and what happens after can snowball to the worse possible outcome
I take it you haven't even unlocked the faction system yet nor met the wolf of sparta, thats when the game kicks in full gear
People can say that it is an origins reskin, but it feels different enough. The atmosphere in ancient greece feels very different from ancient egypt. This is how I want assassins creed games to be instead of another city style environment with tons of buildings. I like the more natural environments setting with small islands and sea, more mythical bosses/lore and good story. It's a beautiful game.
For those comparing this game (just another decent AC title) with The Witcher 3, inarguably one of the best games released in the last 10 years are out of your fucking mind. If you truly believe these games are of similar quality, I feel deeply sorry for you.
Then there must be a bug with the game, because I selected "Exploration mode" upon start and it is still showing all the icons on the map.
Hahaha. Yes, so far you can choose not doing the mission or doing mission. With some cringy "romance options" sometimes.
i dont understand any of your post since you can turn absolutely everything off to your liking in the options
Yeah seriously Kassandra is effing boring in her delivery. Alexios is downright hilarious because the voice actor has a surprising amount of range which makes the character feels much more alive
While I also understand the AI complaints, just play in Nightmare. Elites will use their skills much more often and the bounty system gets more meaningful since the meter / amount of mercs you can get while not paying attention honestly dramatically increase
This is the same ridiculous answer I get when I complain about the quest design downgrade from Morrowind to Oblivion/Skyrim. Disabling the HUD is not going to change a game which is designed to work with quest markers and is continuously giving you magical information your character couldn't possibly have. In Odyssey's case, it just makes you go to the map screen more often, where all the icons and hints reside anyway, regardless of your HUD options.
Here is what is needed, in my opinion, in order to implement a proper exploration mode:
I'm obviously willing to sacrifice immersion for fun, but modern AAA hand-holding mechanics are detrimental to both. Following an icon or an arrow is not fun. Despite its shortcomings, exploration mode is a step in the good direction, but it is a small step, and the implementation leaves a lot to be desired.
- A comprehensive quest journal
- A log of your past conversations
- The ability to talk to random NPCs in order to ask for generic directions
- More comprehensive, less generic directions, specially from quest NPCs (when it makes sense to do so)
- Getting rid of the eagle objective detection mechanic (the 'you're getting close' message)
- Getting rid of any objective quest marker
- Limit the hints you have about your destination to the actual information you get in conversations or clues. Right now about 50% of the hints which appear in exploration mode quests are magical bullshit.
- And, the most important thing, a quest design which takes all that into account. For example, many quests ask you to kill a specific soldier in a fort. That soldier should have distinctive features or placement. Right now how it works is that you get close to the place and your eagle magically marks for you the person you have to kill.
Let's agree to disagree. I'm really enjoying Kassandra's delivery.
And you said you're 8 hours in which I kinda don't believe either as far as not meeting the Wolf of Sparta / getting the faction system goes. You seem to suck to be honest
Did they really make all the greeks brown in this? I’m not offended or anything but like I’m not sure if I fucked up hdr on my console... like modern Greeks sure... a good amount of us are dark skinned but for that time period? Makes even less sense.
It's no HDR configuration, it's just that they butchered your history. It's funny that no reviewer mentioned it. I thought I was in India or something.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider recently took a s*** on many indigenous cultures. So I guess this is business as usual for the gaming industry.
A few for sure, like Markos or some of the random black NPCs, but most of them appear white as hell. Might be your TV/monitor settings.