Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Review Thread

Game InformationGame Title: Assassin's Creed OdysseyPlatforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PCTrailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACZpHzBKCqUPublishers: UbisoftReview Aggregator:OpenCritic - 88ReviewsAngryCentaurGaming - Jeremy Penter - BuyAreajugones - David Cruz García - Spanish - 9.4 / 10.0Assassin's Creed Odyssey is the culmination of a franchise that still knows how to stand its own ground. The RPG options have been expanded and the open world is even deeper. The title set in Greece is a very serious candidate for the GOTY award.Attack of the Fanboy - William Schwartz - 4.5 / 5 starsAssassin's Creed Odyssey gives the very best modern open-world RPGs a run for their money when it comes to the sheer amount of content and level of quality found across the board.Cerealkillerz - Gabriel Bogdan - German - 9 / 10.0Assassin's Creed Odyssey surprises with probably the best storyline of the series so far that takes you with major decision options and strong protagonists through a well made Ancient Greece. The different story arcs and different endings are well integrated and even the often necessary grind is lightened up through the deep personalities of Kassandra and Alexios. The Game and the series could still use some better balancing for the progression during the game and the fights but besides that Odyssey takes the right steps forward for the series.COGconnected - Paul Sullivan - 78 / 100Quote not yet availableCritical Hit - Geoffrey Tim - 9.5 / 10.0Assassin's Creed's gradual evolution to RPG is complete. While it remains familiar, the deeper combat, dialogue choices and consequences have upended Assassin's Creed's stealthy roots to deliver a sprawling, multi-tiered historical RPG epic. It's the culmination of the series own journey, and only fitting it be called Odyssey.Destructoid - Brett Makedonski - 9 / 10.0Alexios is one of the most memorable protagonists in all of Assassin's Creed, even if I never once actually thought of him as an assassin. In a lesser game, he'd probably be forgettable. But Assassin's Creed Odyssey is superb in nearly every aspect. It's the most impressive Assassin's Creed, even though sometimes it feels like it's Assassin's Creed in name only. It's as broad as Atlas' shoulders and as strong as Hercules. This time, Ubisoft hit a real Homer.Digitally Downloaded - Ginny W. - 4 / 5 starsLike the Iliad, Dionysus, Lysistrata and other great works of art, your feats in Assassin's Creed Odyssey are incredulous in the best way possible, and it's honestly more entertaining for it.DualShockers - Logan Moore - 9 / 10.0Assassin's Creed Odyssey isn't just one of the best Assassin's Creed games there has ever been, it's one of the most exceptional action RPGs that I've played this console generation. While only a few years ago I was left wondering what this franchise's future would be, now I'm more excited than I have been in quite some time to see where Ubisoft continues to take Assassin's Creed from here.Eurogamer - Tom Phillips - RecommendedColossal in size, lavish in scope, Odyssey feels like a series landmark and Ubisoft's biggest ever game.Forbes - Paul Tassi - 8.5 / 10.0Origins was delightful and Odyssey hits almost all the same notes, so there's a lot to like about it as well. But this series needs a bit of breathing room, and I hope it gets another bit of rest after this.Gadgets 360 - Rishi Alwani - 9 / 10Assassin's Creed Odyssey is an enjoyable romp through Ancient Greece. Its changes are both subtle and sweeping and they come together to make one of the best entries in the franchise since Assassin's Creed 2 on the PS3 and Xbox 360.Game Informer - Joe Juba - 8.3 / 10.0Infiltration, combat, and exploration are all fun in the moment. However, the repetitive objectives and lack of crafted moments make the gameplay blur together as the hours passGameMAG - xtr - Russian - 9 / 10Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is the largest and most complex game in the series. In terms of scale, structure and possibilities it can be compared with Skyrim, and it's just wonderful.Gamerheadquarters - Jason Stettner - 8.8 / 10.0Assassin's Creed Odyssey is an excellent next step for the franchise expanding upon the strong mechanics from Origins.GamesBeat - Jeff Grubb - No VerdictAssassin's Creed: Odyssey is dense, detailed, and varied. It is more dense, detailed, and varied than I considered possible for a video game before playing this. It is a stunning accomplishment, and the 500-to-1,000+ people who worked on it should feel proud.It has its problems. Combat is clunky, the menus are a slog, and leveling feels off. But those issues never made me want to stop playing. I want to keep playing right now.GameSpace - Sythrael - 9 / 10.0To wrap it all up, I am very much enchanted by this game. It is not without its flaws, for certain, but I didn't find any that broke the game or my appreciation and excitement for it. I feel that the step that Ubisoft Quebec took to make this experience more immersive and personal for gamers was a strong move, and they did it with style and a competence that greatly benefits the game as a whole. If these are the kind of evolutions we have to look forward to in the future, I eagerly await the next releases from them. Until then, go forth and let the drachmae roll in.GameSpot - Alessandro Fillari - 8 / 10With Assassin's Creed Odyssey on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, Ubisoft continues the series' expansion into a broader open world, offering an impressive follow-up to Origins.GamesRadar+ - Sam Loveridge - 5 / 5 starsPerfects everything Origins did and enhances them in ways you never thought an Assassin's Creed game could. Odyssey has it all.Gaming Nexus - Nathan Carter - 9.5 / 10.0Not since Breath of the Wild have I enjoyed an open world game this much. With so much to see and do, Assassin's Creed Odyssey is one of, it not the best, game in the Assassin's Creed franchise—and absolutely a game of the year contender.GamingBolt - Shubhankar Parijat - 9 / 10.0This is one of the best Assassin's Creed games Ubisoft has ever made, joining the likes of Assassin's Creed 2 and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood at the very top of the franchise's hierarchy. While its choice and consequence mechanics aren't radical reinventions, they add a great deal of agency and variation to the proceedings, while a beautiful and varied setting, a meaningful progression system, a ton of enjoyable content, and the series' best combat system all come together to deliver a memorable odyssey.God is a Geek - Nicola Ardron - 8 / 10.0A huge, ambitious game building on the solid foundations of Origins to deliver a game that feels like another positive step towards a very interesting future for the franchise.Hardcore Gamer - Chris Shive - 3.5 / 5.0Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a worthy follow-up to Origins, incorporating new gameplay ideas while following the same formula as its predecessor.Hobby Consolas - Álvaro Alonso - Spanish - 90 / 100With Odyssey, Ubisoft has crafted the biggest Assasin's Creed to date. A colossal open world, action RPG, that can go toe to toe with the biggest names in the genre. If you're a fan of this kind of games, don't miss it.Kotaku - Heather Alexandra - No VerdictAssassin's Creed Odyssey's defining characteristic is how often it seems to be anything other than an Assassin's Creed game.PlayStation Universe - John-Paul Jones - 9.5 / 10.0A glorious sum of newly implemented RPG systems, refined traditional series beats and boasting one of the most entertaining stories in recent memory, Assassin's Creed Odyssey is simply the best in the series and one of the finest open-world adventures available.Polygon - Colin Campbell - No VerdictFor all its faults, Assassin's Creed Odyssey is one of the best explorable game worlds yet made.PowerUp! - Leo Stevenson - 9.1 / 10.0Assassin's Creed Odyssey is, without doubt, the best this series has ever produced.Press Start - James Mitchell - 9 / 10Assassin's Creed Odyssey successfully builds upon the already strong foundation that Origins set to provide yet another Assassin's Creed experience that still feels fresh and, more importantly, fun to explore and dive into. Even better, it does all this without the typical bloat you'd expect, although Conquest Battles do feel like a missed opportunity. Despite this minor letdown, Odyssey eclipses Origins in practically every way, and is easily the best Assassin's Creed yet.RPG Site - Kazuma Hashimoto - 7 / 10Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is a solid attempt to create a new epic, but it also falls foul of similar missteps to its predecessors.Softpedia - Silviu Stahie - 9 / 10.0Odyssey builds upon the foundations of a beloved franchise and I like the way it's going forward. If Ubisoft doesn't get too greedy and takes its time to build a proper game, the next one is going to be even better, although I have to say that it's going to be difficult since this one is almost perfect.Stevivor - Matt Gosper - 9 / 10.0Mythical creature battles such as the Medusa fight detailed in early footage are fun, and it's nice to see them woven into the world moreso than Origins' god battles being described as "Animus glitches."Twinfinite - Zhiqing Wan - 4.5 / 5.0It's strange, because Odyssey barely even feels like an Assassin's Creed game. Take away Layla Hassan and the "Assassin's Creed" brand from the title, and I'd just look at this game as a really strong, standalone historical fiction video game.VGN - Tommaso Stio - Italian - 9 / 10.0After 10 years, the Assassin's Creed series keeps developing and becomes a RPG with lots of mission chapters, objects to unlock and characters to discover. Be ready for a turn of events, a system entirely calibrated on the single player experience and of course an exemplary gaming world. Looking back, we all know how some chapters have been increasingly amazing; it is hard not to consider this one as the best episode of the entire series. This is probably the best Assasin's Creed ever created, although most traditional aspects of its brand have now disappeared.We Got This Covered - Jon Hueber - 5 / 5 starsAssassin's Creed Odyssey is an epic, historical RPG that uses elements of Assassin's Creed to tell a different kind of origin story, and the results are stunning in almost every way.Windows Central - Jez Corden - 4 / 5 starsIf you enjoyed Assassin's Creed IV's naval combat and Assassin Creed Origins' shift to an RPG-like progression system, Odyssey is a match made in Elysium. Odyssey does not revolutionize the franchise, but it's a capable entry that will satisfy fans for dozens and dozens of hours.Worth Playing - Redmond Carolipio - 8.8 / 10.0With that said, after dozens of hours, I still have yet to really scratch the surface of the true Odyssey narrative because as I mentioned before, there are multiple story arcs to follow. One concerns Kassandra and her true family roots, another involves a massive conspiratorial web that spans all of Greece, and yet another involves the greater picture of the pieces of Eden and the Assassins' mission. Windows into each of those arcs are found throughout the map — within the missions and into the cinema scenes and dialogues. This is the kind of game where you could wipe out days of time paying attention to one piece of the greater story, with the true joy coming when you get to take a step back and see the story you've built.Xbox Achievements - Richard Walker - 90%A case of refinement rather than dramatic change, Assassin's Creed Odyssey nonetheless injects even more depth and detail into the series, with dialogue choices and the ensuing consequences that follow proving a worthwhile addition. If you enjoyed Origins, Assassin's Creed Odyssey will scratch the same itch, and then some. A sensational sequel that's thankfully not a Greek tragedy.Zoomg - Meysam Khalilzadeh - Persian - 8.5 / 10.0New features like dialogue system and additions to the gameplay have made Assassin's Creed Odyssey a better and greater experience compared to Origins. Odyssey also has a great story with different endings and complete collection of mythical creatures or enemy types. in the end, Odyssey may have some bugs or camera problems, but it is surely one of the greatest Assassin's Creed ever. via /r/Games https://ift.tt/2NUi40t