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In Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Kassandra is better than Alexios

Colin Campbell writes how humor and facial animations make Kassandra a better playable character.

ninsigma2399d ago

Felt like that was the case from watching the trailers. Kassandra seems to have some character to her while Alexios is very wooden. Likely down to differing voice acting skills. I'll likely play Kassandra when I get it.

goodwin2399d ago

Can't say I like any of them, lack charisma or something.

ninsigma2399d ago

Yeah Kassandra doesn't seem like she's up there in terms of great characters by any stretch of the imagination but certainly is my preference within the game.

Christopher2399d ago

IMHO, you get the best of both worlds by playing Kassandra. She's not as good as FemShep or Aloy, but still good for an open world game where she has to repeat thousands of lines that really have no meaning from one moment to another.

dragon_rocks2398d ago

What do mean by best of both worlds?

Christopher2398d ago

@Dragon I can't really go too much into it without spoiling it, but Kassandra is the better protagonist voice actor.

Lord_Sloth2398d ago

Maybe he's just supposed to be a hard ass? He comes off that way to me and I dig it.

Hardiman2399d ago (Edited 2399d ago )

Yeah she looks better and her voice is leagues better the his! He sounds like an idiot, even goofy at times!

Cueil2398d ago

At no point have I ever felt he sounded goofy...

Hardiman2398d ago (Edited 2398d ago )

Really, from jump street my wife was laughing at him! He just is too over the top in his delivery. I'm playing as him so it's not like I haven't been listening to him. That said it's not as jarring as it was in the beginning.

Cueil2397d ago

Maybe it helps that I was playing Shenmue before I started playing this game

Shiken2398d ago

Thats cool, still playing as Alexios though.

-Foxtrot2399d ago

Maybe if they focused on just her as a character then the game would have been better done. Least in Syndicate Jacob and Evie felt like two different people.

Christopher2399d ago

The problem with that is I hated having to play as one of them because the other made me realize how much I disliked having to play as the other.

Exvalos2399d ago

Syndicate was boring and both characters were nothing to write home about.

Smokehouse2399d ago (Edited 2399d ago )

The voice acting and animations for the dude are pretty awful. I can confirm. I haven’t tried her yet.

CarlDechance2399d ago

Yeah, the animations for Alexios looked bizarre in videos I saw before launch. The voice acting is just horrible. Kassandra feels much more natural as a character.

Elda2399d ago

I knew I was going to pick her to play the game before buying it & I like her character so far including the game.

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Assassin’s Creed Is Coming To Reverse: 1999

In an unusual pairing, Assassin’s Creed Is Coming To Reverse: 1999.

Seth_hun1d 19h ago

What the hell is Reverse 1999? :)

goken1d 16h ago

Apparently it’s some Gacha thingy…

Kekewei1d 13h ago

Why is it listed as today's hottest, nobody cares about it here...

Servbot411d 12h ago

Ubisoft buying their way to the top. They always have the shittiest advertisement ideas, like flooding videos and comment sections with obvious bots.

Garethvk1d 8h ago (Edited 1d 7h ago )

I think it is more of a global appeal versus a U.S. market.

Garethvk1d 8h ago (Edited 1d 7h ago )

Obviously they do or there would not be the hits on it. Even Google picked it up for their news feed.

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The Open-World Genre In Gaming Has A Quantity Over Quality Problem

More developers need to focus on what makes open-world games like Elden Ring and RDR2 pop, instead of focusing on needless map expansions.

KyRo248d ago

Open world games need a overhaul in general.

Go here - kill this target
Go here - fetch this
Clear this camp
Add dozens of filler side quests
Tack on a RPG skill tree
Finish up with a couple of hundred collectables

98 percent of open world games follow this game design and it's boring now after nearly a decade of following this same design.

anast248d ago

Maybe they know what it takes to make an engaging open-world, but they won't. For most publishers, managers probably get bonuses for finding ways to cut corners.

IAMRealHooman248d ago

yes. Every ubisoft like is overly large map. just to say it's huge with nothing in it.
Love'em or hate'em a yakuza game is a significantly smaller map, with a lot of side activities and absurd quest lines.trying the different restaurants in game can be enjoyable as they offer different buffs, do that or make traversal so good you wouldn't dare fast travel ie Spiderman

YourMommySpoils248d ago (Edited 248d ago )

Stellar Blade says hello.

The only quality game to come out this year.

exputers248d ago

While true, that one's not a full open-world. Pretty much like God of War Ragnarok.

YourMommySpoils248d ago

Not sure how everyone judges this. If that's the case, that would mean even The Witcher 3 isn't open world and just semi maps slowly unlocked.

jznrpg2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Was with you until the only quality game part. Plenty of great games this year. It also came out last year

jznrpg2d ago

Some are great some are not. That’s the same for any genre. There are tons of Metroidvania’s, some are great some are not, souls games etc etc

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Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed

A fullscreen pop-up ad appeared in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey for some players this week.

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Einhander1972528d ago

Technically, we wanted more money.

bradfh528d ago

Call of Duty already does this; Ubisoft and other game companies will follow suit and explore similar approaches.

Kaii528d ago

Congratulations, A technical error In displaying ads while playing.
EU consumer law needs to chew these assholes a new one.

TheColbertinator528d ago

At this point the entire EU commission must be bribed

Christopher528d ago

The big note here is the built in ad-displays during gameplay and not that they happened. Start screen, cool. Gameplay? That shouldn't ever happen.

Yi-Long527d ago (Edited 527d ago )

"Start screen, cool."

Uhm, no. Start screen very much NOT cool either. There really need to be new laws implemented banning these companies from shoving ads down out throats at every opportunity they see fit.

Crows90527d ago

For free to play which is a market of games needing monetization through different venues. In those games this stuff is fine by me. But when you pay ..20, 40 ,60, or $70 that's when it is not okay to any degree.

jznrpg527d ago

Start screen not cool either

walken7528d ago

They're testing the waters, vote with your wallets.

porkChop528d ago

That's not a technical error. An ad can't be displayed mid-game without you creating the code/tech to make that possible first.

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