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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Review | Coin-Drop

“Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” is well over two months old at this point and you may be asking yourself, “Is this relevant?”. The answer is yes. Because today my loyal CoinDroppers I’m going to shed some light on the fact that this “Assassin’s Creed” is actually the worst “Assassin’s Creed” to date.

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Smokehouse2335d ago

This is probably the fastest I have lost interest in a assassins creed. A couple hours and I moved on. Which is weird because I love the time period and setting. I think I’m just burnt out on open world games. Last week I platinumed Bioshock and beat it for the 100th time. I had a blast doing it too so I’m not losing interest in games. I couldn’t get into RDR2 either. I’m at the point where I miss the semi-linear games. I’m hyped for the RE2 remake.

Critic4l_Strik32335d ago

Funny you mentioned you got burnt out on open world games, and you miss semi-linear games. Yet, you beat Bioshock for the 100th time uh? Interesting.

Smokehouse2335d ago

Yeah the small hubs like bioshock or the new god of war are my favorite formula of game. The progression pacing and story structure are in their sweet spot. It’s not open world but it’s not hallway linear either, It’s linear but doesn’t feel like it.

Yeah, I don’t think I would ever get tired of bioshock. I know where everything is, I can get the platinum with my eyes closed yet I still have fun doing it while I find AC odyssey boring lol. It’s weird I agree, being tired of open world is the only thing that makes sense to me.

jordan22290ps2335d ago

Yeah I'm the same way. The only open world game I've been into the past few years is God of War and that was a very linear open world game. Which I loved. I like feeling a sense of purpose maybe? Not sure. But I have to really try to focus myself on open world games to even get a few hours in on any given session

Smokehouse2335d ago

Yeah maybe that’s it. A solid objective instead of a sandbox. I tried to follow the story in RDR2 but it’s built around doing random things in between your long travels between mission plots.

Seraphim2335d ago

I didn't have much interest in this AC and through the first 15-20 hours I wasn't even sure I'd finish much of what the game offered. I felt the same about other AC games and some ended up being one of my favorites. Not the case here. It probably didn't help having played RDR2 right before AC either. RDR2 started slow but once you got going it was such a pleasure to enjoy the open world completing Legendary Huts and Fishing, exploring, etc. One of the worst parts of going from RDR2 to AC is how bad the horse riding is AC. I will say that over time the games grown on me but is, by far the worst AC to date imho. Stories have never been the strongest suite of AC but this one just flat out sucks so far. I thought the characters of Syndicate weren't interesting but they were stars compared to Alexios and Kassandra. It certainly doesn't lack a lot to though via quests, board quests, Cult of Cosmos, Mercenaries, Story and side stories. But after a while all this becomes tedious and a chore.

Part of my problem is that they've been taking the Assassin out of the game w/ these RPG elements and number based Health, DMG, Armor, etc. Granted with a high enough Assassin Damage I can assassinate most characters but at the cost of being a lame duck in battle. Often getting smoked by enemies the same level as me. For Odyssey they now have somewhat taken the Creed out as well. There's the Cult of Cosmos, perhaps the predecessor for the Templars but still.... I like how the series has evolved but at the same it needs to get back to its roots imo.

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DrumBeat2334d ago

There's definitely some quality aspects here, but the game can be overwhelmingly tedious. There's way too much rinsey-repeatey shit. Once the novelty of combat and abilities wears off, you're left with pure, sheer, unmitigated, endless GRIND. The monotony is astounding, really.

That said, it can still be fun, but it can burn you out quickly and easily.

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tdogg2335d ago

This was the best assassins creed in a long time. I put in over 50hrs already

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raWfodog2335d ago

I still have yet to play AC: Origins, let alone Odyssey. Look forward to playing both at some point.

Knightofelemia2335d ago (Edited 2335d ago )

Odyssey to me is better then Origins Syndicate was good Unity was a complete mess Black Flag and Rouge were good AC 3 I finished but I honestly didn't care for it Liberation had too much costume changing and Ezio's Trilogy I liked and the first AC game was good. I am having fun with Odyssey looked it up I have 74 hrs into the game and I just completed chapter 5 and Odyssey is turning out to be a good game took a break from it to play RDR 2 finished that back to AC Odyssey.

tdogg2334d ago

yes I beat both off them and I 100% agree that odyssey is a better game than origins. Odyssey story is much better than origins

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Assassin’s Creed Is Coming To Reverse: 1999

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

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Seth_hun21h ago

What the hell is Reverse 1999? :)

goken18h ago

Apparently it’s some Gacha thingy…

Kekewei15h ago

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

Servbot4114h ago

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

Garethvk9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

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

Garethvk9h ago(Edited 9h 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.

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KyRo247d 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.

anast247d 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.

IAMRealHooman247d 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

YourMommySpoils247d ago (Edited 247d ago )

Stellar Blade says hello.

The only quality game to come out this year.

exputers247d ago

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

YourMommySpoils247d 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.

jznrpg1d 12h ago (Edited 1d 12h ago )

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

jznrpg1d 12h 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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Einhander1972527d ago

Technically, we wanted more money.

bradfh527d ago

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

Kaii527d ago

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

TheColbertinator527d ago

At this point the entire EU commission must be bribed

Christopher527d 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-Long526d ago (Edited 526d 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.

Crows90526d 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.

jznrpg526d ago

Start screen not cool either

walken7527d ago

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

porkChop527d 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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