I’ve never been an Assassin’s Creed fan. From the start, the series has always felt too bloated and full of busywork, and the premise of reliving past lives through DNA reconstruction (because DNA records every minute of action and every word of every ancestor’s life, I guess?) never gelled for me.
HIGH It scratches the exploration itch like few open-world games can.
LOW My base PS4 can’t handle it at times.
WTF I really need to stop romancing almost every character I talk to.
HIGH Kassandra is the one of the best game protagonists in recent years.
LOW The mercenary system feels tacked on.
WTF The framing story set in the present day still exists.
HIGH It’s one of the most gorgeous worlds I’ve ever seen.
LOW It’s bloated beyond any sense of reason.
WTF Hyper-aggressive chickens too eager to fight.
GameCritics was invited to a recent preview event featuring Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, and I was happy to attend because the few hours I had with it highlighted one thing for me above all others — Ubisoft is going whole-hog into the mythological side of ancient Greece, and I’m all for it. From semi-metaphysical special moves to fantastical creatures that never walked the Earth, Ubisoft has set Odyssey up to be more removed from reality than any other game in the series, and it’s about time.
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