Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Malaka, after over 150+ hours of gameplay, I finally completed Assassin's Creed Odyssey along with all the DLCs, and I believe I'm worthy enough to share my review.
Let's dive into the beautiful and astonishing world of Greece – what a rollercoaster ride!
Starting off with one of the fatal letdowns for me personally – the absence of the iconic hidden blade. However,
the story of Odyssey(malakha_9/10), is surprisingly quite good, or I can even say epic for the most part. Although, the grinding of XP by doing side quests to level up for story progression is a letdown for the most part. While the side quests have good stories, they become repetitive after some time. Despite this, the overall story is immersive with a compelling storyline, arguably one of the best in the Assassin's Creed world.
Ubisoft addressed the problem of easy XP gaining and story progression in AC Origins by creating a more grindy game. This grind is balanced by the great story, exhilarating fighting mechanics, the best character customization with ability maps, and of course, the stunning, big, beautiful world of Greece with tons of things to do.
In my books, it's a must-play if you're a fan of the AC franchise or if you're someone looking for a game with good RPG mechanics and a great storyline – and I mean it, a truly great story. Kudos to Ubisoft for delivering a overall_good with a great story, but it does have its downsides. Compared to the old AC titles, the RPG-leveling up mechanics for progressing the story-missions are a bit grind'y, and I mean it, period. This setting is one of the few fatal negatives in the game. Although getting immersed in the storyline, the game can feel like a cycle of repetition at times,and becoming tiring at some-points.
If you're a fellow gamer looking forward to picking up this game, it's a green light from my side because it's a great game and a must-play if you're an AC franchise fan. Although, I would recommend you to pick up the game during a sale with all the DLC, which is the best option, and you won't regret it.
It's money well spent.
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---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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☐ 1
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☐ 10

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☑ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☑ 9
☐ 10

---{ Graphics }---
✅ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ You will get eye cancer
☐ Get a pepper spray for your eye instead
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Won’t ever touch any other game anymore
✅ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Tic Tac toe is better
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
✅ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
✅Teens
✅ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
✅ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
☐ Search the galaxy for dark matter fuel to run
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
✅ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
✅ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
✅ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
✅ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
☐ Until GTA6 releases
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
✅ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
✅ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
✅ 9
☐ 10

What an odyssey this was (see what i did there). I played on nightmare, did every single quest, did every single location on the map, got all achievements and it took me 155 hours.
The good
I haven't liked and i mean really liked the cast of side characters in AC games since the Ezio trilogy, but this game is an exception with the abundance of well written and well acted characters that you either meet during most of the game or 1-2 times during the whole game. They have really stepped up their game in this department and i'm really happy i actually get characters i get attached to, not like the forced attachment from previous AC games (looking at you Black Flag with that annoying flashback that wanted me to cry about those who died while i forgot most of their names).
I liked the powers and the whole RPG upgrade tree of this game, but it still had it's flaws. Having the tree unlocks tied with the spear upgrades and those upgrades being tied to the cult of kosmos is kinda bad design especially if you want to kill them as fast as possible you are kinda robbing yourself of the pleasure of actually playing the game not just rushing to the next cultist to upgrade your spear so you can have fun with the enemies. But wait, if you do that then you most definitely will be towards the end of the game. Then when are you actually going to have fun?
I really liked the recreation of greek cities, they made me feel like i was going back in time.
The main story was really well done and i enjoyed my time with it. I tried and succeeded in reuniting the family at the end of the main quest line. Haven't liked a main quest line this much since the Ezio trilogy.
The bad
Real money item shop in a single player game.
The map is way too big and filled with too much filler content for my liking. Even tho i did everything on the map it took me 150+ hours over almost half an year of playing on and off because of the brain dead activities. The map could have been half of it's current size and still had the same content and no loss would have been felt.
When they implemented the item system in this game they thought about quantity over quality. If you find 2-3 good legendary weapons all game that you will enjoy using for their stats and special effects you are lucky. At least they did a transmog system so you can change the appearance of weapons and armor.
I didn't like the naval combat. I feel like almost every game after Black Flag (not going to mention the garbage game that AC 3 was) needs to have naval combat. The combat in this game most of the time was infuriating. It annoyed me so much that i went and unlocked all of the map without doing any quests just to get the fast travel points so i don't need to touch the ship if it's not required.
The Lost Tales of Greece
This was a disappointment except 1-2 missions. They feel like an after thought with how they are implemented and i just rushed through the missions to be done with them faster.
Legacy of the First Blade
I like how they tied Origins with Odyssey with this dlc, but i hate how they wrote the characters and it was too cliche for my liking.
Hated the ending of the dlc. I knew it got some heat from fans on the internet, but was not expecting it to be this garbage.
The Fate of Atlantis
Somehow they managed to make an even worse dlc than Legacy of the First Blade, for that i applaud them. All 3 episodes of this dlc feel like naruto filler when the tv show got ahead of the manga (been there and watched it go down live). I have no idea how they managed to make quests with zero meaning, but appear to have meaning and they push you towards your goal.
If it wasn't for the fact that I made a huge investment of time in the game and i wanted to finish everything i would have quit this garbage dlc 30 minutes into it.
Conclusion
Even tho i had more bad things to say about the game i would still recommend this game if it's on a sale. Just be on the lookout for the sales since this goes for around 80% off.

Best Assassin's Creed EVER!!!
1.Best Open World - Huge Map
2.Best Story - If you love Greek history
3.Infinite Side Quests - Cant complete them all
4.Always Fresh - Never gets Boring
5.This is not all - Don't wanna spoil the game for you xD

No other Assassin's Creed game has devoured my attention and time as much as this one. Whilst not as concise as Mirage, Assassin's Creed II or any of the Ezio games (or my beloved Origins), Odyssey delivers an engaging, visually GORGEOUS (there's a photo mode here for a reason) and overall a *fun* experience. Story pacing feels a little awkward at times and will feel rather agonizing to those who don't enjoy the gameplay loop. This is a LONG game (took me 80 hours to beat the main story with heavy amounts of side content done), so it's best to take it a little bit at a time if you need too.
Melissanthi Mahut delivers a reallllly talented performance as Kassandra, putting her character up in my top favorite AC protagonists. Soundtrack is dynamic and really memorable, environment is gorgeous, story has a lackluster ending which is saved by the ending in DLC 1.

Absolutely one of, if not absolutely my favorite Assassin's Creed game. Absolutely loved playing Odyssey.