Assassin's Creed Odyssey

[CaptainRAVE]

Same here, didn’t realise there were hostile settlements.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Is the story that bad?!

The story is decent so far, I am shocked. Finally some decent RPG elements in an AC game. It works really well.

Not really a spoiler, but just in case:

Spoiler

I enjoyed the quest where they asked me to change a document by using stealth. Of course I just barge in completely in view. I didn't fail the quest, so thought nothing of it. However, it completely changed the dialogue at the end of the quest, I wasn't expecting it at all.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Out of curiosity, but when do you start getting some decent loot ?? All I'm mostly getting is grey stuff still at lvl 11. Also wondering is there any more hoods dropping the higher level you get, or just helmets ?? Don't really like the look of any helmets, prefer the hood really. In worse case have to upgrade stuff but cost tons of resources, which is needed for the ship as most know. So just wondering if the above happens as you get higher level or just random pot luck ?

Looks wise the loot seems to get better/shinier at higher levels. In terms of rarity, I got legendary items almost straight away - mainly from stronger enemies and exploration.

I didn’t get hoods til later on, around level 20 I started getting a lot more - off cult members I guess.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I wouldn't touch upgrading with a barge pole unless you REALLY need it or have a legendary that you want to carry with you.

From what I have seen so far it doesn't seem necessary in this game unless there is an item that you really really want to level up and keep with you. In Origins it made sense, if you had a weapon that returned health to you (a very rare trait) it made sense to spend money to raise their level, especially after the level cap was raised.

25 or so hours in, level 24 and feel like I have barely scratched the surface.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Frankly, I'm starting to miss the purely cosmetic armour of Origins, upgrades are too expensive and there is gear I really like but I'm forced to switch out as it only makes sense to upgrade every 10 levels or so... Thankfully, I'm only a level behind on my Snake set because it scaled up once I got the last piece.

I miss the option to leave the mask on and how it would affect the sound of Bayek's voice. It was a neat touch.

Regarding Conquest Battles - I always pick the side that gives 2x Epic rewards. Sometimes, even though I am victorious with said side I still get 1x bit of Epic and sometimes I'll get the full 2x pieces. Confused as to why this happens?

Probably a bug. The attacking side is meant to offer better rewards in general though. I like that the conquest battles for the smaller islands are naval related (also meaning you get additional loot along the way) and making them easier as they are not time based and you can heal after taking down each ship.

I must say I am absolutely hooked on this game. Gutted I don't have more time to play it, although I did spend almost all day Sat/Sun playing it

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Darn, think I have been selling legendary armour from cultists. That said, it is no use to me if I out-level it anyway.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

You shouldn't be able to sell or dismantle Legendary (gold stuff)...

I am lucky that I do have time to play it in small bursts. The more I do though, the more I realise there is a LOT of stuff missing that enhanced Origins a great deal. Sometimes I can't help but get frustrated by the lack of things, like the myterious npc canoe man who appears in the middle of a lake just when I need transport etc. Origins was a lot more detailed in it's worldscape too.

Oh, interesting. I am sure I sold the snake belt, but I could be wrong. I picked up some gauntlets, I will take a look at them.

Agreed, the world does feel a little lifeless compared to Origins. The NPCs were doing so much and there were so many neat touches everywhere. I look at the NPCs in this game and most are just stood around. Hopefully for the next game they combine all of the positives - I can only assume the next will be in Japan. There are so many hints in this game.

Edit: they don't show up in the sell shop section, that makes sense now. Thanks.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I picked up the game on Sunday (first time on any Assasin's Creed game actually) and I'm really enjoying it so far. So much so that I'm likely to go into their back catalogue and play some of the earlier versions. Before I impulse buy, are the predecessors similar? I can see some comments on here about Origins being more "detailed" which seems good to me so that's almost a certainty to get, but are any others similar in the open world assassin type theme?

Before anyone asks I played the first AC for about 10 minutes and assumed it was action RPG with a heavy focus on combat. But I love proper stealth mechanics and this is scratching that itch well.

Origins would be high on my list. Origins and Odyssey are quite different to previous AC games though. AC2 is still the best for story, but it must have dated somewhat now. I personally enjoyed Syndicate and Unity, but they are quite different games - they do stealth better with multiple approaches to assassination targets. Black Flag is probably still my favourite for gameplay (rubbish story), especially the naval stuff.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Still amazed at the amount of content in the game. Only just opened up the Cultist menu....whole new raft of stuff to do in there!

Odyssey is an extremely adept name. There's so much in the game I really feel like I'm making up my own story as I go my own way. When I sit down to play, I'm like hmmm shall I do some bounties? See how high I can get my bounty? Hunt mercenaries? Go hunting cultists? Try and flip a region to start a conquest? Do some sailing? Go explore a new island? Main story quest? Hunting quest? Just explore random ?s on the map. Pick up world quests? Message board quests?

Pretty sure I'll be playing this until the next game comes round

I was already impressed with the new mercenary system. Then the cult menu appeared

So much to do I am running from point to point like a headless chicken. The main story is vaguely directing me. So many locations dotted around the map that don't have a question mark either. Fortunately some of the user photos help a little.

It still impresses me how well it runs when I am in either Athens or running through dense forest with incredible light shafts and shadows coming through the trees - especially with some water in the mix reflecting all of the colours

Nice summary, I hadn't realised there had be so many by now! Origins sounds like a definite in that case, may try to look a bit at some gameplay videos of the others.

Stupid games making me spend money...

Great thing is that most of them can be picked up very cheaply now - usually with the season passes thrown in too. Plus we are getting AC3 remastered with the gold edition of Odyssey - most people didn't like it and there was too much running about, but it did the environment in the seasons and wilderness fantastically well.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

The thing that gets me is these 'reviewers' are from what I can read complaining the world map is too big?????? and there are too many quests????

I would understand if it was a copy and paste job, but it isn’t.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Live events starting today. Shame I am only level 25 (30 needed). They should rotate though.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I go away next week too. Never been so sad to go on holiday

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Some of the side quests are better than the main quest. Have been sidetracked once again.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Well I didn't realise that. I thought once they were poisoned it was job done. What does intoxicated do?

I must say, previous AC games I have always used a sword. This time I am loving the heavy bladed weapons.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Poison doesn't seem to do much for me... doesn't do much damage and certainly doesn't seem to affect the enemies armour that much as they still seem to take similar amounts of damage.

Fire on the other hand seems to do lots of damage with the caveat it can burn you as well (easily fixed with a quick dive and roll).

Anyone else know what is up with the Poison/Intoxicated effects?

Shawrey

Poison seems to affect some enemies more than others. It should reduce their armour and attacks. I tried fire, it is pretty, but I ended up catching on fire more often than not.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I'm on the fence about buying this. How similar to The Witcher 3 (I know, I know) is it, in terms of scale and depth? The reviews seem to slam the levelling system with many commentators indicating that even enemies one level above your own are really hard work. Other than IGN giving it very high marks, most reviews seem to be in the 'Recommended' band rather than the 'Must Buy' band.

Thoughts?

Ignore the reviews. If you master the combat system you can take on enemies many levels above you.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Thinking of buying this but it would be my first Assassins Creed game? Loved the Witcher 3. Do you need to have played any of the previous AC?

Nope, not much of an AC game anymore!

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Funnily enough, its essentially this reason as to why I put Origins and Odyssey above Witcher 3. Since playing Origins, I've gone back and tried to play Witcher 3 but its the lack of parkour since playing Origins, that kills it for me. I didnt really notice it the first time I played Witcher 3 when it originally came out but going back I just find myself getting irritated that my uber monster slaying super fit , highly combatant Witcher cant climb up a wall or cliff-face or leap up to a building and jump from roof to roof. So despite W3 having the edge on questing I actually find AC Origins + Odyssey simply more fun to play.

Not only can you not climb anything, but Geralt gets stuck in plenty of places to. The freedom of Origins and Odyssey sets it above the Witcher 3 for me in terms of gameplay fun. Now that they have added RPG elements, and hopefully continue to develop them, the AC series is now right at the top of my favourite games to play.

Some of the side quest chains are fantastic. I was just about to head on from Athens when a side quest popped up on some island opening up a big chain of events. It is almost difficult to decide what to do next.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Oh, they have cancelled the live event. Not a great start

https://twitter.com/assassinscreed/status/1052652788243726338

At least it was an amusing announcement

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Well, I took the plunge and after it refusing to load from start up - apparently, MSI afterburner is the issue at launch but not when you load the game and then run it after that, so WTF - and after some tedious UPlay or whatever, the game is actually very, very fun. Like, REALLY fun. I have no idea how the map works which is annoying me because this is my first AC and I'm sure it is ingrained in not-new-to-series-players but I've got zero idea where to go and the indicators are awful.

Also took me a while to realise that the reason I can't jump is because I can go up vertically. This is SO much fun and unexpected. Oh, see thing in distance? Just climb all of those things and go there! So liberating.

Graphics are good, character (Kass) is great so far, lip-synch is meh, sense of scale is large. For anyone else on the cusp like I was earlier, dive in

No issue with Afterburner here.

The great thing is that the game gets better and better too

Plenty about the game isn't explained well. It isn't even an AC thing, the games have changed somewhat recently.