Assassin's Creed Odyssey

DeanT77 · 19 Jul 2019 at 19:08

This sounds like a game I could get into.

Question is, should I get the standard edition or gold edition - do you get any benefits from the start from having the season pass, is there anything I would miss out on by not buying it?

Standard is £24, £40 for gold edition.

From reading this thread the DLCs sound impressive!

Poneros · 20 Jul 2019 at 00:56

DeanT77 said:
This sounds like a game I could get into.

Question is, should I get the standard edition or gold edition - do you get any benefits from the start from having the season pass, is there anything I would miss out on by not buying it?

Standard is £24, £40 for gold edition.

From reading this thread the DLCs sound impressive!

You don't really miss much but it feels more organic to complete the dlcs as you go rather than stacking them all at the end. Can't go wrong either way. I got the gold edition from the start, based on the strength of Origins' dlc, and haven't regretted it. I don't buy games that often anymore (just end up in the backlog etc), especially not full price at release, but I did for this one & will happily do it again for the next one. Until Ubi inevitably f's it up, anyway.

DeanT77 · 20 Jul 2019 at 08:52

Poneros said:
You don't really miss much but it feels more organic to complete the dlcs as you go rather than stacking them all at the end. Can't go wrong either way. I got the gold edition from the start, based on the strength of Origins' dlc, and haven't regretted it. I don't buy games that often anymore (just end up in the backlog etc), especially not full price at release, but I did for this one & will happily do it again for the next one. Until Ubi inevitably f's it up, anyway.

My impatience and excitement got the better of me on this one, watched a youtube review and then purchased it about 15mins after asking the question here

Not started it yet, got a couple of things to do this morning so hoping to make a start on it in a few hours, it looks fantastic!

CaptainRAVE · 20 Jul 2019 at 09:17

Just started episode 1 of Atlantis dlc.

Poneros · 21 Jul 2019 at 20:36

Kudos to Ubisoft's artists. All 3 chapters are truly wonderful works of art. Finished the Underworld section now, still very impressed with the DLC. Let's see how it ends!

CaptainRAVE · 23 Jul 2019 at 12:53

Loving the Atlantis dlc. Now on episode 2. One of the best add ons I’ve played. Creatively stunning.

Poneros · 24 Jul 2019 at 00:04

ic1male · 24 Jul 2019 at 10:03

That's an interesting video. It shows just how much of the land is devoid of people. You don't really notice when you're playing.

Tombstone · 24 Jul 2019 at 11:34

ic1male said:
That's an interesting video. It shows just how much of the land is devoid of people. You don't really notice when you're playing.

I guess thats mainly because you are running from populated point to populated point. If you go off the beaten track you find the areas with no people, which I suppose makes sense really.

Poneros · 24 Jul 2019 at 12:07

Yeah, honestly, I never felt like the world was uninhabited, which is usually a common feeling I get with such games. I think they got the placement of everything just right. Reminds me of Witcher 3's '30 seconds rule', you never go too long without something happening.

robfosters · 24 Jul 2019 at 17:59

I don't know why, but my xbox Bluetooth pad is unusable with this game. It stutters and drops fps down to something ridiculous like 4fps. As soon as I plug it in via USB, it works fine. Very strange.

CaptainRAVE · 26 Jul 2019 at 18:21

Finally on episode 3 of Atlantis. Wow. Beautiful. They really went to town with these new world designs.

Tombstone said:
I guess thats mainly because you are running from populated point to populated point. If you go off the beaten track you find the areas with no people, which I suppose makes sense really.

Pretty much this. The world would have been sparse in those days. What I do miss from origins is that people were doing lots of activities which made the game feel really alive. They don’t do anything in odyssey.

bakes0310 · 30 Jul 2019 at 18:30

£34 for gold edition seems a good price should I go for it. Deals for this game don't happen much for this game.

Radox-0 · 30 Jul 2019 at 18:48

bakes0310 said:
£34 for gold edition seems a good price should I go for it. Deals for this game don't happen much for this game.

Yeah well worth it. Base game alone is massive. The 2 story arch's, in particular last story arch, fate of Atlantis you get with expansion pass is a massive set of worlds in thier own right.

I imagine if you like the game, well over 100 hours if not closer to 200 hours of content for most.

Tombstone · 30 Jul 2019 at 18:52

Definitely, I am on 217 hours played and am finally nearing the end of the 2nd DLC, having 100% everything up to this point. Game is enormous.

CaptainRAVE · 30 Jul 2019 at 20:23

bakes0310 said:
£34 for gold edition seems a good price should I go for it. Deals for this game don't happen much for this game.

Crazy amount of content. I’ve had to call it a day after completing the main stories including the dlc in order to move onto other games, but there was still loads left to do.

robfosters · 30 Jul 2019 at 20:31

This is the best AC I’ve ever played. I’m only up to the bit where you weaken the athenians to help Sparta. I reckon I’ve got hours left.

bakes0310 · 30 Jul 2019 at 20:38

Okay I'll get it payday tomorrow. I still need to make a start on origins. I don't have the dlc for that game but unlike oddyssey it's not that good apparently.

ic1male · 30 Jul 2019 at 20:44

bakes0310 said:
Okay I'll get it payday tomorrow. I still need to make a start on origins. I don't have the dlc for that game but unlike oddyssey it's not that good apparently.

The Curse of the Pharaohs is an excellent DLC. That's one you should definitely not miss out on for Origins.

CaptainRAVE · 30 Jul 2019 at 21:31

ic1male said:
The Curse of the Pharaohs is an excellent DLC. That's one you should definitely not miss out on for Origins.

Seconded.