@@Solafar_VB also Rome 2 represents quite well the most important cities at the time like Rome, Athens, Ctesiophon etc and even in Attila I like how detailed Constantinople is. Also Rome 1 was truly special. The thing is that I kind of regret buying Rome 2, even though it looks good and after all the patches it's playable I get bored very fast and even the DEI mod that everyone seems to recommend doesn't help me to get rid of the amount of boredom that Rome 2 gives me. That's why from the series I play a lot of Rome 1, Med 2 and Attila and even Shogun 2 and Warhammer from time to time. I feel that after all these patches Rome 2 missed the mark the most when it comes to the Greek factions because they all feel the same.
I do not agree. I have played most of Total War games and I didn't find the exact representation that Odyssey does. Consider of hundreds of exact representations of buildings and historical locations of Athens, Mycenae, Knossos, Phaistos, Olympia, etc, that Odyssey did. Odyssey made en epic representation for the first time in gaming history. As a Greek, I thank the creators and I wish, some time later , they will return with more historical locations of Ancient Greece. Odyssey, did not mention them all. Only a 10% or less.
Discovery mode wasn't available yet when the game was released, that's why they haven't mentioned it. And you really need to watch OSP's video about Alkibiades. It's really great and funny. :D Renaissance Florence is Blue's favourite historical city, iirc, that's why the Duomo is in the background. He really likes AC2 as well. Has interesting streams on the channel about AC2, and Renaissance italian history.
The only game I know of that really dives into realism, like, no magic abilites, no starting off with a heroic past and really hitting home with the reality is Kingdom Come Deliverance. It's set in early 15th century Bohemia. It does have a more 'special' plot line if you play long enough but nothing so unrealistic that it diverges from it's goal. It's certainly not a game for everyone but Im personally a huge fan and I think Warhorse Studios has made great strides in improving their game. I hope Mr. Terry also reacts to it if he wants to!
Love seeing more OSP content on your channel and the input. You could continue OSP Blue's History of India series, now that it's finished. Also, you could check out their History Makers series about people who actually wrote works of historical importance such as Anna Komnena's Alexiad.
My jaw was dropping the entire time I was playing this game, and when I saw Athens through Ikaros, It literally brought me to tears. What ever flaws this game has, it is honestly one of the most beautiful I have ever played.
It's sad that greek schools teach you none of that. They drop a book (a very bad book), make you memorise it for exams. Then you get a grade and move one nothing more. Way less
So Kassandra was fully confirmed as the Canon character by ubisoft the even made a funny video of the voice actors of the characters as a joke and little stab at the argument that they had kassandras voice actors shirt say Canon and alexios saying non Canon
I see a lot of people wishing having you as their teacher (I would also but finished 10 years ago) my wish is that there will be more teachers like you with this attitude I saw plenty of your vids and really respect your effort great personality! Keep it up Greetings from Greece
you should review age of empires 2 especially now that its remaster got released. that game is the reason why i got into history so much. it would be amazing if you could review it
I'm American married to a greek. Currently living in athens. This game did an amazing job. The creators did an amazomg.job bringing eveything to life. Being to all the places amd museums. Its amazing af. My wife is amazed to see her homeland regenerated back into historical time Shes blown away
my favorite tiny detail that threw me off were the herms. Having only learned of them from Red, walking around the village and coming across busts of a striking man with a beard threw me off, and then I remembered their video on Hermes. I was so excited on that first tiny detail. Only thing missing is... well... Then I find a side quest that takes me to a island with a rotting castle on it. As someone dead-set on one day traveling through Greece and Italy taking in ruins like it, I was ready for some fun. First thing I realize when I step on the island? The name. ODYSESSEUS I couldn't stop grinning like a little kid as I stormed his castle, killing all those who dared to disrespect my favorite Greek hero in such a way. Haven't had the chance to play more of it, but it sticks with me always.
I think maybe they could have made the army/navy split more prevalent in the form of difficulty. Have it so land battles as Sparta are basically on easy mode with less enemies or at least weaker ones. Same thing for Athens and naval battles. This, of course, means that if you want that total victory, you'd need to overcome the odds as Sparta at sea or as Athens on land. Maybe have some sidequests about gaining some early Persian allies as Sparta, or adding in some other kind of "Not 100% historical, but not outlandish enough we can handwave it" option for Athens and an army.
You could watch Invicta channels video on "Misunderstood Moments in History - Why the Persians Failed to Conquer Greece". It is nearly 30 min long so might not be reaction, but it does give nice information of start of war, troops, politics and what happened after.
The Phalanx could have been a special encounter boss, like a multistage battle. Weak points, get your weapon stabs between brief openings of the shields.
To be fair, while it's not reflected in the gameplay, it's at least acknowledged in dialogue that Spartans are not comfortable with naval warfare and that Athens really hold the advantage att sea. Eagle bearer got to give the Spartans a pep talk on it.
Yeah, OSP has two main presenters. Blue and Red. Blue does all the history stuff, while Red does all the literature and mythology, which of course also delves into history, but not quite as specifically.
In terms of dialogue and facial animation Kassandra is a league above Alexios who surely looks like a hasty, late game decision add-on. He's OK as Deimos but not as main character.
When I see 'ruins' in a game already set in ancient times, I have to stop and remember they were as far removed from the cultures whom created these structures as we are now from the game setting. The snowball effect of change is hard to comprehend sometimes given the present state of the world, and one would think it has to settle down from the breakneck pace we find ourselves in.
Very cool game but: Athens population in 330 BC (census of Demetrius) was 695,000 inhabitants. Paris population in 1790 AD was 750,000 inhabitants. Athens in Odyssey feels as empty as New York did in AC3 (1775 AD) population 25,000. Not like Paris did in AC: Unity. Athens was WAY too empty in Odyssey. As in incorrectly empty.
The name Alexios and Barnabas are the most historically inaccurate character names ANYWHERE. Alexios which comes from Alexandros was used in the byzantine era. Barnabas, a Jewish guy who became christian saint.
I personally found exploring the world in Origins more intriguing and fun than I did in Odyssey. I liked them both, but maybe I'm just more interested in Egypt as it's less represented in western media. I also thought Origins had a better player character, but that's not really relevant. The portrayals of historical characters in Odyssey were definitely more developed and compelling. Socrates was my personal favorite. In Origins, Caesar was little more than a caricature of the real man, and I thought they were too generous to Cleopatra. Overly Sarcastic LOVES Cleopatra though. (In the pursuit of her own ambitions she lost Egypt's independence for a millennium! I don't get the fascination.)
Love the videos, keep up the good work! I recommend checking the Voices of the Past channel if you haven't already. They do short readings of primary sources and some are very interesting.
I love odyssey but if you want a more realistic game, look for kingdom come deliverance. It's setting is in bohemia in early 15th century. It's definitly more grounded experience, you have to complete everyday tasks in the game like eating and sleeping, sharpening your blade and much much more. Available on ps4 as well since i know you prefer that, same as me :) It's gameplay might not be as good as odyssey but it's enjoyable and i really recommend it for your gaming channel.
Origins and Odyssey look great to play, but they don't feel like AC. I like the stealth elements of previous AC games. Still gonna play these as I love their historical settings.
Odyssey is the vest gamo i have ever played. I loved every single second of it to the point where i forgot to eat a couple of times! And i was cutting😂
Complaining about relying on the fictional story in the background is kinda stupid though, the fiction (Abstergo vs Assasins, Hidden Ones vs Ancients) is what started the whole franchise. The world itself is fictional trying to get across that this cult order has been puppeteering things since the dawn of the feud. We're supposed to live in a world where they were moving all the pieces in history over the actual collective doing that to us now. This game isn't reying to teach us real history, its supposed to get us interested in history enough to go look that shit up ourselves. Hence why so many AC players also happen to love or have developed a love for REAL history through it.
Ubisoft should sponsor this video, i would never have considered buying this game the last coupple of AC titles really drove me away, no its on my wishlist pretty much only because of this video.
Mr terry, odessey main story was very mediocre, gameplay and Setting were 10/10 while ship combat was literal trash. They should have had the Atlantis dlc as the main game
biggest historical inaccuracy was how 70% of the overworld population is brown to very brown when greek people are whiter than snow. Its one thing to add random diversity but ffs based on the race of the over all populace it felt like we were playing AC origins back in egypt again.
Only in the English versions do you have the characters talk in an accent. I play in French and Ezio doesn't speak with an italien accent. I find it so dumb when an Italian is speaking to another Italian surrounded by Italians and he speaks English with an Italian accent. No accents, please.
Probably the closest gaming franchise in representing historical places to a large scale is the Total War series
Man I love this series so much, hell even Odyssey although I think it's okay in terms of lore as a game itself it's great
Rome 1 total war did a very good job in my opinion portraying ancient Greece
@@Solafar_VB also Rome 2 represents quite well the most important cities at the time like Rome, Athens, Ctesiophon etc and even in Attila I like how detailed Constantinople is. Also Rome 1 was truly special. The thing is that I kind of regret buying Rome 2, even though it looks good and after all the patches it's playable I get bored very fast and even the DEI mod that everyone seems to recommend doesn't help me to get rid of the amount of boredom that Rome 2 gives me. That's why from the series I play a lot of Rome 1, Med 2 and Attila and even Shogun 2 and Warhammer from time to time. I feel that after all these patches Rome 2 missed the mark the most when it comes to the Greek factions because they all feel the same.
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I do not agree. I have played most of Total War games and I didn't find the exact representation that Odyssey does.
Consider of hundreds of exact representations of buildings and historical locations of Athens, Mycenae, Knossos, Phaistos, Olympia, etc, that Odyssey did.
Odyssey made en epic representation for the first time in gaming history.
As a Greek, I thank the creators and I wish, some time later , they will return with more historical locations of Ancient Greece.
Odyssey, did not mention them all. Only a 10% or less.
Terry I really wish I had a teacher like you
you are the best
A teacher with the guts to bring a ps4 to school would be awesome
Discovery mode wasn't available yet when the game was released, that's why they haven't mentioned it. And you really need to watch OSP's video about Alkibiades. It's really great and funny. :D
Renaissance Florence is Blue's favourite historical city, iirc, that's why the Duomo is in the background. He really likes AC2 as well. Has interesting streams on the channel about AC2, and Renaissance italian history.
8:50 don't get Blue started on the Duomo in Florence. He does not love it, he adores it.
The only game I know of that really dives into realism, like, no magic abilites, no starting off with a heroic past and really hitting home with the reality is Kingdom Come Deliverance. It's set in early 15th century Bohemia. It does have a more 'special' plot line if you play long enough but nothing so unrealistic that it diverges from it's goal. It's certainly not a game for everyone but Im personally a huge fan and I think Warhorse Studios has made great strides in improving their game. I hope Mr. Terry also reacts to it if he wants to!
Thought I'd pop a note in here. OSP just came out with another Assassin's Creed Realism Review, this time for Valhalla, and oh boy. Blue is BIG mad.
Love seeing more OSP content on your channel and the input.
You could continue OSP Blue's History of India series, now that it's finished.
Also, you could check out their History Makers series about people who actually wrote works of historical importance such as Anna Komnena's Alexiad.
Actually if you look at Google Maps Athens really does take up that much area in the region.
today yes with the addition of the suburbs but back then?
Keflonia island as well
My jaw was dropping the entire time I was playing this game, and when I saw Athens through Ikaros, It literally brought me to tears. What ever flaws this game has, it is honestly one of the most beautiful I have ever played.
The map felt empty to me and the world didn’t feel alive. But that’s just me.
@@theguywhoasked5591 you gonna reply your ''opinion'' on every comment in this video ?
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The Duomo is Blues favorite building too. He gushes over it in many videos
You should watch his pope fight series!
It's sad that greek schools teach you none of that.
They drop a book (a very bad book), make you memorise it for exams. Then you get a grade and move one nothing more. Way less
OSP and my favorite history channel?! Collab soon pls
So Kassandra was fully confirmed as the Canon character by ubisoft the even made a funny video of the voice actors of the characters as a joke and little stab at the argument that they had kassandras voice actors shirt say Canon and alexios saying non Canon
Could you maybe watch some videos from the channel History Buffs, where he analizes historical movies. It's really awsome.
Yeah, that would be so much fun! And he had reviews about a lot of different periods in history, so there is enough to choose.
Hell yes to this. Love my boy Nick Hodges
I see a lot of people wishing having you as their teacher (I would also but finished 10 years ago) my wish is that there will be more teachers like you with this attitude I saw plenty of your vids and really respect your effort great personality!
Keep it up
Greetings from Greece
Last time when I was that early Rome was a swamp
Very early
It’s funny because kassandra/alexios mentions how Spartans can’t build proper ships once u reach megaris.
you should review age of empires 2 especially now that its remaster got released. that game is the reason why i got into history so much. it would be amazing if you could review it
I'm American married to a greek. Currently living in athens. This game did an amazing job. The creators did an amazomg.job bringing eveything to life. Being to all the places amd museums. Its amazing af. My wife is amazed to see her homeland regenerated back into historical time
Shes blown away
my favorite tiny detail that threw me off were the herms. Having only learned of them from Red, walking around the village and coming across busts of a striking man with a beard threw me off, and then I remembered their video on Hermes. I was so excited on that first tiny detail. Only thing missing is... well...
Then I find a side quest that takes me to a island with a rotting castle on it. As someone dead-set on one day traveling through Greece and Italy taking in ruins like it, I was ready for some fun. First thing I realize when I step on the island? The name. ODYSESSEUS
I couldn't stop grinning like a little kid as I stormed his castle, killing all those who dared to disrespect my favorite Greek hero in such a way. Haven't had the chance to play more of it, but it sticks with me always.
Where is ww1 epic history?
You and Blue both love the duomo! you should react to the Florence video
I think maybe they could have made the army/navy split more prevalent in the form of difficulty. Have it so land battles as Sparta are basically on easy mode with less enemies or at least weaker ones. Same thing for Athens and naval battles. This, of course, means that if you want that total victory, you'd need to overcome the odds as Sparta at sea or as Athens on land. Maybe have some sidequests about gaining some early Persian allies as Sparta, or adding in some other kind of "Not 100% historical, but not outlandish enough we can handwave it" option for Athens and an army.
You could watch Invicta channels video on "Misunderstood Moments in History - Why the Persians Failed to Conquer Greece". It is nearly 30 min long so might not be reaction, but it does give nice information of start of war, troops, politics and what happened after.
Call of duty zombie’s ancient evil map is set in a fairly accurate reconstruction of Delphi so theres that ?
The Best AC RPG series I played. I love the setting and the geography of the game.
The Phalanx could have been a special encounter boss, like a multistage battle. Weak points, get your weapon stabs between brief openings of the shields.
To be fair, while it's not reflected in the gameplay, it's at least acknowledged in dialogue that Spartans are not comfortable with naval warfare and that Athens really hold the advantage att sea. Eagle bearer got to give the Spartans a pep talk on it.
As of October 14th, assassin's creed odyssey is on sale for $15 dollars on the ps4 if anyone who sees this is interested
Yeah, OSP has two main presenters. Blue and Red. Blue does all the history stuff, while Red does all the literature and mythology, which of course also delves into history, but not quite as specifically.
You share something with Blue, then, because boy is OBSESSED with the Duomo.
In terms of dialogue and facial animation Kassandra is a league above Alexios who surely looks like a hasty, late game decision add-on. He's OK as Deimos but not as main character.
Assassin's Creed should go back to being stealthy
I'm an Alexios player. Why? Because Kassandra looks silly partaking in the Pankration.
Crete and the Minotaur monuments all over Messara was cool af. Since that's where the Minoans originate. Allegedly.
7:23 what do u mean Mycenaeans inspired Greek people.Mycenaeans were Greeks they were from Crete
You should react to The Ottoman Empire but it's Sr Pelo references by Kaliningrad General.
Read Pausanias while walking around Delphi... everything is almost entirely accurate (though a lot smaller in scope).
When I see 'ruins' in a game already set in ancient times, I have to stop and remember they were as far removed from the cultures whom created these structures as we are now from the game setting. The snowball effect of change is hard to comprehend sometimes given the present state of the world, and one would think it has to settle down from the breakneck pace we find ourselves in.
the map..... yeah takes ages to go anywhere heh but still fun if u love ancient greece or any historical time period or place
Ah, AC Odyssey, one of my favorite games this generation. I hope AC Vallhala is just as good.
I hope, I'm glad they're bringing back the Hidden Blade.
Valhalla worst AC
Odyssey in my opinion was a horrible game. The worst in the AC franchise. If you enjoyed it that’s good but I thought the game was down right awful.
I just missed the Colossus of Rhodes....Was Rhodes in the game?
No it wasn't unfortunately
Hey have you played Kingdom Come Deliverance? Its one of my favourite historical games ever. I recommend it.
A gaming History Teacher, that loves Assassins Creed……couldn’t see that coming. Lol Jkjk, it fits, AC is so good at doing their research.
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Very cool game but:
Athens population in 330 BC (census of Demetrius) was 695,000 inhabitants.
Paris population in 1790 AD was 750,000 inhabitants.
Athens in Odyssey feels as empty as New York did in AC3 (1775 AD) population 25,000. Not like Paris did in AC: Unity.
Athens was WAY too empty in Odyssey. As in incorrectly empty.
The name Alexios and Barnabas are the most historically inaccurate character names ANYWHERE. Alexios which comes from Alexandros was used in the byzantine era. Barnabas, a Jewish guy who became christian saint.
I personally found exploring the world in Origins more intriguing and fun than I did in Odyssey. I liked them both, but maybe I'm just more interested in Egypt as it's less represented in western media. I also thought Origins had a better player character, but that's not really relevant. The portrayals of historical characters in Odyssey were definitely more developed and compelling. Socrates was my personal favorite. In Origins, Caesar was little more than a caricature of the real man, and I thought they were too generous to Cleopatra. Overly Sarcastic LOVES Cleopatra though. (In the pursuit of her own ambitions she lost Egypt's independence for a millennium! I don't get the fascination.)
No shield????
Finally a good teacher i thought they all had died out
Love the videos, keep up the good work! I recommend checking the Voices of the Past channel if you haven't already. They do short readings of primary sources and some are very interesting.
I love odyssey but if you want a more realistic game, look for kingdom come deliverance. It's setting is in bohemia in early 15th century.
It's definitly more grounded experience, you have to complete everyday tasks in the game like eating and sleeping, sharpening your blade and much much more.
Available on ps4 as well since i know you prefer that, same as me :)
It's gameplay might not be as good as odyssey but it's enjoyable and i really recommend it for your gaming channel.
You should do all countries portrayed by minecraft by portrayed by nothing
Origins and Odyssey look great to play, but they don't feel like AC. I like the stealth elements of previous AC games. Still gonna play these as I love their historical settings.
Odyssey is the vest gamo i have ever played. I loved every single second of it to the point where i forgot to eat a couple of times! And i was cutting😂
You should react to the ottoman empire but its sr.pelo reference s by kaliningrad general
Why my history teacher is not like this
the spartan navy was better at the end of the war where they also won a lot of the battles on sea
Nice aztec shirt
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has video on the Minoan Civilization, you should watch it.
You should react to Ryse son of Rome!!!
Socrates was based on his busts. Hippocrates was balding and conscious about it as described by historians.
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Pleeeeeeeeeese react to hamilton it about the revolutionary war.
The one character the game did dirty in my opinion is Alcibiades he was nowhere near good looking or strategic, scheming and chaotic enough.
Complaining about relying on the fictional story in the background is kinda stupid though, the fiction (Abstergo vs Assasins, Hidden Ones vs Ancients) is what started the whole franchise. The world itself is fictional trying to get across that this cult order has been puppeteering things since the dawn of the feud. We're supposed to live in a world where they were moving all the pieces in history over the actual collective doing that to us now. This game isn't reying to teach us real history, its supposed to get us interested in history enough to go look that shit up ourselves. Hence why so many AC players also happen to love or have developed a love for REAL history through it.
Ubisoft should sponsor this video, i would never have considered buying this game the last coupple of AC titles really drove me away, no its on my wishlist pretty much only because of this video.
You really should get it. Definitely one of my favorite games. I personally liked it even more than the witcher 3.
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Mr terry, odessey main story was very mediocre, gameplay and Setting were 10/10 while ship combat was literal trash. They should have had the Atlantis dlc as the main game
You should react to this ww2 video.
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Why even stop at people talking in a Greek accent? Just make everyone speak the Greek language.
The most accurate thing is how Alcibiades acts
I like the idea of Odyssey but its not a Assassin's Creed.
Same with Valhalla
It's a fucking game...with minotaurs and shit...
and Alkibiades...sigh. It was fun but 3rd time through he is so annoying. Luckily i have Dying light 2 what has nothing to do with history..
It’s a good game but not a good assassins creed game
biggest historical inaccuracy was how 70% of the overworld population is brown to very brown when greek people are whiter than snow. Its one thing to add random diversity but ffs based on the race of the over all populace it felt like we were playing AC origins back in egypt again.
lol complaining about french ppl magically speaking English and not having a french accent.
Only in the English versions do you have the characters talk in an accent. I play in French and Ezio doesn't speak with an italien accent. I find it so dumb when an Italian is speaking to another Italian surrounded by Italians and he speaks English with an Italian accent. No accents, please.
@@Oxmustube That was my point lol.
1ProAssassin I know. But it has been my pet peeve for a long time so I had to vent. I know you understand.