A Painful(ly Bad) Goodbye To Assassins Creed: Odyssey - Luke Stephens
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ธ.ค. 2019
- We're going to go through the two major DLC expansions: Legacy of the First Blade and Fate of Atlantis. This video started as a full blown critique of both DLC’s but after a plethora of technical issues, hard drives failing, footage being corrupted, I’m left with a couple of options: I can critique the DLC’s together and look at them broadly to come to a conclusion using the footage and resources I have; OR I can start over and play through the 30 or so hours of DLC again to recapture all of the footage for a critique of DLC for a game that is over a year old… SO, I decided to go with the former.
We’re going to be looking at both DLC’s and breaking apart broadly what works what doesn’t. The cool things they did, and the choices they made that were nonsensical.
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Legacy of the First Blade - 14:18
Taking Things Seriously - 23:20
Fate of Atlantis - 30:29
Ikaros' Fatal Flaw - 35:51
The thing I hate... - 38:16
Tech Issues - 41:18
Hades - 44:50
Atlantis - 48:16
Conclusions - 54:23
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Luke Stephens Happy to help Luke! Keep up the great work! 👍
Luke Stephens legacy of the first blade was a huge missed opportunity. I think it should have been a Persia expansion where we play as Darius, see him form his organisation to take down the order, see him forge the hidden blade, see him kill Xerxes then see him try to run from his past alone (without his daughter in my idea she died in Persia with everyone else in Darius family) Then he meets the eagle bearer and Darius and the eagle bearer destroy the order in Greece. End of story.
Was thinking of getting it...now i think I’ll just stick with Witcher 3
I think Ubisoft shouldn't done choices and consequences at all. And done one character and established story.
but isnt it interesting to see what your choices do and impact the people around you? it makes the story much more memorable and personal, because you helped make what the resolution was, i love multiple endings to unlock
@@Metal22 the choices don't matter because the end result is similar, it's the illusion of choice, Witcher 3 does choices very well and makes the side content blend into the main story line and it's very fleshed out.
Odyssey can't decide what it wants to be and its broken canon/lore to the point where it made Origins irrelevant.
Helvete Ulver 😆 thats so true! i can hardly remember origins, sometimes i get bored of how similar the story feels at some parts, even tho i thought the choices i made would be much more drastic, so i definitely get what you’re saying
I think that the consequences could have worked, though not the main game. It would fit much better in a modern day assassins creed, rather than it being in the main story. Let that be the main fun, but there are consequences, such as story missing that won’t be received if you chose the wrong branch, or something like that. All in all, it might have worked, but the facts are here and this is our reality and game that we have
There arent any big impacts on the game, mainly who lives and dies. Which doesn’t matter much
Merry Christmas Luke and Khaleesi 🤙🏼🎄
i like most of the gameplay changes. but the soul of what AC was, was lost somewhere along the way.
How would you describe what AC's soul was?
James Dixon well it wasn’t assassins creed at all
@@joshpasco6083 How would you describe what Assassin's Creed is at its core?
@@600BlackIce Three words: The Desmond Saga
@@paulmayson3129 The series did have a clearer idea of where it was going during that saga. While I didn't care for Desmond or the First Civilization, the narrative did seem more cohesive. My biggest gripe with the games prior to AC Odyssey and Origins was the combat system, especially open combat. In my opinion, open combat grew stale but the stealth didn't disappoint me. Now, it seemed as if it's the opposite. I enjoy the latest entries' combat but the stealth is lackluster.
"we should all want these companies to redeem themselves"
FACTS! I want good games not something to make fun of.
Great breakdown Luke! Exactly how I felt. The idea behind Fate of Atlantis was extremely interesting and the design of the different worlds was beautiful and refreshing... but the loop of finding difficult enemies to take armour from and breaking Torches of Hypnos was mind-numbing, let alone how it felt like a completely different IP starring the main character from Odyssey.😑
Happy New Year to you! Looking forward to 2020.
The way you view the odyssey DLCs are how I viewed the entire game.
Ac needs to make a complete engrossing game such as red dead
Back to the original AC and AC 2. I remember how awesome it was traveling between the big cities such as Jerusalem and Antioch and how different they were. AC Origins comes close, but AC Odyssey fails completely to immerse me with the numerous cities that all feel the same, only Athens feels slightly unique.
Explicitghost and Sparta
Rdr2 gameplay is ass. Cbf downloading any additional content for that.
abubakar ugradar yeah no thanks, that game is a bore fest
roland ngom
You must be a child.
I have played almost 150 hours, and finally called it quits upon entering the Hades section. Kind of fitting I ended up in HELL and I actually felt fine with that. That three-headed hound was just a straw that broke the camel's back. And that Elysium section was such a major grind that I lost my interest completing the game. In the end, I still rate it as one of my favourite AC games though as I loved the Greece setting so much.
The Hades bit was the best thing Ubi ever did. Good writing and Hades himself was awesome.
I'm 60 hours into my 2nd playthrough, my first was 70 hours. Still haven't beat it and am committed cause I already put in so much time lol. I love greece
@@michaelforsythe4335 I agree. The Hades DLC is one of the best, most interesting story arcs, it even connects to the main game, and the world design is phenomenal. Give it a try, I also thought: "Ok I'ma quit here after the Prologue".
Legacy of the First Blade has some pretty horrid storytelling and characters. Natakas is just about the worst love interest I've ever seen in a game. Then the Fate of Atlantis looks great, but is super repetitive and boring overall with nearly no real storytelling to begin with. I was really hoping that Ubisoft would continue the trend of borrowing from the Witcher 3 by making some great quality expansions, but nope.
@Avinash Fernandez that's not necessarily true. There were often higher consequences for fucking around but that's not why people are upset.
Every AC game to Revelations, I was on the edge of my seat, could not wait to see what happened next, loved every freaking second. Every game after AC 3 has been a disappointment. Wtf were they thinking. I can enjoy them as standalone Ubisoft games, but as far as I’m concerned Assassins Creed died with Desmond and Ezio.
Totally agree. In hindsight, I was obsessed with the AC series. I used to go on forums every day after AC2 to see speculations, theories and hidden easter eggs that I didn't know existed. Each game ended with such amazing cliffhangers and twists and then AC3 came out, my most anticipated game probably of all time (besides maybe GTA V) and it ended on such a whimper and then every game after that pretended that the modern day plot wasn't important because they only listened to casual fans, and now it's a generic open world RPG with no semblance of originality. There was hope of something special with Odyssey but AC Odyssey imo is just a bad game. AC4, in terms of inside animus story and gameplay, was fantastic though.
gamertaboo Origins was fine
@@apetitan2936 Yeah but Odyssey somehow took that game and just made it somehow less interesting and nonsensical with plot holes.
@@dtanobo Those were the days.
@@apetitan2936 Debatable. Egypt was a great setting, and the combat is fun now. But these aren't Assassin's Creed games to me anymore. They're like "big Ubisoft RPG in ancient times" games now.
Still such an underrated channel, it's baffling. Keep up the amazing work! 👍👍
Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday’s to Luke, and everyone else reading this comment.
As someone who LOVED Origins and its DLCs, I got the gold edition for Odyssey, after beating it I didn't even want to play the DLCs, still haven't beaten them and I don't care to do so.
Complex Matt me either. By the time the DLC came out I felt so burnt out with the game.
@@alextownley9388 The 3 separate "endings" with Family, Cult, and the Mystical all being just kinda eh. I wish they all came together for one cohesive ending would've made it better
Absolutely the same. I loved origins and would still play more if there was new content. But in odyssey I got bored way quicker and didn't even want to play the DLC. In the end I did play them but didn't enjoy them at all. Had way more fun with the assassin's creed 3 remaster that came with the season pass.
My regret is that I didn't get the collectors edition with all the extra stuff. I really enjoyed it. For the record, Black Flag was the 1st one I played and Odyssey was the 2nd A.C. Game I played. The origins 3rd. So I came in with no pre conceived notions about "How I think an A.C. Game should be."
@@cmortonwvuAs a long time fan this game was just mediocre, I thought the story could've been so good and it just kinda sucked
I don't care for the new direction the franchise took. Instead of fixing the original formula and innovating there, they threw the baby out with the bathwater and basically made a whole new type of game with the AC logo slapped on it.
That's *exactly* my problem with it. The AC franchise used to be so original in both its story, gameplay and setting. Now it's a bad Witcher 3 game.
@@dtanobo The Witcher 3 is not the only open world RPG in history lol
@@gotworc Yeah I know that mate but AC Odyssey is very clearly trying to imitate the Witcher 3's success by copying it along with many other games.
Fart Tony how was assassins creed original in its combat/gameplay all the games had the same mechanics the only time it felt new or different to me was black flag with the ship combat
Abraham Otto it’s original because it was the first series with that style of gameplay, especially in an open world. Just because the sequels repeated it doesn’t make it unoriginal. It sure as hell is more original than whatever that trash Odyssey is. Are we going to call Batman Arkham Knight unoriginal for using that style of combat when the Arkham games are what revolutionised it?
As to the XP boost, my first Playthru( on hard with no boosts of any kind) I was a semi completionist and basically found every area in every region did every synchronization point, and cleared all the forts. I didn’t believe people who said that the game walled you off behind a level
I decided to try for s**ts and giggles, played on normal and basically just did the main storyline, did a few side quests here and there but really just focused on the storyline. By the time I got to Athens, at level 14, I had already hit the level wall, I could not kill the snake poisoner at level 17. My odyssey was over 😂
I'm surprised about your crashing issues Luke. I played on PC (with controller) and my experience was super stable. Perhaps it had to do with you capturing so much footage. Loved this game and never really felt like I needed an XP boost so I was constantly scratching my head at why they were even in the game. I thought the DLC had some really interesting story ideas, but the grind (especially in Fates of Atlantis chapter 1) was tedious.
I wish they would make an Assassins' Creed 1 remaster for the PS4. Altair was one of the best Assassins; in fact, he was the first Assassin we meet. How can they make remasters of everyone else but him?
Because he's Jewish.
Why PS4 and not PS5, Xbox and PC?
I think the killing-innocent-people thing in Odyssey still makes sense because the Creed hasn't been established until AC Origins
Khoa Vo it day Andy make sense because your in an animus and in EVERY other game doing things in the animus that’s that ancestor didn’t do results in desyncrenization
@@theiconicprodigy1736 You aren't doing things the ancestor didnt do because the creed wasn't been established so they might have been doing whatever you are doing even killing civilians
@@martanaraveloni1987 You got it
It was so stupid. If alexios and kassandra did not have assigned moral values which they do then its fine but regardless of decision making and even in opposition to you own decisions they can be so angered by others committing the same crimes. However you choose to play, they remain inconsistent throughout. I don't think killing innocent people is bad or wrong but it was executed horribly.
A bit late to this but Ive always taken what YOU do as Kassandra/Alexios is technically canon. So everything you do while playing them is something THEY did. It helps me cope with the rest of odyssey.
Ubisoft is making me get sick of Ezio's Family. They keep using the theme and do nothing special with it. Odyssey's version is the blandest it's ever been. I feel my brain turning to mush as I hear it droning on in the background of your video(not your fault). Given how iconic it is, that should never be the case.
good shit my guy, love these videos ❤
...but does whether Kassandra has a bloodline passed down even matter to our ability to access her memories? We're just plopping her own blood into the Animus at the story's start, there was no bloodline genetic memory involved.
Bought the Season Pass a few months back. Highly enjoying Fate of Atlantis! I completely agree with your assessment! Was looking forward to you Critique on these DLC's. Keep up the great content Luke... Been a Sub since you were Lukiepoo
ohh a new video...Merry Christmas to you too buddy!
never thought i’d be so interested in 2+ hour long analysis videos😂 watching deep dive videos on games i’ve NEVER played and don’t plan on playing... guess i’ll subscribe
Every new assassins creed shows how they really just want to make a witcher game lmaoo.
More fantasy where ever possible.
Only one Witcher game is like Odyssey and that's The Witcher 3
What’s wrong with that? who doesn’t like fantasy.
Captain Royale Moe I mean, I do. But that’s not really what the foundation of assassins creed was built on.
It was more science fiction than fantasy but each iteration strays further from that imo
@@thats4thebirds this 1 AC game was the only one to stray into fantasty.
ArsenicSteel00 and it shouldn’t
Hey luke just thought I'd point out that it's pretty cool how Darius is the brother of the blind Persian guy in the prince of Persia quest line where he makes you go to famous monuments and describe them. He makes Darius out to be monster who is trying to assassinate him - when in fact he just becomes a chill grandpa
I started to play Origins again this holiday, and I realised just how much better that is over the copy/paste world of Odyssey. The amount of real love, care and attention poured into Origins really shows, the developers put their heart and soul into that, not so Odyssey. It is soul less by comparison.
Every character feels real, the story has weight and Bayek is likeable.
Odyssey is by no means a copy paste world, each city state has it's own culture and city specific quests, looks wise they're also different. The devs spent years creating a fully realistic ancient Greece, to call it soulless is honestly insulting.
@@majeedmamah7457 the world is great, i like egypt more, but storyline is fuking horrible
Majeed Mamah well, the devs must have been high. Because there’s only a few places in the game that aren’t copy and pasted. Walking through Athens is painful. There’s no city sounds. The characters don’t talk. It’s just really quiet. Origins does this so much better. Odyssey’s world is lifeless. Very lifeless
@@SHDEMUSIC odyssey isn't as good as origins but people tend to overstate it's flaws.
I thought Odyssey timeline came before the creation of the assassin’s creed.
Am I wrong?
If that’s the case then they have a blink slate to do whatever they like. meaning if they want you to kill everybody,you can.
Even civilians/citizens for example.
Because there’s no Creed to go by.
the assassins blade wasn’t even created yet.
They don’t even say the word assassins nearly enough in AC Odyssey, compared to the games that go’s by the Creed.
Anyway I appreciate your hard work and merry Christmas.
You're right. Origins was about the creation of the Brotherhood and Odyssey was focused on the First Civilization. I believe Ubisoft clarified this when Odyssey was announced. However, I believe Ubisoft might have misunderstood the fans' level of interest in the First Civilization. For example, Origins introduced players to people closely associated with the First Civilization through the Pharoahs DLC. While it was different, many fans seemed upset with the supernatural aspect of the content. Personally, I didn't take the Pharoahs or Atlantis DLC seriously because I viewed them as just fun detours from their respective campaigns.
@@Knock0ut11 Cult of Cosmos is the precursor to Templars, and Order of Ancients are the proto-assassins. There is a lot I enjoyed about Odyssey, but I must say that's because living in ancient greece was a childhood dream. not only did I get to walk the streets of Athens, Korinth and Sparta - but gardens of Elysium, Hades and Atlantis. There are some glaring problem with this game but for a nerd like me - I have no regrets purchasing the costliest pack (especially with the DLC and AC3 being included)
Pradyumn Pathak no the cult and the order are proto Templars the hidden ones are proto assassins
@@theiconicprodigy1736 ok didnt realise retards were a real thing
This loop of Ezio's Family is driving me INSANE.
Can't wait for Shadow of war if you're still doing it. Merry Christmas everyone as well!
What a nice Christmas gift! Really love your critics and I love AC (especially Origins and Odyssey)
Avinash Fernandez Odyssey ruined my whole assassins creed experience. But if you liked it that’s fine :)
U know a game has died when u don’t feel like playing the dlc
Not necessarily, I never really care to play dlc because after so many hours invested in a game I’d rather play a different one. Unless it’s an amazing story and game like Witcher 3 or the last of us, only ones I remember to have purchased
MeTiroAtuTia if the game fails to keep u invested enough to care about future content, regardless of how much time you’ve spent playing, then there’s an issue with the game, not the player. Trust me, as a Destiny player, I know what it’s like to sink thousands of hours into the same game and still be begging for more content.
I never felt like playing the spiderman dlc but I'm hyped af for the 2nd one
Eesh Jaggi then that pretty much means there is an issue for every game I mean what game can you play for eternity and not get bored
Meliodas Minecraft
Oh, about that item you talked about at around 40:00, you are actually meant to progress through the connected mountains, it took me a while too but if you go where you can go, it will eventually lead you to the item and open the space, dont remember specifics but you gotta slide from somewhere and shoot something, its not exactly great but you definitely do not have to climb the mountain.
Merry Christmas Luke!
I'm hyped for the Death Stranding critique. I hoped he releases it soon.
the thing is though with the choice of it being a choice of it being just to make a baby or as a genuine romance is that its still not a choice its one dialogue option and even if u pick it, the dlc still continues on like its a romance, normally im not a person who minds romance in games of any type but the fact that the romance is kinda cringy and they force you into the choice and give you the illusion of having a choice whether it happens or not or what Kassandra/Alexios feels is real is a huge slap in the face.
Luke, I loved your video about Assassin’s Creed syndicate can you maybe make a video about its DLC? Jack The Ripper?
Ac needs the same kind of change God of war had. Something more serious, and more sentimental and profound, something more heavy in every sense of the word, while still remaining badass. I really dislike the actual change they made, because it seemed like an excuse to introduce monetisation into the AC saga. As a result, the games are uninspired, repetitive and they lack an identity. A soul, so to speak. Albeit beautiful, and fun to explore a bit, they are VERY forgettable.
Do anyone have the links to part 1 and 2? I cant find it
Fantastic critique Luke. I was on a three-year Odyssey sabbatical because of the game's obvious weaknesses but I REALLY liked the Hades DLC.
As usual really high quality content here.
there’s always money in the assassins creed themed banana stand!
Does this mean RIP Assassins creed? Oh well, then Merry Christmas Luke!
Ubisoft is the king of copy/paste gaming design.
Coughs in call of duty
Have you seen these worlds tho? Origins and odyssey are one of a kind visually
Robert Little Origins isn’t copy/pasted. Odyssey is though
Sad part is, they were not always this way bro, there was a time where their games had identity and depth
-Assassins Creed odyssey proves something incredible in gaming
“We shouldnt just see Ubisoft as another triple a studio, but as a leading game developer”
How can you keep that video up and post this
this is talking about the DLC
Merry Christmas!!
Pretty much all the AC games are boring check list gaming, games... they have good moments, but are never good from start to finish.
I actually like covering everything. I took me like 350 gaming hours to complete every objective in Odyssey(main map+all dlc) plus all achievements, rewards and crafting everything from the secret shop + collect 10000+ Orichalcum. I love AC games no matter what ppl say about them. My favorite one is Black Flag, but Origins and Odyssey are next level, i just can't stop play them. Yes, there are things that can change, but the whole series is freaking unique. I'm literally in love with the AC games.. the only thing that pisses me off is that i don't have enough money to visit one of the Ubisoft studios.
Kia Kaha I want them to focus on a story with a minimal amount of side quest that are unique
@@Sevren_ sounds good :)
Have you thought about doing a video on Dragon Age Inquisition? I think you'd do a very good review of the base and DLC
Ubisoft seems to not be concerned with the audio cut scenes. If you use the television's speakers the audio works but when you use the stereos multichannel there is no audio for the cut scenes which is annoying when you want to enjoy the true sound effects.
There's always money in the Banana stand
I liked Odyssey alot but still haven't purchased the dlc's because Ubi dlc content is normally not that great ....So i played Outer World's completed it now i'm on my second playthrough of Witcher 3 which i'm really enjoying again :)
Please tell me why Ubi are still using the AC name on these games ? Because their not AC games anymore .
The game lost me with Fate of Atlantis. It's too bizarre of an experience for a game that is supposed to be set in 431 BC. It felt more like Alice in Wonderland than Assassin's Creed, Greece.
At 40:00 all you gotta do is take the wings of Hermes to the other side and ziplime down... You can see that a ziplime attached to where to collectable item is...
Hey Luke, do we get a video on the witcher Netflix series? I think you might just like it! :)
I wasn't the viewer you met in Eugene, Oregon but I do live there!
Where are parts 1 and 2?
The creed wasn’t build yet and was centuries away so I imagine there was no honour tied to no killing innocents yet
Looks like the beard’s starting to come back.
The absolute worst game breaking glitch I encountered in the second episode of the fate of Atlantis DLC, when you enter Hades, is that an important NPC disappeared from one of the main story missions which made it impossible for me to progress forward in the main storyline. This happened back in mid to late summer and I haven’t returned to the game since. It irritates the ever loving heck out of me that I can’t continue for in the game that I paid for without resorting to the courtesy level 30 save character that the game gives you to continue forward in what I paid for. Even Ubisoft support says there’s nothing they can do.
It could be interesting if there was some sort of an honor system where if you had a target to take out, the more enemies you took out before reaching your target and ending the mission, the worse would your reputation grow among the brotherhood and the more vigilant would enemies become in future missions. And if your reputation was far too bad, the brotherhood would stop offering support/supplies/whatever. Or even kick you out and force you to find your targets on your own. This could both provide a reason to act like an assassin and also to not do that in case you want to make the game more challenging for yourself.
I actually did not expect to hate the Fate of Atlantis characters as much as I did. The visuals were so GORGEOUS... but the story and the characters....gosh I WANTED to rage kill Pythagoras. But I think part of that is because I hated geometry in school.
There's always money at the banana stand…
Like the T-Shirt!
As someone who liked most of Odyssey the DLC were horrible and the XP boosters pissed me off. I would give the base game a 7 or 7.5 out of 10 for the nice world and story (but the story does have many faults) but the grind, Massive empty open world, and the bloated story and bad dialogue dragged it down. Then the Legacy of the first blade was a 4 out of 10 for the horrible storyline in places and the force romance that leads nowhere no matter what you do and I think breaks the lore in Origins and other games. The Fate of Atlantis I would give a 5 out of 10 for the lacking storyline, the lack of world building in the neat places, and the limited interest in the characters. I hope the next AC game is more like Origins or the games that came before
I know I’m late to this but if bayak is the descendent of the character from ac odyssey then why does he not have any powers or something. Like I think in odyssey they say that the main character is stronger than most humans because of their bloodline so Bayak would be included in this as well right. You can just chop this all up to the fact that the creators of the first blade dlc didn’t think about how it would affect things. I could be wrong with some of my information because I haven’t played odyssey.
It's Aya that's a descendant of Alexios/Kassandra, not Bayek.
Merynos1990 Thank you for pointing that out. I did realize that after I typed it but I’m was just to lazy to fix it
The base game of odyssey is great, and I love it. The dlcs are some of the worst I played, the whole episode thing felt like quantity over quality.
I know this is totally random, but I JUST got that ainigma you mention by scrambling up one pillar, then mashing space and praying to every god (in game or not, lmao) that Kassandra would back eject and grab the highest point of the other. Sure enough, she did. I was able to shimmy around and climb up to the top level of the structure.
Not to be a cranky old purist, but the newer AC entries have at least one inexcusable flaw: dumbing down what made the IP popular in the first place. Expressive parkour, social stealth, the ambiguity of good and evil in the Assassin/ Templar conflict, and so on. Ubisoft instead chose to deepen combat and gear systems, levelling and often pointless dialogue and romance options. Don't get me wrong, they're all done competently to a lesser or greater extent, but we've reached a point where their current implementation actively dilutes the identity of Assassin's Creed.
I hope Ubisoft stops chasing fads and milking this franchise in the most shameless, disrespectful and exploitative ways possible. At the same time, I understand the company isn't doing great lately and making games is expensive, so naturally they go for the safest profitable opportunities. Time will tell if what makes Assassin's Creed unique will even be remembered by the average gamer a few years down the line. If not, the death of that piece of videogame art will be on Ubisoft's hands, and no one else's.
Kassandra/Alexios don't need to have children for "us" to relive their memories because who do so via their genetic material we found on the spear of Leonidas
edit: yeah, now I remember the "story" reason for the child the exist... but honestly, given how little sense it already makes, it really wasn't necessary
the romantic thingy between the two was a bonus from some1 in the company
"there was noway u can avoid it if you want to know abt bayek; odyssey is a prequel sort of to origins"
some1 got carried out in applying the game mechanics on the whole game text.
I'm hopeful that Ubi sees that they need to understand why we became fans of AC in the 1st place, but to say AC is dead is dumb, every game they make changes to see what works and what doesn't, for a franchise that mostly came out annually constantly improving and that's impressive.
Gamers these days take games and game companies for granted and focus too much on the negatives, critiques are needed but not always necessary.
Love the video Subbed
Never played any AC games before. 40 hours into Odessey I had to become anonymous (again) - I liked that way more than most of the policing done in other games, it felt natural and obvious. Btw I really like listening to your game reviews.
@Luke Stephens, they are playing into the “simulation” aspect of the memories. In a simulation the specific choices wouldn’t matter, they are just one possible outcome of those circumstances. The DNA would just tell you the where and when, and the player gets to interact with the Animus simulation. The original “playing through memories” aspect was way less plausible in reality anyways. This is one shift that makes total sense
- when you try to make time travelling realising with memories.
Except the past player character shows up to talk to the present player character at the end. They are trying to eat their cake and keep it.
i think with the canon narrative ubisoft have said your choices are canon however if you want a canon set of choices there is the novels in which for example Kassandra is the canon one and she kills Alexios and Nikolas
I want to pet the beardie so bad. She looks so chill and adorable on your shoulder man. What a lazy lizard but a good lizard. :D
Also hope you had a amazing and relaxing Christmas Luke, and you get my letter in the mail. :D
I had this big, out-loud "Awwwwww" when you thanked us all for being your sponsors.
I actually thought you had some company as one, but then when you thanked all your views I felt this big warmth inside and got this big smile. Thanks Luke, you deserve our support and love.
I got your letter! Thank you so much!
@@LukeStephensTV Awww! I am so glad you got it. :D
And I am glad you like it. ^_^
If you see me around FoCo, don't be a stranger. Wave or say hi. ;)
Same!
You can tell just by the song of the game what it’s like, simple, no love put in, a common melody that’s been used hundreds of times, no innovation. It’s funny how the Witcher 3 game out like 4 or 5 years ago, and games still can’t really compete with it.
What do you mean by games can't compete with witcher3? Games like red dead redemption 2 , god of war etc have already surpassed witcher3.
Umer Farooq yeah.... as they should. They came out like a year ago. Assassins creed has obviously tried to model games off the Witcher 3, and they still can’t seem to get it right.
@@ESPLTD782 actually ubisoft devs lack the talent and passion required to make a game like witcher3. Their games can't even compete with a game released 4 yrs ago. I wonder if after success of cyberpunk 2077, ubisoft will start making futuristic AC games and shit.
What went through your mind when you decided to get a reptile as a pet. Not complaining, Khaleesi is cool. Just curious.
I live in Eugene, OR my dude. When were you here?
I don't mind the mythological creatures, they lead to fun game play and variety." I think they could make everyone happy by keeping it as is but adding a line that the animus can generate creatures based on myth and the collective unconscious from the user's mind.
No, that's stupid.
I didn’t really get your point about Ikaros’ perception. I spent the entire game flying around and directing the cursor to pinpoint enemies and rewards. It never did it automatically. And same goes with the quests, Ikaros perception seemed to remain the same from the first hour to the very last (for me 120h). You walk in the direction people told you to and then when you re very close you can pinpoint using Ikaros. But that’s still like 200m never more. I think the perception increase was just repetitive lies that made no sense. If there was a perception distance slider then I would get it. Or even if it could become automatic where you can pinpoint all enemies and rewards in a fort by just clicking one button. To some people it might seem like a cheat but listen….i cleared every single ? point in the game and when you re trying to complete games in this way it gets sooo incredibly tedious to just repeat the same action over and over and over again.
We thank you!
Both me and my girlfriend bought this game. She beat the game through and through all dlc and got platinum trophy. I just completed the base game and gave her the controller. I’m a long time AC fan whereas she’s fairly new. She loved it and all aspects of the game. For me it was too much of a departure from the original games. I’ll always buy AC games but i don’t think I’ll ever move past the base games.
"Assassin's Creed" 1 hour version by Luke Stephens
To me, Origins held itself much better than Odyssey
Odyssey improved in some aspects, but origins felt alot more polished ,as if they worked on it more.
Zep Yeah you’re exactly right. Greece had the potential to be an insanely beautiful and diverse setting, but you can really feel the heavy copy and pasting that’s been done in Odyssey. Origins felt a lot more hand-crafted, and Egypt was far more believable as a result.
I loved Odyssey, loved it. I think this game would have been viewed differently if Ubisoft didn't try to force Assasins Creed into the game. If it was just called Odyssey.
Not calling it AC can't fix all the bad animations and horrible voice acting.
@@krissuyx Only Alexios was kinda bad. Kassandra had amazing voice acting and the rest was okay, not horrible.
@@Explicitghost I don't agree. Kassandra was bland and the rest were hamming it up. Very few actors seemed to take it seriously. They were more focused on the accent than conveying any emotions.
@@krissuyx I felt Kassandra was anything but bland. Try playing the game again because I guess we live in 2 different worlds. I can't be too wrong since Kassandra's voice acting was literally celebrated by most review outlets and I think she did a great job of keeping the tone of the game even as Deimos.
Kassandra is definitely voice acted far better. That said the game is mostly boring and underwhelming no matter who you play as.
Honestly, I hate Odyssey. The DLCs writing was way too repetitive, the main game broke lore of the series, and many times the facial animations were just a little better than Andromeda
If you don't know what I mean by "the main game broke lore of the series (oops I should have put franchise)" It's because of choices. The animus cannot just change memories, it can only replay them basically. Saying that "The memories have holes in them so the animus just puts stuff the works in them" doesn't work because if the memories are incomplete then Layla wouldn't even be able to access them.
Bought the game on a whim fairly recently and already put 100+ hours on it. Love it. Greece is a brilliant setting and it feels like the developers really wanted to do it justice. Just come to the game from Ghost Recon Breakpoint so it is thankfully way more polished.
Not sure if I'll go for the DLC yet, Atlantis looks stunning visually though.
Lastly, big fan of the way you can choose your playing style and your interaction with other characters, makes it feel like my own unique version.
If I could boo you off stage, I would.
Thank you for normalizing having lizards, a lot of people don’t get that they’re just as cuddly as other pets
Since you make such a big point of it as being necessary in the series' lore to have a lineage when you're talking about the relationship in First Blade, I feel that I should point out that that hasn't been true since at least Black Flag.
Even just keeping to this game, the genetic material you use for Kassandra/Alexios at the very beginning of the game comes off the spear. Just DNA from touching it or being stabbed with it or whatever. Layla's not related to either, nor is she related to Bayek or Aya, instead getting their DNA straight from their corpses.
Maybe this goes with your point about franchises needing to keep consistent rules. They've shown even in this game that lineage isn't necessary to the franchise anymore. Yet in this DLC they for some reason feel like there need to be children.
I just hate the fact they pull out bow and arrows when I get 2 feet away from them
Man I absolutely adored Origins and all the post launch but Odyssey idk man
Idk if it’s being overwhelmed at all the side stuff, the jarring sort of magic abilities or maybe I’m just not that into Greek history but yeah everytime I try to pick it up and continue playing I can’t be B O T H E R E D
Was the magical abilities jarring because of how heavily Odyssey leaned into them? I ask this because Eagle Vison has existed since the first game but it didn't seem to be an issue.
@@600BlackIce not even referring to EV, more like the teleporting with Leonidas' blade and death veil stuff
@@gotho5466 Ah, so the more overt powers? Considering that the Apple of Eden was an artifact from the First Civilization like Leonidas' spear, the abilities aren't that far of a stretch. Still, I prefer that the First Civilization didn't exist in the series at all. The focus on traveling to the past was always what most people were interested in throughout the series anyways.
By the way, Merry Christmas to you!
dit you know that there is a 2nd Hub of atlantis ? i found it 1 year ago while outbound glitching and exploring the outbounds - after fat up with all that "slice&dice". never in a assassins game it was possible to use the outbound glitches, like in odysee - it was great expedient adventure to explore all secret unprecedented places - vids about on my channel
I’ve yet to be impressed by a ubisoft dlc. They want dlc’s into their games but never bother to make an interesting and worthwhile one.
Didn't Fate of Atlantis introduce new mechanichs in all 3 episodes? Definitely not just more of the same.
It surely took you long enough to say something sensible about odyssey. I agree with you dude 100% except for two big things in legacy of the first blade. First they show pyramids being built even though they have been built thousands of years before,and the second thing is aya being descendent of kassandra. It just doesn't make sense because apple in origins should have reacted when she was near it and Hemu as well in the temple under Siwa(I mean when they both have high concentration of first civ DNA) (Desmond had high concentration of first civ DNA and could use the apple, heck even Kassandra could, why Aya and Hemu couldn't) .It youst shows Ubisofts inconsistencies. One more thing why aya why make her kassandras descendent just because she said she's half Greek it doesn't make sense she meant one of her parents is Greek not her great great great great... grandmother is Greek. I'm sorry but I hate Ubisoft Qubec for running not just odyssey, but for ruinning Origins which I really liked and AC univers as a whole.It's a leghty one yes there are probably some typos, but I really hope you'll understand. AC is one one of my favourite universes in gaming and I don't want it to be destroyed because of lazy people who don't understand AC lore(the main one,the one and only, the true one, the one Patrice Desilet made in 2007 with first AC and the one Darby McDewitt continued to work on)
I understand. I played Origins purely because they actually made the game I always wanted them too, shame they ruined Ubisoft greenlit ruining series
@@MidnightBootySnatchr let's prey Ashraf Ismail and his team have hired Darby McDewitt as lead writer for theri next project and will be as good as black flag or ezio trilogy. I have a lot of faith in Ubisoft Montreal especially now that Ashraf is a creative director.
I find it really hard to get through this episodic gameplay that Ubisoft has adopted lately. The extra content in Div2, Breakpoint and Odyssey is awful and I've left it largely unfinished. I really enjoyed the DLC with Origins and that felt like the last good DLC Ubisoft produced. I will no longer pay upfront for a promise but rather wait for reviews since the quality has dipped poorly this year.
Another die-hard UBI fan here I'm currently on my 200th hr of RDR2 (PC). Breakpoint finally made me look elsewhere and I'm glad it did because RDR2 was the open-world experience I've been searching for.
The things that irk me the most beside the new gameplay is how they lazily shoehorn in the faction war.
The only connection between the character and Athen is ....... like 3-5 bros you know over there.
Compare to Sparta:
You are a Spartian.
Your family is Spartian.
Halfway through the game you go to Sparta to apply for permanent resident.
All of the cover and art depict your character wearing Sparta color.
During the story, you fight alongside the Sparta a lot.
If they just force you to be a Sparta but actually putting work in a single faction it would be much better than this shallow fake choice.
stephen went from i dont treat it realistic its just a game too its not releastic at all which is why i have a problem with it , bruh
Mike Holland Executive TO the Producer.
There was money in that banana stand.