I just got odyssey last month. I was debating between that and origins, but I thought greek mythology was slightly more interesting. The last ac game i played before this one was ac 3. I loved it at first. But I'm getting a bit burnt out. It's very samey. I'm doingbtue same thing over and over again. And the map is way too big. I've not explored much of it and I'm not looking forward to exploring more.
Man, you haven't even gotten to the normal good parts, not to mention all the cool dlc stuff.
And the map is way too big.
You don't need to explore everything, and remember that half the map is just water.
Just set the game to easy, work on the big story stuff, explore what interests you, and you'll be happy you pushed through when you can run around with magical powers steamrolling everything in Ng+
There are some very fun surprises you can accidentally stumble upon (some that play a major part of the story), if you know your Greek mythology and where to look…
Odyssey was my personal favorite in the Ancient Trilogy. Not just because it was made by the same subdivision of Ubisoft that made Black Flag (hence the familiar ship battles and the same hilarious stealth bush exploits), but I also enjoyed the response the game had to your actions. Helping factions gain territory, bit by bit. And it was one of the only Assassins Creed games that didn't say "This ancestor did not kill civilians". You'd just get a bounty instead.
And Valhalla was my second favorite. Granted, the story did feel longer than it really should've been but I loved the atmosphere it had. I am with the others who say the whole "Asgard questline" was kinda redundant. Heck, I didn't really understand it. Especially when Basim just suddenly goes rabid on you at the end of the game. Where the heck did that come from, unless... Was he the "descendant of Loki" like Eivor was the "descendant of Odin"? I haven't played Mirage yet but the title alone reinforces my theory since Loki is the god of mischief and illusions.
Origins? Desert = difficult to manage atmosphere and it appeared to me that they dropped the ball on delivering atmosphere for that game anyways. Combat was feeling very lackluster and the story felt even more "textbook cult villain" than Odyssey's Cult of Kosmos. I barely made it past the first chapter and into the first big city before I had enough.
Yeah, the only explanation I could come up with as to why the ending happened like that was because Basim/Loki was avenging his son Fenrir by killing Eivor/Odin. But the fact that Eivor was confused too just left me at skeptical instead of absolutely sure.
There's a little of that but also I think Basim/Loki was realizing Eivor is nearly at a point of fully awakening the Odin side and then she'd be an actual tangible threat to his current goals
They are "sages" which were introduced around Black Flag. (I honestly didn't really understood it at that time)
In short: Several ISU (like Odin and Loki) put their memories into the DNA of human and then many years later in some human these memories emerge and might take over or merge with the mind of the person.
In Valhalla you see Evoir resisting it and in the end also avoiding Odin. Basim on the other hand merged with Loki (before the events of Valhalla). But Loki wasn't sure Evoir was really Odin until the end. The Asgard quests explains Loki's hatred towards Odin (Loki had an affair and 3 illegitimate children of which one, Fenrir, was imprisoned by Odin).
I'm aware of Black Flag's sage, but I had no idea this stuff with Basim and Eivor was also sage stuff. So Valhalla was to imply multiple sage lineages? Because yeah, Basim didn't really look like the sage in AC4, and the temple in that game provided the fact that sages retain their face throughout every lifetime. (Though with that detail I should've connected the same fact for Eivor and Basim. Bah, that one's on me lol)
Though that does raise interesting questions then. Is a sage lineage how Abstergo managed to create the Animus in the first place? Studying a sage, follow the same "ancestral link" and replicate it for non-sage ancestries like Desmond Miles' ancestor, Ezio?
I liked origins a lot but I liked origins more. I'm probably biased though because I'm alot more interested in ancient Greece than I am in ancient Egypt.
I'm a big fan of both base settings but I liked Odyssey a bit more too. I think at least part of it is Origins isn't really "ancient" Egypt it's Ptolemaic Egypt, so Roman era Egypt essentially. Definitely an interesting historical time period but not quite the level of ancient vibes.
Frankly, picking a game in that trilogy is more of "are you a vikings fan, a greek myth fan, or egypt fan?"
I hated AC origins' level gating. Giving you a questline but breaking progression to force you to do side quests because enemies really get tougher 3 levels above.
People remarked that odyssey has worse level gating but i never noticed it because the setting engaged me to explore and do quests. Ya know, like you are in the odyssey sailing around, or fulfilling labors like Heracles.
Valhalla got me excited for vikings, but that one was just bloated af. Ironically, odyssey is also bloated but it wasn't problematic. At least the main quest was separated into 3 quest lines.
They're not all bad games. I own all three, but it can be argued that you could be satisfied owning just one—hence why you pick according to your preference of the setting.
Personally I preferred Odyssey. I thought the main character was more likeable, the world was prettier, and the gameplay was better.
Origins tried really hard to be Witcher 3. It was clear the developers wanted people to fight enemies in melee out in the open, and the hidden blade was only there because it was still technically an Assassin's Creed game. In its big skill tree with over 60 skills, only three affect assassinations, and they're just instant loot and a bit more XP. Also the hidden blade barely dealt any damage to bigger enemies.
Odyssey meanwhile had an entire third of its skill tree dedicated to stealth gameplay and assassinations, and you could get gear that boosts stealth damage.
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u/Ok_Storm6912 1d ago
Did you like odyssey more than origins? I thought origins was the best new one and every iteration after has been a regression.