Assassin's Creed Odyssey

EoinMcLovin · 12-06-2018 11:28am #1

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Sephiroth_dude · 12-06-2018 11:30am

Was shocked and delighted by the October release date.

EoinMcLovin · 12-06-2018 11:46am

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Was shocked and delighted by the October release date.

Yeah gives a few weeks before Red Dead. At least its not out in February or March which is going to be difficult to choose what to play as so many games out at the same time.

Probably will pick this up but not sure which edition to get as need more details on Season Pass. If the dlc is free like the rest of the new Ubisoft games and season pass just gives early access, I'll just pick up standard edition.

marcbrophy · 12-06-2018 12:28pm

AC Odyssey...
They couldn't have gone for a different name?
A little red plumber somewhere is probably very mad

TBH, I'm happy and sad at this announcement.
There was rumours for a while that there would be a season 2 / year 2 type update for Origins and I was sort of expecting that to happen!
But new AC is always good, and this team are on the project for about 3 years! If they push that back, they push 2 subsequent games that we know nothing about yet, back a year also.
Realistically, season 2 of Origins was never going to happen, unless it was planned 3+ years ago!

Onwards and upwards anyway, very excited for the new one.
AC has also never missed a release date (sometimes to their detriment), so roll on 4 months time :pac:

TheValeyard · 12-06-2018 12:31pm

Im all AC burned out after Origins. Happy for there to be a new game. Will probably pick it up down the road when my need for assassination n stealth kill open world grows again

nix · 12-06-2018 2:42pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

AC has also never missed a release date (ALWAYS to their detriment)

Fixed :P

Its nothing new at all though (again), much of the same. Origins with more trees :rolleyes:

I'll give this one a miss, i bought into the hype of origins and was majorly disappointed, the only good thing about origins was that i turned a profit on it as amazon sent me two copies in error :pac:

xPixelx · 12-06-2018 2:57pm

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Im all AC burned out after Origins. Happy for there to be a new game. Will probably pick it up down the road when my need for assassination n stealth kill open world grows again

I maybe the only one not really excited about it really looks like origins re-skin like o we will put a mod on the game we already have made and resell it.

I'm a massive fan of AC but this to me just seems bone lazy and although I'll get it I'll probably get it when its out a good while and goes on sale.

citytillidie · 12-06-2018 4:09pm

I have waiting for AC games to go really cheap or even go on Gold on Xbox currently playing Syndicate

bigphil2 · 12-06-2018 4:19pm

After Origins i'm really looking forward to this,especially seeing as they are going full RPG with it..

TheValeyard · 12-06-2018 4:20pm

citytillidie wrote: »

I have waiting for AC games to go really cheap or even go on Gold on Xbox currently playing Syndicate

I skipped Unity & Syndicate and started again with Origins. Think it was the right call.

nix · 12-06-2018 4:40pm

bigphil2 wrote: »

After Origins i'm really looking forward to this,especially seeing as they are going full RPG with it..

Whats that mean for the game exactly? No animus shite?

Venom · 12-06-2018 11:34pm

nix wrote: »

Whats that mean for the game exactly? No animus shite?

Sadly no

The non amimus parts in Odyssey have something to do with Leonidas spears and are set after the Origins animus plotline, even tho the game (Odyssey) takes place a few hundred years before the brotherhood being formed in Origins.

I really wished Ubisoft had of dropped the amimus bollocks and just rebooted the series with Origins, with tales of the assassins throughout the ages.

Temptamperu · 12-06-2018 11:41pm

No this has been billed as a trilogy I presume with the same present day girl that was in origins.

bigphil2 · 13-06-2018 10:31am

nix wrote: »

Whats that mean for the game exactly? No animus shite?

well i know the animus stuff will be minimal like Origins.but i mean leveling up your stats and gear and branching story lines,consequences for choices you make etc

Sephiroth_dude · 13-06-2018 11:11am

I want some decent side quest this time around please Ubi :rolleyes:

awec · 13-06-2018 11:16am

I never really got in to Origins, played about 6 hours and it didn't capture me. Might have to go back and give it another go.

I bought it for PC for the first time ever, I think I'd stick to console in future.

Potential-Monke · 13-06-2018 4:46pm

I'm looking forward to this. I've been a massive AC fan, and up until I started to be broke, I got all the special editions, and have a statue for each character up to Unity (main series). So I'm hyped for this. Will be interesting to see how this 'full RPG' pans out, but i'm happy if it's more of the same as Origins, as that was, imo, amazing.

But, like others, I was expecting to play more Origins, but an article spelled it out for me that Bayeks story is over, he is

now the protector of Egypt, and his missus was actually the first Assassin./

Didn't know this was before Origins though. How's that going to work, seeing as Origins is the, eh, origin story... I should say I haven't watched anything but the reveal, as I don't watch more than the initial trailer these days, so I know nothing about it!

ninja 12 · 13-06-2018 4:59pm

Looking forward to this .
I enjoyed Origins and put 200 hours into it (including the Discovery Tour)

Not impressed with the digital download prices .

110 Euros for the "ultimate " edition on Steam .

With Origins , the Gold version included the Deluxe items , now it doesn't .

It looks like there'll be various weapon packs for this one , just like Origins .

I went on to the Assassins Creed site and changed the region to US and was able to claim a "Spartan Starter Pack"
(it seems to be available on the US site only)

https://assassinscreed.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/home

All I need to do now is buy the game

Exclamation Marc · 13-06-2018 5:34pm

If you're one of the first 10,000 to preorder from Ubisoft directly you get a cool medal necklace with the game which you can wear around people while they judge you or otherwise have awkward conversations about what the hell is around your neck

ninja 12 · 13-06-2018 6:37pm

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

If you're one of the first 10,000 to preorder from Ubisoft directly you get a cool medal necklace with the game which you can wear around people while they judge you or otherwise have awkward conversations about what the hell is around your neck

Haha ,
I think I'll pass .

The Ezio Leap of Faith and AC Syndicate statues are enough for the collection

Besides , I'd rather have it in Steam , same as the rest of my games .

TheValeyard · 13-06-2018 11:42pm

ninja 12 wrote: »

Haha ,
I think I'll pass .

The Ezio Leap of Faith and AC Syndicate statues are enough for the collection

Besides , I'd rather have it in Steam , same as the rest of my games .

You sure?

The extra bonus statue only costs 749 euro.....

https://store.ubi.com/eu/assassins-creed-odyssey.html#alexios

Roger Hassenforder · 14-06-2018 12:45am

Plenty of fecking boat fights by the sound of it.

marcbrophy · 14-06-2018 10:30am

Reading the Wiki page on this one.

I may be imaging it, but I reckon this is more of a first in a series of side RPG style games, rather than the more rpg lite games that the series is used to.

It says it takes place in a fictional war and there was no Assassins for 400 years in this time period.

I could be wrong, but I reckon they are laying the roots for branching the games off into the ones where the Order exist, based on real historic events and fictional ones, where they can do what they like

Potential-Monke · 14-06-2018 11:00am

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

You sure?

The extra bonus statue only costs 749 euro.....

https://store.ubi.com/eu/assassins-creed-odyssey.html#alexios

It is pretty...

ninja 12 · 14-06-2018 11:03am

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

You sure?

The extra bonus statue only costs 749 euro.....

https://store.ubi.com/eu/assassins-creed-odyssey.html#alexios

Potential-Monke wrote: »

It is pretty...

Only 749 euros , a bargain :eek:

bigphil2 · 14-06-2018 11:20am

marcbrophy wrote: »

Reading the Wiki page on this one.

I may be imaging it, but I reckon this is more of a first in a series of side RPG style games, rather than the more rpg lite games that the series is used to.

It says it takes place in a fictional war and there was no Assassins for 400 years in this time period.

I could be wrong, but I reckon they are laying the roots for branching the games off into the ones where the Order exist, based on real historic events and fictional ones, where they can do what they like

Twinfinite asked the developers about this..

https://twinfinite.net/2018/06/we-asked-ubisoft-how-odyssey-ties-to-assassins-creed-lore-heres-what-they-said/

Rory28 · 14-06-2018 11:24am

Potential-Monke wrote: »

It is pretty...

Resist! You must resist!

marcbrophy · 14-06-2018 11:49am

bigphil2 wrote: »

Twinfinite asked the developers about this..

https://twinfinite.net/2018/06/we-asked-ubisoft-how-odyssey-ties-to-assassins-creed-lore-heres-what-they-said/

Thanks Phil

So am I right, looks they are going to do what they like, and haphazardly tie it into AC lore, when they need to?

Ah never mind anyway, I'm intrigued to see where they go...

bigphil2 · 14-06-2018 11:51am

marcbrophy wrote: »

Thanks Phil

So am I right, looks they are going to do what they like, and haphazardly tie it into AC lore, when they need to?

Ah never mind anyway, I'm intrigued to see where they go...

Origins is my favourite AC game so far.. Im really looking forward to this..

marcbrophy · 14-06-2018 12:10pm

bigphil2 wrote: »

Origins is my favourite AC game so far.. Im really looking forward to this..

I'm with you there! Great game

bigphil2 · 14-06-2018 12:43pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

I'm with you there! Great game

Yeah,only thing is,another massive 100+ hour game in a time where all the games that interest me are 100+ hour games.. where to find the time??

Frisbee · 15-06-2018 11:54am

Not sure about this. Origins was the first AC I bought on launch since Black Flag. This looks like it's really just a re-badged version of Origins. I think they might have been better off taking the year out again this year and releasing something good next year.

I will play it eventually but given it is out around the same time as Spiderman and Red Dead I'll be waiting until the trade in bins are full of them.

bigphil2 · 15-06-2018 11:59am

Frisbee wrote: »

Not sure about this. Origins was the first AC I bought on launch since Black Flag. This looks like it's really just a re-badged version of Origins. I think they might have been better off taking the year out again this year and releasing something good next year.

I will play it eventually but given it is out around the same time as Spiderman and Red Dead I'll be waiting until the trade in bins are full of them.

Spiderman looks great but i think that'll be my 12days of xmas psn sale game..

Penn · 15-06-2018 12:09pm

Frisbee wrote: »

Not sure about this. Origins was the first AC I bought on launch since Black Flag. This looks like it's really just a re-badged version of Origins. I think they might have been better off taking the year out again this year and releasing something good next year.

I will play it eventually but given it is out around the same time as Spiderman and Red Dead I'll be waiting until the trade in bins are full of them.

I'm actually surprised they're releasing one this year. I thought they were moving away from annual releases as people get burned out on them. Thought they were going to alternate between AC and Watch Dogs.

nix · 15-06-2018 12:16pm

Penn wrote: »

I'm actually surprised they're releasing one this year. I thought they were moving away from annual releases as people get burned out on them. Thought they were going to alternate between AC and Watch Dogs.

They will say anything to get people to buy their games, when they see decline again, they will regurgitate that horse shit again..

They will squeeze everything they can out of the origin make up before taking "another year out" to make up the next one. And then do the same thing with that, while making claims of "we've listened to the fans" :rolleyes:

CatInABox · 15-06-2018 12:46pm

I don't mind personally, I think so long as they take a break every couple of years or so, then it should be fine.

It's also a different studio doing this one than Origins, so they've been working on it for a few years as well at this stage.

Penn · 15-06-2018 12:54pm

CatInABox wrote: »

I don't mind personally, I think so long as they take a break every couple of years or so, then it should be fine.

It's also a different studio doing this one than Origins, so they've been working on it for a few years as well at this stage.

Yeah there were always different studios working on the others too, usually a 3-year cycle for some of them. I just think it burns people out on the formula, and particularly with the old Ubisoft formula, and it means fewer new features or innovation between games.

At least between Syndicate and Origins, the took that time off and completely changed the entire combat system, brought in the RPG elements, crafting etc. I'm not saying they'd need that big of a change between Origins and Odyssey, particularly given how well received Origins was. But they could risk burning people out on the game and formula again.

CatInABox · 15-06-2018 1:36pm

Penn wrote: »

Yeah there were always different studios working on the others too, usually a 3-year cycle for some of them. I just think it burns people out on the formula, and particularly with the old Ubisoft formula, and it means fewer new features or innovation between games.

At least between Syndicate and Origins, the took that time off and completely changed the entire combat system, brought in the RPG elements, crafting etc. I'm not saying they'd need that big of a change between Origins and Odyssey, particularly given how well received Origins was. But they could risk burning people out on the game and formula again.

Yeah, I agree, I think slight tweaks between Origins and Odyssey will be fine to keep it fresh. The game after Odyssey though, that'll need something more I think.

marcbrophy · 15-06-2018 1:47pm

CatInABox wrote: »

It's also a different studio doing this one than Origins, so they've been working on it for a few years as well at this stage.

That seems to be the one constant thing that people forget when criticising AC releases. It's not a 1 year dev cycle. It just comes out yearly. Many different AC teams exist within Ubi. There was probably no plan to release a 2016 title from as far back as 2013/4

Rory28 · 15-06-2018 1:58pm

The last AC I played was black flag. I have unity and syndicate and maybe another one in my library but never played them. I was completely burnt out on the old model of the game. I love the look of the new one. Going down the RPG route is a great move imo. By the sounds of it Origins is like this game but RPG lite. I doubt I need to play the other games to appreciate origins so I will skip all of them and jumo into origins over the weekend.

I am really looking forward to Odyssey.

CatInABox · 15-06-2018 2:00pm

Rory28 wrote: »

The last AC I played was black flag. I have unity and syndicate and maybe another one in my library but never played them. I was completely burnt out on the old model of the game. I love the look of the new one. Going down the RPG route is a great move imo. By the sounds of it Origins is like this game but RPG lite. I doubt I need to play the other games to appreciate origins so I will skip all of them and jumo into origins over the weekend.

I am really looking forward to Odyssey.

Syndicate is alright actually, but does eventually suffer from being too familiar. Origins really has reignited my interest in this series.

Penn · 15-06-2018 2:12pm

CatInABox wrote: »

Syndicate is alright actually, but does eventually suffer from being too familiar. Origins really has reignited my interest in this series.

Unity was where I dropped out, having been a huge fan of the series up until then. Played a couple of hours but every time I looked at the map and saw all the icons, I just lost all enthusiasm for playing. It was all the same things as previous games over and over again. At least Black Flag had the awesome piracy and ship stuff, which really mixed it up (though the land missions were repetitive as f*ck).

I did hear Syndicate was supposed to be pretty good, but just couldn't bring myself to play it. Origins I played for maybe two hours one evening but just couldn't get into it. Really disliked using the eagle to tag enemies.

Think I will give this a shot though. I think if I burst through enough and get used to the combat and eagle I could really like this game.

CatInABox · 15-06-2018 2:33pm

Penn wrote: »

Think I will give this a shot though. I think if I burst through enough and get used to the combat and eagle I could really like this game.

Took me a good few hours to get used to Origins, but worth it once I did.

EDIT: Also, with the eagle and tagging, it gets easier as you play. The more viewpoints that you sync, the more perceptive you get, or something like that. The small circle for tagging turns into a giant one by the time you get them all.

bigphil2 · 15-06-2018 2:35pm

Penn wrote: »

Origins I played for maybe two hours one evening but just couldn't get into it. Really disliked using the eagle to tag enemies.

Think I will give this a shot though. I think if I burst through enough and get used to the combat and eagle I could really like this game.

Origins is great but takes a few hours to get going,once it does though..

Penn · 15-06-2018 2:43pm

bigphil2 wrote: »

Origins is great but takes a few hours to get going,once it does though..

I nearly don't want to play it now though that Odyssey will be out this year. Then I'll definitely get burned out when I play Odyssey and go back to square one. Might still return to it at some point in the future.

aaronjumper · 15-06-2018 3:58pm

Nothing wrong with taking a break from the series if you're getting tired of the formula.
I skipped Rogue and Unity, only jumped back in for Syndicate, picked up Origins a month or two ago, loving it so far.

I'll keep an eye on this but it won't be a day one for me. I'll either wait until a few months down the line or take another break from the series.
It's not going anywhere.

Frisbee · 15-06-2018 5:01pm

CatInABox wrote: »

It's also a different studio doing this one than Origins, so they've been working on it for a few years as well at this stage.

I could be way off but looks like Ubisoft Montreal were credited as Devs for Origins and are one of a number of Devs for Odyssey. The gameplay and aesthetics look extremely similar. I get there is only so much they can change but Odyssey just isn't showing enough "new" for me so far to be looked at as anything but an almost expansion pack.

Would be delighted to be proven wrong as we see more gameplay.

Icyseanfitz · 15-06-2018 5:17pm

Does it trigger anyone but me that a load of these pseudo historical games these days are coming out with female characters (PC or NPC) in roles that just wouldn't have been anybit acceptable in the period they are portraying? Female Spartan warrior, female samurai warrior etc.
I'm all for strong female characters but at least try to make it somewhat believable.

johnnysmack · 15-06-2018 5:17pm

Only played the ezio collection for the first time last year and loved it, recently did black flag and again enjoyed it even if the only interesting part of the story was the introduction of the sage. Currently on unity and hate it.

No interest in Arno and im just running through the story not collecting anything even though getting near 100% in the previous games. I think I'm one of the few that are more interested in the present day story than the past with the exception of ezio because he had a 3 game arch to get fully invested in him.

The present day is the only consistent story through the series while each game is like a quick chapter on random people. I'd like to see a future character get a multi game arch and get as invested in them as ezio.

Also wonder will they ever go back so far that they base a story on the first humans rebelling against the first race. That could be a great story if done right.

nix · 15-06-2018 5:19pm

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

Does it trigger anyone but me that a load of these pseudo historical games these days are coming out with female characters (PC or NPC) in roles that just wouldn't have been anybit acceptable in the period they are portraying? Female Spartan warrior, female samurai warrior etc.
I'm all for strong female characters but at least try to make it somewhat believable.

Don't be silly, they need to appeal to the masses that don't play their games, or any games for that matter.

:pac:

CatInABox · 15-06-2018 5:21pm

Frisbee wrote: »

I could be way off but looks like Ubisoft Montreal were credited as Devs for Origins and are one of a number of Devs for Odyssey. The gameplay and aesthetics look extremely similar. I get there is only so much they can change but Odyssey just isn't showing enough "new" for me so far to be looked at as anything but an almost expansion pack.

Would be delighted to be proven wrong as we see more gameplay.

Montreal were the lead devs on Origins, with Quebec being lead devs this time around. Of course, the nature of modern game development means that no one studio does everything in a series like this, so it's a safe bet that both studios helped each other out in a massive way.

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