Assassin's Creed Odyssey

marcbrophy · 01-10-2018 12:38pm

Holy shít, I just saw on Smyths site that my pre order is available tomorrow!
Thought it was Friday!
Nice surprise

Exclamation Marc · 01-10-2018 12:49pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

Holy shít, I just saw on Smyths site that my pre order is available tomorrow!
Thought it was Friday!
Nice surprise

Gold Edition release date is tomorrow

Regular Edition on Friday.

nullzero · 01-10-2018 12:51pm

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Yes they have. AC3 will be remastered for current gen so it's been fully worked upon and upgraded a la the Ezio Collection on PS4 to include "higher resolution textures, a new graphics engine, other graphical enhancements and improved gameplay mechanics".

In fairness to Ubisoft, the PS4 version of FC3 was never advertised as a remaster just that they improved some textures and made it smoother.

You'd have to be a serious masochist to replay AC3.

marcbrophy · 01-10-2018 1:19pm

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Gold Edition release date is tomorrow
Regular Edition on Friday.

I remember that discussion from before alright!
But when I ordered the gold edition, it was for 5th.
I remember telling someone that Smyths would sell it early, as required.
I just kind of forgot it was 2nd over time

Penn · 01-10-2018 4:52pm

I was going to leave this until maybe Xmas or after, but damn, might take the plunge on it now. Get it mostly out of the way before RDR2. More interested and hyped for this than any AC game in years.

dreamers75 · 01-10-2018 5:08pm

Im gonna wait .......

Reads reviews

Purchases whatever edition with season pass

I learned nothing from Far Cry.....NOTHING!!!!

J. Marston · 01-10-2018 5:46pm

This was the first AC I was interested in since Black Flag and even though the reviews look good, the descriptions of the map put me off.

"Colossal."

"Giant open world."

"Ubisoft's biggest world."

I don't want to be playing two massive sandbox games back-to-back with RDR2 coming.

01-10-2018 6:38pm

Any word on the combat? I can't imagine it's changed all that much since the last game and I really wasn't a fan of it at times. Definitely felt like it wasn't as easy as it should have been to use certain things like darts or smoke bombs.

Sephiroth_dude · 01-10-2018 6:42pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Any word on the combat? I can't imagine it's changed all that much since the last game and I really wasn't a fan of it at times. Definitely felt like it wasn't as easy as it should have been to use certain things like darts or smoke bombs.

More or less the same, with maybe a few refinements

marcbrophy · 03-10-2018 9:31am

So, I'm playing in Exploration mode, rather than Guided mode.
I think I'm enjoying it, not being so holding my hands about where I need to go, but it sometimes just means asking in dialogue where is the place that you want me to go!

I have to admit I got it wrong a few times and went to the wrong places. But call up Icarus and take a look around. You will get the close to objective sound/vibration when you find it!

This time you will get the close to objective sound/vibration for missions that are in your quests, but you may not necessarily be on at that moment. That's pretty handy, as you can choose to do it, if it's more important to you, or it'll just be marked on your map for when you go back to it!

Some nice touches

Dcully · 03-10-2018 9:40am

Great to see the option to disable the {lets hold your hand} crap we see too often these days.

martingriff · 03-10-2018 10:23am

Dcully wrote: »

Great to see the option to disable the {lets hold your hand} crap we see too often these days.

Love it. Have only played a bit now and am reallý enjoying. But dam the hunters are relentless or should I say the hunter

jaxxx · 03-10-2018 4:37pm

I'm on the fence about getting it honestly. I haven't played a single AC since Black Flag, and the general consensus of reviews I've read say it's just as good if not better. I couldn't care less about forking out extra dough for the season pass or anything like that, I've never done it for a single game and I don't plan in starting now. Watching some vids on it right now and it has piqued my interest. Though I admit right now I have no interest in the exploration part of it so I'll chicken out and go for the "hold me by the hand" approach

marcbrophy · 03-10-2018 4:53pm

Also, this game is fúcking huge!

But it's not mainly land mass like Origins was last year.
Plenty of water too

Cotts72 · 04-10-2018 12:30am

jaxxx wrote: »

I'm on the fence about getting it honestly. I haven't played a single AC since Black Flag, and the general consensus of reviews I've read say it's just as good if not better. I couldn't care less about forking out extra dough for the season pass or anything like that, I've never done it for a single game and I don't plan in starting now. Watching some vids on it right now and it has piqued my interest. Though I admit right now I have no interest in the exploration part of it so I'll chicken out and go for the "hold me by the hand" approach

Ive played all the AC games. Got origins 2weeks ago and so far its the best of the lot! one of the most addictive games ive played in years. odyssey apparently surpasses it so ill defo be getting it once I complete origins

nix · 04-10-2018 3:25am

I took a peek of gameplay on twitch, guy was running around with a long ass spear, he gets spotted and guards start chasing after him, he runs into bushes to hide.

The guards stop and circle around the bushes, scratching their heads and wondering where has he gone.. Yet none of them notice the giant long ass spear sticking out of the bushes and moving around all by itself

I'm thinking it was a big mistake to have a spear as the main weapon in a stealth based game about assassins :pac:

Sephiroth_dude · 04-10-2018 8:48am

I have no ****ing will power, pulled the trigger!

Dcully · 04-10-2018 10:02am

Yer man skill up while loving the game claims its too long and too vast and he is bored after 50 hours.
Thing is ive often seen him complain about games being too short too :P
ACG as always does a great review.

Venom · 04-10-2018 10:46am

Dcully wrote: »

Yer man skill up while loving the game claims its too long and too vast and he is bored after 50 hours.
Thing is ive often seen him complain about games being too short too :P
ACG as always does a great review.

ACG and Worth A Buy are my go to Youtube game reviewers.

04-10-2018 11:43am

Venom wrote: »

ACG and Worth A Buy are my go to Youtube game reviewers.

Can't stand ACG. Worthabuy on the other hand. Legend!

Dcully · 04-10-2018 3:35pm

Venom wrote: »

ACG and Worth A Buy are my go to Youtube game reviewers.

Ah yer man Mac is a whingy yoke, at times hes correct other times he couldnt be further off the mark.
Hes funny as hell thats for sure :P

bigphil2 · 04-10-2018 4:55pm

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

I've been playing it for the past 2 days and I'm liking it alot. I'd go as far as to say it's the best in the series since Brotherhood and the story just gets more and more interesting. I want to see what happens next but I keep being distracted by the beautiful world and all the side quests and activities.

It's far better than Origins in just about every way even though it uses a lot of the same assets. Origins became very repetitive and bloated whereas with Odyssey at least so far I'm not fatigued by it yet and I've just reached Athens. I always feel compelled to do the military bases and bandit camps nearby because they're much smaller and seeing as a lot of them contain quest items you never have to clear them out more than once.

yeah,i got about 20hours into Origins and couldnt be arsed to continue.ill go back to iut no doubt,but itll be next year ,looking at the next 6 months releases

bigphil2 · 04-10-2018 4:57pm

still waiting for my gold edition copy from the game collection,hope its there when i get home in a while..still it cost the same as the vanilla version on psn so im not too annoyed

Temptamperu · 04-10-2018 8:39pm

Looking at the countdown on psn is killing me. I wanna play now!!!!!

dreamers75 · 04-10-2018 10:28pm

Used a VPN to get early access, its a damn fine looking game in 4k.

jaxxx · 04-10-2018 10:30pm

I don't think I'm gonna get it. Looks good, very good. There's just something... missing for me, dunno what. I remember watching videos on youtube for Black Flag when it came out, and almost immediately I was like "OMG I need this now!". I'm not getting that feeling watching vids on Odyssey

awec · 04-10-2018 11:30pm

Not sure whether to buy or not. I bought Origins and got bored after 6 or 7 hours of play.

dreamers75 · 05-10-2018 1:04am

I like the idea of exploration mode but it needs to be implemented better. Its seems to be a reaction to to many markers problem some people have.

I started the game with it on and turned it off after a while, good idea bad execution.

Dcully · 05-10-2018 8:47am

jaxxx wrote: »

I don't think I'm gonna get it. Looks good, very good. There's just something... missing for me, dunno what. I remember watching videos on youtube for Black Flag when it came out, and almost immediately I was like "OMG I need this now!". I'm not getting that feeling watching vids on Odyssey

Im actually like that with this game and im not an AC fan at all, this is a totally different game, its a full on rpg in an open world, its been compared to the witcher 3 but better combat which speaks volumes.

Weapons/armor/stats/upgrades/skill trees/ all done like a proper rpg with an open world and fun combat is right up my street

This is also different to origins apparently, while fun and had small elements of rpg it was the gateway to what odyssey seems to be right now,,, i could be wrong as i havent played it yet but thats what the general consensus seems to be with reviewers and streamers etc.

Rory28 · 05-10-2018 11:40am

Dcully wrote: »

Weapons/armor/stats/upgrades/skill trees/ all done like a proper rpg with an open world and fun combat is right up my street

How heavy are the rpg elements?

marcbrophy · 05-10-2018 11:51am

Rory28 wrote: »

How heavy are the rpg elements?

You can scale it with your difficulty selection!
I'm playing on easy, least RPG elements

bigphil2 · 05-10-2018 12:02pm

Pretty good q&a here,going through the ups and downs,seems to me its improved on the good stuff and eliminated some of the faults from Origins..

letsgo2018 · 05-10-2018 12:53pm

Is this game more like the Witcher 3 or Shadow of War. How does it compare to both

05-10-2018 1:07pm

Only played a half hour or so earlier and messed around in the world. Movement feels the best it's ever been in an AC title and I like the parry , timing on it seems quite easy to get to grips with though would have preferred a single button to do it like dark souls etc. or can that be changed I didn't think to check.

marcbrophy · 05-10-2018 1:14pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Only played a half hour or so earlier and messed around in the world. Movement feels the best it's ever been in an AC title and I like the parry , timing on it seems quite easy to get to grips with though would have preferred a single button to do it like dark souls etc. or can that be changed I didn't think to check.

There's an alternate control scheme in the menu's alright, but not sure if it changes parry controls

It is a bit of a pain for me at the moment, as I keep holding LB/L1 and my brain forgets to let go.
Hopefully I get the hang of it soon

dreamers75 · 05-10-2018 3:58pm

The parrying is a bit of a cheat so far unless there are moves coming later that you cant parry.

You can parry arrows ffs

Combat is good but not witcher 3 good but I dont have a full set of unlocks yet so maybe it will change.

Calling it now the Spartan Kick is FUS RO DAH for 2018, its absolutely hilarious the things you can do with it

marcbrophy · 05-10-2018 4:19pm

So is everyone playing as Kassie?

Did anyone successfully romance

Odessa

as her?

awec · 05-10-2018 6:01pm

UPlay seems broken today.

TheDoc · 05-10-2018 8:23pm

Eagerly awaiting my steam download to finish.

First Assassins Creed game since I believe the second one that came out. This has had me hyped ever since I saw it was based in ancient greece

TheValeyard · 05-10-2018 9:23pm

Oh dear God the size of this game

Potential-Monke · 05-10-2018 9:41pm

Broke out today and got this. My tooth can wait to be extracted! Heard there's a 1.4Gb patch, so that won't happen tonight. Anyone know if there's anything game breaking in the first, say, 4 hours without the patch?

letsgo2018 · 05-10-2018 9:47pm

letsgo2018 wrote: »

Is this game more like the Witcher 3 or Shadow of War. How does it compare to both

?

05-10-2018 10:06pm

During the blood fever side quest did people

Let them live

? Wonder if there will be consequences for that? I walked away.

dreamers75 · 05-10-2018 10:17pm

letsgo2018 wrote: »

?

Being a dick its a populist version of both whereas the best of both of those are ticked of as "things to do" and "ways to do them".

Yes its a game that takes inspiration from others, I hope it takes its own spin on them.

But yes there are echoes of both games and a few others in this.

letsgo2018 · 06-10-2018 11:37am

Is the gold edition worth. I think I'm going to fork out for Spider-Man and tomb raider as Well

Exclamation Marc · 06-10-2018 11:48am

letsgo2018 wrote: »

Is the gold edition worth. I think I'm going to fork out for Spider-Man and tomb raider as Well

If you like the sound of the season pass then yes. You'll save a few quid on it. I got mine off TheGameCollection for about 70 I think which is probably the best price.

06-10-2018 11:52am

Gold edition also has AC3 and Liberation remasters when they come out next year. So worth if you fancy replaying them as well the usual season pass content.

Potential-Monke · 06-10-2018 12:40pm

So I've a few hours into this now, but i'm at a slight impasse. I'm still very early, and have to do a level 3 Odyssey mission where you have to steal something. I'll have no problem doing the mission, but the Level 5 Merc is following me around, and no matter what i do, he follows me, so I can't complete the mission without triggering him, and he's kicking my ass! I even rode to the other side of the island and thought it would do a lap and I could go back and do the mission, but no, he runs after me (you can see him running) and when he gets near he walks around in circles until he sees me. Rinse repeat. Can't get him to bugger off and even if i try a side quest he follows me... Quit, reload, restart PS4, doesn't matter, he's still there every time.

Dcully · 06-10-2018 12:52pm

Can you kill other guys maybe to level up a bit more to then take him on?
I havent played yet but i hear enemy even 1 level above you are really hard to kill so level is huge so i expect a small bit of a grind,, then again if he doesnt fcuk off you cant grind?

Potential-Monke · 06-10-2018 12:55pm

Dcully wrote: »

Can you kill other guys maybe to level up a bit more to then take him on?
I havent played yet but i hear enemy even 1 level above you are really hard to kill so level is huge so i expect a small bit of a grind,, then again if he doesnt fcuk off you cant grind?

Exactly! Fecker is following me everywhere, and missions seem to get the most XP. I'll have another hop off him tonight, hopefully I can beat him, but even Kassandra is telling herself to hide when he's about, so I don't have much hope. Got him down to 1/3rd bar of health but he get faster as far as I can tell.

Maybe I'll try going to another island, that might put him back in his loop.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

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