This October of 2018, Ubisoft had officially released its new Assassins’ Creed game. The AC franchise is an ation-adventure game that introduces the audience to a free-roaming and also story gameplay. Each game takes place in its own era time period in history ranging from the American Revolution to Ancient Egypt. The franchise is well-known for its stealth and smooth, realistic movement of the characters in the game along with its engaging story-telling. Previously, the newest Assassins Creed game was “Assassins Creed: Origins” came out last October in 2017; the critics generally were not too big of a fan about the game. Although they were impressed with the animations and the overall appeal of the game, its gameplay and historical accuracy was not loved by the audiences. The reviews were not too bad but compared to the previous success that the AC franchise had been known for, it was a letdown.
By the time this blog is published, Assasins Creed: Odyssey had just been released for 24 hours. First of all, something that must be addressed before talking about the reviews for this game and how it fits into the rest of the series is Ubisoft’s vision for this game. For a long time, the AC series has had its fair share of “freshness” and “something new” that it could provide to the gaming community. From the first Assassins Creed to the Assassins Creed: Black Flag (which perhaps is considered the best AC game), the audience was provided with a new sensation of gaming because to that point, there was few to none game that allowed consumers to freely roam around the streets of Havana, Cuba as an assassin for an elite society. But from that point on, people just started considering the next several games as just another Assassins Creed game. Especially Assassins’ Creed: Odyssey predecessor, AC: Origins, where nothing new was brought to the table.
Now that my stand on the Assassins Creed franchise had been made, here are the reviews for the latest game. All the opinions related to this new game is not by firsthand experience but instead came from online critiques and consumers. Essentially, the game is very high marked on metacritic, which is a reliable gaming critique website, scoring a whopping high 87 for PS4 user… certainly not a bad review. As expected with any virtual world game, the effects and the animation of the gameplay is surreal and almost lifelike. As for the content of the game, it had been said that this game carries the longest storyline out of the entire Assassins Creed franchise ranging from 14-60 hours. Although it is good that the game follows a long arch of character, that would take a massive amount of dedication in order to complete it. That is perhaps the biggest downside for this game. It’s that most of the negative reviews for the game consists of players that are sick and bored of the tedious storyline of the game.
Overall, the game had definitely surpassed any expectations I had for it and it very much passed the substantial requirement for an Assassin’s Creed game. A little bit more about this game is that it depicts the life of mercenary from Athens/Sparta on his conquests in the year 452 BCE. Hopefully, I would like to receive this game during Christmas and experience the gameplay firsthand because I thoroughly enjoy this franchise.
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