

There are a few systems borrowed from older Assassin's Creed titles and even other games. Levels and experience gains are back, as well as loot, passive traits, and specializing ability trees.
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Odyssey continues what Ubisoft started with Assassin's Creed Origins, pivoting the series towards a more RPG-like format. In one main story mission, Alexios gets incredibly angry at a villain for playing both sides of the war to sell weapons, despite the fact that the game's quests are rammed with opportunities to do exactly that.Īssassin's Creed Odyssey combat (Image credit: Ubisoft) Problematically, your choices can also create odd contradictions in the main character's personality, since main plot threads seem to want to bind you to a specifically noble personality, while side quests often allow you to be, well. Some major plot threads diverge based on your decisions, but it's overall a softer approach than other games. The decisions you make in Assassin's Creed Odyssey are referenced throughout future conversations, but opportunities to influence the actual outcomes of a quest are rare. The ability to make story decisions is a nice step forward. Resolving to stop them, Alexios or Cassandra embarks on an epic odyssey to end the cult, and uncover the mysteries of their past and the supernaturally powerful Spear of Leonidas, which ties into the over-arching sci-fi Assassin's Creed plot. You discover that a nefarious cult is tracking down your family bloodline, working from the shadows to influence Greek politics across the world. Odyssey follows the familiar Ubisoft formula of tracking down the main antagonist's lieutenants across the world, eliminating them as you work your way to the top. HDR lighting glistens on the waves, which react to weather dynamically, making sailing more dramatic. As such, the game has some really spectacular water effects, adapted from previous games. Odyssey puts a renewed emphasis on naval combat and sailing, not seen since Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. That's a minor gripe considering how feature-rich the game's landscapes are, though. In my current build, texture compression probably needs to be tweaked, as it's a little aggressive at times even on the X.
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Odyssey is most impressive in 4K on the Xbox One X or on a higher-end Windows PC that enjoys higher pixel densities and draw-distance than the Xbox One S version of the game.

You can also partake in these large-scale epic fights yourself as part of the game's conquest system, and the volume of fighting NPCs on screen - all without a hint of slowdown - is quite impressive. Ancient Greece is beset by warring factions, with Spartans, Athenians, and other nations littering the world with violence and battles. Ubisoft's team has done a great job breathing life into Odyssey in much the same way it did in Origins, with a wide range of intersecting A.I. Odyssey is another win for Ubisoft's leading design team.
