Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Aztec2Step · 7 Nov 2019 at 13:10

opethdisciple said:
the side quests (millions of them) are mostly the same. Go here kill/collect that return.

Fun but repetitive.

I hear that! For a good number of those hours played, I was running/sailing the Greek world on odd jobs and bounties. Essentially chasing a way to make enough money to upgrade all my gear cheaply (a losing battle in the end as I always leveled up before getting enough cash for absolutely all my gear lol).

opethdisciple · 7 Nov 2019 at 13:41

I personally would have preferred half the content, but 50% more quality and variety in the missions, gear, bosses etc....

shadowbane · 7 Nov 2019 at 13:42

I'm still not seeing why they haven't done a discovery tour of the legends!!! You've already got the locations and creatures like Medusa and Minotaur, why not tell those stories?

Pighardia · 7 Nov 2019 at 17:24

shadowbane said:
I'm still not seeing why they haven't done a discovery tour of the legends!!! You've already got the locations and creatures like Medusa and Minotaur, why not tell those stories?

Narrated by Stephen Fry... I'd pay for that!

shadowbane · 7 Nov 2019 at 18:44

Pighardia said:
Narrated by Stephen Fry... I'd pay for that!

Holy **** yeah!!!!

mk17 · 8 Nov 2019 at 12:36

Have a read of his book: Mythos.

Probably on audio books, fwiw.

Tombstone · 8 Nov 2019 at 13:03

mk17 said:
Have a read of his book: Mythos.

Probably on audio books, fwiw.

And if you liked that one, also get his second audiobook Heroes , which goes into much more detail on the legends of the great greek heroes.

shadowbane · 8 Nov 2019 at 13:38

mk17 said:
Have a read of his book: Mythos.

Probably on audio books, fwiw.

Tombstone said:
And if you liked that one, also get his second audiobook Heroes , which goes into much more detail on the legends of the great greek heroes.

Thank you both, will definitely pick them up but both in Paperback as hate audio and kindle books

Pighardia · 9 Nov 2019 at 09:14

shadowbane said:
Thank you both, will definitely pick them up but both in Paperback as hate audio and kindle books

To be fair, the audio books are read by Stephen Fry and he does a great job. I loved them, though I did read Mythos before listening to it.

You could get one with a free trial of Audible!

starmanwarz · 25 Dec 2019 at 09:56

I just bought the Gold Edition and I'll be starting it once I'm done with RDR2.

I think I'll play as Kassandra. Any tips before I start? From what I'm reading it's better to avoid side quests etc as they are too grindey? Should I just stick to the main story?

andicole0 · 25 Dec 2019 at 11:05

starmanwarz said:
I just bought the Gold Edition and I'll be starting it once I'm done with RDR2.

I think I'll play as Kassandra. Any tips before I start? From what I'm reading it's better to avoid side quests etc as they are too grindey? Should I just stick to the main story?

Best to do is play along as you feel comfortable. Side quests can be tedious but can progress your character nicely. Start with a few then give them a miss as you feel.
Andi.

Usher · 25 Dec 2019 at 11:20

Definitely play as Kasandra, she has a nice sexy voice for starters, side quests are like many other games and become repetitive, go there and fetch an item and return it the owner, go fight bandits in the hills etc, go kill someone etc. But avoiding them also misses out other stuff you will come across.
One of the most enjoyable parts for me are the mercenaries who hunt you down, sometimes more than one can turn up at the same time so then run or you will likely die. The best method by far is to attack them on horseback once you have a powerful weapon, ride past several times swiping at them, with luck you won't get knocked off your horse but if you do they are likely severely weakened and an easy kill.

Hodders · 25 Dec 2019 at 18:06

Armor sets are awesome. One, pilgrims, gives you invisibility. It can basically break the game in terms of difficulty. Everything becomes walk in, get/kill it, walk out.

But in general the game is great, explore, enjoy the views and play as Kassandra deffo.

starmanwarz · 25 Dec 2019 at 18:44

Cheers guys!

starmanwarz · 3 Jan 2020 at 22:57

Started this today, played for 5 hours and had a lot of fun exploring the first area until I got to the second area and had to fight 2 mercenaries at the same time, it is indeed very hard! I had to pay the bounty after several deaths

At some point I accidentally hit a spartan soldier and I had 2 mercenaries and like 20 spartans chasing me, that was epic

Combat is fun, graphics are good, game runs well with all settings maxed out at 1440p, story seems interesting so far... UI could use some work though.

Schizo · 7 Jan 2020 at 11:45

I’m very very close to finishing this game now,completed all the quests on 3 continents and just doing the ? Quests,absolutely loved the game and raked up 189 hours in doing so,can’t wait for the next one now.

Junglist · 7 Jan 2020 at 14:15

Schizo said:
I’m very very close to finishing this game now,completed all the quests on 3 continents and just doing the ? Quests,absolutely loved the game and raked up 189 hours in doing so,can’t wait for the next one now.

I'm around the same play time as you and I still return every now and then to hunt some mercenaries and clear out some forts, just because.

If they said they were going to release another season pass I'd buy it in a heart beat. I still haven't been to an island or two yet!

Dirk Diggler · 7 Jan 2020 at 16:48

Is the DLC any good if the game has been completed?

opethdisciple · 7 Jan 2020 at 17:09

String said:
Is the DLC any good if the game has been completed?

I'm my opinion the DLC was weak but I suppose still worth a play if you liked the base game.

Junglist · 8 Jan 2020 at 10:12

I really enjoyed the DLC. The lost blade takes you all over the map again and the second set of DLC, i forgot the name, takes you to Elysium, The Underworld and Atlantis.

I really recommended it.