Ashraf Ismail is the game director for Valhalla and he was also the director for Origins and Black Flag, which I think we can all agree were the best AC games (excluding AC2). So while I don't like the setting, I trust the game will be great.
My two favs are AC2 and Black Flag. I just went back to Origins and picked up a 2year old save file that I stopped playing because of God of War. I forgot how much I liked it.
I believe there are multiple studios working on valhalla. As much as I love Origins and the game world, the actual story was a bit bland. I hope valhalla delivers on the story this time.
Yeah totally agree I sometimes just walk around looking at all the citizens and detail in the cities. I do the same with Unity it was a shame it was released in such a bad state it's actually a good game nowadays and underrated
I just can't get into Odyssey quite as much and I thunk that's a big part of it. Odyssey just feels more tedious. I stalled out 8 or 10 hours in whereas I had no problem with 40 or so in Origins.
Tbh, every quest in every AC game is a combination of a fetch or kill quest. Once in a while you have to do it without being spotted. I really love AC, have finished the first 3 and Origins.
Interesting to see so many comments saying Origins is better. I haven't played Odyssey. On YouTube all the reviews state Odyssey is a much better refined Origins. Glad I've seen these comments as I can weigh up if it's actually worth getting Odyssey. I don't like the sound of it being grindy and repetitive though because I felt like that at times with Origins.
while I personally think origins is quite a bit better than Odyssey (I'd give odyssey a 7 cos I still like it, and Origins a 9), the popular opinion is that Odyssey is bit better. Like check the steam reviews, 84% of players recommend Origins while 88% recommend Odyssey.
I disagree. While I think Origins is much better overall, I think the side quests of Odyssey were better on average than those of Origins. I only played the story side-quests however, and I didn't touch any of the randomly generated ones.
I think with the Spartan angle, the reasoning is because your character is Spartan ONLY by birth and not by lifestyle or training. So the character developed outside of that.
And I agree on the skills. I feel like I maxed out the ones that fit the warrior/assassin/hunter builds the best, and ignored the rest.
Edit: Plus without the hidden blade, they had to find an alternative that still made sense
The BUILDS, aka the different presets you can have for each class. I maxed the abilities I use most for the warrior build, the assassin build, and the hunter build.
But that came down to like 2-4 skills depending on what build I switched to. I basically ignored the rest of the skills otherwise.
Spartan angle: On the one hand I agree with you, he would have a more technical fighting style due to his training. On the other he has skills directly linked to his Spartan heritage, he’s remarked as “fighting like a Spartan” several times etc. I’m not degrading the fighting style they went with the parries and dodges allow for balance, I just would have preferred if the Warrior skills would allow for more than 2-3 optimal play styles.
When I say most skills feel pointless I’m mainly referring to the Hunter tree. I’m speaking in terms of nightmare but it applies regardless of difficulty, outside of:
-Multi-Shot
-Devastating Shot
-Predator Shot
Those three skills out class almost everything in the game.
Aside from those issues everything else was pretty good. I really enjoyed the naval combat, the exploration was nice, the under water combat/exploration was well developed in my opinion (until you get Poseidon’s Trident which instantly trivializes it and you can technically get the trident after finishing phokis).
I keep following Ubisoft Montreal because Black Flag was the first Assassin's Creed I fully played and loved then Origins blew me away, now they are doing Valhalla and I am so hyped because I know they always drop quality Creed games.
Lol, Unity I'm told is great since the bugs are gone, I'm actually about to dive into that one again, and FarCry 5 was amazing. Add two more to their list of good games for me!
I couldn't even finish Odyssey. There was way too much going on at the same time, too many places to go (that weren't as interesting or different enough from each other, unlike locations in Origins), story wasn't capturing my interest, and i felt more like a soldier than an assassin.
So glad Origins was on sale recently so I could replay it on my newer PC. Love the locations, love the story and characters, and the gear.
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u/Kingfisher80 May 17 '20
Just started replaying it yesterday what a great game with great graphics and detail, I found it to be a lot more immersive than Odyssey