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So wait i dont get it, if you decide
to kill Monger, then the game fucks you up indefinitely? Because i tried to save Lagos but no matter what i am fucked...
Way to harsh if you ask me and i dont even get the point of a dialogue option apart from the game wanting to rub it in your face.
Way to harsh if you ask me and i dont even get the point of a dialogue option apart from the game wanting to rub it in your face.
If it's what I think you're asking about...
It's the method with which you kill the Monger that fucks you over. If you kill him in the cave and don't publicize the death, you're fine. But if you follow the hetaerae's suggestions and kill him in public, that's when you get screwed.
Oh, I think it's more that feudal Japan is just gonna be kinda played out as a setting by the time they could get to it with Nioh, Sekiro, and Tsushima all being active franchises at the same time.
Ubisoft would be better served not trying to dip their toes into that water until it's calmed down a bit. Something in Southeast Asia would likely be easier to stand out with.
The cultist system is a nice idea but lacking in presentation ...
I wish cultists had some unique lines of dialogue when around them or during combat. And the sages could've used a white room cutscene. In the end , Origins' targets were much more memorable ...
Here they're just glorified NPCs.
I wish cultists had some unique lines of dialogue when around them or during combat. And the sages could've used a white room cutscene. In the end , Origins' targets were much more memorable ...
Here they're just glorified NPCs.
ERA, can I gain some performance on XBX disabling the DVR recording feature? This also disables the screenshot capture, but I do not care.
Yup. And the negative consequences of that decision will continue even further in the game.
Ubi forums says it makes the game worse. People are pissed.
It should be noted that this still doesn't prevent you from getting the best ending.
So last night, I made it to...
Atlantis and met Pythagoras, and now I have a third "branch" of the main storyline to worry about. I have yet to follow Myrrine back to Sparta, so about how much of the story do I have left? Do I have to do all three branches for the full ending?
I didn't finish culling the cultists until after I finished the main game, so that doesn't really effect the ending. And the Atlantis stuff doesn't actually go for too long. I got the Plat at about 89 hours, but that included a lot of running around exploring, as well as sidequests and other distractions. If you were to just focus on the main quests, you still have a decent chunk of game left.
Cool. I think my playtime counter was at 39 hours or so and I'm at level 34, so I feel like I've already played a lot.
Yeah, it's a massive game. Feels a little too big sometimes.
My quest menu is a goddamn mess. All the cultist branches, all the animal hunts...I'm glad you can collapse those "tabs" but it's still a lot to scroll through.
Yeah, early on I spent some time trying to clear it up, but gave up eventually because you end up with a lot of quests you can't complete until much later.
lol the romance stuff in this game is so awful and forced. You've got this massive world and a game that lasts for 100 hours, why are they in such a rush to tell a story and get you into bed with someone?
Her entire story line doesn't last much longer than that either since it mostly revolves around the same nation power meter that's on every island. Don't be so afraid to let relationships develop over the course of a 50+ hour journey.
Kyra is talking about love and all that but we met not even a full hour ago!
Her entire story line doesn't last much longer than that either since it mostly revolves around the same nation power meter that's on every island. Don't be so afraid to let relationships develop over the course of a 50+ hour journey.
I see... So that means i am screwed in terms of getting a good endimg? (No spoilers pls)
No, it doesn't effect the ending, but it does effect later quest outcomes and how a prominent recurring NPC views you.
The romances seem to all be throwaway things, in my experience Kass doesn't view any of them as lasting or important. Just treat it like the fling it is and it's not nearly as offputting.
I don't even look at anything outside of the main story questline except if I'm actively on a regional/character mission (or actively on one of the quests from the third major branch).
The problem is that the cultist stuff appears at the top of the list for me so I always have to scroll past that to get to the other main quests.
45 hours in and the end of the main quest-line still feels far away, for reference Origins took me about 35 hours and Horizon ZD just under 25.
This is an issue for me as well, the quests are very well organized on the menu but there's just so many of them.
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For what it's worth: I'm 90 hours in and still only halfway through the story.
Another thing I just discovered: when you unlock the second ability wheel, you can assign the same ability to both wheels. For example I have one "Ranged/Evade wheel" which has (clockwise, from the top) Venomous Attacks, Vanish, Slow Time and Second Wind assigned to it, and another "Melee wheel" which has (clockwise, from the top) Venomous Weapons, Hero Strike, Spartan Kick and Second Wind assigned to it.
Before this I would always have scramble to swap back to the other wheel to activate Second Wind whenever I was in melee mode, which has meant my death a few times. So this is a big help.
Another thing I just discovered: when you unlock the second ability wheel, you can assign the same ability to both wheels. For example I have one "Ranged/Evade wheel" which has (clockwise, from the top) Venomous Attacks, Vanish, Slow Time and Second Wind assigned to it, and another "Melee wheel" which has (clockwise, from the top) Venomous Weapons, Hero Strike, Spartan Kick and Second Wind assigned to it.
Before this I would always have scramble to swap back to the other wheel to activate Second Wind whenever I was in melee mode, which has meant my death a few times. So this is a big help.
It feels like a product of having so many studios on one game and to be fair I've had that complaint about most ACs since they expanded to that crazy size. So many things in the games feel so disjointed like they were placed there by different people who didn't converse with each other at all. They just did their part and glued it on to the overall board and the next person did the same.
You can have it sort other ways, but it doesn't really alleviate the problem. Even the contracts section can get a bit unwieldy after a while.
You know, I get that there's probably a story/design reason for why they don't want to give you a shield with a spear in this game but at the same time, just put it in, sheesh.
This is one of the things I wish they put a bit more effort into. I understand they're just short and sweet little side stories but I was hoping for something more meaningful and lasting across the full game ala The Witcher or Bioware games.
I just treat them all as flings and it makes more sense that way. Overall not a huge detriment for me but just something that would have been nice to be more fleshed out.
Yupp, 1.05 made the game run worse for me. The Ubi forums and getting slammed with people saying the same. Why the fuck are they breaking this game?!
Everytime i do a night raid in a camp or fort i always bush assassinate a guard who pulls out a torch lighting me and said bush on fire
Yeah it's a bit hilarious how easily and fast everything catches fire. I've set myself on fire several times in tombs while lighting braziers or moving obstacles.
Oddly enough it seems to be running better for me. No hitching today at least.
I'm about 20 hours in Odyssey. Enjoying it so far.
In what ways is Odyssey an improvement, or (worse) than Origins in your opinion? (I never played Origins)
In what ways is Odyssey an improvement, or (worse) than Origins in your opinion? (I never played Origins)
Odyssey is a bigger (huge!) game with a lot more moving pieces (mercenaries, skill trees, regional/character/challenge quests, conquests, naval stuff). There's just so much content, both in terms of main plotlines (of which there are three!) and side stories. It's a sprawling game with a lot to see and do, but Kassandra/Alexios isn't well defined and the assassination targets are pretty generic.
Origins is smaller (but still larger than most open-world games) and far more focused on the main character (Bayek) and his relationships, while giving each of the assassination targets a lot of personality and development. I also prefer the setting and the pyramids/tombs/first-civ-vaults. Everything comes together in a more coherent package, but there's much less content outside the main story and the pyramids/tombs/first-civ-vaults (just generic bonus quests/markers).
I liked Origins much more (Bayek and his relationships -- as well as the villains -- were some of the best in gaming), but Odyssey is probably the better game for most people.
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Nice! Just after this fort is when i headed to Athens finally :p
+ Story, presentation and side characters are very much improved, Origins story was good but the presentation was incredibly disjointed and kind of a mess. Im not done with Odyssey but hopefully it doesn't fall apart like Origins did.
+ Better writing and better side quests
+ Alexios is a better character than Bayek and is better suited to the story. I liked Bayek but some of the stuff you have to do int he story as him is questionable to his charatcer.
+ More options to knock people out instead of kill them
+ Loot system is improved by having separate pieces of armor
+ Bow system is improved by having only one bow but different skills attached to it
+ Combat animations look slightly less janky but still janky overall
+ World is huge even compared to Origins which was already huge
* Skill streamlining is neither improved or a drastic step back, it's just different...someways better and someways not
- Performance is slightly worse than Origins on X1X
- I liked the daily quest stuff in Origins better, could purchase a loot box with normal game currency in Origins
- I enjoyed the vast open desert in Origins..havent seen anything similar like that in Odyssey, though I suppose the oceans in Odyssey are the equivalent...haven't really dove down to explore them.
Sony really should let people roll back patches in the future. My game was running perfectly, but I downloaded the newest patch earlier today and now it's glitchy as all hell.
I love the attention to detail in general, but underwater really stands out. Probably because most games just ignore it altogether.
I was disappointed with the shield removal. I get it, with the way they did parry, but I'm always a sword and board kinda player over two-hander or dual-wield. It's definitely an aspect that I like better in Origins.
It's a stuttery mess on X now. It wasn't perfect before but now it's running like shit. I'm so pissed. There really does need to be something in place when devs break games after release.
Just encountered Eppie and started his first quest. As an archaeologist myself, he's already my favorite NPC in the game. Dude knows what's up.
"Knowing where we come from tells us where we are headed."
"Knowing where we come from tells us where we are headed."
Just assassinated the nation leader of Boeotia and was spotted by everyone in the fort. Killed everyone, recruited all three mercenaries coming for me (they arrived about a minute after the other, giving me plenty of time to deal with each one seperately). After that I decided to go on a killing spree and murder every Spartan I came across just to raise my bounty level to the max.
It's shocking how much you can get away with at night. I killed my way through town and hardly anybody noticed. In the end the person who issued the bounty stood in the middle of the street and I simply ran past him while slicing his throat, the civilians around him not giving a damn (maybe the newest patch did solve at least one thing?). And gone was my tier 5 bounty.
Also the first time I did a running assassination in this game. I had no idea those worked so smoothly.
It's shocking how much you can get away with at night. I killed my way through town and hardly anybody noticed. In the end the person who issued the bounty stood in the middle of the street and I simply ran past him while slicing his throat, the civilians around him not giving a damn (maybe the newest patch did solve at least one thing?). And gone was my tier 5 bounty.
Also the first time I did a running assassination in this game. I had no idea those worked so smoothly.
Think I'm about 63 hours in now, Level 39.
Just reached Paros in the story, so Chapter 6-ish I think.
All of these at 100% complete:
Haven't really looked back since then, the Rush Assassination is absolutely incredible. It makes me feel like Noctis again and is just an absolute joy every time I use it, it just never gets old taking out a group of guards with it, absolutely amazing.
I've found myself saving points until I get the next upgrade as I want Level 3 Predator arrows, Critical Assassinations and Rush Assassinations and don't really know what else to spend them on at the moment.
Just reached Paros in the story, so Chapter 6-ish I think.
All of these at 100% complete:
- Attica,
- Kephallonia,
- Phokis,
- Malis,
- Lokris,
- Megaris,
- Euboea,
- Skyros,
- Andros
- Keos
- Seriphos
- Hydrea
- Melos
- Korinthia
- Argolis
- Naxos
Haven't really looked back since then, the Rush Assassination is absolutely incredible. It makes me feel like Noctis again and is just an absolute joy every time I use it, it just never gets old taking out a group of guards with it, absolutely amazing.
I've found myself saving points until I get the next upgrade as I want Level 3 Predator arrows, Critical Assassinations and Rush Assassinations and don't really know what else to spend them on at the moment.
Every time a new person joins the Love Boat crew, half the fun is imagining all their conversations of why they joined up and all realizing they have the same damn story.
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