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"Two-thirds" of AC: Odyssey Players Played As Alexios
- Thread starter Mezoly
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This.
Alexios is an amazing protagonist that fitted the tone perfectly. Didn't care about Kassandra that much, which is a first because I tend to skew female whenever I get the choice. (Unless of course there are gay romance options)
I think someone from Ubisoft said in an AMA that Kassandra is the protagonist in the AC Odyssey novelization, which made her officially canon. I might be wrong though, I'm not a hundred percent sure.
There was a video recently that show the character actors walking around talking about Odyssey showing Kassandra's shirt on the back saying "Cannon." Probably, a running joke.
They're different, yes. The plot is the same of course but I would say the individual characterization is generally the same as far as their motivations and interaction with the plot , but different enough that it doesn't just feel like reading the exact same dialogue in a different voice.
This is a situation where different actors with different delivery lead to a different read on certain characters. That said it's pretty much the same experience though.
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Genuine question to the people saying things along the lines of "Shame, they missed out on an awesome character": Aren't they more or less exactly the same character? Don't they do and say exactly the same things? Same romance options? Same storyline and character relationships? Is it just the voice acting that makes Kassandra better, or am I missing something?
P.S. I haven't actually played the game yet, I'm just curious.
P.S. I haven't actually played the game yet, I'm just curious.
I actually find this result better than expected. That means millions of people chose Kassandra
The voice acting goes a long way in this instance. Alexios isn't bad per se, it's just a very specific type of delivery. Hammy, theatrical.
I think her character also works better as the protagonist. There's a reason for that that I can't say without spoiling something.
They are the exact same character gender swaped. The difference is the female V.A. is much better.
Yes, people are completely ignoring the fact that the voice overs could be different depending on the languague one plays the game on PC at least there were voice overs for 7 different languagues.
But then again it seems Kassandra might be the canon one, so yeah.
And Inquisition had 68% male Quizzy's to 32% lady Quizzy. It's not really unexpected and that number seems about normal if anything to me.
Is there a trophy for completing the game with each of the characters? If so, what are the percentages?
Imagine if they'd had analytics for games like Turok 3 and Resident Evil back in the day. I wonder what the Leon/Claire ratio in RE2 Remake will be considering most players won't even finish the game as a single character, much less with both.
Regarding Odyssey, 1/3 isn't bad. But I'm old school. Back in my day *shakes cane* that whole "I don't want to play as a girl" thing wasn't as prominent. I feel it arose in the wake of the huge dudebro influx in the mid to late 2000s. It's kinda unfortunate that a choice that was pleasantly unremarkable in the 90s now has so much baggage attached to it.
Regarding Odyssey, 1/3 isn't bad. But I'm old school. Back in my day *shakes cane* that whole "I don't want to play as a girl" thing wasn't as prominent. I feel it arose in the wake of the huge dudebro influx in the mid to late 2000s. It's kinda unfortunate that a choice that was pleasantly unremarkable in the 90s now has so much baggage attached to it.
yup.
Era is never a good choice to try and match the majority of an audience.
I mean...I guess that it comes down to preference but you know a lot of those that didnt choose Kassandra are probably super insecure about playing as a woman in a game.
Anyway, I don't regret my choice Kassandra is one of my favorite main characters ever. I even tried, in a seperate profile, to play Alexios and it was such a downgrade.
Anyway, I don't regret my choice Kassandra is one of my favorite main characters ever. I even tried, in a seperate profile, to play Alexios and it was such a downgrade.
Personality wise are they that different ? Or is it just the voice acting which is really different? I liked Alexios. He's cool but judging by this thread you'd think his garbage?
They were surprised? A great deal of the actual media that the mainstream saw for this game had Alexios as the main. And note, I'm not talking about the stuff shown at game shows and what not.
Alexios is also the model on the cover (apparently Kassandra is on the reverse).
The main CE was this:
They had a stand alone statue for Kassandra and eventually offered it with a game bundle.
After all that Ubisoft is still like, "we were surprised!"
Alexios is also the model on the cover (apparently Kassandra is on the reverse).
The main CE was this:
They had a stand alone statue for Kassandra and eventually offered it with a game bundle.
After all that Ubisoft is still like, "we were surprised!"
So, we get an outstanding woman in a game, something that is quite rare, and she just gets ignored by the majority of players?
Next time Ubisoft, just make her the only option. I don't care how "scary" that is to your marketing.
Next time Ubisoft, just make her the only option. I don't care how "scary" that is to your marketing.
That's actually an incredible result for the female character. I would have guessed less than a quarter.
I'm waiting for the DLC to drop before I dive into Odyssey, but I plan on rolling with Alexios too. It's great that gender choice worked out for them and is something they're committed to for the series; it's a fair amount of extra work, but it seems to have been well received.
I'm waiting for the DLC to drop before I dive into Odyssey, but I plan on rolling with Alexios too. It's great that gender choice worked out for them and is something they're committed to for the series; it's a fair amount of extra work, but it seems to have been well received.
Wait, so if I'm not gay and I chose Alexios my choice is....wrong because it's not for a legitimate reason? I need a reason lol?
Lets not get too crazy there my friend
seriously though, Kassandra is a close 2nd.
How is this a bad thing?
Ubisoft was rightfully mocked for saying it was hard to make female characters a few years ago and now they have one that's well done that 1/3 of players chose. You can be gay, straight, man, or woman in the game. Options are bad now I guess.
Ubisoft was rightfully mocked for saying it was hard to make female characters a few years ago and now they have one that's well done that 1/3 of players chose. You can be gay, straight, man, or woman in the game. Options are bad now I guess.
I don't see the big deal. The game is the same, gameplay and story and missions are the same. It's not like it's a completely different experience with one character or the other. It hardly makes any difference in the grand scheme of thing. You're still doing the same content. But again this doesn't surprise me coming from this overly extreme forum.
Not as much as Kassandra. Really late, can't sleep and well, "best" would fit better, sorry. Non-native English Speaker who still likes to make mistakes...
No, they weren't. Their statement for AC: Unity was:
"It was on our feature list until not too long ago, but it's a question of focus and production. So we wanted to make sure we had the best experience for the character. A female character means that you have to redo a lot of animation, a lot of costumes. It would have doubled the work on those things… And I mean it's something the team really wanted, but we had to make a decision. It's unfortunate, but it's a reality of game development."
They were mocked by people who didn't understand scope creep or project management. Assassin's Creed: Unity launched in a SHOCKING state, but you know what the game really needed? Changing the co-op so instead of having one character (Arno), it has several, with updated cutscenes, and reworking + QA for every single costume and animation in the game. Yea, that seems super simple. It's not like the game was falling to pieces in the months leading up to release. It's not like Ubi had to scrap heaps of content because this game was badly off the rails.
The way Ubisoft were attacked for NOT adding scope creep to a game that was a train wreck at launch reveals more than anything else how most gamers do not understand how games are made. Maybe people had an excuse pre-release. But once people saw how badly off the rails AC: Unity was when it released, one would think that they'd click that "Oh, so that's why it didn't make the cut. That's why this game's story is a mess." But no, they went right on complaining. It's no different to when developers patch a game post-release, and gamers whine about how "Why didn't you fix XYZ?" Because it wasn't high enough priority. Tasks have to be prioritized. There were far more critical things they were working every day to fix and/or implement.
Hell yeah! My boy keeps winning 💪🏻
Preach. I started as Kassandra, got done with Kephallonia, and restarted the game as Alexios. She was a decent character and the VA for her was ok, but Alexios to me was the better protagonist. I wish he was the canon choice.
Why should Ubisoft do that if most people want to play as a male in AC? Giving the choice to the players wasn't a bad idea and it is everyones own decision which character they choose, i can't even understand why that makes some people upset.
I'm 80 hours in and Kassandra is incredibly charming. She's great. I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume most of the playerbase of ACO is male, so the two-thirds split isn't surprising to me.