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Who is the better protagonist: Bayek or Kassandra?
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Best open world protagonist is probably Kass, Deacon, and Aloy
Went with Bayek, he just edges out Kassandra for me but really it could be a toss, both characters were great.
Bayek. His relationship with Aya was incredible. One of the best portrayals of a strained relationship in a videogame. Bayek also grows a lot as a character throughout the game - ubisoft deciding to tie the birth of the assassins to his character's growth was fantastic. Origins had a lot of legitimately good writing in it, even if it had saome really forgettable parts (do you even remember the main villlain's name? Bet you don't! ), I think Bayek may be Ubis' most compelling character of this gen.
Kassandra and Alexios were fun to play as characters "in the moment" but the choice system felt like it came at the expense of an actual character arc. There isn't much difference between Kassandra in the first hour and Kassandra in the last hour.
Kassandra and Alexios were fun to play as characters "in the moment" but the choice system felt like it came at the expense of an actual character arc. There isn't much difference between Kassandra in the first hour and Kassandra in the last hour.
Gotta go with Bayek. Though Kassandra was brilliant too.
it's a tough call so the poll is what I expected.
it's a tough call so the poll is what I expected.
I like both in general, however, was more into the personality of Bayek. Also his fatherly revenge story I thought was tighter and more grounded for my taste than the Greek Epic that typifies Odyssey.
Kassandra, by far. Also because you can kinda influence the character through your choices. Bayek was ok, but also frustrated me. It felt like his actions in missions were often not in line with his personality. That said, he is still the best male AC protagonist. If I played these games for how they write their main characters I would not play them at all.
Bayek, due to him actually being a character. The dialogue options really hurt Kassandra, and the missions clearly written expecting you to be Alexios took me out of the experience. I really wish they were able to make Kassandra the only character like originally intended, the scenes written for her were fantastic.
I really like both but i think i will have to give it to Kassandra, her sass is just too damn good.
Both really good but I warm to Kassandra more. While in Odyssey they may not have done the best by the character, as an individual I just love what they've created right down the hairstyle, She comes across very humanistic and appealing personality. I think it's a great achievement in character creation. They were on a roll with Bayek Reda and then Kass, was surprising at the time how good Origins was by Ubisoft. I'm not seeing the same quality in Valhalla.
When I boot up Unity it's for Paris, Origins it's Egypt, Odyssey it's for Kassandra
When I boot up Unity it's for Paris, Origins it's Egypt, Odyssey it's for Kassandra
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Bayek is up there with Ezio for me. Such a great character in a great game. Origins is one of the best games I've ever played including the dlc.
I liked Bayek a lot, but Kassandra wins this one easily for me. Just preferred her voice acting (not that Bayek's is bad by any means) and her personality more. And on that subject, Odyssey also having voiced dialog choices is pretty big to me. While there isn't always a dialog choice for everything I want to say as my character, having that option meant I could inject some of my personality into my choices and what I was saying as Kassandra, which made her feel more relatable to me (vs. Bayek whose dialogue is on a fixed script).
Both are among the best in the series, but it's a shame that Aya's starring role got reduced because it felt like she and Bayek should've had similar role as Kassandra and Alexios to pick who you'd want to play as. I liked Kassandra a bit more.