Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Yeah, I've probably just about talked this game to death at this point, but I don't know where else to start and I don't think I've played a game that had such a positive effect on a series than this one has. Assassin's Creed Odyssey is the developers finally realizing that they can make this series great again, and they truly have.
While I've not spent a whole lot of time in this game yet, from what I've seen so far, this game is really a treat in and of itself. From the graphics to just the feeling of open-ness and potential danger around every corner. I don't think an open world style game to just hold my hand all the time. I want some aspect of danger and this game certainly brings it.
With the camps you can take on throughout the world to wild animals you can fight, it becomes honestly more fun to go around and just being the bad guy. But be carefully because you'll get a bounty. In my experience though, it's actually a lot of fun to try and lure the bounty hunters and just shoot them with arrows. It's a nice tactic and I get a lot of experience every time.
And yes, the combat is the same style of combat you'd see in Middle Earth: Shadow of War, but it's still got its own unique twist that makes it its own. Like I said, it's the combat style, and it's actually a combat style that I really love and I hope more games continue to use it. It doesn't get stale for me like it does other people. I enjoy being able to fight tons of enemies at one time. Spider-Man also did it great and we'll of course talk about that sometime this month.
When you get through the tutorial and you see the entire world open up, I don't think I've been as impressed with the true open-ness of a game until the map panned out and I saw what I was about to jump into. And again, while I haven't put a lot of time into it, I'm still enjoying going through this large world.
And may I say, the dialogue between the characters is also fantastic. I actually feel connected to the characters on the screen, and sometimes there is some sass thrown around. But with the body movements and the very closely precise mouth movements, it's actually really fun to watch cut-scenes because you don't know what you're going to get into. Again, you can choose to be either good or bad, and it's so much fun switching between the two. Be a saint then just turn around and be a huge dick. The game does it well. It's legitimately fun.
Yeah, I'm definitely happy I decided to give this series a chance again because It's nice to see that developers have started to put a lot more care into their games than they were previously. It's a new world for Assassin's Creed. I'm excited to see what they release in the future. I do still need to play Assassin's Creed Origins but that can wait.