Assassin's Creed Odyssey in 2024.

[Talion 2024.]

Good morning everyone. While I am aware that last year I created a forum concerning this game and its worth, I feel it necessary to ask once more given recent issues with Ubisoft and their insistence of subscribing to their games rather than owning them.

Plus, I'm curious to know if Assassin's Creed Odyssey comes with any micro-transactions, and wheter the Ubisoft Launcher has finally been fixed or not, as I don't want to end up having to ask for a refund should the game fail to launch.

[Fluffy_Llama]

Tons of microtransations including "time savers" to skip the rather long grind both leveling and resource gathering. The DLC is pretty awful so save some money and just buy the base game if you do decide to play Odyssey.

I have no issues with their launcher, just need to download and install the version from Ubisoft and not the version Steam installs. No FSR or DLSS trickery so you need a fairly beefy system to get good frame rate.

Personally i like Odyssey but many others take issue with its rather generic story line (find your family members, save the world...how not original could they get).

Wait for it to go on sale. not worth full retail some six years after release.

[Talion 2024.]

Originally posted by Fluffy_Llama:

Tons of microtransations including "time savers" to skip the rather long grind both leveling and resource gathering. The DLC is pretty awful so save some money and just buy the base game if you do decide to play Odyssey.

I have no issues with their launcher, just need to download and install the version from Ubisoft and not the version Steam installs. No FSR or DLSS trickery so you need a fairly beefy system to get good frame rate.

Personally i like Odyssey but many others take issue with its rather generic story line (find your family members, save the world...how not original could they get).

Wait for it to go on sale. not worth full retail some six years after release.

Got it. Thanks for the tip.

[Talion 2024.]

Originally posted by Fluffy_Llama:

Tons of microtransations including "time savers" to skip the rather long grind both leveling and resource gathering. The DLC is pretty awful so save some money and just buy the base game if you do decide to play Odyssey.

I have no issues with their launcher, just need to download and install the version from Ubisoft and not the version Steam installs. No FSR or DLSS trickery so you need a fairly beefy system to get good frame rate.

Personally i like Odyssey but many others take issue with its rather generic story line (find your family members, save the world...how not original could they get).

Wait for it to go on sale. not worth full retail some six years after release.

If I had to ask, which Assassin's Creed game from the Layla saga has the best main story, game-play and overall most meaningful content?

Valhalla, Odyssey or Origins?

Origins seems like the cheapest of the three, though it is also said to be the shortest.

[Fluffy_Llama]

Maybe people will tell you Origins is the best of the new AC games, personally i like Odyssey most because of the game play and i prefer Greece to Egypt as a location to wander around and adventure in.

Valhalla is a mixed bag, it has a huge game world that can be very beautiful but it has the worst leveling system, perk tree and longest grind to get past the level gating (aka areas you cant do anything in in till a very high level).

I did not finish Valhalla and would not recommend it to anyone. Oh and Valhalla has more armor gear sets in its cash store than it does in game, worst of the AC games about $$$ store crap.

[Talion 2024.]

Originally posted by Fluffy_Llama:

Maybe people will tell you Origins is the best of the new AC games, personally i like Odyssey most because of the game play and i prefer Greece to Egypt as a location to wander around and adventure in.

Valhalla is a mixed bag, it has a huge game world that can be very beautiful but it has the worst leveling system, perk tree and longest grind to get past the level gating (aka areas you cant do anything in in till a very high level).

I did not finish Valhalla and would not recommend it to anyone. Oh and Valhalla has more armor gear sets in its cash store than it does in game, worst of the AC games about $$$ store crap.

Ah, I see. Well, I guess Odyssey is still worth it eh?

Thanks. I'll be sure to get it during the Spring Sale.

[Talion 2024.]

Originally posted by Creeper of Doom:

I want it real bad but i can’t be bothered with Denuvo and VMProtect. Unless a miracle happens and those two finally get removed i guess im just not going to be able to buy it (I don’t expect Ubisoft Connect to be removed because, well.)

Denuvo and VMProtect?

[Talion 2024.]

Originally posted by Creeper of Doom:

I want it real bad but i can’t be bothered with Denuvo and VMProtect. Unless a miracle happens and those two finally get removed i guess im just not going to be able to buy it (I don’t expect Ubisoft Connect to be removed because, well.)

Have you tried Shadow of War and Shadow of Mordor? They're not Assassin's Creed games, but they come pretty close when stealth, parkouring and open-world exploration are concerned.

Though of course they also have different game-play features like sieges, controlling enemies to fight on your behalf etc....

I don't want to give away too much. You're better off checking them both out during the Spring Sale in March.

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/648168/

And the best part is that they do not require the infamous Ubisoft connect/launcher, since they're not Ubisoft games.

[Talion 2024.]

Originally posted by Creeper of Doom:

I want it real bad but i can’t be bothered with Denuvo and VMProtect. Unless a miracle happens and those two finally get removed i guess im just not going to be able to buy it (I don’t expect Ubisoft Connect to be removed because, well.)

Obviously, don't take my word for it if you still want to give Odyssey a try. I for one am also tempted to give it a shot ,despite the risks it entails (namely Ubisoft-related issues when launching the game and it running smoothly are concerned).

It's said to be a thrilling adventure, full of things to explore.

Plus, if you go for the Ultimate Edition of this game, you will get not only the base game and its DLCs but also some boosters and two additional games (Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered and its DLC Liberation) for around 28.74 euros, based on last year's Spring Sale event.

Overall, a good deal I guess.

[Talion 2024.]

Though if you're prepared to wait till the Summer Sale, it can go down in price to 22.99 euros.

Your choice.

[Talion 2024.]

Refer to Steam DB for any pricing histories if you're curious.

https://steamdb.info/

[Talion 2024.]

Originally posted by - EMPTY -:

The game just lack a proper antialiasing like DLAA/DLSS to be a 2024 AAA game.
Microtransactions are here just to milk people that like to be milked but add nothing usefull to the experience.

Noted. Thanks.

[AsRock]

The game is not like the older AC's but enjoyed it all the same, like some one else said already wait for a sale and get it with the DLC's.

It is a long game but personally a none issue for me, i hate short games.

One main issue i had was with hard crashes, to the point were the system would reboot and the GFX card fans would max out, this was due the Story Creator Mode and never had another issue with the game.

Played it though on 2 systems

Intel 3770
AMD 390X (8GB)
16GB

Currently
AMD 7700X
AMD RX6950
32GB

[Talion 2024.]

Originally posted by AsRock:

The game is not like the older AC's but enjoyed it all the same, like some one else said already wait for a sale and get it with the DLC's.

It is a long game but personally a none issue for me, i hate short games.

One main issue i had was with hard crashes, to the point were the system would reboot and the GFX card fans would max out, this was due the Story Creator Mode and never had another issue with the game.

Played it though on 2 systems

Intel 3770
AMD 390X (8GB)
16GB

Currently
AMD 7700X
AMD RX6950
32GB

Thanks for the info. I'll keep that in mind.

[longjohn119]

Originally posted by - EMPTY -:

The game just lack a proper antialiasing like DLAA/DLSS to be a 2024 AAA game.
Microtransactions are here just to milk people that like to be milked but add nothing useful to the experience.

If you have an Nvidia GPU then just go into the Nvidia Control Panel and enable DLDSR 2.25X which will render the game at a higher resolution and then bring it back down to native which comes really close to what DLAA gives you.

The only downside is it is a "global" setting meaning it will be turned on for all games which can be a problem with more graphically intensive games like Cyberpunk 2077 and other Ray Tracing titles but it only takes a couple of minutes to enable or disable it

[Talion 2024.]

Originally posted by russell_john:

Originally posted by - EMPTY -:

The game just lack a proper antialiasing like DLAA/DLSS to be a 2024 AAA game.
Microtransactions are here just to milk people that like to be milked but add nothing useful to the experience.

If you have an Nvidia GPU then just go into the Nvidia Control Panel and enable DLDSR 2.25X which will render the game at a higher resolution and then bring it back down to native which comes really close to what DLAA gives you.

The only downside is it is a "global" setting meaning it will be turned on for all games which can be a problem with more graphically intensive games like Cyberpunk 2077 and other Ray Tracing titles but it only takes a couple of minutes to enable or disable it

Thanks.