Is it worth buying it in 2024?

[Spada]

Hi i never been an AC fan infact i only have Black flag and Origins in my library but never really played it.
And since this game is bit old now i wanted to know if it's worth getting the gold edition for 10 bucks.

How long goes the story and how long does it take to do everything?

[Sunsetter]

Took me about 186 h to get all achievs although I did a fair amount of just riding around and chilling in the world, you can probably do it for less than that especially on easier dificulties.

[Glyrion]

It is the best Assassin's Creed in my opinion. It's strange because I haven't really liked any of the other ones (maybe AC 2 only) and this one is just fantastic.

[Tussin The Goat]

The new ones are awful tbh. The series peaked with black flag. Just annual holiday season repetitive garbage for about the last decade. They aren’t even AC anymore its god weird button masher vibes where enemies have health bars and attacks show numbers on the screen lol. AC can be categorized with madden and CoD at this point.

[Janik]

20h in and I'd say ~75% of the map is still left to be explored.
Gold edition gives you access to AC3 and Liberation remastered. Three games for 10€ is a good deal.

[Spada]

So should i get it you say?`:D

[MrSinny]

Take it more as an Ancient Greece RPG. There's very little of Assassin's Creed in there with combat and parkour being extremly simplistic, and stealth, well, let's just say you won't one shot anything beyond a regular soldier if you don't invest heavily in it.
The leveling is annoying because you can end up in areas where you do nothing but tickle the ennemies while they will one shot you (though it's not as bad as Valhalla), you can still survive if you are veeeeeeeeery careful. Leveled items on the other hand add variety, but it also means endless grind for new gear until you reach max level.
The stories and sidequests are okay but suffer from the open world syndrome where, on one hand, they give you a sense of urgency, but on the other, you can spend 300 hours doing something else, it won't really matter.
Naval combat is okay, on par with Black Flag I'd say, though sailing can be quite boring. You have none of the activities like coastal forts or harpooning BF had, it's mostly going from A to B and sinking a bunch of ships on the way.
Summed up, If you enjoyed Black Flag, it's very much it except Ancient Greece and more RPG styled. If you like the era and setting, absolutely go for it, the game is still beautiful and you can spend hours just wandering around exploring.

[HighKnightsHemplar]

as a greek american raised on the myths, i loved it. EXCEPT the combat. if it had the combat like valhalla it wouldve been better. you have to get mid to late game for the enemies to not feel like bullet sponges aside from the bosses or mythical monsters.

honestly they shouldve had darksouls combat from enemies and yourself. instead you rely on op weapons and abilities you find mid or late game for that feeling of being powerful or doing any damage.

[H 4 Z E]

Its good, the only bad things are level gating and how damn big this game is, which aren't necessarily cons for some people

[Quicksilver2842]

Out of AC Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla this one is arguably the best. I would like just to clarify that a game's Age is not really what determines whether a game is good or bad, its the game-play which does. AC 1 & 2, 3 are still the games by which the bar was set for the AC series, so if you never actually played those first titles you will probably never get why this series even has fans to begin with. The story and game-play of that first AC title is why I am such a fan of the series and what really got me hooked to the series. I cant imagine anyone actually understanding in depth what the story of the series is really is all about by not playing those first 3 titles. All the lore really comes from them.

[Xautos]

I played this on windows 7 before i switched over to linux at the start of 2020 when extended support ended, it takes a while to get around, i rather enjoyed flying around controlling Ikaros, marking targets, exploring the lay of the land. I never actually completed the story but you need to level up enough otherwise you'll run across enemies can can kill you quite handily, especially roaming bounties on sea and land.

The additional content like facing down mythical creatures in ancient Greek lore can be very tricky, especially if you aren't prepared, armed and levelled correctly.

you are as much one person on land as you are a captain of a ship as well, captain of a small trireme and it needs upgrading to get the most out of it. Ramming is often one of the best means to taking out a hard target, get the wind on your side and the waves to help you and enemy ships can be broken in half easily, even with stronger bounty targets.

There is a lot to do in addition to the main quests, you got a lot of open world tasks, exploration, side missions and the like. Starting from an insignificant island to a the rest of Greece, it can feel pretty daunting, that's what i remember most about Odyssey when i last played it 5 years back.

I might get it again and play it through. i hope it works on Proton without issue, Valhalla and Origins did, so this should be fine.

[⊹]

bugged piece of garbage game with bugged quests i cant walkthrough single game

[Ashcarr]

Late to the party, but Odyssey is the best in the series. Though as others have said, it's more of Greek RPG than an AC title. There's so much to do and Greece is so big that you can play the game for a very long time.

I never have a problem with stealth working because I always invest 100% of my level ups and gear spec'd to assassin. There will be the odd captain once in awhile that I'll stealth strike it and then have to swing at a few times to kill, but it's not as bad as people say.

The game is still gorgeous today. I just recently picked up Mirage and playing that made me want to come back to playing this. It's one of those few games that really resonates with me.