Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey improves upon AC Origins’ framework in meaningful ways. While it sometimes feels like it could have been a little more ambitious, Odyssey’s colorful quests, breathtaking scenery, and expanded RPG options make it a series landmark, and easily one of the best RPGs since The Witcher 3.

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Assassin's Creed Odyssey improves upon AC Origins' framework in meaningful ways. While it sometimes feels like it could have been a little more ambitious, Odyssey's colorful quests, breathtaking scenery, and expanded RPG options make it a series landmark, and easily one of the best RPGs since The Witcher 3.

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90/100

Alvaro Alonso (Hobby Consolas)

With Odyssey, Ubisoft has crafted the biggest Assasin’s Creed to date. A colossal open world, action RPG, that can go toe to toe with the biggest names in the genre. If you’re a fan of this kind of games, don’t miss it.

October 1, 2018 |

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Building upon the foundation established in Assassin’s Creed Origins, Odyssey brings together that title’s RPG adventure with the ship-bound exploration of Black Flag. Choice and consequence feature heavily in Odyssey, with the player guiding Alexios or Kassandra through a massive journey to reunite their family and kill a lot of people. Not every feature is perfect, with things like recruitment and Conquest Battles needing a bit of work, but overall Odyssey is a grand next step for the journey Origins started.

January 16, 2019 |

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4.5/5 stars

Mike Williams (USgamer)

90/100

Steven Messner (PC Gamer)

The additional layer of choice, breathtaking scenery, and colorful sidequests make Odyssey not only the best Assassin’s Creed to date, but one of the best RPGs since The Witcher 3.

October 5, 2018 |

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Alvaro Alonso (Hobby Consolas)

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Mike Williams (USgamer)

4.5/5 stars - (Read Review)

Steven Messner (PC Gamer)

90/100 - (Read Review)

The additional layer of choice, breathtaking scenery, and colorful sidequests make Odyssey not only the best Assassin’s Creed to date, but one of the best RPGs since The Witcher 3.

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Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
3DNews	Алексей Лихачев	9 / 10	10-01-2018	An exciting adventure full of surprises, secrets and interesting stories. Another successful experiment from Ubisoft.	Read review
AbsoluteXbox	Ash Cohen	4.8 / 5 stars	10-10-2018	The game looks stunning and beautiful and is truly a great sight to see when you`re playing.	Read review
ACG	Jeremy Penter	Recommended	10-01-2018	Video Review	Read review
Areajugones	David Cruz García	9.4 / 10	09-30-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is the culmination of a franchise that still knows how to stand its own ground. The RPG options have been expanded and the open world is even deeper. The title set in Greece is a very serious candidate for the GOTY award.	Read review
Ars Technica	Daniel Starkey	Recommended	10-04-2018	Lots to stuff to do and pretty things to look at, but few fresh ideas. Try it.	Read review
Atomix	Miguel Reyes	90 / 100	10-04-2018	Assassin’s Creed in a phenomenal game. Its enormous world plagued with a lot of activities, its interesting story and the increible setting, turns it into one of the most amazing and outstainding open world titles out there and, also, the best entry in the series.	Read review
Attack of the Fanboy	William Schwartz	4.5 / 5 stars	09-30-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey gives the very best modern open-world RPGs a run for their money when it comes to the sheer amount of content and level of quality found across the board.	Read review
AusGamers	Steve Farrelly	9.1 / 10	10-01-2018	Ubisoft Quebec has made you a cog in the Peloponnesian war, but they’ve also allowed you to dress up that cog however you see fit, and this transcends the cosmetic, right through to being able to romance other characters in the game-world. A game-world that is truly alive.	Read review
BaziCenter	Milad Taher Nejad	8.5 / 10	09-30-2018	Assassin’s Creed long journey apparently comes to an end in Greece, where Ubisoft Quebec upgrades the standards they presented with Origins; a turning point that made Odyssey the best Assassin’s Creed title of this generation.	Read review
Bazimag	Fardin Bagherian	8.3 / 10	10-14-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is complementary to the path Origins started on; a lot of people might not like this approach to the series but we shouldn’t ignore the beauties of its world. people who find no correlation between two last games and previous games of the series aren’t necessary wrong. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is a rich and beautiful game that will entertain your for hours but truth be told it only uses “Assassin’s Creed” name as a complement and is very far from standards of the series. game’s RPG mechanics gradually get deeper and tall buildings, crowded cities and silent assassinations change their places with jungles, mountains, horse riding and heavy one-on-one battles. we have to wait and see what Ubisoft has in store for the future of series and will they finally be able to create a balance between the past and new titles of the series or not?	Read review
Cerealkillerz	Gabriel Bogdan	9 / 10	09-30-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey surprises with probably the best storyline of the series so far that takes you with major decision options and strong protagonists through a well made Ancient Greece. The different story arcs and different endings are well integrated and even the often necessary grind is lightened up through the deep personalities of Kassandra and Alexios. The Game and the series could still use some better balancing for the progression during the game and the fights but besides that Odyssey takes the right steps forward for the series.	Read review
CGMagazine	Jordan Biordi	7.5 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is Ubisoft’s latest entry into the franchise, and despite having little connection to its predecessors, remains a solid Action-RPG.	Read review
Cheat Code Central	Lucas White	4.5 / 5 stars	10-02-2018	If you have the time and patience, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is worth a look, if not for the meandering plot and lore, than for the history porn, the earnest humor, and the massive, mystery-filled world.	Read review
COGconnected	Paul Sullivan	78 / 100	09-30-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, for better or worse, feels like a palette swap of Origins.	Read review
ComiConverse	Jordan Samuel	4 / 5 stars	09-30-2018	Without a doubt, the most robust game in series history as Ubisoft Quebec delivers a player driven Spartan adventure.	Read review
Critical Hit	Geoffrey Tim	9.5 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed’s gradual evolution to RPG is complete. While it remains familiar, the deeper combat, dialogue choices and consequences have upended Assassin’s Creed’s stealthy roots to deliver a sprawling, multi-tiered historical RPG epic. It’s the culmination of the series own journey, and only fitting it be called Odyssey.	Read review
Cubed3	Drew Hurley	8 / 10	10-13-2018	Easily the best Assassin’s Creed title to date, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey takes everything Origins overhauled and improving on it, adding in fan favourite gameplay elements, introducing an amazing, huge world, and, most importantly it’s a heck of a good time… but… the shadow that hangs over it cannot be ignored. Ubisoft has purposefully handicapped the gameplay, tuning it to be slow and, at points, making the grind horrendous, all to try and sell a micro-transaction, and that is absolutely revolting.	Read review
Cultured Vultures	James Thomas	6.5 / 10	10-16-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey maintains the fluid and much loved gameplay providing us with the biggest open world yet, glorious graphics and the return of naval combat. However, the shameless use of microtransactions, frustrating grind and uninteresting characters make Odyssey more of a chore to play than others in the series.	Read review
Destructoid	Brett Makedonski	9 / 10	10-01-2018	Alexios is one of the most memorable protagonists in all of Assassin’s Creed, even if I never once actually thought of him as an assassin. In a lesser game, he’d probably be forgettable. But Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is superb in nearly every aspect. It’s the most impressive Assassin’s Creed, even though sometimes it feels like it’s Assassin’s Creed in name only. It’s as broad as Atlas’ shoulders and as strong as Hercules. This time, Ubisoft hit a real Homer.	Read review
Digiato	Shayan Karami	87 / 100	10-07-2018	In Assassin’s Creed Odyssey everything is at its place. The mythological story remains intriguing until the end and the dialogue choice system is a welcome addition. Gameplay is fun even with its flaws and the latest title in the series is a great opportunity to visit the ancient Greek.	Read review
Digital Chumps	Ben Sheene	9.8 / 10	03-14-2017	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is a celebration of the series’ highlights, transforming the open world genre with its breathtaking scenery, meaningful choices, and exhausting amount of detail that rewards players every step of the way. Ubisoft Quebec’s brave quest to make an RPG results in the best entry in Assassin’s Creed’s historic treks through time.	Read review
Digital Trends	Steven Petite	3 / 5 stars	06-10-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey features a rich, lush world lessened by its repetitive activities. Though the main story is compelling, completing it requires you to participate in a massive amount of level grinding through less-than-stellar side quests. There’s plenty to do in this world, but a lot of it feels like busy work that fights to stay exciting or compelling.	Read review
Digitally Downloaded	Ginny W.	4 / 5 stars	10-01-2018	Like the Iliad, Dionysus, Lysistrata and other great works of art, your feats in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey are incredulous in the best way possible, and it’s honestly more entertaining for it.	Read review
DualShockers	Logan Moore	9 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey isn’t just one of the best Assassin’s Creed games there has ever been, it’s one of the most exceptional action RPGs that I’ve played this console generation. While only a few years ago I was left wondering what this franchise’s future would be, now I’m more excited than I have been in quite some time to see where Ubisoft continues to take Assassin’s Creed from here.	Read review
Easy Allies	Michael Huber	4.5 / 5 stars	10-07-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey builds on the franchise’s legacy in meaningful ways.	Read review
EGM	Michael Goroff	8.5 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey lives up to its namesake. By fully investing in becoming an action RPG, Odyssey’s characters, combat, story, and scope are beyond anything the series has accomplished so far. Its ambitions might get the better of it sometimes, like in how it divides its story moments or in how the leveling system can get out of hand, but the overall experience is, simply put, epic. Even when the game’s pacing hits a speed bump, there are plenty of engaging and rewarding side quests and distractions to keep you busy.	Read review
Electric Bento	Drew Meadows	9.5 / 10	10-09-2018	This is an intimate tale of a broken family, and focusing on that story benefits the franchise as a whole greatly.	Read review
Eurogamer	Tom Phillips	Recommended	10-01-2018	Colossal in size, lavish in scope, Odyssey feels like a series landmark and Ubisoft’s biggest ever game.	Read review
Everyeye.it	Giuseppe Arace	8.4 / 10	09-30-2018		Read review
Fextralife	Castielle	8.8 / 10	10-09-2018	Solid Storytelling following outstanding historic events immerses players into a beautiful rendition of ancient Greece. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey improves on its predecessors by providing seamless character selection and more advanced rpg elements, without compromising on its accessibility to action-focused players. Even if sometimes overwhelming in scale and possibly repetitive for those not completion-oriented, the game is worth full price given its polished delivery of unabashed entertainment.	Read review
Forbes	Paul Tassi	8.5 / 10	09-30-2018	Again, it’s more cake. Origins was delightful and Odyssey hits almost all the same notes, so there’s a lot to like about it as well. But this series needs a bit of breathing room, and I hope it gets another bit of rest after this.	Read review
Game Debate	Jon Sutton	7.5 / 10	10-21-2018	Usually, I let my past experiences inform the present, but with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey I’m attempting desperately delink my own fatigue with the quality of the end product. At the end of the day, not everyone will feel overwhelming by another AC less than a year after Origins. Or indeed there may be plenty picking up Odyssey that have never played Origins at all. For those players, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is a feature-packed, incredibly lengthy belter, but a colossal time sink in the same breath.	Read review
Game Informer	Joe Juba	8.3 / 10	10-01-2018	Infiltration, combat, and exploration are all fun in the moment. However, the repetitive objectives and lack of crafted moments make the gameplay blur together as the hours pass	Read review
Game Rant	Denny Connolly	4 / 5 stars	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey pushes the franchise further away from action and into true RPG territory with dialogue options, branching talent trees, and an addicting armor system.	Read review
Game Revolution	Michael Leri	3.5 / 5 stars	10-01-2018	Although it crafts a wonderful narrative in an awe-inspiring world, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, through its stubbornness and familiarity, sometimes feels like a “best of” compilation of its predecessors without being the best of them.	Read review
Game Volt	Ahmed Hassan	8.8 / 10	09-30-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey for the first time of the series since ages coming with a pleasant experience and It always makes you ready and motivated to know what’s going to happen in the next step and the next detour, it’s a beautiful game that encourages you to explore and enjoy your time around Greek Islands.	Read review
Gameblog	Thomas Pillon	8 / 10	10-02-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey seems to be the series paroxysm : wider, richer and deeper than every other episode, the game still suffers from repetitiveness. The fascinating manhunt and the real choices will keep most players hooked up for a while, but only those who bought a PS4 Pro or a Xbox One X will benefit form the game’s beautiful visuals. If you want to explore this endless greek world inhabited with brilliant minds of their time, you will have to go through more of the same fetch quests the series has dealt with for so long.	Read review
GameCrate	Leo Parrill	8.5 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey hits all the notes a sequel should. It’s bigger, prettier, the existing mechanics have been improved, and there’s plenty more added. It tells an engaging story, with an excellent protagonist (play Kassandra), all in a beautifully realized setting.	Read review
Gamefa	Saeed Aghababaie	9.5 / 10	09-30-2018	Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is the best installment in this huge series for me. Mixture of Assassin’s Creed’s mechanics and RPG genre has been an smart decision from Ubisoft to create the most entertaining and deepest Assassin’s creed experience ever that can take you to an Stunningly beautiful journey. Almost everything in this game are perfect. Beautiful world (that makes you take screenshot again and again), epic battles (with ships and on the ground), deep gameplay elements, addictive leveling system and customization, important choices, branching story, huge map and also a ton of variant content and work to do, make Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey one of the best action RPG-open world games and a “must-buy” game for every gamers whether or not you have been an Assassin’s Creed fan.	Read review
GameGrin	Anna Duncan	8.5 / 10	11-05-2018	It was yet another good game from Ubisoft and I always like to be an Assassin again. I look forward to seeing if the next Assassin’s Creed game will be just as big as Odyssey, although not too big please.	Read review
GameMAG	xtr	9 / 10	09-30-2018	Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is the largest and most complex game in the series. In terms of scale, structure and possibilities it can be compared with Skyrim, and it’s just wonderful.	Read review
GamePro	Linda Sprenger	88 / 100	10-01-2018	Thanks to the decision-making system and the better fights, I’m having even more fun with Odyssey than with Origins.	Read review
Gamerheadquarters	Jason Stettner	8.8 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is an excellent next step for the franchise expanding upon the strong mechanics from Origins.	Read review
Gamers Heroes	Blaine Smith	9 / 10	10-01-2018	You’ll struggle to find a more immersive and rewarding setting in which to forge your own odyssey. A detailed environment combining both the realistic and mythical aspects of Ancient Greece, everything comes together to deliver a narrative-driven, open-world RPG that rivals the biggest names in the genre. Put simply, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is the complete package.	Read review
Gamersky	不倒翁蜀黍	8 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey re-presents the magnificent view of ancient Greece with an amazing scale and unique perspective. It’s much marvelous than any of its prequels, and of course, Odyssey is the best one in Assassin’s Creed series of all time. However, the harsh level limit greatly restricts my exploration and forces me to improve levels or obtain loots by finishing a large number of repeated side quests, and it makes me feel dizzy, bored and sad.	Read review
GamesBeat	Jeff Grubb	Recommended	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is dense, detailed, and varied. It is more dense, detailed, and varied than I considered possible for a video game before playing this. It is a stunning accomplishment, and the 500-to-1,000+ people who worked on it should feel proud.	Read review
GameSkinny	John Schutt	8 / 10	09-30-2018	Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is in many ways a return to form for the series, and its rendition of Ancient Greece makes a worthy addition to the wondrous locales the franchise is known for.	Read review
GameSpot	Alessandro Fillari	8 / 10	10-01-2018	While its large-scale campaign–clocking in at over 50 hours–can occasionally be tiresome, and some features don’t quite make the impact they should, Odyssey makes great strides in its massive and dynamic world, and it’s a joy to venture out and leave your mark on its ever-changing setting.	Read review
GamesRadar+	Sam Loveridge	5 / 5 stars	09-30-2018	Perfects everything Origins did and enhances them in ways you never thought an Assassin’s Creed game could. Odyssey has it all.	Read review
GameZone	Cade Onder	9 / 10	09-30-2018	If you’ve slept on Assassin’s Creed for a while due to oversaturation, and somehow missed out on the fantastic re-invention of the series with Origins, then Odyssey’s refinement makes it an absolute must-play.	Read review
Gaming Nexus	Nathan Carter	9.5 / 10	10-01-2018	Not since Breath of the Wild have I enjoyed an open world game this much. With so much to see and do, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is one of, it not the best, game in the Assassin’s Creed franchise—and absolutely a game of the year contender.	Read review
GamingBolt	Shubhankar Parijat	9 / 10	10-01-2018	This is one of the best Assassin’s Creed games Ubisoft has ever made, joining the likes of Assassin’s Creed 2 and Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood at the very top of the franchise’s hierarchy. While its choice and consequence mechanics aren’t radical reinventions, they add a great deal of agency and variation to the proceedings, while a beautiful and varied setting, a meaningful progression system, a ton of enjoyable content, and the series’ best combat system all come together to deliver a memorable odyssey.	Read review
GamingTrend	Ron Burke	90 / 100	10-01-2018	It’s nearly impossible to summarize a game this big, or this complete. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey lives up to its Homeric namesake in scope and scale, adding fantastic new elements to the solid foundation Origins laid before it. For me, it’s easily the best Assassin’s Creed game to date, and I can’t wait to keep playing it long after the credits roll.	Read review
GearNuke	Khurram Imtiaz	9 / 10	10-01-2018	The story is undoubtedly the most enjoyable part of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, helped by the choice-driven narrative that delivers a significant impact on how certain key story elements play out in the game. It is all further bolstered by simple action RPG mechanics that are not too complex but still fun to mess around. All things considered, this is clearly the most comprehensive and ambitious Assassin’s Creed game to date.	Read review
Geek Culture	Jake Su	9.5 / 10	10-30-2018	Easily the best Assassin’s Creed game, and one that will be remembered as an instant classic in gaming’s pantheon.	Read review
Geeks Under Grace	Karen Kennedy	9 / 10	11-12-2018	If one avoids unnecessary romance, turns off gore, and is able to stand the strong language, AC Odyssey is a good buy, if only for the story and historical setting.	Read review
Generación Xbox	Desirée Clary	9.2 / 10	09-30-2018	Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey follows the natural evolution of the new trilogy by polishing some of its playable mechanics and providing a powerful narrative with one of the best plots in the series. The new combat system with the multiple use of skills and the new character progression where every decision counts, embrace the path of the role games and give it its own identity in a world as massive as it is dinamic.	Read review
Giant Bomb	Alex Navarro	3 / 5 stars	10-05-2018	Odyssey takes Origins’ formula and expands it to the point of nearly breaking.	Read review
God is a Geek	Nicola Ardron	8 / 10	10-01-2018	A huge, ambitious game building on the solid foundations of Origins to deliver a game that feels like another positive step towards a very interesting future for the franchise.	Read review
GRYOnline.pl	Krzysztof Mysiak	7.5 / 10	10-05-2018	Odyssey is no doubt the biggest game in the Assassin’s Creed series, and could easily be considered the best one. Unfortunately the efforts to reshape an action game into an RPG were only partially successful. Ubisoft already checked off everything from a great atmosphere and a gigantic map to some cool gameplay mechanics, but narration and moral choices still do not deliver – Witcher 3 is still miles ahead.	Read review
Guardian	Holly Nielsen	4 / 5 stars	10-09-2018	The writing is sharp and the action fun, but it is the stunning re-creation of another world that is this game’s crown jewel	Read review
Hardcore Gamer	Chris Shive	3.5 / 5 stars	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is a worthy follow-up to Origins, incorporating new gameplay ideas while following the same formula as its predecessor.	Read review
Heavy	Jack Fennimore	6 / 10	12-01-2018	Worst of all, Ubisoft compromised the game’s progression system to get you to pay more money on top of the money you already gave them. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey‘s underlying problem is not that it didn’t innovate enough, but that it innovated in ways that put the publisher’s pocketbook over its players.	Read review
Hobby Consolas	Álvaro Alonso	90 / 100	10-01-2018	With Odyssey, Ubisoft has crafted the biggest Assasin’s Creed to date. A colossal open world, action RPG, that can go toe to toe with the biggest names in the genre. If you’re a fan of this kind of games, don’t miss it.	Read review
IGN	Brandin Tyrrel	9.2 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s open-world adventure through ancient Greece is a gorgeous thrill, and the best the series has ever been.	Read review
IGN Middle East	Islam Ibrahim	9.2 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey has made many great features that make it one of the best RPG games of the current generation.	Read review
IGN Spain	David Soriano	9 / 10	10-01-2018	If you liked Origins, you’ll love Odyssey even though its novelties do not end up having the importance that they should.	Read review
Impulsegamer	Nathan Misa	4.5 / 5 stars	10-02-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is a huge leap forward for the series towards a deeper action role-playing experience. The sheer ambition and amount of content available in Ubisoft’s latest historical sandbox – quests, NPCs, side-activities, collectibles, historical landmarks, locations and secrets – is staggering, and it’s easy to get immersed in what is a truly spectacular open-world rendition of Ancient Greece, the Aegean Sea and its many different islands and warring states. This latest entry will especially resonate best if you enjoyed the different direction last year’s Origins took.	Read review
Jump Dash Roll	Luciano Howard	9 / 10	10-16-2018	Ubisoft has delivered a superior RPG and done so by completely revolutionising Assassin’s Creed. With Odyssey any fan of RPGs, the Creed, or great games in general will be handsomely rewarded.	Read review
Just Push Start	Damian Seeto	4 / 5 stars	10-07-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is still an enjoyable game thanks to an intriguing storyline and one of the best graphics the series has ever seen. Sure it feels like Origins 2.0, although there is enough new content for Odyssey to stand out on its own. That being said, leveling up can be boring and some of the side quests get repetitive and boring after a while. Odyssey is still worth playing though if you can get used to its many flaws regarding its progression.	Read review
Kinglink Reviews	Frank Reese	2.5 / 5 stars	12-30-2019	Video Review	Read review
Kotaku	Heather Alexandra	Recommended	09-30-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s defining characteristic is how often it seems to be anything other than an Assassin’s Creed game.	Read review
Leadergamer	Alper Dalan	5 / 10	09-30-2018	As the result of my Assassin’s Creed Odyssey review, i can say that Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is one of the best games in the series.	Read review
LevelUp	Pedro Pérez Cesari	8.3 / 10	10-01-2018	By adding some RPG systems, Assassin’s Creed: Odysseys builds upon everything that Origins did right to create one of the best entries of the series. However, the game has some issues like boring romance options and poor AI. Despite that, Odyssey got us excited for the future of the franchise.	Read review
Merlin’in Kazanı	Ahmet Özçilingir	78 / 100	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey feels like a traditional RPG game, more than an Assassin’s Creed game, the main reason behind that, the whole system the game build on is pushing players the make important decisions and feel the consequences.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	GameCentral	7 / 10	10-05-2018	The best Assassin’s Creed has been in years, but also a game bloated far beyond the realms of common sense – especially while the core gameplay remains so unexceptional.	Read review
New Game Network	Alex Varankou	76 / 100	10-04-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey improves on its predecessor, with the new RPG focus of the franchise really starting to take hold. A better story and enjoyable combat can’t quite overcome the repetitiveness of this sprawling 40 hour experience, but at least we’re sailing in the right direction.	Read review
Nexus	Nexus	9 / 10	09-30-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey presents an incredible, epic story about love, family, and destiny.	Read review
NoobFeed	Adam Siddiqui	70 / 100	10-04-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey plunges players further back into history, back to when the Assassin Order wasn’t even conceived. The world of Greece is just as beautiful and teeming with more activities than any other Assassin’s Creed game. But despite the large impressive world Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s gameplay rarely impresses and relies on mechanics already used in previous games with little variation. Despite the new branching narrative Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is more of what fans of the series have come to expect.	Read review
Pardis Game	Sadra Shariati	7.5 / 10	10-06-2018	While Assassin’s Creed Odyssy has the least connection to the series’ universe and Stealth is less present than ever, but story, characters and the world are one of the most memorable in the series. Of course, the forced side missions make the impact of the story less powerful	Read review
Paste Magazine	Garrett Martin	7.5 / 10	10-03-2018	As an Assassin’s Creed it turns Origins from an outlier into the start of the new status quo, sacrificing a bit of its identity in order to bring it more in line with Ubisoft’s other open world games. It still captures much of what makes these games special, though, from the historical setting, to the dynamic action, to one of the few stealth combat systems that isn’t too slow or frustrating to enjoy. Embark on this journey with confidence, but be prepared to lose a lot of your free time along the way.	Read review
PC Gamer	Steven Messner	90 / 100	10-05-2018	The additional layer of choice, breathtaking scenery, and colorful sidequests make Odyssey not only the best Assassin’s Creed to date, but one of the best RPGs since The Witcher 3.	Read review
PC Invasion	Jason Rodriguez	9 / 10	10-02-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey puts the franchise back on the map as a critical darling. There’s no malaka here whatsoever as it just “Greeks” of goodness.	Read review
PCGamesN	Harry Shepherd	8 / 10	10-05-2018	Odyssey is a better, and certainly bigger, Assassin’s Creed game than any before it. The sheer number of moving parts can be intimidating but this is a special adventure that must be savoured.	Read review
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette	Max Parker	Recommended	10-02-2018	I’ll still be exploring islands that I haven’t touched and meeting NPCs whom I haven’t yet met. This big, beautiful, bloated world has no end in sight.	Read review
Player2.net.au	Dylan Burns, Paul James	Recommended	11-07-2018	This latest Assassin’s Creed entry is a enormous AC experience and delivers one of the deepest, most refined experiences in recent years.	Read review
PlayStation LifeStyle	Keri Honea	9.5 / 10	09-30-2018	Ubisoft set out to create an Assassin’s Creed game worthy of Odysseus’ name, and bravo, the developer has done it. It’s certainly as long as one of Homer’s poems, but every minute of it is entertaining and, well, fun. It never gets old Sparta-kicking an enemy off a cliff. Clearing out Locations is always satisfying, especially when they require setting things on fire. Talking to Sokrates will make you question everything about your life and the game itself. Some of the choices you make will have a similar effect. You can’t come away from Odyssey without feeling like you were actively part of that great journey, from the highs to the lows and all of the incredible twists and turns in between. This is a voyage you don’t want to miss.	Read review
PlayStation Universe	John-Paul Jones	9.5 / 10	10-01-2018	A glorious sum of newly implemented RPG systems, refined traditional series beats and boasting one of the most entertaining stories in recent memory, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is simply the best in the series and one of the finest open-world adventures available.	Read review
Polygon	Colin Campbell	Recommended	10-01-2018	For all its faults, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is one of the best explorable game worlds yet made.	Read review
Post Arcade (National Post)	Chad Sapieha	8 / 10	10-02-2018	Ubisoft’s latest historical epic is memorable not just for what it is, but also what it could have been with a little restraint	Read review
PowerUp!	Leo Stevenson	9.1 / 10	09-30-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is, without doubt, the best this series has ever produced.	Read review
Press Start	James Berich	9 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey successfully builds upon the already strong foundation that Origins set to provide yet another Assassin’s Creed experience that still feels fresh and, more importantly, fun to explore and dive into. Even better, it does all this without the typical bloat you’d expect, although Conquest Battles do feel like a missed opportunity. Despite this minor letdown, Odyssey eclipses Origins in practically every way, and is easily the best Assassin’s Creed yet.	Read review
pressakey.com	Tobias Heinen	Recommended	10-21-2018	Apart from the almost forced grinding and the microtransactions behind it, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is the hammer! The sheer size of the world, the interesting and mostly very entertaining quests as well as the attention to detail make this game a real gem. For days I sneaked through enemy fortresses, killed leaders, chased wild beasts, climbed mountains and never got bored. The varied possibilities and well written dialogues were always very entertaining. I particularly liked Socrates with his stories and poems. Ubisoft can do that easily.	Read review
PSX Brasil	Thiago de Alencar Moura	88 / 100	10-16-2018	After all these years of fans claiming for a Greek mythology game in the series, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey makes the wait worthwhile. While it stumbles trying to implement many systems at the same time, the whole is still bigger than the sum of its parts and all of its great moments make this a journey worth of its own epic poem.	Read review
Push Square	Robert Ramsey	8 / 10	10-04-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is a superb open world RPG. It can be a little rough around the edges, but there’s a gameplay freedom to this particular adventure that’s really a cut above what the series has attempted previously.	Read review
Rectify Gaming	Dave Rodriguez	7.5 / 10	10-15-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is the biggest game in the franchise, but it’s not necessarily its best.	Read review
Reno Gazette-Journal	Jason Hidalgo	8.5 / 10	10-12-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey builds on the strengths of the excellent Origins while setting you out on an excellent adventure in yet another grand, ancient setting. Bugs and glitches are a bit too commonplace for my tastes and the microtransaction reminders can be annoying, though not too in-your-face. Overall, fun combat, an interesting story and a likable and well-written protagonist (Kassandra, in my case) make Assassin’s Creed Odyssey an worthy and addicting addition to the longstanding franchise.	Read review
RPGamer	Sam Wachter	4 / 5 stars	03-02-2019	While Odyssey is not the perfect package, it offers so much to newcomers and veterans of the series and was the reboot Origins should have been.	Read review
Saudi Gamer	سندس الخباز	9 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey offers endless possibilities and consequences to almost every action and dialog. Generally, the world is incredibly beautiful and encourages you to explore and tackle new challenges. The story is epic though it has somewhat a slow pace, waiting for a main event felt like waiting for a bread crumb.	Read review
Screen Rant	Rob Gordon	4 / 5 stars	10-01-2018	A rich open world to explore, and impressive steps forward from a gameplay and story perspective.	Read review
SECTOR.sk	Peter Dragula	9 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassins are this time in Ancient Greece. With more RPG elements and still fascinating gameplay.	Read review
Shacknews	Bill Lavoy	8 / 10	09-30-2018	Fans of the series are going to like it, while those that don’t like open-world games won’t. Gamers on the fence about Assassin’s Creed Odyssey will find dozens of hours of exploration and fun in a highly customizable experience that is great despite a few annoying missteps.	Read review
Skill Up	Ralph Panebianco	Recommended	10-11-2018	Video Review	Read review
Slant Magazine	Justin Clark	3.5 / 5 stars	10-05-2018	There’s plenty of power and glory to be had in Odyssey. This is a vast swords-and-sandals epic that’s rendered in the finest of details, and there’s little else like it. Seeing it through to conclusion, however, has a major cost: your money or your patience.	Read review
Softpedia	Silviu Stahie	9 / 10	10-01-2018	Odyssey builds upon the foundations of a beloved franchise and I like the way it’s going forward. If Ubisoft doesn’t get too greedy and takes its time to build a proper game, the next one is going to be even better, although I have to say that it’s going to be difficult since this one is almost perfect.	Read review
SomHráč.sk	Martin Černický	90 / 100	10-05-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey improves on almost every aspect of its predecessor and successfully completes the franchise’s transformation into a full-fledged RPG. But despite its undisputed qualities, there’s still room for improvement.	Read review
SpazioGames	Xsin	8.6 / 10	10-01-2018	AC Odyssey is huge, rich with activities and detailed in all kind of missions. Choices have a lot of ripercussions and give variety to the game. Some problems from the series return, as the low quality AI, but they’re hidden by all the other elements.	Read review
Stevivor	Matt Gosper	9 / 10	10-01-2018	I honestly enjoyed my time with Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. It adds new elements to the franchise’s recipe that I enjoy, and some of the story beats look to be leading future instalments in a really interesting direction.	Read review
TechnoBuffalo	Eric Frederiksen	3.5 / 5 stars	10-05-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is worth checking out just for the vistas, but maybe set it to easy. Turn off “Exploration” mode. Skip the procedurally-generated quests. Don’t play for too long at once. And if you try to dive deep, expect to hit bottom real fast.	Read review
Telegraph	Tom Hoggins	4 / 5 stars	10-05-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is the finest the series has ever been, building on the role-playing roots laid down by Origins. An occasionally scruffy triumph of historical world-building, play and, perhaps most importantly, Grecian character.	Read review
The Angry Joe Show	Joe Vargas	7 / 10	10-12-2018	Video Review	Read review
The Digital Fix	Jason Coles	9 / 10	10-06-2018	Assassin’s Creed has dipped itself firmly in RPG mechanics and a wonderful new setting. It is as deep as it is wide and will keep you occupied for a very long time to come. It certainly fits the myths in which it is steeped.	Read review
The Escapist	Arthur Gies	3 / 5 stars	10-01-2018	A progressive Assassin’s Creed saddled with signicficant baggage.	Read review
The Game Fanatics	Joshua Beard	9.2 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey has taken everything that made Origins one of the great games of 2017 and only expanded on it in good ways.	Read review
The Games Machine	Daniele Dolce	8.4 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is the turning point for one of the most famous series produced by Ubisoft. Despite a somewhat shallow storyline and a constant sense of déjà-vu due to the evident reuse of assets from its direct predecessor, the metamorphosis in a full-fledged action RPG is successful, assisted by a system of choices and consequences that works well in guaranteeing tangible repercussions in the world. Now we can’t wait to find out how the series will evolve.	Read review
The Jimquisition	Jim Sterling	Not Recommended	10-05-2018	Video Review	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Gareth Chadwick	8 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey throws so much stuff at you, it’s difficult to sift through it all. It’s a beautiful game to look at and the story is intriguing, but it feels like a game that could have been a little more ambitious if given more time to develop. There’s good ideas, from the branching story and character choice to the return of ship-based combat, but its ambitions also fray around the edges in a way that Origins didn’t.	Read review
ThisGenGaming	Robby Bisschop	9.5 / 10	03-05-2019	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is an amazing achievement and would have been a definitive contender for game of the year if 2018 wasn’t such a mind-boggling year for video game quality.	Read review
Too Much Gaming	Matthew Arcilla	9 / 10	10-29-2018	There are times when Assassin’s Creed Odyssey can feel like too much videogame. While the campaign remains compelling, its level requirements demand you engage in every corner of its world to progress. But despite that, Ubisoft Quebec has taken great care to ensure that the game’s constant loop of exploration, murder and looting is never a drag. It will take a long time for me to drink all of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and when I do I’ll remember it as an experience like no other.	Read review
TrueAchievements	Dave Horobin	4.5 / 5 stars	10-05-2018	There are still some rough spots then need addressing in future titles, and some of the new additions don’t work as well as they should, but Odyssey sets a new bar for what an Assassin’s Creed game can be.	Read review
TrueGaming	محمد جابر الصهيبي	9 / 10	10-01-2018	The best Assassin’s Creed game in a long time. Ubisoft succeeded in giving gamers the best combination of fun exploration and varied combat to make this game really worthwhile.	Read review
Twinfinite	Zhiqing Wan	4.5 / 5 stars	09-30-2018	It’s strange, because Odyssey barely even feels like an Assassin’s Creed game. Take away Layla Hassan and the “Assassin’s Creed” brand from the title, and I’d just look at this game as a really strong, standalone historical fiction video game.	Read review
USgamer	Mike Williams	4.5 / 5 stars	10-01-2018	Building upon the foundation established in Assassin’s Creed Origins, Odyssey brings together that title’s RPG adventure with the ship-bound exploration of Black Flag. Choice and consequence feature heavily in Odyssey, with the player guiding Alexios or Kassandra through a massive journey to reunite their family and kill a lot of people. Not every feature is perfect, with things like recruitment and Conquest Battles needing a bit of work, but overall Odyssey is a grand next step for the journey Origins started.	Read review
VGN	Tommaso Stio	9 / 10	10-01-2018	After 10 years, the Assassin’s Creed series keeps developing and becomes a RPG with lots of mission chapters, objects to unlock and characters to discover.	Read review
VideoGamer	Michael Harradence	8 / 10	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey sees the franchise at its strongest and most ambitious yet. With a compelling story, solid RPG mechanics, and heaps of content to soak up, you’ll be spending months immersed in its sprawling Greek sandbox.	Read review
We Got This Covered	Jon Hueber	5 / 5 stars	10-01-2018	Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is an epic, historical RPG that uses elements of Assassin’s Creed to tell a different kind of origin story, and the results are stunning in almost every way.	Read review
WellPlayed	Edward Darling	9 / 10	09-30-2018	Assassin’s Creed’s shift to Ancient Greece also includes a more personal experience, action on the high seas and even deeper mysteries	Read review
Windows Central	Jez Corden	4 / 5 stars	09-30-2018	If you enjoyed Assassin’s Creed IV’s naval combat and Assassin Creed Origins’ shift to an RPG-like progression system, Odyssey is a match made in Elysium. Odyssey does not revolutionize the franchise, but it’s a capable entry that will satisfy fans for dozens and dozens of hours.	Read review

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Live the epic odyssey of a legendary Spartan hero, write your own epic odyssey and become a legendary Spartan hero in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, an inspiring adventure where you must forge your destiny and define your own path in a world on the brink of tearing itself apart. Influence how history unfolds as you experience a rich and ever-changing world shaped by your decisions.

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