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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.
Game Info
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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Total Reviews: 132
Nom: Best Action Game (2018)
Silver TIER
39% of scored reviews fell within the range of 86 to 92 / 100
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GENRES:
- Action, RPG
DEVELOPER(S):
- Ubisoft Quebec
PUBLISHER(S):
- Ubisoft Entertainment
SERIES/FRANCHISE:
- Assassin's Creed
GAME MODES:
- Single player
GAME ENGINE:
- AnvilNext 2.0
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RATING & REVIEWS
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132
Critic Reviews
84
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CRITIC REVIEWS
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Median Score
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Alvaro Alonso (Hobby Consolas)
October 1, 2018
90/100
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.
Mike Williams (USgamer)
January 16, 2019
4.5/5 stars
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.
Steven Messner (PC Gamer)
October 5, 2018
90/100
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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Score Ranges
Read the Reviews (132 total)
| Outlet | Author | Score | Date | Quote | Read |
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| 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 |
Awards & Recognition
RECOGNITION
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Credits
CREDITS
DIRECTOR(S):
Jonathan Dumont, Scott Phillips
PRODUCER(S):
Marc-Alexis Côté
DESIGNER(S):
Julien Galloudec, Jordane Thiboust
PROGRAMMER(S):
n/a
ARTIST(S):
Thierry Dansereau
WRITER(S):
Jonathan Dumont, Melissa MacCoubrey, Hugo Giard
COMPOSER(S):
The Flight
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