Assassin's Creed® Odyssey

Item: Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
Rating: 81
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-11-02

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Summary

Vast, immersive Ancient Greek open world.
Deep RPG mechanics and meaningful choices.
Open world content becomes repetitive, overwhelming.
Combat and level scaling often frustrate.
Weak, stretched main story narrative.
Game diverges from traditional AC identity.

Emotions

Satisfaction31%Frustration14%Disappointment11%Excitement9%Enjoyment6%

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 65%
Unhelpful reviews: 34%
Protest reviews: 2%

81%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
19%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 6539
Negative points: 3558
Gameplay points: 1608
Perf. points: 152
Rec. points: 883
Misc points: 407

Point	Description	Importance
Expansive, Living Open World Description The game features a colossal, beautifully crafted open world, rich with diverse landscapes, vibrant cities, and countless activities that make exploration genuinely rewarding. Players consistently praise the sheer volume of content, high replayability, and dynamic environment, which combine to offer hundreds of hours of engaging gameplay. Importance 99%	The game features a colossal, beautifully crafted open world, rich with diverse landscapes, vibrant cities, and countless activities that make exploration genuinely rewarding. Players consistently praise the sheer volume of content, high replayability, and dynamic environment, which combine to offer hundreds of hours of engaging gameplay.	99%
Deep Ancient Greece Immersion Description Players are deeply immersed in a meticulously recreated Ancient Greece, rich with historical figures, authentic culture, and captivating mythology. The stunning visuals, detailed architecture, and narrative deeply rooted in the Peloponnesian War contribute to a profound sense of historical and cultural presence. Importance 66%	Players are deeply immersed in a meticulously recreated Ancient Greece, rich with historical figures, authentic culture, and captivating mythology. The stunning visuals, detailed architecture, and narrative deeply rooted in the Peloponnesian War contribute to a profound sense of historical and cultural presence.	66%
Engaging Choice-Driven Narrative Description The game offers a captivating and emotionally rich story, frequently highlighted for its impactful player choices that genuinely shape the plot, character destinies, and lead to multiple endings. This choice-driven narrative enhances personal investment and significantly boosts replayability. Importance 47%	The game offers a captivating and emotionally rich story, frequently highlighted for its impactful player choices that genuinely shape the plot, character destinies, and lead to multiple endings. This choice-driven narrative enhances personal investment and significantly boosts replayability.	47%
Fluid and Satisfying Combat Description The combat system is widely praised for its fast-paced, fluid, and brutal nature, featuring impactful hits and spectacular special abilities. It offers deep customization, allowing for varied playstyles (melee, ranged, stealth) and is considered a significant improvement over previous titles, making battles consistently engaging. Importance 35%	The combat system is widely praised for its fast-paced, fluid, and brutal nature, featuring impactful hits and spectacular special abilities. It offers deep customization, allowing for varied playstyles (melee, ranged, stealth) and is considered a significant improvement over previous titles, making battles consistently engaging.	35%
Robust RPG Mechanics Description The game successfully integrates deep RPG mechanics, including extensive skill trees, meaningful character progression, and gear customization, which empower players to develop unique playstyles. This system provides a constant and rewarding sense of growth, frequently drawing comparisons to acclaimed RPGs like The Witcher 3. Importance 31%	The game successfully integrates deep RPG mechanics, including extensive skill trees, meaningful character progression, and gear customization, which empower players to develop unique playstyles. This system provides a constant and rewarding sense of growth, frequently drawing comparisons to acclaimed RPGs like The Witcher 3.	31%
Stunning Visuals and Graphics Description The game is consistently lauded for its breathtaking graphics, beautiful art direction, and pleasing aesthetic. Despite its release year, the visuals are considered high-quality and competitive with newer titles, greatly enhancing the immersive experience and making exploration a feast for the eyes. Importance 29%	The game is consistently lauded for its breathtaking graphics, beautiful art direction, and pleasing aesthetic. Despite its release year, the visuals are considered high-quality and competitive with newer titles, greatly enhancing the immersive experience and making exploration a feast for the eyes.	29%
Positive Assassin's Creed Redefinition Description Many players view Odyssey as an excellent evolution and even the best entry in the Assassin's Creed franchise, praising its bold shift towards a full-fledged RPG experience. It successfully blends traditional AC elements with new mechanics, appealing to both series veterans and newcomers without prior lore knowledge. Importance 27%	Many players view Odyssey as an excellent evolution and even the best entry in the Assassin's Creed franchise, praising its bold shift towards a full-fledged RPG experience. It successfully blends traditional AC elements with new mechanics, appealing to both series veterans and newcomers without prior lore knowledge.	27%
Charismatic Protagonist Performance Description Kassandra is widely praised as a powerful, charismatic, and well-developed protagonist, with her voice acting receiving exceptional acclaim for its emotional depth and personality. The option to choose between Kassandra or Alexios adds a personal touch, making the chosen character a highlight of the experience. Importance 17%	Kassandra is widely praised as a powerful, charismatic, and well-developed protagonist, with her voice acting receiving exceptional acclaim for its emotional depth and personality. The option to choose between Kassandra or Alexios adds a personal touch, making the chosen character a highlight of the experience.	17%
High-Quality Side Missions Description The game offers a substantial improvement in the quality and variety of its side quests, often featuring well-written, creative, and emotionally engaging storylines. These missions frequently feel meaningful, integrating with the main narrative and cultist hunts, making them more than mere filler and surpassing Origins' offerings. Importance 16%	The game offers a substantial improvement in the quality and variety of its side quests, often featuring well-written, creative, and emotionally engaging storylines. These missions frequently feel meaningful, integrating with the main narrative and cultist hunts, making them more than mere filler and surpassing Origins' offerings.	16%
Exciting Naval Combat and Travel Description Naval gameplay is a standout feature, providing thrilling sea battles and expansive naval exploration that adds significant variety and excitement. Players enjoy commanding and customizing their ship, leading to engaging maritime experiences reminiscent of Black Flag. Importance 14%	Naval gameplay is a standout feature, providing thrilling sea battles and expansive naval exploration that adds significant variety and excitement. Players enjoy commanding and customizing their ship, leading to engaging maritime experiences reminiscent of Black Flag.	14%
Exceptional "Fate of Atlantis" DLC Description The "Fate of Atlantis" DLC is highly regarded for its ambitious scope, introducing three distinct and visually stunning mythical worlds (Elysium, Hades, Atlantis). Players enjoy meeting gods and creatures, exploring deep lore, and appreciate the added gameplay mechanics, making it a significant and enriching expansion. Importance 11%	The "Fate of Atlantis" DLC is highly regarded for its ambitious scope, introducing three distinct and visually stunning mythical worlds (Elysium, Hades, Atlantis). Players enjoy meeting gods and creatures, exploring deep lore, and appreciate the added gameplay mechanics, making it a significant and enriching expansion.	11%
Deeply Engaging and Addictive Description Reviewers frequently describe the game as incredibly fun, highly addictive, and difficult to put down, delivering a profound sense of freedom and adventure. The overall experience fosters deep immersion and enjoyment, leading to extended playtimes and a strong emotional connection for many. Importance 11%	Reviewers frequently describe the game as incredibly fun, highly addictive, and difficult to put down, delivering a profound sense of freedom and adventure. The overall experience fosters deep immersion and enjoyment, leading to extended playtimes and a strong emotional connection for many.	11%

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