It was a fun game and especially for me cause i really like the greek mythology, but I think that it was by far not the best game, it could have been. As a disclaimer, before i get the donkey rolling, i wanna say that i havent played another AC game.
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[*]the main bosses are pretty fun: the legendary animals, the minotaur or medusa are nice bosses
[*]the ship: really liked it, the singing of the crew is goated, the fights are nice, its only a bit annoying caus the upgrades are a bit expensive (i dont think i will ever forget the shape of the little bush that gives you wood. i dont wanna know, how many of these ive looted) I also hoped, that there would be a major sea battle, but not quite.
[*]gameplay: exactly what i expected from these sort of games, climbing was sometimes annoying but mostly everything went smoothly. And one more thing: Why cant you fcking sprint in this game??? It is so dumb. Even on horse the speed depends on if you are in a city or not.
[*]some details: some things i really liked: the skipping time cutscene was a really cool idea, also that some choices really matter and you can kill some important people in the story which i didnt expect.
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[h3]cons:[/h3]
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[*]the elements that dont feel like ancient greek. The isu stuff with the cult and the pyramid in the middle. (that fcking loading screen with it should look mysterious? IT HAUNTS ME IN MY DREAMS. You have to fasttravel so often and then only see one loading screen. Thats so lazy.)
I dont know if the pyramid appears in other games, but it just doesnt fit. And the worst part was the "real world"-trash. You want to be drawn into the game and feel like you are an ancient greek warrior and then the simulation garbage trolls you. I think that it is just there to get a connection to the other games. But who cares about that? I didnt have to know that i lived in the matrix, you know? I DIDNT WANT TO TAKE THE RED PILL!
[*]repetitiveness: it feels like they just want to get their game as big as possible, because bigger means better and they can sell it for more. But its very dangerous that it gets boring and it feels like stretching the game. And i dont know why but this title like the god of war game they just feel so corporate to me. It seems like there is not much love in the game.
[*]the sparta vs athene war: i really liked the idea that it was in the game too, but i have to admit that you could have done so much more with it. I thought that in the end you have to help one side to win greece, but nothing happens. Again wasted potential.
[*]environment: doesnt change much, you have almost the same nature everywhere and also the same building. if you would show me an image of a city in this game, i probably wouldnt recognise it. And again this just feels like making the map bigger and not improving the quality for consumers
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[h3]the dlcs:[/h3][spoiler]
[u]Legacy of the first blade[/u]: the quests are not so special, some scenes with alexios new family and the story were nice. It would have been nice, but then ubisoft thought it would be a genius to add another fcking cult. So unnecessary and boring.
[u]Fate of Atlantis[/u]: elysion is a bit boring imo, hades was cool with cerberos, phoebes quest and so on,
and atlantis itself kinda looked weird with this new technology. Not a single element of greek architecture in all of this. the story was meh. But in the dlcs its cool that you can fight the gods. But one thing i have to say here: I skipped most of the "real world" stuff. im sry but i didnt buy archeology simulator.
[u]Corfu[/u]: what the hell was that crap, in the middle you cant use the yellow bars and its so annoying, the final fight against Barnabas was so low. Even the sphinx was a better bossfight. And you didnt even fight her. this dlcs name should be: 3 wasted hours.
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I have over 100 hrs and I think that the game is solid, but it isnt brilliant. It feels like the devs prioratised mostly quantity over quality. They played it safe and didnt do anything really creative. Will i replay it? No. Will i ever play another AC game? Probably not.
All in all: 8/10
