Assassin's Creed® Odyssey

This game is one of my all time favorites for simple reasons: it's got an addictive RPG formula, it's beautiful to look at and it's got so much content it has THREE separate endings and main quests. I originally got this for the PS4 Pro on launch day with all the DLC and I got it again for PC to play it again. I really love AC Odyssey for everything it sets out to do, because the execution is nearly perfect. It's basically Witcher 3 but set inside Ancient Greece. The leveling is grindy and brutal and that's one of my only few nitpicks with this. I wouldn't even call it an Assassin's Creed game - this is something much more open worldy. There's some key mechanics - you can stealth about, hunting the Cult of Kosmos (a mechanic that shouldn't be as addictive as it is) and using your trusty bow to do some major ranged damage. But there's a very strong focus on melee combat as well, focusing on both crowd combat and tense one-on-ones against an ever growing Nemesis System of mercenaries. You get otherworldly powers thanks to the Spear of Leonidas and somehow even that winds up working like a charm - just roll with it, this game has thrown historical accuracy basically out of the window. The abilities feel great and are smooth to use. I played through on the Steam Controller and I never had an issue with aiming or scrolling through the wheels mid-combat. The only thing I have a real gripe about is the horse slowing down when the game decides it wants to load something (even though I'm on top of the line hardware). There's a ton of content. It took me 50 hours to get to the end of the three main storylines (the Odyssey, the Cult of Kosmos and the Atlantis bosses). The DLC adds even more: basically three all new maps altogether, a new cult to hunt, new abilities and some really great storytelling. All the storylines and bosses are great and there's even some choices to make that affect the ending. I had a blast with the lore and the worldbuilding. It's a superior RPG to many others and I hate to see people dismissing due to it being under the Assassin's Creed franchise. This game deserves so much more praise, as it is almost perfect at what it sets out to do - give you a journey of going from being a mercenary into a demigod. Prepare for some grinding in between main quests to get your gear up, but otherwise you can sink hours and hours in one of the biggest and most beautiful open worlds probably ever made.