Game Review: Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, a major installment in the Assassin’s Creed series, is an action-adventure, role-playing game. Its plot builds on the backstory of a historical tension between the Order of Assassins, who fight for peace and free will, and the Knights Templar, who desire peace through order and control. Each player can choose to play the role of Alexios or Kassandra, both are mercenaries on a quest for vengeance.

The gameplay revolves around taking on tasks to complete the story campaign. The player collects and steals resources, finds characters, combats for assassination or recruitment, engages in conversations to unfold the storyline. The player has the freedom of choosing between guided mode and exploration mode to get to designated locations. The player can explore the open world ancient Greece on foot or on horseback. Apart from horse, a golden eagle can also be called to help scout an area for enemies and objects.

To get inspiration for designing Ludic Mind Studio’s game The Road Ahead, a closer look was taken at the quest tracking aspect, which is how a game records and directs players to next missions. In Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, the quests to complete are marked on a comprehensive map with brief instructions like objectives and which character to talk to get further details. There are three categories of quests: Odyssey - main story, World and Characters - side quests, Bounties and Contracts - money-making tasks.

This game is definitely a classic in its series. It has absolutely beautiful scenery, lively sound effects, and clear quest tracking interface. The warrior-like costumes charmingly show muscle and power. It is a very choice-based game, you can choose which quests to take, whether to kill or recruit a person, how to handle a situation, which question to ask. They all will influence how the story proceeds. Additionally, the plot design takes on a realistic style. For example, your choices, even if out of a kind heart, following the storyline, might lead to bad consequences. Overall, this game is like a satisfying travel simulator, and is thus suitable for history lovers or people fascinated by ancient architecture. However, because there are hundreds of tasks, some players may find the game tedious and gradually getting repetitive, especially if this is not their first time playing an Assassin’s Creed game.