Recent reviews by Pablo

played this game like a job, its fun, Cyrus and Gorgo are based as ♥♥♥♥

The humor wears off very quick. not worth the asking price, this is definitely a $5-7.50 game, not 15.

*to preface, this review is coming from somebody who is not a fan of the series, so treat it accordingly*

Short Version:

The Good:

!!! Amazing Main Story
!!! Your choices matter, and affect later outcomes
!!! Main cast is amazing
!!! You don't have to play any other Assassin's Creed Game to get into the story of this one
!! Combat flows well, Naval combat is at its most refined
!! Customization and RPG Elements are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ PHENOMENAL for an AC title
!! Your Odyssey actually feels like a long and amazing journey that captivates you completely
!! Playing as a Girl or Guy really doesnt matter, theyre both great
!! An abundance of good content that makes the 60 dollar price tag feel like a steal
!! Ancient Greece is huge, and fun to explore and get lost in
!! Side Quests are actually entertaining
! Microtransactions are there but not necessary
! Romancing isnt awkward

The Bad:

XXX Anything tying this game to AC Lore brings the rest of the game down a notch. It just feels out of place and awkward
XXX Some of the most interesting Side Quests dont get a satisfying ending
XX Voice acting needs some work, very robotic at times
XX Grinding is necessary because of level disparity that pops up randomly and kinda slows down the main story
XX Fast Travel needs to be redesigned, its very frustrating at the moment
X Mercenary System needs some tweaking
X Your Spartan/Athenian alliegance should have more significance on the main story in my opinion, but it doesnt.
X Microtransactions are there but not necessary

Rating: 4/5

Long Version:

This game is captivating, with both its visuals and storytelling. From the first second the game opens and youre playing as Leonidas during the Battle of Thermopylae, it sets the tone for the journey to come. This story takes place well before the Assassins and Templars existed, and the game treats it as such. You play as a full blown warrior, an exiled Spartan. The story is completely engrossing and I found myself to be hooked at every piece of dialouge that would come from Alexios' (albeit slightly robotic at times) mouth. For the first time since ive played Mass Effect, Ive felt that my choices actually mattered. Small seeds would be planted that would bloom later and have massive implications. Even the smallest decisions can shape your future. I loved almost every character the game would introduce, and there were a couple times where the game tugged at my heartstrings and actually made me feel an emotion. This game's world is so big its intimidating, and its taken me over 100 hours to explore most of what the game has to offer. The RPG elements are welcome and refreshing, along with the setting.

Now heres my beef with the game.

Not everything is perfect, be wary of grinding a lot in the later levels to keep up with higher mission levels, and microtransactions are not necessary at all to complete the game, but they do shorten the length of grinding significantly so i feel it is necessary to mention. While Assassinating people is very satisfying, it is VERY annoying that if you are a lower level than your enemy, or the enemy has a yellow bar around his level, you will almost NEVER one hit kill him by Assassination. Instead you take a siginificant chunk of health. As much as I love Alexios' along with all the other characters, their performance at times needs some help. A lot of the dialouge for side quests feel very generic and recycled. I personally feel that the Spartan vs Athenian war needed a bit more focus other than copy and paste conquest battles. It feels as if it has no story significance. And finally the Mercenary system needs some fine tuning.
Heres a personal anecdote:
I discovered Panteres of the Ashen Wake, the 2nd strongest mercenary in the game randomly within my first 2 hours of playing the game. His description and visual was intimidating, Many had seen Panteres in battle, but none lived to tell the tale. Some would say that he was much deadlier with his flaming bow than his spear, but none dared get close enough to find out. Considering the fact that he was almost max level helped intimidate me, throughout the entire story i thought of him as this beast that i would eventually have to fight, because his presence was always there on my map. Eventually when the time came, I killed him and felt so much accomplishment that i jumped up. I won! But 5 minutes later that legends icon was replaced by some random dude with a copy paste background story. That really pissed me off, it felt like they disrespected the legend of some dude i got too attached to. Thats probably just me though.

Anywho, heres me griping about some spoiler related things in the game.

*SPOILERS*

This game is a continuation of Origins, and you enter into the Animus to find out where this Isu artifact is. The world is so engrossing and amazing, that when you get pulled out of the greek world, it is jarring and completely halts the flow of the story. In fact, almost everything tying this game to the Assassins creed universe brings it down and ruins the mystery of parts of the story. Maybe its just me but ive just never been a fan of the modern day stuff in the any of the AC Games. Throughout the world you come across Mythical Beasts of legend, such as the Minotour, the Sphinx, the Cyclops, and Medusa herself, but all of them are apparently just projections that the Isu made? Its really deflating and kinda ruins the glory of killing them when instead of taking their heads as a prize you walk away with a bronze ball. Idk, maybe its just me but the fact that they seem to tie in the Atlantis and the Cult of Kosmos storylines to the AC Lore brings both of those questlines down. Alexios' performance after killing a very specific cultist, Chrsyis, is amazing. He yells "You ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ snake" and you feel all the emotions that hes going through. When the Cult kills Perikles and Phoibe, Alexios actually breaks down in tears and the game isnt afraid to show their main character cry. Its a powerful moment thats really undercut by a deflated end to probably the coolest and most mysterious side quest in the game. The whole game youre wondering who the Ghost of Kosmos is and youve probably already hunted down everybody else and killed them; but the game expects you to spare The Ghost because she wants to create another one? Even if you do kill her you dont get any satisfying dialouge or anything. It just kinda ends.

Overall i would say that this is my favorite video game of the year. Its a really amazing huge open world RPG, and a great game. Just maybe not a great Assassins Creed game? Lately the series has gone so far from its roots that this game could probably drop the AC moniker and not much would change. Take that for what you will. The moral of the story is, I got fully lost in the world they built up. I haven't felt such pure adventure from a game since I was a kid and it was nice to be a kid again for awhile.

4 Stars out of 5

Only playing it because they removed Prepare to Die from steam shelves. From is a soulless sellout and they have singlehandedly killed the baby they once created