Assassin's Creed: Origins - The Ultimate Critique

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  • čas přidán 15. 11. 2017
  • Assassin's Creed: Origins is one of the most ambitious titles I've encountered in recent memory. It attempts to recreate an ancient country and multiple ancient cultures all at the same while providing more gameplay variety than ever before. In this video I'll be looking at the elements of the game I think work, don't work, and will look at the parts of the game I feel are worth discussing. Let me know your thoughts below!
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    31:18 - Act 2: Gameplay
    55:45 - Act 3: The Tech...
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  • @LukeStephensTV
    @LukeStephensTV  Před rokem +7

    🎮 TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/LukeStephensTV 🎮

  • @Zimidiah
    @Zimidiah Před 4 lety +937

    You didn’t like Bayek because you didn’t put his beard or hair back on him

    • @odikostarr
      @odikostarr Před 4 lety +220

      It honestly makes him a different person. The fact that he put an ezio outfit on him is also a big no from me. Personally don't like to switch the outfit of the protagonist in any AC games

    • @iNostraD
      @iNostraD Před 4 lety +22

      Odin Urkedal Same, the only game where I changed the outfit was Unity.

    • @FilmsMrLittle
      @FilmsMrLittle Před 4 lety +13

      Dude, you is fucking darn Right,

    • @juice_container
      @juice_container Před 3 lety +90

      @@odikostarr especially in origins because any legacy outfit makes it look as though you're in the wrong time period

    • @dylanwesley3964
      @dylanwesley3964 Před 3 lety +13

      I think Bayek looked good in the Altair outfit towards the end of the game.

  • @firhanhidayat2803
    @firhanhidayat2803 Před 2 lety +240

    Ezio being good with the ladies is a great storytelling,
    but Bayek being good with children literally melt my heart and makes me more interested to him

    • @moiseplacide6982
      @moiseplacide6982 Před rokem +6

      And the fact that he can’t hit children in the game makes him even more interesting 🙌🏽

    • @nielsw7892
      @nielsw7892 Před rokem +6

      @@moiseplacide6982 cus that's not allowed in games lmao

    • @Cauceboi
      @Cauceboi Před 4 měsíci +1

      Bayek is my favorite assassin so far. That he’s still so friendly and cheerful after everything he’s gone through shows incredible strength of character.

  • @narusasu7279
    @narusasu7279 Před 6 lety +1420

    I disagree with what you said about Bayek's character, saying that he was very stiff and unlikeable cuz he was not really open like how Arno was. But that really was the whole point of the game, that Bayek was a reserved man, a man with only one purpose in mind, and that is to kill his enemies who murdered his Son. He has no time to sit and make jokes Nor the emotional capacity to be even 'charming'. He is only doing what's needed to be done, as a protector and as a avenger. However, we do get to see glimpses of Bayek opening up, such as his missions with Reda, the orphaned travelling boy, where he laughs at his implausible stories. So to sum up, I'd like to believe, from my experience of this story, that Bayek is rather simple but determined man, who has no time for humour but does get entertained by the unusual little things and definitely not, 'stiff'.

    • @someguyonyt2831
      @someguyonyt2831 Před 6 lety +97

      naru sasu oh my fucking god, dude. You can't be more right in your life.

    • @iansteelmatheson
      @iansteelmatheson Před 6 lety +36

      agree 100%.

    • @nicholassims5366
      @nicholassims5366 Před 5 lety +23

      So he's Connor

    • @callmeivan2064
      @callmeivan2064 Před 5 lety +27

      but more likeable....and less Charles Lee....and not Connor.

    • @177SCmaro
      @177SCmaro Před 5 lety +64

      Nicholas Sims
      Connor was a stump of wood compared to Bayek. There is solemn and then there is not having a character. Bayek is a man who is solemn much of the time but can also be lighthearted and even charismatic. He's flirtatious and playful with his wife at times, I even remember him mocking Cleopatra and her somewhat ostentatious attitude behind her back so that Aya could see. Bayek also seems to have a soft spot for children, even playing a game of "hide and seek" with a group of children some time after the beginning of the game.
      Bayek is definitely not a Connor.

  • @Maeno34
    @Maeno34 Před 4 lety +464

    Bayek is such a chad that he went and just jumped off high places just so that kids would be amused

    • @gl1tchspectre_
      @gl1tchspectre_ Před 3 lety +22

      Oh gosh, I just did that quest recently and I think it has to be one of my favourites, because why the hell not lol

    • @linkthepig4219
      @linkthepig4219 Před 3 lety

      He's really not a good guy

    • @Maeno34
      @Maeno34 Před 3 lety +7

      @@linkthepig4219 Of course not. I just found that mission really funny

    • @linkthepig4219
      @linkthepig4219 Před 3 lety

      @@Maeno34
      Oh. Which mission? Is it in like a DLC or something?

    • @gl1tchspectre_
      @gl1tchspectre_ Před 3 lety +7

      @@linkthepig4219 Nope. One of the synchronisation points, I think it's the temple of Zeus in Cyrene, is how you get it. Just jump off like normal and some kid will make you do it a few more times in different places. Even if I'm wrong about the exact point, if you go get all of the points you're bound to run into it.

  • @ThatSB
    @ThatSB Před 3 lety +306

    Bayek was the first assassin in a long time that I INSTANTLY liked. I found him incredibly captivating and likeable right from the start. How could you not like him?

    • @sanjonn
      @sanjonn Před 3 lety +4

      How can you like this character? He's awful.

    • @callumwarren3342
      @callumwarren3342 Před 2 lety +37

      @@sanjonn oh hello Rudjek

    • @nolifezay4636
      @nolifezay4636 Před 2 lety

      @@sanjonn ur awful

    • @N-Khal
      @N-Khal Před 2 lety +20

      @@sanjonn what a horrible opinion, wow

    • @gyrozeppeli00
      @gyrozeppeli00 Před 2 lety +3

      Probably his hair and beard, but yeah I liked him from the moment I saw him ingame.

  • @CameronBFunny
    @CameronBFunny Před 5 lety +488

    I made a good Luke Stephens drinking game that you guys may want to play. Watch any critique he made and follow these rules:
    ~If he references Witcher 3, take a shot
    ~If he talks about what the developers intended from a business standpoint, take a shot
    ~If he says either the word "subjective" or "objective", take a shot
    ~If he says "ludonarrative dissonance", finish your drink
    Enjoy!

    • @LukeStephensTV
      @LukeStephensTV  Před 5 lety +128

      Dude, I just played this and I'm gone with the wind. Don't play with Jagermiester!

    • @ZARKWARTZ
      @ZARKWARTZ Před 4 lety +27

      If he calls the assassins brotherhood the “assassins creed” take a shot

    • @voldlifilm
      @voldlifilm Před 4 lety +14

      Are you trying to kill me?

    • @greendayfreakism
      @greendayfreakism Před 4 lety +3

      Great use of your time

    • @ABraptor12
      @ABraptor12 Před 4 lety +2

      BEISisICE imma do this challenge with everclear, 95%alc. Wish me luck!

  • @OLDGREGG315
    @OLDGREGG315 Před 6 lety +1494

    I loved Bayek. I was very suprised by how much I actually did like him. I don't know how you couldn't like him.

    • @123doomdoom
      @123doomdoom Před 6 lety +13

      His accent kinda sucks. Makes understanding him tricky in some scenes.

    • @123doomdoom
      @123doomdoom Před 6 lety +9

      His accent sucks though.

    • @pauldank3453
      @pauldank3453 Před 6 lety +4

      Justin Merithew whats with Edward he was perfect for the carabean setting

    • @pauldank3453
      @pauldank3453 Před 6 lety +2

      123doomdoom lucky im from germany because there is no special accents translation for most people in any media accept side characters that's weird sometimes

    • @pauldank3453
      @pauldank3453 Před 6 lety +1

      Justin Merithew oh man you gotta play 4 its a really great game it absolutely makes up for 3 its more of a pirate game though so not the best AC game but one of the best games in the franchise its even for sale on uplay right now

  • @EclipseHedgehog
    @EclipseHedgehog Před 6 lety +567

    i like bayek as a character, he's a family man who's great with kids and animals. its what i like most about him the most.

    • @cheesypizzajokes
      @cheesypizzajokes Před 4 lety +1

      Eclipse its was I like most about him the most too

    • @huskytzu7709
      @huskytzu7709 Před 4 lety +10

      Eclipse i liked that he was so playful with kids but he’d loose his shit when confronting those templar dudes. Shows that he’s vengeful and yet hopeful

    • @Ghidorah96
      @Ghidorah96 Před 4 lety +2

      Sounds like the most generic protagonist of all time.

    • @rcruz2008
      @rcruz2008 Před 3 lety

      I really enjoyed AC origins, 1st ac game I played and will always have a special place in my heart from soundtrack to game play. I liked him with kids and animals as well, The only thing i did not like was I thought the role of him being soft with aya and aya being hard (in terms of relationship). I think it should have been the other way around... like a real man.

    • @TessiSue
      @TessiSue Před 3 lety +6

      @@rcruz2008 Tell me more about "real men", please. I haven't had enough of them in the narrative mediums of the last couple centuries.

  • @w0t_m818
    @w0t_m818 Před 4 lety +191

    I always thought Bayek's character was brooding. A father in mourning for his son goes out on a one-minded quest for vengeance as part of his grieving process. This is why he shows hesitation in killing that cultist, because it'll mean severing his final connection to his son in this mortal coil.
    to;dr Bayek isn't stiff, he's depressed and in grieving imo.

    • @fettaheker
      @fettaheker Před 4 lety

      I will even kill the sekhmet tfor revenge for my son!!!! 😂😂😂😂

    • @LadyAhro
      @LadyAhro Před 3 lety +2

      @@fettaheker Ha that's not quite as bad as Watch Dogs 1 - "Imma kill all these random dudes because my NIECE!"

    • @creed8712
      @creed8712 Před 3 lety

      @@LadyAhro to be fair Aiden doesn’t pretend to be a hero until the very end and the whole point of the last choice is if he’d continue being the punisher or try to be better

    • @nenadmilovanovic5271
      @nenadmilovanovic5271 Před 2 lety

      Except that was never set up, never mentioned until we get to the cultust. Introducing character development in the last possible moment is just lazy.

    • @w0t_m818
      @w0t_m818 Před 2 lety +4

      @@nenadmilovanovic5271 never set up? It's literally the whole motivation for the entire game from the beginning, and in flashbacks (before Khemu was killed) Bayek is a more animated and generally happier person, not everything needs to be explicitly told to you, *that's* lazy storytelling.

  • @maiaf1995
    @maiaf1995 Před 6 lety +551

    senu saved this franchise

    • @namelesshunter4714
      @namelesshunter4714 Před 6 lety +3

      so true haha

    • @sensoeirensen
      @sensoeirensen Před 6 lety +15

      Agree TW3 is the greatest game ever made so far. Before that GTA SA was on my top. But I love AC Origins also BECAUSE they copied some good things from TW3. I absolutely love the new combat in Origins, but sadly it's waaaay to easy (yes on nightmare).

    • @SS-yr3ij
      @SS-yr3ij Před 6 lety +16

      I would play a game with Geralt Roach and Senu...The witchers creed

    • @Ok-wb2jb
      @Ok-wb2jb Před 5 lety

      Yep

    •  Před 4 lety +9

      @@sensoeirensen The Witcher 3 is overrated and boring.

  • @moeg.3735
    @moeg.3735 Před 5 lety +362

    After watching this very well made video, I just have one question: who the hell plays bayek without his beard? He looks so weird without it

    • @niimunnu
      @niimunnu Před 5 lety +15

      Yes, he does, but as i know how much beard can itch, then I just sometimes let him feel comfortable :P

    • @fettaheker
      @fettaheker Před 4 lety

      @@niimunnu omg that's meeeeeee

    • @rcruz2008
      @rcruz2008 Před 3 lety +19

      lol I liked him with and without beard, Without he looks Persian or something and not black. Like in the trailer when he stops the arrow with his shield and the look he gives.. bro thats bad ass lol

    • @covert9528
      @covert9528 Před 3 lety +4

      I can't believe they had to patch in the ability to put his beard and hair back on... and toggle the hood

    • @TacoLoverPerson
      @TacoLoverPerson Před 3 lety +22

      I varied Bayek's appearance every storyline, because I tend to roleplay many games.
      Prologue-Aya: Beard + Hair (He automatically looks likes this)
      Main Story: No Beard + No Hair (because Aya shaved him)
      The Hidden Ones: Beard + No Hair (looks like a proper Mentor)
      Curse of The Pharaohs: Beard + Hair (looks like an aged badass)

  • @Madmike772
    @Madmike772 Před 4 lety +51

    The Discovery Tour alone is perfectly done, and a nice touch to history.. That never gets enough respect

  • @platinoir
    @platinoir Před 4 lety +133

    While I do agree that the story is basic and felt rushed at the end, I just absolutely love this game. As someone who lived in Egypt during my early childhood and seeing relics of ancient Egypt but never truly understanding their meaning. This game awakened some feelings from my childhood. The world, characters, and it's building felt very immersive and true. and Doing side missions I felt like I was doing the Medjay job for real and helping people in the world. Overall, it was a thrilling experience completing the game 100% and discovering Egypt with all its beauty and misery.

    • @tejasranger
      @tejasranger Před 3 lety

      This is what i loved about the assasins creed games

    • @PlutoOuttaHere.
      @PlutoOuttaHere. Před 3 lety

      I loved this game all of it the ending was a bit rushed but I still think that this is the best Assassins creed game and I've played the Ezio trilogy

  • @livibam
    @livibam Před 6 lety +544

    I've played 36 hrs and have hardly left Alexandria.. only played the Siwa story mode parts. I see 150hrs in this game, easy

    • @ethanbraun
      @ethanbraun Před 6 lety +4

      Jerry C wow

    • @livibam
      @livibam Před 6 lety +13

      Jerry C aye. Mainly get caught up in photo mode. Still not played anymore story. I'm not even that bothered about it personally.

    • @assasinzcreedfiend6788
      @assasinzcreedfiend6788 Před 6 lety +9

      livibam Are you playing this difficulty setting on the hardest difficulty? Because if so... you'd cut your play time hours in half, if you were playing this game on normal medium difficulty. The game does seem a bit more challenging on the toughest difficulty, but even then... who really has all that kind of time... to spend 150 hours of actual game time?

    • @livibam
      @livibam Před 6 lety +44

      assasinz creed fiend I'm in no rush. It's time management. I work full time, cycle 200miles and go to the gym 3x a week. Take control of your life.

    • @tecwzrd
      @tecwzrd Před 6 lety +22

      I'm 15 days, 7 hours in so far. I'm level 40 with all legendary weps/mounts/etc.. and have over 80K gold even buying a ton of heka chests. Finished the main story but still have over 20 side quests to go. Played on hardest difficulty and also choose to have all NPC level to my level which IMHO was worth the challenge and I never felt bored. Game is just visually amazing and I love exploring every nook and cranny.

  • @pederrudi6352
    @pederrudi6352 Před 6 lety +441

    I'd rather have a beer with Bayek than Arno :)

    • @timoplays478
      @timoplays478 Před 6 lety +54

      Michael Olberding actually bayek got me hooked from the first scene,the exploding anger he had when killing rudjek and medunamun,I love bayek

    • @LouisShields
      @LouisShields Před 6 lety +19

      thomas brady It’s set during the time period where Rome and Greece were basically more powerful than Egypt. Legit almost every NPC is black, only white people I can name is Julius and some of the Roman generals.

    • @otakamerd1220
      @otakamerd1220 Před 6 lety

      Peder Rudi As long as you don't ask him how the kids are

    • @neubtuber
      @neubtuber Před 5 lety

      Beer>wine in this case

    • @dickheadhex418
      @dickheadhex418 Před 4 lety

      @@timoplays478 sleep? I never sleep.

  • @senseiskyrim2503
    @senseiskyrim2503 Před 6 lety +28

    I really liked solving the constellations, I really enjoyed getting to see what kind of father Bayek was.

  • @resitpasa8892
    @resitpasa8892 Před 6 lety +261

    Only thing I dont like is how the story deals with the Brotherhood itself. It feels rushed and minimalistic and just moves away from a surprisingly engaging and good revenge story of Bayek. And Aya taking over the ending :/

    • @skybl0ksnl
      @skybl0ksnl Před 6 lety +14

      I agree! If they had a little more time to make the ending a bit better it would be great haha

    • @pranchole
      @pranchole Před 6 lety +42

      felt like to me that the Brotherhood was just tacked on to the end, loved the game overall tho.

    • @thewitcherscreed2305
      @thewitcherscreed2305 Před 6 lety +1

      Resit Pasa it's not finished

    • @FuckdasketsHOPassass
      @FuckdasketsHOPassass Před 6 lety +6

      I think the origins of the brotherhood was handled quite well.

    • @miaria2049
      @miaria2049 Před 6 lety +15

      I hate that she has the last boss battle. I feel like Ubisoft tried to be too much like Witcher by playing another character. But it worked in Witcher not that much here.

  • @GianlucaSorrentinoVideos
    @GianlucaSorrentinoVideos Před 5 lety +113

    It seems Ubisoft is scared of the idea of committing to a larger story overall. You see it in the side quests, you see it in the main missions, and you see it in their games. Every AC game since Ezio has had a different protagonist. Why invest in these characters as a player when you know they will ditch this one for another next year? It seemed Bayek would be different, but no.

    • @terryprofitt6902
      @terryprofitt6902 Před 5 lety +12

      They like to switch the time period greatly and usually leave pieces that you can discover of the last character as to what happend to them

    • @frogglen6350
      @frogglen6350 Před 4 lety +8

      Well....
      I.....guess you hate Persona, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Zelda, and Dark Souls for using different protagonist each game.....

    • @maltimoto
      @maltimoto Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah. Me too, I would like to see a deep, complex character story. But they want to do shallow mainstream games without any depth, obviously :-(

    • @ridespirals
      @ridespirals Před 4 lety +4

      different protagonists wouldn't be an issue if they had a good modern day character and story/questline. a lot of people dislike modern day but if they did it well and had a protagonist that was awesome, then having a different main character in was game wouldn't be as jarring

    • @Muschelschubs3r
      @Muschelschubs3r Před 4 lety +3

      I actually prefer them exploring the vast number of interesting eras and places. Ezio Auditore got on my nerves after a while, as did Altair Ibn la-Ahad...

  • @iamtheAwesomo3000
    @iamtheAwesomo3000 Před 6 lety +198

    Origins was developed by the Black Flag team.

    • @andrebenoit404
      @andrebenoit404 Před 6 lety +15

      hm I liked black flag

    • @ChorusKosmi
      @ChorusKosmi Před 6 lety +13

      I loved Black Flag

    • @XmarcX92
      @XmarcX92 Před 6 lety +30

      No wonder it didn't feel like an assassin creed game again.

    • @iansteelmatheson
      @iansteelmatheson Před 6 lety +4

      it's the same dev studio though: Ubi Mtl is the main studio for the AC series. I'm pretty sure that was just marketing.

    • @eternalbeing3339
      @eternalbeing3339 Před 4 lety +2

      Did not know that. Still need to play black flag.

  • @sarsmiles
    @sarsmiles Před 5 lety +53

    Origins biggest weakness, I believe, was that it did not spend enough time establishing Bayek, Aya, and their son. I understand that they wanted to throw us into the gameplay, but the entire story revolved around Bayek avenging his son. But they didn't spend any time making you care about the son, so the story fell flat overall.
    If they had pulled off something like Last of Us with Sarah, or the Witcher with Ciri, then it would've done far better overall.

    • @aaronvarela910
      @aaronvarela910 Před 4 lety +10

      smiles if you do all the stone circles around the map you can learn more about Bayeks relationship with his son

    • @thanatos1668
      @thanatos1668 Před 4 lety +2

      Aaron Varela exactly ... it made his son sound cool

    • @saranshsharma4005
      @saranshsharma4005 Před 2 lety +2

      You never played the whole game

    • @muhammadomarawang740
      @muhammadomarawang740 Před rokem

      @@saranshsharma4005 agree

    • @CITYZEN50
      @CITYZEN50 Před rokem +1

      @@aaronvarela910no, i do not want another garbage ciri type story, by the time I completed witcher 3 i was bored out of my mind.

  • @thousand_cuts
    @thousand_cuts Před 2 lety +11

    Bayek is a fantastic character. The range of emotion on display from the start of the game to the point you get to siwa is immense. He starts of showing his rage and hatred, to stoicism when dueling the first enemy to bromance when he meets his friend hepzefa to sweetness when he reunites with rabiah the old healer lady that knew him from when he was little. The hell you mean "stiff and unlikable"?

    • @drfeelshattan
      @drfeelshattan Před 5 měsíci

      real shit, i wish there was more/it lasted longer of course but what we got was still good lmao, im mildly surprised he said that

  • @MantleNotMouse
    @MantleNotMouse Před 4 lety +20

    "You need to play this game in 2017, 2018, 2019, or 2020. Whenever."
    COVID cleared up the time for me to slide in at the last second. Just got the platinum trophy.

  • @MrBean8100
    @MrBean8100 Před 6 lety +188

    There are only 2 things AC needs to do to get back in the good graces of those sick of it:
    1. Get a good writer and make the story good and *original*
    2. Get rid of the damn microtransactions

    • @TheKnightDrag0n
      @TheKnightDrag0n Před 5 lety +3

      +Galahad did you forgot about the god damn tailing missions?

    • @dylanmcnab3479
      @dylanmcnab3479 Před 5 lety +3

      DLC is actually really good, it allows for some side stories to be made without making a new game.

    • @177SCmaro
      @177SCmaro Před 5 lety +6

      Galahad
      (with Odyssey in mind)
      3. Bring back the emphasis on infiltration and stealth kills and not the hack-and-slash stuff.
      4. pull back on the rpg just a bit so that it doesn't dominate the game.

    • @177SCmaro
      @177SCmaro Před 5 lety +4

      @Bogdan 96
      I didn't say give up on the rpg.
      And I'm glad you like your historically inaccurate hack-and-slash rpg witcher 3 clone, more power to you, but it's not an AC game so I'm out as far as AC is concerned.

    • @177SCmaro
      @177SCmaro Před 5 lety +1

      @Bogdan 96
      I was referring more to game play than story but I shouldn't have to play through god knows how many hours for them to maybe throw me a bone at the end where kind of half ass connect it to the assassin's order and their creed.
      Also, AC has always supposed to have been based loosely on history. Odyssey pretty much takes a crap on that with the idea of a female spartan warrior, among other things, for the sake of political correctness. Da fuck? If you know anything about the ancient Spartans then you understand just how little sense that makes.
      Also no shield? Your Spartan warrior has no shield, in spite of the fact they're laying everywhere?
      Like I said, enjoy your Witcher 3 clone, but don't pretend it's an AC game.

  • @codybaker9683
    @codybaker9683 Před 6 lety +63

    Ive played every single AC from start to finish. This one was my favorite.

    • @fettaheker
      @fettaheker Před 4 lety +4

      The khemu and aya thing really made me sad🙁

    • @kazekagejichujisoo7838
      @kazekagejichujisoo7838 Před 4 lety +2

      Not finished with the game yet, but so far it's starting to become my favorite AC game

    • @sanjonn
      @sanjonn Před 3 lety +1

      I started with Odyssey, then played Valhalla and then I played this piece of garbage. I can't understand how people not only like this game but think it's their favorite.

    • @KraljHD
      @KraljHD Před 3 lety +8

      @@sanjonn Valhalla is the most soulless piece of shit I've ever played. Worse than even the witcher 3.
      Odyssey is alright, but I hate the weapon systems.

    • @cchristianjeremy
      @cchristianjeremy Před 2 lety +7

      @@sanjonn This "piece of garbage" was the first entry in the new AC series, and served as a benchmark and starting point for your precious Valhalla (which is arguably the worst of the three)

  • @TheBasedBalkan
    @TheBasedBalkan Před 5 lety +8

    The side quests in this game were really nice. In each city they all had their own little story so when you beat one side quest another would pop up continuing the story. I really loved it

  • @abhijithkumaran7073
    @abhijithkumaran7073 Před 3 lety +10

    Bayek's the best assassin after Ezio. Dude loves kids and it's so heart warming to watch him interact with them. He's pretty hilarious too. The only reason Ezio's above him is cuz he had three games and we spent more time with him.

    • @closelaugh185
      @closelaugh185 Před 2 měsíci +1

      you think he's the best because he likes kids? sus

  • @colincraigo5793
    @colincraigo5793 Před 5 lety +20

    Hello! I just got done playing this on the Xbox One X.
    Wow. I think this is the most time I have invested in an Assassin’s Creed game and I have been playing the franchise since the very first entry. I completed it 100% and did all possible side quests. I was about 70 hours in after all was said and done.
    I then decided to purchase The Hidden Ones DLC. I played through it and made sure to do every possible thing and 100% the expansion as well. I am currently downloading The Curse of the Pharaohs DLC after watching (and reading) several reviews, one of which was yours.
    I agree with most of your points in this review and I have already started watching your other lengthy AC reviews and already fell in love with them.
    These Assassin’s Creed videos have inspired me to replay the entire francise.
    I enjoyed Black Flag so much, I 100% twice. Once on last generation consoles and once on Xbox One. I just bought Rogue Remastered. I did play through the original, which not many people even played. I also picked up the Ezio Collection as well. I have not yet started Odyssey, but I will right after I 100% Curse of the Pharaohs and I plan on buying all major expansions for it. I will also 100% ACIII Remastered when it releases as well as Liberation as I never played that one. The Ezio Collection is gonna take a lot of effort and time to get through though, especially if I plan to 100% all 3 of the games.
    Assassin’s Creed: Origins and your long AC review videos have inspired me to replay through this amazing franchise! Thank you!

    • @fettaheker
      @fettaheker Před 4 lety +1

      A treu AC fan😂

    • @KennethV45
      @KennethV45 Před 2 lety

      How many Assassin’s Creed games have you 100%? I only recently 100% Black Flag and acquired all of its single player achievements on Xbox 360 (since my Xbox One is not working) whereas for Origins and Odyssey I have most of the achievements.

  • @S_Kordy
    @S_Kordy Před 6 lety +116

    People make 5 minute reviews...
    LukiePoo makes a 5 minute intro to his 1 hour review

    • @hamndv
      @hamndv Před 6 lety +1

      Yeah but I don't like how he keeps comparing the game to other rpg games jumping around all over the place focus on one game!

  • @jasontodd1232
    @jasontodd1232 Před 4 lety +17

    I bought this game gold 2 days ago and am currently replaying it for my second time and love this game and bayek is my man

  • @memorexdrc
    @memorexdrc Před 5 lety +10

    Luke, you do such a great job dissecting games. I love delving into different aspects of games with fellow gamers and it warms my heart to know that you have such a passion for this kind of thing. Keep up the fantastic work :)

  • @ikd3201
    @ikd3201 Před 6 lety +1

    Finally another game critique. I love these in depth actual reviews, not missing a detail and covering everything. Keep up the good work man!

  • @theotherbeatle707
    @theotherbeatle707 Před 4 lety +17

    This game was the most fun ACreed with amazing side quests and an engaging fast-paced combat system

    • @fettaheker
      @fettaheker Před 4 lety +1

      But assassinating without getting caught is soooo hard

    • @thanatos1668
      @thanatos1668 Před 4 lety +1

      Fettah Eker yea that’s unfortunately true but still my fav besides it not always feeling ac ... I realllly disliked odyssey because it wasn’t assassins creed but I somewhat liked it

  • @otakamerd1220
    @otakamerd1220 Před 6 lety +9

    Love the overall design of the game. The weapons, the armor, the buildings, the wilderness, all of it is exactly like what I would've loved to see as a child

  • @shravan8848
    @shravan8848 Před 5 lety +2

    I love this channel. This is pure creativity and originality. I'm so glad I found this channel while browsing.

  • @ZephrusPrime
    @ZephrusPrime Před 3 lety +5

    I just started this game in 2021 and I have put in just over 70 hours with finishing the main Quest and a handful of side quests and there is still a lot more to do. Including the DLC there is a bunch more to sink in hours. This game is a 10/10 and it has a world that feels alive with a good storyline and fun combat. Bayek is a boss and is a great character.

  • @alextownley9388
    @alextownley9388 Před 4 lety +50

    The combat is one of the weakest parts of Horizon Zero Dawn?? HA. The combat is absolutely sublime.

    • @ThePreciseClimber
      @ThePreciseClimber Před 4 lety +4

      Yeah, I don't know what he's smokin'. :P

    • @nachomuriel3923
      @nachomuriel3923 Před 4 lety +6

      the horizon zero dawn combat, is boring and repetitive, dodge, shot, dodge shot, strike, played in maximum difficulty, i really didnt enjoy that game, ac orgins >>>>> horizon zero down

    • @nelzelpher2088
      @nelzelpher2088 Před 3 lety +3

      Nacho Muriel Yoi are talking out of your ass. HZD has a better story, more beautiful bioms, better atmosphere. And a dlc that unlocks a new part of the map for 20+ hours of content. That being said, black flag is the best assassins creed game.

    • @sxerwin
      @sxerwin Před 3 lety

      @@nelzelpher2088
      better story? my ass, its predictable af

  • @Freezingflames13
    @Freezingflames13 Před 6 lety +29

    Agree wholeheartedly with most of what you bring up, it's not perfect but it serves as a great stepping stone to this "new era" of assassins creed games. I only hope that the developers get the time they need to make their games and they don't simply return to churning out an AC once every year while sacrificing quality as they have in the past. As we can clearly see what happens to a seemingly stagnant franchise once they take the time to figure things out.

    • @thomashewitt8104
      @thomashewitt8104 Před 6 lety

      Chosen_Undead Absolutely, I’m excited to see a 2 or more year gap between each AC game if this is the kind of massive step up in quality that we’re going to keep seeing

    • @ultimatewolfexists2378
      @ultimatewolfexists2378 Před 4 lety +1

      thomas brady would you kindly let us have fun.

  • @GrigorEftimov
    @GrigorEftimov Před 6 lety +3

    Your "Ultimate Critiques" are amazing! I LOVE THE WORLD!! The game looks like it came from the 19th century orientalist era of painting! Just started playing (20 hrs in) and I must say the lock on is slippery- but I actually really enjoyed the dash mechanic and how it varies to a roll .. just seems more organic than the typical roll out of way. I have not played too many AC games but the inability to jump unless on a ledge had me frustrated, especially with the jumping attack skill, maybe I just have to get used to it. Seems like no one comments on it- but the one thing that blew my away was the WATER! WOW! the lighting/effects on the surface and underwater is amazing!!

  • @philippflipper7728
    @philippflipper7728 Před 4 lety +8

    soundtrack gives me chills

  • @mdk1325
    @mdk1325 Před 4 lety +6

    It has been some years and this is still my favorite game in a while. I kept playing it just because it's gorgeous

  • @joshk4597
    @joshk4597 Před 5 lety +77

    Origins > Odyssey

    • @terryprofitt6902
      @terryprofitt6902 Před 5 lety +9

      Yeah. I think everyone agrees

    • @tho_omas5727
      @tho_omas5727 Před 4 lety

      Tbh i prefer the setting of odyssey

    • @robby469
      @robby469 Před 4 lety

      Facts never tried origins until today and I'm in love. Played Odyssey for over 120 hours. Still a great game however the character, gameplay and all over feel are much better in origins for my money.

    • @dickheadhex418
      @dickheadhex418 Před 4 lety +1

      @@robby469 way better.

    • @kazekagejichujisoo7838
      @kazekagejichujisoo7838 Před 4 lety

      Josh K yes

  • @Jaanikins
    @Jaanikins Před 6 lety +97

    You could tell really that the story wasn't their main focus and instead just churning out side quests. They want you to just focus on the side quests because it's stuff to do, obviously it's good to have tons of things to do my point is, don't give the audience a main quest if you have nothing good to offer, I still think there weren't any real good reasons as to why the order had to start here and not when Darius was around.

    • @Zerath0
      @Zerath0 Před 6 lety +13

      To me it felt like they put their main focus on building the open world of Egypt considering how gorgeous it is. Main story and side quests felt like they didn't focus as much on them because of rather weak writing, and how most of the side quests felt repetitive, almost all missions had you go save some person from a military camp.
      Hardly any of the side missions felt memorable, I already had forgotten most of the missions mentioned in this video.
      In Memphis there was this one side mission where you go to speak to the Seer again, asking what Bayek's vision meant. So the Seer asks you to go give those three guys some protective amulets, then you sail the Seer to this island and have to dive up some statue and then you meditate with the Seer but then he's suddenly gone with no explanation? What the fuck? Where's the explanation to Bayek's vision? Why the hell did I have to do all that shit when there's no pay-off?
      And the main story truly felt rushed and less focused at some points, for instance, when Cleopatra gains the throne, Bayek and Aya are so suddenly unhappy with her.

    • @robodudeful
      @robodudeful Před 6 lety +2

      I think it was fair of them to have a slightly large focus on world building than the story, which I still felt was engaging, because this is what the original did. If you played the original, you have to admit that a lot of it was repetitive with a story just barely connecting the targets. The original and Origins could be treated as more of a proof of concept while the next one is the one with fantastic story and polished gameplay, like AC2/Brotherhood and even Black Flag with AC3.
      However, I disagree with you on some aspects that pertain to the main missions, which I felt were memorable. The way they display the assassination cutscenes were unique and felt memorable (especially the one with the Crocodile) compared to some previous games and thought that the Targets' motivations for their actions were better here that in a lot of previous targets, who a lot of the time committed crimes for power just for power's sake and not to help people in their own Templar-ish way.
      Also, Bayek and Aya were unhappy with her because she and Caesar basically gave the man who murdered their son a pardon. I also think that the Seer just disappearing thing was for some kind of magical effect that was meant to confuse us and Bayek thereby enhancing the mysticism of the Seer, but I do agree that they should have focused more on that side quest's narrative since it has such an important tie in to Bayek's growth and acceptance of his son's death.

    • @dushikorsou1
      @dushikorsou1 Před 6 lety +3

      that what this whole game fails at the story to pull you in like witcher 3. like wtf was that on rails shooter with Caesar trying to escape Alexandria and half of Alexandria burning down never being shown. like that is one of the most interesting thing happening in the history of that time, but they pretty much skipped over it. and the whole order felt weak i never understood the connection between them and there was only 1 that was slightly interesting and the last 3 are just all the sudden introduced and you kill them like 5 minutes later. The Original had amazing villains they had good introduction why they were messed up, but had good motivation behind it why they were doing it. and actually had a pretty good plot twist at the end. one of the few ac with a good story

    • @Zerath0
      @Zerath0 Před 6 lety

      robodudeful There were some interesting parts in the main missions. I also liked those assassination cutscenes and that mission where your target was the Crocodile. That was a strong scene where we find out that the Crocodile has drowned that little girl. The writing with other main targets felt predictable like that plot twist with the scarab or how the few last targets were rushed as they were introduced all of a sudden and you end up killing them almost immediately.
      But almost all the side missions felt forgettable and boring. And I think that could be because of how the dialogue is mostly told in the same way, from a 3rd person view where you see the npc and Bayek. There was hardly any cutscenes or otherwise interesting ways how that dialogue would play. It was like watching dialogue scenes from Star Wars prequels where characters are just standing and talking, completely stale and boring.
      As for your first point, I don't agree that just because the first games has repetitive story it makes it okay to have repetitive story in the later games.

    • @akshayewldsj1631
      @akshayewldsj1631 Před 5 lety

      no freaking way first of the side quest are dull and boring the dungeons are okay the the story is fine and the game glitches badly

  • @S_Kordy
    @S_Kordy Před 6 lety +3

    Dude, I can binge watch these all day

  • @leolundgren3989
    @leolundgren3989 Před 6 lety +12

    Yeah the narrative is my biggest gripe with this game and you pretty much nailed it when you said that its greatest weakness is that it's too vague. It could've started out with Bayek doing more intimate things in the opening hours; going around in Siwa, having conversations about his past and future with old friends and so on. And you could've also established much better who Ptolemy was and how he oppressed Egypt. Maybe have a convoy travel through Siwa which starts to harass the local people? And there's also very little explanation to the fact that there's no pharaohs left in the country and that medjays are more or less dissolved. I went into the game thinking that Bayek would serve this great pharaoh at the start, but it was nothing like that at all. This, as well as the ending, left me with a very bittersweet feeling. No one really wins and there's no great sense of accomplishment. Khemu finds peace in the afterlife but the real struggle with Bayek and Aya continues and that's what we as players relate to the most. Egypt is doomed, Bayek loses the love of his life, Aya is set on becoming a stone cold killer and then it just ends. Aya and Bayek could've at least fought together even though their ideals were separate? The kind of relationship they ended up having was way too complicated for such a lacklustre storytelling. You really need to flesh characters out with lots of interaction and interesting dialogue. What we got was nothing like that and it all felt really sour and "eh?". It hurt my overall experience of the game, even though I really liked the exploration. I hope they pay more attention to the games they claim to be inspirer by (Witcher) in the future. And for gods sake fix all those long loading screens in between the cuts of different scenes. It totally messes with the pace! /rant over

    • @johnnymacgillivray3854
      @johnnymacgillivray3854 Před 5 lety

      Leo Lundgren you know shit of quality games!!!

    • @memecliparchives2254
      @memecliparchives2254 Před 5 lety +1

      Last time a relationship happened in Assassins Creed, someone dies. Altair and Maria Ezio and Christina Arno and Elise. I could go on.

  • @shravan8848
    @shravan8848 Před 5 lety +3

    Watched every minute, every second. Thanks, Luke, for everything.

  • @yungtobiramasensei9864
    @yungtobiramasensei9864 Před 6 lety +1

    i've been sitting on this game for a few months now but this review has compelled me to finally get to this game. Great job!!!!!

  • @MRdaBakkle
    @MRdaBakkle Před 6 lety +2

    I was pretty invested for most of the game. It's cool how as Bayek travels to each location the game really encourages you as a player to check out the side quests. The side missions are not just points on a map, I never saw a mission on a map and then went there to do it. It always happened organically, with me running around and an npc would approach or call out. Something would happen, and I would move Bayek over there. So once we assassinate our first real target in Siwa and the game sends us to the Temple in Yamu, I spend quite a bit of time there just doing side missions before I move on. It really works as I am essentially a hero/sheriff for Egypt. Another detail I noticed that the Medjay symbol on Bayek's shield is a very simple assassin symbol.

  • @Shinbaal99
    @Shinbaal99 Před 3 lety +4

    132 hours 100%ed it including all bonus content and DLC. With that being said I spent some time idling and vibing to the musicians in Alexandria in the Brothel.

  • @FreeStyleBoy50
    @FreeStyleBoy50 Před 4 lety +4

    To be fair here, I'm only relating this off of personal experience of course, I really had no problem with understanding the story. It certainly didn't take me up to the 15th hour of the game to start understanding. I agree, yes, it's a bit confusing when compared to some other titles in this or other franchises, but it was by no means not understandable at any point. As for Bayek, I really liked the character. He's stiff for a reason, and his stiffness due to what he went through is actually what's giving him charm. His drive as a character is having revenge against not only the people who murdered his son, but against a lifetime of serving those who were responsible. What gives him his charm and makes him very much likable is specifically the side missions, the interactions with the people of Egypt for which he still has love and a sense of duty for. It gets even better when Bayek helps or interacts with children, showing off how great of a parent he was and could have been had events not unfolded like this.

  • @tyer1997
    @tyer1997 Před 6 lety +1

    Dude you deserve more subscribers, you give fantastic, fair and well thought-out reviews.

  • @si_mon_ki2828
    @si_mon_ki2828 Před 3 lety +2

    lately I realized that there is a mechanic, that I did not know existed, playing the game I discovered that if you press the jump button the instant you land a moderately high jump, a jump in which you would usually hurt yourself and follow the path limping, you roll and absorb impact damage and continue in a very subtle way. Maybe everyone knew it, but for me it was new because I don't think it was something that the game bothered to teach ...

  • @asksmeq3883
    @asksmeq3883 Před 6 lety +76

    Why is XXXTENACION on the thumbnail?

  • @giannidomenico
    @giannidomenico Před 6 lety +16

    Ubisoft definitely got their momentum back with AC

  • @protocolsummit103
    @protocolsummit103 Před 4 lety +8

    I have been playing for the past week non-stop almost everyday and let me tell you, it has been years since a game has won me from the first 6 hours. I jumped into it with the thought of playing an AC Game that has everything from great gameplay to a huge map and things to do, things the AC franchise always went forward with, the story is the biggest point but people told me the story kinda sucks. I went on it completely blind, not even a trailer to know how the character looks like, no. I wanted to experience the Assassin's Creed world like I did when I was a kid: Completely blind, thrown into a huge world that matters. Those who told me that AC:Origins lacks as an AC game can suck it, because this is ancient Egypt, before the creation of the Assassin Order, complete chaos over the land, more than in Brotherhood and let me tell you that was fucking tartarus, Rome was fucking hell with everything that was happening. Imagine Egypt back then, utter chaos in a desert oasis with danger looming around every corner, deasese and animal predators and people just trying to make it by when they are harassed by their own guard and Pharaoh and at the center of it all, a man that is chaos himself but shows you little moments of a side more carring, a Bayek that isn't just a determined murderer, a Bayek that was trying to protect his people and was ultimately brought into a path of destruction against his enemies in a land where it reeks of death in almost every corner. If Origins is not the best entry in the series after the Ezio trilogy I don't know what it is, and not just because it delivers an open world with things to do like we always loved from the AC franchise but a reason as to why the story is not your typical AC. It is chaos and you have to do something for it while fighting fire with fire. Bayek is alright, Origins is alright and easily one of the most enjoyable AC Games ever. Origins is the reason Odyssey is a bad fucking game.

  • @ironlion9172
    @ironlion9172 Před 6 lety +1

    *buckles in* Oh I am SO READY!
    Seriously it is very rare to find a reviewer who is so detailed with the story aspects as well as mechanics. I literally live for this, thanks dude! :D

  • @FraserSouris
    @FraserSouris Před 5 lety +5

    I feel the sniper bow’s control feature was great. I frequently used it to take down moving targets on horseback

    • @Mercury29477
      @Mercury29477 Před rokem

      I think it’s just broken on pc if you have a gaming mouse that has a button that lowers sensitivity a lot of epic headshots then

  • @miless.9429
    @miless.9429 Před 6 lety +16

    I actually quite liked the story

    • @fettaheker
      @fettaheker Před 4 lety

      I'm playing it now and it's so ooooo confusing

    • @mehdiouabas9587
      @mehdiouabas9587 Před 3 lety

      @@fettaheker It does start with a confusing begining XD

    • @mehdiouabas9587
      @mehdiouabas9587 Před 3 lety

      @@ElectrusBoom Really?It hot confusing right when you start playing kinda like this:Wow wow wow who is this guy???He killed his what?Bayek okay....,Medjay?!?What s that?

  • @radelc
    @radelc Před 2 lety +2

    I bought this over the holidays on sale and absolutely loved wandering around the world doing side quests. It was an amazing living world. Then I finished the story, and it fell apart like Game of Thrones. Wish I would have rushed the story and then just indulged in the amazing open world after.

  • @DarkHeroCC
    @DarkHeroCC Před 6 lety

    Here it is! The long-awaited critique!

  • @lucidonoccasion5012
    @lucidonoccasion5012 Před 5 lety +3

    38:02 Isn't that pretty much the same way TW3 works? If anything, I'd say that AC:O has more side quests that are optional for leveling. I'm a completionist which meant that I was always 2-3 levels above the story mission recommended level in TW3, but in AC:O I had to use the animus control panel and turn my EXP slider down to 65% to keep myself from soaring past the story mission recommended level, and even then I was consistently over leveled.

  • @blonded0532
    @blonded0532 Před 6 lety +6

    I actually use the control the arrow system for 99.9 percent of my bow combat, and I do use bows quiet a lot.

  • @kusovia1148
    @kusovia1148 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for shouting out my year

  • @maoriwargamer
    @maoriwargamer Před 5 lety +3

    Found your channel after playing assassins creed odyssey, I enjoyed that game so I picked up origins for a cheap price. Great video

  • @ahmarcamacho8404
    @ahmarcamacho8404 Před 6 lety +72

    Don't you think its intentionally vague because they plan on having a sequel with Bayek. The novel actually makes the narrative more open.

    • @BobMyrul
      @BobMyrul Před 6 lety +3

      ThatVanceGuy every assassins's game has individual books. Pretty good i must say. I think the author name is Oliver bowden.

    • @soumyadeepbanerjee964
      @soumyadeepbanerjee964 Před 6 lety

      Ahmar Camacho Oh I have to grab the novel then!

    • @musicah8496
      @musicah8496 Před 5 lety

      @@soumyadeepbanerjee964 did u grab the novel?

  • @arke5467
    @arke5467 Před 5 lety +3

    I was set to buy AC Odyssey this week until I watched Gods of Egypt, then this game suddenly caught my eye more than Odyssey ever did

  • @danxu7642
    @danxu7642 Před 3 lety +1

    This game sat in my steam library over 3 years and I just recently started playing it. It is genuinely surprising that Ubisoft has actually done a good job in revamping the title. I only had fainting memory of black flag that I played all those years ago and it is nice to see they recognized the problems and actively solving them.

  • @jjayala
    @jjayala Před 5 měsíci

    I was a drunken mess when this game came out. Put some time into it and then had then moved from that spot and never saw that PS4 or game again. Times are a little different these days and I'm really enjoying this on the ally. I started playing Valhalla too but this is the game that has my attention currently. Having a great time. Always love your stuff.

  • @GrandeJano
    @GrandeJano Před 6 lety +6

    Ubisoft are on a mission obviously and Id call it an important and well done effort these days: making huge but detailed singleplayer games.
    They have heard the voices who were critizing their boring and repetitive sidequest design and they reworked it well. They still are not close to the Witcher3, but I will support them to continue in this direction. After over 90hrs in ACO, I still love coming back, wandering around, finding a hidden question mark etc. And yeah: Ive almost forgotten most about the main story already. A weak point for sure, very badly written at times, strange plot holes but as I said: they are on a way and Im willing to go with them if the games keep the quality of this one or at best: even get better and to do that Ubisoft just needs to learn how to tell a good story. Main character, overall atmosphere, progression, weapondesign, combat and the best open world Ive ever experienced, those things are already there.
    I have hopes for the future.

    • @FuckdasketsHOPassass
      @FuckdasketsHOPassass Před 6 lety +1

      Witcher 3 is overrated, origins is better than it in nearly every aspect, better combat, has stealth and parkour that works, better characters, more interesting and original open world
      Bayek is far more interesting and better acted than Gerald

    • @GrandeJano
      @GrandeJano Před 6 lety +5

      Adewale you are obviously trolling me. Not interested, thank you.

    • @FuckdasketsHOPassass
      @FuckdasketsHOPassass Před 6 lety +1

      DIGIT4LB4TH
      Not trolling you, just my opinion, witcher 3 is probably a better made game, but still boring as shit for me
      Geralt is Aiden Pearce with swords and powers, the fantasy medieval setting is done to death, and drags on far to much
      Combat is very 1 dimensional and doesn't offer a lot of options. Witcher you just have 2 swords and both don't really differ that much, origins has 7 different weapon classes if I remember with each weapon feeling different and unique, you are given more options to attacking targets wether being stealthy or full blown battle mode
      Ancient Egypt gave a more diverse open world with far more variations of cultures and landscapes which you can explore seemlesly
      Geralt always speaks in the same tone and just feels like a generic character, Bayek changes with every emotion to a soft spoken nice guy who is good with people to a bloodthirsty agent of death
      Plus it's a lot more rewarding, I gave up in the witcher because no matter how much I traveled and looted I still had some weak ass silver sword.

  • @TheTruePopeFrancis
    @TheTruePopeFrancis Před 5 lety +6

    I want the Assassins’s Creed game after AC Odyssey to be in Ancient Rome. Maybe around Caesar, and it should be called Assassin’s Creed Legion.

  • @KnightOfAwesometon
    @KnightOfAwesometon Před 5 lety +1

    Just completed The Hidden Ones DLC for this after completing the main story. Origins is easily one of my FAVOURITE Assassin's Creed. I hope Ubisoft keep this up and don't just let the publishers who only see green start demanding they make a new AC every year.

  • @ickyspop682
    @ickyspop682 Před 6 lety +2

    Luke, thank you so much for putting so much effort into these vids. They're just amazing.

  • @Mephilis78
    @Mephilis78 Před rokem +5

    My biggest problem is that it never seems that Bayek ever deals with the fact that he killed his own kid. It's like he's in complete denial, unwilling to admit he fucked up, or wasn't paying enough attention to what he was doing, or that he was simply too hot headed... and ended up killing his own son. Over and over you hear him say "you murdered my son". Maybe twice out of the whole game do you ever hear him say he did it himself.

  • @GRGCompletionist
    @GRGCompletionist Před 4 lety +3

    This game was just perfect! One of the best and most beautiful games i have ever played and one of the best AC stories (probably the best for me right along at the top with Ezio's) too!

  • @ingwerschwensen8115
    @ingwerschwensen8115 Před 6 lety

    Very convincing. I really prefer your full-clad critiques to much of the purely subjective talk CZcams game reviews can abound in. Takes time to watch, yes, but worth it. Getting shown and explained in relative detail what one just had more or less of a vague feeling about - or sometimes non at all, ahem - is very rewarding. Thanks.

  • @blindexil
    @blindexil Před 6 lety +1

    Love the review good job!

  • @robby469
    @robby469 Před 4 lety +3

    Loving this game only 10 hours in and I love it miles more than Odyssey. Odyssey was great but I feel like origins has a good mix of classic AC with the new direction peppered in... Combine that with a much better chatacter, voice acting and small little details and I'm over the moon 😍

  • @GeraltORivia
    @GeraltORivia Před 6 lety +20

    Just in time, I actually may be able to watch the whole thing before work.

    • @resitpasa8892
      @resitpasa8892 Před 6 lety +10

      How is your vineyard doing, master Witcher?

    • @matthew-dq8vk
      @matthew-dq8vk Před 6 lety

      Geralt of Rivia? Seriously, how unoriginal can you be?

    • @Pupcaller8
      @Pupcaller8 Před 6 lety

      same bro shoutout to night shift workers

    • @GeraltORivia
      @GeraltORivia Před 6 lety +4

      The Indispensable Chomsky It was original when I first did it which is before The Witcher was popularized in the US. Also, I’ve never met another Geralt anywhere on any site so...

    • @bailsaz
      @bailsaz Před 6 lety +5

      Geralt of Rivia for some reason I read that in Geralts voice lmao

  • @mountrussmore
    @mountrussmore Před 4 lety

    Thanks for doing this. I started this game when it was released and was enjoying it. Stopped to start something else and this got sent to my backlog.
    Now I'm gonna get back to it. Now that I have a better PC and there's been patches, it will improve the experience

  • @cloverraven
    @cloverraven Před 3 lety +2

    I love that you can move the camera during “gameplay” cutscenes. It’s one of my favorite parts. I haven’t played odyssey I know you can pick dialogue choices. That and playing as a girl make me interested...but I think I’d rather just play origins over again.

  • @howlersmoon1150
    @howlersmoon1150 Před 6 lety +5

    I've been waiting for this one

  • @shawndiebold
    @shawndiebold Před 5 lety +4

    I loved this game. My favorite of the series.

  • @keybladeslashw900
    @keybladeslashw900 Před 2 lety +2

    I always found it weird that you’re introduced to Bayek with the beard and his hair and you get used to him like that, then it goes and he does not look like the same guy. Thankfully you can choose the look.

  • @TheBasedBalkan
    @TheBasedBalkan Před 5 lety +2

    If they make a sequel set in Rome they should make it Aya getting corrupted by the ancient artifacts and using the power for evil and then Bayek having to kill her

  • @wonderfulvoltaire
    @wonderfulvoltaire Před 6 lety +10

    *My body is ready.*

  • @EternalSand
    @EternalSand Před 4 lety +1

    Good review Luke! I've watched this right after I beat the game, it was worth the wait! I think that chart for playtime might be accurate, it might not be. But I can say it took my 95 hours to beat the game and both dlcs, that was a span of a year and a half though. The ubisoft app says I have 96% complete. The story didn't really grip me in the beginning, I didn't really understand the plot, but once I was nearing the end it started to make more sense I'd say. Quite a long game, but it's probably one of my favorite games of all time, it being my first assassins creed game it was quite enjoyable.

  • @almedinaganovic4359
    @almedinaganovic4359 Před 2 lety +1

    Instalted the game main menu music starts get goosebumps and knew immediately it will be epic adventure

  • @XlWolfMaster
    @XlWolfMaster Před 4 lety +8

    I personally think the parkour was a downgrade

    • @PlutoOuttaHere.
      @PlutoOuttaHere. Před 3 lety

      Right especially after we had Unity which is amazing but I would say it is better than the first 3 games

    • @XlWolfMaster
      @XlWolfMaster Před 3 lety

      @@PlutoOuttaHere. Yeah, imagine a new ac game with an intricate story and parkour system

    • @PlutoOuttaHere.
      @PlutoOuttaHere. Před 3 lety

      @@XlWolfMaster unity and Origins come close but they could be better

    • @XlWolfMaster
      @XlWolfMaster Před 3 lety +1

      @@PlutoOuttaHere. Agreed

  • @renansouza2373
    @renansouza2373 Před 6 lety +3

    The history itself was not the best part of it, but I felt a lot of care about the creation of the creed and it's symbols (better than star wars for example) and I LOVED how amunet is put in the story

    • @renansouza2373
      @renansouza2373 Před 6 lety

      the one think that I'm stuck with is, how did Aya and Bayek were buried together? I hope they will talk about this in future because it is possible to have a lot of history in there (not specifically in video game format)

  • @RocketJr.
    @RocketJr. Před 5 lety

    Very awesome and detailed analysis/review of the game, i love it!! Best i've heard so far!!! I have the game and only played a few hours, but i wanna play more now
    and not focus to much on the main story-line, thanks! And it is a big improvement of the series and idk if i wanna buy the next one, it looks a bit too similair…

  • @currentlyspeakingbmwmusic1793

    pretty sad that he didnt mention the ancient machines or various super fun/creative side quests

  • @kevingonzalez-james6421
    @kevingonzalez-james6421 Před 3 lety +5

    So just played and finished this game cause it was on sale a few weeks ago. I absolutely loved it. I remember when seeing the trailer for the first time back when the game originally came out and thinking that I wasn’t impressed. This game caught me off guard and the ending was beautiful 🤩

  • @synlion
    @synlion Před 6 lety +3

    I don’t think your exactly right about the leveling system. I always played all sidequests in one area before moving on to the next level. I’m level 39 now and I’m saving up the last two story missions for myself...

  • @callum_710s
    @callum_710s Před 6 lety +1

    First 2 hours, Temple Of Amun, Assassination cutscene, another mission, you take your son to hunt then you take him to the water place, you tell him to jump... he doesn’t, guards come, you tell him to run, they capture him and capture you, they take you to the downstairs of the temple, he gets killed and they letcp you go... then you get why he is killing, for revenge

  • @Shutupletstalk
    @Shutupletstalk Před 3 lety

    Digging this video series! Cheers!

  • @theotherbeatle707
    @theotherbeatle707 Před 4 lety +4

    Favorite Assassin's Creed

  • @st333n
    @st333n Před 5 lety +4

    i love this game

  • @tagumagu
    @tagumagu Před 6 lety

    I honestly didn't even remember there was a lock-on melee mechanic, and I've played over 60 hours. Has it been patched or have I just turned it off/never used it?

  • @thewildmitchell
    @thewildmitchell Před 6 lety

    I haven't looked into Origins yet because I thought Syndicate was pretty shoddy and this seemed to come so soon after so I've just skipped to the conclusion and I'm so glad you're able to safely recommend it! This is gonna be the next game I buy for sure, cheers.

  • @vasilgevezov3424
    @vasilgevezov3424 Před 6 lety +4

    My biggest issue with the story was regarding to how Bayek and Aya part ways in the end - why is Ubi afraid to give assassins a happy ending? These games are one of the places where I want a happy ending to the characters and barely get it. I loved Syndicate because the ending was satisfying and kinda hopeful. These games are filled with dread and so on, so why can't the end be different? This was also my biggest issue with the story of Unity - why did Elise have to die? She was so damn cool.