>devs blame the company, not the one who does his job. or just blame the economics system, pursuit of profit,alienation of work and the product we consume and commodification of education,art,health and your mum.
Same with SJWs. It's like meth--not even once. Soon as you give them an inch (and play their game, in this case literally), you've lost. That's my take on it.
Purchased this game months ago, got to level 52 and completed the main game, side quests and dlc's within a week or so. Not one penny spent on any microtransaction and didn't take me long to get to 50. Odyssey is a great game and although the microtransactions shouldn't exist, people are exaggerating. Getting to the end game in this isn't better or worse than any other action adventure game and I've played plenty of them. Some games are good enough to be let off because the pro's outweigh the cons. Take RDR2 for example. About 10 editions with various exclusive content and a multiplayer that has been filled to the brim with microtransactions but you know what? The actual main game is a masterpiece so it's worth the purchase. If you limit your modern game library to games that don't have purchasables at all then you are missing out on some great games. Some games aren't even good enough to be let off because the rest of the content is shit but there's rare exceptions to the rule. RDR2 and Odyssey are two examples of those rare exceptions.
@@invinciblereason1618 because your not a dopamine craving impatient little spoiled twat. That's most of these new American people in this generation. Their attitude is I WANT IT NOW I WANT IT NOW BUT I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO DESERVE IT
TerranMarineCore we don’t ‘want it now without doing anything to deserve it’ we want the same opportunities our parents and grandparents had. That’s it. In 1940 the chance of someone earning more then their parents was 91%. In 2018 that number went down to 50%. In the 70’s the wage of workers stopped growing with both the growth and success of companies, as well as inflation. Instead of increasing wages, the top 1% where increasing their sales. The wage gap between generations is the largest it’s been in American history. The majority of millennials will NEVER own a house. All we want is to not live in poverty. To not be wage slaves living paycheck to paycheck.
I have to disagree with you here Mack. I don't think just not buying helix points will be enough to make it go away. They will just make the grind worse next time to better incentivize you to "save time" by giving them money. The only way to get rid of this stuff is an outright boycott of this type of monetization, and not buying games that feature this type of "time saving" feature. A full priced triple A single player game with free to play style micro-transactions included should not be endorsed or supported by people who like games.
All the more reason I refuse to buy the vast majority of AAA games these days, I simply refuse to support this shit. And you're right, they wouldn't put those microtransactions there if they didn't want people to buy them. Ignoring them will only make publishers push that "player choice" further and further to the point where it's impossible to ignore since they'll keeping prodding for dosh. Just a solid reason why I'm so worried about Devil May Cry 5 having this crap from the get go.
I whole-heartedly agree with this. They should branch out with a different series with this new formula, not with AC. I stopped following AC after Revelations, but every now and then I check in on the series -- (To be honest I'm waiting til they make an actual AC game taking place in Japan) -- seeing AC now, I'm kinda wanting to stay even further away because this. Isn't. AC. This is a generic RPG now. I just don't think RPG style suits AC. I find it to be a conflict of formula and what they made AC feel like originally. But it doesn't seem "bad," just not AC. And I don't even wanna start on microtransaction-driven shit for leveling and such. "Time-savers," fuck yourself Ubisoft, as if there's no way around the fucking intentional design other than paying one's way through it.
@@CommanderAkio I stopped playing the game series after Syndicate because I didn't think the Egyptian stuff would be good. When Odyssey came out I waited and tried it and I don't think it is good because there is no assassin's in the game. Recently I've tried Origins and so far I think it is good. It is nice to see where the assassin's creed was founded and that is what is keeping me playing the game.
Honestly imo this game is the best in the Assasin's Creed in the series, now it's been a while since I've played most of them except for maybe Origins so I don't completely remember the earlier games and how I enjoyed those but the gameplay style and the open world of this game is the best AC has ever been.
@@CommanderAkio Not sure what you mean by "this isn't AC" , this is more AC than any ac in a long while, you just need to spec into Assassination and you have a much better experience than AC 1,2,3,4,5 ... etc etc you have the OPTION to play a warrior , but in fact Assassin is the best option, because only assassin can take out entire Fortresses without triggering an alarm. The stealth is also much more difficult , because locations become packed with enemies , some forts have 30-40 enemies and it takes a bit of planning to do it safely. No other AC game required this amount of preparation. Hunter is good , but does not have the DMG necessary to kill everyone , Hunter can stealthily take out the weaker foes mostly and you run out of adrenaline real quick. Ever since AC 1 as a veteran of Stealth games, there hasn't been even a single moment for me that was even vaguely challenging. I can speedrun Tenchu , Thief etc games like it's nothing , let alone AC, but with the addition of gear at least I have to be weary of damage and the order in which I take out the enemies. This is a HUGE step up from what the franchise used to be.... a completely skill-less slaughter. The gear is a NON-ISSUE you get some of the best gear early on and later you hunt down a couple of cult members for their LEGENDARY set , which is a fun activity. Sometimes it's not straightforward to find those people, only when you complete certain quests or gather intel by chance do you get to know their location. Which adds An authentic feeling of being on the hunt. Once you obtain decen set for your role , you update it's level every (raiste the level of your equipped set), this way you never fall behind in terms of gear. There is no need to farm materials , you will have plenty of everything if you scrap the crap , you get all the wood in the world from sinking ships , everything else comes easily if you just have fun exploring the world. The story after 1st AC quickly got messy , this AC doesn't concern itself with abstergo too too much and let's you skip most of the boring BS modern day stuff, you continue to explore the ancient world. It's super story rich and unlike what mac has stated the sidequests aren't boring , they are kinda boring INITIALLY , once you get to athens, that starts to change. The end game content is AMAZING , unlike the old shitty puzzles that required you to collect things mindlessly , you go on mini quests to find and to fight legendary beasts. First the artemis quest, later the Medusa Cyclops Sphinx Minotaur encounters. It has more meaningful content this than any other AC. From 1st one until a couple of recent ones, the problem with AC was that parkour was forced for no reason there are multiple reasons to explore and to do parkour.
@@trbotimmmmmmmeh plz is a ryzen with a gtx1070..16gb ram, 120gb or 240gb ssd and 2tb hd an OK setup.. I hear it might be slightly overkill but for how long I dunno.. it's priced around £1500 but on sale for £1150.. it's been a long time since I built a rig and I could only save about 50pounds by building it myself. . So I may as well let the pros do it.. right? Ty 4 reading. I dunno if it can plug straight into a TV for now(I hope so)..or should I spend 200to300pounds on a decent refresh but fairly small monitor? (Coz my TV is proper HD ..1080p and that's 2k.. isn't it?).. really nervous .. lost..and exited.. Been waiting ages!! Any help be appreciated
Remember in the first assassins creed where each assassination was followed up with an epic, intimate interaction with the target that slowly unwound a mysterious, intriguing story? And then instantly you are thrown back into the bleak world with all the guards after you? You have to run for your life and escape. There was a genuine rush of adrenaline and the thought, “What is the quickest way out of here? Where can I make my escape?” Scaling rooftops in a full out sprint to elude your hunters. That will always be Assasins Creed to me. That is the feeling I wish was replicated and innovated upon. I don’t want a massive grind with a million different pointless armor pieces and weapons. I don’t want health bars and assassination quests with no real connections to the targets. I want to feel like a legendary assassin, unraveling the epic lore of the first civilization and my characters place in all of it. This game looks like a solid RPG, but it’s not Assassins Creed to me.
He is really suspicious this video. Not mentioning the FPS drops, saying the combat is good, using the bow that you can direct the arrow however you want when he really critiqued that on Origins. Its like hes another man in this video..
This game was one of the best purchases I've made, tons of gaming hours, places to explore, quests to do, different gear to collect, overall a really good game worth buying and playing. totally recommend getting it.
This is a highly unusual thumbs up. Mack is a big anti-Mircotransaction advocate and hated The Witcher 3, yet for some reason gave this a thumbs up. I guess everyone simply likes what they like and dislikes what they dislike, we can't help that, but this is somewhat inconsistent with previous WABs.
Taste and legit Criticism are contradictory. You are either a fcking Critic, who guess what, is critical! Or you are an opinionator/product influencer, someone who states his opinion with everything that is wrong with it. Critic = Facts Opinion = what one person believes and personally thinks. And opinions can be very wrong!
Heisenberg I had to pay £80 for the game as Ubisfot would not even give me a press copy as they saw Origins review and knew I would rip the MT's apart. Now am going to ban you for spreading lies about me, fuck off.
William. Is it possible that this game is way better than Witcher 3 in both combat and content? It's hilarious people call me inconsistent just because a game is amazing to play.
@@sanctumsomega maybe you played on easy or are just a hero, but most people take a while to learn how to us the signs/parrys and dodges properly. plus you have to use the right oils/potions depending on creature your fighting. Plus you need to learn each type of creature/ghost responds to different signs or concoctions. AC you just hammer attacks and block/dodge every now and again.
People just look at the numbers in March of 2018 Ubisoft made €318.5 million from what it calls Player Recurring Investment during the last nine months. Basically micro-transactions. It is a very lucrative source of revenue making up 26.7% of total sales. So they are not going to stop because there are enough idiots buying that stuff 300 million euros worth of idiots.
Good game but as commented the business model is awful. It looks like this is the first game, at least AC game, that the micros are being really pushed hard. While I haven't like Ubi since Unity, when they pulled the review embargo bollocks, you can generally say that Micros are hard to spot and easy to ignore. In Odessy however the economy and XP requirement have been influenced by the desire to sell Micros. Also you can typically see how hard a game is pushing micros by its storefront and how often its alluded to in game.
I bought this game based off Mack's review and I gotta be honest, I liked origins better, by a great deal. I felt origins was more structured, and was a solid open world game in it's own right, if a bit shallow. Odyssey isn't bad, it's just an assault on the eyes. Not that it doesn't look good, because it can be damn near jaw dropping at times, I mean there's way too many things going on. There's so many icons on your compass, way too many HUD elements (that you can turn off but still) and the game world is so detailed that it's hard to take everything in because the game is so cluttered and fast paced. It's like that guy in Amadeus that says "the ear can only hear so many notes" and that's how I feel with Odyssey, the eye can only process so much detail. For me, Odyssey is a bit too ridiculous and historically inaccurate all around for me to really enjoy it. Too fast paced, too cluttered, combat is way too cartoony and overall the game is just bleh.
Some of this stuff reminds me of Shadow of Mordor/War. Has something like a nemesis system, powerful enemies seek you out and ambush you, bodyguards, the big battles etc. Even with the same bullshit microtransactions, except people grilled WB, yet don't criticize Ubisoft.
Here's my two cent's on the cult bosses, it really reminds me of the chiefs from shadow of mordor. To be fair shadow of mordor was inspired by the parkour system they had and made it better. So give a little take a little. Kinda cool that they pigging back off each other. Not hating on the game except the micro transaction BS. That is never okay in a single player game.
I had to turn stuff off in origins to get it running well and also had a few frame drops, it still ran fine, am not one of this gamers that sucks so much that they can't play games at 30fps, this ran around 50fps most of the time which was fine for me.
@@WorthABuyreviews It's not a question of sucking so hard I can't play at 30fps... It just feels dreadful with a mouse and keyboard. There's a reason 144hz monitors exist, it's night and day.
How are you getting such low framerates at 1080p, Mack? I thought you were running a gtx 1080? I get 45fps at 4k in origins with shadows turned down, I have a gtx 1080 and an i7 8700k..
This channel is baffling. No consistency. Odyssey is the epitome of the modern AAA ubishit archetype that Mack is always ranting about. What was he smoking here?
Worth A Buy yes sir. I got bored 15 hours into origins and stopped playing, but with odyssey I’m 30 hours in and in love with this game. haven’t had this much fun playing an rpg since the Witcher 3. I didn’t even know the store and microtansactions existed until reading comment sections...it doesn’t effect the game at all. People that don’t play because of this are missing out on one of Ubisoft’s finest games ever. Most people on here that are hating on it have never played it and can’t judge it for themselves, they judge it on the fact it’s a Ubisoft made game, which is fucking stupid.
Very surprising Mack. Though I disagree that this deserves a thumbs up over Witcher 3. Odyssey looks too much like Origins DLC. I didn't even end up finishing that game, as I was bored and felt the story was going nowhere. But hey, guess we just have differing opinions. Keep up the great content.
I was surprised aswell lol. Thought If anyone would tear this down it would be Mack. I raised my eyebrows when he said "if a game is 80% good & 20% bad I can forgive the 20%" given the molehills he makes mountains out of in his views regarding Witcher3. Again as you say, just differing opinions I guess. But I will definitely check this out now seeing the amount of positive reviews and now Macks approval.
Adam Etherton its particularly interesting because the combat in this is exactly like Witcher 3, dodge, dodge, spam attack, dodge, attack. 7:31 paints the perfect picture, yet TW3 is really bad because of it, and this is spectacular. Spectacular bore of a grind sprinkled with micro transactions, maybe.
Its kinda bugging me how people worhsip Witcher 3 like its a god a saint. Althou I find the game to be exceptional in terms of story and character but I find the combat so dull and clunky, doesnt feel responsive at all which ruined it for me. luckiliy i managed to finish it off but yeh thats because story was interested except i was not a fan of that combat mechanics and movment. its improved from previous game but still sucks, but none one never mentions that cuz theres no fault with witcher 3. Interested in picking this up thou since last ac i played was brotherhood, maybe wait for a sale.
Witcher III was not the best game ever, especially the COMBAT was weird sometimes and I remember Mack thumbed it down because of that. Well thumbing THIS up makes no sense, the combat is worst in every aspect. And you are not telling me the open world, story, the sidequests, the characters....etc. are better than the witcher????? I'm 28 hours in this game and I feel you are loosing it a bit Mack. It's not a bad game overall but honestly I is just the same big lifeless open world for just grinding your ass off. This games are getting even worst because of the microtransactions. They are making the grind SO ANNOYING that at some point people will pay money or just like me STOP PLAYING IT! GTA ONLINE did the same thing.
"Stop buying the loot and just grind it" >Opens Cheat Engine and gives thyself 100.000 of each material. Sorry Ubisoft but I'm going to enjoy this game, no matter how hard you try to make me not enjoy it.
@@jorgedutra5891 Yeah its real. You scan for value's then change them. When you first install and open the program it has a small tutorial. You can even get cheat tables that other people have made for it.
at 03:55 Mack shoots an exploding arrow into an enemy and the enemy just walks away casually... all while Mack explains that the combat is great... oh noooo and this shitty XRAY vision again... same same same same
Unpopular opinion, but the new gameplay revamp since Origin really takes me away from the experience. Not a big fan of rag doll animation or how enemies could take a ton of damage when they have things that could barely qualify as armor. Really like the sound of the story and the extra features, so I’m conflicted. Think I’ll get it on sale or when the price lowers. Love the review though and completely like how you go into details about the pros and cons, and the pros really seem to be good, but like I said earlier, I don’t typically play titles with this type of gameplay, but it’s tempting just to get if for the story.
Gritz Psychological drone Hi, I don’t want to fight your opinion, but I want to suggest you that evenif you have not played previous AC games, you should NOT wait to play this one. JUST DO it NOW. Trust me, in the videos on youtube, it doesn’t look as good as it really is. You won’t know how the mechanics will fee until you play it yourself. I got it preordered for ps4 pro and I was AMAZED by how good everything feels when you are playing. It is the best AC game so far, and I totally suggest you to buy it now. You can just sell it later when you finish it, and it will get you back more than half of the money.
there is wrong with that , because side quests in ac are designed to be extremely boring so that you are tempted to spend on micro transections instead,and also free advice, don't be a fanboy
@@mkb144p6 If you play RPGs on the regular then youre probably used to the grind. I got 25 hrs in and Im level 30....the sidequests aren't that bad either. If you dont like the grind then play a straight action adventure game with a linear path and stop insulting folks for enjoying what you do not.
@@AntiLifeEquation1 i only play RPG games like Witcher 3, Bloodborne,God of war,Nioh, Dragons Dogma,Kingdom Of Amalur,MHW,HZD they all have enjoyable side quests HZD's side quests are meh but still enjoyable
@@mkb144p6 If you played Dragons Dogma then AC Odyssey should be no problem at all. After the main quest in DD you literally grind the same content over and over for better gear...the everfall and bittrrblack isle. I have run across loads of sidequests in odyssey that were funny, tragic and everything in between...I just dont understand the issue fans have with this game....im now 80 hrs in level 58 and still loving odyssey.
Except that 'grinding' is hardly equivalent to 'playing the game.' The statement in the OP implies that 'playing' is a fun process; but they deliberately add anti-fun grinding mechanics to ensure that it isn't.
Sorry Mack, got to disagree with you on this one. The only way to deal with microtransactions is to take a hardline approach and boycott all the games containing them. This game should be a thumbs down regardless of how good it is. I've been gaming for as long as, if not longer than you Mack and to see the decline of the games industry to such a stage where £50 - £60 per game isn't enough for a company; that they then need to fill their coffers even more is heartbreaking. All companies deserve a profit, but this is outrageous. Instant thumbs down for containing micro transactions. Plenty of smaller developers and publishers to support with good single-player content.
Games have been $60.00 since super nes, would pay more up front for AAA title but not more for micro transaction and pay to win.... Greedy cunts. Especially hate when they come out with DLC that should be including in base game(not saying this game does that- haven't played it yet, just saying I hate when dev's- like paradox sell DLC with game mechanics that should be in base sell it as a extra to their broken base game without it sometimes not even playable)
As someone who hasn't enjoyed an AC game since AC2 and returned Origins after an hour and a half, I was very pleasantly surprised with this game. I bought it on a whim based on this review and the Christmas sale price and love it!
Games like this, where they create the obnoxious grind just to sell you a solution, should be avoided and not supported by our wallets. If you want to wait and catch on sell for under $20 in a year or two then fine, but don't encourage them by buying this game new and full price.
Reviews like this - and the vast majority of the fans who give it a Like because they endorse the philosophy behind it - are the reason why the cancer of microtransactions will never go away. Saying "buy the game but just not the MTs" is an ineffective half-measure that will just encourage them always to make more MT-filled games. The only real way to stop MTs is to boycott 100% all games that have them. But no reviewers will be bold enough to take that position (not even mack...who is the only video gamer reviewer I like and one of a small handful who is *not* a sellout to & shill for big publishers), and most gamers aren't willing to do that either, so therefore they will keep getting MTs forever.
He did, mainly complaining about the combat system the entire time. Meanwhile the game with uplay, denuvo, a horrible grind designed to sell XP boosts, with a giant cash shop, and a row of different editions, this gets the upvote. He eventually took that review down and it has yet to be seen again.
"Witcher 3 wasn't that good of a game." - Jesus I am so tired of neck beard contrarian bullshit. Honestly. YOU. ARE. WRONG. You know you are wrong. Admit it and move on. It's a talking point that makes you look like an idiot with poor taste to everyone that isn't the tiny minority of other idiots with poor taste. Oh. Yeah. Mack thumbed up Odyssey. Guess the protagonist wasn't black or gay eh? Hey there's a white guy ya'll can play as. You should buy the ultra deluxe edition for 150$. That'll show those liberal cuckboys amirite?
Sorry, but seeing the stupid excessive health bars above enemies which you need to spam for ages to kill them, this is a NOPE. Then we see the stealth assassinations which don't result in a straight kill, and the janky combat animations.
To see how good they did with the map, Mack, go to Google maps and zoom out over Greece (the land and islands around Athens) and you will see that the in-game map looks almost identical to real-world Greece. They literally created a replica (albeit smaller in scale of course) of the real Greece, names and all.
As a old bugger myself, I love your no BS attitude towards reviews. I don't always agree with you, but you have an honesty that makes you fully deserving of your growing number of subscribers. Keep up it up fella.
Oh my god what the hell is wrong with combat animations?! Characters seem to float above the ground without even touching it. I guess that's because they made combat animations for both characters - PC and the enemy, and then game just play a random (combat cutcsene, if you wish) one when you press the attack button, kinda like in Total wars. That is right in the bottom of the uncanny valley, it's like characters and the ground exist in different planes of existence.
One of the best comment out there. Games today are like this because casuals have no taste , they dnt care they dnt have enough experience to understand what is good, uncanny valley works differently depending on generations and also kids with all those colours willl close their judgmental eye... Plus let s add a big salad of MTX which is straight out gambling to form new generation of pro gamblers. They count on embarassment of polititians in talking of games so that they will be free to operated undisturbed in this huge money operation... Why ? Why using homer on this? After using tom clancy name? This is dirty job
I started playing this yesterday for the first time and haven't felt so compelled to play a game in ages. Totally addicted right now and had to drag myself away from it, literally. I think it is close to a masterpiece of a gaming experience. But I agree about micro transactions.
God Ubisoft stop with the micro-transactions. But hey there are enough idiots buying those bleeding Helix points. I never bothered with that but come on people. Soon you can pay for the game to finish itself. This is so hard because Assassins Creed games despite their faults show the most high quality presentations of history.
@Subi_fan True but the architecture is accurate. Maybe it should be super history hyper history very idealized. Still name me a title that recreated ancient greece to such an extent.
@Subi_fan Well the game is fun from what I heard. Also history tour in Origins acknowledges any changes the team made. At the end of the day this game is not a university course but a media product. It is there to entertain again an idealized history bordering on fiction. Boy this is business. Again you have not provided me with an example.
when I hit that grind wall I implemented cheese methods to kill the hard viper enemy. no grind and no micro bs. once u kill him you get his gear and yoire good to go. that being said, that stuff makes me hate ubisoft
Well I have not seen his but mine is the most honest I have seen so far as no one else mentions the grind being deliberate in order to sell MT's. Watch his review of Origins, that game had all the stuff in the store that is in Odyssey and even loot crates in the game, Jim says it's not really a bother to him and guess what, Ubisoft gave him a gold edition of Origins. That guy is a joke.
Ah he goes to town on odyssey reference the MTs. I was like here we go WAB gonna hellfire missile this underhanded dirty MT bastard of a company. Not saying there was anything wrong with your review I liked it. Was just expecting a good old WAB destroyer mode 😂 I just plain refuse to buy it because of Ubisoft being blatant robbing cunts. Fuck em. Keep at it bro 👌🏻
75 milions of bad comments about grind and microtransactions. Okay i am 65 hours in the game now, lvl 40 and in 3rd chapter of the story. Done TWO side timed quests on first island just out of curiosity. Got to say that, i am very far from being a fanboy, got fkd by ubisoft with the division, and prev assassin games. But this one, they give huge map to explore, go out there and visit places, explore and enjoy the world, do sidequests with yellow marks, dont grind them, do ocasionaly if you curious of side stories, because they have stories and some historical characters in them. AVOID generic grind shity quests which are timed, just play the game, enjoy battles and sneaky clearing forts. Never ever give them extra money for extra XP and items, its absolutely useless if you a gamer and you enjoy an amazing well made game, you will never need that. If you explore, fight bounty hunters, do some side story quests, kill captains in places etc, you will be never underequiped or underleveled. But if you are sunday rush go trough game player and want to rush trough the story, you will hit a lvl wall that game have. Plus 3 lvls enemies are a problem, higher ones are prety much impossible. BUT you got story to do, cult to hunt, places to visit, ships to sing, temples to loot, side stories to experience, beautiful huge world to explore, animals to hunt, epic heroes or characters to quest with, find and face them. This game do not need ANY grind or microtransactions, just play it, enjoy whats in there and you will be fine with gear and lvl to go with your story.
I haven't played an Assassin's Creed since Black Flag and the micro-transactions is exactly why. I'm not going to play a game that wants you to pay not to play. I have enough of a backlog of games I haven't played yet anyway.
The novelty of everything in this game wears off and about half way through it you are done with it, never to return. Once you have fought, killed, accomplished one thing, you have done everything that there is in the game. Childsplay. Twenty dollars at best.
I can't believe you gave this a thumbs up. The combat looks horrid, the quests are generic, and it has microtransactions. And you prefer this over Witcher 3? With a much better combat, infinite modability, rich, detailed quests, and ZERO microtransactions? I can't believe I'm saying this (as a patreon supporter), but did you standards lower so dramatically, or is Ubisoft finally able to afford your thumbs-up?
Egor Ananyev you're dumb idiot, the combat in odyssey is 100 times better than witcher, if you played it you would know but you're just spewing shit just like most people in this comment section
Both are great games to play but out of the 2 it would be assassins creed odysssey Took me 161 hours to fully complete the game including DLC was worth it
youve never even played the game since you said the combat looks horrid. Imagine making a snap decision on a game without playing it? but pathetic isnt it...
@@Beardedwarrior91 I decided to give Mack a benefit of the doubt and ended up playing AC for 64 hours. It was a grindy disappointment, despite the fact that I had very low expectations. A gorgeous mess of ideas and pointless busy-work (I can't possibly call them quests). The combat is rigged. Opponents can spike randomly in difficulty -- at some point during my play-through, mercenaries started healing back to full. Despite them being the same level as my character, I couldn't beat them after hours-long grueling fights and endless dodges. I then figured that this is the way Ubisoft "nudges" players toward buying their boosters. I uninstalled it. It will be my last Ubisoft game I ever purchased.
The "grind" didn't feel like a grind in Origins and I had no issue with it. In fact, finally side quests don't feel like a useless endeavor. If this complaint is the same as Origins', there's no issue for me.
I did all of the quests I came across in Origins simply because of how fun the gameplay was. I can't think of many RPGs where side quests are that good, and gameplay usually kinda sucks in them anyways, so the fact that the gameplay formula is pretty fun in Origins makes them playable enough.
This Is My Name Witcher 3’s side quests are MUCH better than AC’s side quests, they actually have compelling stories while ac’s side quests are just fetch quests and tedious tasks, Odyssey’s main quest though is really good because of it’s story and dialogue choices, much better than trash Origins lol
Last AssCreed i played was Black Flag, which i enjoyed but that was it for me. I had problems with AC since the first game where you had common thugs and lowly soldiers parkouring around like trained assassins which killed the whole assassin theme for me (and none of that changed to this day), but at least the stealth was somewhat reminiscent of an assassin. The new games have thrown this completely out of the window in favor of hack&slash, which wouldn't be such a problem but my god the fking sponge enemies...just looking at this crap where you slash and slash an enemy to take 10% of its health down makes me wanna puke.
I can't. Both this and Red Dead Redemption 2 look fantastic, but it's time for gamers to take a real stand against microtransactions if we want to have a future for this industry. I *might* buy it once it gets down to $20 but I can't justify paying full price for anything with these horrible microtransactions anymore.
How can you give this game a positive review and trash on the Witcher 3? The Witcher 3 is ten times the game Odyssey is. Every side quest and every detail of the game has so much love and effort put into it. Odyssey is a lazy excuse of a video game. The main story is decent but the grinding and the terrible side quests bog it down significantly. I couldn't even finish the game because the grind was so bad.
No , Witcher 3 is 100% clunky, from camera angles, to how close the camera is to the character, to combat ,menus and controls. Unplayable on PC The only thing that is good about that game gameplay-wise is the story. So I come to conclusion that I'd rather read a book of Witcher 3, rather than play a game of Witcher 3. Odyssey doesn't have a single one of these problems.
I just finished the game and in my honest opinion the microtransactions didn't matter at all. You can get exp quite easy and the main quests are rewarding. The side content adds to diversity. I think people jump on the same train and say "its grindy, so you have to buy stuff etc" I finished the game in about 50 hours in and got to level 44. Than you are done and can do the extra stuff, like beating the cult or becoming rank 1 soldier and side quests. And 50 hours to finish the main quests without needing any boosts is completely fine. Since when did this become a grind? When i was younger there were games like Final Fantasy 7 who took you easy 80 hours to complete and explore. If you can't enjoy games any more and wanna run over the content, then you buy those boosts - but they aren't necessary at all. This is my honest experience. The game overall is pretty decent, nice game to chill after work.
I tried this yesterday and i uninstalled after killing the couple brigands just after the Leonidas prologue, combat is floaty and i cant stand it, going back to Nioh 2, same combat, rpg mechanics, loot etc, story is good, i was thinking to buy Odyssey Gold for 35$ CAN but no way im spamming my way through 60hours in this game
WORD OF WARNING though!! If your CPU doesn't support AVX (like if you have a G4560 like me - or older i-series CPU), you WILL NOT be able to run this game, PERIOD. Right now, I put in a request for a refund from Green Man Gaming because Ubisoft secretly changed the system requirements listings the other day - which disqualified my PC. BE WARNED!!
There's been a HUGE number of complaints and refunds surrounding the AVX issue with this game. Hopefully, Ubisoft patches it like they did when they tried this nonsense with AC Origins and The Crew 2. Shutting out a good portion of your customer base to support paranoia about piracy by double-layering the protection is just nuts and anti-consumer!
@@Axess-sv8nq anything that comes from Ubisoft is bad. Example Rainbow Six, division, watch Dogs (1) I played some ACs on PS3 but never on PS4..... I'm still upset about Rainbow Sixes Downgrade tbh..
Not only have I never paid for a single loot box / micro transaction in a Ubisoft game, but in the rare years when I wanted a game of theirs I wait until it drops in half the price, as I don’t like gruidy games and need to make back the money I’ll have to pay to get on with the story.
Interesting review. I’m playing this game and I’m currently around lvl 40. I can’t really agree with why do people complain about micro transactions. Games like this are made to be long!!! That whole map is full of areas to explore and stuff (more or less interesting) to do. It’s understandable that people don’t have time and just want to rush through the game... then yeah, they have the option to pay for that. I never even thought about buying a “time saver” because I always enjoyed leveling. I remember back in the days on some old final fantasy games where I had to grind to go and defeat a boss, and I enjoyed because I got to get a long return on my investment! There was no “time saver”... now we pay quite a price but we get long games to satisfy our investment with included options for people “in hurry”, yet, we still complain!!! Come on guys!!! It would make sense If it was like on mobile games where they literally “lock you”: you can’t really grind, you only have to pay to move forwards
There are plenty of good side quests that'll keep you entertained besides the main questlines. I'm around level 40, and I haven't experienced any grinding at all, and I haven't bought any microtransactions. Really depends on what kind of player you are, but for people who like to take it slow and explore, it's not mandatory to grind at all.
How you don't have a press copy when the game cannot be played yet, it has 5 more hours to get unlocked? And it has x-ray vision, combat lock, exact same circular pirouettes like in Witcher 3 and you decide it's lot of fun? What is fun in this combat?
Substandard Gamer Kiba combat system in Witcher 3 was less fluid and cumbersome. In this one it’s a lot more fluid, not the best but miles ahead of Witcher 3. Hopefully Witcher devs copy some of the stuff from this game and it next Witcher game will be perfect.
mastodonseven when you hit buttons your characters movements and attacks flow better with the buttons you press. Witcher 3 feels janky, making fights feel like Gerald is dancing around rather than fighting.
A little late to this party but once you figure out how to properly manage your resources in Odyssey leveling up is not that hard. Also helps to play on hard or nightmare mode because the gear you loot is at or near your current level.
I remember if you got the gold edition you got a permanent 5% boost included AND you also got 500 helix credits to spend on anything you wanted! (I of course, spent it on the maps) I loved Origins, but they took the piss with the "Ultimate Edition" this time.
Microtransactions = don't buy the game. Paying up to £42 for nothing more than a bit of experience and gear makes this game not worth a buy, in my opinion. Don't let them ruin games!
Not going to lie, I love this review. You're very honest and straight forward. This review is spot on too. The microtrans really do suck in this game. It makes the game progress very, very slowly.
Promoting this to be a good game is somehow like a woman who defends her abusive boyfriend. What does the gameplay matter, if ubisoft doubles down on their shady mechanics every year? Granted, i never played an AC game, but how far does a softspot for a series carries it, if it just keeps getting worse and worse with its money siphoning mechanics?
Only time i use trainers or cheats in games is with ubisoft AC games and its to counter the forced to f*ck grinding they always seem to force upon you.
Ubi are typically great in building huge and beautiful open worlds, no doubt about that. What they struggle with is filling that space with equally compelling side content and a truly reactive world. Just look at RDR2 as a comparison, the skinned animal meat from a hunt actually turns bad with time, rendering it inedible or having a poor trade value. It is this kind of level of fine detail that Ubi frequently neglects and that is why their games are tend to be cookie cutter affairs with just incremental improvements for each installment.
that is because they release a game per year. AC should take a 5 years break, and in that time work hard and make a quality game, like Cd projekt or Rockstar does.
I like how Mack says the game is good, fun to play and worthabuy even though it still has the negatives he mentioned and most of comments are people that haven't even played the game saying it's bad.
I found that doing the main missions grant you a lot of experience. I never really hit that grind wall though to where I couldn't continue the main story line.
The grind isn't even nearly as bad as you described. After playing this game for 20+ hours now, I think you either just enjoy the game or you dont. I'm level 25 btw
Mac, I don't understand how you can thumbs up this game when its basically just Origins set in Greece, and you gave origins a thumbs down. You complained about the grind in origins but the grind in odyssey is far worse! The gameplay mechanics pretty much mirror origins as well so i don't get what changed so drastically to make you love this game. Seems like the heavier focus on combat might have swayed you?
'They'll stop putting it in if you don't buy Helix Points' With respect they won't, they'll only stop pulling this shit if you don't buy the game outright. Not a problem for me because this game looks generic as fuck.
Mack: "I like this game" Crybabies: "Waaah but you didn't like the Witcher 3, so why do you like this?" This is what I see on any game he gives a thumbs up.
I'm currently 66 hrs into the game and uncovered like 55% of the map.. I'm really loving the game far FAR more than I expected (and I've not bought a single helix credit and never will!)
One of the most horrendous launches I can remember. 3 or 4 weeks after launch I was still having issues with their servers. And then the game was buggy and boring as anything I can remember. Final nail in Ubisoft's coffin
There more to it than just Assassins, this story is about the the First Civ and the Sci-fi elemental part of it, if your a big fan this game is very important to play
Devs in 2013: Let's make players pay to play more of the game.
Devs in 2018: Let's make players pay to play less of the game.
damn, we've come full circle
Haha beautifully put
I am confused... doesn’t easy mode solve this problem?
You can change it back to hard when the impossible missions are done. Why torture yourself?
Gamers in 2018: Are forced to look for cheats/exploits to make game not grindy...
>devs
blame the company, not the one who does his job.
or just blame the economics system, pursuit of profit,alienation of work and the product we consume and commodification of education,art,health and your mum.
*LOOK FORWARD TO PLAYING THE FULL, COMPLETE, PATCHED EDITION IN 3+ YEARS TIME FOR £3.99* 👍
Almost a year later Steam has it at half price for €30...still pricey....I'll check again in 2020 :-)
@@PandaPowerable You could have it with alot more games at humble bundle for 12 $ a few month ago
@@PandaPowerable it's definitely worth 30$, I have complete edition and love it so much
Well it is 10Euros now in schweden
You meant Swedistan, right?
Not enough bell.
WannaBgamer yes
This is how they win. They keep at it long enough, grind you down, until you give them a pass.
Same with SJWs. It's like meth--not even once. Soon as you give them an inch (and play their game, in this case literally), you've lost. That's my take on it.
Purchased this game months ago, got to level 52 and completed the main game, side quests and dlc's within a week or so. Not one penny spent on any microtransaction and didn't take me long to get to 50. Odyssey is a great game and although the microtransactions shouldn't exist, people are exaggerating. Getting to the end game in this isn't better or worse than any other action adventure game and I've played plenty of them.
Some games are good enough to be let off because the pro's outweigh the cons. Take RDR2 for example. About 10 editions with various exclusive content and a multiplayer that has been filled to the brim with microtransactions but you know what? The actual main game is a masterpiece so it's worth the purchase. If you limit your modern game library to games that don't have purchasables at all then you are missing out on some great games. Some games aren't even good enough to be let off because the rest of the content is shit but there's rare exceptions to the rule. RDR2 and Odyssey are two examples of those rare exceptions.
@@invinciblereason1618 because your not a dopamine craving impatient little spoiled twat. That's most of these new American people in this generation. Their attitude is I WANT IT NOW I WANT IT NOW BUT I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO DESERVE IT
@@TerranMarineCore It's not just Americans, trust me. Here in Europe, the instant gratification with minimal requirements-need is growing steadily.
TerranMarineCore we don’t ‘want it now without doing anything to deserve it’ we want the same opportunities our parents and grandparents had. That’s it. In 1940 the chance of someone earning more then their parents was 91%. In 2018 that number went down to 50%. In the 70’s the wage of workers stopped growing with both the growth and success of companies, as well as inflation. Instead of increasing wages, the top 1% where increasing their sales. The wage gap between generations is the largest it’s been in American history. The majority of millennials will NEVER own a house. All we want is to not live in poverty. To not be wage slaves living paycheck to paycheck.
I have to disagree with you here Mack. I don't think just not buying helix points will be enough to make it go away. They will just make the grind worse next time to better incentivize you to "save time" by giving them money. The only way to get rid of this stuff is an outright boycott of this type of monetization, and not buying games that feature this type of "time saving" feature.
A full priced triple A single player game with free to play style micro-transactions included should not be endorsed or supported by people who like games.
Or just use a trainer to skip the grind
But the game is good.
All the more reason I refuse to buy the vast majority of AAA games these days, I simply refuse to support this shit. And you're right, they wouldn't put those microtransactions there if they didn't want people to buy them. Ignoring them will only make publishers push that "player choice" further and further to the point where it's impossible to ignore since they'll keeping prodding for dosh. Just a solid reason why I'm so worried about Devil May Cry 5 having this crap from the get go.
This! Boycott is only the way to eliminate the tumor.
Yeah, makes sense.
can they just make a seperate rpg series because although good, this isn't assassins creed anymore
I whole-heartedly agree with this. They should branch out with a different series with this new formula, not with AC. I stopped following AC after Revelations, but every now and then I check in on the series -- (To be honest I'm waiting til they make an actual AC game taking place in Japan) -- seeing AC now, I'm kinda wanting to stay even further away because this. Isn't. AC. This is a generic RPG now. I just don't think RPG style suits AC. I find it to be a conflict of formula and what they made AC feel like originally. But it doesn't seem "bad," just not AC. And I don't even wanna start on microtransaction-driven shit for leveling and such. "Time-savers," fuck yourself Ubisoft, as if there's no way around the fucking intentional design other than paying one's way through it.
@@CommanderAkio I stopped playing the game series after Syndicate because I didn't think the Egyptian stuff would be good. When Odyssey came out I waited and tried it and I don't think it is good because there is no assassin's in the game. Recently I've tried Origins and so far I think it is good. It is nice to see where the assassin's creed was founded and that is what is keeping me playing the game.
Yeah. The Assassin's Creed parts of the game were absolutely annoying and useless. Odyssey would have been much better without them.
Honestly imo this game is the best in the Assasin's Creed in the series, now it's been a while since I've played most of them except for maybe Origins so I don't completely remember the earlier games and how I enjoyed those but the gameplay style and the open world of this game is the best AC has ever been.
@@CommanderAkio Not sure what you mean by "this isn't AC" , this is more AC than any ac in a long while, you just need to spec into Assassination and you have a much better experience than AC 1,2,3,4,5 ... etc etc you have the OPTION to play a warrior , but in fact Assassin is the best option, because only assassin can take out entire Fortresses without triggering an alarm. The stealth is also much more difficult , because locations become packed with enemies , some forts have 30-40 enemies and it takes a bit of planning to do it safely. No other AC game required this amount of preparation. Hunter is good , but does not have the DMG necessary to kill everyone , Hunter can stealthily take out the weaker foes mostly and you run out of adrenaline real quick.
Ever since AC 1 as a veteran of Stealth games, there hasn't been even a single moment for me that was even vaguely challenging. I can speedrun Tenchu , Thief etc games like it's nothing , let alone AC, but with the addition of gear at least I have to be weary of damage and the order in which I take out the enemies.
This is a HUGE step up from what the franchise used to be.... a completely skill-less slaughter.
The gear is a NON-ISSUE you get some of the best gear early on and later you hunt down a couple of cult members for their LEGENDARY set , which is a fun activity. Sometimes it's not straightforward to find those people, only when you complete certain quests or gather intel by chance do you get to know their location. Which adds An authentic feeling of being on the hunt.
Once you obtain decen set for your role , you update it's level every (raiste the level of your equipped set), this way you never fall behind in terms of gear.
There is no need to farm materials , you will have plenty of everything if you scrap the crap , you get all the wood in the world from sinking ships , everything else comes easily if you just have fun exploring the world.
The story after 1st AC quickly got messy , this AC doesn't concern itself with abstergo too too much and let's you skip most of the boring BS modern day stuff, you continue to explore the ancient world. It's super story rich and unlike what mac has stated the sidequests aren't boring , they are kinda boring INITIALLY , once you get to athens, that starts to change. The end game content is AMAZING , unlike the old shitty puzzles that required you to collect things mindlessly , you go on mini quests to find and to fight legendary beasts. First the artemis quest, later the Medusa Cyclops Sphinx Minotaur encounters.
It has more meaningful content this than any other AC. From 1st one until a couple of recent ones, the problem with AC was that parkour was forced for no reason there are multiple reasons to explore and to do parkour.
£50 for a game which is wired to encourage me to pay more in the middle? No.
Wait for a sale man.
87.99 if u want the full game and dlc!!
Edit: and that gives no benefits tbh
got this game for free with my rx580 along with star control and strange brigade and yeah, i still dont have uplay on my pc. not going to bother.
And he thumbs it up. Wtf happened to mac
@@trbotimmmmmmmeh plz is a ryzen with a gtx1070..16gb ram, 120gb or 240gb ssd and 2tb hd an OK setup.. I hear it might be slightly overkill but for how long I dunno.. it's priced around £1500 but on sale for £1150.. it's been a long time since I built a rig and I could only save about 50pounds by building it myself. . So I may as well let the pros do it.. right? Ty 4 reading. I dunno if it can plug straight into a TV for now(I hope so)..or should I spend 200to300pounds on a decent refresh but fairly small monitor? (Coz my TV is proper HD ..1080p and that's 2k.. isn't it?).. really nervous .. lost..and exited.. Been waiting ages!! Any help be appreciated
Remember in the first assassins creed where each assassination was followed up with an epic, intimate interaction with the target that slowly unwound a mysterious, intriguing story?
And then instantly you are thrown back into the bleak world with all the guards after you? You have to run for your life and escape. There was a genuine rush of adrenaline and the thought, “What is the quickest way out of here? Where can I make my escape?” Scaling rooftops in a full out sprint to elude your hunters.
That will always be Assasins Creed to me. That is the feeling I wish was replicated and innovated upon.
I don’t want a massive grind with a million different pointless armor pieces and weapons. I don’t want health bars and assassination quests with no real connections to the targets. I want to feel like a legendary assassin, unraveling the epic lore of the first civilization and my characters place in all of it.
This game looks like a solid RPG, but it’s not Assassins Creed to me.
"The combat, guys, absolutely fantastic" *throws an explosive arrow to a guy in the head he just stands up*
🤣🤣
The Witcher 3 is a masterpiece.
I hated it because of the combat.
He is really suspicious this video. Not mentioning the FPS drops, saying the combat is good, using the bow that you can direct the arrow however you want when he really critiqued that on Origins. Its like hes another man in this video..
Shut up all of u at least he cares about the gaming industry
This game was one of the best purchases I've made, tons of gaming hours, places to explore, quests to do, different gear to collect, overall a really good game worth buying and playing. totally recommend getting it.
Christ almighty..
The story has him hewked!
Makes you wonder if he was cewked at the time!
Go read a bewk!
Yer but he yewziz a sewper dewper compewter !!
@@XXLaffinGravyXX wtf?
@@ormancadam6453 lol
This is a highly unusual thumbs up. Mack is a big anti-Mircotransaction advocate and hated The Witcher 3, yet for some reason gave this a thumbs up. I guess everyone simply likes what they like and dislikes what they dislike, we can't help that, but this is somewhat inconsistent with previous WABs.
Taste and legit Criticism are contradictory. You are either a fcking Critic, who guess what, is critical!
Or you are an opinionator/product influencer, someone who states his opinion with everything that is wrong with it.
Critic = Facts
Opinion = what one person believes and personally thinks. And opinions can be very wrong!
Heisenberg I had to pay £80 for the game as Ubisfot would not even give me a press copy as they saw Origins review and knew I would rip the MT's apart. Now am going to ban you for spreading lies about me, fuck off.
William. Is it possible that this game is way better than Witcher 3 in both combat and content? It's hilarious people call me inconsistent just because a game is amazing to play.
Witcher 3 combat has a steep learning curve but one you know how to play it properly it shits on these games
@@sanctumsomega maybe you played on easy or are just a hero, but most people take a while to learn how to us the signs/parrys and dodges properly. plus you have to use the right oils/potions depending on creature your fighting. Plus you need to learn each type of creature/ghost responds to different signs or concoctions. AC you just hammer attacks and block/dodge every now and again.
People just look at the numbers in March of 2018 Ubisoft made €318.5 million from what it calls Player Recurring Investment during the last nine months. Basically micro-transactions. It is a very lucrative source of revenue making up 26.7% of total sales. So they are not going to stop because there are enough idiots buying that stuff 300 million euros worth of idiots.
Good game but as commented the business model is awful. It looks like this is the first game, at least AC game, that the micros are being really pushed hard. While I haven't like Ubi since Unity, when they pulled the review embargo bollocks, you can generally say that Micros are hard to spot and easy to ignore. In Odessy however the economy and XP requirement have been influenced by the desire to sell Micros.
Also you can typically see how hard a game is pushing micros by its storefront and how often its alluded to in game.
@@zenstrata As from today....no need to pay
I bought this game based off Mack's review and I gotta be honest, I liked origins better, by a great deal.
I felt origins was more structured, and was a solid open world game in it's own right, if a bit shallow.
Odyssey isn't bad, it's just an assault on the eyes. Not that it doesn't look good, because it can be damn near jaw dropping at times, I mean there's way too many things going on. There's so many icons on your compass, way too many HUD elements (that you can turn off but still) and the game world is so detailed that it's hard to take everything in because the game is so cluttered and fast paced.
It's like that guy in Amadeus that says "the ear can only hear so many notes" and that's how I feel with Odyssey, the eye can only process so much detail.
For me, Odyssey is a bit too ridiculous and historically inaccurate all around for me to really enjoy it. Too fast paced, too cluttered, combat is way too cartoony and overall the game is just bleh.
Some of this stuff reminds me of Shadow of Mordor/War. Has something like a nemesis system, powerful enemies seek you out and ambush you, bodyguards, the big battles etc. Even with the same bullshit microtransactions, except people grilled WB, yet don't criticize Ubisoft.
we expected ubisoft to do this but the nemesis system is way better than the bounty system for oddesey
DatGrunt Assassin's Creed has always had a bounty system
The bounty hunters were in Origins too
@@jimbob4372 no... it hasn't
Very true. We need an organization formed that deals with this stuff.
Here's my two cent's on the cult bosses, it really reminds me of the chiefs from shadow of mordor. To be fair shadow of mordor was inspired by the parkour system they had and made it better. So give a little take a little. Kinda cool that they pigging back off each other.
Not hating on the game except the micro transaction BS. That is never okay in a single player game.
3:21am "bed time I think."
3:22 Mack uploads a video.
FFS.
Lee Wakadia get to bed mac , hang on why am I still up 😂😂😂
Right? Same thing here!
LOL! SAME!!! xD
That was pretty much me lol
Same was heading to bed then suddenly a notice about the game that just finish installing
Thought mack was gonna obliterate this game because you can't play it with a steering wheel...
"runs better than Origins" cuts to a scene running at 32fps at 1080p... lol wtf Mack...
I had to turn stuff off in origins to get it running well and also had a few frame drops, it still ran fine, am not one of this gamers that sucks so much that they can't play games at 30fps, this ran around 50fps most of the time which was fine for me.
@@WorthABuyreviews It's not a question of sucking so hard I can't play at 30fps... It just feels dreadful with a mouse and keyboard. There's a reason 144hz monitors exist, it's night and day.
How are you getting such low framerates at 1080p, Mack? I thought you were running a gtx 1080? I get 45fps at 4k in origins with shadows turned down, I have a gtx 1080 and an i7 8700k..
@@gstylez0107 this runs way worse than Origins for me, so beware..
@Greggy D - He has a 1070.
This channel is baffling. No consistency. Odyssey is the epitome of the modern AAA ubishit archetype that Mack is always ranting about. What was he smoking here?
It's the best AC game easily, you're wrong
How you gonna thumb down and trash origins but not this game?
Because origins had nothing going for it aside from looking pretty.
Origins was crap compared to this.
It's no different
Worth A Buy yes sir. I got bored 15 hours into origins and stopped playing, but with odyssey I’m 30 hours in and in love with this game. haven’t had this much fun playing an rpg since the Witcher 3.
I didn’t even know the store and microtansactions existed until reading comment sections...it doesn’t effect the game at all. People that don’t play because of this are missing out on one of Ubisoft’s finest games ever.
Most people on here that are hating on it have never played it and can’t judge it for themselves, they judge it on the fact it’s a Ubisoft made game, which is fucking stupid.
Origins is trash
*sees mack has done a vid on assassins creed*
*rubs hands together and prepares to take a shot every time he rings the bell*
...Oh
Stone cold sober
Very surprising Mack. Though I disagree that this deserves a thumbs up over Witcher 3.
Odyssey looks too much like Origins DLC. I didn't even end up finishing that game, as I was bored and felt the story was going nowhere.
But hey, guess we just have differing opinions. Keep up the great content.
I was surprised aswell lol. Thought If anyone would tear this down it would be Mack. I raised my eyebrows when he said "if a game is 80% good & 20% bad I can forgive the 20%" given the molehills he makes mountains out of in his views regarding Witcher3. Again as you say, just differing opinions I guess. But I will definitely check this out now seeing the amount of positive reviews and now Macks approval.
People are still crying over The Witcher getting a thumbs down lol.
Adam Etherton its particularly interesting because the combat in this is exactly like Witcher 3, dodge, dodge, spam attack, dodge, attack. 7:31 paints the perfect picture, yet TW3 is really bad because of it, and this is spectacular. Spectacular bore of a grind sprinkled with micro transactions, maybe.
Its kinda bugging me how people worhsip Witcher 3 like its a god a saint. Althou I find the game to be exceptional in terms of story and character but I find the combat so dull and clunky, doesnt feel responsive at all which ruined it for me. luckiliy i managed to finish it off but yeh thats because story was interested except i was not a fan of that combat mechanics and movment. its improved from previous game but still sucks, but none one never mentions that cuz theres no fault with witcher 3. Interested in picking this up thou since last ac i played was brotherhood, maybe wait for a sale.
Witcher III was not the best game ever, especially the COMBAT was weird sometimes and I remember Mack thumbed it down because of that. Well thumbing THIS up makes no sense, the combat is worst in every aspect. And you are not telling me the open world, story, the sidequests, the characters....etc. are better than the witcher????? I'm 28 hours in this game and I feel you are loosing it a bit Mack. It's not a bad game overall but honestly I is just the same big lifeless open world for just grinding your ass off. This games are getting even worst because of the microtransactions. They are making the grind SO ANNOYING that at some point people will pay money or just like me STOP PLAYING IT! GTA ONLINE did the same thing.
"Stop buying the loot and just grind it"
>Opens Cheat Engine and gives thyself 100.000 of each material.
Sorry Ubisoft but I'm going to enjoy this game, no matter how hard you try to make me not enjoy it.
Is this Cheat Engine for real? How do I use it?
@@jorgedutra5891 Yeah its real. You scan for value's then change them. When you first install and open the program it has a small tutorial. You can even get cheat tables that other people have made for it.
*"The game gets good after 40 hours"*
A lot of open world games are like that though.
@@CHURCHISAWESUM Not really. You can tell whether a game is good or not from the very first hours/minutes.
cyberpunk 2077 will have 2000 hours of content
Cyberpunk will be start at an 11 and get to 15 real quick!
Played the game for 10 minutes and couls barely stand it... And gamestop wont give me a full refund
at 03:55 Mack shoots an exploding arrow into an enemy and the enemy just walks away casually... all while Mack explains that the combat is great...
oh noooo and this shitty XRAY vision again... same same same same
It's RPG combat. Which means sometimes Enemies can be bullet (or Arrow) sponges from the fact they have such high Health Bars.
Unpopular opinion, but the new gameplay revamp since Origin really takes me away from the experience. Not a big fan of rag doll animation or how enemies could take a ton of damage when they have things that could barely qualify as armor. Really like the sound of the story and the extra features, so I’m conflicted. Think I’ll get it on sale or when the price lowers. Love the review though and completely like how you go into details about the pros and cons, and the pros really seem to be good, but like I said earlier, I don’t typically play titles with this type of gameplay, but it’s tempting just to get if for the story.
Gritz Psychological drone
Hi, I don’t want to fight your opinion, but I want to suggest you that evenif you have not played previous AC games, you should NOT wait to play this one. JUST DO it NOW.
Trust me, in the videos on youtube, it doesn’t look as good as it really is. You won’t know how the mechanics will fee until you play it yourself.
I got it preordered for ps4 pro and I was AMAZED by how good everything feels when you are playing. It is the best AC game so far, and I totally suggest you to buy it now.
You can just sell it later when you finish it, and it will get you back more than half of the money.
This game has the worse story in any AC game
Planet RXR No it fucking doesn't. The game that holds that distinction would be 'Liberation'.
Doing side quests and leveling up is an usual RPG Game thing.... I don't know what is wrong about it.. ignore the Helix points, play the game..
there is wrong with that , because side quests in ac are designed to be extremely boring so that you are tempted to spend on micro transections instead,and also free advice, don't be a fanboy
@@mkb144p6 If you play RPGs on the regular then youre probably used to the grind. I got 25 hrs in and Im level 30....the sidequests aren't that bad either. If you dont like the grind then play a straight action adventure game with a linear path and stop insulting folks for enjoying what you do not.
@@AntiLifeEquation1 i only play RPG games like Witcher 3, Bloodborne,God of war,Nioh, Dragons Dogma,Kingdom Of Amalur,MHW,HZD they all have enjoyable side quests HZD's side quests are meh but still enjoyable
@@mkb144p6 If you played Dragons Dogma then AC Odyssey should be no problem at all. After the main quest in DD you literally grind the same content over and over for better gear...the everfall and bittrrblack isle. I have run across loads of sidequests in odyssey that were funny, tragic and everything in between...I just dont understand the issue fans have with this game....im now 80 hrs in level 58 and still loving odyssey.
Ubisoft logic: Gamers will give us more money just so they don't have to play the game!
Hehe. Crazy how that has come about.
Except that 'grinding' is hardly equivalent to 'playing the game.' The statement in the OP implies that 'playing' is a fun process; but they deliberately add anti-fun grinding mechanics to ensure that it isn't.
Sorry Mack, got to disagree with you on this one. The only way to deal with microtransactions is to take a hardline approach and boycott all the games containing them. This game should be a thumbs down regardless of how good it is. I've been gaming for as long as, if not longer than you Mack and to see the decline of the games industry to such a stage where £50 - £60 per game isn't enough for a company; that they then need to fill their coffers even more is heartbreaking.
All companies deserve a profit, but this is outrageous. Instant thumbs down for containing micro transactions. Plenty of smaller developers and publishers to support with good single-player content.
Unpopular opinion but adjust to inflation games should be about 78-81 bucks from 10-20 years ago.
@@LoveStrangeDr Games used to be £40 on PS3/Xbox so they have already increased in price to £60 for this gen...
Games have been $60.00 since super nes, would pay more up front for AAA title but not more for micro transaction and pay to win.... Greedy cunts. Especially hate when they come out with DLC that should be including in base game(not saying this game does that- haven't played it yet, just saying I hate when dev's- like paradox sell DLC with game mechanics that should be in base sell it as a extra to their broken base game without it sometimes not even playable)
“INCOMING....Best Rant Ever!!!”
2:50 thru 3:55, CLASSIC!!!
As someone who hasn't enjoyed an AC game since AC2 and returned Origins after an hour and a half, I was very pleasantly surprised with this game. I bought it on a whim based on this review and the Christmas sale price and love it!
Games like this, where they create the obnoxious grind just to sell you a solution, should be avoided and not supported by our wallets. If you want to wait and catch on sell for under $20 in a year or two then fine, but don't encourage them by buying this game new and full price.
Got it two years later with all content for 12 quid in a sale on Xbox.
Errand boy simmulator
Basically open world RPGs in a nutshell.
Nailed it! Same old crap over and over and over and over. Gonna uninstall after 10 hours or so.
Reviews like this - and the vast majority of the fans who give it a Like because they endorse the philosophy behind it - are the reason why the cancer of microtransactions will never go away.
Saying "buy the game but just not the MTs" is an ineffective half-measure that will just encourage them always to make more MT-filled games.
The only real way to stop MTs is to boycott 100% all games that have them. But no reviewers will be bold enough to take that position (not even mack...who is the only video gamer reviewer I like and one of a small handful who is *not* a sellout to & shill for big publishers), and most gamers aren't willing to do that either, so therefore they will keep getting MTs forever.
Yah but not buying the game also disencurages devs to put thought into all the good things in this game so ehhh idk
Witcher 3 gets a downvote while odyssey is green lit.
He did, mainly complaining about the combat system the entire time. Meanwhile the game with uplay, denuvo, a horrible grind designed to sell XP boosts, with a giant cash shop, and a row of different editions, this gets the upvote. He eventually took that review down and it has yet to be seen again.
Don Donald
Mack is not a reviewer. If you're looking for the proper review listen to the gamers.
"Witcher 3 wasn't that good of a game." - Jesus I am so tired of neck beard contrarian bullshit. Honestly. YOU. ARE. WRONG. You know you are wrong. Admit it and move on. It's a talking point that makes you look like an idiot with poor taste to everyone that isn't the tiny minority of other idiots with poor taste. Oh. Yeah. Mack thumbed up Odyssey. Guess the protagonist wasn't black or gay eh? Hey there's a white guy ya'll can play as. You should buy the ultra deluxe edition for 150$. That'll show those liberal cuckboys amirite?
AC Odyssey is fantastic, toe to toe with TW3.
(But I still consider TW3 a better game, and my second favorite game ever)
@@distane8376 The soy is strong in this one
I can't believe you prefer this over Witcher 3
Wow. I was not aware of this. I will not be taking advice from this guy. Lol
Are people ever gonna get over that? The combat in that game is still bad
It's not though, I have no idea where people get that from
I definitely didn't like it, I never even finished the game.
@@mermaidman961 guess people shouldn't be taking advice from you either. Witcher 3 is probably one of the greatest games of all time. At least top 5.
Sorry, but seeing the stupid excessive health bars above enemies which you need to spam for ages to kill them, this is a NOPE. Then we see the stealth assassinations which don't result in a straight kill, and the janky combat animations.
To see how good they did with the map, Mack, go to Google maps and zoom out over Greece (the land and islands around Athens) and you will see that the in-game map looks almost identical to real-world Greece. They literally created a replica (albeit smaller in scale of course) of the real Greece, names and all.
fastdak25
Say what you will about Ubisoft but their ability to recreate an ancient setting is unrivalled.
As a old bugger myself, I love your no BS attitude towards reviews. I don't always agree with you, but you have an honesty that makes you fully deserving of your growing number of subscribers. Keep up it up fella.
Oh my god what the hell is wrong with combat animations?! Characters seem to float above the ground without even touching it. I guess that's because they made combat animations for both characters - PC and the enemy, and then game just play a random (combat cutcsene, if you wish) one when you press the attack button, kinda like in Total wars. That is right in the bottom of the uncanny valley, it's like characters and the ground exist in different planes of existence.
One of the best comment out there. Games today are like this because casuals have no taste , they dnt care they dnt have enough experience to understand what is good, uncanny valley works differently depending on generations and also kids with all those colours willl close their judgmental eye... Plus let s add a big salad of MTX which is straight out gambling to form new generation of pro gamblers. They count on embarassment of polititians in talking of games so that they will be free to operated undisturbed in this huge money operation... Why ? Why using homer on this? After using tom clancy name? This is dirty job
I always feel happy when Mack reviews a game that looks as though he won't enjoy, but he does enjoy.
Hahahah yeah That is so great 😅
I rather play hitman than this game
Absolution?
And that’s saying a lot!
Hitman 2 comes out next month, I'm getting both, as well as RDR and FO76.
That sounds like you're saying Hitman is bad or something when you phrase it that way :/
The old man has finally lost it 😂
I started playing this yesterday for the first time and haven't felt so compelled to play a game in ages. Totally addicted right now and had to drag myself away from it, literally. I think it is close to a masterpiece of a gaming experience. But I agree about micro transactions.
@@charleswood7001 im gonna get the gold edition today
That ocean looks so gorgeous I could almost get sea sick from those waves,,,, oh but in the best way.
Great review! Bought this on sale in 2018, never touched it, just started playing in 2023. Love how the graphics still stand up!
God Ubisoft stop with the micro-transactions. But hey there are enough idiots buying those bleeding Helix points. I never bothered with that but come on people. Soon you can pay for the game to finish itself. This is so hard because Assassins Creed games despite their faults show the most high quality presentations of history.
@Subi_fan True but the architecture is accurate. Maybe it should be super history hyper history very idealized. Still name me a title that recreated ancient greece to such an extent.
@Subi_fan Well the game is fun from what I heard. Also history tour in Origins acknowledges any changes the team made. At the end of the day this game is not a university course but a media product. It is there to entertain again an idealized history bordering on fiction. Boy this is business. Again you have not provided me with an example.
Fantasy history*
Micro transactions in my single player story mode now!?!?!?!?! No! No! Noooo! F offfffffff Ubisoft!!!!!!
without the greedgrinding this was a instabuy but becaus of this practise i didn't bought any of these AC games.
Uncle Grandpa You can't 'buy' proper English. He/she would have to learn it. I hope you're just being ironic.
@@fall-neckthetallneck2977 so you don't know what a joke is?
English is only my 4th language sorry i offended the grammar police.
when I hit that grind wall I implemented cheese methods to kill the hard viper enemy. no grind and no micro bs. once u kill him you get his gear and yoire good to go.
that being said, that stuff makes me hate ubisoft
I feel that Jim sterling’s review is what your review should have been.
Well I have not seen his but mine is the most honest I have seen so far as no one else mentions the grind being deliberate in order to sell MT's. Watch his review of Origins, that game had all the stuff in the store that is in Odyssey and even loot crates in the game, Jim says it's not really a bother to him and guess what, Ubisoft gave him a gold edition of Origins. That guy is a joke.
Ah he goes to town on odyssey reference the MTs. I was like here we go WAB gonna hellfire missile this underhanded dirty MT bastard of a company. Not saying there was anything wrong with your review I liked it. Was just expecting a good old WAB destroyer mode 😂 I just plain refuse to buy it because of Ubisoft being blatant robbing cunts. Fuck em. Keep at it bro 👌🏻
75 milions of bad comments about grind and microtransactions. Okay i am 65 hours in the game now, lvl 40 and in 3rd chapter of the story. Done TWO side timed quests on first island just out of curiosity. Got to say that, i am very far from being a fanboy, got fkd by ubisoft with the division, and prev assassin games. But this one, they give huge map to explore, go out there and visit places, explore and enjoy the world, do sidequests with yellow marks, dont grind them, do ocasionaly if you curious of side stories, because they have stories and some historical characters in them. AVOID generic grind shity quests which are timed, just play the game, enjoy battles and sneaky clearing forts. Never ever give them extra money for extra XP and items, its absolutely useless if you a gamer and you enjoy an amazing well made game, you will never need that. If you explore, fight bounty hunters, do some side story quests, kill captains in places etc, you will be never underequiped or underleveled. But if you are sunday rush go trough game player and want to rush trough the story, you will hit a lvl wall that game have. Plus 3 lvls enemies are a problem, higher ones are prety much impossible. BUT you got story to do, cult to hunt, places to visit, ships to sing, temples to loot, side stories to experience, beautiful huge world to explore, animals to hunt, epic heroes or characters to quest with, find and face them. This game do not need ANY grind or microtransactions, just play it, enjoy whats in there and you will be fine with gear and lvl to go with your story.
Ok. For all that cr4p them Ill play Ryse Sun Of Rome for a thousand tims then
A thumbs up for this crap but HITMAN and Dark Souls gets hammered? Maybe you wanna reconsider some things, Mack. Anyway, thanks for another review.
If he's still enjoying playing the game 30+ hours in isn't that worth a buy?
I'II think this review is biased maybe.
To one's their own.
Remind me never to be around you when I'm playing my flute 😂
Wow I can't believe this.
I haven't played an Assassin's Creed since Black Flag and the micro-transactions is exactly why. I'm not going to play a game that wants you to pay not to play. I have enough of a backlog of games I haven't played yet anyway.
The novelty of everything in this game wears off and about half way through it you are done with it, never to return.
Once you have fought, killed, accomplished one thing, you have done everything that there is in the game. Childsplay. Twenty dollars at best.
I can't believe you gave this a thumbs up. The combat looks horrid, the quests are generic, and it has microtransactions. And you prefer this over Witcher 3? With a much better combat, infinite modability, rich, detailed quests, and ZERO microtransactions? I can't believe I'm saying this (as a patreon supporter), but did you standards lower so dramatically, or is Ubisoft finally able to afford your thumbs-up?
Egor Ananyev you're dumb idiot, the combat in odyssey is 100 times better than witcher, if you played it you would know but you're just spewing shit just like most people in this comment section
Both are great games to play but out of the 2 it would be assassins creed odysssey
Took me 161 hours to fully complete the game including DLC was worth it
youve never even played the game since you said the combat looks horrid. Imagine making a snap decision on a game without playing it? but pathetic isnt it...
@@Beardedwarrior91 I decided to give Mack a benefit of the doubt and ended up playing AC for 64 hours. It was a grindy disappointment, despite the fact that I had very low expectations. A gorgeous mess of ideas and pointless busy-work (I can't possibly call them quests). The combat is rigged. Opponents can spike randomly in difficulty -- at some point during my play-through, mercenaries started healing back to full. Despite them being the same level as my character, I couldn't beat them after hours-long grueling fights and endless dodges. I then figured that this is the way Ubisoft "nudges" players toward buying their boosters. I uninstalled it. It will be my last Ubisoft game I ever purchased.
The "grind" didn't feel like a grind in Origins and I had no issue with it. In fact, finally side quests don't feel like a useless endeavor.
If this complaint is the same as Origins', there's no issue for me.
I did all of the quests I came across in Origins simply because of how fun the gameplay was. I can't think of many RPGs where side quests are that good, and gameplay usually kinda sucks in them anyways, so the fact that the gameplay formula is pretty fun in Origins makes them playable enough.
This Is My Name Witcher 3’s side quests are MUCH better than AC’s side quests, they actually have compelling stories while ac’s side quests are just fetch quests and tedious tasks, Odyssey’s main quest though is really good because of it’s story and dialogue choices, much better than trash Origins lol
I'm scratching my head after this one. While clearly better than origins, it's definitely not worth a buy imo
@the fighting liberal okay lol
Have you played it?
@@ryanbarry34 yeah I bought it like a sucker. like every ubisoft game it's a beautiful, but shallow world
Yung Pepe tough man :/ I’m torn but if it’s as grindy as it sounds I’ll skip it
Ryan Barry depends on what kinda player you are tbh lol. If you usually explore, and do side quest you won’t have a problem with it.
Last AssCreed i played was Black Flag, which i enjoyed but that was it for me.
I had problems with AC since the first game where you had common thugs and lowly soldiers parkouring around like trained assassins which killed the whole assassin theme for me (and none of that changed to this day), but at least the stealth was somewhat reminiscent of an assassin.
The new games have thrown this completely out of the window in favor of hack&slash, which wouldn't be such a problem but my god the fking sponge enemies...just looking at this crap where you slash and slash an enemy to take 10% of its health down makes me wanna puke.
I can't. Both this and Red Dead Redemption 2 look fantastic, but it's time for gamers to take a real stand against microtransactions if we want to have a future for this industry. I *might* buy it once it gets down to $20 but I can't justify paying full price for anything with these horrible microtransactions anymore.
Bob Saget Not trying to burst your bubble or anything... I’m exited about RDR2 as well but it’s going to have micro transactions too just saying
@@danielblank9979 I know, that's what I'm saying. I don't think I can buy that one either, despite how good the gameplay itself does look.
Mack going down the fucking hill... i guess everything good has an end.
The title was the only thing wrong with this game. Awesome game!
It looks the same as origins, which was pretty boring. No way this is worth fdull price or even half.
How can you give this game a positive review and trash on the Witcher 3? The Witcher 3 is ten times the game Odyssey is. Every side quest and every detail of the game has so much love and effort put into it. Odyssey is a lazy excuse of a video game. The main story is decent but the grinding and the terrible side quests bog it down significantly. I couldn't even finish the game because the grind was so bad.
No , Witcher 3 is 100% clunky, from camera angles, to how close the camera is to the character, to combat ,menus and controls. Unplayable on PC
The only thing that is good about that game gameplay-wise is the story.
So I come to conclusion that I'd rather read a book of Witcher 3, rather than play a game of Witcher 3.
Odyssey doesn't have a single one of these problems.
why do people get mad when you like a game?
Because Mac's fanbase consists of very loud, whiny brats.
They need someone else to validate their opinions
EFT is bad because of pay to win. This game has microtransactions out the ass but is fun to play so gets a pass. EFT is fun to play as well.
Because he's very inconsistent with his thoughts and reviews..
@@madphantom92 How is, 'if it's fun to play, it gets a thumbs up,' inconsistent? He already concedes that the pros outweigh the cons.
I just finished the game and in my honest opinion the microtransactions didn't matter at all.
You can get exp quite easy and the main quests are rewarding. The side content adds to diversity.
I think people jump on the same train and say "its grindy, so you have to buy stuff etc"
I finished the game in about 50 hours in and got to level 44.
Than you are done and can do the extra stuff, like beating the cult or becoming rank 1 soldier and side quests.
And 50 hours to finish the main quests without needing any boosts is completely fine. Since when did this become a grind?
When i was younger there were games like Final Fantasy 7 who took you easy 80 hours to complete and explore.
If you can't enjoy games any more and wanna run over the content, then you buy those boosts - but they aren't necessary at all.
This is my honest experience. The game overall is pretty decent, nice game to chill after work.
i wonder can we skip the grind with cheat engine? that was one possibility with AC:origins...
I tried this yesterday and i uninstalled after killing the couple brigands just after the Leonidas prologue, combat is floaty and i cant stand it, going back to Nioh 2, same combat, rpg mechanics, loot etc, story is good, i was thinking to buy Odyssey Gold for 35$ CAN but no way im spamming my way through 60hours in this game
WORD OF WARNING though!! If your CPU doesn't support AVX (like if you have a G4560 like me - or older i-series CPU), you WILL NOT be able to run this game, PERIOD. Right now, I put in a request for a refund from Green Man Gaming because Ubisoft secretly changed the system requirements listings the other day - which disqualified my PC. BE WARNED!!
UPDATE: The great people at Green Man Gaming refunded my money without question!
PC Huh? 😂😂😂 PCs are only good for watching porn on.
lol
There's been a HUGE number of complaints and refunds surrounding the AVX issue with this game. Hopefully, Ubisoft patches it like they did when they tried this nonsense with AC Origins and The Crew 2. Shutting out a good portion of your customer base to support paranoia about piracy by double-layering the protection is just nuts and anti-consumer!
@@Axess-sv8nq anything that comes from Ubisoft is bad. Example Rainbow Six, division, watch Dogs (1) I played some ACs on PS3 but never on PS4..... I'm still upset about Rainbow Sixes Downgrade tbh..
Not only have I never paid for a single loot box / micro transaction in a Ubisoft game, but in the rare years when I wanted a game of theirs I wait until it drops in half the price, as I don’t like gruidy games and need to make back the money I’ll have to pay to get on with the story.
Interesting review. I’m playing this game and I’m currently around lvl 40. I can’t really agree with why do people complain about micro transactions. Games like this are made to be long!!! That whole map is full of areas to explore and stuff (more or less interesting) to do. It’s understandable that people don’t have time and just want to rush through the game... then yeah, they have the option to pay for that. I never even thought about buying a “time saver” because I always enjoyed leveling. I remember back in the days on some old final fantasy games where I had to grind to go and defeat a boss, and I enjoyed because I got to get a long return on my investment! There was no “time saver”... now we pay quite a price but we get long games to satisfy our investment with included options for people “in hurry”, yet, we still complain!!! Come on guys!!!
It would make sense If it was like on mobile games where they literally “lock you”: you can’t really grind, you only have to pay to move forwards
There are plenty of good side quests that'll keep you entertained besides the main questlines. I'm around level 40, and I haven't experienced any grinding at all, and I haven't bought any microtransactions.
Really depends on what kind of player you are, but for people who like to take it slow and explore, it's not mandatory to grind at all.
How you don't have a press copy when the game cannot be played yet, it has 5 more hours to get unlocked?
And it has x-ray vision, combat lock, exact same circular pirouettes like in Witcher 3 and you decide it's lot of fun? What is fun in this combat?
It's 'pay more for early access': "Get the game early (October 2nd) with the Gold and Ultimate Editions"
That's cool, but my point about combat system still stays.
Substandard Gamer Kiba combat system in Witcher 3 was less fluid and cumbersome. In this one it’s a lot more fluid, not the best but miles ahead of Witcher 3. Hopefully Witcher devs copy some of the stuff from this game and it next Witcher game will be perfect.
LoveStrangeDr
What do you mean by “it’s a lot more fluid”
Can you not just explain your reasoning rather than just insert a buzz word?
mastodonseven when you hit buttons your characters movements and attacks flow better with the buttons you press. Witcher 3 feels janky, making fights feel like Gerald is dancing around rather than fighting.
A little late to this party but once you figure out how to properly manage your resources in Odyssey leveling up is not that hard. Also helps to play on hard or nightmare mode because the gear you loot is at or near your current level.
mack give witcher3 thumb down,then give assassin creed thumb up, wtf with the world man :-(
I remember if you got the gold edition you got a permanent 5% boost included AND you also got 500 helix credits to spend on anything you wanted! (I of course, spent it on the maps)
I loved Origins, but they took the piss with the "Ultimate Edition" this time.
Microtransactions = don't buy the game. Paying up to £42 for nothing more than a bit of experience and gear makes this game not worth a buy, in my opinion. Don't let them ruin games!
Not going to lie, I love this review. You're very honest and straight forward. This review is spot on too.
The microtrans really do suck in this game. It makes the game progress very, very slowly.
Promoting this to be a good game is somehow like a woman who defends her abusive boyfriend.
What does the gameplay matter, if ubisoft doubles down on their shady mechanics every year? Granted, i never played an AC game, but how far does a softspot for a series carries it, if it just keeps getting worse and worse with its money siphoning mechanics?
The Exploration in this game is so relaxing and fun. The game ive been waiting for my whole life has finally arrived.
I don't care if a game is good or not. If it has micro-transaction, I don't buy it, unless it has a discount of 75% or more.
Only time i use trainers or cheats in games is with ubisoft AC games and its to counter the forced to f*ck grinding they always seem to force upon you.
Ubi are typically great in building huge and beautiful open worlds, no doubt about that. What they struggle with is filling that space with equally compelling side content and a truly reactive world. Just look at RDR2 as a comparison, the skinned animal meat from a hunt actually turns bad with time, rendering it inedible or having a poor trade value. It is this kind of level of fine detail that Ubi frequently neglects and that is why their games are tend to be cookie cutter affairs with just incremental improvements for each installment.
that is because they release a game per year.
AC should take a 5 years break, and in that time work hard and make a quality game, like Cd projekt or Rockstar does.
ubishit are great at reusing gameplay mechanics in their "open world" games, it's so predictable that I'm wondering why nobody has noticed.
I like how Mack says the game is good, fun to play and worthabuy even though it still has the negatives he mentioned and most of comments are people that haven't even played the game saying it's bad.
I found that doing the main missions grant you a lot of experience. I never really hit that grind wall though to where I couldn't continue the main story line.
The grind isn't even nearly as bad as you described. After playing this game for 20+ hours now, I think you either just enjoy the game or you dont. I'm level 25 btw
The comment about UBISOFT being greedy killed me 🤣
Mac, I don't understand how you can thumbs up this game when its basically just Origins set in Greece, and you gave origins a thumbs down.
You complained about the grind in origins but the grind in odyssey is far worse! The gameplay mechanics pretty much mirror origins as well so i don't get what changed so drastically to make you love this game. Seems like the heavier focus on combat might have swayed you?
There is a trainer on gtrainers that can multiply your xp gain by 2/4/8/16x Experience eliminating the grind. your welcome
I like that it's moved away from being an assassins creed game. I love stealth games but I love that this is becoming an rpg game.
I always use Skidrow / Codex releases for games from EA / Ubisoft.
Games that deserve my money get my money.
'They'll stop putting it in if you don't buy Helix Points'
With respect they won't, they'll only stop pulling this shit if you don't buy the game outright. Not a problem for me because this game looks generic as fuck.
Mack: "I like this game"
Crybabies: "Waaah but you didn't like the Witcher 3, so why do you like this?"
This is what I see on any game he gives a thumbs up.
I'm currently 66 hrs into the game and uncovered like 55% of the map.. I'm really loving the game far FAR more than I expected (and I've not bought a single helix credit and never will!)
Never buying a Ubisoft game again after The Division
kaptaintripps the division ? They destroyed a beautiful concept w rpg crap
One of the most horrendous launches I can remember. 3 or 4 weeks after launch I was still having issues with their servers. And then the game was buggy and boring as anything I can remember. Final nail in Ubisoft's coffin
6:19 - That power! Look at that kick! That's some anime shit going on! :-)
THIS
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SPARTAAAAA!
Still waiting for them to return to the "Assassins" part of the old games
There more to it than just Assassins, this story is about the the First Civ and the Sci-fi elemental part of it, if your a big fan this game is very important to play
I feel like I'm watching a cartoon with every last hit blasting a ragdoll corpse off into the distance like that