Assassin's Creed Origins - it's an RPG now

[koyota]

Someone called this game like Witcher 3, realized I already owned, so started playing it.

Are there any mods that turn off the UBISOFT open world "Just follow the pretty compass markers!" and makes it more difficult / death matter?

This is one of the few games I`ve played where the only thing dying does is make it easier....
All the quest progression is saved, but the fire alerts go away. Which means the best strategy for many missions is to just kamikaze yourself into completing mission objectives (Who cares if the rescue / assassination target is guarded by 20 people, as long as you press Y on them before you die, you win!)

 

[cvv]

Yeah, it's still much more of a AAA action romp than an RPG.

If you want a proper open-world RPG play Elex or Kingdom Come.

 

[Lord_Potato]

Which means the best strategy for many missions just to kamikaze yourself into completing mission objectives (Who cares if the rescue / assassination target is guarded by 20 people, as long as you press Y on them before you die, you win!)

Well, that's exactly how the historical assassins operated, only without respawning

 

[Darth Canoli]

Which means the best strategy for many missions just to kamikaze yourself into completing mission objectives (Who cares if the rescue / assassination target is guarded by 20 people, as long as you press Y on them before you die, you win!)

Well, that's exactly how the historical assassins operated, only without respawning

Successful assassins poison their victims or organize an "accident" with some accomplices covering their story.
Or even better, they hire someone to do just that and then make him disappear...

Anyway, what would you expect when playing Assassin Creed?
If it's wasn't some huge pile of shit coated with chocolate, we would know.

 

[Wulfric Pinewood]

Valhalla is miles better cumrpg.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Someone called this game like Witcher 3, realized I already owned, so started playing it.

the one you're looking for is Odyssey, not Origins.

 

[lycanwarrior]

Yeah, it's still much more of a AAA action romp than an RPG.

If you want a proper open-world RPG play Elex or Kingdom Come.

Agreed although they are supposedly adding more RPG elements to the next AC entry, so we'll see.

 

[Stella Brando]

In what order should I play these games?

Origins came out first, but deals with Julius Caesar -- who (spoilers) died in 44 BC. On the other hand, the 'sequel' Odyssey is set during the Peloponnesian War, way back in the 400's.

Do I want to go with release order or historical order?

 

[HoboForEternity]

In what order should I play these games?

Origins came out first, but deals with Julius Caesar -- who (spoilers) died in 44 BC. On the other hand, the 'sequel' Odyssey is set during the Peloponnesian War, way back in the 400's.

Do I want to go with release order or historical order?

You probably better off jerking off to futa porn. Cheaper and guaranteed better time.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Do I want to go with release order or historical order?

Why're you asking us, it's your want nigga.

 

[Modron]

Do I want to go with release order or historical order?

They are both shiet anyways play whichever one you think you will be able to stand first.

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

In what order should I play these games?

Origins came out first, but deals with Julius Caesar -- who (spoilers) died in 44 BC. On the other hand, the 'sequel' Odyssey is set during the Peloponnesian War, way back in the 400's.

Do I want to go with release order or historical order?

If you must play them then I'd suggest going with release order. Even if it's unlikely you'll care for the modern day parallel storyline (should have ended with AC3) which is meant to be seen in release order, they simply added more gameplay aspects with each successive game which you may end up missing going back (such as dialog choices).

ACOrigins is worth playing at least up till you get to check out some pyramids and the beautiful deserts, for the virtual tourism graphics whoring aspect. The game is plagued by tacked on "rpg elements" which means there are lv1 master swordmen and lv100 cows roaming the world. The purpose of the level/xp mechanics which artificially gatekeep content from the player until he's leveled up enough is to encourage players to spend real world money on XP boost microtransactions because you can't otherwise simply progress through the main story by sticking to the main quest and associated side quests in a coherent manner, you'd have to comb the areas for meaningless POIs for xp with the default/nerfed rate. You can get the same intended XP rate you'd get from the MTX/DLC by using cheat engine.

Compared to ACOr, ACOdyssey added some better writing, actual characters and dialogs with choices and some consequences for quests. Gameworld isn't as interesting to look at, combat took a nosedive into the realm of generic flashy fantasy stuff. No shields in a spartan game. Most of the armor & outfits look like they were designed by Liberace. Maybe play up till you meet the Spartan general, then quit if you're not having fun.

ACValhalla builds on ACOd, least interesting-looking gameworld of the 3, combat more polished than ACOd but still flashy fantasy stuff. Likewise most of the armor sets/outfits look like crap out of World of Warcraft. Content-wise it's spread too thin. Maybe play up till you get to go on a viking raid and start building your homebase.

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

Yeah the no-shields thing in Odyssey was a real head-scratcher.

I liked Origins more, mostly for the setting, but I also found the protagonist more likeable than either of Odyssey’s.
Both games majorly overstay their welcome, but Odyssey is especially offensive in this regard. A completionist play through of Odyssey will take around 150hours, and the game only has enough mechanically interesting gameplay to support maaayyyybe 30 hours of play.

Odyssey also puts a larger emphasis on the absolutely dogshit retarded meta-plot than Origins, and, while the historicity of all AC games is laughable, Odyssey is particularly revisionist.

 

[Falksi]

Yeah, it's still much more of a AAA action romp than an RPG.

If you want a proper open-world RPG play Elex or Kingdom Come.

It's about as much of an RPG as Streets of Rage is.

Great game, I had a blast with it, but it was dumb as fuck and in no way an RPG

The comparisons with Witcher 3 should be waking people up to how little of an RPG that game is too, not thinking AC:O is more of one.

 

[cvv]

The comparisons with Witcher 3 should be waking people up to how little of an RPG that game is too, not thinking AC:O is more of one.

what is rpg diskuz amirite

 

[wishbonetail]

For Greece, Egypt, vikingz and shit better play Titan quest. It is more of an rpg.

 

[covr]

Titan quest is a boring slog.

Dark Sun Shattered Lands is a proper desert cRPG you are looking for.

 

[wishbonetail]

Titan quest is a boring slog

In anniversary edition you can change game speed to Diablo level.