More of them feel forced and unearned, however. You’d been told a story before, but now you’ve seen the real reason. A few of these anecdotes, like the story of why every assassin cut off one finger to wear the hidden blade, are fascinating in an almost historical sense. There are winks and nods to various details of AC lore seeking “oh wow” responses from fans who played the game every year for a decade. The plot of Assassin’s Creed Origins is the rote retread of a quintessential AC story that you’d expect, and suffers many of the problems commonly seen in prequels. From there, Bayek and his equally capable wife Aya become elite spies for Cleopatra, eliminating members of the Order and turning the tide of an Egyptian civil war. Following a personal tragedy, Bayek swears revenge against a shadowy cabal called the Order of the Ancients, whose tactics, political connections, and rhetoric all bear a strong resemblance to the series primary villains, the Knights Templar. and jump into the shoes of Bayek of Siwa, a “Medjay,” which in the game is a sort of regional Sheriff. In Origins, players turn back the clock to 49 B.C.E. The result is a game that’s often beautiful to behold, but a struggle to play.
We can’t say whether that departure went too far or didn’t go far enough in our review, but Assassin’s Creed Origins lacks a clear sense of self, mechanically. The story, which clearly serves as a sort of jumping off point for a new era for the series, also has strong character moments, and more than clears the lowered bar we’ve set for the series after its last few forgettable chapters.Īssassin’s Creed Origins isn’t the radical paradigm shift fans hoped to see from the game, which comes after the annual franchise “took a year off” in 2016, but it is also definitely a departure from the series’ stealthy roots. A prequel to the entire series set in ancient Egypt, Origins’ vast world is one of prettiest you’ll see in a game this year, both on an aesthetic and technical level. The new mechanics don’t as work as well as they should, and the stealth gameplay lacks refinement, since the game wasn’t designed with those mechanics in mind.Īt the same time, the game does a couple of things incredibly well. By retooling the series’ stealth centric open-world action mechanics to accommodate more combat and an emphasis on simple but pervasive loot, developer Ubisoft has worn the series’ mechanical signature too thin.
If you need evidence, Assassin’s Creed Origins - the latest in Ubisoft’s 10-year-old historically minded sci-fantasy saga - is strong proof. It’s impossible to make something every single person will love. There’s no such thing as a perfect video game.
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