We finally have a game about Ancient Greece where the Greeks don’t have English accents.
They’re still speaking English but a Greek accent means they’re more Greek than the English-accented English-speaking Greeks.
That’s a win.
Actually, the best part about Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s Launch Trailer is that it doesn’t look like just another AC game. No doubt it will ultimately remain true to the AC brand — stealth, assassinations, leap of faith, etc — but the trailer shows us an epic adventure.
Yep, an odyssey.
And make no mistake, this isn’t Mario’s Odyssey. Plenty of blood and gore.
We learn our protagonist is a descendant of King Leonidas of 300 fame. And the action mirrors the Zack Snyder flick in its battle choreography and VFX. You know, a guy slashes his sword, goes to slo-mo as it cuts a poor guy’s throat, then speeds up again, and the slo-mo again for the grisly flesh-ripping action.
Yep, we get a lot of muscular Spartans hacking away limbs and kicking dudes off of cliffs.
We unfortunately don’t see any phalanx action, which would be an interesting third-person gameplay. But there is significant variety including horse-riding, shooting multiple arrows and all the other different ways to sneak and kill that AC fans love.
It also gives us some Homer. Not the donut-eating Homer. Homer, the guy who wrote Odyssey.
Medusa, Cyclops, Triremes, sharks, and a big crazy lion.
This is an exciting new title and another good thing, if there’s an Animus, we fortunately didn’t see it. Please, no more Animus!
Game’s out October 5 to Windows, Playstation 4 and Xbox One.
Man, the CGI of people in games have come a long way.