Assassin's Creed: Origins

[ImTellinTim]

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Unity and Syndicate were both good. Origins is great.

I'm wondering if the Witcher-like quest system from Origins is going to be introduced in Far Cry 5. I sure hope so.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I finished the Hyena last night:

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The Scarab missions and set-up spoiled me for this one. You do a couple missions to build up the characters and then the twist at the end is a great way to make **** even more personal. Even the optional missions of completing tasks for the town helped flesh out the Scarab's wrath and influence.

But the Hyenna felt incredibly small and underdeveloped in contrast. Apart from her motivation to bring back her child (an obvious similarity to Bayek) there's nothing else to go on for the character.

So it's basically one mission and done for Hyenna compared to 5-10 for the Scarab. Not that I expected the same amount of detail for each, but the stark contrast was surprising to me as I expected a little bit more buildup of her character.

[ImTellinTim]

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Oh, don't worry. None of the rest are like that.

Also for the Scarab:

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They really shouldn't have hinted at the twist in the quest name. The last quest name made me suspect exactly what was going on there. Was a bit disappointed that the twist didn't come out of absolutely nowhere for me.

[Junior Moe]

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Oh, don't worry. None of the rest are like that.

I like the twist. I ultimately found myself feeling sorry for Hyena, couldn't say that about any of the others.

[jb12780]

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Having a blast so far. I remember when the last one came out I blew through it in a couple days. Not so much here. So much to do.

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[ZB9]

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I didn't beat Syndicate or Unity but I'm still enjoying this. It's essentially a soft reboot of the franchise. I'm happy I didn't wait.

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I wouldn't have waited either but i'm on the last sequence in Syndicate so I might as well finish it.

[Mabster]

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I had given up on the AC franchise. Have played all of them up through black flag and loved them but just got burnt out on the repetitiveness the franchise had become.

Origins wasn't even on my radar but I read some comparisons online mentioning Witcher 3. Is that a valid comparison? Impressions here are very positive.

Safe to say Origins has renewed AC?

[ImTellinTim]

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It's been a while since Black Flag. If you were ever going to get back into one, this should be it.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I don't think it reaches the level of The Witcher (honestly, what other game does?), but it certainly tries it's best to reach that level. Bayek is a wonderful protagonist. The setting is amazing. The side quests continually build upon the world and it's conflicts.

To me it's the best of the series.

[ForeverVersatile]

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Anyone have it on the One X? I have it on the Pro but i wonder if it's worth trading it in to get a copy on the X since it should look a litte better.

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[Sinner]

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I'm trying to wait till Black Friday to see if MS will have a deal on this for the digital version but I just got a refund on WWE 2k18 and having the thought this is money I wasn't expecting so maybe I should pay full price...ugh

[Kearnzo]

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I don't think it reaches the level of The Witcher (honestly, what other game does?), but it certainly tries it's best to reach that level. Bayek is a wonderful protagonist. The setting is amazing. The side quests continually build upon the world and it's conflicts.

To me it's the best of the series.

Agreed. It's really not even a comparison to the rest of the series, it's better in every aspect. The only point of contention I could see for some people is the setting of the game, but for me, Egypt is by far my favorite setting in the series.

I'm up to level 27 now and just cleaned up all of the quests and points of interest in Memphis. Two Phylakes down as well. I love that they are essentially Dark Souls style mini roaming bosses.

To me, this does hold valid comparisons to the Witcher. It doesn't quite reach it from a narrative standpoint, but personally, I'm enjoying the world and exploration aspects slightly more than the Witcher. That, and combat is FAR better in my opinion.


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[ImTellinTim]

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This and Black Flag are neck and neck for me. I just loved the naval aspects of Black Flag.

Though I can find something I love in every AC game. Even III which a lot of people hated. I loved the wilderness/hunting and economy system in that game.

This game sort of takes good things from all that came before and puts it in an improved package.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Looks like I'll be copping this real soon.

Damn you Fresh, GMSS and Tim!

[Mabster]

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That's the kinda answers I was hoping for. Thanks dudes. It's on my list now.