Assassins Creed Odyssey

*interest increases +10*

Well I already got it as my first early Christmas present.   Just my  natural reservations about any new franchise speaking.  I tend to be nervous and conservative about such things...actually as a note I wonder if I set the bar too high for Farcry 4 given how much I enjoyed the lets play but then the gameplay wasn't...as good and really annoyed me.  But there are a few things I have read and seen about AC O which really concern me (the mercenary bounty system being the most glaring) but then thare are other things I am really pumped for in the game. 


On this specifically I have been wondering if a medeval fantasy game like AC O or DA could incorporate more 'Arrow Style' unarmed combat.  Which I would think would be very hard to do given that some combatants of the era use shields and metal armor but Obsidian's comments was a weird accompaniment to that thought.     

Hey Obsidian Gryphon and Element Zero does it matter what decision I make with Myrinne and Brasidas about Lagos?

I've taken to taking mounts from the stables of cities, etc because they don't disappear when cutscenes happen nor do they wander off. I only have to remember where I parked them.

Ran across a mercenary named Nikanor the Crazy Lover. His background is funny; he believed he would meet his true love on the battlefields. More than once, he had to be rescued because his 'better half' did not reciprocate his feelings. Wouldn't it be hilarious if he appeared on a conquest battle on the opposite side and decides Kass was his one true love?

Sheesh, imagine having such a companion.

I love this description as I unknowingly did a quest: "whether she was feeling violent that day no one knows for sure, she unknowingly did quest. It's time to turn it in." Or something similar like that.

You did the right thing. This game gave me a much needed fix which Bioware refused to give lately. It's not quite up there with Dragon Age, but the living world and the awesome gameplay more than makes up for it. Also I enjoy most of the Assassin Creed formula in general.

So haven't posted about the game for a while just been to busy playing it.

Been really enjoying focusing (mostly) on following the main story line and at the point of having to take down a Spartan King. I am currently Level 61 with over 150hrs and yesterday I was still opening up areas I hadn't been to. Climbed an enormous mountain in Lakonia where Kassandra exclaimed: "The gods can keep Olympus I'll take this view over theirs" or something like that. And yes the views were awesome and there was a surprise at the top as well.

Have had some stellar success taking down forts silently and without detection and yesterday an epic fail as well. Ikaros has on occasion let me down by not detecting an enemy in a fort and for the 2nd time in a game I have turned a corner and walked straight into a guard. Also had a guard yesterday say I'll light the beacon and ran over there then did nothing which was good for him cause it was trapped. However even with no bounty mercenaries suddenly descended on the fort. Go figure!!!!!!

So yesterday also got ambushed by boars and Lynx.

Me: Oh look a boar lets get some leather
Lynx and Boars hiding in the bushes: Oh this will be fun!!!!

So I run up to attack the boar and am suddenly attacked by about 6 boar and 3 or 4 Lynx. Was one of the toughest fights I have had. The best bit was when a Lynx would attack a Boar and jump on its back.

Some pic's
I liked the Sphynx



Was surprised by the end to the Daughters of Artemis quest



View from the mountain in Lakonia

Sorry I am forgetful what is the DoA? 

My bad Daughters of Artemis.   

Will probably not pursue it next time either. 

Something is fishy with animal damage. And I am talking about the normal, not Alpha ones. I tamed a normal wolf and he was almost 1-hit killing his buddies. Then tamed an Alpha lion and left it to have 1vs1 with a regular lion. I had the animal 100 health/50% damage engraving on so I thought it will be a cakewalk. Wrong. Apart from the two lions circling around each other for a minute like two nerds in a wrestling match, they landed a couple of blows each. The Alpha did 50% damage. The regular lion did over 60% damage on the Alpha's total health! With just 2 hits. And the Alpha had 100% more health in addition to his big health bar.

I didn't test much, so I don't know if all regular animals kick ass now or it's random. Maybe a bug, maybe nature wants to keep it's leather 😀

Also - some pets lag behind their Merc masters and may join the fight rather late.

The pet disappeared when I logged out and logged back into the game. Am I suppose to tame another one? I looked around, didn't see him, spent 2k to redo the ability points, end of experiment.

Attacked a Athenian camp. Ghost arrow an officer at the tower, long distance shot at an archer.  Head shot. His buddy took alarm, the usual. I recognise this blah blah, said the buddy. Mercenary work. He looked around. I've got to find her. Whenever they say this, I'm left wondering how the heck they knew which mercenary and their gender. Really?!

Anyway, he proceeded to light a torch, then set fire to the bushes. Fire spread to tent and he stood there, looking around intently. Next second, he screamed; I'm on fire! Put it out! Put it out!

Fire dousing dance.

dazk , I got that once. At the pirate island with that Xenah whatever her name is.. I accidentally killed a civilian who stood at the stall like an idiot when I was fighting the pirates who were also fighting Athenian soldiers so everything in town came at me. 

Ok, one question to all ACOD players. When you got mad / annoyed with a mob, what's the next thing you do after you killed them? 

I like the little details of the guards picking up the dead bodies, and or other guards helping to put out the flames of a guard thats on fire.