Assassin's Creed Odyssey

[GroundSquirrel]

A bit old already, but I don't visit those pages that often...

First I stumbled upon this little video on Michael Antonakos' Twitter account: Link

And then I came across this photo on Melissanthi Mahut's Instagram page: Link

Those two really should do a comedy together

[ladyaly]

Oh yes - really. Love the links you shared - so much fun ! Thankies for posting  

[GroundSquirrel]

This is funny: new research by the University of Utrecht (Netherlands) claims that the Parthenon on Athens' Acropolis probably wasn't the Parthenon and that name was originally reserved for a part of another building on the Acropolis...
Link to article: link

Guess Ubisoft better start releasing an update for the game and the Discovery Tour soon

[ladyaly]

Oh my - I guess they need to do exactly that !

[GroundSquirrel]

I figured I'd try out the Camera Tools for Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

I was in the middle of the LotFB DLC when I abandoned it for Greedfall, so I continued where I left off: the 'at least there's wine scene'.
Kassandra is mostly blocked from vision in this scene, so I thought I'd give the camera tools a spin.

I wasn't disappointed!

Too much wine already?


Kass contemplating taking another cup of wine.


Looks like she's made up her mind...




Pouring more wine... Thankfully it's almost impossible to spill with those huge cups


Can't believe we've been deprived from this shot in the game...

[ladyaly]

Absolutely top notch - love the shots you made

[GroundSquirrel]

Thanks, ladyaly. I'm glad you like them

While the original scene is mostly focused on Darius and Natakas, it's rather nice to be able to see things from a different angle.
When I first saw this scene in game I felt kinda disappointed about not getting a good view of Kassandra.

I love those DVD's/Blu-rays that have bonus content where you can watch scenes or concerts from different angles.

The link: Camera Tools give me the same feeling, except you have to do all the work yourself lol


It made me think that I'd love it if there were games that gave us Behind The Scenes material as bonus content. Like the motion capture scenes I linked to before in this thread.
One thing I'd also find interesting to know is how many hours of motion capture was needed for this game and the DLC.




Btw it looks like it's safe to assume that the next Assassin's Creed game (AC Ragnarok) will be set in the Viking era.
I read that it will be possible to choose the protagonist's gender and that the game will still have RPG mechanics (likely more complex than they were in AC Odyssey).
It will also feature a massive open world and will have a multiplayer co-op mode.
Now I'm thinking: "Please don't let this be another Anthem..."

[GroundSquirrel]

Not quite sure what happened here...

It's funny how Darius doesn't look amused, while Kassandra is doing her best not to laugh.

[ladyaly]

- Can't remember this scene but its funny.

And about AC Ragnarok .... massive open world and multiplayer If that is true it isn't my game.

[GroundSquirrel]

It's the scene after you dealt with the Tempest and Darius and Natakas are about to sail far far away and never return...
Darius' face wasn't supposed to be covered in that black stuff.


If by massive open world they mean that the map will be bigger than it was in AC Odyssey then I won't really complain, because I loved exploring and just wandering around with no restrictions.
This was something I missed when I played Greedfall. There's a seemingly open world, but the paths you can travel on are fixed.

In any case, please let this multiplayer thing be something optional.

[GroundSquirrel]

So I finished the LotFB DLC for the second time some time ago.

Many things were said about this DLC before. Mostly about the romance issue and I won't go into that one again...

This DLC is one of the most linear ones in the whole game.
There are hardly any mayor choices to make and if there are there aren't really any consequences on the outcome of the DLC.
If I remember correctly the one decision that actually had a consequence was how you dealt with the Tempest. You could either have both Kleta and Phila killed or at least Kleta could be saved.

Surely they could have been more creative.
I'm not a very creative person, but how about this?

Remember the point where the village is attacked by the Order and once you make it to the beach with Natakas you go back to save Darius?
How about having us choose between going back to save Darius or staying and helping Natakas.
If you go back to save Darius things can play out the way it did, but if you decide to stay there are other options.
Instead of saving Darius you could have saved Natakas for instance.
Baby Elpidios would still have been taken by the Order.
And later Natakas could have been the one to take Elpidios to Egypt.




Anyway, I picked up my Alexios playthrough again.
Figured I should post a couple of screenshots at least

I never noticed that Phoibe is actually spying on you when you go to Kausos.
In both of my Kassandra playthroughs I saved the family. This time I didn't...

This game really should have had more Phoibe.

[ladyaly]

I see- You can't let go can't you ? Nice shots

Sadly I never got the connection to Alexios so I stopped pretty early that playthrough.

[GroundSquirrel]

I suppose I'm only slightly addicted at this point

I do plan on finishing this playthrough, although I'm going to skip all of the minor side quests. Don't need those for the experience anyway, since I started a New Game Plus.
I get the thing about the missing connection. I'm already missing Kassandra, so Deimos Kassandra had better make up for me going through all of this! 😈

[GroundSquirrel]

ladyaly : So how far did you get exactly with your Alexios playthrough?

Continuing with some more screenshots.
Made more progress than this, so expect more soon.

It's finally time to leave Kephallonia. If only Phoibe coming along was one of the options.

Markos did not get a hug btw.

Arrived in Megaris. Meeting your dad's surrogate son is always fun.


So is meeting your dad many years after he threw you off a cliff.


"Let me show you what it feels like!"

Oh and I so planned on taking revenge in this playthrough, but I really can't...

[ladyaly]

well not much - I think I got him to the point as he mets Kass a second time and she warns him to cross her way. If I remember right I stopped shortly after that encounter