There will be killingįor the first time in the series, I can play the entirety of the game either as a man (Alexios) or as a woman (Kassandra). If you want curated lists of our favorite media, check out What to Play and What to Watch. When we award the Polygon Recommends badge, it’s because we believe the recipient is uniquely thought-provoking, entertaining, inventive, or fun - and worth fitting into your schedule. Polygon Recommends is our way of endorsing our favorite games, movies, TV shows, comics, tabletop books, and entertainment experiences. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is a deep, playful fantasy, in which we give ourselves over to another world. In this new game, the series has completed its twisty-turny trek from stealthy action adventure to fully-grown role-playing game. I think “odyssey” also refers to the meta-journey taken by Ubisoft, since the first Assassin’s Creed launched more than a decade ago. This too is true of the latest Assassin’s Creed, which presents us with a complex lead character, an authentic portrayal of a multifaceted person struggling with the agony of parental rejection, while living a life layered upon, rather than dedicated to, their own tragedy. The word “odyssey” also implies an expedition into self, a search not merely of secret islands, but of internal truths. And like The Odyssey, it’s long - really long. Like Homer’s tale of Odysseus, it’s an ancient Greek romp across adventure-strewn islands, sailing wine-dark seas on a journey home. When the Assassin’s Creed team decided to call this game Odyssey, it wasn’t fooling around.
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