Speaking to the development team at a preview event, it came out that Origins and Odyssey has marked the first time that two Assassin's Creed games have been made in parallel, with the Odyssey team learning from everything that the Origins team created and then improving upon it. It's this kind of polish and refinement that's present throughout all of Odyssey, but is particularly obvious in the combat. Although I wouldn't dare spoil any of the game's major story points - and trust me, this game has more twists and turns than a Disney World roller coaster - every choice you make can have a consequence, which may reach further than you think in that moment. It seems like the dialogue doesn't vary regardless of who you pick, because the weight is all on the dialogue options you choose. I've been playing as Kassandra, but as a GamesRadar team we've seen how the same scenes play out as Alexios or Kassandra. Whether you're diving into main story content or working your way through one of what feels like thousands of side quests and events, you'll constantly be deciding how your assassin will react, behave and even fall in lust.īecause of that, it's easy to fall in love with this pair of assassins. But it's the first choice you'll make of many.

Deciding which of these two assassins to play as is basically your first choice in the game beyond tweaking difficulty and whether to use the guided or brand new exploration mode that strips out your waypoints in favor of a more organic discovery trail. And I say you because this is the first time an Assassin's Creed game has given you a choice of characters to play as - Alexios or Kassandra.

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