Assassin's Creed Odyssey Sets New Series Sales Record

"Well, that's the headline Ubisoft wants us to use"

So you guys sold your souls to Ubisoft?

not with my help for sure
assassins greed oddity sucks hairy balls on a hot summer day after a week without showering

I did my part to not buy it

I feel bad for the devs...they did an awesome game but still have to take crap for microtransations and special editions that let you play 3 days early!
I'm loving everything the greek world is giving, glad I paid full price for this game

I'm thankful for those three days. RDR 2 is coming fast.

It most certainly does not "deserve its success" any game that deliberately puts in a boring grind so they can sell you xp boosters deserves nothing.

That's really really sad. A game makes more money throwing in paid experience, and making those more savvy people grind for it.

link to press release?

The "grind" is no more than countless other RPG's. The xp boost is so not even needed.

@Splat stop making sense. You're supposed to be outraged, k?

At least you guys are being honest, lol.

Also Sammy, you forgot an l in installment in the second paragraph.

I will admit microtransactions in a singleplayer game shouldn't exist but why are people acting like if the microtransactions didn't exist the grind would disappear.......

@Splat Still a joke selling boosters in a singleplayer game its a 🤬 joke. A big

@GKO900 yeah I sold them my soul, and in return I’m enjoying a bloody good game. Next question.

I don't have problem with early release or dlc, but mtx for single player games is just wrong, the game will be tailored so players will have buy the mtx to play the game normally without grinding, it's a solution for the grinding problem that ubisoft itself made.

I can play god of war and spider-man without worry because I know the developers made the experience system for the games solely for the players to have fun, not for the players to pays up.

@Nightcrawler71 I was referring to the headline not the game itself even when I totally disagree with the micro transactions in the game but since you are playing the game are micro transactions intrusive in the game?

@Nightcrawler71 Just bought the game for €20 with a trade in. 😁

Watched some footage and the cartoony accents alone make my skin crawl.

Yes people, jump on the bandwagon and start hating this game, it's OK again. We all need games, franchises and developers to loath, what's a gamer's life without it? It always falls on specific franchises to be this pre-destined target: Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed, Dynasty Warriors, Need for Speed, Just Cause, and so on. It doesn't really matter how good their next game is, it's mandatory to continuously find new ways to complain about it, it's 'what we do'.

digital sales will more than likely be more than previous entries too.

I'm fatigued by this series. Origins looked great, but now its all just window dressing for the same tired thing...again. Bring back Tenchu, I need a decent atmospheric stealth game.

@Medic_alert you know if you can't play an Assassin's Creed game like an AC game and instead have to play it like a Zelda game then it's NOT an Assassin's Creed game

it's a good RPG i will admit but it's not an Assassin's Creed game, it's an action RPG they slapped AC stuff on so it sells more, same with Origins

@Medic_alert perhaps i should have said Traditional, yes i know games need to evolve but when they do there is still something familiar in the new iterations, when you play Breath of the Wild you still feel like your playing a Zelda game even though it's changed because it feels like an evolution of the series but with the latest AC games i DON'T fell like i'm playing a AC game, i feel like i'm playing a game like The Witcher 3 or something

@Medic_alert whatever, i have my opinions and you have yours and while i have listened to yours you obviously have on intention of listening to mine so i'm done

@Medic_alert no as a game i like it, it's fun to play BUT i think as an Assassin's Creed game it's poor, it's a damn fun historical RPG but it's abandoned much of the lore and soul that made the old games Assassin's Creed

@Splat I suppose my question (as someone who isn't particularly 'outraged' as such) is that would the game be better with or without a lot of grind? If it would be better then why is it still there?

I'm not a big AC fan but by all accounts, this game looks pretty darn good so not getting on the hate wagon but I think gamers should always be weary if a game gives you grind, even if a fun grind, and then presents a payment option to remove the grind. Because that suggests the grind is not a core gameplay mechanic.

tbh i have noticed nothing of needing to grind for the story missions.

don't those missions scale with your level anyway?

altough i do play side quests along the way aswell.

the only things that you need to be a high level for is the end game content which is the point of end game content.

@Medic_alert kind of, as a game it's good but i think it should have just been it's own historical RPG, i think the Assassin's Creed series has run it's course and Ubisoft should bring it to an end, i know many don't like the modern day stuff in AC but i think the next one should be set in the modern day and FINALLY put the whole Assassin v Templar v Juno thing to bed, maybe even let us make our own custom Assassin for it too

Love this title like all other AC games. It has evolved for the better over the years. Some franchises just die out this one they looked at and enhanced. Its no longer a game you rush through. You savour the monets running, climbing or riding around the different areas. It deserves every bit of its success. You know what you will get from reading the reviews if your not willing to put the time in then you will not get the most out of the game or you can take short cuts.

I bought this as a time killer before Red Dead & holy crap do I love it! What a fantastic game.
And the so called grind is nothing at all, explore a bit, do a couple of side quests & you're good to go.