The ending to Assassin's Creed Odyssey's second DLC episode certainly didn't please everyone. Without spoiling anything, your character is essentially forced into a relationship -- player choice is thrown out the window. Some thought the conclusion was fine -- great, even -- while others saw it as poorly implemented, or little more than an insult. Again, not everyone was best pleased.
The backlash has slowly fizzled out over the last week or so, but Ubisoft has still gone ahead and confirmed that it's going to try and do something about the ending. On the official forums, the post reads: "After hearing player feedback and discussing within the development team we are making changes to a cutscene and some dialogue in Shadow Heritage to better reflect the nature of the relationship for players selecting a non-romantic storyline. These changes, along with renaming a trophy/achievement, are being made now and will be implemented in an upcoming patch."
Unsurprisingly, it still looks like you're going to be railroaded into the set ending, but with this future update, your hero's motivation should be better explained, or at least the situation should be better conveyed. Either way, here's hoping that the patch helps.
Did you think that Ubisoft was going to do something about this? Make a dialogue decision in the comments section below.
[source forums.ubi.com]
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Hopefully this will have a mass effect on the ending as a whole.
@Giygas_95 😂 Bravo, sir.
My respect for Ubisoft went from 0 to -50 seriously
Odyssey gets better the more I play it. I'm currently parkouring around Athens and enjoying all the magnificent architecture. Say what you want about Ubisoft but they do create some impressive open world maps.
@ApostateMage Underrated in my opinion. I find the open worlds in Origins and Odyssey captivating.
Excellent! I’ve held off playing the 2nd dlc in hopes they might make changes. Odyssey has been a great ride. Very underrated game, IMO.
Odyssey is a good game. I personally like Origins better. The combat in Odyssey was fun, but the story didn't grab me like in Origins.
I hate when devs do this. Yes, they screwed the pooch with how the first ending played out but just like with Mass Effect 3, there was a vision for the ending whether players liked it or not. I disagree with them changing the ending but that's the way things are these days. Companies trying to please the unpleasable.
@Gamer83 You're so hard to please. 🤣
Somebody was going to, figured it might as well be me. 😃
''player choice is thrown out the window'' really? you have the choice to let them go in the dmn bote or to tell her, him to stay. so if you chose wrong is your fault !! i found the whole DLC quite amazing♥. waiting for more !!!
On this occasion I think it's probably for the best, given that Ubisoft kind of made a rod for their own back in the first place when they actively went after the woke points by hyping up the romantic choice RPG elements so they could get that Twitter approval 😉 So long as it's just giving those who didn't like the ending other dialogue choices and the option to only get jiggy with it for procreation purposes, and not changing it across the board for those who were fine with it then I think a small patch is a good idea, as it would be a pity for such an amazing game to be remembered primarily for how much they angered many of the Twitterati. Feeling it necessary to change the trophy/cheevo name I find pretty funny though - it clearly wasn't meant in the way some have suggested 😂 But it makes sense to do so for the brand as it's not a hard thing to change, and they still want the good will so everyone will want to play/buy the rest of the DLC too.
It was great to have the overwhelming levels of gayness throughout the rest of the game because y’know, it’s Ancient Greece. I think forcing the player into a heterosexual relationship was a bit odd considering the freedom there was in the main game. Especially considering this character changes sex along with whichever MC you chose to play as. It really is odd.
Twitter wins again. Sigh.
@GKO900 really? My respect for the human race went down. I haven't touched it but even I could tell it was to imply about the characters continued lineage. People just need to get a grip to be honest.
@Gamer83 I don't believe they are changing anything about the story, simply changing the explanations.
Devs need to focus on THEIR vision and quit trying to please everyone as it will never happen. Especially in a game like AC, a franchise that was built on linear story telling.
@ghostelmalo44 You realise they stay either way, right?
@ghostelmalo44 What you say when they get on the boat doesn't matter. You are still locked into the set ending. I just stopped reloaded a save and didn't complete that part of the DLC personally.
I know people that like to be angry will take this as "pandering to the gays(trademark pending)" but it negated everybody's choice actually. What if your Eagle Bearer was a loaner, what if you romanced somebody already, what if you dont like the set choice person? More people were impacted by this than homosexuals. Since Ubisoft were the ones that touted choice for this formerly linear game...they did this to themselves when they u-turned on that.
@Ryu_Niiyama
You're right, Ubisoft did do it to themselves. But why can't that just be the end of it? People make mistakes all of the time. I read endings to books I don't find satisfying all the time. Should I start a twitter campaign? Outrage culture is all about viciously revising things that don't fit their world views, otherwise known as censorship. "More people were impacted by this than homosexuals" is completely irrelevant.
Good grief, Ubi... you've got a story to tell, stick to it... and stick to your guns, you nuggets. 🙄
@Vorkosigan how so? Acknowledging that more than one subset of people are impacted and thus also in the mix of people saying something is relevant as I said to give perspective to those that were using this to go ”ohmygerd da gays”. That part was also a general observation and not part of my reply to you. As for why do people react, I can only say that it is because people view things differently and as consumers this is currently the only way they have to express displeasure until they can vote with their wallets. It isn’t like Ubisoft is giving out refunds. Also why care if others say something if you see no reason to? You have decided it is a non issue so why does it matter if someone else didn’t? If you don’t have a hat in the race why deny or express exasperation at those who do? Should people never criticize anything especially when they were led to believe one thing and given another? (Note I have not sent or posted anything to Ubisoft and aside from me rolling back my save and ignoring the mission in question I have not reacted either. I mean I have the season pass not much else I can do lol. )
Good job, Ubi! Try to please every single person on earth. I'm sure that will make your games less generic.
Damned if they do, damned if they don't. Seriously.
@ghostelmalo44 I went back and made different choices cos of your post...said farewell to Neema @ boat, chose "Misthios" not wanting the simple life. But Neema leaves a letter to read at the house and she shows up anyway. Then...baby-making. Same ultimate ending w/Neema and baby. I'm not mad about it, but agree w/others that your choices at the end are irrelevant.
@nessisonett Agreed, this was odd. And what if players left some of those 'romance' (I use the term lightly!) side quests to come back to? Then Alexios/Kassandra would be a total cheating sleazebag, no? Or are those quests no longer available after completing this dlc chapter?
@ApostateMage i agree i wonder how big assassin's creed empire ( the bayek sequel ) or assassin's creed rising sun will be maybe twice the size of assassin's creed odyssey ?
@cloud36426 to me ac odyssey is better than ac origins that is in combat stealth exploring so it only gets better when assassin's creed empire comes out
@Giygas_95 awesome one hey how much is the fate of atlantis dlc in the ps store ?
@jordanisle $24.99. I was surprised to see a reply to something I said so long ago!
@Giygas_95 haha lol
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